Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 554: Chapter 553 [Whether You Want It or Not...]

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When Li San struck with his palm and Ye Tianchen countered with his fist, the two men clashed mightily. At the moment of impact, neither man gave way, matching each other in a display of equal strength.

All of a sudden, Li San erupted with force, pushing Ye Tianchen out the door. Ye Tianchen frowned; Li San’s strength was indeed vast. He, on the force alone, might be somewhat weaker than Li San. The fellow had practiced the Monument Pushing Hand, an extremely domineering palm technique. Once mastered, it could split mountains and cleave the skies. It didn’t act unless necessary, but once it did, it aimed to take a life—it wasn’t an exaggeration, but a truly formidable reality.

Just now, Ye Tianchen’s Thunder Sky Fist met Li San’s palm head-on. The moment they touched, he felt an incredibly solid and fierce power within Li San’s palm. His punch seemed more resisted than if it had struck a great mountain.

”As I said, even if you undergo a complete transformation, I, Li San, can still kill you with a lift of my hand!” Li San relentlessly pushed Ye Tianchen forward while speaking harshly.

”The outcome hasn’t been decided yet. I know you haven’t used your full strength, but neither have I!” Ye Tianchen still wore his harmless smile as he spoke.

”You haven’t used your full strength? How boastful...”

Hearing Ye Tianchen’s words, Li San let out a thunderous shout. He too sent a palm toward Ye Tianchen. Truthfully, Li San had not expected Ye Tianchen to be so formidable. The lad had indeed transcended. Li San’s own palm strike, wielded with half his strength, was already quite powerful. He had thought that even if the blow wouldn’t kill Ye Tianchen, it would at least gravely injure him and give him a harsh lesson. Who would have thought Ye Tianchen would also strike back with a fist, blocking his own and forcing Li San to use his full strength to blast him out of the room?

When Li San’s Monument Pushing Hand touched Ye Tianchen’s fist, he too was shocked. Li San was naturally well aware of his own technique’s might. He had only used fifty percent of his strength and, even without giving his all, that palm strike had the power to shatter the hardest rock. Yet, meeting Ye Tianchen’s fist led to such a result. He felt that not only Ye Tianchen’s fist but his whole being carried an unstoppable momentum.

Facing another palm strike from Li San’s left hand, Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but frown. Li San had clearly given it his all this time. The Monument Pushing Hand was indeed extremely powerful. Coupled with Li San’s immense strength, head-on conflict was difficult for him. It should be noted that Ye Tianchen’s physical body was highly tempered and that his superpower realm had reached the Mid-stage Emperor Level, thus his strength had greatly increased, yet he was still unable to match Li San’s raw power. The Monument Pushing Hand’s tremendous power wasn’t exaggerated; it was genuinely mighty. Chinese Martial Arts were profound and filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers—this was Ye Tianchen’s assessment of these hidden experts.

Whoosh!

In such a situation, even if Ye Tianchen didn’t wish for direct confrontation, he had to respond. The distance was too short, the palm wind too fast, and the hand technique too powerful; he had to act immediately to intercept.

It was the Thunder Sky Fist again, his strongest self-created fist technique. Although he had learned the Heavenly Shocking Palm from Qing Chengyue and the Jade Maiden Palm Skill from Dongfang Meng, against the Monument Pushing Hand, these techniques were not appropriate. Only the Thunder Sky Fist could meet it with force.

Bang!

A loud noise ensued, and both Ye Tianchen and Li San were sent flying. Li San staggered back five or six steps before steadying himself, while Ye Tianchen somersaulted in mid-air to land firmly, still smiling at Li San.

Li San looked at Ye Tianchen in total shock. If one could say he hadn’t given his all in that first punch, then the following punch was delivered with one hundred percent of his strength. After more than a decade of training, Li San had almost brought the Monument Pushing Hand to the point of great success, just a hair’s breadth away. By breaking through that last barrier, he would reach the Great Achievement Realm of Monument Pushing Hand where a casual palm strike could split mountains and rocks, its power immensely vast. This was also the motivation that had driven Li San to train so hard over the years, desiring to defeat the Double Saber King.

What Li San had not anticipated was that Ye Tianchen would withstand his second punch and still take it head-on. Although he had sent Ye Tianchen flying, he himself had taken five steps back, indicating he was only a bit more powerful than Ye Tianchen.

”Never would I have imagined that the laughingstock of Capital City, the notorious prodigal son of the Ye family, Ye Tianchen, would have such formidable strength!” Li San said coldly, looking at Ye Tianchen.

”Your strength isn’t bad either. The Monument Pushing Hand is very impressive. The absolute skills of Chinese ancient martial arts are extensive and profound. But I’m in a bit of a hurry right now; can I go see Liu Rumei first?” Ye Tianchen asked with a smile.

”You don’t want to fight with me?” Li San asked in confusion.

”Why should I fight you? A sparring match is fine, but unfortunately, I don’t have time for that right now!” Ye Tianchen shrugged his shoulders and said.

”When I beat you half to death that year, utterly humiliating you, don’t you hate me? Now that your strength has greatly increased, and you have the power to fight me, don’t you want to teach me a lesson, to kill me?” Li San stared fiercely at Ye Tianchen.

Ye Tianchen nodded, to be honest, his impression of Li San wasn’t that bad, and he, Ye Tianchen, wasn’t someone with a petty heart. The events of the past were long gone and it was his own fault to begin with. Li San was just a little brutal and exceedingly vicious, but in reality, he was a very straightforward and honest tough guy.

”A fight with you is something I have considered, but killing you is something I haven’t.” Ye Tianchen shook his head.

”It seems you’re still as cowardly as ever, just as hopeless, just the same waste.” Li San said with a disdainful sneer.

”It’s getting late, I really don’t have time, goodbye!” Ye Tianchen glanced at his watch, realizing it was nearly one o’clock. He had to quickly find Liu Rumei to settle this matter, or else he wouldn’t make it to ’M’ country in time. If he couldn’t do what he promised Ling Yuxun, he would break his word.

Li San didn’t expect Ye Tianchen to just turn around and walk away. He frowned deeply, knowing Ye Tianchen hadn’t used his full strength, yet the guy actually refused to fight him. Was he looking down on Li San? With this thought, Li San’s anger surged, and he rapidly charged toward Ye Tianchen, his palms surging with such powerful force it was as if he could move mountains and overturn seas.

”I know you haven’t fully exerted yourself, let me see just how strong Ye Tianchen is after your transformation!”

Smack, smack, smack...

Four palms struck out, unleashing four vast pressures that were incredibly ferocious. As Ye Tianchen turned, his clothes and hair were swept up. The mountain-moving, sea-overturning force was truly formidable and took Ye Tianchen by surprise. The Monument Pushing Hand was too strong; no wonder it was passed down in a lineage where a master would only teach a single disciple and not to a second one. Moreover, the disciple receiving the Monument Pushing Hand had to be thoroughly assessed in terms of potential, perseverance, and character, for its immense power meant not striking unless necessary but delivering deadly blows once it was employed.

”Golden Divine Shield!”

Bang, bang, bang... Three large, sturdy walls of gold appeared instantly before Ye Tianchen, each enveloped with a layer of bizarre power, his strongest Defensive Skill to date. Now his power had reached the Middle Emperor Level Superpower Realm, and employing it made it even more solid as ironstone, giving an unshakeable feeling.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Four muffled sounds, Li San’s full-force Monument Pushing Hand struck Ye Tianchen’s ”Golden Divine Shield,” three unyielding golden walls. The first two solid golden walls each ended up with four palm prints and were directly penetrated, but the last wall blocked them, marked by four deep palm prints, barely stopping them from also being pierced through.

Seeing this, Li San was greatly shocked. First, he hadn’t expected that Ye Tianchen would be a Superpower User. Second, those four palms were his absolute full force, Monument Pushing Hand nearing Great Success, casually capable of shattering a mountain peak—not an overstatement. Yet, Ye Tianchen’s ”Golden Divine Shield” Superpower Skill actually blocked his all-out four palms, which left Li San in shock.

Ye Tianchen was also taken aback. He was already aware of the ferocity of the Monument Pushing Hand; such a strong palm technique was no wonder, throughout the ages, that in the Ancient Martial Sects of China, even after tens of thousands of years of heritage, a master would only transmit it to one disciple, never to multiple disciples. The reason was singular: the power of the Monument Pushing Hand was simply too tremendous. Compared with Qing Chengyue’s Heavenly Shocking Palm or Dongfang Meng’s Ancient Tomb Sect’s Jade Maiden Palm Skill, even though both of those techniques were also mighty, they didn’t carry the same kind of explosive fierceness that could shake one’s core as the Monument Pushing Hand.

The ”Golden Divine Shield” was inherently Ye Tianchen’s strongest Defensive Skill, and it was only because it hadn’t reached the level of Great Success that it was still possible to be broken through. However, after Ye Tianchen’s power broke through to the Middle-stage Emperor Level, his control over these formidable Superpower Skills became naturally fiercer, and the Defensive Skills he used became even more robust.

Li San’s Monument Pushing Hand was a sliver away from breaking Ye Tianchen’s three Golden Divine Shields. If Li San’s Monument Pushing Hand had reached the Great Achievement Realm, then Ye Tianchen believed he would need only one palm to break his Golden Divine Shield. The higher the mastery, even a slight difference in power levels could make a difference between heaven and earth.

”You actually can use such a powerful Superpower Skill, forcing me to employ my Absolute Skill to kill you...” Li San’s eyes suddenly changed, becoming somewhat terrifying as he stared directly at Ye Tianchen and said.

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