Chapter 74: The Spirit Blazing Palm of the Cui Family
Word Number:348
Author:闲穿径竹
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Release Time:2025-06-27
Zhou Boyong lunged forward, striking with an open palm. Liu Chengyuan, still entangled in the net, found his limbs constrained and his movement hampered — his palms could not be brought to bear. All he could do was twist and feint, weaving this way and that to avoid the blow. Zhou’s palm missed its mark. Undeterred, he pivoted sharply and swept his right leg in a brutal arc toward Liu’s midsection. But Liu was quicker. He turned his body just in time, the blow slicing the air where he had stood a heartbeat before. In a blur, he vaulted upward and landed lightly upon one of the crossbeams that spanned the temple’s ceiling — a precarious perch, but one that bought him a moment’s reprieve. Zhou Boyong, with a snarl of impatience, struck upward with both hands. A thunderous crack resounded through the hall — bang! — as the force of his twin palms shattered the beam in two. Liu Chengyuan followed the falling beam’s motion, letting it carry him as he launched both feet toward Zhou Boyong’s baihui point. Zhou stepped back swiftly and struck upward with his palm. The gust from his blow surged straight toward Liu’s legs. Confident Liu was exposed mid-air, netted and defenceless, Zhou poured all his strength into the strike, intending to end it then and there. But Liu, even within the net, twisted in the air and met the attack with a palm of his own — To Emulate the Worthy. The force turned Zhou’s energy back on him. He barely slipped aside in time. Had he been a moment slower, it would have been his own palm that ended him. The sixteen disciples of Taihang Manor, seeing their master at a disadvantage, cast aside their nets and drew their blades, surging forward to attack Liu Chengyuan. Liu glanced down at the net still wrapped around him and thought, “This thing won’t tear easily — it’s hindering me more than my enemies. Best let their blades do the work.” Rather than retreat, he stepped forward to m