Chapter 198 - 178: Like a Dragon
Wu Li executed Horse Form Cannon with a punch aimed at the center line, his fist barreling toward Hu Shan’s chest. Hu Shan, meanwhile, pinched his left hand, his tendons and bones crackling as they formed a crane’s beak, pecking swiftly toward the elbow joint of Wu Li.
This peck was so fast it almost left an afterimage, and had it connected, Wu Li would have immediately suffered broken bones and torn tendons!
Hu Shan did not expect to hit Wu Li with this single move; his aim was to force Wu Li to change his attack or dodge it.
Wu Li’s Horse Form Cannon, upright and forthright, was at the peak of its momentum, and any change in move or attempt at evasion would inevitably weaken this force.
Both Wu Li’s fist intent and the Xingyi Fist technique he employed placed great emphasis on momentum, making them extremely compatible. Consequently, Hu Shan’s first objective was to undermine his opponent’s momentum.
Faced with Hu Shan’s Crane Form pecking hand, Wu Li did not dodge. Instead, he twisted his right arm suddenly, turning it over. His punch instantly gained a spiraling force. What was originally Cannon Fist was now augmented with the drilling force of Drilling Fist, like a Big Spear suddenly shaken and thrust forward, rotating and stabbing outward.
Crack! Hu Shan’s Crane hand, originally targeting Wu Li’s elbow joint, struck the other side of his arm instead due to Wu Li’s sudden arm reversal. It was as if it hit a rapidly spinning diamond drill, with the impact’s force dispersed substantially by the spiraling power of Wu Li’s arm, no longer focused. With Wu Li’s cultivation of the Golden Bell Shield, even avoiding the joint, the strike did little more than cause a swollen redness on his arm, which quickly dissipated.
Wu Li’s Cannon Fist, now enhanced with the forward spiraling force of Drilling Fist, accelerated suddenly, making it akin to a Big Spear thrusting straight at Hu Shan’s solar plexus.
After his unsuccessful strike, Hu Shan immediately switched his force. He quickly lowered his head and bent forward, body hunching like a large shrimp.