NOVPUBFurious Waves Slap the Shore!
Facing this palm strike, Su Changkong could only muster all his True Qi and Qi and Blood, left palm harnessing nature’s spiritual energy, he heaved up a roaring tidal wave in an effort to resist!
"Boom!!"
The surging palm force exploded at the moment of collision, the soil and trees around them were ground into powder, dancing wildly. Anyone who came within thirty feet of the two would be ripped to shreds, even if they had bodies of steel.
"Crack crack crack!"
And at the moment of collision, an unbearable monstrous force surged forth. Accompanied by the sound of bone-shattering, Su Changkong’s left arm, which was harder than steel, couldn’t bear the load and fractured. His left arm tightened as muscles tore apart and blood spurted out.
"Bang bang bang!"
Like a kite with its string cut, Su Changkong himself was sent flying backwards by the force of the palm strike, crashing through trees, breaking and bursting them, and he landed hard on the ground, coughing up blood repeatedly!
"The gap... too big!" Su Changkong struggled to his feet, equally shocked.
Tan You, as an Elder of the Life Extinguishing Association, was already a master in his own right before becoming an Elder, indeed surpassing the limits of what Su Changkong could handle! A crushing defeat in every aspect!
"Alas... for mortals have limits! No match at all! But your flesh must be quite delicious!"
Tan You had effortlessly overwhelmed Su Changkong with a serious strike, sighed, then his crimson tongue licked his lips, a bloodthirsty expression flashed across his face. What he enjoyed most was to exercise his muscles and bones, then feast to his heart’s content!
Su Changkong stood up from the ground, spiritual energy gathered behind him, coalescing into form, and once again formed a Giant Ape Illusion. Seeing this, Tan You frowned slightly, "Still resisting? I’m already tired of this!"
Facing Tan You, Su Changkong still had one last move... escape!
Whoosh! 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
The Giant Ape Illusion grabbed the Star Pattern Gold Strong Bow that Su Changkong carried on his back and pulled out a dark, thumb-thick arrow with a profoundly heavy appearance.
The Giant Ape Illusion drew the bow into a full moon, but aimed not at Tan You, but in the opposite direction!
"Not good!"
In that instant, Tan You’s face changed drastically. He realized something, lost his previous composure, and with a flash, his white hair flew about as if tearing through space itself, he crossed twenty to thirty zhang in an instant, reached out to grab Su Changkong’s throat, but it was too late.
"Whiz!"
The Giant Ape Illusion released the bowstring. The arrow shot away in the opposite direction and Su Changkong instantly vanished from the spot, leaving Tan You grabbing at thin air. Su Changkong rose into the air, following the arrow up into the sky, and flew into the distance!
The Giant Ape Illusion shifted into a Crane Play silhouette, wings spread wide, talons clutching onto Su Changkong’s shoulders as it carried him away at great speed.
"He... he flew away?"
The robed elder stood dumbfounded watching this scene, somewhat astonished.
Flying is undoubtedly an aspiration for all creatures born on land, especially humans. Every person longs for the freedom to soar and fly.
But to defy gravity and glide through the void, besides riding a flying exotic beast mount, one must attain the body of a Martial Saint to achieve this!
Clearly, Su Changkong had not reached this step, yet he flew away?
Naturally, Su Changkong could not fly. On closer inspection, several strands of Heaven Silkworm Silk connected him to the arrow that was shot out!
This was Su Changkong’s method for escaping and saving his life.
Once Su Changkong’s Archery reached realm 10, his thoughts became agile; he pondered that Archery could not only be used for killing but also for escaping!
Su Changkong’s idea was simple: use Heaven Silkworm Silk to connect himself to an arrow and then fire the arrow with all his strength, thus using its momentum to achieve ’flight’!
Of course, for this to work, the arrow’s kinetic energy must be strong, and the arrow itself must be somewhat heavy. Even a light bullet, fired at several times the speed of sound, wouldn’t be capable of carrying a person aloft.
Thus, while at the Spirit Taoist Sect, Su Changkong used extremely heavy Black Profound Gold to forge a few ’heavy arrows.’ While they seemed like regular arrows, they weighed twenty to thirty taels, and combined with Su Changkong’s Archery and Heaven Silkworm Silk, they produced the effect seen now!
Su Changkong had also tried to continuously shoot arrows in the air to achieve sustained flight but failed because of the reaction force; when an arrow is fired from the ground, the force is absorbed by it.
It’s like jumping; you can jump once on the ground but cannot jump a second or third time in mid-air without a foothold. If you could do so, it would be akin to stepping on your own foot to ascend to the heavens.
Su Changkong had kept this arrow-flying technique as his last resort for life-saving until he faced the overwhelmingly powerful adversary Tan You, and he finally used it to escape!
The effect was obviously significant, although Tan You realized something immediately, he was a step too late!
"Whiz!"
The arrow launched became a rainbow flash, carrying Su Changkong through the sky, the wind whipping past. Surpassing several times the speed of sound, the sheer velocity and the fierce winds that hit him could tear apart the body of an ordinary person.
Su Changkong performed Crane Play, reducing his weight as much as possible, experiencing the sensation of flying!
"Pursue!"
Tan You watched the rapidly disappearing rainbow light at the horizon, no longer bearing his previous composure, and let out a thunderous roar, stepping forward, he instantly tore through the air, sprinting towards the direction where Su Changkong disappeared.
"Pursue! We can’t let him get away!" The robed elder reacted quickly and promptly followed suit. He knew that if they let Dao Wufeng get away now, he’d surely become wary and hide away cautiously, making it not so easy to find him again!
