Dual wielding volcanoes, killing through the west

Faced with such a formidable opponent, Ren's muscle memory was to first disrupt his balance with a hidden weapon, then find a way to use his stance to break his balance. Istavo was a big shot, and many wanted him dead. As his bodyguard, Ren had plenty of opportunities for real combat experience. This was the most efficient and effective method he had figured out after countless battles.

However, this time the result... was not as good as he had hoped.

The wolf suddenly leaped up, twisting its body at an incredible angle in mid-air, and actually used its two rows of teeth to bite the flying kunai!

"Is this even human?!" Ren cursed inwardly, but he couldn't care less. Even when facing an opponent like this, he couldn't afford to be distracted for a moment. He also knew that he wouldn't have such a good opportunity again. If he threw a kunai at her a second time, she might catch it first and throw it back at him.

It's now!

He changed his stance again, from the initial flowing lower stance to a middle stance with his feet upright, his waist lowered, and his body as firm as a rock.

Stab!

With a single thrust, he finally seized that fleeting opportunity and plunged the knife into the wolf's lower belly!

"Won!"

Within a fraction of a second, Ren breathed a sigh of relief.

His expression finally changed when... the tip of his katana stopped against something hard and could no longer pierce through.

The wolf's expression was calm, its head slightly lowered, staring blankly at the samurai sword piercing its body. This was the first time Ren had ever seen anything like this, and he even wondered if there was something wrong with his sword—how could it be that the wolf hadn't reacted at all after being stabbed?!

She wasn't even putting on a brave face; her breathing, pupils, heartbeat… these subconscious physiological reactions are hard to fake. But Ren couldn't sense any pain from her, unlike any opponent he'd faced before!

"Snapped!"

She gripped the blade with her other hand and took a step forward, the katana plunging deeper into her body without her noticing, solely to shorten the distance. Her emerald eyes revealed no other emotion, only the raw power of a ferocious beast, acting solely to hunt its prey.

With his right hand clenched into a claw, he pierced through Ren's neck!

----

"Boom————!!!"

A powerful punch landed squarely in his face.

Logically speaking, when competing against someone from the same school, one should hold back without holding back, but Zhang Renfeng did neither, instead delivering a fierce blow to the wolf's face.

Like a ball, the girl was thrown into a blur by the sudden punch, crashing heavily to the ground before bouncing back into the air. A string of blood droplets sprayed out, and the wolf, even while being struck, had already adjusted its posture, leaping and spinning in mid-air, drawing an extremely elegant semi-circle.

In the initial instant of the impact, her body was caught by the katana, preventing her from using any force to absorb the impact, and she was slammed to the ground. However, the thick, fluffy snow had already cushioned some of the impact, giving her more time to adjust her landing position when she bounced back.

Her toes landed lightly and gracefully on the snow, like a snow sprite dancing.

In just a few seconds, the wound from the knife had healed and stopped bleeding.

Yin Shuang, who had been kicked in the side of the neck, hadn't even recovered from the nausea and vomiting.

"No way, this..." Despite the freezing weather, Ren was already covered in cold sweat, his teeth clenched. "Is this really a human being?"

"Her physique is very special; slashing attacks have little effect on her. Given the opportunity, she will try to trade blows with you, and in the end, she will definitely come out ahead."

Looking at the girl's figure and her long, flowing golden hair that was blowing in the cold wind, Zhang Renfeng's tone carried a hint of envy.

"so good……"

"This is the confidence that [Rama Kung Fu] gave her."

Chapter 430: Only today do I realize the vastness of heaven and earth.

"Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, there was a great man named Rama who crossed the sea from India to the Central Plains to spread Buddhism. He preached in the palace of Emperor Wu of Liang for three years, but realized that although the emperor had the mouth of Buddha, he did not cultivate virtue and merit. Feeling that there was no hope for spreading Buddhism, he crossed the river on a reed and went to Mount Jiuhua to face the wall for nineteen years, where he mastered his own unparalleled martial arts."

"After Rama died, he was buried by his disciples in Xiong'er Mountain. It is said that his body was incorruptible and immortal because after his death, Rama's power continued to regenerate and circulate within his body. Whoever obtains his body will have the opportunity to comprehend this supreme divine power."

"The Rama Technique possesses the ability to mend injuries and restore vitality, and once mastered, even the most grievous wounds can be healed instantly. I don't know what kind of life she's been living overseas all these years, but it seems she hasn't neglected her kung fu for a single day..."

As he spoke, Zhang Renfeng took a deep breath, closed his eyes to concentrate, and when he opened them again, everything had slowed down.

Snowflakes drifted down, their paths becoming clearly visible. Zhang Renfeng was unusually focused; he dared not be careless in the slightest towards this fellow disciple. Although saying so was somewhat unfair to Zhu Kuilong, the pressure she exuded at this moment was no less than that of his senior brother when they first met in the theater.

What was terrifying was that everything in his senses had slowed down; Ren and Yinshuang's words were stretched out several times over, turning into meaningless noise. But the wolf opposite him, compared to his senses, moved at a normal speed—she seemed to have noticed his change and did not rush to attack. Instead, she lowered her body, placed her hands on the ground, and assumed a standard flat spider stance, ready to strike.

They were taught by the same master, so they can't break each other's moves!

"Huff..." Zhang Renfeng took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and acted suddenly, "First!"

"boom!!"

Just as his upper body began to move, a jab, as sharp as an arc, flew in and struck his jaw like an arrow.

"Buzz!"

Zhang Renfeng's pupils dilated in disbelief, but the glint of gold that flashed across his eyes seemed to leave him no room for further thought.

The first of the first.

He was always one step ahead of everyone else. Even his senior brother could only barely keep up with him in terms of "speed" because he practiced the Wild Goose Technique and embarked on a completely different development path. However, the benefits brought by the Rama Technique did not include this. In other words, she kept up with him by relying on her instinctive nerve reactions, and even anticipated her own predictions.

An overwhelming sense of dizziness washed over Zhang Renfeng, and his control over his body diminished. The sky and the earth began to spin rapidly, like an overturned porcelain bowl on a table, gently propelled by a hand.

How could this be?

"Tsk..."

Zhang Renfeng gritted his teeth, enduring the discomfort and nausea. His veins bulged, his legs tensed like rocks, and his ten toes gripped the ground tightly as he endured the wave of dizziness.

Like a discus thrower, his body slightly arched, transforming extreme stillness into extreme movement—he delivered another powerful palm strike, aimed straight for the wolf's shoulder and neck. He intended to use this forceful blow to first knock the wolf to the snow, restricting her agility, before applying further pressure.

However, the girl's actions were completely different from what he had expected.

Just before his palm touched her body, her emerald pupils suddenly dilated, and she gently leaped up, curling her body into the position of a fetus, as if returning to the womb. With each breath, she released all the strength from her body.

"boom--!!"

The force missed its mark, as if striking a light, flimsy piece of paper mid-air.

As if by magic, her body spun rapidly in mid-air, centered on her waist and hips, like a spinning windmill. Her long hair swept across the ground, raising large plumes of snow mist. Seeing this, Zhang Renfeng knew perfectly well that his junior sister had mastered the art of dissipating force to a state of perfection, even integrating it into her muscle memory.

Even though she was temporarily unconscious, the moment she was struck, she used her power-dissipating ability, perfectly and without any hindrance.

Senior brother, how can you be inferior to junior sister? Absolutely not!

For a moment, he understood Zhu Kuilong's feelings.

In a flash, only one thought remained in Zhang Renfeng's mind. He stretched his body, dispersing the power within his flesh through his feet across the vast snowfield. If she also mastered the "Silk Reeling Force" and used this offensive form of force dissipation, and he then tensed his muscles to take the hit head-on, he might suffer internal injuries!

however……

"boom----!"

A strong gust of wind swept past.

The expected, vicious, silk-reeling force, supposedly unleashed through force dissipation, was nowhere to be seen. Instead, a fast, accurate, and ruthless back kick followed. Having completely dissipated the force, the wolf landed on one leg, turned sideways, and leaped into the air, launching another fierce attack on Zhang Renfeng's jaw!

"top--!!"

Biting his lower lip, he finally saw what trick the wolf was playing the moment he activated his internal energy technique, and his pupils dilated slightly.

Not the jawline.

With a "whoosh," the toe grazed his chin and slammed into him.

It should be said that, unlike the previous move, she did not directly attack her own "body".

Perhaps she already knew that if she attacked head-on, neither her jaw nor her throat could penetrate her Qi-hardening technique. Instead, the force of the impact would injure her hand, giving her a chance to counterattack. At least, her senior brother in the same sect had suffered from this.

The wolves employed a completely different, unprecedented tactic—using incredibly fast attacks to "graze" their own vitals, thus preventing the shock from being completely neutralized. The shock traveled along the vagus nerve, which runs throughout their jaws, to their brains!

The dizziness was even more intense than before. Zhang Renfeng felt his legs go weak and felt so passive for the first time. He subconsciously created distance and tried to defend his jaw.

The wolf's movements, however, didn't pause for even a second. Having landed a successful blow, she wouldn't remain in the same spot. Instead, she lowered her center of gravity, charged forward, and plunged into Zhang Renfeng's blind spot. Leaping into the air, she changed angle and attacked his jaw!

"Woo..."

Every cause has an effect.

Perhaps at this moment, Zhang Renfeng finally understood the meaning of Zhu Kuilong's words: "No matter how high one's talent, it cannot surpass the heavens; no matter how profound one's innate ability, it cannot surpass the earth." The world is so vast, and so many people live beneath the heavens and on the yellow earth. How can you guarantee that someone with even greater talent than you won't appear out of nowhere?

……

After a moment, Zhang Renfeng bit his tongue, using the pain to force himself to wake up.

"This is bad!" Zhang Renfeng thought to himself, "She sensed all of this?!"

With its emerald eyes slightly narrowed, the wolf changed its posture in a moment of inattention, from kicking high to standing on one leg, stretching out its body, and easily splitting its right leg into a 180-degree vertical split.

"Thump—!!"

The third time, the sole hit right under his chin!

However, this was the moment Zhang Renfeng was waiting for. Even when struck, he didn't close his eyes. Only in that brief moment, less than a second, when the opponent launched an attack and made contact with his body, could he be absolutely certain of victory.

By the time the wolf realized what was happening, it was too late. This was a desperate act of self-sacrifice by Zhang Renfeng.

"Snapped!"

With arms outstretched, it attacked from both sides, like a pitcher plant instantly closing, grabbing her tightly. Normally, this move would be followed by a throw or grappling technique, but Zhang Renfeng didn't do that. It wasn't out of pity or reluctance to throw her; he knew very well that even if she were thrown to the ground, the wolf could neutralize the impact, essentially letting her go for nothing.

There is no other way to subdue her without hurting her!

"Sorry, wolf..."

Zhang Renfeng tightened his grip, holding her close, his arms tightening little by little. "Just bear with it!"

"Kara... Kara..."

As his arms tightened, the girl's bones began to crack. The wolf sensed the threat and struggled desperately, but her strongest limbs were firmly held in place. At this distance, Zhang Renfeng lifted her into the air, leaving her no room to exert any force.

"ah---!!!"

She then used her last remaining weapon to bite down on Zhang Renfeng's shoulder and neck!

……

"Dong dong!"

"Dong dong!"

……

The sound of a heartbeat, like a drumbeat, pounded against her skin, reaching the girl's ears and causing her to show a slightly surprised expression.

The wildness in his eyes gradually faded.

"Senior...brother...?" The girl opened her eyes sleepily, her eyelashes fluttering like butterflies. She glanced at Zhang Renfeng and mumbled, "I'm so hungry."

Chapter 431: Cordyceps

Looking at the girl lying in the snow, Yinshuang rubbed her neck, still shaken. "Was this... a success?"

Actually, halfway through the fight, she had recovered enough to participate. However, seeing how intense the fight was, she was afraid that getting involved would disrupt Zhang Renfeng's rhythm, so she stood still and watched with Ren. After all, the client's request was to bring her back without harming her as much as possible.

Against the backdrop of the snow, her long, flowing hair made her look like a princess who had escaped from her homeland, exceptionally beautiful.

"This is the price of the Rama Technique." Zhang Renfeng crouched down, checked the girl's breathing, and sighed, "An extremely strong self-healing ability, each activation requires the consumption of true energy. To put it more... 'scientifically', it means she needs to constantly eat to replenish the energy her body lacks. No wonder she just grabbed a moose and started eating it; in the freezing cold, the rate of heat loss is already faster than usual, plus the fighting and self-healing..."

With her breathing and heartbeat normal, Zhang Renfeng felt somewhat relieved. He took off his coat and wrapped the girl up like a rice dumpling.

Then, they finally had time to focus on the instigator of this trip.

Dover's body had been torn into several pieces by the wolves, and they were scattered on the snow.

However, despite achieving this, there was hardly any blood flowing out to stain the white snow red. Upon closer inspection, his body appeared to have been "hollowed out," with atrophied muscles filled with milky-white filamentous substances connecting his limbs.

Although his limbs had detached from his body, they remained active as if they were independent entities. His fingers, like insect legs, crawled laboriously through the snow, seemingly trying to leave and find another place. His head was unable to move, but his eyes still darted around, and his mouth opened and closed, much like those fish in a market that had been killed but were not quite dead yet.

It's no exaggeration to say that the uncanny valley effect really struck this time. Even someone as fearless as Zhang Renfeng couldn't help but shudder and feel nauseous.

“As expected,” Silverfrost murmured, “‘The root of blasphemy has already sprouted’... exactly as my mentor said.”

"Is this the person you mentioned before, the one in Gaoshu?" Zhang Renfeng found it unbelievable. "Gaoshu is in Granite State, which is far away from here."

"The trees will transmit the changes here to his ears. The leaves, the river, the earth, the breeze—the mentor can hear many sounds."

"So amazing?" Zhang Renfeng exclaimed again, marveling at how vast the world truly is, and how there are always people more capable than oneself.

His master had once told him that after mastering the Lesser Formless Skill, one could hear dragonflies fluttering their wings a thousand miles away and see spider silk hanging from the rafters. If Yinshuang's description was not exaggerated, then her mentor was probably at that level, right?

Silver Frost crouched down and used the blade of her iron sword to gently probe the corpse. A milky-white, viscous substance instantly reacted, spreading out like human fingers, trying to cling to her. Startled, she quickly pushed the sword away, gritting her teeth, "That's it!"

“These are evil cursed objects.” Ren frowned and said in a deep voice, “What exactly did they come from? Since your mentor used the word ‘sprout,’ it must be some kind of plant?”

"..."