Chapter 207: Chapter 104: Seven-Star Divine Skill

They were dead set on going to Dongyi to settle the score.

It went without saying.

So this time, as soon as they heard Dongqi University was coming to the training center, they immediately followed.

Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will emerge victorious in every battle.

Even if their new generation couldn’t win, they at least had some third-year students as backup.

They just hadn’t expected the Youth Training Team to be so “unfriendly” and put them in their place right from the start.

It ruined their original plan to target the Dongqi University team members.

Now they were stuck in an awkward and uncomfortable position.

「The next day!」

The training schedule proceeded as usual.

Looking refreshed and in high spirits, Zhao Rui smiled and greeted Sun Hao, the “Senior Brother” from the Youth Training Team opposite him.

“I hear you’ve already gone through several opponents, but that should end with me.”

Sun Hao didn’t give Zhao Rui’s smile the time of day.

He spoke bluntly.

Zhao Rui wasn’t angered by his words. Instead, he gave a faint smile and said, “Senior Brother, you must have misunderstood. I’m just here to learn from everyone.”

“Let’s let our fists do the talking!”

“How straightforward, Senior Brother!”

Since they couldn’t see eye to eye, it was more direct to let their fists and feet do the talking.

Zhao Rui couldn’t care less what they thought. All that mattered was that he was following the rules.

The two cupped their fists in salute and then separated, each taking an opening stance. The instant their eyes met, their figures blurred, and they clashed.

“Replicable Martial Art discovered: Seven-Star Divine Skill! Replicate?”

Zhao Rui froze. ’A Divine Skill?’

’Anything worthy of being called a Divine Skill cannot be underestimated.’

Zhao Rui instantly gave it one hundred percent of his focus.

They exchanged blows for several rounds, starting with nothing more than simple punches and kicks.

As the fight dragged on and Sun Hao found that ordinary techniques were not enough to take down Zhao Rui, his brow furrowed. He glanced over at the assistant coach, who was standing with another group.

A starlight glinted in his eyes. Instantly, the Qi of his Dantian surged through his meridians, starting from the Yongquan acupoint at the sole of his foot. It passed through the Laogong, Yuque, and various other acupoints, transforming into the Seven Stars Power that flooded his body. Thunderous Palm Strike!

An immense Palm Force, like a clap of thunder, blasted toward Zhao Rui.

Although Zhao Rui was already on guard, the sheer power of this palm still made the hair on his arms stand up.

He hastily executed the Wandering Dragon Step while simultaneously using the Prajna Palm to generate layers of yielding force, hoping to neutralize his opponent’s immense Palm Force.

Just as Zhao Rui was using the impact and his Body Technique to evade the attack, before he could even catch his breath, Sun Hao unleashed another palm strike.

It was the same special skill the Youth Training Team had demonstrated earlier: chaining “Big Moves”!

“Shit!”

Zhao Rui couldn’t help but curse.

’So he’s trying to use Big Moves on me.’

’Let’s see how I disrupt that!’

A glint appeared in Zhao Rui’s eyes as he activated his Six Yi Charm Immortal Technique, which instantly manifested as streams of Gang Qi enveloping Sun Hao.

Sun Hao felt his Inner Qi rampage through his body like a flood, running wild and becoming impossible to control. His Seven Stars Power was broken in an instant.

However, his Cultivation Technique was indeed extraordinary. In a flash, a layer of Inner Strength circulated through his body, just barely managing to counteract the turbulent aura of the Charm Immortal Technique.

Their exchange was lightning-fast, happening in the blink of an eye.

They were once again at a standoff.

“You’re very strong! You should have been the one to compete,” Sun Hao said calmly, looking at Zhao Rui with a profound gaze.

“You’re very strong too, and you didn’t compete either!” Zhao Rui retorted with a laugh.

“Again?”

“Again!”

In an instant, the two were locked in combat again.

“Seven-Star Divine Skill replication progress: thirty percent.”

“Seven-Star Divine Skill replication progress: fifty percent!”

After such a fierce battle, Zhao Rui had to use every trick in the book to push Sun Hao into using his Seven Stars Power to its absolute extreme.

Only then, just before the session ended, did he manage to achieve a fifty percent replication progress.

“Continue tomorrow?” Zhao Rui asked with a smile after the session ended.

A sharp glint appeared in Sun Hao’s eyes. He hadn’t expected Zhao Rui to be not only unfatigued but positively brimming with energy.

He couldn’t help but frown, but his verbal response was immediate: “Of course, we’ll continue!”

With that, he walked impatiently toward the Youth Training Team’s gathering area.

When he met up with the main team members who were waiting, Sun Hao shook his head and said, “We’re evenly matched. I can’t beat him, and he can’t beat me.”

“Even your Seven-Star Palm Force wasn’t enough? What kind of Martial Arts does he use?”

Someone asked curiously. After all, Sun Hao’s skill in Martial Arts was only a hair beneath their own, and he was already at the Level 9 Peak.

“On top of that, he has a special Divine Skill that grants him extraordinary Palm Force.”

“His Martial Arts are a hodgepodge: Prajna Palm, Great Demon Subduing Palm, Taihang Thirteen Palms, Eight Trigrams Palm, Five Elements Fist… His most formidable technique is a Gang Qi Secret Skill that can throw an opponent’s qi and blood into turmoil. It’s incredibly difficult to defend against.”

Sun Hao didn’t mention that the technique countered his Seven-Star Palm Force, only describing its power.

“Learning such a mishmash… Before the Grandmaster Realm, you might win by surprising opponents with sheer variety. But when it’s time to break through to the Grandmaster Realm, he’ll likely find he’s bitten off more than he can chew and is unable to truly master any one thing.”

One of the members couldn’t help but chuckle at this.

Hearing this, the others all nodded in agreement.

Sun Hao hesitated for a moment, then shook his head. “It’s hard to say. From what I saw, he wielded all those Martial Arts with ease. It didn’t seem like he was a jack of all trades, master of none.”

“We’ll see. If you can’t take him down, then I’ll have to step in!”

This came from the main team member who had spoken before, his voice low and serious.

“I’ll do my best!”

Sun Hao frowned but nodded in assent.

「The next day.」

The two of them wasted no words, immediately launching into a battle of dragon versus tiger.

Worried the two might get truly heated, the assistant coach watched from the side for a while. He saw that although their attacks were fierce, they both handled the exchanges with fluid ease, so there was no need for concern.

After watching for a while longer, the assistant coach left to supervise the other sparring pairs.

The moment the assistant coach was gone, their fight became far more intense.

After fighting for thirty to forty minutes with no clear path to victory, Sun Hao’s eyes narrowed. He suddenly exploded into motion, his feet tapping lightly on the ground as he used Light Body Techniques to flash rapidly around Zhao Rui. At the same time, Inner Strength flowed from his Yongquan acupoint, passed through six other acupoints, and transformed into Seven-Star Palm Force as he blasted three consecutive palms toward Zhao Rui.

Aided by his swift movements, the Palm Forces seemed to strike Zhao Rui from three different directions all at the same instant.

Zhao Rui’s eyes narrowed. ’This Body Technique, these Techniques… truly enviable.’

But this was no time for envy. He hurriedly used his younger cousin Zhao Xin’s Great Nine Heavens Palm with one hand and the Prajna Palm with the other. Striking with both palms simultaneously, he barely managed to neutralize his opponent’s immense Palm Force.

Even so, the momentum sent him stumbling back a dozen steps.

’It’s a pity I haven’t fully mastered the Great Demon Subduing Palm. Otherwise, using it with both hands should have been enough to block that.’

Zhao Rui crossed his arms, his concentration sharp and on high alert.

’His Martial Arts are strong, but he’s still within a range I can control. His Inner Strength is still at Level 9.’

’There’s no need to reveal more of my trump cards yet.’

In contrast, Sun Hao’s eyes were slightly wide, his face a mask of solemnity.

’He blocked that so easily.’

“Let’s see how many times you can block that,” Sun Hao said coldly, his icy gaze sweeping over Zhao Rui.

“We’ll only know after we try!” Zhao Rui replied coolly.

By now, the two of them were fighting with real fire.

Neither was willing to take a step back and admit defeat.

Their fight had clearly exceeded the bounds of a normal sparring match.

The members of several nearby sparring pairs turned to look over.

The assistant coach heard the commotion and hurried over, glaring at them. “What’s going on here?”

“I couldn’t handle the force for a moment and stumbled back a few steps. My apologies, Coach. My skills are lacking,” Zhao Rui said, scratching his head sheepishly.

“Be more careful. The purpose of sparring is to identify and patch up your weaknesses, find flaws in your Techniques, and locate hitches in the circulation of your Cultivation Technique…”

“Understood, Coach,” Zhao Rui replied, nodding politely.

“You two, continue. I’m going to watch.”

The assistant coach wasn’t fooled by Zhao Rui’s obedient act and didn’t leave. Instead, he stood to the side, quietly waiting for them to start again.

“Senior Brother Sun, let’s begin!”

With a faint smile, Zhao Rui seized the initiative, striking at Sun Hao with the Prajna Palm’s Buddha Lotus!

Seeing this, Sun Hao had no choice but to continue trading blows with Zhao Rui.

With the assistant coach present, the two returned to a normal exchange of blows.

They went back and forth for a while, completely lacking their earlier intensity.

The assistant coach watched for nearly half an hour before he left.

But the moment the assistant coach left, before Sun Hao could attack, Zhao Rui seized the initiative. He unleashed the Great Nine Heavens Palm, its world-ending pressure striking at Sun Hao in a relentless barrage.

Although this Palm Technique’s power was slightly inferior to the Seven-Star Palm Force, it was still a rare and peerless Palm Technique in its own right.

Its Techniques flowed one into the next without end, like the clouds of the Nine Heavens pressing low, looking down on all the world.

It gave Sun Hao no opportunity whatsoever to use his Seven-Star Palm Force.

After another hour of fighting, Zhao Rui suddenly struck an opening in Sun Hao’s attack, taking the opportunity to tap his Jianjing Acupoint.

“Haha, Senior Brother Sun, it looks like you need a new set of Martial Arts.”

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