Chapter 144 - 112: Playing Along with the Scheme, a New Deal, Massive Gains

Chapter 144: Chapter 112: Playing Along with the Scheme, a New Deal, Massive Gains

Su Chen’s thoughts raced, and he quickly came up with a few ideas.

"Perhaps I could ask Aunt Xue for help. It shouldn’t be hard to buy the Profound Essence Pill as a family member of the Profound Water Gang. But it might be hard to explain when the time comes. I can’t just pull the ’I have a friend’ excuse to fool Aunt Xue again. She isn’t Zhu Yan or Cai Xiaoyue; she won’t be fooled so easily!"

What a headache!

Shaking his head to dispel these thoughts, Su Chen took another stroll through the Black Market, mainly looking for some alternative medicines.

After looking around, he found that most stalls sold raw medicinal herbs. There were very few alternative medicines for the Qi Blood Pill, and even if there were, their medicinal efficacy couldn’t compare to the Blood Boiling Powder.

A while later, Su Chen finally gave up and decided to head back.

It was still early when he walked out of the Black Market, but he was in no mood to wander.

Su Chen hurried along. After walking for a quarter of an hour and reaching a desolate mountain path, he suddenly stopped, looked back, and said loudly, "You’ve been following me for a while now. Is there something you need?"

"I’m the one who bought medicine from you before. I’d like to purchase some more Qi Blood Medicine. Do you still have any on you?" A figure revealed himself from the branches of a tree.

The person was dressed entirely in black, his back against the moonlight, making it impossible for Su Chen to see his face.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen replied flatly, "You’ve got the wrong person. I don’t sell medicine!"

"It’s fine if you don’t have any, but I need you to answer a question for me." The black-clad man did not let Su Chen off the hook so easily.

Su Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly as he asked, "What question?"

"Do you know where the deaf-mute Physician is?"

"You’ve got the wrong person!" Su Chen shook his head and said decisively.

The black-clad man sneered. "Since you refuse to speak, I’ll just have to make you."

With that, his figure darted out, swooping down like a black eagle and instantly blocking Su Chen’s path.

Su Chen’s gaze hardened. The moment the man landed, he struck, covering the distance in two quick steps and leaving behind an afterimage as he charged forward.

With his five fingers pressed together and his palm surging with power, a fierce palm wind howled out. It stirred up bursts of airwaves, parting the air as it smashed down.

Seeing this, the black-clad man’s expression remained unchanged, showing no sign of panic. He abruptly spun around, curling his fingers into a claw. A silver light flashed as he grabbed toward the Iron Palm.

BANG!

A muffled thud rang out the instant the silver claw and the Iron Palm clashed, forming ripples of invisible airwaves that reverberated outward.

A tremendous impact rippled out instantly, making their sleeves flutter and their hair whip through the air. It suppressed both of their auras and, as their two figures retreated, exploded outward.

"What powerful palm force!"

The black-clad man stumbled back several steps, a trace of solemnity quietly flickering in his eyes.

"A claw technique?"

Su Chen shook his arm. He wasn’t injured; rather, during their brief exchange, a few silver fragments had chipped off from the opponent’s silver eagle claw.

The black-clad man’s claw technique, paired with this silver claw, truly complemented each other, doubling its destructive power.

"Are you a member of the Rebirth Sect?" Su Chen asked in a deep voice.

"You really do know the deaf-mute Physician! In that case, I definitely can’t let you live today!" The black-clad man was briefly taken aback before sneering.

Su Chen didn’t reply and instead took the initiative to attack. Whether he lived or died wasn’t up to the black-clad man to decide!

With a sudden lunge, Su Chen’s body seemed to sprout wings. His toes barely touched the ground as he burst forward with the speed of thunder, turning into a streak of lightning.

The black-clad man narrowed his eyes and coldly snorted, "You’re courting death!"

Then, pushing off hard with his toes, he shot forward like an arrow released from a bowstring, colliding head-on with Su Chen.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The silver claws were like hooks, seemingly indestructible.

The Iron Palms were sharp, their piercing edge on full display.

Relying on his silver claws, the black-clad man didn’t fall at a disadvantage against Su Chen.

However, as the fight dragged on, his expression gradually grew heavy. The moment the two of them channeled their internal force, he felt as if he were plunged into a vast ocean, endlessly battered by crashing waves.

If his internal force could be compared to a small stream, then Su Chen’s internal force was a raging river.

And when that river flowed into the ocean, instead of being assimilated, it transformed into an expanse as vast as the sea in the blink of an eye.

Such a transformation was simply unheard of!

"Could this person be a martial artist of the Bone Forging Realm? How did the deaf-mute Physician become acquainted with a Bone Forger Martial Artist?" the black-clad man thought in horror, finding it hard to believe.

"He still dares to get distracted at a time like this," Su Chen coldly snorted in his mind. His movements grew even more ferocious. A violent surge of internal force crushed down overwhelmingly, and in an instant, with devastating momentum, he sent the black-clad man flying with a single palm strike.

Not only was the opponent’s internal force vastly superior to his own, but it also carried an extremely fierce and unyielding power. Having taken just one palm strike, the black-clad man felt his internal organs churning violently. Even after exhausting all the internal force in his body, he was completely unable to suppress Su Chen’s invading force.

Two streams of internal force—one soft and yielding, the other fierce and unyielding—clashed violently inside the black-clad man’s body, bringing him immense agony. Unable to hold back any longer, a coppery taste welled up from deep within his throat, and he violently coughed up a mouthful of blood.

SPURT!

Although he eventually managed to suppress that fierce internal force within him, the black-clad man’s aura instantly wilted, and his face grew a few shades paler.

"Huh? Where did he go?"

However, he had no time to worry about his injuries. Looking up, he violently shuddered—where did Su Chen go?

The next moment, a chill rose from the soles of his feet and shot straight to the top of the skull. Chills ran down his spine, all the hairs on his body stood on end, and he felt as though he had been plunged into an icy cellar, freezing him to the core!

SMACK!

CRACK!

In an instant, the Iron Palm descended vertically from behind, hammering heavily against the back of his head. With just one strike, it shattered the black-clad man’s skull, turning his brains to mush.