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Her two-hundred-year-old manner of speaking is really hard to get used to.
Hiro complained inwardly as he faced Luo Hao's thunderous palm, but his hands did not slow in the slightest.
Without activating the Boosted Gear, he met her strike head-on with his bare palm.
Boom!
A dull, heavy sound-like a truck tire exploding-erupted suddenly.
With Hiro and Luo Hao as the center, a massive crater several meters deep and nearly fifty meters in diameter blasted open.
The resulting gale peeled away the surface layer of grass within hundreds of meters, flinging green shoots and brown soil into the air.
Grayfia, who had been adjusting her condition nearby, was forced to pause and raise a defensive barrier before she could continue observing the battlefield.
Compared to her earlier, hasty strike, Luo Hao had come fully prepared this time.
Her strength had multiplied severalfold, and she had employed her most specialized martial arts technique-using her body as a conduit to redirect most of Hiro's force into the ground beneath her feet.
That was the reason for the exaggerated destruction.
Tsk.
The only flaw was the bloodied hole running through the left side of Luo Hao's abdomen, crimson seeping steadily outward.
Any damage sustained by the Vajra would be faithfully reflected onto its summoner-Luo Hao herself.
The Vajra sealed by the Totsuka no Tsurugi probably didn't count as "damage."
But there was absolutely no reason the Vajra being pierced directly by the Longinus Lance wouldn't count.
If Luo Hao were not a Campione but a god, that single blow alone would have been enough to render her nearly dead and completely incapable of further combat.
Martial arts finesse.
As his body was about to fall freely, Hiro glanced down at the ground beneath his feet.
The tea-colored pupils in his eyes shifted silently, transforming into eerie, pale-purple ringed eyes.
Your technique is impressive.
But in the next second, it's mine.
Boom!
Another loud impact echoed.
Although it didn't further deepen the crater, the shock rippled violently across its edges, once again generating a howling storm.
"Can't you let me explain?"
Amid the roaring wind, Hiro held one of Luo Hao's soft, jade-like hands in each of his own.
Looking at the delicate face so close to his, he spoke with mild helplessness.
"Silence!"
In response to his words-and the strange change in his pupils-Luo Hao's expression remained completely unchanged.
Her small hands twisted sharply, breaking free from his grip.
Her crimson lips parted slightly.
"The Way of Heaven is bright. The Way of Earth is tranquil. The Way of Man is void!"
Her voice and breath merged into a violent shockwave as she clapped her palms together.
Crash!
The combined force of the [Great Strength Vajra Divine Art], the [Dragon Roar Tiger Roar Great Method], and the Twelve Phoenix-Plume Palms made this strike even more exaggerated than before.
The sound was like the earth itself breaking.
This-
However, the pressure exerted on Hiro this time wasn't even comparable to their initial exchange.
Because Luo Hao's palm force was dissolved by the very "finesse" Hiro had just learned from her.
It was redirected into the broad, accommodating earth beneath his feet.
Most of her overwhelming power was absorbed by the ground, accompanied by the deep, rolling tremor of what felt like a magnitude seven, eight, or even nine earthquake.
Cracks like spreading spiderwebs burst forth beneath Hiro's feet, racing outward into the distance.
"What?!"
With Luo Hao's eyesight, she instantly recognized the pattern.
Shock flickered across her face.
In the earlier exchanges, Hiro had shown no martial arts foundation at all-relying purely on reflexes and brute strength to endure her attacks.
Yet now, after only a few exchanges, he had displayed the technique of force redirection.
The very same technique she had just demonstrated.
Putting everything together, a terrifying realization formed in her mind.
He had learned it from her.
In just a few exchanges.
"Bright sun, blazing and radiant! Spirits of Heaven and Earth, let the Supreme Venerable Sovereign's Edict be carried out at once!"
Unwilling to accept this, Luo Hao chanted once more and struck forward with a reverse palm.
Thud!
Her palms were clamped again.
Despite her resistance, Luo Hao had no choice but to acknowledge the vast disparity in strength between them.
Her strongest attacks were effortlessly neutralized.
Gritting her teeth, she activated her final offensive Authority.
"Star Lord Tai Sui! In the boundless Heaven and Earth, only the strong may survive!"
Maintaining the posture of having her palms restrained, Luo Hao completed the incantation.
From the devastated surroundings, countless plants suddenly surged forth.
Red, green, blue, purple, azure, and black.
Ordinary flowers and trees. Poisonous weeds. Carnivorous plants. Savage, ferocious blossoms.
The moment the overwhelming vines and roots finished growing, they lashed out toward Hiro.
Venomous mist sprayed from the poisonous weeds.
Carnivorous plants lunged, their maws opening wide.
Faced with this scene, Hiro calmly scanned his surroundings, his expression utterly unperturbed.
"White Horse."
The moment his voice fell, a mighty white lion appeared above both him and Luo Hao.
As it descended, all the vegetation was incinerated almost instantly.
Luo Hao's previous technique for breaking free from his grip was already ineffective-it had been seen through.
For the first time in over two hundred years, Luo Hao's hand was held by an unfamiliar man.
Though she remained outwardly composed and ignored the wound in her side entirely, a flicker of curiosity surfaced in her heart.
He has reached this level with a human body.
Not a Campione's.
What makes this person different?
And curiosity, for a woman, is often the fastest path to falling.
"Sect Master Luo Hao," Hiro said calmly, tightening his grip on her soft hand as he looked at her up close.
"Do you wish to continue?"
"No."
Luo Hao slowly shook her head.
"This battle is my defeat."
There was helplessness in her expression.
And shock.
"I, Luo Hao, am not so shameless as to deny the outcome of my own loss."
Phew.
Hearing her words, Hiro finally let out a quiet sigh of relief.
Although the exchange had lasted only seconds and caused him no fatigue, he still held a favorable impression of Luo Hao-the "local" Campione.
It was time to go home.
And adjust his state.
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