Chapter 7

Zi Chen fell to the ground. He had already reached the limit of his life. It was only by relying on his strong willpower that he managed to keep himself from fainting.

"Weng!"

He had lost too much blood and was on the verge of death. His heart seemed to be about to stop beating. However, at this moment, Zi Chen's heart suddenly jumped. Then, a thick silver energy appeared from his heart and rushed to his limbs and bones.

This energy passed through his limbs and bones, through his blood, and poured into every part of Zi Chen's body. Under this energy, the wounds on Zi Chen's body began to shrink and heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was as if he had eaten a miracle elixir. The wounds first stopped bleeding and then began to scab over. All of this happened in just a few breaths of time. After a few breaths of time, the scabs that had just formed began to loosen. The scabs instantly fell off, revealing the smooth and delicate skin underneath.

"Sure enough!"

The wounds instantly healed. Although Zi Chen's face was still pale, he was much more spirited. Looking at the scars that would fall off with a touch, Zi Chen's eyes flashed with a bright light.

The silver energy was everywhere. Zi Chen had once again escaped disaster.

After carefully covering his tracks, Zi Chen pretended to stagger and quickly ran forward. He knew that Zhao Can must still be chasing after him.

Although his injuries had healed, his true energy had not yet recovered. At this moment, Zi Chen was still very weak. Even if he faced an injured Zhao Can, he might not be able to win.

Therefore, he needed to find a place to rest.

After circling around a mountain, he found a relatively secluded place. Zi Chen began to meditate and cultivate.

There was not much time left for him. Therefore, Zi Chen needed to quickly recover his strength. The Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Art was automatically operating.

The surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered towards Zi Chen. At this moment, Zi Chen had entered a state of emptiness.

He felt as if he had become the energy of heaven and earth. He became ethereal and empty, like a drifting soul. Then, he floated and arrived in a strange space.

This was a white and silver space. The space was filled with silver lightning energy. Other than that, there was nothing else here. It seemed very empty.

"Where is this place?"

Just as Zi Chen was feeling puzzled, the lightning energy in the silver space suddenly surged. A huge vortex appeared and began to devour the surrounding lightning energy.

Zi Chen retreated quickly, avoiding the vortex. His eyes were fixed on the vortex.

The vortex only lasted for three breaths of time. After three breaths of time, the vortex disappeared and the space of lightning returned to normal. However, there was an additional figure at the place where the vortex had appeared.

It was a figure whose body was emitting lightning.

The other party was only sixteen or seventeen years old and looked like a youth. However, this youth had lightning surging around him. His pair of cold eyes were as sharp as lightning.

This was a lightning youth.

Zi Chen's eyes widened as he stared at the lightning youth in front of him in disbelief. The lightning youth looked exactly like him.

"How is that possible?"

Zi Chen's eyes widened and were filled with horror.

When the lightning youth saw Zi Chen, there seemed to be a slight fluctuation in his cold eyes. However, that was all. After that, the lightning youth stood in place and clenched his fists. The lightning around him began to surge.

Vaguely, the figure of a fierce tiger seemed to appear from the lightning youth's body.

His cold eyes closed slightly and opened in an instant. Then, he suddenly punched forward with both fists.

"Roar!"

A tiger's roar resounded. Zi Chen seemed to see a fierce tiger running towards him when his opponent punched.

Third-rate battle skill, Ferocious Tiger Fist.

The first killing move, Ferocious Tiger Descends the Mountain.

The ferocious tiger descended from the mountain, bringing with it a sharp aura and the aura of a king as it rushed towards Zi Chen. In the process, the lightning youth threw out a second punch, the Ferocious Tiger Roar.

A tiger's roar shook the forest. The roar represented the king of the forest defending his territory. At this moment, after the roar, the tiger's aura had climbed to the peak.

He had become a true king.

The first two moves were only the beginning of the killing move. The third move of the Ferocious Tiger Fist, Ferocious Tiger Pounces on Its Prey, was the final attack and also the strongest attack.

After the king's aura had climbed to the peak, Zi Chen saw the king of the forest leaping towards him. He opened his bloody mouth and extended his cold sharp claws towards him.

After that, Zi Chen's eyes were filled with a silver light. His entire body was swallowed by the silver light.

When his consciousness returned, Zi Chen's face was pale. He suddenly opened his eyes. There was fatigue in his eyes, but after the fatigue, there was shock.

"Ferocious Tiger Fist, it's actually the true meaning of the Ferocious Tiger Fist. Who is that lightning youth? Where is that silver space?" Zi Chen was extremely shocked.

The lightning youth had only used three moves, but he had summarized the true meaning of the Ferocious Tiger Fist. In that instant, what Zi Chen saw was not an ordinary fist technique, but a true tiger, a true king of the forest.

The Ferocious Tiger Fist walked the path of strength and fierceness. Zi Chen had thought that he was already familiar with these three moves and could even use them in reverse. However, when he saw the lightning youth's move this time, Zi Chen realized how laughable his previous thoughts were.

The Ferocious Tiger Fist only had three moves. Each move focused more on the change of momentum than the last. The third move was a combination of the first two moves. Only then could the third move, Ferocious Tiger Pounces on Its Prey.

If it were to be used in reverse, it would simply be ridiculous.

It was also the first time that Zi Chen had truly understood that there was a true meaning to a battle technique.

Unconsciously, Zi Chen stood up. He clenched his hands into fists. In his mind, he thought of the lightning youth. The true energy in his body began to surge. In his heart, he thought of the tiger's momentum.

He was not in a hurry to make a move. He allowed his momentum to rise.

Vaguely, Zi Chen felt that he had transformed into a ferocious tiger.

When this feeling appeared, Zi Chen used the first move of the Ferocious Tiger Fist, Ferocious Tiger Descends the Mountain. It was domineering and carried the aura of a king.

After the first move, the momentum had yet to dissipate. Following that was the second move, Ferocious Tiger's Roar. The tiger's roar shook the forest and all beasts submitted. The tiger's momentum rose to a peak. At this moment, the third move appeared smoothly.

Ferocious Tiger Pounces on Its Prey.

The final killing move appeared in an instant. It brought with it a sharp aura as it charged forward.

"Peng!"

In front of him, Zi Chen's last punch landed on a large rock.

A fist imprint instantly appeared on the large rock. Immediately after, with the fist imprint as the center, small cracks spread out. Finally, with a bang, the large rock shattered into pieces.

"Did I do this?"

Looking at the shattered rock in front of him, Zi Chen's eyes widened. He felt disbelief.

When he tried the Ferocious Tiger Fist for the first time, the three moves were not connected. However, when he used the last move, it already had such power. Zi Chen was overjoyed.

From today onwards, he could be considered to have completely given up on the moves. He began to comprehend the true meaning of the moves and went straight to the heart of the battle technique.

"This move is indeed powerful. However, the consumption is also frightening. I actually used up all of my second level true energy." Zi Chen shook his head and sighed. However, his eyes were filled with joy.

Now that he was at the second level of true energy, his attack power had far surpassed that of when he was at the fourth level of true energy. The combination of his body and battle technique was comparable to the attack of an inner disciple at the fifth level of true energy.

"Those who survive a great disaster are bound to have good fortune later on. This saying from the ancient times is indeed true."

Zi Chen sighed in his heart. At this moment, he seemed to be able to see a path to becoming a strong martial artist.

"It doesn't matter who that lightning youth is. It also doesn't matter what kind of place the lightning space is. As long as it is helpful to me, it is good. As for now, it is time to deal with Zhao Can." Zi Chen sneered. Killing intent once again appeared in his eyes.

Now, it was not Zhao Can who wanted to kill him. It was him who wanted to kill Zhao Can. Such a fortuitous encounter, he naturally could not let others know. Zi Chen finally understood this principle.

For a five hundred year old Snow Ginseng, Zhao Can was willing to kill him. Not to mention such a fortuitous encounter. Although Zi Chen still did not know what was in his heart, he knew that it was definitely not an ordinary thing. If this kind of thing was revealed, not only would the outer and inner disciples of the Nimbus Martial Ancestor want to dig out his heart, even the elders and sect leader would likely do the same.

With great confidence, Zi Chen chose to take the initiative to attack. After recovering his true energy at the fastest speed, Zi Chen went back the way he came.

Zhao Can was already on the verge of collapse. Zi Chen was simply a monster. After receiving his killing blow, he still did not die. In the previous attack, he even pierced through Zi Chen's heart, but the latter still did not die.

"Could it be that his heart is not on the left side?"

Zhao Can could not help but frown. It was rumored that some people were born with extraordinary talents. There were also some people whose body structure was very strange. The heart was not on the left side, but on the right side.

"It is very possible. Next time, I will attack his right chest." Zhao Can could not help but say. He was still suppressing his injuries. He was determined to catch up to Zi Chen.

However, Zi Chen was far more tenacious than he had imagined. Until now, he had not fallen. There was not even a trace of blood on the ground. He could only follow the footprints to find him.

Zhao Can's heart was bitter, but he did not feel any regret. He only felt anger. "Zi Chen, I will not let you live. Even if you had a fortuitous encounter and were lucky enough to not die and repair Abdomen, your strength will not increase by much in just a few days. As long as I kill you, all your fortuitous encounters will be mine."

"Really?" Just as Zhao Can was muttering to himself, a cold voice suddenly sounded in front of him.

Zhao Can's face changed as he looked forward.

Zi Chen walked out of the cave. His footsteps made a puffing sound as he stepped on the snow.