Chapter 1167: Chinese Qigong Arts
"Accept."
A mechanical voice rang out.
"Rododaktylos."
Immediately following, a massive object emitting rainbow-colored light appeared to the side.
It was an arm.
An arm composed of light, so enormous it could easily hold a person within its grasp!
"Two enemies?!"
Sayaka's expression changed drastically.
"Damn it!"
It was too late!
The giant arm descended from above, smashing down with a punch!
"Boom!"
The container was instantly shattered to pieces, steel fragments flying out from within the thick dust.
The force in that instant was definitely no less than ten tons!
"It's over."
Rudolf breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Facing Sayaka head-on wasn't as easy as it looked—one wrong move and he could have been dismembered on the spot.
However, his combat experience was richer, allowing him to instantly decide on a superior tactic.
For a curse user like her, once a close-combat specialist seized the initiative, she would immediately become flustered, which was how he gained the upper hand.
"Negative."
A girl in a cloak came to his side.
She appeared to be only around ten years old, with smooth blue hair and perfectly symmetrical facial features.
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"At the moment of impact, someone intervened. There was no sensation of a direct hit."
Her expression was completely unreadable, as mechanical and emotionless as ever.
"Someone intervened?"
Rudolf tilted his head.
Even the Special Zone's security team hadn't arrived yet. Could it be someone from the Lion King Organization?
Meanwhile.
At the moment the giant arm descended, Sayaka's heart was filled with despair, and she instinctively shut her eyes tightly.
However, what she awaited wasn't the outcome of being crushed into a pulp.
A shadow flashed by, wrapped around her waist, and swept her away in the blink of an eye.
"Ugh!"
A muffled groan sounded in her ear.
Tumbling like a rolling gourd across the gravel-strewn ground for quite a distance, Sayaka finally opened her eyes in confusion.
What appeared before her was a familiar set of sunglasses and a face mask.
"You...?!"
Sayaka's eyes widened, staring at the scene in disbelief.
In that brief moment, her brain processed the situation, and her emotions became incredibly complex.
"Why... why are you here?!"
"I just saved you, and instead of thanking me, that's the first thing you ask?"
Eiji groaned, his tone full of exasperation.
"Ah, damn it, I was hit by the shockwave just now. I feel like I'm going to die!"
"R-really? Don't move around, I'll heal you!"
Seeing him so weak and listless, Sayaka grew frantic with worry and immediately began casting healing spells into Eiji's body.
The situation was so bizarre that Sayaka completely forgot they were lying on the ground, with Eiji even lying on top of her.
"A man? So it's not reinforcements from the Lion King Organization."
But before Sayaka could do anything more, a cold voice came from beyond the dust cloud.
"No matter. Since you intend to obstruct my justice, prepare to die here!"
Suddenly.
A sharp shriek tore through the air!
Rudolf charged forward, raising his crescent axe high before mercilessly bringing it down in a mountain-splitting strike aimed at the two figures on the ground!
Watching the gleaming cold blade of the axe descend from above directly toward her forehead, Sayaka felt her heart leap into her throat.
She had completely forgotten they were still in the midst of battle!
Damn it!
This is really the end—
"Huh?!"
Just as Rudolf was about to deliver his full-force axe strike, he suddenly let out a startled cry.
The boy who had been lying on top of Kousaka Sayaka appeared before him in the blink of an eye, as if materializing like a ghost.
Slap!
He struck out with a palm, carrying an imposing, sky-supporting momentum.
Precisely catching Rudolf's wrist.
It felt as if an electric current shot from his wrist up his arm, causing Rudolf's strength to instantly vanish.
In that brief moment, his axe strike was rendered useless, unable to advance even an inch further.
"What?!"
Rudolf was utterly shocked.
This seemingly unremarkable boy had actually dispersed his full-power strike with a single palm?
"—Huh?"
Sayaka stared blankly for a long moment before suddenly gaping in astonishment.
What just happened?
In that instant, Eiji stepped forward, instantly closing the distance and entering Rudolf's personal space.
Boom!
His fist struck with inch force, landing on Rudolf's chest like a thunderclap!
"Uwah!"
Rudolf cried out in surprise as his body was instantly sent flying backward, stumbling over a dozen steps before barely managing to steady himself.
An intense pain shot through his chest!
He clutched the spot where the punch had landed, his face filled with disbelief.
How was this possible?
The top-tier magical armor reinforcement suit from the European Church shouldn't only greatly enhance strength and speed—its defensive capabilities were supposed to be as impenetrable as alloy!
How could a mere flesh-and-blood fist cause such severe pain, even affecting his internal organs?
"Dammit... cough, Astarte!"
"Accept."
The blue-haired girl responded indifferently.
A massive rainbow arm materialized from behind her shoulders, thrusting forward like a dragon seeking its pearl as it punched directly toward Eiji's front!
"Watch out!"
Sayaka instinctively screamed.
But Eiji glanced back at her before turning forward again, neither dodging nor evading.
I'm behind him!
Sayaka suddenly realized.
Could it be... to protect me?
The rainbow giant arm came crashing down.
Facing the direct assault, Eiji instead spread his arms wide, embracing the massive limb as if seeking death.
Witnessing this seemingly suicidal scene, Rudolf didn't laugh but instead widened his eyes in shock.
"Huh?"
Astarte let out a soft sound of confusion.
For some reason, the giant arm she had thrust forward lost most of its force the moment it entered his embrace.
Instead, his arms clung to the giant limb like stubborn plaster.
Then with a gentle flick.
The massive arm was sent flying, smashing through the nearby railing.
Astarte tilted her head.
"Cannot comprehend."
According to her precise calculations, such a frail body shouldn't have been able to withstand a blow starting at ten tons head-on.
Yet not only had that person thrown the giant arm aside, he had done so with effortless grace, appearing completely unstrained.
"This is..."
Sayaka watched the scene, feeling a sense of déjà vu.
"So that's it, I understand now!"
Rudolf stared intently at the boy whose aura remained utterly ordinary.
"The punch you threw at me earlier was like 'hitting an ox through a mountain,' and this embrace that shook off the familiar was like 'using four ounces to deflect a thousand pounds'!"
"You're using Chinese Qigong techniques! What is your relationship with the Four Fist Immortals?"
Four Fist Immortals!
Yes, the Four Fist Immortals!
Sayaka suddenly came to her senses.
They were masters highly skilled in Chinese martial arts and mystical arts, each formidable enough to hold their own on the international stage without any hint of inadequacy!
Because they were as powerful as immortals, they earned the glorious title "Four Fist Immortals"!
The reason Sayaka knew this was because she had once been taught by one of the Four Fist Immortals during her studies at the Lion King Organization's specialized school, "Takagami Shrine"!