Chapter 13: Fight(Final)

Liang Chen swayed on his feet as the fox demon's nine tails trashed menacingly behind her.

"What's the matter mortal? Finding it difficult to stand?" The Fox Demon taunted, Her pale lips twisting, "I'll make sure to freeze those trembling legs of yours first."

"Ha...you call that...precision?" Liang Chen shot back between heaving breaths. "I've seen...drunkards with better aim!"

The fox demon's beautiful face contorted in ugly rage. With a shriek, four more tails zipped through the air, scything towards Liang Chen from multiple angles. 

He dropped into a clumsy roll, the deadly weapons carving furrows in the earth as they barely missed their mark.

Rolling back to his feet, Liang Chen noticed a subtle shift in the fog's density when the tails had attacked. Brief, but a momentary thin spot nonetheless. He narrowed his eyes, wheels in his mind churning rapidly.

"Stand still so I can peel the flesh from your bones!" the demon screeched.

Seeing the mad demon, Liang Chen let loose another infuriating taunt, goading the demon even further. "You fight...like a rabid...badger!" he gasped out. "All hissing...no bite!"

The fox demon trembled violently, her beautiful face nearly incandescent with fury. "I will flay your arrogant tongue from your mouth!" she shrieked. All nine tails reared back, frost crystallizing along their razor-edged length.

There! Once more he spotted it - when her vicious tails slashed the air, the veil weakened by infinitesimal degrees.

A thrill of exhilaration coursed through Liang Chen. The demon's weakness was small, but it was real! He retreated several paces, mind racing, as she readied another bout of lashing tails.

Although there was an opening for him, he only had one chance to exploit that opening.

Liang thought about the introduction to Basic Fist Technique when received by the system.

"Basic Fist Technique- No Grade"

Basic Fist Technique has two states, [Normal State] and [Infused state]

[Normal State] 

In this state by solely relying on physical strength and inner vitality, One can unleash barrages of powerful blows.

Note: The power of the punch depends heavily on physical power. Higher the physical power greater the destruction.

[Infused State] 

In infused state by channeling various elemental energies during execution, the user can wholly transform the basic fist properties.

Note 1: This technique can be used for any element and different elements would produce different effects.

This is the introduction of technique and this is the reason he was so excited back when he received it from the system.

This technique can be used for various types of elements. This is Op itself. So if he has multiple elements then he does need to learn various Fist techniques, Only this Basic Fist Technique is enough.

Wnf infused state sounds particularly powerful, though he can barely use it for once as there is limited Void Energy in his body.

And he has got that little amount just because of the Void Weave Scripture. Otherwise most people can only get access to elemental energy at Elemental Realm or half step into it like a fox demon.

So Liang Chen has been saving it as a trump card. To deal a final blow to the fox demon, And now an opportunity is presented in front of him.

The Fox demon attacked him once again and seeing the swirling fog around the fox demon disperse once more, Liang Chen seized what he thought was the perfect chance. 

As her tails hurtled toward him in yet another frenzied assault, he kicked off powerfully, while dodging the attack, He hurtled straight toward the fox demon.

 While rushing, Liang Chen gathered the void energy from his spiritual core toward his fist.

Dark wisps of energy gathered around his fist which were not noticed by the enraged fox.

Liang Chen raised his fist and was ready to attack. He noticed that the gap he was aiming for started to close in.

'Did she notice…?' This thought crossed his mind when Liang Chen saw two more tail whip rushed toward him like a python baring its fangs.

'How can she attack?' The attack shattered his speculations. The speculation he made- That the fox cannot attack when her defense is up.

Thinking of this out of the corner of his eyes, He looked at her face subconsciously, and saw her mocking smile.

His mind was completely blown away seeing this. 

Now he understood everything. All his tactical analysis, the perceived opening - merely a ruse created by the fox demon.

In fact there was no such thing as opening, It was just a cunning ploy employed by the fox demon.

What should I do now? Abort the attack and evade at last instant or commit everything in hopes of piercing her defense with his trump card?

All of these thoughts appeared in his mind in split seconds. 

And in a split second he made the decision, Go all out! He didn't know if he would get another opportunity like this.

If it's bait, So be it! I'll bite it willingly hoping to bite her neck off.

Gritting his teeth, a wild, reckless fire in his eyes, Liang Chen instead channeled everything he had into his fist. 

"Void Fist!"

Liang Chen's fist, wreathed in consummate darkness, crashed into the fox demon's swirling fog. Otherworldly energy rippled out from the point of contact as his strike began dissipating her aura of icy mist.

Like a hot knife through butter, his void-infused punch slipped effortlessly past the razor sharp frost, nullifying all resistance.

The fox demon's smug composure melted away as she witnessed her ultimate defense rendered meaningless before Liang Chen fist.

The fox demon's face registered an instant of stunned disbelief before she threw back her head and let loose an unearthly howl. Cracks of purple-black light spiderwebbed rapidly across her humanoid form.

"Impossible...you insignificant worm! How can you use Void Energy with just SoulFire Realm cultivation!?? That's utterly impossible!!" Her raging shriek deteriorated into a tortured wail. With a sound like shattering glass, her body blew away in a swirl of shadowy dust, dissipating like mist in the morning light.

A heavy stillness descended on the forest clearing as Liang Chen staggered, then dropped to one knee, gasping violently.

Liang Chen remained motionless on one knee as reality slowly sank in. The Fox demon was gone - no gloating retorts or murderous energy permeated the clearing anymore. He clenched and unclenched his void fist distractedly, watching motes of shadow energy dissipate like fading nightmares.

All the tension wired through his body seemed to bleed out at once. His shoulders drooped and he slumped down to sit heavily among gnarled roots and weathered stone. It was as if invisible strings holding him up against exhaustion had been sliced.

"Mister!" Little girl who was watching from the sidelines rushed toward him, seeing him collapse. Her small feet kicked up leaves and dust in her hurry to reach his side.

Skidding to a halt, the girl's initial elation at the demon's defeat shifted to worry as she took in Liang Chen's battered state.

"Hey, I am alright! I am just exhausted. Let me rest for a few minutes and I'll be fine."

"And didn't I say it before? When I get serious the demon stands a chance." Liang Chen chuckled as his appearance was starkly in contrast with his boastful words.

Xiao Bao pressed a small hand to her mouth, eyes dancing with barely contained mirth after seeing him talking like this.