66 Mountain Destruction Technique

"Ah, Xifa, you really helped me out this time. With this, I don't need to bother you anymore." Lan Xiang felt happy about his accomplishment.

On the other hand, Lu Xifa widened her eyes. An unexpected consequence of my actions!

Since he had mastered the technique already, he didn't need Lu Xifa to transport him back and forth places anymore. And so, their time together would decrease!

Lu Xifa bit her lip. She never thought about this before.

"Um, Xiang, wait! Stop!"

Lan Xiang was just about to enter his own rift.

"You're still a complete amateur! The portal could be deadly to living beings! Let's test it out first."

"Oh, you're right. Didn't think about that." Lan Xiang felt like he dodged a bullet right there.

"As for a test, hmm, let's see, that bird over there!"

Lan Xiang sliced through the air, and a rift opened up in the sky.

"!!!" Lu Xifa got startled. She didn't expect that he would even do long-distance portals! Even she couldn't do that perfectly yet!

"Okay, birdie... Fly straight in!"

Lu Xifa formulated a plan inside her mind.

The exit portal was right in front of Lan Xiang, so it should be easy to trick him, especially since he was paying special attention to the bird.

"So, I'll open a portal there, injure the bird, and place it back. Sorry in advance, bird!"

As soon as the bird's first feather went into the portal, Lu Xifa executed her plan.

In the blink of an eye, the bird came out of Lan Xiang's exit portal, with blood coming out of his wing.

"Kacaw! Kacaw!"

Lan Xiang was disheartened. Seeing the injury on the bird confirmed Lu Xifa's theory that his portals were unsafe. He quickly treated the bird with his needles and let it fly again.

"Ah, you're right. I guess I have to bother you more then."

"Wait, wait, I think there's been a misunderstanding between us. I'm not bothered at all by your frequent requests. In fact, I welcome it!"

"Huh?? Then why'd you give me the book in the first place?"

"Uh... Aw, come on, Xiang, it was just a joke. Don't tell me you don't get jokes."

"Well, I guess it did sound joke-like."

Lan Xiang shrugged. Seems like she doesn't mind it, I guess I can ask her to teleport me for now.

Meanwhile, Lu Xifa swiped the sweat off her forehead. Whew, that was a close call.

"Hm, I'm here in this vast expanse anyway, let me try out a new technique."

"A combat technique?"

"Yeah..." Lan Xiang grinned. He had been excited to try this one out, it was just that he thought there was no space for the power that this technique held.

"It's called the [Mountain Destruction Technique]."

"...Sounds pretty powerful." Lu Xifa, who was planning on resting, got interested by the title that Lan Xiang's technique held.

"Let's see..."

Lan Xiang read the technique's instructions multiple times inside his mind and got ready. He looked for a suitable target.

After finding a rock twice as large as him, he walked towards it.

Breathing in, he directed his qi towards his hand and threw his fist...!

Bam!

Pfff...

The rock was not damaged in any way, while Lan Xiang's fist emitted smoke... and was also pulsating.

"Huh? What? It didn't do anything?"

He tried it again!

Bam!

Pfff...

It made the sound of a deflating balloon once more as Lan Xiang retracted his fist and massaged it.

"Ow, ouch." He looked at his obviously injured fist, close to bleeding. "Strange, why isn't this technique not doing anything?"

Lu Xifa was also underwhelmed by the result.

"How about you try it on the mountains? It's a mountain destruction technique after all, hehe."

Lan Xiang rolled his eyes at her lame joke. "Okay, you want me to punch a mountain? Fine."

He didn't move an inch from where he was. Directing his qi once more through the methods of the Mountain Destruction Technique, he threw a punch from afar towards the distant mountain.

"Oh, whattt... It didn't do anything, oh golly." Lan Xiang laced his voice with much sarcasm.

As he turned his gaze away from the mountain, he heard a crashing sound, reminiscent of a meteor fall.

He quickly looked back, and found a large fist mark, on the side of the mountain.

"..." Lan Xiang, Lu Xifa.

Lan Xiang decided to try once more. He directed his fist towards the mountain.

"Hwaap... Pfooo!"

Bam! A massive crack appeared on the mountain side. Rocks fell from the tip as the ground shook from the impact, reaching even where Lan Xiang and Lu Xifa were.

"So it only works on mountains?... That doesn't make any sense!"

He tried it once more on the rock.

Pfff...

Lu Xifa tried to make sense of what happened just now.

He punched the rock, and it didn't budge, not even an inch. After that, he punched the mountain, and it nearly got destroyed?! I don't get it!

"Hmm, what if I try it on things that look similar to a mountain." Lan Xiang looked around and saw a small rock, smaller than his fist. It kind of had a triangular shape, so Lan Xiang considered it a mountain... for ants.

He punched it.

Poof! The rock disintegrated into dust immediately.

He found another small rock, but it was circular.

He punched it.

"Ouch... It hurts." Lan Xiang retracted his fist as he shook it wildly to get rid of the pain.

Lu Xifa widened her eyes once more. "It doesn't just work on mountains, it works on things that you consider to be a mountain. That means, if you squinted your eyes enough, maybe it can work on anything!"

"Hmm, I don't know." Lan Xiang took a look at the previous large rock once more. When he saw the tip, it had a sharp point, kind of like a mountain's.

He punched it once more.

Poof! It disintegrated into dust, and was blown away by the wind.

"...How does this even work."