Can't speak
In order to ensure that his last palm strike would hit Meng Tong, he had to take the damage from the afterimages of Meng Tong's thousand kicks without saying a word. He had even taken the full damage of Meng Tong's 21 moves of a thousand kicks. He had injured the enemy first before he had the opportunity to strike!
It must be known that for an early stage foundation building expert who had just successfully entered the foundation building stage, once he was hit by the [ 21 forms of the thousand legs], the outcome would be almost fatal. In other words, Qiao hongcai's strategy of injuring the enemy first before injuring the enemy was likely to kill him before he could even have a chance to fight back.
The possibility of this was not small at all!
Moreover, even if Qiao hongcai could really survive Meng Tong's 21 moves of the thousand legs, he might not be able to find an opportunity to counterattack.