Chapter 1096 - 1101: Battle Against the Innate Expert Again
Chapter 1096 - 1101: Battle Against the Innate Expert Again
As soon as Wang Xiaoyong finished speaking, Fu Zheng stepped forward from behind him, clasped his hands at Lin Feng, and gave a martial artist’s salute.Lin Feng turned to glance at Fu Zheng. He saw that Fu Zheng had a crew cut and a square face, appearing to be in his early forties. However, Lin Feng was certain that Fu Zheng’s real age was certainly more than forty; his youthful appearance was due to his profound inner strength!
With Lin Feng’s cultivation of half-step innate, he couldn’t completely sense the intensity of Fu Zheng’s inner strength, which explained everything.
This Fu Zheng was no ordinary man. After a brief observation, Lin Feng became somewhat alert.
"Brother Lin, I apologize; I truly don’t want to fight you, as my age gives me an unfair advantage..." After clasping his hands toward Lin Feng, Fu Zheng said with a smile, "It indeed seems a bit unfair to you, but now that we each serve our own masters, I can’t change the situation. I offer my apologies first! Please go ahead!"
Lin Feng completely disregarded Fu Zheng’s words. This guy claimed it was a pity that he had an advantage due to age, yet he was probably inwardly laughing! As for claiming to feel sorry, it was nothing more than pretense!
"Mr. Fu, you’re too kind!" Lin Feng replied calmly to Fu Zheng, "Actually, your advantage can be reversed; I’m over twenty years younger than you, so I should be the one taking advantage!"
"Heh... Young people are indeed gutsy. No wonder my useless brother often talks about you!" Fu Zheng chuckled, explaining calmly to Lin Feng, "By the way, do you remember my useless brother’s name? He’s called Fu Chuanqi, and you met him on the Pacific Treasure three months ago! He had a useless subordinate named Zheng Shuizhou, who even died on that ship... Do you recall?"
Lin Feng froze for a moment. With Fu Zheng mentioning this, it all came back to him. No wonder Fu Zheng seemed familiar—Lin Feng had met his brother, Fu Chuanqi!
Fu Chuanqi was the leader of the Tianlang Gang in Zhongnan Province. That time, Lin Feng got into a considerable conflict with Fu Chuanqi while helping Long Shaotian compete for leadership of the Qingzi Sect Jiangzhou Hall, consecutively defeating his subordinate Zheng Shuizhou twice!
Unfortunately, at that time, Ling Yun tried to frame Lin Feng in revenge, deliberately killing Zheng Shuizhou, fully capturing Fu Chuanqi’s hatred. Had Long Shaotian not protected Lin Feng to keep him in the ring, Lin Feng might have been troubled and unable to escape Fu Chuanqi!
Later, when Ling Yun’s deeds were exposed and Fu Chuanqi realized his misunderstanding of Lin Feng, he reluctantly admired Lin Feng’s strong skills. Lin Feng had thought they wouldn’t encounter each other again once Fu Chuanqi returned to Zhongnan Province, but unexpectedly, he met Fu Chuanqi’s brother Fu Zheng at the Wang Family!
What a long entangled fate!
"I tend to remember things well!" Lin Feng remarked to Fu Zheng with a gentle tone, "Mr. Fu suddenly bringing up this matter, what’s your purpose? Surely you’re not just trying to strike up a connection with me!"
"Of course not..." Fu Zheng glanced back at Wang Xiaoyong, who looked sullen, then calmly spoke to Lin Feng, "Actually, my useless brother told me to teach you a lesson if I encountered you, but my character isn’t perfect—yet I have a habit of disliking battling with weak opponents! Therefore, I originally didn’t plan to make a move on you... But, I didn’t anticipate that Old Wang would issue such an order! I have no choice but to offend you!"
"Hmph... If you truly felt guilty about being offensive, why not refrain from acting!" Lin Feng sneered, shaking his head in response.
For such skilled individuals like Fu Zheng, who benefit and still play innocent, Lin Feng always held disdain...
"Heh... There are orders from above, I really have no choice!" Fu Zheng didn’t expect Lin Feng to have such a retort, so he could only awkwardly acknowledge with a bitter smile and then quickly approached Lin Feng.
Lin Feng stood unsteadily in a bow stance with careful attention on Fu Zheng, his expression serious.
Being Su Zhenxian’s daughter, Su Zi often visited the Wang Family and knew of Fu Zheng’s terrifying reputation; at this moment, she didn’t even dare to breathe loudly, fearing she’d disturb Lin Feng’s performance!
Simultaneously, Su Zi was preparing to intervene verbally to stop Fu Zheng should Lin Feng find himself disadvantaged...
"Offending you!" Fu Zheng straightened his expression, casually greeted, then suddenly took a few steps forward, simply delivering a straightforward punch toward Lin Feng’s chest...
In an instant, Lin Feng felt the air around him become sticky, as if his body had suddenly gained several times its weight, making even minor movement impossible...
This was the effect of a move from an innate expert. Fu Zheng’s punch may seem ordinary, yet his released inner strength had instantly influenced the air around Lin Feng...
It was as if an invisible giant hand had instantly bound Lin Feng!
Lin Feng’s face slightly changed. He truly hadn’t expected Fu Zheng’s move to be so terrifying; even before approaching, he was already rendered immovable... Although Lin Feng had experience battling innate experts, at this moment, an unease stirred within him...
Fu Zheng was far superior to the Mu Family’s innate expert Mu Chengfeng. Although his speed wasn’t fast, that fist felt like a collapsing Mountain Tai, leaving one in despair!
After all, Mu Chengfeng was prominent in movement technique, yet in terms of punch force and inner strength, compared to Fu Zheng, he was worlds apart!
"Open!" At the critical moment, Lin Feng didn’t falter. He gritted his teeth, activating his entire inner strength to unleash outward. Hearing a buzzing sound in his ears, Lin Feng shuddered, and a sudden white mist appeared beside him as his unleashed inner strength collided with Fu Zheng’s binding inner strength, instantly condensing the air’s moisture into white mist around Lin Feng...
This release of inner strength consumed thirty percent of Lin Feng’s total inner strength, but he successfully exchanged it for valuable freedom. Before Fu Zheng’s punch could reach him, Lin Feng managed to escape Fu Zheng’s control, his figure drifting like a willow leaf four or five meters away, a slightly apprehensive expression on his face as he looked at Fu Zheng.
"Your skill and reaction are decent!" Seeing Lin Feng so quickly freeing himself from his control, Fu Zheng praised him aloud, yet simultaneously mocked him, "However, this was merely a punch with thirty percent of my kungfu, Brother Lin. Your escape looks quite inelegant!"
"Looking inelegant my foot!" Lin Feng, somewhat speechless, glared at Fu Zheng. You want to clash head-on, and I must oblige? Don’t treat everyone like fools! As long as I can win, who cares if it looks good or not...
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