Chapter 71: Zero fights

BANG!

Zero was thrown backward by the powerful palm attack, forcing him to retreat repeatedly. Gazing at the hands he used to block the attack, Zero noticed the bold red handprint on it, it was like his hands were on fire.

He could remember making his way into the elevator but unfortunately, his brief moment of hesitation had allowed one of the enemies to spot him. Before he could shut the elevator doors, a figure appeared and shattered it with a simple palm attack. They were lucky to survive with their lives and here they are now, struggling against more powerful foes.

'We are barely surviving here... they are slaughtering us!" Shi Jia growled as he stumbled backward while gripping his head tightly while gazing at all five foes right in front of them with malicious intentions visible in his eyes.

"Mere green belt martial art rookies dare stand in my way? If I were in peak condition, this battle would have been over in seconds!" Shi Jia roared at them like a mad beast.

His words may have sounded cocky but no one dared to refute him because they know it was true. Shi Jia reached the level of martial arts elders in just a year after his supposed rebirth, successfully attaining the red belt and defending it against numerous elders from different dojos who felt his rise was only a fluke. If he were at his peak, these people would not even dare stand before him but all that didn't matter since everyone knew how severe his condition is.

After battling Zero and using the aura materialization repeatedly in that battle, Shi Jia was mentally drained and his body had reached its utmost limit, it could even be considered a miracle that he could still stand at this moment. Although Shi Jia was too strong for someone his age and with the help of his system the youth had managed to achieve extraordinary things, this didn't change the fact that his body was still that of a fifteen-year-old. Just like those elders said, Shi Jia's greatest weakness is his fragile body.

Just like other martial art elders whose strength diminish due to the effects of age on their bodies, Shi Jia's situation was similar. His body prevented him from revealing his true strength since it could not handle the amount of power the youth could wield.

At this very moment, his complexion was pale, he could barely stand on his feet and his vision was blurred. His injuries were really getting to him and what frustrated him more was that he could only curse in silence.

Bang!

One of the assassins shot forward like a bullet! It was a woman, who based on her body structure should be in her mid-twenties, with blonde hair and sparkling golden eyes. Her actions were so fast that when she moved in Zig Zag motions making it even harder for her enemies to attack her with ranged attacks.

Woosh!

Bringing a small cloud of dust along, the blonde lady had reached, quickly throwing a right fist at an alarming speed which left behind an afterimage.

Bang!

Crack!

To everyone's surprise, Zero deflected a simple right fist by using a palm attack from below to send the attack away. Upon impact a bone-cracking sound could be heard and guessing from the way the ladies had fluttered around the air uncontrollably, everyone could tell her elbow was shattered.

"Break!"

Zero roared as his fist shot forward like a missile, striking the lady's chest and sending her flying. Instinctively, the other four members of the divine palm dojo simply stepped aside and watched the lady fly past them, before hitting the ground and rolling a couple of times before finally stopping.

"Next" Zero said.