As Marvin spoke, the vital energy force surged out of his body with such intensity that it started to be
visible to the eye.
The powerful vital energy force spiraled around his body, making him look imposing.
"Wow, he's so powerful! No wonder he stands out among all the outer disciples!" one of the outer
disciples gushed. All of them gaped and sighed in admiration as they looked at Marvin.
"Austin, let me remind you about something. Don't think that you can show off to all these outer
disciples as you wish just because your physical strength has been enhanced to a certain extent. The
truth is, physical strength means nothing because it will be eventually drained. A disciple's real strength
is dependent upon his possession of vital energy and his skill in martial arts. Of course, it's a waste of
my time to talk to you about martial arts skills. Since you're such a mediocre disciple, you'll never
understand what I'm talking about!"
By now, Marvin had brought his strength into full play. He lifted both his palms up to the sky.
Immediately, his palms became earthy yellow, producing a strong earthy smell.
Yellow light radiated into the sky, followed by the eruption of yellow palm shadows that hovered around
Marvin. Soon, the palm shadows thickened under the sky as if they were going to penetrate it to reach
heaven. The whole atmosphere was ominous.
The yellow palm shadows more or less looked like thunderbolts. Electric light spiraled around them like
fiery serpents. Suddenly, a cracking sound thundered through the air. The area was suddenly covered
in a thick white fog.
"Ah, the palm shadows look as mighty as thunderbolts. This palm skill is really rare and amazing!"
"Of course, grade four martial arts skills are as amazing as expected."
Most of the outer disciples in the Sun Sect didn't get a chance to learn grade four martial arts skills.
All the outer disciples looked at the imposing atmosphere Marvin had created in shock.
Just moments ago, the vital energy shield that Marvin had been wearing in front of his body had been
shattered after a mere punch from Austin. At the sight of that, some of the outer disciples had mentally
shaken their heads at Marvin's mediocre strength and undeserved reputation.
But now, after seeing the amazing power that Marvin had in his Giant Magic Palm, all the outer
disciples acknowledged Marvin's mighty strength.
Although Marvin was at the eighth level of the Energy Gathering Realm, he was ranked number five
among the outer disciples, which meant his strength and his skills were nothing short of extraordinary.
"Austin, death will be your only option today!" Marvin yelled with a fierce look in his eyes.
His desire to kill Austin was apparent on his face.
"Yeah, yeah. Stop talking nonsense and fight."
Seeing Marvin unexpectedly use a new and powerful palm skill, Austin knitted his eyebrows, but he
maintained his indifferent expression.
Just as Marvin had said, a disciple's accomplishment in vital energy was dependent upon his or her
strength.
"You're already on the verge of death but you're still boasting without shame."
"Go to hell!"
The yellow palm shadows hovering around Marvin began to spin and converge together into one big
ball of energy. The impact of the power generated by these surges of vital energy force would be like
dozens of sharp knives.
Suddenly, there was a sizzling sound as the air around Marvin was compressed and crushed by the
palm shadows.
The palm shadows were moving with so much force that all the outer disciples felt like there was an
earthquake.
Hundreds of palm shadows hovered around Marvin and came together. No one would be able to
withstand the impact of these palm shadows.
There were already deep cavities on the ground that had been created by the impact of the palm
shadows. The palm shadows penetrated through the ground like pythons burrowing deep into the
earth, flinging mud grains all around them.
Austin felt like there was a swarm of vortexes surging toward him. He knew that the palm shadows
covering the sky could tear his body into pieces and bombard him into ash.
Suddenly, Marvin stretched out one of his palms and pointed it at Austin.
With just the flick of his arm, the palm shadows covering the sky shifted. There was another cracking
sound in the air as Marvin sent all his overwhelming power surging toward Austin.
As Austin stood in the face of these palm shadows that seemed to be dancing, he knew that it would be
extremely difficult to escape.
In fact, it would be impossible for him to dodge if the palm shadows came flying toward him right now.
So, he didn't have to waste his energy trying to escape.
He sneered and stood calm without any fear.
Although the odds seemed to be stacked against him with imminent danger looming near the sky, it
only filled him with a stronger desire for battle. So far, Austin hadn't harnessed any of his vital energy at
all. The sole reason for this was that he wanted to see if he could fight against Marvin's Giant Magic
Palm with just his enormous physical strength.
He extended his tremendous physical strength to his arms. Without looking up, he clenched his left
hand into a fist and directly flung it toward the earthy yellow palm shadows looming over his head.
With his tremendous physical strength, Austin felt much more confident. To the outer disciples who
were watching, he looked quite domineering without any fear.
"Break!" Austin roared.
He flung his fist once again toward the thick mass of palm shadows looming over his head.
Boom!
Austin's fist shattered the palm shadows into pieces, but because of the huge impact, Austin found it
hard to stand his ground and retreated a few steps.
At this moment, he felt nothing but a rush of blood and energy in his chest.
When Marvin realized that the power of his Giant Magic Palm had been dispersed just by Austin's fist,
he was shocked.
He had initially thought that Austin was in a disadvantageous position because he could only rely on
physical strength.
Moreover, Marvin had spent a lot of time in privately refining this skill as his bottom line when fighting
against his enemies. So far, he had taken it for granted that he would kill Austin by harnessing the
might of his Giant Magic Palm. After all, he could kill most of his enemies this way.
But to his surprise, Austin had dispersed his mighty palm shadows with just his fist and retreated only a
few steps without even bleeding. Marvin was starting to realize that it wouldn't be possible to kill Austin
just by depending on his palm shadows.
With this sudden turn of events, Marvin started to view Austin with a little more respect. Now, he treated
Austin as a worthy opponent.
"Damn it! Don't be complacent. I didn't harness all my power just now. But this time, I'll exercise as
much of my power as I can," Marvin said coldly.
"Oh, is that so?"
Austin raised his eyebrows.
"Magic Seven Chops!"
Marvin shouted loudly.
All of a sudden, the hundreds of palm shadows scattered around Marvin converged into seven palm
shadows that swiftly rotated and flew toward Austin from seven different directions. The air around
them rumbled like there was an army with a thousand horses heading toward Austin.
Watching the palm shadows spiraling toward him at a fast pace, Austin finally felt that he had to put in
more effort.
Although he could fight against these palm shadows with his tremendous physical strength, he wasn't
skilled enough at using his strength yet. Now, Marvin had changed his tactics. He was no longer
directly confronting with Austin with his palm shadows. Instead, he was subtly deploying his palm
shadows to skillfully surround and suppress Austin.
As Austin stared at the electric light, an idea popped into his head. Suddenly, a black dagger and a red
dagger appeared in front of Austin. The two daggers flew out of their sheaths toward the approaching
palm shadows.
Austin stared at the scene with renewed enthusiasm. He channeled his tremendous magic strength into
both of his arms to counter-attack the palm shadows.
Boom!
The seven palm shadows slowly faded away, while Austin retreated a few steps once again from the
force of the impact.
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