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The battle was fierce, with smoke and dust flying.
A few hundred meters away, Saitama was unhurriedly preparing ingredients.
"Hmm... for water spinach, you have to pull off the fibrous line at the Root to make it tender."
"enoki mushroom need to be slightly separated, otherwise, they'll clump together if put in as a whole."
"I'll wash the greens again when we get back, and why are all these meatballs so misshapen? Old Man Bang really can't pick them."
Saitama observed each ingredient while incessantly muttering, unable to help but complain about the poor taste of the elderly.
Aside from the wagyu beef, the rest of the hotpot ingredients were all purchased by Bang himself, and their quality varied.
In front of an experienced hotpot connoisseur like Saitama, they clearly weren't up to par... "Hah!"
Bang roared, smashing his right hand onto the surface of the fist King threw, his wrist twisting to neutralize its force, then circulating it within his body and unleashing it from his left hand.
King did the same, using one hand to neutralize Bang's left-hand attack, then counterattacking with Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist through his other hand.
Although the two seemed to be in a repetitive cycle, Bang's face grew increasingly grim, and his hands had begun to tremble slightly.
His physical strength was too poor; the combined power of both sides had reached the limit his body could endure. If it continued to stack, Bang would likely lose directly.
He had to find a way to end this stacking state... Bang raised his hand again to neutralize King's attack, while pondering a countermeasure and simultaneously using his whole body to unleash the essence of flowing water, rapidly retreating.
Noticing that the old man actually wanted to run, King naturally didn't agree and quickly gave chase.
Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fists clashed in the air, stirring up a violent surge of Qi, turning the surrounding hundred meters into a clear zone as the smoke and dust were blown far away by the Qi wave.
The two moved back and forth, continuously exchanging blows with Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist, and the powerful attack force continued to stack.
Actually, resolving this stacking state was simple: just guide this increasingly powerful force into the ground and stop counterattacking, which would successfully end it.
But Bang could no longer do that.
The power had stacked into an overly formidable state, and his dojo wasn't far from here. If he caused an earthquake in this area, wouldn't the environment where his dojo was located turn into a mess?
The two fought and retreated, and unknowingly, the battle line had stretched for several kilometers.
King took a step, and the light blue glow of Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist streaked across the Void Realm, a swift straight punch aimed directly at Bang's face.
As expected, the power of this punch was once again transferred and neutralized, but unlike before, Bang this time chose not to use this power for a counterattack, but instead deflected it to one side.
The next second, this violent force surged into the towering mountain behind him.
Boom, boom, boom!!
In an instant, the entire mountain was covered with dense cracks, and countless shattered rocks continuously fell at that moment, causing the earth to shake violently.
Bang didn't hesitate to turn and run; he didn't want to be buried under the rubble.
And it was in the next instant that the force, which had been stacked dozens or even hundreds of times by the two, completely destroyed the entire mountain, collapsing it thoroughly from the inside out.
In the blink of an eye, the once towering mountain was completely reduced to a pile of rubble, still forming the shape of a small hill.
Bang, who had run several miles, turned his head but didn't see King, and was instantly baffled.
Where is Mr. KING? He wasn't buried under the mountain, was he?
And it was at this moment that a fervent, violent Qi, like a great sun, shot straight into the sky, and an invisible Qi wave swept in all directions, immediately dispersing the sky-high smoke and dust stirred up by the mountain's collapse.
Huge pieces of rubble flew into the air, creating a path for the person within the rubble to pass through freely.
King walked out from it, completely unharmed, with not even a speck of dust on him.
Seeing this, Bang was about to resume the stance of Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist when he suddenly felt a metallic sweetness rise in his throat.
This experienced martial arts Grandmaster immediately understood what this metallic sweetness was, stopped preparing to strike the Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist stance again, and shook his head helplessly.
I lost. These young people are truly ushering in a new era. It's time for an old man like me to step down.
Yes, Bang lost to King in this contest of Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist.
His hands were too weak to continue neutralizing the opponent's attacks, and his body gradually suffered internal injuries from repeated neutralizations and counterattacks.
In contrast, King maintained a relaxed attitude from beginning to end, and his extremely powerful physique allowed him to neutralize and counterattack without limit, unleashing even more of Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist's power.
Although Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist is a boxing technique that uses softness to overcome hardness and a small force to overcome a large one, if one possesses a sufficiently strong physique, this martial art can be brought to a higher Realm.
While Bang was the founder of this boxing technique, his physique ultimately remained within the human scope and wasn't overly exaggerated.
Although his physical fitness was terrifyingly superhuman compared to ordinary humans, it still couldn't compare to those of the physical faction.
He primarily relied on his martial arts skills, using his formidable martial Dao abilities to suppress monsters.
However, in King's hands, Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist and a powerful physique complemented each other, creating a wondrous reaction.
Thinking of this, Bang felt relieved and waved with a smile at King, who was not far away:
"No more fighting. This battle, I, the old man, have lost. Young people are indeed the main force of the era, hehe."
Hearing this, King returned a smile, retracting his profound and vast Qi, and his aura returned to normal.
He patted away non-existent dust from his body, his tone filled with genuine praise:
"Old Man Bang, your Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist is truly exquisite. If not for physical limitations, your strength could probably reach an even higher level."
Bang, however, waved his hand, with no hint of dejection in his eyes, only infinite hope for the successful Legacy of Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist:
"KING, you don't need to praise this old man so much. I am already very happy that there are successors to the Legacy of Flowing Water Rock-Crushing Fist.
As the saying goes, the new waves push the old waves, and the old waves die on the beach. But to see the new waves even more vigorous than oneself, even if the old waves die on the beach, they will feel it was worth it."
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