Chapter 272: Clash of laws

The bandit leader failed to understand the reference at first, but soon enough law energy began to emerge out of Li Meng's body. The first law he released was that of water, and the atmosphere began to morph once again. The water-energy began to birth tiny droplets within the surroundings.

"Is this your desperate attempt to try and wow me? It's too sad to say that you failed to do so." The bandit leader remained unfazed by the sudden emergence of law energy out of Li Meng's body. He directly rushed towards Li Meng with his sword cleaving diagonally.

Li Meng responded with a powerful attack of his own, yet the clash resulted in him being pushed back and suppressed. None of the parties had used any kind of advanced art until now. Li Meng was lost in pure Qi confrontation.

"Adding single law energy to the equation, I should be able to tackle on equal footing with him. Why is it still tilted in his favour?"

"It is because he too is a body cultivator who has opened up his acupoints. Although he isn't as accomplished as you, he seems to have refined his body multiple times with the help of natural resources. It would be ironic if the confrontation turned into your favour so easily."

"Are you suggesting that this not yet his full strength?"

"Maybe. The truth will reveal itself as you proceed with the fight."

Li Meng finally decided to drop the façade and used wind law. This was the first time the leader's face went through a change in expression. The fact that Li meng was also connected to two Heavenly laws surprised him. He didn't lose confidence and continued to fight. It was the first time Li Meng was having difficulty fighting someone who was just a realm above him in cultivation.

"It is time for you to realize that you are not the only one who could jump realm sand fight with opponents stronger than you. There are many geniuses under heaven, some are even more accomplished than you."

The fight was finally beginning to shift towards a stalemate, but the bandit leader had an upper hand in terms of Qi capacity and hence, if the battle were supposed to draw, out, Li Meng would ultimately be the loser. Although he could use the avatars to get an almost inexhaustible Qi source, he wanted to fight the bandit leaders on equal grounds.

The bandit leader was also getting serious by the second. The opponent seems to be someone who was confident in his battle skills and could confront him on equal grounds.

"I guess you did possess the skill to confront me." He stepped back and took out a set of red coloured beads from his pockets. As soon as the beads emerged, the Keeper warned about them to Li Meng but was a step late. As the bead was thrown towards him, Li me4ng instinctively dodged a direct impact. The bead made contact with the ground and exploded.

To Li Meng's surprise, the impact was quite big and he had to suffer a powerful blast, as his body was thrown away. When he finally managed to stable himself, he felt that multiple beads were thrown towards him at once, and he kept on dodging while trying to defend his body with his Qi.

"I didn't expect you to be able to survive the continuous attack of my explosive beads. That makes taking you on that much fun." The leader wasn't demotivated by the failure of his plans and rushed towards Li Meng.

"His tactics are quite suitable in this situation. He used the explosive beads to drain your Qi and lower your stamina. The opponent is quite resourceful himself." The Keeper's nagging continued but, Li Meng paid no heed to them. He needed not to lose. Given the disadvantageous situation in front of him, he needed to switch to defence.

"You should use your third law as well brat. It is time to get serious about this fight."

"I am serious. Given the current situation of my body, I need some time to employ the breathing technique and recover some of my Qi. I will have to rely on my body completely for this.

Li Meng began to use his body as a meat shield. "Do you really hope to recover your Qi by using your body as a meat shield? How could you possibly believe that I would be allowed such a thing?" The leader's attack became more and more brutal as time passed. To Li Meng's surprise, he wasn't using his full power even during their previous confrontation. 

He could feel his body being continuously pierced, and blood flowing out. Even his healing ability couldn't cope up with the absurdly high number of attacks,

"I guess it is time to use it." Li Meng directly released his third law and bashed his hammer directly at the leader. To his surprise, this sudden attack managed to pierce through the leader's defence and land directly on his body. The leader was shocked by this sudden change and couldn't apply his defences on time.

This negligence forced him to incur a threatening injury in Li Meng's hand. He simply couldn't believe that there existed another heavenly law that his opponent connected with.

"It couldn't be possible. How could you connect with three heavenly laws?" The leader couldn't believe his eyes at first, but he was forced to come back to reality due to another attack by Li Meng.

"I hope you are enjoying yourself now. We should see how long this fight is going to last now." Li Meng finally gained an upper hand and began his barrage of attacks on the enemy. The powerful law energy clashed, and three laws began to dominate the combination of the two laws. The very quality of those laws being complementary restricted the disadvantage that the bandit leader faced.

The situation was reversed and the injuries on the bandit leader's body began to increase. He was being pushed back, which forced him to use the strongest arts he practiced. 

"Fire Dragon fist." The bandit leader rushed towards LI meng after using a powerful technique. Although Li Meng could have used the water element to counter, there wasn't a powerful water element fist art among his possessions. He decided to use the strike of thunderous palms. Thunder energy was said to be the most effective type of energy while attacking.

True to the legends, Li meng came on top in this confrontation. As the bandit leader was pushed back, LI meng used his left hand to swing the sword at the leader's waist. Although his instinct managed to dodge the full impact of the attack, a deep cut was made right below his stomach.

Li Meng directly rubbed the word through the cut, which increased the damage to the blood vessels, and blood spurted out of the injury. The bandit leader couldn't help but avoid further confrontation and rush back. As they separated, Li Meng threw his hammer with full force towards the bandit leader.

As he was pressing the injury in his waist with his right hand, he tried to block the incoming attack with the sword held in his left hand. Too bad for him, the force broke his hand. An immense amount of pain dawned over the leader's mind, and he bit his lips to focus on the fight. Li Meng had to commend the leader's tenacity and calmness in this situation. He didn't let the situation overwhelm his confidence.

The fight continued when Li Meng once again rushed towards the bandit leader and attacked the very point which was injured before. Trying to defend his injured side, the leader bent towards his right, creating a small gap within the lower-left half. Li Meng instantly took advantage of the situation and kicked right at the back of his joint with full force.

The sudden attack forced the bandit leader to kneel and another kick landed directly on the side of his head. His body rotated sideways and flew away from the last position. Before the bandit leader could even fully rise, Li Meng attacked with his sword. The bandit leader was being pressed onto the ground by the brute strength of Li Meng, yet he tried to resist.

"I guess we need to try a recent which I managed to learn." Li Meng began to use the lightning devil body art and was directly pushed down with his sword. The sword directly pierced the right shoulder of the bandit leader, ending in him screaming out loud. Li Meng stopped his attack, pressed the sword against the leader's neck and said in a threatening tone.

"Would you like to give up, or shall we see where this situation leads from here?" The tides finally turned and Li meng managed to beat the strongest opponent he faced until now. It was time to reap the benefits.