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Chapter 256

Chapter 256

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Luka removed his mechanical arm. It was only then that everyone realized he had never replaced his actual arm with a purely mechanical one; rather, he had simply strapped a larger mechanical gauntlet over it. "Oh?! Both competitors have discarded their weapons! Will this end in a brutal, bare-knuckle brawl to determine the ultimate victor?!" Chimmy felt practically ecstatic. Amid the roaring cheers of the crowd, the two rapidly closed the distance and clashed. Yanqing struck first with the "Immortal Pointing the Way," thrusting his right hand forward with palms joined. In Xianzhou martial arts, this was a customary opening gesture to indicate a friendly sparring match—provided, of course, that it was executed vertically. A horizontal strike, by contrast, would be taken as an insult, as if treating one's opponent as an insignificant nobody.

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