"You have been well behaved for the past three months. What suddenly got into you to make you arrogant again?" Huo Fu asked, getting into a fighting stance.

Anthony grinned. He couldn't confess that the reason he mellowed down and stopped trying to escape was because of the abundant herbs of spirit and immortal rank he stumbled upon now, could he? Also came the fact that he realized Huo Fu's cruelty was actually benefiting him. Beating him up till the point he had to use herbs made him inadvertently start the path of body forging. Poisoning him and making him resort to sealing his cultivation ensured that at any point in time, he would always have a means of defending himself. Even if an event happens where he loses all his soul power, his physique cultivation would enable him to hold out. At least, long enough to escape and plan for the next move. As for treating him like a slave, it helped forge his mind, making him have a better grasp on his emotions instead of flaring up at the slightest provocation.

Huo Fu punched out before him and Anthony immediately felt the semblance of Mount Tai descending on him. He quickly retaliated and punched out before him. The two fist projections met each other halfway and exploded.

"Good, it seems your fist technique has improved alongside your physique cultivation. It's understandable why you think you have the ability. Come on, I will let you make the next move."

Anthony immediately nodded and disappeared using his phantom step technique, since Huo Fu was asking him to make a move, there was no need to be polite. He reappeared behind him and mercilessly unleashed his fist techniques on Huo Fu, letting each attack pile up on the other.

The old man suddenly felt threatened and immediately punched out to neutralize the attack. Anthony, who had mastered space manipulation, reappeared behind him when he was dispelling his initial attack and delivered a heavy palm strike on his back.

Huo Fu felt the immense danger and quickly tried to retaliate with his other hand, but the fist landed on his back faster than lightning, and Anthony had already disappeared from his initial position.

The old man grunted and staggered two steps back when Anthony's sneak attack landed on him.

The old man turned to Anthony who had reappeared at his initial position, his face livid with anger. But there was something else, he was no longer as casual and lazy as he was when the battle started at the initial point.

"Good. You have learned to do something as shameless as delivering a sneak attack. Good." Huo Fu spat through gritted teeth.

Anthony smiled and cupped his fist before him.

"You don't have to be so polite, you're giving me too much credit. It's all thanks to you, I made sure to learn everything you taught me."

"You…" His words made the old man speechless and even more angry than he already was. The smile on Anthony's face suddenly disappeared and he looked up at Huo Fu coldly.

"Is shameless a word that should come from someone like you? Sneak attack? How many times have you sneak attacked me despite you having a higher cultivation? You even poisoned me at a time when I was vulnerable, not expecting you to do such a despicable thing. Or should I remind you how I came here? You stumbled on a young wounded cultivator, and brought him back. I would have been truly grateful for bringing me back. At least, I had somewhere safe, away from the beasts outside and any bandits I could have encountered. I could have stayed here to recuperate and help out on my own. But no, you sealed my powers and went the violent way. So is shameless a word you should say?"

The old man was stunned for a while but he recovered an instant later and laughed self-deprecatingly, shaking his head. He looked at Anthony with a complicated expression on his face.

"Alright, since you think bringing you here put you at a loss and humiliated you, you can attack me with all your might. I won't hold back either. I truly want to see how shameless I can get today."

On saying that, he began to recklessly send out fist waves tirelessly. Anthony felt the threat and disappeared from the spot, making the attack fly past to destroy the shack and trees a distance away. Huo Fu quickly struck out behind him. Just in time for his palm to meet Anthony who was about to deliver another sneak attack at full force.

Anthony grunted and flew back, feeling a paralyzing pain shoot up his hands. He felt as if his palm collided with the hardest of rocks, making him surprised. His physique cultivation had improved a lot. So why did his palm feel like it would crack when it met the old man's own.

Anthony wasn't the only one feeling shocked. Huo Fu staggered back five steps, leaving a drag mark on the ground. He looked at Anthony in surprise, not believing he took such an attack without vomiting blood at the spot.

"Body forging stage three?" He whispered in disbelief.

Anthony looked at him on hearing him accurately pinpoint his current body forging level.

"You actually stepped into stage three, but still at the basic tier. Which means that your physique also advanced a lot. No wonder you dared to act reckless. Let's go again."

The moment he said this, he rushed towards Anthony, finally loosening up for the fight. In just a minute, they exchanged over twelve moves before they bounced back. Anthony grunted and held his chest. Huo Fu's palm strike had struck him squarely on the chest. As for Huo Fu, Anthony only punched his arm because he was quick to avoid the hit initially intended for his belly.

'This won't do. Even though I have been cultivating my physique these past months, I'm still not at his level. Huo Fu is a veteran focusing on physique cultivation, although I cultivate fast, he has had more time to polish his skills and fighting abilities. He's hundreds of years older and more experienced. As for me, my main focus was on soul power, swordsmanship, and martial skills cultivation. I only began to pay attention to physique cultivation a while ago. If I want to win, I have to use my cultivation and spiritual power to attack him.' Anthony thought, analyzing the old man who was in the distance.

The old man suddenly picked up a heavy stick on the ground beside him and swung it around.

"Since your physique cultivation has increased a lot, I think it's alright to use a weapon. If you think it's unfair, you can pick up a stick too."

"Good." Anthony muttered, a little smirk playing around his lips. Just what he was waiting for, the old man introduced the use of weapons even before he had the time to suggest it.

"Don't worry I won't pick up a stick. I will use other weapons." Anthony whispered and unsealed a portion of his energy and unsealed his mind eye, quickly tapping into his spirit sea while using the camouflage technique to hide what was going on.

"Why are you using a camouflage technique? Do you plan to trick me?" Huo Fu's voice suddenly rang out, making Anthony surprised. How did he realize he initiated a camouflage technique?

"Little boy, trying to use your soul power, aren't you afraid of receiving backlash from the poison?" He added.

Anthony smirked at him.

"You don't have to worry about that. I must leave this place no matter the cost."

Huo Fu sighed.

"Alright, I'm sure you're feeling unreconciled. How about this? I will treat you and purify the poison from your body system, after a year, I will let you leave."

"I'm not interested. I must leave today, there are people waiting for me. I need to finish the tasks I need to attend to, so that I can return home. Otherwise, the people I left might be worried about me. Who has the time to waste with you?" Anthony replied, his voice harsh.

"Good, you do not know how to appreciate kindness. You reject a toast only to drink a forfeit later."

Anthony chuckled.

"Old Fu, it's yet to be seen who among us would drink the forfeit."

Huo Fu chuckled and raised his stick, holding it like a sword, his right hand lightly grabbing it.

Anthony quickly rushed forward using his ghost steps technique, he directly used the second move, phantom steps, avoiding the stick which came mercilessly for him like a ruthless sword out for blood.

Zing zing zing zing zing

It was the sound of metals being thrown out, he directly initiated the first step of the shuriken assassination technique, using the shuriken to surround Huo Fu and slow down his attack.

"Despicable!" Huo Fu muttered, swinging his stick madly to deflect the shurikens which were quickly forming a deadly cyclone around him.

"Despicable? If I don't do this how will I stand a chance? Look, didn't you deflect it just fine?" Anthony asked, smiling as he soared up in the air, ready to launch another attack.

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