By now, Chen Feng could only resort to some of his last resorts.
Over the years, while carrying out missions around the world, from mysterious mountains to uninhabited islands, and even some forbidden lands, he had ventured into them all.
Although he paid a considerable price during this time, he still obtained some unexpected gains.
For example, the Beidou Seven Stars Acupuncture Technique that Chen Feng had previously used to save people was acquired in one of those mysterious mountains.
If Chen Feng had not gone to that mountain, he would not possess this medical skill that could save lives and heal the wounded now.
Compared with the Beidou Seven Stars Acupuncture Technique, Chen Feng had accidentally obtained many other impressive things.
Among them was a palm technique with an imposing-sounding name, called the Five Elements Eight Diagram Palm!
It was discovered inside an abandoned ancient tomb.
This palm technique was said to be incredibly powerful, with immense lethality, and if mastered, it would not be inferior to the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms mentioned in martial arts novels.
Unfortunately, like all formidable martial arts, it had a fatal weakness: it was too difficult to master, often requiring decades to reach proficiency.
Chen Feng considered himself to have good comprehension skills, but since acquiring this palm technique, nearly two years had already passed.
He practiced it daily and yet had just barely entered the threshold, managing to grasp only the first move of the Five Elements Eight Diagram Palm.
Although it was just the first move, and he wasn’t particularly skilled in it, it was still barely mastered.
But Chen Feng had tested it, and once he applied this first move, it was several times stronger than his full-strength strike.
At this moment, Chen Feng decided to employ the Five Elements Eight Diagram Palm.
Because if he did not quickly defeat the Silver Snake, once the Fire Fox joined the battle, it would definitely be bad news for him!
After another punch forced the Silver Snake back, Chen Feng retreated a few steps, creating distance between them.
Chen Feng concentrated all of his attention, sank his qi to his Dantian, and started to mobilize the True Qi within his Dantian.
Since he began cultivating the Five Elements Eight Diagram Palm, this True Qi had started to accumulate bit by bit within his Dantian.
At first, there was only a small wisp.
As the time spent practicing the Five Elements Eight Diagram Palm grew longer, the True Qi in his Dantian began to increase gradually.
Up until now, he had accumulated five strands of True Qi in his Dantian.
These five strands of True Qi were barely enough for him to unleash half the power of the first move of the Five Elements Eight Diagram Palm.
"Five Elements create Eight Trigrams, Eight Trigrams correspond to Five Elements," chanting the mental method in his mind, Chen Feng followed the operation method of the Five Elements Eight Diagram Palm, mobilizing the five strands of True Qi, gathering them towards his right palm.
A strand of earthy yellow True Qi, invisible to the naked eye, surged out from Chen Feng’s body and circled above his right palm.
"Five Elements Eight Diagram Palm, first move, Earth Element Palm!"
Chen Feng closed his eyes, his mind moved, and the five strands of earthy yellow True Qi quickly converged into an "Earth" character in the palm of his hand, invisible to the common eye.
"Hmph, playing tricks, die!" Seeing this, the Silver Snake’s eyes flashed with disdain. Wielding the Snake-shaped Dagger, it lunged at Chen Feng once again.
This time, he found a particularly tricky angle and, with his speed, he firmly believed that Chen Feng would absolutely not be able to dodge this time!
Under the moonlight, the Snake-shaped Dagger gleamed with a chilling cold light, heading straight for Chen Feng’s heart.
Should it pierce him, Chen Feng would surely die.
Such a sharp Snake-shaped Dagger would instantly pierce the heart of even someone as robust as Chen Feng.
The Silver Snake’s speed was incredibly fast, and the Snake-shaped Dagger was about to stab into Chen Feng’s chest.
However, just at that moment, Chen Feng opened his eyes, and his right palm swung out, meeting the strike of the snake-shaped dagger.
Silver Snake saw this and thought that Chen Feng intended to block his dagger with his palm, a trace of contempt flashing in his eyes.
He felt Chen Feng was too foolish, actually trying to block his dagger with his hand.
With the sharpness of his own dagger, he could definitely pierce through Chen Feng’s palm in an instant.
If Chen Feng had chosen to dodge, perhaps there would have been a slim chance of survival.
But now, that was simply a path to certain death.
Thinking thus, Silver Snake sneered dismissively and accelerated the speed of his dagger.
He felt that victory and defeat were about to be decided, and Chen Feng was surely doomed this time!
In no time, the tip of the snake-shaped dagger met with the palm of Chen Feng’s right hand.
Silver Snake’s lips curled slightly, as he was ready to hear Chen Feng scream in agony.
However, the next moment, instead of Chen Feng’s cries of pain, there was the sound of metal clashing.
This left Silver Snake completely stunned, and he hurriedly widened his eyes to look at Chen Feng’s right palm.
At that instant, the tip of the snake-shaped dagger was pressing against the palm of Chen Feng’s right hand.
Yet, such a sharp dagger tip did not pierce through Chen Feng’s palm immediately, not even leaving a scratch.
It felt as if the dagger wasn’t stabbing into a palm but into a piece of hard stone.
Silver Snake quickly increased his strength, gripping the dagger and stabbing Chen Feng’s right palm twice in succession, trying to penetrate it.
Nevertheless, Chen Feng’s right palm remained exceedingly hard, unharmed.
That made Silver Snake suspect whether Chen Feng’s right hand was a prosthetic, for if it were a normal flesh-and-blood hand, how could such a sharp dagger not pierce through?
"Have you had your fun? If you’ve had enough, then it’s my turn!"
Chen Feng said with a faint smile, and with a thought, the character "Earth" in the center of his right palm suddenly flashed.
Chen Feng lifted his right palm and, facing the tip of the snake-shaped dagger, slapped it straight on.
A sound of breaking echoed, and the snake-shaped dagger snapped into three sections.
This turn of events stupefied Silver Snake, including Fire Fox, who had been watching from the side.
In their wildest dreams, they never would have thought that such a solid and sharp snake-shaped dagger would be broken into three sections with a slap of Chen Feng’s palm.
Moreover, Chen Feng had directly slapped down towards the blade’s tip. Normally, anyone doing so would end up with only one outcome: their palm completely pierced by the dagger.
But Chen Feng, on the contrary, not only was his palm unscathed, but he also broke the dagger.
How hard must that palm be—made of stone, perhaps?
"You... How is this possible!"
Silver Snake looked at the snake-shaped dagger now broken into three sections in his hand, his eyes filled with shock; he couldn’t believe that all of this was real.
"Nothing is impossible; next up is you!"
Chen Feng said with a faint smile, giving Silver Snake no chance to react. He lifted his right palm and struck towards Silver Snake’s chest.
Since Silver Snake was still in shock, and also because they were so close to each other.
Silver Snake couldn’t dodge at all and took the hit square on.
This palm, it landed completely on his chest!