# Chapter 2104: Strength Overwhelms Skill! Can't Show Off?
Skill points were consumed frantically, and Jiu Lan's Netherworld Eight Techniques were gradually mastered and surpassed by Jiangnan!
With the Flash Step now in his repertoire, Jiangnan at least had the capital to spar with Jiu Lan!
The Netherworld Eight Techniques:
Flash Step! Steel Bone! Nail Fist! Blade Kick!
Elbow Cannon! Knee Strike! Decapitation!
There was one more—what the hell was it?
But at this moment, Jiu Lan was completely stunned. In the Minghe Star Domain, Jiangnan absolutely couldn't use his own abilities!
She could confirm it wasn't teleportation!
Jiangnan was using an even more refined Flash Step than her own!
Although he still couldn't match her speed, he relied on superior technique to gradually close the gap between them!
How was this possible?
The Netherworld Eight Techniques had been summarized, created, and perfected by generations of Netherworld clan ancestors!
Seemingly simple moves, but the execution process was extremely difficult!
Without long-term practice, they simply couldn't be used!
She had been training since childhood, practicing countless times, to reach her current level!
How did Jiangnan learn them? And his technique even surpassed hers?
Did he steal them from her? Absolutely impossible!
She had only used Flash Step a few times, and Jiangnan had already learned it?
Refusing to believe it, Jiu Lan struck out again. Her hand knife was like a drawn blade, slashing straight toward Jiangnan's neck!
It was the Decapitation technique!
Jiangnan narrowed his eyes. He could see it clearly!
Now it was his turn!
In an instant, Jiangnan bent down and dove forward, charging into the wide-open gap in front of Jiu Lan!
His fist slammed toward Jiu Lan's chest like a steel nail!
"Triple Nail Fist!"
Jiu Lan: !!!
As expected! He knew it! Triple?
Was this for real?
Jiu Lan's pupils contracted sharply. She instantly raised both hands, her arm bones like blades, assuming a defensive posture!
"Blade Catch!"
The Nail Fist Jiangnan had thrown in was caught by Jiu Lan's palm!
She neutralized the incredibly powerful penetrating force!
But shock surged in Jiu Lan's heart. This was different from her Nail Fist!
It was a triple burst of fist force, each one stronger than the last!
Three consecutive strikes—the fierce penetrating power nearly reached a level that even Jiu Lan couldn't handle!
Nail Fist could chain like this?
Still, she seized the opportunity. Grabbing Jiangnan's arm, she pulled him toward herself!
Then her shoulder slammed into Jiangnan's chest like a planet!
A "clang" rang out!
Jiangnan's body was sent flying, air waves rolling! Blood sprayed everywhere!
Jiangnan: !!!
Blade Catch? Was that the final technique of the Netherworld Eight?
An active defense method? No matter what attack came, it would be caught by the ever-changing Blade Catch and then countered?
Holy crap!
It even blocked the Triple Nail Fist?
Seeing Jiangnan sent flying, Jiu Lan activated Flash Step and followed up with a Knee Strike!
Her knee drove straight toward Jiangnan's lower abdomen!
Gritting his teeth, Jiangnan immediately used Blade Catch!
He caught Jiu Lan's incoming Knee Strike and pulled her thigh toward himself!
At the same time, he raised his elbow and launched an Elbow Cannon at Jiu Lan's chest!
Jiu Lan's eyes widened!
Blade Catch! He even knew Blade Catch? And while using Blade Catch, he could follow up with an Elbow Cannon instead of a Mountain Collision?
This completely shattered her understanding!
"Steel Bone!"
"Clang!"
The Elbow Cannon slammed heavily into Jiu Lan's chest, but it couldn't budge her. She absorbed the blow completely!
Instead, Jiangnan's elbow emitted a cracking sound!
Jiu Lan's pretty face flushed red. She grabbed Jiangnan's arm, twisted her body, and executed a shoulder throw!
"Boom!"
The fierce impact force shook the entire Unconscious Chamber violently!
Jiangnan was slammed heavily onto the ground!
Then, Jiu Lan's Nail Fist came crashing down toward Jiangnan's chest!
With his arm grabbed, dodging with Flash Step was out of the question!
"Steel Bone!"
In that moment, Jiangnan's muscles bulged, his entire body becoming like a single, solid entity!
"Clang!"
A sound of metal striking metal rang out, like driving a steel nail into a steel plate!
The Unconscious Chamber trembled again!
Jiangnan spat out a mouthful of old blood, his body leaving a human-shaped imprint on the strong-phase alloy floor!
He was embedded right into the floor!
But his chest wasn't pierced. The force was dispersed and absorbed by the overall structure of Steel Bone!
Turning a point into a surface!
Still, the terrifying penetrating force nearly broke through Jiangnan's top-tier Steel Bone!
Jiu Lan's scalp tingled. Steel Bone?
Jiangnan's Steel Bone could actually withstand her Nail Fist?
And he only coughed up some blood?
With Jiangnan's physical condition? How was this possible!
"Blade Kick Chain Slash!"
Jiangnan, lying on the ground, suddenly exploded upward. His leg bones like blades, he slashed toward Jiu Lan's head!
Jiu Lan dodged with Flash Step, and Jiangnan used the opportunity to leap away, creating some distance!
Grimacing, he rubbed his chest and gasped for air!
Dammit! He couldn't quite show off against Jiu Lan!
He had learned all the Netherworld Eight Techniques, all at top-tier MAX level!
But against Jiu Lan, it was still insufficient!
The gap in technique was forcibly leveled by Jiu Lan's terrifying physical condition!
However, at this moment, Jiu Lan stared at Jiangnan with utter disbelief!
"Impossible! This is impossible! How do you know the Netherworld Eight Techniques? Even better than I do..."
She hadn't wanted to believe it earlier, but now she was certain!
Jiangnan grinned. "Didn't you teach me? But honestly, your Netherworld Eight Techniques are a bit rough, you know?"
"Have you really been practicing them properly?"
Jiu Lan: !!!
I taught him? Jiangnan really learned them on the spot!
How long had they been fighting? Not even three minutes, right?
She had only used all of the Netherworld Eight Techniques once, and Jiangnan had learned them? And surpassed her?
What kind of monstrous talent was this?
And he said her techniques were rough? Was this for real?
The Netherworld Eight Techniques, perfected and summarized by generations of Netherworld clan ancestors, were the crystallization of countless wisdom and experience!
In such a short time, Jiangnan had learned them and even improved upon them?
At this moment, Jiu Lan wasn't annoyed at being stolen from. Instead, her eyes lit up as she looked at Jiangnan!
If she could learn all of Jiangnan's Netherworld Eight Technique skills and integrate them...
Wouldn't she be able to go further? Even add a new spark to the clan's Netherworld Eight Techniques?
This contribution would be historic, even earning her a place in clan history!
The Era Lord of humanity? This learning ability was terrifying!
Jiangnan was far stronger now than he had been at the start!
Jiu Lan's pretty face flushed with excitement, her eyes shining. She couldn't help licking her lips.
(๑❛ัڡ❛ั) "I'm liking you more and more!"
Jiangnan: ???
∑(°口°#) "Huh? Th-this... confessing in the middle of a fight? Isn't that a bit inappropriate? I haven't mentally prepared myself yet. Let me think about it and get back to you..."
"Boom!"
Jiu Lan vanished from before Jiangnan's eyes. She was faster than before!
In an instant, her Nail Fist was right in front of Jiangnan's face!
She wanted to see Jiangnan use more techniques, more of the Netherworld Eight!
Only by pushing him to the brink of death could she force out all his abilities!
At this moment, Jiu Lan had only battle in her heart!
Jiangnan, using Steel Bone, was sent flying with a single blow. Even his nose bone was broken!
Damn! Was this for real?
This woman was even fiercer than before!
But he wasn't one to be outdone either!
Jiangnan went all out, refusing to believe that his top-tier Netherworld Eight Techniques couldn't suppress Jiu Lan!
Their figures flickered continuously in the Unconscious Chamber, their movements already invisible to the naked eye!
Only the violent booming sounds, the crashing noises, and the splattering blood could be heard!
The walls, floor, and ceiling were covered with dents and holes from the destruction!
And this chamber was made entirely of strong-phase alloy—not some scrap metal or playdough!
The booming continued, audible even throughout the entire female prison district!
The bored female inmates were all surprised. The human little brother that Sister Lanlan had captured was pretty resilient!
He'd been going at it for quite a while and was still making noise?
He was a little wolfdog material!
They even started betting with Minghe Crystals on how long Jiangnan could last!
But half an hour passed, then an hour...
The female inmates were shocked!
"Hey hey hey! Is that little wolfdog really fighting Sister Jiu Lan? Or doing something weird?"
"How can he last this long? And the noise is still this loud? Tsk tsk tsk~"
Normally, it would be quiet within ten minutes!
"Whether it's fighting or doing weird things, this little wolfdog is strong in every sense of the word..."
......
The Unconscious Chamber was completely wrecked!
"Double Nail Fist!"
With Jiu Lan's shout, Jiangnan was sent flying again!
The Blade Catch didn't work, Steel Bone was pierced through, and he crashed through the wall together with it...
Jiangnan leaned against the wall, his legs trembling, blood dripping continuously!
"Crap—you freak! Do you have to be so intense with me?"
Jiangnan felt like he was about to be beaten to death!
In all his life, he had never been so thoroughly dominated!
Jiangnan finally understood a truth: the terrifying gap in physical condition simply couldn't be compensated for by technique!
Strength overwhelms skill—that was Jiu Lan!
And Jiu Lan wasn't just torturing him; she was also learning and growing!
She was gradually absorbing the skills from his top-tier Netherworld Eight Techniques!
The Double Nail Fist was the result!
Jiu Lan was now covered in blood—almost all of it Jiangnan's. She had only a few bruises!
This was the result of Jiangnan's all-out offense!
Jiangnan had never met a woman this tough in his life. He couldn't even damage her!
Jiu Lan was drenched in fragrant sweat, looking at her fists with delighted surprise!
Her Nail Fist could chain too?
Heavens! This was amazing!
One fight with Jiangnan was worth more than a decade of hard research!
She wished she could keep fighting him forever!
It was as if Jiangnan's body contained endless treasures waiting for her to excavate!
Unfortunately, Jiangnan seemed to be reaching his limit!
She couldn't remember how long they had been fighting, but she knew Jiangnan was the prisoner who had lasted longest under her!
"Hey! Attack again! Is this all the Era Lord of humanity can do? Doesn't seem all that impressive now!"
"Aren't Southern Men supposed to never admit defeat? You haven't even drawn blood from me yet!"
"They say humans are a race with king-level potential, but I don't see it!"
Jiangnan's face darkened. He slowly stood up, letting blood flow freely down his sharply defined muscles!
"Don't provoke me! You can look down on me, but you cannot look down on humanity!"
"Do you realize that I can't use my abilities here in this Netherworld Death Prison? It's like having my fangs and claws pulled out, my hands and feet bound! I'm clearly a space-type, yet I'm fighting you with my most primitive, basic physical abilities!"
"If we were outside, I dare say you wouldn't even be able to touch me—you'd only be on the receiving end of a beating!"
"Is humanity weak? I'm using my weakest against your strongest—where is humanity weak?"
Jiu Lan's gaze sharpened. She suddenly realized this fact!
Yes... Jiangnan wasn't a physical fighter; he was a space-type!
Throughout their fight, Jiangnan had been so dominant in the Netherworld Death Prison that Jiu Lan had gradually forgotten this truth!
A space-type, using pure physical strength to spar with her for so long...
This...
Realizing this, Jiu Lan's scalp tingled!
How strong would Jiangnan be without his restraints?
Jiangnan grinned. "Of course! I'm not making excuses! I can't use them, so I can't use them!"
"Your Netherworld clan can use their abilities—it's a racial talent, something I can't match! But what I want to prove to you is..."
"Humanity is a species that can adapt extremely quickly to any environment and climb to the very top of the food chain!"
"Even here in the Minghe Star Domain, it's the same. If I can't use abilities, then I'll rely on my body!"
"Just now you said humanity wasn't good enough? That makes me a little angry now!"
As he spoke, Jiangnan's expression gradually turned serious. He reached behind him, pulled out a bottle of "Six Nuclear Bombs" milk, and drank it!
Was this his strongest self?
No, it wasn't!
Jiu Lan: ...
I can understand your desire to prove humanity's potential!
But where the hell did you pull that drink from? Your back pocket?