Chapter 28
Competition
In the blink of an eye, the outcome was decided, and Ren Yu stood on the stage.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, another worshipper stepped forward, and the two clasped their hands in greeting.
The battle resumed, and this time Ren Yu took the initiative, throwing a powerful punch.
Then, with a nimble movement, he bent down and delivered a powerful elbow strike to the man's heart.
The worshippers who came up naturally understood Ren Yu's methods and did not underestimate him.
With both hands pressed forward and crossed, the two forces collided with a thud.
When the force was neutralized, the defensive stance of the offering was not disrupted.
Ren Yu could leave after just one battle, and he was exceptionally agile, like a turtle that had found water.
The retainer's face darkened. As he blocked the attack, he swung his elbow horizontally, lowering his body at the same time.
He used the second move of the Turtle Spirit Breath Control Technique, "Turtle Turns Over".
His strength was concentrated in his elbows, and when he swung them out, one could vaguely see the force expanding in a circular motion.
As his elbows shifted position, his slow, deliberate posture instantly transformed.
Ren Yu did not panic; his feet remained on the pivot, and he did not move an inch.
Having anticipated the offering's spinning elbow, Ren Yu, who had originally moved behind it, was now able to react.
With a burst of energy in his feet, his body swayed, and he miraculously spun back to the front.
"As expected of Ren Yu, he has even mastered the fourth move of the Turtle Spirit Breath Control Technique, Returning Turtle Shadow!"
"How can we play like this? Back then, Master Zhou said that during the transition from Ming Jin to An Jin, you only need to master the first three moves at most."
Ren Yu, however, has mastered the fourth move; there's simply no way to fight him!
Zhou Wei and Ren Yun on the stage nodded almost imperceptibly.
"Old Zhou, what do you think of Ren Yu?"
Zhou Wei pondered for a moment: "The foundation is good, but they are a bit too eager for quick success."
As I said before, from Ming Jin (manifest strength) to An Jin (hidden strength), mastering the first three moves is enough.
When you want to learn the fourth move, you must break through the hidden strength; otherwise, you are prone to making mistakes.
Ren Yu's ability to overpower the assembled retainers was based on the foundation laid in the first three moves, but the fourth move seems to have an element of showing off!
During the conversation, the second worshipper was flipped over by Ren Yu, who grabbed him by the back with his elbow and pushed him off the stage.
The disciples below immediately fell silent.
"Is there no challenger? Then I'll gladly accept first place!" Ren Yu clenched his fists, his face full of smugness.
Ren Yu's consecutive defeats deterred everyone from daring to challenge him.
Because once he steps down, someone weaker than him can get second or third place.
But if you lose, you get nothing.
Without anyone noticing, everyone turned to look at the newly appointed martial artist, Duan Xuan.
"Brother Duan, it seems the people below the stage are very curious about your abilities."
Ren Yu also wanted to see what kind of performance the person who could kill twelve bandits, including a Ming Jin, with his bare hands would deliver.
Zhou Wei stretched out a hand: "Brother Duan, these retainers of the Ren family are arrogant and conceited, and look down on everyone."
They also lack practical experience, and we need someone to wake them up.
Please!
Duan Xuan took a deep breath, did not refuse, and slowly walked towards the center of the arena.
The atmosphere at the scene reached its peak.
"I heard that when the group from Wolf Stronghold was wiped out, this kid was the only one left on the entire mountain."
"You mean he killed those people? Look at how skinny and pathetic he is, do you think that's possible?"
"Anyway, I'm rooting for Ren Yu. I doubt this kid's punches can even break through Ren Yu's defenses!"
……
Ren Yu crossed his arms, his eyes filled with disdain. How could someone from a peasant background possibly compete with me?
"Turtle Spirit Control Qi Technique, Ren Yu!"
"Mountain-Breaking Fist, Duan Xuan."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ren Yu was about to make a tentative charge forward, but to his surprise, the thin boy in front of him launched the first attack.
With a thud, he stomped his feet on the ground, raising a cloud of dust. Duan Xuan's face flushed red as his strength was transformed from his blood and qi.
The steady and powerful stance of the Mountain-Breaking Fist was formed in an instant. The first move, the first stance of Mountain-Opening and Earth-Breaking, was like a cannonball that shot straight out from Duan Xuan's lower back.
With a muffled thud, Duan Xuan's fist slammed solidly into Ren Yu's Turtle Spirit Defense Bar.
Ren Yu did not back down, but a slight smile appeared on his lips.
"Why does this kid's fist hurt so much?"
While lost in thought, Duan Xuan did not rest; a punch he had been gathering power for on his left side followed immediately.
With his feet firmly planted on the ground, his waist spun wildly, and he threw out both fists simultaneously, not wanting to give Ren Yu any chance to retaliate.
Ren Yu maintained a boxing stance, even though he could feel Duan Xuan's power constantly increasing.
He became increasingly fierce, but he only slightly raised the corner of his mouth.
Finally, after more than a dozen punches were exchanged...
Taking advantage of the moment Duan Xuan took a breath, he adopted a defensive stance, pressing his chest against his back, combining his strength into one.
Like a giant tortoise turning over, it expands outward, unleashing a powerful and stable force.
But he also realized something was wrong at that moment, because when the defense was fully activated.
The thin boy stood sideways, gazing at him like a mountain, his expression showing neither joy nor sorrow, neither panic nor madness.
It seemed they had planned everything all along, just waiting for Ren Yuzhong to open the gate wide.
"Broken walls!"
As Duan Xuan thought to himself, the indomitable momentum of the Mountain-Breaking Fist suddenly erupted.
"This is bad!" Ren Yu's heart was filled with turmoil.
However, he was already very familiar with the first three moves of his own technique.
They are also very confident in their own defense.
Instead of defending the center, he got up and moved closer, intending to use other moves of the Turtle Spirit Qi Control Technique.
He wrapped his arms around Duan Xuan's body and then used brute force to crush his bones, ending the match.
"Duan Xuan is in trouble!" Ren Yun frowned.
Zhou Wei, with his sharp eye, shook his head: "While this punch was indeed a desperate attempt to gather all his strength, I still feel something is amiss!"
Duan Xuan, on the field, watched helplessly as Ren Yu abandoned the middle lane, preparing to trade injury for injury and get close to him, and the punch he was about to throw actually stopped.
As the saying goes, smiles don't disappear, but they can be moved around.
Ren Yu abandoned the center gate and tried to get closer, but Duan Xuan's feet seemed to have springs installed, and his Achilles tendon stretched out.
The muscles tensed in unison, as if they were trying to combine into a hydraulic press.
腾—
Duan Xuan leaped a large step to the left with an explosive burst of energy.
The smile on Ren Yu's face vanished completely.
Instead, a shockwave rippled through my mind, expanding infinitely.
Because Duan Xuan's gathering of power was actually a disguise!
There are two types of attacks that cannot be dodged: one is attacks with no wind-up, and the other is attacks with an excessively long wind-up, so long that the enemy might mistake them for some kind of finishing move.
"crack!"
Ren Yu was riddled with openings. Duan Xuan's fists, one above the other, distributed the accumulated stress, stretching the arc as they shot out.
At this moment, everyone in the audience held their breath, feeling as if they were watching two giant, sharp hammers about to smash a giant, immobile tortoise.
But this giant hammer is a mountain-breaking hammer.
If you can carve a hole through a mountain, what use is a giant tortoise with the thickest shell?
Ren Yu saw it even more clearly; Duan Xuan's fist wasn't large, but its power was unfathomable.
Duan Xuan's figure was short, but at this moment, he was enormous!
Whoops!
Duan Xuan's two fists, one hovering over Ren Yu's exposed left rib, the other aimed straight for his vital point. But the fists stopped.
The force roared, blasting Ren Yu's long hair apart and tearing his clothes, which exploded behind his head.
Ren Yu's pupils were lifeless, and cold sweat streamed down his forehead.
"Just now, I think I saw death..."
As soon as he stretched out his hand, another worshipper stepped forward, and the two clasped their hands in greeting.
The battle resumed, and this time Ren Yu took the initiative, throwing a powerful punch.
Then, with a nimble movement, he bent down and delivered a powerful elbow strike to the man's heart.
The worshippers who came up naturally understood Ren Yu's methods and did not underestimate him.
With both hands pressed forward and crossed, the two forces collided with a thud.
When the force was neutralized, the defensive stance of the offering was not disrupted.
Ren Yu could leave after just one battle, and he was exceptionally agile, like a turtle that had found water.
The retainer's face darkened. As he blocked the attack, he swung his elbow horizontally, lowering his body at the same time.
He used the second move of the Turtle Spirit Breath Control Technique, "Turtle Turns Over".
His strength was concentrated in his elbows, and when he swung them out, one could vaguely see the force expanding in a circular motion.
As his elbows shifted position, his slow, deliberate posture instantly transformed.
Ren Yu did not panic; his feet remained on the pivot, and he did not move an inch.
Having anticipated the offering's spinning elbow, Ren Yu, who had originally moved behind it, was now able to react.
With a burst of energy in his feet, his body swayed, and he miraculously spun back to the front.
"As expected of Ren Yu, he has even mastered the fourth move of the Turtle Spirit Breath Control Technique, Returning Turtle Shadow!"
"How can we play like this? Back then, Master Zhou said that during the transition from Ming Jin to An Jin, you only need to master the first three moves at most."
Ren Yu, however, has mastered the fourth move; there's simply no way to fight him!
Zhou Wei and Ren Yun on the stage nodded almost imperceptibly.
"Old Zhou, what do you think of Ren Yu?"
Zhou Wei pondered for a moment: "The foundation is good, but they are a bit too eager for quick success."
As I said before, from Ming Jin (manifest strength) to An Jin (hidden strength), mastering the first three moves is enough.
When you want to learn the fourth move, you must break through the hidden strength; otherwise, you are prone to making mistakes.
Ren Yu's ability to overpower the assembled retainers was based on the foundation laid in the first three moves, but the fourth move seems to have an element of showing off!
During the conversation, the second worshipper was flipped over by Ren Yu, who grabbed him by the back with his elbow and pushed him off the stage.
The disciples below immediately fell silent.
"Is there no challenger? Then I'll gladly accept first place!" Ren Yu clenched his fists, his face full of smugness.
Ren Yu's consecutive defeats deterred everyone from daring to challenge him.
Because once he steps down, someone weaker than him can get second or third place.
But if you lose, you get nothing.
Without anyone noticing, everyone turned to look at the newly appointed martial artist, Duan Xuan.
"Brother Duan, it seems the people below the stage are very curious about your abilities."
Ren Yu also wanted to see what kind of performance the person who could kill twelve bandits, including a Ming Jin, with his bare hands would deliver.
Zhou Wei stretched out a hand: "Brother Duan, these retainers of the Ren family are arrogant and conceited, and look down on everyone."
They also lack practical experience, and we need someone to wake them up.
Please!
Duan Xuan took a deep breath, did not refuse, and slowly walked towards the center of the arena.
The atmosphere at the scene reached its peak.
"I heard that when the group from Wolf Stronghold was wiped out, this kid was the only one left on the entire mountain."
"You mean he killed those people? Look at how skinny and pathetic he is, do you think that's possible?"
"Anyway, I'm rooting for Ren Yu. I doubt this kid's punches can even break through Ren Yu's defenses!"
……
Ren Yu crossed his arms, his eyes filled with disdain. How could someone from a peasant background possibly compete with me?
"Turtle Spirit Control Qi Technique, Ren Yu!"
"Mountain-Breaking Fist, Duan Xuan."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ren Yu was about to make a tentative charge forward, but to his surprise, the thin boy in front of him launched the first attack.
With a thud, he stomped his feet on the ground, raising a cloud of dust. Duan Xuan's face flushed red as his strength was transformed from his blood and qi.
The steady and powerful stance of the Mountain-Breaking Fist was formed in an instant. The first move, the first stance of Mountain-Opening and Earth-Breaking, was like a cannonball that shot straight out from Duan Xuan's lower back.
With a muffled thud, Duan Xuan's fist slammed solidly into Ren Yu's Turtle Spirit Defense Bar.
Ren Yu did not back down, but a slight smile appeared on his lips.
"Why does this kid's fist hurt so much?"
While lost in thought, Duan Xuan did not rest; a punch he had been gathering power for on his left side followed immediately.
With his feet firmly planted on the ground, his waist spun wildly, and he threw out both fists simultaneously, not wanting to give Ren Yu any chance to retaliate.
Ren Yu maintained a boxing stance, even though he could feel Duan Xuan's power constantly increasing.
He became increasingly fierce, but he only slightly raised the corner of his mouth.
Finally, after more than a dozen punches were exchanged...
Taking advantage of the moment Duan Xuan took a breath, he adopted a defensive stance, pressing his chest against his back, combining his strength into one.
Like a giant tortoise turning over, it expands outward, unleashing a powerful and stable force.
But he also realized something was wrong at that moment, because when the defense was fully activated.
The thin boy stood sideways, gazing at him like a mountain, his expression showing neither joy nor sorrow, neither panic nor madness.
It seemed they had planned everything all along, just waiting for Ren Yuzhong to open the gate wide.
"Broken walls!"
As Duan Xuan thought to himself, the indomitable momentum of the Mountain-Breaking Fist suddenly erupted.
"This is bad!" Ren Yu's heart was filled with turmoil.
However, he was already very familiar with the first three moves of his own technique.
They are also very confident in their own defense.
Instead of defending the center, he got up and moved closer, intending to use other moves of the Turtle Spirit Qi Control Technique.
He wrapped his arms around Duan Xuan's body and then used brute force to crush his bones, ending the match.
"Duan Xuan is in trouble!" Ren Yun frowned.
Zhou Wei, with his sharp eye, shook his head: "While this punch was indeed a desperate attempt to gather all his strength, I still feel something is amiss!"
Duan Xuan, on the field, watched helplessly as Ren Yu abandoned the middle lane, preparing to trade injury for injury and get close to him, and the punch he was about to throw actually stopped.
As the saying goes, smiles don't disappear, but they can be moved around.
Ren Yu abandoned the center gate and tried to get closer, but Duan Xuan's feet seemed to have springs installed, and his Achilles tendon stretched out.
The muscles tensed in unison, as if they were trying to combine into a hydraulic press.
腾—
Duan Xuan leaped a large step to the left with an explosive burst of energy.
The smile on Ren Yu's face vanished completely.
Instead, a shockwave rippled through my mind, expanding infinitely.
Because Duan Xuan's gathering of power was actually a disguise!
There are two types of attacks that cannot be dodged: one is attacks with no wind-up, and the other is attacks with an excessively long wind-up, so long that the enemy might mistake them for some kind of finishing move.
"crack!"
Ren Yu was riddled with openings. Duan Xuan's fists, one above the other, distributed the accumulated stress, stretching the arc as they shot out.
At this moment, everyone in the audience held their breath, feeling as if they were watching two giant, sharp hammers about to smash a giant, immobile tortoise.
But this giant hammer is a mountain-breaking hammer.
If you can carve a hole through a mountain, what use is a giant tortoise with the thickest shell?
Ren Yu saw it even more clearly; Duan Xuan's fist wasn't large, but its power was unfathomable.
Duan Xuan's figure was short, but at this moment, he was enormous!
Whoops!
Duan Xuan's two fists, one hovering over Ren Yu's exposed left rib, the other aimed straight for his vital point. But the fists stopped.
The force roared, blasting Ren Yu's long hair apart and tearing his clothes, which exploded behind his head.
Ren Yu's pupils were lifeless, and cold sweat streamed down his forehead.
"Just now, I think I saw death..."