Chapter 41: Inch Travel Steps
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
In the era of Miracle Physician Mo, the Inch Travel Step was a very advanced skill. It did not belong to the martial arts that Mo Wen had practice, but he managed to pick it up coincidentally. The Inch Travel Steps were also known as One Inch Foot, Three Feet Travel.
A slight movement beneath one’s feet would allow the body to s.h.i.+ft a few meters in distance. It was mysterious and unusual. This skill was extremely difficult to learn, and Mo Wen took many trials and tribulations in his training of the Inch Travel Steps.
It was said that if the Inch Travel Steps could be trained to perfection, it could become One Inch Foot, Thousand Feet Travel. It was the legendary and great magical power of shrinking distances on the ground to an inch.
However, the old Mo Wen in that lifetime had only trained up to the level of One Inch Foot, Fifty Feet Travel as a result of his cultivation of the Embryonic Breathing realm. As for one thousand feet, only the heavens knew if such a feat was possible.
“You’re also an ancient martial arts pract.i.tioner?” w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s grasp missed and surprise flashed through her eyes. She had just given all her strength so it should have been impossible for Mo Wen to evade the move.
Even more so, the skill that Mo Wen used was so enigmatic that she had no inkling of what it was. To be able to display such an enigmatic skill meant that he to be an ancient martial arts pract.i.tioner.
Mo Wen smiled slightly but did not reply. Strictly speaking, he did belong to the category of ancient martial arts pract.i.tioners. However, he had just started training.
At his current stage, he was roughly near the final stage of the Body Consolidation realm. He had yet to train up on the Regulated Breathing realm and thus could not be considered as a true ancient martial arts pract.i.tioner.
As for w.a.n.g Xiaofei, Mo Wen could tell from their previous short exchange that her abilities were roughly around the middle stages of the Regulated Breathing realm.
A look of understanding flashed through w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s eyes. No wonder Mo Wen’s performance had been so outstanding during the shooting compet.i.tion; he was an ancient martial arts pract.i.tioner. However, even if he was an ancient martial arts pract.i.tioner, he could not have been able to achieve a perfect score in shooting the clay pigeons without professional training.
After knowing that Mo Wen was an ancient martial arts pract.i.tioner, a cautious look flashed through w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s eyes. Her body straightened up and she sent out a series of kicks. A strong gust of wind whistled by and four silhouettes of a slim leg appeared before Mo Wen’s eyes.
Mo Wen took a step back and demonstrated the Inch Travel Steps, successfully avoiding w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s swift and fierce wave of attack. With his current standard, directly going at w.a.n.g Xiaofei with brute force would put him at a disadvantage.
Even though he was a guy, w.a.n.g Xiaofei who had trained up on her Regulated Breathing realm and could smash a rock with her palm within an instant.
w.a.n.g Xiaofei had seemingly noticed that Mo Wen’s skills were still not on par with hers. Since one punch did not strike him, she sent down a torrent of punches with both fists. She used the most basic direct punch and aimed it at Mo Wen in a fierce manner in an effort to finish him off in one move.
Yet, Mo Wen did not panic. He encircled both his hands and they came up from his sides to approach both of w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s fists. He managed to grab onto w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s two small fists.
w.a.n.g Xiaofei raised her eyebrows. Mo Wen was clearly not as skilled as her and yet he dared to take initiative in coming forward. In that moment, she did not hold back in releasing her Inner Qi and sent both her arms forward in a powerful motion.
Surprisingly, Mo Wen did not fly off like she expected. It was like he had only been hit with cotton. Mo Wen simply swayed twice before managing to rid himself of all her power.
In the next moment, Mo Wen took a step forward and grabbed hold of w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s hands as he pulled back. w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s body was pulled forward and fell into Mo Wen’s embrace.
Then, Mo Wen quickly spun from being in front of w.a.n.g Xiaofei to behind her. He moved like the speed of lightning. At the same time, he grabbed hold of w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s arm and twisted it, while his other hand pressed on w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s shoulder and pushed her upper body into the ground.
It was like a cop catching a thief. He had w.a.n.g Xiaofei under control in an instant.
“You…” w.a.n.g Xiaofei had not expected her attack to fail or Mo Wen to counter attack.
She did not think twice as her head went downwards and immediately flipped over to send one of her small legs aimed directly at Mo Wen’s cheek. She did not believe that Mo Wen wouldn’t dare to let her go in the face of her powerful kick.
Indeed, Mo Wen let go of w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s arm. However, he grabbed onto her leg and took two steps backwards to viciously drag her back.
From the momentum, w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s entire being levitated in midair. Her ankle was still held in Mo Wen’s hand.
From afar, w.a.n.g Xiaofei looked like a scarecrow that was easily controlled in Mo Wen’s hand.
w.a.n.g Xiaofei started to panic. She did not expect Mo Wen to be such a tough opponent. He was obviously less skilled than her, but he somehow kept her under control. She had no other moves to use against him.
Mo Wen smiled and with a flick of his arm, he sent w.a.n.g Xiaofei flying away.
Even though he did not use much strength, w.a.n.g Xiaofei was a girl and did not weigh much so she was sent flying away.
w.a.n.g Xiaofei let out a light hum of dissatisfaction with her loss. Even though she was in midair and lost her balance, she did not panic. With a slight twist of her waist, she flipped over and landed cleanly and balanced on the ground.
“How did you manage to handle my power just now?” w.a.n.g Xiaofei could not accept her loss as she glared at Mo Wen. In her previous few attacks, she had clearly used much more strength than Mo Wen, yet she had repeatedly lost. Her power had felt as if she was unable to harness it fully.
“That is called Tender Force,” Mo Wen said good naturedly. Indeed, his strength was incomparable to w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s, but that did not mean that he did not stand a chance against her. With his abilities, he had more than one or two methods to deal with w.a.n.g Xiaofei.
“Tender Force? You also learned martial arts teachings?” w.a.n.g Xiaofei raised her brows. Martial arts teachings could only be learnt by ancient martial arts pract.i.tioners in the Regulated Breathing realm. Even she had just begun learning an aspect of martial arts teachings. Perhaps she had wrongly a.s.sessed Mo Wen’s skills before, and he was actually a Regulated Breathing realm ancient martial arts pract.i.tioner.
“Still want to fight?” Mo Wen smiled and said in a non-committal manner.
“Of course…” w.a.n.g Xiaofei let out a light humph and lifted her head, “Of course I don’t. What’s the big deal in defeating a girl, humph.”
As she said that, w.a.n.g Xiaofei decided to no longer bother herself with Mo Wen, and walked back to the 1st Battalion team.
Although it had been a brief exchange, w.a.n.g Xiaofei was not stupid and knew she could not win against Mo Wen.
Regardless of it being the previous techniques or the Tender Force and whatnot, the moves Mo Wen used were all very advanced. w.a.n.g Xiaofei found it rather odd. Clearly, she was a Regulated Breathing realm warrior and she had yet to learn even one aspect of those skills so how could Mo Wen have learned two aspects of martial arts teachings?
“Mo Wen, I knew that you could do it. Even the tigress w.a.n.g Xiaofei had been tamed by you. I admire you, I really admire you,” w.a.n.g Yuan patted Mo Wen’s shoulder and said excitedly.
The fact that the 4th Battalion did not lose to the 1st Battalion had saved at least some of their dignity.
“You think we’re all like you? You couldn’t even defeat a girl,” Mo Wen said while rolling his eyes. He couldn’t care less about w.a.n.g Yuan. Beforehand, w.a.n.g Yuan did not say such compliments. It seemed his face changed even faster than the flipping of pages in a book. Mo Wen’s cold words immediately shut w.a.n.g Yuan up.
“Aiya, that Mo Wen is so outstanding. Even w.a.n.g Xiaofei is not his match,” a round-faced girl beside Qin Xiaoyou said. She could not believe her eyes. As a part of the female battalion, she naturally knew of w.a.n.g Xiaofei’s capabilities. However, she still ultimately lost to Mo Wen.
“How? Previously, you had still asked me to plead for w.a.n.g Xiaofei to go easy. From what I see, I should be helping w.a.n.g Xiaofei instead,” Qin Xiaoyou let out a light humph and proudly extended her fair and slender neck.
At this moment, w.a.n.g Xiaofei had coincidentally pa.s.sed by and heard whatever Qin Xiaoyou said. Immediately, she ridiculed Qin Xiaoyou by saying, “Aiyo, you mean if Mo Wen is not a worthy match, you would help him plead for an easier time? There is indeed something going on between the two of you.”
“Pui pui pui, that filthy mouth of yours really has nothing good to say. We should have gotten Mo Wen to give you a good bas.h.i.+ng just now,” Qin Xiaoyou’s face reddened as she glared at w.a.n.g Xiaofei fiercely.
“Xiaoyou, you’re so ambiguous. A good bas.h.i.+ng? You mean in the combat ring or… on the bed?” countered w.a.n.g Xiaofei.
The round-faced girl looked between Qin Xiaoyou and w.a.n.g Xiaofei. She could not stop giggling.
“Zhang Xin, do you want to die!?” w.a.n.g Xiaofei pounced like a tigress on top of Zhang Xin.