Chapter 849: The Dignity of a Warrior
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s.h.i.+fting his body in a combat posture, Martial Yin Yang spat, “Kid, your Taiji Palm Arts cannot help you this time. Come and experience my Eight Trigram Palms!”
w.a.n.g Yu could hear every single word that Martial Yin Yang said clearly.
Seeing that Martial Yin Yang had just tarnished the reputation of the Taiji Palm Arts and was still going on about the Eight Trigram Palms, w.a.n.g Yu was livid.
w.a.n.g Yu was the sole inheritor of the Eight Trigram Palms arts as there were no other suitable candidates. Yet, Martial Yin Yang was currently sullying its name in front of w.a.n.g Yu.
“Eight your uncle!!!”
After countless years of self-cultivation, w.a.n.g Yu had developed an aura of slaughter. At this moment, he fully unleashed this aura. He roared and leapt forward with both palms lifted to face Martial Yin Yang.
Facing w.a.n.g Yu’s sudden aggression, Martial Yin Yang did not falter. His body calmly swayed and he executed [Gust Step]. In an instant, he appeared in the distance. Using both palms, he gave three taps to the air in front of him. Three fiery projectiles shot swiftly towards w.a.n.g Yu.
Utilising the [Fiery Cloud Palm Arts], one could send three fiery projectiles in quick succession at a target.
Pugilist was a rare cla.s.s in <>. Even if one chose Pugilist, they would often pursue the route of developing their close combat skills.
Among the Qigong masters, Martial Yin Yang could be considered the top-ranked master.
When an ordinary Qigong master executed the [Fiery Cloud Palm Arts], the projectile would likely travel in a very predictable fas.h.i.+on linearly. However, this was not the case with Martial Yin Yang. When he had previously executed the skill, the projectiles he created could independently travel in a direction that locked down multiple escape routes of its target.
Although Martial Yin Yang had some degree of skill in martial arts, in front of the true grandmasters of Quan Zhen Sect, he could not be counted for much.
The Eight Trigram Palm Arts was also known as Roaming Body Palm Arts. The body was cultivated first before one could start practicing the actual palm arts. w.a.n.g Yu had already reached grand completion of his palm arts. He did not need to take Martial Yin Yang’s incoming attack seriously at all.
In a blink of an eye, w.a.n.g Yu lowered his body and swerved his body in midair and deftly avoided the incoming projectiles. Before Martial Yin Yang could defend himself, w.a.n.g Yu already sent a vicious palm to his neck.
Martial Yin Yang was only a Qigong master after all. How could he possibly withstand w.a.n.g Yu’s critical strike to his neck? Without a sound or a scream, he dissipated into white light.
After the swift battle, w.a.n.g Yu received a message from Fearless, “How is it? Martial Yin Yang is dead, isn’t he?”
“Dead!” w.a.n.g Yu answered honestly.
“Run quickly. Their men are coming back for you. Come to the resurrection point and save us so we can escape together,” Fearless directed.
Although Martial Yin Yang had perished, there was still a substantial force from the Divine Martial Guild still out for blood. The Quan Zhen Sect members were all experts in their own rights and they could provide vital a.s.sistance to w.a.n.g Yu in a fight.
Unexpectedly, w.a.n.g Yu had other plans in mind, “This time you guys just take a break at the resurrection point. This is my personal grievance with Martial Yin Yang.”
“Personal grievance? Isn’t it the first time you guys met?” Fearless was stunned at this revelation.
These two clearly did not know each other before today. Could w.a.n.g Yu have suffered a loss under the hands of Martial Yin Yang just now?
“It does not matter when we met. This concerns the dignity of a Warrior!” w.a.n.g Yu spoke these words in a majestic fas.h.i.+on. He closed the chat room and leaped into the air.
Fearless was not a martial arts pract.i.tioner after all. He could not understand the veiled meaning in w.a.n.g Yu’s words.
China and its Martial Arts have a legacy dating back to almost 5000 years ago. In this long history, the rise and fall of martial arts coincided with the contrasting periods of war and peace. As martial arts gradually faded out of public sight, strong martial arts pract.i.tioners were often characters shrouded in myths and mysteries.
There were some people who seized this confusion to try and make a name for themselves. They tried to manipulate public opinion by exaggerating the nature of their exploits. Eventually, people gradually came to believe that these players were actually grandmasters of martial arts.
Being a grandmaster in martial arts was not something that one could claim credit for easily. The training to become one would take years if not decades. Even w.a.n.g Yu with his unprecedented apt.i.tude for martial arts required daily training for his strength, speed and response. Those who were not true masters of martial arts could be easily exposed.
Because of a few delinquent individuals, the martial arts reputation was forever tarnished. People starting treating martial arts of more like a scam than simply a myth.
Since then, martial arts was constantly stuck in a rut with fewer and fewer people knowing about it. What a tragic outcome this was.
The chief culprit of the downfall of martial arts were those swindlers and liars. Martial Yin Yang had falsely a.s.sumed the ident.i.ty of a martial artist to fool so many people. How could w.a.n.g Yu stay silent when Martial Yin Yang had blatantly desecrated the sanct.i.ty of martial arts right in front of him?
w.a.n.g Yu had only one thought in mind. That was to gamble on his dignity as a martial artist and make Martial Yin Yang pay the price for his deceit!
Qigong master was not a great cla.s.s at solo combat, therefore, Martial Yin Yang did not feel that w.a.n.g Yu was much of a threat if he faced many players at once. He only let out a sigh in acknowledgement of w.a.n.g Yu’s skills. Gesturing his men, he directed them to the alleyway to find w.a.n.g Yu. Martial Yin Yang also made his way out of the resurrection point.
Before Martial Yin Yang made his way onto main street, his hind legs were blocked by a burly figure.
As he looked up, his heart clenched in horror as he realised the man was w.a.n.g Yu. He subconsciously retreated quickly backwards and released [Rippling Cloud Palm] towards w.a.n.g Yu.
[Rippling Cloud Palm] was only a low-level Pugilist skill. In terms of its striking power, it was simply insignificant in front of a master like w.a.n.g Yu.
w.a.n.g Yu waved his hand and instantly broke [Rippling Cloud Palm]. He lunged forward with his fist ready to strike Martial Yin Yang. Martial Yin Yang saw the oncoming w.a.n.g Yu but he stood his ground. He gathered his momentum and was waiting for the opportune time to deal a blow to w.a.n.g Yu’s head.
In <>, a kick would deal more damage to an opponent compared to a punch. Therefore correspondingly, the skills needed to land a kick would be higher.
Just as Martial Yin Yang thought he had managed to land a successful blow on w.a.n.g Yu, w.a.n.g Yu suddenly shot to the ground. He abruptly changed his [Crus.h.i.+ng Fist] into a [Savage Maul]. He stretched forward and grasped Martial Yin Yang by the ankles.
Following that, w.a.n.g Yu exerted force to pull Martial Yin Yang backwards. As he turned his body, his other hand shot forward and grabbed the s.p.a.ce in between Martial Yin Yang’s legs…