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Chapter 373 - 341: The Importance of Practical Experience

Chapter 373: Chapter 341: The Importance of Practical Experience

Li San, though still not fully recovered from his injuries, gladly accepted the challenge from Guo Dongyang.

He stepped forward, cupped one fist in the other hand in salute, "Please."

Guo Dongyang’s eyes were bright, his expression somewhat excited, "Alright, be careful!"

As his words ended, the wind from his punch howled.

Guo Dongyang turned sideways, his right elbow leading forward like an iron spear, thrusting towards Li San.

If it is said that reaching master level in Internal Fist is signified by the seamless control of Muscle Bone Power and the spontaneous release of Dark Force, then reaching master level in External Fist is marked by significantly improved efficiency in Energy Transfer, with each move and style capable of mobilizing the strength of the whole body.

At this moment, when Guo Dongyang made his move, he stomped the ground, twisted his hips, turned sideways, and thrust his elbow, with all his power naturally converging towards his right elbow; in the terms of striking art, it was a perfect core power release, activating the strength of his entire body.

A professional athlete in a fully prepared state can achieve this, but to ensure that every punch and kick in a match achieves this, only a top professional can do so, and Guo Dongyang had reached this realm.

Faced with Guo Dongyang’s elbow strike, Li San raised his left hand upward, easily altering the Power of Guo Dongyang’s attack.

Guo Dongyang’s expression changed as the power in his right elbow dissipated; he turned around, lifted his knee, and viciously kneed towards Li San’s abdomen.

Li San pressed his right hand downward, blocking Guo Dongyang’s knee while simultaneously moving half a step forward, closing the distance with a sidestep towards Guo Dongyang.

This move, carrying both spin and collision Power, was extremely exquisite, immediately disrupting Guo Dongyang’s balance.

Swoosh!

Guo Dongyang was taken aback, quickly sidestepped to regain his balance.

When he had steadied himself and looked up again, he saw Li San looking at him with a faint smile on his face.

"Hmph!"

Guo Dongyang felt frustrated. In that exchange, his balance had been compromised by Li San, and if Li San had taken the opportunity to follow up, he would have immediately been at a disadvantage. Even though there was still a chance to counter even at a disadvantage, in an exchange intended just for practice, he had indeed lost a move.

Arriving at the Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall with youthful ambition, he had been humbled by Wu Li’s move, leading Guo Dongyang to be low-key for a long time; now that he had finally made a breakthrough and was full of vigor, he fell in one move during sparring, making Guo Dongyang feel extremely challenged...

Wu Li watched from the side with a silent smile. He saw clearly that Li San’s lifting, propping, and leaning, seemingly simple, were actually very cleverly executed, with impeccable timing. Guo Dongyang, having just broken through, only had Hard Power without any flexibility and faced with an old fox like Li San, a Tai Chi Fist expert, it was easy to be taken advantage of.

"A marvelous Borrowing Force to Strike, truly worthy of Hongmen’s Double Flower Red Stick!"

Gao Jianping stepped forward, cupped his fists at Li San, "Eagle Claw Fist, Gao Jianping, please!"

He and Guo Dongyang had sparred the most often; although they often bickered, they had long become friends. Seeing Guo Dongyang lose so quickly, Gao Jianping was determined to salvage some face for him.

Li San naturally wouldn’t refuse, with a clasped-fist salutation, he replied, "Please."

Gao Jianping advanced quickly, his hands forming claws, aiming at Li San’s two wrists.

Li San did not dodge or evade, but astonishingly offered both hands forward.

Gao Jianping’s eyes shifted, surprised that Li San was so reckless; with a cold snort, he intended to show Li San a lesson.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The joints burst aloud, Gao Jianping’s veins bulged, covering his hands, his muscles swollen, starkly terrifying to behold.

Li San’s forearms were seized by Gao Jianping, and at the moment Gao Jianping applied force, Li San leaned forward, his forearms taut and then suddenly flicked upward, as if to lift Gao Jianping entirely off the ground.

Gao Jianping immediately felt his lower stance destabilize. In an instant, Li San utilized Listening Skill to ’hear’ the power from Gao Jianping’s grip the moment it landed on his arms and used his forearms as levers. He caught the moment of Gao Jianping’s Power transition to transfer it back, disrupting his balance.

"Impressive!"

Gao Jianping internally exclaimed. His Grappling Power was disrupted, he didn’t get a solid grip, rather, his own balance was unsettled.

With his latissimus dorsi muscles flexing, Gao Jianping was about to use his spine to stabilize his balance, but Li San had already seized the opportunity to exert force again. Instead of flicking upward, his forearms pushed forward while his waist twisted, his body rotating, adding a spiraling force to Gao Jianping like spinning a top.

Swoosh!

This sent Gao Jianping completely off-balance, and he had no choice but to release his grip and move back to dissipate the force.

After stepping back several times, Gao Jianping looked up to find Li San, much like before, not pursuing but standing in his original spot, watching him.

"Ah."

Gao Jianping felt somewhat embarrassed; he had intended to reclaim some dignity for Guo Dongyang, but he too lost just as quickly.

Wu Li shook his head with a laugh; it wasn’t that Guo Dongyang and Gao Jianping were too weak, but that they simply lacked practical experience.

Although they had practiced Martial Arts for many years, most of their time was spent practicing alone in a small place, with few opportunities to spar with others. Before joining Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall, they had almost no sparring experience. After joining the hall, they only sparred with a few fixed partners; thus, although their skill levels were high, their experience and adaptability were still lacking.

Compared to others, Li San, as a member of the Hongmen and recognized as the Double Flower Red Stick, had fought his way up step by step and probably had dozens of lives on his hands; his real combat experience was incredibly rich. Against opponents like Guo Dongyang and Gao Jianping, he naturally seemed at ease and composed.

To become a formidable fighter, it wasn’t enough to just have a high realm; one also needed to go out, spar with others, and accumulate real combat experience. If Wu Li hadn’t had a Virtual Battle Card, allowing him to gain sufficient real combat experience, he might not have been able to fight Li San to a standstill from the beginning.

Four experts had fought, and in the blink of an eye, two were defeated, creating a somewhat awkward atmosphere.

Just as Dong Yunfei hesitated on whether to step forward and challenge, Zhao Lixin took the initiative. He stepped forward and clasped his hands in salute, "Bagua, Zhao Lixin."

Li San’s eyes lit up; he could also tell that Zhao Lixin was the only one among the four who had developed a sense of Fist Intent, and his strength was probably the strongest. Moreover, he had a decisive killing aura that set him apart from the likes of Guo Dongyang.

Wu Li watched with interest as Zhao Lixin prepared to engage with Li San. Zhao Lixin was already the strongest among the four, and now he had made a breakthrough. Moreover, he had fought several real life-and-death battles for the Fenglin Group. His real combat experience, although not as rich as Li San’s, was much stronger than that of an average martial artist.

"Be careful!"

After a grunt through his nose, Li San suddenly moved, his body shooting forward like a leopard leaping from the brush. In seven quick strides, he closed the distance to Zhao Lixin and whipped around with a Single Whip strike.

Facing such an opponent like Zhao Lixin, who had a clear understanding of Fist Intent, and bearing injuries himself, Li San chose to strike first!

As Li San’s body cut through the air, it whistled loudly, bringing up a surge of air and a gust of wind, his hand whip striking down fiercely.

Bang!

The air exploded violently, as if a car tire had burst.

When Li San fought with Guo Dongyang and Gao Jianping, he had displayed the Soft Power of Tai Chi. But now, he showed the Hard Power of Tai Chi, just as fierce, unstoppable!

The softer the training of Tai Chi Fist, the harder the strike during combat!

Guo Dongyang, who practiced Ang Fist, watched from the side and felt a little shaken. He considered his Ang Fist ferocious and dominant, but compared to Li San’s Tai Chi, it seemed somewhat lacking.

Faced with such a fierce hand whip, Zhao Lixin did not dodge. Instead, his body shook, and with a bang, he suddenly sunk a bit lower—it was him driving his strength through his feet, drilling into the ground like a screw.

Zhao Lixin pushed out a palm, like pushing a stone mill, also a display of the strongest and most ferocious technique in Bagua Palm.

Big Stone Breaking Hand!

The essence of the Big Stone Breaking Hand was rooted in the legs generating power in a spiral motion, the body borrowing force and twisting. Zhao Lixin’s explosive release even caused the nearby Guo Dongyang and Gao Jianping to feel the ground shake.

His palm thrust forward, meeting Li San’s descending hand whip in the air.

Bang!

When fist and palm met, Li San shook all over, rapidly adjusting his stance, continuing his attack relentlessly, with his hands raising a storm of strikes.

Tai Chi Thirteen Whips!

Li San’s arms swirled, leaving trails like afterimages, turning his forearms into whiplike steel rods!

Three or four feet above the ground, his arms didn’t yet touch down, but the force of his strike was already hammering the ground, making a series of loud whipping sounds, creating an invisible whiplash as if in thin air.

In the past, the Baji Grandmaster Li Shuwen practiced his palms in such a way that from four or five feet above the ground the dust would fly about from his strike. This showed the acceleration, the fierce strength, and the explosive power.

Now, Li San’s whip technique also faintly carried such imposing momentum.

Faced with this attack, Zhao Lixin seemed unwilling to meet it head-on. His body channeled energy, then suddenly dodged, escaping Li San’s assault.

However, before Li San could follow up, Zhao Lixin instantly returned, timing his move perfectly to coincide with Li San’s momentary shift in power.

"Good!"

Wu Li, watching from the side, couldn’t help but praise Zhao Lixin’s adept move.

This showed that Zhao Lixin’s real combat experience far surpassed that of Guo Dongyang and Gao Jianping. Even if they had sufficient physical prowess, they definitely couldn’t have executed such a technique.

Zhao Lixin’s hands formed hammers, battling with the rushing attack from Li San’s hand whip.

Bagua Fast Hammer!

Zhao Lixin’s hammering technique was fierce, the explosion of his force resounding with each strike, creating rumbling sounds.

Caught in the instant of transitioning his power, Li San was unable to overpower his opponent and instead was slightly disrupted in his offensive.

"There are such experts in our country besides Wu Li!" Li San thought.

Before meeting Wu Li, Li San had somewhat looked down on Martial Artists from the Martial Arts World within the country. There were few inheritances and even fewer experts, and practically no real combat experience to speak of, especially compared to those fighters abroad who engaged in constant fight to the death.

Wu Li’s emergence had significantly changed Li San’s impression of the Martial Arts World in the country, and now encountering Zhao Lixin further convinced him that he should not underestimate these domestic martial artists.

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