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Chapter 471 - 435: Decapitation Strike

Chapter 471: Chapter 435: Decapitation Strike

Zhang Ziyue narrowed his eyes, like a leopard poised to launch an attack.

"This is what you asked for!"

With a swipe of his left hand, he held a Yuan Yang Yue in each hand, the blades aimed straight at Wu Li.

Anger was rising in his heart, but being a seasoned boxer who had faced life-and-death situations multiple times, he was able to control his emotions well. The angrier he felt, the clearer his mind became.

His footsteps slid rapidly forward as he charged at Wu Li. The Yuan Yang Yue in his right hand swung towards Wu Li’s face, its crescent tips thrusting directly at Wu Li’s eyes.

Wu Li stood his ground without even blinking. Instead, he lifted his right hand to grasp at Zhang Ziyue’s wrist, seemingly unconcerned that his response might be too slow and result in his eyes being pierced.

Zhang Ziyue’s right wrist flipped, and the outer edge of the crescent blade immediately slashed downward at Wu Li’s wrist, while one of the points also thrust towards Wu Li’s arm.

The Yuan Yang Yue, with blade edges on both the inside and outside, could harm the opponent in the midst of flipping, making it an exceptionally dangerous weapon. It was considered one of the most formidable weapons of the Bagua Sect.

Wu Li quickly withdrew his right hand to dodge Zhang Ziyue’s strike, while the Yuan Yang Yue in Zhang Ziyue’s left hand quietly sliced towards Wu Li’s abdomen.

Now, Wu Li was not wearing a bullet-proof vest and could not ignore this attack. His left hand moved downwards, slapping the side of the Yuan Yang Yue.

Just as Wu Li’s palm was about to hit the blade, Zhang Ziyue’s wrist shook violently, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes. He only left his thumb inside the circular blade, allowing the blade to spin rapidly around it!

The Yuan Yang Yue had sharp edges on both the inside and outside. The inside edge was wrapped on one side to serve as a handle, but the other side of the inner edge was exposed and exceedingly sharp. If Zhang Ziyue wasn’t careful while spinning the Yuan Yang Yue like this, he could easily cut off his own thumb. However, he was handling it with ease, clearly not worried about injuring himself.

As the Yuan Yang Yue in his left hand spun, the one in his right hand also started rotating. He exerted great force, and the two Yuan Yang Yues spun at high speeds like two high-velocity cutting machines, one targeting Wu Li’s throat and the other aim at Wu Li’s arm.

The Sun and the Moon Shine Together!

The rest of the crowd’s eyes lit up as they recognized the move Zhang Ziyue was using—the famous ultimate skill known as ’The Sun and the Moon Shine Together’.

Originally, the two were just sparring, and Zhang Ziyue’s use of such a killing move seemed somewhat inappropriate. However, Wu Li’s bare-handed approach to the weapon had incensed Zhang Ziyue, making him unwilling to hold back. Besides, if Wu Li was to die here or end up disabled, it would be a consequence of his own doing. When the story spread, others would only say that this man was arrogantly overconfident and lacked awareness.

Facing the high-speed slicing blades, Wu Li’s left hand nearly brushed against the blade as it cut in, smacking the side of the blade at an extremely fast pace—one slap, one grab, and finally retracting his hand, like the tongue of a cow curling around grass.

Buzz!

That was the sound coming from within Wu Li’s body.

Bang!

That was the sound of flesh and blade colliding.

The Yuan Yang Yue in Zhang Ziyue’s left hand flew out of his grip, and the next second, the one in his right hand was likewise knocked away by Wu Li using the same technique, blocking the strike aimed at his throat.

Both Yuan Yang Yues eventually fell to the ground, leaving several marks on the concrete surface.

"Cow Tongue Mian Palm!"

Zhang Ziyue stared hard at Wu Li, his face a picture of shock.

As the rightful heir to the Cheng School of Bagua Palm, he certainly recognized one of the supreme Bagua Palm techniques—the Cow Tongue Mian Palm. This technique was understood by watching how a cow consumes grass with its barbed edges, which can easily cut a hand if grasped, yet the cow’s soft tongue can extend and curl around the grass, pulling and eating it without injuring its tongue.

This was actually an animal instinct and a highly sophisticated method of energy transfer. When applied to Kung Fu, it became Bagua Palm’s Cow Tongue Mian Palm. Using softness to overcome hardness, it dissipates the opponent’s hard power in an instant and can injure the opponent, thus it’s suitable for bare-handed combat against weapons.

However, Zhang Ziyue, who had been practicing the Bagua Palm since he was six years old and had practiced for twenty-one years, felt that using Cow Tongue Mian Palm against a weapon was probably just a legend. Apart from a few Bagua Grandmasters during the period of the Republic such as Dong Haichuan and Cheng Tinghua, no one else had been able to do it.

But now, Wu Li had demonstrated it for him.

"Innate Gang Qi!"

Someone in the crowd couldn’t help but exclaim. In that moment, those with keen eyesight saw more details: as Wu Li applied the Cow Tongue Mian Palm to the Yuan Yang Yue, Zhang Ziyue reacted quickly, his other four fingers immediately reaching into the inner edge to re-grasp the handle. However, before he could secure it, the Yuan Yang Yue in his hand trembled violently and flew out of his grasp.

With just a momentary contact, he managed to send the weapon flying, and coupled with the deep, thunderous rumbling sounding from within Wu Li’s body, some recognized that this was the legendary Innate Gang Qi.

Wu Li, with a calm expression, clasped his hands together in respect to Zhang Ziyue, "Thank you for the match."

Actually, Wu Li’s mastery of the Cow Tongue Mian Palm was still not as good as Zhao Lixin’s. The reason he had managed to break through Zhang Ziyue’s killing move was mainly due to the oppressive force of the Innate Gang Qi, as well as being related to Zhang Ziyue’s strength. If the opponent were to be Li San, Wu Li would certainly not dare to use the Cow Tongue Mian Palm to block the blade, unless he was willing to lose his hand.

Even when Long Yu was wearing a bullet-proof vest that covered most of his vital areas, he didn’t dare to barehandedly catch blades during the fight with Li San; he only grappled or struck at Li San’s arms and wrists, because catching blades with bare hands was far too difficult. Yet, now Wu Li had managed to achieve this using Bagua Palm instead of Xingyi Fist, and the effect was extremely shocking.

The whole world knew Wu Li was a master of Xingyi, and his forte was Xingyi Fist, but just now he won over Zhang Ziyue with techniques from Bagua Palm, the implications of which were indescribable:

You practice Bagua, so I’ll use Bagua Palm to counter you, even barehanded against a weapon, I don’t need to use Xingyi Fist to win over you!

How terrifying!

"Even with a weapon in hand, I don’t have the right to force him to use his full strength..." thought Zhang Ziyue, dejectedly.

He no longer harbored any thought of provocation and retreated in complete despondence, not even bothering to pick up the weapon that had fallen to the ground.

"Does any other master wish to seek guidance?" Wu Li looked towards the people around him.

He knew that winning over this group wouldn’t be easy, so he didn’t mince words tonight, showing his sharp edges. After all, martial artists respect strength, without the need for twists and turns. Wu Li decided to directly overpower the crowd.

The rest of the Red Sticks fell silent upon hearing this, with no one willing to make a fool of themselves again.

"Haha." Lin Yun spoke up in time to ease the atmosphere, "Since everyone recognizes Master Wu’s strength, I hope you can now follow Master Wu’s lead and strike a severe blow to the Longhua Association!"

"Yes!"

The eight Red Sticks from Zhiqing Hall were the first to clasp their fists and say so, and the ten Red Sticks from Zhiyuan Hall responded by clasping their fists in kind.

Lin Yun nodded and looked at Wu Li, "The next steps are up to you."

Wu Li: "Rest assured."

With that, Lin Yun turned and left, leaving only Wu Li and a group of Red Sticks in the basement.

Wu Li examined the eighteen Red Sticks before him using the System Detection and realized they were indeed high-quality. There were two master-level martial artists, one of them being Zhang Ziyue, who had just fought with Wu Li, and the other was also young, both very likely to become Double Flower Red Sticks of the Hongmen brotherhood.

The remaining sixteen Red Sticks had an Overall Score of at least B+, and judging from their God, Power, and Body values, Wu Li could tell that five of them were just one step away from reaching master level, similar to Zhao Lixin’s strength before he had fully broken through to master level. Zhao Lixin was an expert handpicked by the Fenglin Group, having won several battles between life and death for them and gaining some fame throughout Southeast Asia. To have as many as five martial artists of such caliber present, including two even stronger ones, demonstrated the deep reserves of the Hongmen!

"It seems somewhat inconsiderate to call everyone together on a holiday," Wu Li said to the group.

"But it’s precisely because it’s a holiday night that the people from Longhua Association are likely to slip up, which is why I’ve convened everyone here."

As his words ended, the crowd became a bit restless. Did Wu Li mean they were to take action tonight?

"We currently have information on two high-ranking members of the Longhua Association, and I plan to kill them both tonight!" Wu Li declared.

"One of them is in the city of Meng, with the other one in River County. The one in Meng is meeting his lover, so the difficulty of decapitation is not high, but the location is within Longhua Association’s area of influence, so escape after the act must be considered."

"The one in River County is going to meet a local gang leader, which is relatively more challenging. I will handle it personally."

After speaking, Wu Li took out a stack of information and passed it to someone in front of him.

"Here is the detailed information; familiarize yourselves with it."

Ten minutes later, everyone present had finished going through the data in their hands.

"Master Wu, are you going to River County alone?" a Red Stick asked.

Wu Li nodded, "Yes, the rest of you go to the Meng site and wait. Once I arrive in River County, we’ll move together to avoid alarming the enemy."

Having one person handle one target and all the others another appeared to be an unfair arrangement, but Wu Li’s display of strong power earlier left people unable to raise any objections.

In fact, if possible, Wu Li would prefer to handle all the targets himself. It wasn’t about showing off his strength, but rather he didn’t want any of these Red Sticks to suffer any loss, as they would later join his security company, and he would feel distressed by the loss of even one.

"Let’s settle on that then, discuss the specific action plan among yourselves, with the focus on how to retreat. After I leave, send someone to scout first to make sure it’s not a trap. If you need anything, contact Hall Master Lin; he will coordinate with you."

Wu Li gave his final instructions and then turned to leave, donning a heavy-duty bullet-proof vest and driving away in a sports car, headed for River County on his own.