Chapter 195: Ten Directional Lightning Fingers (2/2)
Zhao Jingdian’s heart beat wildly. This was his first time seeing Wang Chong execute ‘Single Character Consecutive Slash’.
That ceaseless barrage of attack was reminiscent of the endless waves of the ocean. Anyone who witnessed this swordsmanship would surely be left with a deep impression of it.
“However, it’ll difficult for gongzi to win with just this!”
Zhao Jingdian frowned. Inheriting his clan’s deep knowledge in the field of martial arts, he swiftly discerned that even though Wang Chong seemed to be doing well on the surface, his slashes were slightly shaky, as though he couldn’t control them well. On top of that, his pulse was also gradually becoming erratic. Clearly, Wang Chong was under great pressure from facing the instructor.
“Go!”
Suddenly, a deafening voice sounded. The instructor bellowed and his aura surged. A torrent of Origin Energy burst forth from his body as though a massive tsunami.
In the air, Wang Chong was washed away by that burst of Origin Energy. Unable to redirect that massive force, his body shuddered and he was sent flying.
Weng! Even so, Wang Chong reacted swiftly. While he was being knocked a dozen zhang away in the air, he swiftly executed the Origin Energy Tier 7’s ‘Thousand Jin Descension’ and forcefully pulled himself to the ground. Even so, he still staggered several steps backward before he was able to maintain his balance.
“Lad, your fighting prowess isn’t bad! Having been in the capital for dozens of years, I have seen all kinds of martial arts but I’ve never seen your swordsmanship before. Did you create it yourself?”
The instructor stepped forward and glanced downward at Wang Chong, who was a dozen zhang away, with gleaming eyes. His long hair fluttered along with the wind.
“That’s right!”
Grabbing onto his chest with his left hand, Wang Chong chuckled. The instructor was truly formidable. His ‘Single Character Consecutive Slash’ could take down even the foreign invaders in his previous life easily, but yet, it was still insufficient to deal with this instructor.
In that clash, not only was Wang Chong unable to break the other party’s defense, his pulse was even jolted to an erratic state. A significant amount of his stamina had been sapped as well.
“Interesting!”
Upon hearing Wang Chong’s reply, the instructor’s eyes glowed even brighter. To be able to create such a formidable sword technique at his age, that lad was an incredible genius!
“Your talent is indeed astonishing. If possible, I would really want to take you in as my disciple. However, given your current strength, it’ll impossible for you to pass my test. In the end, rules are rules; even I can’t break them. If you can’t defeat me, you won’t be able to pass the test. The first test is over, do you still wish to continue on?”
“Of course! Why shouldn’t I continue on?”
Upon hearing those words, Wang Chong chuckled confidently. It didn’t seem as though he was affected by his loss at all.
“Oh?”
The instructor’s eyebrows shot up in intrigue.
“Don’t blame me for not warning you then. Just now, you were the one on the offense, I haven’t even started attacking it. Besides… I haven’t used my full strength yet!”
“I know.”
Wang Chong smiled. It wasn’t out of a whim that he chose to wield his sword. Under the frighteningly sharp Wootz steel sword, the other party would have no choice but to hold back his movement. In this way, he could compensate for the massive gap between the two of them.
More importantly, in the previous clash, even though Wang Chong had ended in defeat, he had also obtained what he wanted.
“Ten Directional Lightning Fingers! Eight Directional Deflection Might!”
Wang Chong thought.
If he wasn’t mistaken, the finger technique that the instructor executed was ‘Ten Directional Lightning Fingers’ whereas the palm technique was ‘Eight Directional Deflection Might’.
These two were extremely profound martial arts, and they were the top-notch ultimate techniques of the military. These techniques were open to the generals to cultivate but very few of those who attempted manage to successfully cultivate them.
The ‘Ten Directional Lightning Fingers’ wasn’t just a finger technique; more than that, it was a method to channel one’s inner might.
The purpose of this martial art wasn’t to train one’s finger but the inner might throughout one’s body. The finger technique was just a physical manifestation of one’s inner might when one reaches a certain mastery in the technique.
The ‘Ten Directional Lightning Fingers’ was suited for both offense and defense, and once one mastered the technique, one’s fingers would become as resilient as steel. On the battlefield, even when bare-handed, one could easily stab through an opponent’s steel plate and tear them apart.
The ten fingers would become equivalent to ten sharp and indestructible swords, allowing one to stab through metal and shatter rocks. Furthermore, with inner might augmenting one’s movements, one’s fingers would be able to move with astonishing dexterity.
Thus, those who successfully cultivated this technique need not fear others dodging their offense.
On the battlefield, those who successfully cultivated this ultimate art were no different from indestructible human-shaped killing machines.
As for the ‘Eight Directional Deflection Might’, it was the simple palm strike that the instructor executed previously. Even though it looked light, it possessed unimaginable force!
Those who mastered these two ultimate arts would become a feared demon on the battlefield to the enemies, and the most valiant and reliable general to the allies.
Where one went would be where blood would flow!
Even though the instructor had tried his best to hide it, Wang Chong still managed to recognize the two techniques.
“This person isn’t simple at all!”
Thinking so, Wang Chong raised his sword once more.
Eight Directional Deflection Might
I probably didn’t do a good job coming up with the name. In any case, this technique is referenced from from Ban Lan Chui, which is one of the Five (Main) Fists of Taichi.
The primary concept of the technique is built on ‘’moving something’ and ‘obstructing something’.
The main idea is to deflect one’s incoming attacks by redirecting their attacks such as pushing their hand slightly off the mark (idea of moving something) and thus obstructing their offense.
If you have watched Ip Man, it’s somewhat similar to how he fights.
As for Eight Directional, I can’t confirm anything but it’s probably another concept behind Taichi (If you know of Zhang Sanfeng, he created a fist known as the Eight Trigram Fist, or perhaps you might better recognize it as the fist that Neji from Naruto used.)
I think what that I just typed might probably be irrelevant to the details of the story but I’m a little unwilling to delete them. Thus, I’ll leave it here.