371 Chapter 371 - Inculcated Teaching (1/2)

As the saying goes ”while those involved were clueless, onlookers would often see things with great clarity”. Even though the man that had found himself sprawled on the ground had no idea what had just happened, everybody who had been watching the fight, including OS and the other non-martial practitioners, had seen everything very clearly.

However, all they saw was Gu Fei quickly tripping his opponent up, while the martial experts among them could tell the profundity within that one step Gu Fei had taken. It was like he had perfectly calculated where that man would be stepping, so he preemptively placed his own leg over. Doing so made it look as if that one step his opponent had taken was sent right to where Gu Fei's foot was in the first place.

”Your Jade Chain Step is far too precise,” Gu Fei calmly told that man on the ground.

That man instantly understood what had happened: Gu Fei could already discern his use of the Jade Chain Step that sequenced into a Yuanyang Kick on just his third step, which only resulted in Gu Fei reading into where his fourth step would land thanks to his obstinate execution of his moves, an exact re-creation of the sequence learnt. It was only natural that the more precise that step of his was, the more deadly it became, allowing Gu Fei to capitalize on this one mistake with ease.

His HP did not drop by much with that fall, but the exchange of blows between the two had already transcended the life or death struggle in the game, and was now a proper kung fu sparring. This man shared the same thought as the person before: -Had this been real life, now that I've been swept down like this with my opponent before me, given the skill he demonstrated, he could easily end my life with a swift stomp to my head. This is my loss.-

That man got up to his feet and stared blankly at Gu Fei, backing off without saying another word.

None of these men would dare call themselves an expert, if they were unable to tell just how powerful and skilled Gu Fei was at this point. The man before them was without a doubt a martial practitioner like themselves; anyone could tell that both parties were no longer in the same realm just from the few kung fu jargon Gu Fei had casually dropped, and the look of confusion the rest showed when they heard him.

The remaining three men exchanged looks with one another for a while, before glancing over to the two others who had been defeated. Just like how OS had nodded to his men, these five all tacitly nodded and the three men walked out as well. But they showed a serious attitude about them, as the three had their fists cupped to salute Gu Fei before saying, ”Please advise.”

”Please advise,” Gu Fei returned the salute with courtesy as the three rushed at him, surrounding him in a triangular formation as they circled around him slowly, searching for a good opportunity to strike.

Although Gu Fei had been surrounded by the three men, he remained as calm and composed as ever, a demeanor that betrayed no emotions.

He was the same kind as those men from the Eternal War mercenary group, and it was clear he was of much higher caliber than them. If these people were considered gangsters, then he was the mobster; if these people were from a Martial Arts Hall, then he must be the Martial Arts Hallmaster; if these people were ex-military, then Gu Fei was essentially the super soldier that thought of retiring, but truly had no desire to.

While everyone was lost in their own thoughts, the three men suddenly roared while they were circling and were now rushing towards Gu Fei, fists raised and kicks out. That Warrior had even thrust out with his claymore.

Gu Fei was smiling with immense confidence, taking two steps diagonally back before turning in that moment. The three suddenly realized their target was no longer in front of them, and that Warrior had used his Charge skill in this initial rush, so he had no choice but to cancel his skill when saw that his claymore was about to plunge into his comrade. In fact, he was worried that it might be too late, so he even did all he could to raise it above his head. The sword ended up brushing inches away from his comrade's eye, causing that man to break out in cold sweat in fright.

Gu Fei slowly commented from behind them, ”You there holding the sword, you must be a novice?”

That Warrior's mouth immediately went wide, not knowing what to say, as if he was a child caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

”It's rather complicated to pull off a Flight of the Three Paths with three men in coordination, how would a novice like him be able to pull it off with you guys,” Gu Fei turned his head back to lecture the other two men before turning back to the Warrior. ”The two over there have a very firm foundation when it comes to kung fu, so much so that they are inflexible in their ways. You're better, but that's essentially because you're all over the place! Did you think you would be more powerful if you used the game's Charge skill? Do you know that you became the flaw that spoiled everything? Do you even know that you made a misstep while you were circling me with Plum Blossom Step? Then you continuously made the mistake for seventeen steps before you used that Charge, how in the world would you even hit me?”

That Warrior was frozen in place hearing Gu Fei berate him, his head drooping lower and lower. When Gu Fei saw that he was finally aware of his mistake, he turned back to the other two and began, ”His standard is entirely at a different level from both of you, how was he going to coordinate Flight of the Three Paths? Why didn't you two try the Movement of the Two Paths instead?”

”Movement of the Two Paths… We haven't learned that yet?” the two sheepishly answered.

”You've already begun to practice Flight of the Three Paths before even learning Movement of the Two Paths?” Gu Fei's eyes widened in incredulity.

The two blushed beet red as they replied, ”Actually, we haven't really practiced it. We had been looking at the manual and saw that it looked interesting. We tried running through it in private and occasionally tried to use it in game.”

”Oh, then it's not easy that you've gotten to this level. Still, it's better if you go back and practice Movement of the Two Paths first, otherwise there's no way you can improve your Flight of the Three Paths,” Gu Fei lectured them. ”There are some things that must be taken step by step. Skipping a step forcefully like this would just end up like your bro over there, a misstep from his Plum Blossom Step that cascaded into eighteen wrong steps.”