395 Chapter 395 - A Ten Year-Old Shadow (2/2)

He was also proficient with this footwork, watching Gu Fei take a second step out for support even as his body pitched, twisting his waist to follow...

That's the Black Dragon's Tailwhip!, Eternal Dominion said to himself. He knew that, given how this move was executed, the two steps Gu Fei had taken worked to store power, allowing his body to stretch fully with a twist of his waist, ensuring the power of the sweep that followed was astonishingly powerful. The main purpose of this move was not to injure the opponent, but simply disrupt their balance. The real kill move would be the move that followed.

Since Eternal Dominion already understood all this, he obviously did not receive this move forcefully. He slanted his body to the side as he prepared to let the sweep go by, his right leg ready to go, prepared to kick Gu Fei down with his Emergence of the Black Dragon.

Unexpectedly, the kick that came forth from Gu Fei's twisted body was entirely different from what Eternal Dominion had anticipated. The shadow of his kick followed a path that he had not considered, causing him to present his own cheek right to that kick as a result of his dodge.

Eternal Dominion was extremely surprised. The only option he had in his desperation was to move his hand in an attempt to block.

The moment his arm came into contact with Gu Fei's leg, Eternal Dominion immediately sensed that the kick had a rising motion in it.

”Crap!” Only now did Eternal Dominion finally understood what was going on. He tried to retract his arm, but he was slow by that half a beat. As Gu Fei's leg volleyed, his other leg had also closely followed as both his left and right legs criss-crossed and struck the blocking arm, with one going up while the other went down.

It was not the Black Dragon's Tailwhip, it was Black Dragon Wrapping Around the Post! It was only at this moment that the thought registered to Eternal Dominion.

Eternal Dominion's heart instantly disintegrated. To think he had made such an outrageous mistake in judgement! His arm could only struggle out, but that one wave had actually thrown Gu Fei himself away.

Gu Fei twisted in mid-air, not even appearing to have broken a sweat when he landed, smiling as he looked at Eternal Dominion, ”You've got quite a lot of Strength!”

That was when Eternal Dominion seemed to have awoken from a dream..

This was an MMO game! How could Strength be as strong or weak in accordance to whatever their wish was? A move that drew upon the explosive strength of the player like Black Dragon's Tailwhip was not something a Mage could use. But Gu Fei was clearly using the posture of Black Dragon's Tailwhip, and for him to instantly change it into Black Dragon Wrapping Around the Post, the level of skill it would require… This was truly a severe blow to Eternal Dominion!

Aside from that, he had also deciphered the reason behind Gu Fei's two attacks at this moment.

The first chain of seven kicks was to find out his attack speed and reflexes!

This Black Dragon Wrapped Around the Post was Gu Fei's way of finding out how much Strength Eternal Dominion possessed.

As for himself, what had he managed to find out from these two attacks? The thought of it caused Eternal Dominion to break out in cold sweat… The first time he had been pleased in how he had managed to deal with his opponent's seven kicks, while the second time around had him actually mistaking the move his opponent had made.

He could no longer let this man take the initiative!

Because Eternal Dominion had already exchanged glows with Gu Fei's father, he had made the assumption that Gu Fei and his father would be very similar to one another in terms of how they fought, but he now realized how erroneous that was. While Old Man Gu was just over fifty years old, he was still staunchly on the path of toughness and ferocity, using explosive techniques and moves, a style that was exceptionally aggressive yet simple.

But Gu Fei's style, on the other hand, was filled with technical skill and far more deceptive in nature. Take that Black Dragon's Tailwhip and Black Dragon Wrapping Around the Post move he just used: they were both moves found in the Black Dragon Fist style, which in itself was but a branch routine within the overarching Dragon Fist style. Furthermore, Dragon Fist style was precisely what his Family (Eternal Dominion's family) was best at. Eternal Dominion had practiced and picked up the various branches found within this Fist style since he was young, yet the move that Gu Fei just used had actually fooled him. Eternal Dominion would not have believed this possible, had he not personally experienced it himself.

Eternal Dominion admitted that this feint that Gu Fei had pulled was a wondrous display of fancy moves, but it was also why he believed he had found Gu Fei's weakness from it.

He was convinced that the moves he had made were flashy, but without substance. That chain of seven consecutive kicks he had used, there would be no need for consecutively kicking out seven times if even one of those had connected.

Using such a kicking style, with both legs successively in the air, while it did look visually dazzling and impressive, the issue was that he would only be in contact with the ground for the briefest of moments. How would consecutive kicks like that maintain any sort of power?

This person must have been praised by everybody too much, and has probably won too many fights. His own execution of moves not only emphasizes effectiveness, he has even begun to pay attention to how they look, Eternal Dominion thought to himself. This guy has been taking the initiative in our exchanges, relegating me to passivity. If I were the one taking the lead, would he still be able to use these feints of his?

It seems like people who are often praised as geniuses will often have a bit of a shortcoming, which is that they are just not as down-to-earth as us common folks. This thought lingered as Eternal Dominion found confidence in himself once more. He gazed at Gu Fei and barked out a sudden laugh, ”You took the initiative just then, so I suppose it's my turn now!”

”That's great!” Gu Fei accepted readily.