Chapter 183 Fighting the Mighty Lord Long (2/2)
Lord Long was shocked by the step he had to take because Xiao Bing's strength completely exceeded his expectation. Xiao Bing had exerted at least 80 percent of his power. Lord Long could not understand how Xiao Bing did it.
The levels of martial cultivation were divided into five parts, namely Qi-refining, Bone-forging, Clear-strength, Concealing-strength, and Transforming-strength. A cultivator could be called a master of martial arts if he reached Clear-strength. And if he reached Transforming-strength, he would be titled as a grandmaster who combined his internal and external power. These were the levels known by most of the people.
However, Xiao Bing knew that Transforming-strength was not the end of martial cultivation. Above it, there were Elixir-strength, Star-strength, Void-breaking, and Immortality.
Normally, the cultivators of the Qi-refining and Bone-forging stages were regarded as beginners of martial arts. The ones of Clear-strength, Concealing-strength, and Transforming-strength were considered masters of martial arts. And the artists of Elixir-strength, Star-strength, and Void-breaking were regarded as grandmasters. As the ones who obtained Immortality, they only lived in legends. No one in this world had reached that level, at least not in Xiao Bing's knowledge. Most of the martial artists thought that that term should be deleted from the division of martial arts. And many of them wouldn't even mention the term for most of their life.
There were fewer and fewer martial artists in this world, let alone grandmasters. Since Xiao Bing once worked for the government, he had read a survey conducted by a secret department. According to the statistics on it, there were merely around 200 masters of the Transforming Strength stage, which meant that each province had 10 on average.
There were 1.6 billion people in China, yet there was only one master of the Transforming Strength stage per 8 million people. The chances were truly small.
The grandmasters, who were a million times more powerful, were even rarer. There were no more than 50 masters of Elixir-strength on record. And the number of Star-strength was no more than 10. And the only one in China who had reached the level of Void-breaking was Xiao Bing, who merely had achieved the early stage of that level.
In other words, before Xiao Bing's power was sealed, he was the most powerful martial artist in China in this era!
The veritably mightiest man!
Because of his special identity, his name was not well-known. And since he was in the Dragon Teeth and Dragon Gate, the mightiest man known to others was always called the Yang Master Long. Some even called him the Dragon Master, since it had a nice ring to it.
There were only a few who knew Xiao Bing's real name.
The fierce qi was surging around him in this world he created. It was obvious that Lord Long had reached the formidable Star-strength stage.
Aside from Xiao Bing, the most powerful cultivators in the Dragon Gate were merely of the Star-strength stage. And nearly everyone in the Dragon Gate was capable of causing an upheaval in a country.
The rarity of Star-strength masters was obvious. They were merely inferior to Xiao Bing, who had reached the level of Void-breaking before his power was sealed.
A Star-strength master was powerful enough to crush a small troop. Even though there were three martial artists of Transforming-strength, they would not be Lord Long's match, which was why Lord Long was afire with confidence in this fight.
Lord Long once thought that even though he could not make Xiao Bing lose his ability to walk, at least he could weaken him. He thought Xiao Bing could only exert only 50 percent of his power, he had never imagined that the number would be 80 percent. Hence, because of his negligence, he stepped half a meter back due to Xiao Bing's blow.
After having attacked with his leg, Xiao Bing took advantage of the flaw in this little world and continued his strike. He focused all his strength on his fist and intended to hit Lord Long in his nose, which is the most delicate part of the human body, a truth unknown to many. This was the same with even the masters, and compared with others, they usually put more defense down below.
That was why Xiao Bing targeted Lord Long's nose, one of the most delicate parts of the human body.
However, Lord Long did not try to parry passively this time. He reached out his hands toward Xiao Bing's wrist and successfully grabbed it.
Lord Long's eyes brightened instantly. ”You lost!” he said with pride.
Being grabbed on the wrist by a master did seem to definitely bespeak failure.
While Lord Long felt slightly at ease, Xiao Bing smiled strangely. He swung his other fist at his enemy's nose without any sign of stopping.
Lord Long gripped Xiao Bing's wrist backhanded. Xiao Bing was supposed to spin to adjust his body to the direction of his arms, otherwise his wrist could have been ripped from his arm.
However, he did not do that. Suddenly, there was a horrific crack and Xiao Bing's right arm was broken, yet at the same time, his other hand hit Lord Long right in the nose. There was supposed to be defensive qi around his body, but he had never expected that Xiao Bing would deliver the strike at the price of a broken arm. So Lord Long slightly slackened off, which allowed Xiao Bing to manage to break through his defense and hit him in the nose.
The strength on the fist was already reduced to half when it hit the nose. Yet it was still rewarded with a muffled grunt of pain. He had to let go of Xiao Bing's wrist and cover his nose with both his hands. There were even tears in his eyes.
Xiao Bing growled and sprinted toward Lord Long's chest, which was less protected at the moment. He felt as if he hit on a wall of steel when he knocked into Lord Long. The impact sent him hurtling backward. Blood rushed into his throat and he spat out a tremendous amount of blood.
Lord Long took two steps back again and dropped his hands, which were covering his nose. He was staring at Xiao Bing, who huddled himself up on the ground. Then Xiao Bing managed to sit up. Although he was greatly injured, his confidence and carefree smile were something Lord Long had never seen on others.
Xiao Bing raised three fingers as he bellowed, ”I survived three blows of yours!”