Chapter 24: Hitting someone until they cry (2/2)

“That youth is quite calm.” Zhang Tong spoke as she looked at Wang Chao with a renewed interest.

Daintily raising from her seat, Zhang Tong walked over to the alcohol rack and poured herself half a cup of red wine. Sampling the alcoholic beverage, her eyes never moved away from the ring.

Li Wanji knew that whenever Zhang Tong took interest to something, she would always take a sip of red wine.

At this moment, the fourth degree black belt Li Feng was about to strike Wang Chao.

Moving into motion, Li Feng executed a beautiful kick towards Wang Chao’s abdomen. The wind rustled through his clothes and made a fluttering sound.

Taekwondo emphasized the beauty of the movement of the leg. There were 10 different ways to kick, and amongst those was the flying kick. The leg that Li Feng had made was definitely one of undeniable strength.

Wang Chao made no movements to dodge and instead moved into a horse stance. With a steady release of his breath, he brought both of his fists up right as Li Feng was about to make contact.

“The Smashing Fist is as swift as an arrow and takes after the element of earth, to issue power is to rely completely on the dan.” The dan was the dantian, which was located in the lower abdomen.

After Tang Zichen’s departure, Wang Chao had experienced true combat. Returning to his own memories, he thought to the principle of turning complexity to simplicity, and mastering it all. The Smashing Fist was something that he could say he was proficient at.

This way of fighting was suitable with the Xingyi Quan’s principle of “The fist comes from the face.” Wang Chao would not use Bagua Zhang where the hand would form a vicious knife that could kill or cripple. Furthermore, Bagua would not give him the satisfaction of beating the other.

Thus, Wang Chao would use Xingyi Quan to fight fiercely. His legs would strike the ground and he would charge at his opponent head on.

An arm and a leg made contact as Wang Chao’s fist clenched tightly with his pores sealing shut. Crinkling his eyebrows, Li Feng hastily took back his leg and shook it in pain.

Wang Chao took advantage of this and moved forward with heavy steps that left behind marks on even the carpet.

The art of fighting had a simple rule, “Chase the winds and overtake the moon without stopping. Cheng Tinghua himself had a simple saying as well, “Fight as if kissing”. When two people kissed, one must give way while the other gives chase. This type of relentless pursuit was extremely suitable with the way of fighting.

Author’s PS: For readers experienced with kissing a girl, you can understand the ideology behind mister Cheng.

Right as Li Feng had started to shake his foot in pain, he felt the carpet underneath begin to tremble as if there was an earthquake. By the time he realized, Wang Chao had already drawn close.

“This is my chance!” Although he hadn’t anticipated that Wang Chao would be that fast, Li Feng had been given directions from Li Wanji that if Wang Chao were to draw close, then he should use a throwing technique. Rapidly twisting his body and making contact with Wang Chao to wrap around him, Li Feng’s leg had already struck against Wang Chao’s calf from the inside out in order to trip him.

This was the Taekwondo’s way of throwing and tripping. It was capable of sending a person to the ground and was as terrifying as Wrestling was.

When Wang Chao had charged forward, he had intended on using the Pounding Fist to send Li Feng flying. But he hadn’t expected that Li Feng would somehow manage to dodge and then grapple to him after taking advantage of the dodge.

And straight after Li Feng had grappled onto him, he felt his center of gravity suddenly drop along with his leg.

“Good grappling technique.” Wang Chao sighed to himself in admiration. His entire body shifted as he deliberately made himself look unsteady before winding around Li Feng like a snake.

Li Feng’s tripping technique had not been enough to send Wang Chao the ground, so he tried once more.

But after the first time, Wang Chao was well prepared to control his own center of gravity. Straightening his back, he prepared to issue power.

“You tried to trip me, so I’ll do the same to you!” The two arms crossed against each other, and at the moment Li Feng had issued power, Wang Chao’s own hand had already listened to the movements of his Jin before forcing Li Feng’s body to be pulled forward and shake his center of gravity.

Expertly offputting Li Feng’s center of gravity, he suddenly turned around and crossed his arms to shove the ribs. His legs crouched and his waist turned, this was the stance for the “Returning Body Palm”.

Bang! Li Feng’s entire body fell to the floor after being thrown. As his entire body was in the air for a moment, he tumbled three meters away before staying still on the ground. As he tried to climb back up, Li Feng’s eyes rolled to the back of his head as he finally fell back to the ground and began to sob.

“Did I hit him so hard tears came out?” Seeing how Li Feng was crying, he was shocked.

Wang Chao’s “Returning Body Palm” was so exceedingly beautiful that it had caused everyone on the outside of the ring to feel shocked as well. Even Zhang Tong was standing still with some of the red wine spilling onto her white uniform.