Chapter 28: A shoulder to carry the crotch with the air of a master (2/2)

Ba! Zhao Xinglong stamped forward with a powerful stride that seemed as if trying to knock down a mountain. His speed had been both fast and fierce, causing the entire ground to shake for a moment.

“Leaning Mountain!” Wang Chao immediately knew this move wouldn’t be good for him. He had seen this move before in sis Chen’s True Record of Guoshu. This specific move had belonged to the most fierce and vicious classical style, the “Eight Extreme Fists”.

The Eight Extreme Fists were split between two stances; the major stance which was for fighting, and the minor stance which was for practicing. While it was possible to practice martial arts and learn to fight with the major stance, the major stance alone would not allow one to cultivate Jin. The Eight Extreme Fists specialized in elbow strikes which derived from the art of the spear. The arms imitated the spear and would strike into a person sharply.

In the highest levels of the Eight Extreme Fists, there was a method to change the marrow that had two sounds, the sounds of “Heng” and “Ha”.

To control the muscles and joints, there was a rhythmic sound of “Heng” and “Ha. With these two sounds, it was comparable to the Tiger’s Thunder.

In the era of the Republic of China, the Eight Extreme Fist master “God Spear” Li Shuwen and his disciple Lei Diange had reached this realm. Unfortunately, Lei Diange had then became addicted to opium and died. His death had brought about a huge loss to the tradition of the Eight Extreme Fists.

When it came to the history of the Eight Extreme Fists, Wang Chao knew a decent amount on it. In the past, Wu Zhong had been influenced by the Quran and mixed together many different spear techniques to form the Eight Extreme Fists.

But this Zhao Xinglong was definitely not at that “Heng” and “Ha!” stage of changing the marrow, otherwise, Wang Chao wouldn’t have tried to fight him.

As the “Leaning Mountain” came closer, Wang Chao noticed Zhao Xinglong’s arm looked as if it was a bullet of muscle. His elbow was thrown out front where calluses could be seen on it, the entire move making him seem as if he had an arm of copper and an elbow of steel.

Wang Chao didn’t know just how strong Zhao Xinglong was, but this blow was not a blow he could accept easily. Moving to the side, Wang Chao arrived at Zhao Xinglong’s left side.

With the footwork from Bagua, his legs moved across the ground as if sliding on oil. Wang Chao had already made several breakthroughs with his training so that his body could rise like a dragon ascending into the sky, fall like an eagle dropping down onto a rabbit, weave like a snake going through grass, and pierce like a bear hunting for fish. With his left hand forming a point, Wang Chao immediately stabbed fiercely into his opponent’s rib.

Crack! The power from within had caused a crisp sound!

At this moment, Zhao Xinglong’s body turned at the same time as his hand. With an inconceivable twist of his elbow and arm, Zhao Xinglong had managed to blocked Wang Chao’s strike.

“Rotating Elbow!” Wang Chao immediately took on the eagle posture as his knife hand instantly transformed into a claw hand and caught the elbow coming at him only to feel a sharp pain in his hand.

The Eight Extreme Fists treated the elbow as a spear and was split into four types. Rotating Elbow, Locked Elbow, Forceful Elbow, and Hip Elbow. Each one was incomparably strong, but Wang Chao had been prepared against this with the eagle form.

A snake like spear, and the claw of an eagle used to defend against the point of the spear.

But Zhao Xinglong had trained his elbow to resemble iron thanks to the strength of his pores and training. When Wang Chao had tried to grab his elbow, it was as if he was trying to grab a python that was coated with oil. Not only did it get past him, it had also nearly broken his fingers.

As the two continued to circle around each other and trade blows, Zhao Xinglong could tell that Wang Chao was a formidable opponent and spoke out loud, “Good!”

Abruptly turning around, he began to use the Leaning Mountain with his elbow acting like a spear once more. His entire arm was like a viper in terms of movement as it tried to strike at Wang Chao in places like his throat, chest, abdomen, rib, and even waist.

Wang Chao was astonished at the ferocity of his opponent, but he was not afraid. Using the footwork from Bagua, he continued to move around to the side of Zhao Xinglong and strike at his waist with the clawed hand from the eagle posture.

The two continued to exchange blows with an intensity that left all of the outside spectators breathless.

Zhang Tong looked on with shock while Li Wanji clenched her hands nervously. Unknowingly, her forehead had already began to collect sweat.

“If I didn’t make such a large amount of progress with my Jin, then I definitely wouldn’t have been able to be an opponent for Zhao Xinglong!” Wang Chao thought to himself. The more he fought, the more excited he became. With the Zhao Xinglong’s pores raised up, it was difficult for Wang Chao to get a feel for his center of gravity.

“Stay down!” Suddenly, Zhao Xinglong spotted a chance. His back suddenly turned over and hunched his head down. Bending his body downwards, he began to lash out with various blows that seemed as if he had even more arms towards Wang Chao’s abdomen.

“Tongbei Jin!” Too late to react in an appropriate measure, Wang Chao could only interact with the move he knew best.

Assault of Dragon and Snake! Wang Chao’s waist crouched down, imitating the movements of a snake. Both of his hands were held vertically before connecting with Zhao Xinglong’s fist. Placing all of his weight onto his backwards most foot, he gave up his center of gravity to fall back and relied on the strength of his opponent’s arm to stay up. This was the “Freedom of the Python” movement of the style of Dragon and Snake.

Zhao Xinglong was gobsmacked. He had absolutely no idea that his opponent would have such a strange move. As he lowered his arm, Wang Chao had managed to wrap around his arm. He hadn’t thought that like a snake coiled around a stick, Wang Chao would act in a similar fashion.

Zhao Xinglong could only try to step back in a hurry!

Borrowing onto the spear like arm of Zhao Xinglong, Wang Chao suddenly stabbed ferociously at Zhao Xinglong’s crouch with an arm.

Zhao Xinglong hurriedly brought both hands to protect his groin. He had no idea that Wang Chao would have been able to get past like that. While he had brought both of his hands down to protect himself, his entire body had been brought into the air like a spear.

As the dragon ascends into the sky, shoulder the opponent with your shoulder! One shoulder shall lift the other.

Wang Chao’s shoulder had managed to latch to the crotch of Zhao Xinglong before bringing his entire body higher up into the air.

As Zhao Xinglong lost his equilibrium, he suddenly grew shocked. But before he could react, Wang Chao immediately swiveled his body and threw the 50+ kilogram body of Zhao Xinglong to the ground!

Zhao Xinglong slammed onto the ground, causing the entire arena to go silent with shock. For a moment, everything stood still before Zhao Xinglong stood back up and prepared to leave with a sigh.

“Wait, you two fought quite nicely. Allow me to treat the both of you to a meal.” Zhang Tong immediately regained her spirit and blocked Zhao Xinglong’s path.

Wang Chao walked up as well, “Win or lose is common on the battlefield. There is no such thing as an expert that never loses. Your martial arts is amazing, don’t mind the rest. Let us be friends, and with sis Zhang Tong treating us out, let’s eat a meal together.”

WIth that said, Wang Chao pulled onto Zhao Xinglong’s sleeve to follow behind Zhang Tong without even paying attention to the other students.

As if moved by their enthusiasm, Zhao Xinglong had allowed himself to be pulled out and sat in the car as it drove towards restaurant Star City.

Arriving at the restaurant, Zhao Xinglong had been awkwardly cautious, but Wang Chao didn’t mind it at all. Taking a sip of his drink, he spoke, “Bro Zhao, I can tell that you’ve learned both the Eight Extreme Fists and Tongbei. You’ve must have gone through a lot of fighting, are you really an university student?”

Zhang Tong had been enthusiastic in her questions as well. After Zhao Xinglong had finished two cups, he grew more and more talkative. Unable to ignore Zhang Tong’s words anymore, he began to talk a little more about himself. “Ai, I learned the Eight Extreme Fists from my father who passed it down onto me. Later, I came to the coastal side to work and was noticed by the boss. For the sake of money, I began to fight in the underground rings where I eventually killed the boxer of another boss. That boss had wanted to kill me, but thankfully, I managed to escape with what money I had left. Returning back home to study, I managed to enter university. But now my money is nearly gone. With your Taekwondo dojo intentionally stirring trouble, I couldn’t keep quiet about it. If I could teach the dojo a lesson, the mixed martial arts club would later pay me money to be a challenger, so I came with that intent.”

“So that’s your story…” Wang Chao nodded his head.

After the meal, Zhao Xinglong began to leave when Wang Chao hurriedly blocked his path and took out a card from his clothes before handing it to him.

“What are you doing?” Zhao Xinglong was shocked, he knew this card held money in it and tried to return it.

“Take it and listen to me.” Wang Chao gave Zhang Tong a look before sighing. “To practice martial arts requires one to concentrate on it. This is exceptionally hard. To drift around well is decent, but to drift around badly is to wander the earth endlessly without a steady supply of food and clothes. Often times, they must kill someone. Even if your martial arts is decent, it will be in vain by then. What do you think about master Guo Yunshen and his martial arts? He had to rely on the salary of being a government official. This card has several thousand RMB that I saved up. Guoshu in today’s age is almost all but gone. You are strong, so study hard and make your resolve. This way, your martial arts will soar higher than before. The win or loss of a single match doesn’t mean anything. We can compare notes later in the future.” Wang Chao stared back at Zhao Xinglong honestly.

Zhao Xinglong had been moved by Wang Chao. Taking the card, he listened to the passcode obediently.

Watching Zhao Xinglong leave, Wang Chao sighed as if he was reliving some memories.

“What a guy, he’ll definitely become a great master!”

As for Zhang Tong who was watching this sight, she was shocked to the core of her heart!