Chapter 85: Headbutting the Face (2/2)

Pretend to strike with a ferocious attack head on but in truth, strike with the intent to kill from the sides.

“Taichi is crafty, Bagua is cunning, but the most malicious is Xinyi.” This had been clear to see to Wang Chao.

Xinyi Liuhe was the predecessor to Xingyi. According to the ancient records, Cao Jiwu had learned this from Ji Jike who then passed it onto Dai Longbang. Dai Longbang then passed it onto Shandong’s Li Luoneng.

Author note: Readers, if one wishes to know more, then please refer to Cao Jiwu.

Li Luoneng had 8 great disciples, the most outstanding of them all had been Guo Yunshen, Che Yizhai, Liu Qilan and Song Shirong.

Li Luoneng had been nicknamed “Divine Fist Li” whos achievements in martial arts had reached great heights. After getting to know Xinyi’s usage of what was true and false, he had been able to strike with ferocity and variability while he pressed forward to attack. His Qi would surge and each form he made was beyond the one from before.

Xingyi’s way of attacking was to strike at the front like a spear with pure Jin and strength that was substantially large.

But Xinyi Liuhe used deceptions and truth to strike at where the opponent least expected. Frequently, there would be noticeable effects in a real combat situation.

The two disciplines had been the same in its practice, but different in its style of attacking. Both had its strong points and different ways to circulate Jin, but the heart was at the center of both.

Liao Junhai’s fist had been initialized with the secret of the dragon stance’s leap. “The dragon stance joins Yin in order to search for the bones and use soft Jin to be able to leap left and right. Both palms rise and fall as it pierces through while both legs cross over swiftly.”

In particular, this forward step had a grew gust of wind that caused a whistle to arise from Liao Junhai’s throat. As it passed through his lips, the sound of a distant dragon’s roar could be heard.

As he let out a breath, both of his hands came forward at Wang Chao’s throat and chest.

In this imposing manner, the initial strike had been a facade. Instead, the true focus had been Wang Chao’s throat and chest rather than his waist.

But Wang Chao was not fooled by this facade.

Taking a step back, both of his hands dropped to his waists. In an instant, they were like two boas striking out from their caves as if chasing their preys with a hissing sound.

The snake appears from the cave to devour even an elephant!

Wang Chao’s snake stance had already been brought to the point of perfection while Liao Junhai’s dragon stance’s strike had struck at his own hands.

Bang! Bang! Both hands were only a short distance away from Wang Chao’s underbelly.

Hiss! Roar!

Without even needing to think about it, Wang Chao’s snake stance’s fists had already opened wide. All of his fingers let out a snapping sound as the fangs of the snake began to bite down onto the bones of the water buffalo.

Wang Chao had learned the ways of the “Chopping Grab” from the tiger to eagle stance. At the same time, he had learned the “Tearing Bite” of the snake to dragon stance. This was the way to utilize the finger strength. With 180 kilograms worth of power, he was able to grab hold of even the mercury filled lead balls. With a single swipe, he was able to spin it around his entire body, how much finger strength would that need?

Originally, in order for one’s fingers to attain such a high level of strength, a brilliant practitioner would need to spend five years at the very least training rigorously. They couldn’t use any drugs and could only use medicine to heal their hands while tempering it to increase their strength.

Zhang Wei was 30 years old at the very least. It was only after 20 years of Wingchun that he had been able to learn the One Inch Finger Jin.

But Wang Chao had learned the “Chopping Grab” to such efficiency to such a degree after realizing and following the rhythm of the sun and moon to cultivate. This was the most mysterious ideology of the theory that man and the universe were one.

Intent combines with the sun and moon. This was not to say that when the sun comes up, so does man. But instead, when the sun comes up, the intent and spirit of a man must be full of vigor like the sun and be full of mettle as well. The intent combines with the sun and moon was not to say that man should wake and sleep as the sun rises and the moon falls.

Martial arts followed the ways of life. It wasn’t at all like the mysterious Dao that contained the mysteries of life like in the legends.

While in Laoshan, Wang Chao had understood these ideologies and incorporated it into his own life and thinking. Although he hadn’t practiced, his skill hadn’t degraded at all. On the contrary, they had improved. Like he said to Zhao Xinglong and Lin Yanan, his talks about his martial arts “Increasing by leaps and bounds” had not been full of hot air.

As the two hands struck together, Liao Junhai’s face changed as his ears began to tremble.

That was because in his ears, he could clearly hear Wang Chao’s fingers let out a bursting sound from his knuckles.

A distinguishable sound of Jin.

Liao Junhai was also a master of martial arts. He was an expert at Xinyi Liuhe and so when he heard this sound, he had instantly understood: the enemy’s fingers were extremely strong. To want to defend against this was to face difficulty.

“His five fingers are like the fangs of a snake. An instant burst, an instant kill. If his snake stance was able to reach such a stage like this, then Zhang Wei’s defeat at his hands is not unjustified!”

But, while Wang Chao’s snake stance strike had been fierce, when it transformed into the “Tearing Bite”, it strength had instantly escalated a level. Liao Junhai had instantly dodged this strike in order to avoid being restrained by Wang Chao’s arms!

Instantaneously, the two had fought each other. Liao Junhai had used his dragon stance to leap forward while Wang Chao used his snake stance to defend.

Wang Chao’s five fingers were like the fangs to a viper before Liao Junhai could dodge, but he could sense that the fingers were like iron! His fingers had been sharp like barbed wires with the Hidden Jin breaking out!

“His Hidden Jin has already broke out, there’s no chance for me to defend or risk my hands!” Liao Junhai had been through many battles and instantly knew the situation he was in.

His toe fingers dug into ground abruptly in the same style of the claws of a chicken! His neck stretched outwards like a chicken before suddenly bending his neck down as if staring at the ground like a chicken pecking at rice. In the next moment, his head flew towards Wang Chao.

Chicken stance head strike!

This one move was the move that could turn the tides of battle when both hands were full, the headbutt.

Even Dai Jun who was standing by the side had his heart in his throat as he watched.

He hadn’t thought that in a single exchange, it would already descend into a deathmatch.

According to this situation, Wang Chao could cripple Liao Junhai’s arms, and Liao Junhai could break Wang Chao’s face!

Victory would be decided in this instant.