Knife splashing

Chapter 300 The competition ends
Today is the last day of the Guishan Arena.

Li Yan was playing the seventh game. It was almost dusk. The orange-red sunlight illuminated the mountains and rivers, and the Yangtze River below was dyed blood red.

The evening breeze blows and the bamboo leaves flutter.

Bang!
There was a dull thud on the stage.

Li Yan took two steps back and pushed his right foot backwards, leaving a long trail. The brick and stone ground under his feet also shattered.

He shook his hands, crossed his palms, and looked across.

"Ho!"

Wu Qu let out a low roar, his muscles knotted, and he also assumed a stance, his joints crackling.

What was strange was that the dust around him shook along with it.

Of course, his arms were also trembling slightly.

The two of them didn't waste any words just now, and went straight to a head-on confrontation, to see who had more powerful skills.

The result is a tie!
Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, a little surprised.

He practiced the Great Cloud Thunder Sound and used thunder magic to attract the yin and yang thunder for tempering, and the effect was far stronger than that of others.

How did this guy train?

He didn't know that Wu Qu was equally shocked.

His family-inherited Bajiquan made him famous in Cangzhou, so it was naturally extraordinary. He also borrowed the secret techniques of the Dharma to practice it.

The Huaguang Sect worships "Five Manifestations of Huaguang Emperor", who is also Lingguan Marshal Ma, one of the four Dharma protectors of Taoism.

The thunder and fire of Emperor Huaguang were fierce, so the Huaguang Sect also inherited the Five Thunder Method. It was a powerful sect whose influence spread throughout the entire Shenzhou.

His secret method of refining Qi can be tempered by the evil energy. Moreover, he has been practicing it since he was a child and is still in his prime.

How old is Li Yan?

Although he was surprised, Wu Qu smiled, showing his white teeth, his eyes full of excitement, "Good, hard enough!"

After saying that, he burst out with hidden strength under his feet, stepped forward, used the "door-opening handle", and instantly arrived in front of Li Yan accompanied by a strong wind.

This move of opening the door and lifting the handle also means "lifting the handle to open the way". It seems reckless but it is flexible and can be used for both defense and offense.

No matter how Li Yan responds, there will be targeted tactics to follow up.

Li Yan did not give in at all. He twisted his step and threw a double punch, directly hitting the opponent's head with an even more ferocious momentum.

Wu Qu suddenly raised his left arm and took Li Yan's punch. Then he turned around and attacked with his right elbow, which was a direct elbow to the heart.

The Baji Elbow Technique is so powerful that, as the saying goes, “it is better to be hit by ten hands than by one elbow”, which shows how powerful it is.

If hit by this elbow, bones will definitely be broken and tendons will be severed.

Even Li Yan didn't want to fight back, so he suddenly changed his tactics, moving sideways and changing arms, twisting his wrist at the same time, and using the "Entanglement and Sleeve Hand" in the Thirty-Six Rows of Red Fists to grab the opponent's wrist.

Hongquan is good at close combat, so the distance is most suitable right now.

However, Wu Qu changed his moves just as quickly. He raised his left foot, rubbed the ground and kicked directly at Li Yan's calf.

Bajiquan emphasizes "walking like wading through mud, with feet never going above the knees", but that does not mean its leg techniques are not sharp.

This "rubbing kick" is a classic move. It is not only secretive and fast, but also very powerful. It can break stones and split rocks with one kick.

When fighting with a Baji master, if you are accidentally hit by this "rubbing kick", your calf will be broken on the spot.

However, this is what Li Yan was waiting for.

The opponent had only one leg left, so he turned sideways again, lowered his body, and directly hugged the opponent's other leg, performing a "sword kick".

call!
Wu Qu even spun and flew sideways, and before he landed, Li Yan followed with a left kick.

With a bang, Wu Qu was kicked away. When he was about to fall out of the ring, he suddenly turned around and stomped his legs hard on the ground.

Bricks and rocks flew everywhere, and he used this opportunity to steady himself.

After entering the state of Hua Jin, the strength of the whole body will flow smoothly, and with the powerful force generated by the tendons, bones and fascia, it will be able to block the enemy's strength.

But this also requires the skill of relieving force. Wu Qu was kicked in the side of the chest, and even though both sides stopped fighting, he almost couldn't catch his breath.

The reason was simple. Li Yan had been beaten a lot by Zhang Xiaoshan in the past two days. This old man's skills were far better than Wu Qu's.

Therefore, he was caught by Li Yan when he was not paying attention.

"it is good!"

Wu Qu snorted coldly, anger rising in his heart.

After all, this was really embarrassing.

Knowing that Li Yan's boxing skills were strong and not inferior to his, the man did not continue, but saluted and said, "Brother Li, your boxing skills are strong enough. Let me learn more about your skills!"

After that, he pulled out a yellow talisman from his bosom, made a gesture with his sword fingers, stamped his left foot on the ground, and chanted in a low voice: "Great Luo God, Earth Luo God, people can escape from difficulties, and difficulties can also escape from the body... I obey the command of Emperor Huaguang!"

Call ~
As soon as he finished speaking, the paper talisman burned instantly.

The wind was whistling around him, and a wisp of green smoke was swirling around him, like a green silk curtain covering his entire body.

Li Yan's expression also became solemn.

He could smell a strong and evil aura appearing out of nowhere and mixing with Wu Qu's breath, as heavy as rock.

Li Yan had already guessed something in his mind, and he narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Hua Guang Wushu, counterattack?"

Wu Qu nodded, "Brother Li, be careful!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man jumped over.

This time, something was suddenly different. The wind whistled around him, his feet stomped on the ground with a thudding sound, and all the bricks and stones along the way shattered.

It felt like a majestic statue was rushing towards him. When it was about to get close, Wu Qu suddenly exerted force with his legs.

Click!

Bricks, stones and dirt were flying everywhere on the ground. Wu Qu hit him in the heart with an elbow and rushed over like a cannonball.

Li Yan's figure flashed and he dodged quickly.

However, Wu Qu suddenly turned around in the air and landed on the ground with another foot. With a thud, the ground seemed to be shaking.

He also used this power to rush towards Li Yan at a faster speed. This time, the characteristics of Baji "movement is like a stretched bow, and release is like thunder" were fully demonstrated.

Li Yan was unable to dodge and retreated repeatedly, while kicking the bricks and stones on the ground towards Wu Qu.

As the hidden power exploded, there was a sharp sound of bricks and stones breaking through the air, but Li Yan did not expect to hurt the other party, he just wanted to stop it.

However, although Wu Qu was forced to land, his speed did not slow down at all. He stepped into the mud and used the "Yanwang Shaking Hands" move, alternating fists and palms, as fast as light and shadow, smashing the bricks and stones with bangs, and quickly approached Li Yan.

Seeing that the opponent was so close and there was no time to dodge, Li Yan also wanted to test his strength, so he simply exerted force from his waist and back, and directly punched Wu Qu in the chest.

Li Yan was ready to break the door, this time he used the pulling force, and the drilling fist belonged to the metal element, so it was full of power. If it was Wu Qu just now, he would definitely suffer a great loss.

However, as soon as they came into contact, Li Yan secretly felt that something was wrong.

Boom!
The opponent's body was as hard as steel. His punch made his wrist hurt, but Wu Qu was like nothing happened.

While Li Yan was performing this move, he also left an open goal.

Wu Qu said nothing, stepped sideways, and suddenly bumped into him with his shoulder.

Boom!
With a dull thud, Li Yan felt as if he was hit by a locomotive. Before he could react, his eyes went dark and he flew backwards.

When he was about to fall off the ring, he did a somersault, hooked one claw on the crack of the bricks, turned his body sideways, and stood firm again.

"Good guy!"

Li Yan felt his head buzzing, his eyes went dark, and his chest felt stuffy. He took two deep breaths before he felt better.

Bajiquan's leaning method is equally fierce.

There are mountain leaning backs, door leaning backs, and elbow leaning backs.

Li Yan had seen his opponent use the "Tie Shan Kao" before, and wanted to use the "Red Fist Nine Rolls and Eighteen Falls" "Backward and Pull the Dragon" to throw the opponent away directly. Unexpectedly, with the blessing of martial arts, he couldn't resist at all.

Fortunately, the opponent had held back, otherwise his sternum would have collapsed.

Thinking of this, Li Yan didn't dare to be careless anymore. He quickly made a gesture with his left hand and used the Northern Emperor's Yin Thunder Palm. His entire arm crackled with electric light.

"Hahaha…"

Seeing Li Yan using thunder magic, Wu Qu was not surprised but happy. He leaped twice, pounced forward fiercely, and punched Li Yan in the face.

Li Yan had been prepared and noticed something strange.

When the opponent used this martial art, his whole body was covered with a murderous aura, as if he was wearing a suit of iron armor, with extremely strong defense.

But because of this, the opponent's body movements were also affected.

Bajiquan and kicks cannot reach above the knees, let alone these aerial attack methods, but the opponent used them again and again, clearly trying to use the powerful force to increase speed.

After realizing this, Li Yan immediately changed his strategy.

At the moment when Wu Qu pounced on him, he seemed to be going to raise his elbow to resist, but he suddenly turned around, changed his steps, slapped him on the back, and used the force to leap out and keep some distance.

Sure enough, martial arts must be broken by martial arts.

Although Li Yan's Beidi Yin Lei Palm did not cause any physical damage, it directly attacked the opponent's soul through the evil energy.

Wu Qu only felt his head buzzing and his body swayed.

Although it only took a brief moment for the protective technique to dispel the thunder, Li Yan showed a hint of a smile when he saw it.

Instead of retreating, he advanced, exerting force on his feet and rushing out, avoiding Wu Qu's first attack. Then his palms flashed with lightning, and he used the Wulong Panshang technique, with the power flowing through his arms, like a whirlwind, and he slapped out more than a dozen palms in a row.

Poor Wu Qu, he had a lot of skills but was continuously attacked by Yin Lei, his head was buzzing and his body was swaying from side to side.

Although it was not a fatal injury, he had no power to fight back.

But for the last blow, Li Yan suddenly clenched his fist, with a crackling sound of electric arcs, and used the Heavenly Thunder Demon Hammer to punch the ground.

boom!
There was a roar of thunder and bricks and stones flew everywhere.

Wu Qu's body swayed for a moment, and after he calmed down, he looked at the huge hole on the ground and stopped moving. He shook his head slightly, clasped his fists and said, "Brother Li's thunder method is quite good. I admit that I am inferior to you."

He knew that he couldn't hold back in this attack. If he was hit, he would probably be smashed to pieces like the flower snake Yang Yun.

Li Yan also bowed and said, "Thank you!"

He knew that Wu Qu certainly did not use his full strength. After all, the Huaguang sect had many techniques. Apart from the counterattack, there were also the big and small closed attacks, shadow attacks, and divine attacks.

I heard that when one reaches a high level of cultivation, one can gain magical powers such as immobilization, invisibility, clairvoyance, super hearing and the Five Thunders.

But after all, it was in public, how could people know the whole situation, so Wu Qu only used counterattack.

Of course, he has more cards up his sleeve.

Looking at the two of them, many gang leaders in the audience had solemn expressions.

The fight between these two people just now was just like that between human-shaped beasts. The originally brick and stone arena was now full of potholes.

No wonder the status of Xuanmen is higher than that of Jianghu.

Once the martial arts are released, the combat power increases suddenly and can directly crush the masters of the same level, not to mention that the two of them have only displayed a little bit.

Thinking of this, their desire for new firearms became even stronger.

During this southwest war, the reputation of firearms has spread widely.

In the early days, the Jingchu mountain rebels took advantage of a large amount of gunpowder to seize Zhushan County, causing heavy casualties to the imperial army and suffering a great loss.

During this period of time, it was the imperial court's turn to show its power.

On the Three Gorges outside Zigui County, the imperial navy used new artillery to directly defeat the Tusi alliance, forcing them to hide in the mountains and dense forests...

In the forests of Jingchu, the new muskets of the Duwei Division directly killed many green forest masters and evil sorcerers...

Of course, the Tiansheng Sect also stole a few guns and shot and killed several guerrilla generals of the imperial court...

In this day and age, firearms, sorcery, and martial arts all have their merits, and everyone, whether imperial court or rebel army, is learning to adapt.

Many people have discovered that there is no difference between the three.

Martial arts masters and sorcerers who can detect magical powers are far more powerful than ordinary people when using the new muskets.

But the ordinary army's entire row of muskets were firing indiscriminately, and with the support of artillery, no matter whether they were martial artists or sorcerers, they had to avoid their sharp edge.

Some of the original gaps have also been narrowed.

For example, some of the original underworld gangs, if led by a master of dark force and then gathered some masters of obvious force, could dominate a region.

The local yamen runners are not strong enough, and these gangs are not afraid of them at all. At worst, they will just become bandits in the mountains if they are forced into a corner.

Now, the threshold for using a musket is much lower than that for practicing martial arts, and the county government will also add a musket team. Although the muskets are not new, they can also suppress local forces.

The Jianghu landscape will also change accordingly...

After the two men stepped down, the fight continued.

However, after playing for five consecutive days, everyone was a little tired, so the last three games were just to decide the winner, which naturally lacked a lot of excitement.

But Wu Qu found Li Yan after he stepped down, smiled and clasped his fists and said: "Brother Li, you are very capable. I never thought that I would meet a talent like you when I passed by Wuchang."

Li Yan also clasped his fists and said, "Master Wu, you are joking. If you use your full strength, I dare not take it head-on."

When you are in the world, you have to consider people's attitudes.

Wu Qu valued Li Yan's potential, and Li Yan also saw that Wu Qu was an outstanding person and would definitely become a big boss in the future.

Wu Qu laughed and said, "Brother Li, there will be a fight in Tianjin in a while, so I will leave in two days."

"I'll be staying at the Golden Phoenix Tower during this time. If you're free tomorrow, how about coming over for a drink?"

"Okay!" Li Yan agreed without hesitation.

At this moment, the two of them felt something in their hearts and looked towards Qingchuan Pavilion at the same time.

I saw that on the high attic, King Wuchang and the Crown Prince had already left, and in Qingchuan Pavilion, the ashes of smoke and incense rose up, wrapped in a whirlwind, and actually formed a thin column of fire.

On the stage, waves of murderous aura continued to gather towards Qingchuan Pavilion. In places like the Yuwang Palace, the Ewang Temple, and the Guanwang Temple on the mountain, there was also visible incense rising from them.

This scene attracted everyone's attention.

"It looks like it's done."

Wu Qu smiled cheerfully, "I was still hesitating whether to stay and help, but now that the God General has shown up, I don't think the demon will be able to cause much trouble."

Li Yan nodded slightly and said nothing.

He had an inexplicable premonition that this incident might be related to Zhao Changsheng.

If it was really the other party's work, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to resolve...

.........

The Guishan Festival was a success, and the arena competition was over. Naturally, the people from the martial arts world on the mountain no longer wanted to stay, and they all went down the mountain under the cover of night.

The waves are rolling at the bow, the bright moon is shining on the river, and the brilliant lights of Wuchang City in the distance are reflected on the river surface, which has a unique charm.

Standing at the bow, Li Yan felt the cool breeze and was in a very good mood. He turned his head to look at Wang Daoxuan and wanted to say a few words, but saw that the other party was holding a compass and kept moving the position.

In the distance, Qingchuan Pavilion and Yellow Crane Tower were both brightly lit.

Li Yan's mind moved, he took out the certificate from his arms, asked the boatman to fetch a basin of water, made some hand gestures, and stepped over.

The surrounding scene suddenly changed.

There was no one on the boat, but in the distance on the Turtle and Snake Mountains, there were two huge golden-armored gods standing, seemingly guarding the Yangtze River...

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