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Chapter 380 This Fist Is the Only Way

Chapter 380 This Fist Is the Only Way
Before the old man made a move.

The world in Fang Yi's eyes slowed down, literally
[Preemptive Strike] This item is somewhat unusual.

It is rare that it has little relevance to [Swordsmanship] and can be independently separated from the [Swordsmanship] branch. It is thought that its subsequent formation of some skills has an unknown origin.

As usual, it was activated when Fang Yi's body judged that it was in a literal "dead end" and needed to think extra hard to find a solution.

However, the timing of activating this skill is much more 'rogue'.

Unlike usual practice, it will only be activated when the enemy's blade is close to you.

Instead, before the old man threw his punch, he "fixed" the time in Fang Yi's world.

This left Fang Yi with almost endless time to think, allowing him to explore solutions on his own and turn defeat into victory.

But it also means something extremely terrifying.

Li Shuwen's move is very powerful.

Even if one's own attributes theoretically overwhelm the opponent, they are barely unaffected by the 'realm'.

But the gap between the two is still huge.

Before he understood the gap and found a way to deal with it.

Just relying on [My Only Sword] and [Moon in the Mirror].

Or putting down the knife and using [Black Flash] will not be able to counter this move and will result in being "killed".

Thinking of this, Fang Yi opened his eyes wide.

He carefully examined the details of Li Shuwen's punch.

Since the enemy has already 'posed the question', he has extra time to think.

Then, the next moment was when he would 'break the ice' and cheat to close the gap with his opponent.
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The moment Fang Yi looked at Li Shuwen.

A wider and deeper field of vision is provided by the [Eye of Vision] embedded in the left eye.

Because Fang Yi's mission progressed too quickly, his strength changed too quickly, and the strength of the enemies he encountered increased too much, he could no longer keep up with his own 'version' of [Transparent World·Enhancement], so he activated it.

After failing to observe Li Shuwen previously, Fang Yi learned the excellent combat tactics of a certain "Cursed King".

By using [Binding] to make a 'loan', the function of [Transparent World·Strengthening] was strengthened.

Now, with the help of the two talents and the opponent's words of self-destruction, he finally succeeded in making the opponent's body vaguely transparent.

Let Fang Yi find out the details of this move by analyzing the details of the opponent's body.

There are many possibilities for him to do what he is best at, 'learning' and 'stealing skills', and try to narrow the gap with the opponent.
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He swept across the opponent's body, which was as tightly fitted as mechanical gears, and began to free himself from the shackles of his own body, gaining greater explosive power.

After observing that the other party's 'hardware' began to be intensively 'overclocked' in exchange for additional performance, he was not surprised or unfamiliar with this.

On the contrary, it is unusually familiar.

Because he also surpassed.

He had subconsciously used this technique when he first saw a real person fighting desperately to repel the opponent.

And in the last world, he learned the [Limiter Removal] from the [Oberg Assassination Technique].

He swung out [Black Flash] and defeated the biological [Imperial Tool] [Hundred-armed Giant] that looked like a muscular puppy with one punch, and then completely mastered it.

But obviously, this technique is definitely not enough to [get the upper hand over the enemy], and it is shameless to push Fang Yi's thinking time forward.

[He must have other means of amplifying his skills that I haven't observed yet.]

【And this is exactly what I am 'missing' that can improve my strength. 】
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After observing the 'hardware' of the physical body.

Fang Yi then turned his attention to the "software" that had the most doubts, such as skills, "realm", and "intention".

After excluding the 'realm' he had experienced through the [Kaioh Medicine] and the one he had experienced through sword-fighting with the other party.

He then focused his attention on the other person's "intention" of "using simplicity to create complexity" which he had cultivated through martial arts and which he had never touched before.

This thing called "intention" exists only in the old man in front of him.

He had only encountered the second strongest swordsman he had ever met before, the one who beat up the red archer in the church.

I've seen that somewhat awkward and strange sense of "looking down on all the mountains".

As for Yoriichi Tsugikuni in that strange dream, he claimed that due to some factors he could not teach him the [Transparent World].

He didn't see the other party's intention.

But he quickly shook his head and came to a conclusion.

[No, the blessing of 'intention' is not that strong.]

After eliminating all other answers, no matter how incredible it is, there is only this absurd possibility left.

This difference is due to the power of the Tiger Climbing the Mountain move, one of the Eight Great Moves in Bajiquan.
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Fang Yi carefully observed the opponent's opening moves and studied the skills, or moves, used by the opponent.

At this moment, the old man named Li Shuwen had his two slightly clenched fists placed in front of his chest, with one arm higher than the other.

It gives people the illusion that a tiger sees its prey, steps forward with its two front paws, one in front and one behind, as if accumulating strength, and is about to hold down the prey and start hunting.

Although the picture in Fang Yi's eyes was still.

But as he observed Li Shuwen's posture, he still felt a strange power that his fists and knife did not possess.

[Is it due to the move itself? ]

After thinking for a while with the help of his knowledge of boxing, Fang Yi became even more confused.

Because in his opinion, the move used by the opponent was called [Tiger Climbing the Mountain], which was elevated from a martial art to a [Noble Phantasm].

There's nothing special about it actually.

It's just a technique in Bajiquan that can break the enemy's stance.

It's a melee attack that can break the enemy's defense.

When the opponent uses it, just hit the enemy on the head and dig out his eyes.

This auxiliary move makes it impossible for the enemy to resist, and will make them lose their resistance like a tiger hunting its prey.

[Why does this move have such amazing power to defeat me? ]

[As a warrior, what am I missing?! ]
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And with the end of Fang Yi's three thoughts.

Before he could swing his sword, he could hear the sharp and tiny sound of wind from the opponent's punch again.

That was the "bell" that announced the end of the exam and the start of collecting papers.

The world in his eyes has begun to flow again.

After [Preemptive Strike] was triggered early, which was rare, it seemed to end before he could find a solution.

Looking at the panel, the challenge task called [One Step to the Realm] was about to fail in the next second.

Realizing that he had missed a good opportunity, Fang Yi couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

[I've been forced into a desperate situation.]

[I'm afraid I'll have to use [Phase Energy Storage Crystal Core Cavity Modified] or [Five Emperors' Coins] to take the attack and 'cheat'.]

[[Challenge Mission] should also fail.]

But time starts to flow again.

He felt the aura emanating from Li Shuwen, which compressed his space for dodging by means of 'intention', 'state of mind' and the things that he 'lacked'.

Looking at the astonishing power of the unavoidable hand that was hitting his head, and the hammer in the other hand that was ready to strike.

He had missed the opportunity to draw his sword and was about to be devoured by the opponent's "tiger", but he felt an unusually familiar feeling gradually emerging in his flesh.

This familiar feeling had appeared once in his past.

That was his initial "remaining lifespan" in the "Five Emperors' Coins", with only one margin left, leaving him with no way out.

Risking his life in battle, he poured all his faith into it.

He tried hard to find a way to survive from the real person's hands, fighting for his life even though his proficiency at that time was not very high.

When triggering the ethereal and unknown power of [Black Flash].

A strange feeling of omnipotence emerged in his fist, which he experienced only once.
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With this strange feeling that was born out of murderous intent and was just a thin layer of window paper away.

Fang Yi also saw the old man's confidence in Bajiquan, saying, "There is no need to attack a second time, no need to switch to other more powerful moves, this one strike will kill the opponent."

From the opponent's punch that almost tore the space apart and destroyed everything, he vaguely realized what he was missing.

He absorbed enough "nutrients" to turn defeat into victory.

Finally, a prompt sound from the space rang in his ears, proving that his skills had improved.

You grasped and understood the character Li Shuwen's skill, "Wu Er Da," which was independently derived from Bajiquan's "Special Skill Branch."

[To learn this skill, you must possess the [Bajiquan Grandmaster] trait. If you do not meet the conditions, you cannot learn it.]

[Affected by [Extraordinary Gravity] and similar experiences in the past, you have acquired the relevant knowledge of this boxing skill.]

As the bizarre ideas in my mind became more organized, my understanding of boxing deepened at an incomprehensible speed.

The bandage-like [relic] [Akuza's thank-you gift] bound to his hand also began to heat up.

It also faithfully brought out the effect of [Fastened Boxing Skill Learning Speed] in the accompanying bonus [Warrior Instinct].

Help him touch and regain that familiar feeling.

The strange feeling of feeling that every drop of blood flowing in this body is about to boil and every muscle is cheering.

Fang Yi, who had not yet made a move, laughed and said something inexplicable.

"So this is ah.

"That time, even with the power of various buffs and the blessing of the Ten-Stroke Spell, [Black Flash] was still powerful.

"In fact, theoretically, the power is not enough to shatter that real-life special-grade cursed spirit."

He threw away California Clear Light and activated his life-saving Phase Energy Storage Crystal Core Cavity Modification. He even forgot the fact that he possessed the Five Emperors' Coins, just as he had forgotten the attraction of evil in the past.

He truly placed himself back in a desperate situation where he was sure to die.

With only a little bit of cursed energy attached to his fists, he swung them slowly.

He used the [Black Flash] which theoretically would definitely make him lose the duel, and had a mirror-image fistfight with the old man.

And at the moment he threw the punch, he successfully awakened and found back what he was 'missing' as he wished.

I have found myself again, the one who seemed to be omnipotent and could break mountains and seas with one punch.

Looking at the fist that is about to touch the other party.

Fang Yi, who threw a punch that could be described as "only Fang Yi could throw", revealed the "answer" himself with nostalgia.

"[Enemy Preemptive Strategy] didn't end before I found a solution.

"What I lack is something I already possessed, but it's just not mature yet."

Feeling the contact of his fist with the old man's fist.

And the phantom pain of the opponent's aura transforming into a 'ferocious tiger' ready to devour him and begin tearing his flesh apart.

Fang Yi, who was theoretically about to be "defeated", laughed instead.

“Although it’s a little ridiculous, that ‘thing’ is when you’re pushed into a desperate situation.

"The belief that you must win, you must win, is something that sounds a bit foolish, and that you can only focus on yourself.

"And the courage I had to punch the cursed spirit when I casually said, 'If the cursed spirit is killed, it will die.'

"It's the kind of confidence that weaves in the feeling of 'If not me, this is the only way to do it.'"

Following the skill [Black Flash], through the skill branching like [Preemptive Strategy] and the opponent's [Unparalleled Strike], the independent skill [This Fist Is the Only Way] slowly emerged.

The ominous black light lingering on Fang Yi's swung fist also responded.

It turned into his first [Black Flash], which made him win for the first time in desperate situation and would make him win again.

With his indestructible and self-confident aura, he swallowed up the old man's tiger-like aura.
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Beside the battlefield.

At the same moment, the world in Fang Yi's eyes slowed down.

Gilgamesh's face was as dark blue as ever, filled with arrogance.

There was a rare, well-hidden look of shock.

After vaguely sensing that there was something wrong with the power of the old man's move.

This oldest fat tiger in human history, who is confident in his own strength, always watches battles closely from the edge of the battlefield.

For the first time in his life, after confirming that no one was paying attention to him.

While watching the battle, he quietly took a few steps back.

After pretending to be cowardly and ensuring that he would not be affected.

Then he watched Li Shuwen judge the battle.

[That old man actually has such a unique skill that he hasn't used it!!!]

[Although this state could only last for a moment under the 'miracle' caused by three strokes of the [Command Spell] before disappearing, like a fleeting shooting star.]

【But I'm afraid that Saber is in great danger.】

After realizing that Fang Yi was likely to die, he felt like he had messed up.

He also observed that Fang Yi put down his knife, as if cutting off one of his own arms, and chose to fight with the enemy who relied on his aura to block everything in the space and swung his fist to destroy everything.

Gilgamesh shook his head subconsciously and sighed in his heart with some regret.

“What a pity, I even prepared a bottle of good wine for him.

"Ready to show him how I hunt.

"It seems that the [Omniscient and Omnipotent Star] is not always accurate."

But just as he was about to look away from Fang Yi and turn away, something suddenly occurred to him.

As if by inspiration, he activated the [Noble Phantasm] [Star of Omniscience and Omnipotence] that reached [EX] level.

He usually turns it off for fun, but occasionally turns it on.

The skill of [Omniscient Star], which was like a 'cheating' and prophetic [Clairvoyance], also faithfully presented him with the answer to this battle.

Seeing that the 'answer' remained unchanged, Gilgamesh couldn't help but smile with pleasure.

He stopped walking away.

He gracefully summoned a pair of gorgeous golden wine glasses from the [King's Treasure House] beside him and held them in his hands.

Be ready to pour the wine and hand it to the other person.

At this moment, he has resumed the conversation with the other party.

Then he threw a 'stone' to try to recreate the spirit of the stupid article "Jin xx threw a stone to shoot down a US satellite".
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Li Shuwen swung his fist and looked at Fang Yi who threw away his long sword and used his fist instead.

Sensing that the other person's fist was about to touch his, a rare feeling of dissatisfaction arose in his heart.

【You actually underestimated me! 】

Then a wave of confusion arose.

【Why did he do this? 】

But soon, as their fists touched, he got an answer that he could not accept in a short time.

【Because he can win this fight. 】

As the two fists collided, Li Shuwen only felt the world in front of him and his entire body.

And the all-consuming tiger created by his unique skill called [Unrivaled Strength] that he was proud of.

In just a moment, it was as if it had experienced a complete collapse that could not be described in words, and everything collapsed.

At this moment, it seemed as if even time and space had lost their balance under the opponent's attack.

The old man's eyes froze, and an indescribable shock surged in his heart.

The opponent's punch not only caused the surrounding air to vibrate violently, but also gave him an unprecedented feeling of suffocation.

The tear in the space engulfed him and his fist laid the victory outside.

He also clearly felt that the opponent's punch had created a series of strange feelings deep in his heart.

It directly struck the tremor of pride in his own skill called "Wu Er Da" in his heart.

My fist lost to his fist?

[My long-held belief in "No One Can Beat You" was defeated by his belief in "Who else but me? This fist is the only way to win"?]

【Ridiculous! Absurd indeed!】

He only sensed his fist and confidence disappearing along with his body being destroyed and swallowed up.

Li Shuwen has already realized the cruel and cold reality.

Just as he had used this unique skill called "Tiger Climbing the Mountain" in the past to devour the enemy's confidence and pride and gain victory.

Today, he was defeated by his opponent in the same way.

He has already lost!
He lost this clash of wills and beliefs, where martial arts were used to communicate the heart.

After realizing this, the body was destroyed.

The old man's [spiritual essence] was transforming into golden particles and floating towards the [Little Holy Grail] according to the program.

At the last moment of returning to the Throne of Heroes, he felt that his body and pride had been torn apart along with the space under the opponent's punch, and disappeared.

Looking at Fang Yi who was somewhat unskillfully retracting that strange aura in the smoke and dust, a complex emotion surged in his heart.

There is both awe of the other party's power to destroy everything and a deep sense of helplessness.

It was through the other party's behavior that he realized one thing.

The other party had just "found" this power from his own martial arts, just like him.

After realizing this, Li Shuwen couldn't help but sigh as he recalled how he had gone through many years of hardships before finding this strength in his old age.

【What an enviable talent! 】

[Just by looking at other people's skills once, you can apply them to other situations and learn to optimize and become even better.]

【And all my life's efforts seem so insignificant in front of him.】

[I'm afraid my presence here is just to save him a few minutes!]

But in his final moments, he did not fully express this admiration.

Instead, he looked at Fang Yi who retracted his fists and said these words loudly with reluctance and joy.

"Your punch is good!
“I lost!

"But next time, I still want to fight you."

Then he disappeared in place.

Early morning on the third day of the Holy Grail War.

Assassin Li Shuwen was defeated by Fang Yi.
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But Fang Yi retracted his fists and waved his hand to disperse the smoke and dust on the battlefield.

Gilgamesh, holding a wine glass and eager to throw the stone, was in front of him.