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Chapter 22 Secret Transmission: The Gong Family's Sixty-Four Techniques!
Dead!

Quiet!

The atmosphere was even more somber than before.

Whether it was the Japanese samurai, the spectators, or the members of the Jingwu School.

Even Sun Yulong and his fellow apprentice fell silent.

Chen Zhan killed Gongcheng Changshun in just over ten moves, and even beat him up to the second-floor terrace, where he died in front of Qianye Bai.

provocative!

It's no longer a simple provocation; it's more like contempt.

Despite being the weaker party, there's a misconception that "we're going to kill you, what can you do about it?"

Chiba Shiro stood up, looked at Chen Zhan, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said nothing.

Miyagi Nagayoshi's death is nothing, but Chen Zhan's actions are clearly a slap in the face to Japanese martial arts. Such behavior is certain to lead to death, but he doesn't understand where Chen Zhan got the courage.

Nearly thirty years have passed since the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, and the once confident Chinese civilization has been almost completely eroded by the tyranny of guns and cannons.

Chiba Shiro and many other Japanese people have long been accustomed to the submissive manner of Chinese people, and even those in the martial arts world dare not speak out against it.

The sudden appearance of someone like Chen Zhan is really quite strange.

Chiba Shiro shifted his gaze, sweeping it across the building across the street. His eyes didn't linger, but they held a newfound respect.

In theory, high-ranking Japanese officials would also attend such a grand event, since they were the ones who planned it.

The Jingwu School may not be the strongest in terms of physical strength, but it has the greatest reputation. Huo Yuanjia has long been regarded as a martial arts god by many people.

Removing the Jingwumen plaque is a huge blow to national self-confidence.

However, the assassination attempt a few days ago was a wake-up call, setting off alarm bells for senior officials in the Japanese concession in Tianjin, who dared not appear in the public eye again.

Although only one official died that night, Ichiro Itagaki was shot, but fortunately not seriously. Moreover, the assailant moved too quickly and had superb marksmanship.

In the pitch black of night, with visibility limited to only ten meters, she could still deliver headshots from a hundred meters away – it was truly terrifying.

If it weren't for Ichiro Itagaki's henchmen taking the bullets for him, he would have died several times over.

Afterwards, Japanese experts examined the assassin and found that he was a martial arts master, capable of scaling walls and shooting arrows from a hundred paces away.

A city-wide search was subsequently launched, but no trace of him could be found.

This indirectly led to Miyagi Nagaharu changing his mind, and Chiba Shiro taking action.

Hopefully, they can find clues about the killer from these martial arts masters.

Qianye Bai snapped out of his daze. Chen Zhan's actions were bold, reminiscent of an assassination attempt on the king, a lone figure venturing a thousand miles.

But the killer that day was a woman.

However, such dangerous elements should be nipped in the bud as soon as possible!

Chiba Shiro lightly touched the ground, leaped down from the second floor, and landed on the stage, facing Chen Zhan directly.

"Your name is Chen Zhan, right?"

“I don’t care that you killed Miyagi Nagaharu, but he’s not a rootless duckweed. You’re in trouble.”

Chiba Shiro said with a condescending expression.

Chen Zhan's gaze was fixed on Qian Yebai, but he did not show any disgust or hostility.

"Yes, that's great."

"Very good? Forget it, future troubles don't matter, you won't live past today anyway."

Chiba Shiro smiled, not taking Chen Zhan's words to heart.

"Are you very confident, Chiba Ryūyō?"

Chen Zhan murmured something, but Qianye Bai across from him also heard it and immediately asked:

"What, two hundred?"

"Does that mean that in the Chinese martial arts world, I, Qianye Bai, am only worth two hundred silver dollars?"

Chen Zhan shook his head and said, "I'll tell you before I die."

Two hundred points of luck should be enough to upgrade one's destiny, at which point one should be able to unleash all one's full potential.

Chen Zhan made his move immediately, giving Qianye Bai no chance to continue the conversation.

"Wade through the mud!"

The first move utilizes the most stable and fundamental footwork in Baguazhang, characterized by a smooth, grounded gait, hence the name "Baguazhang" (meaning "walking on mud"). It's still a probing attack using Baguazhang's footwork; the strongest aspect of Baguazhang lies in its unshakeable footwork!

With just various footwork techniques, most attacks can be neutralized; only those with significantly higher skill levels can easily break through them.

When the Bagua moves around the body, various hidden techniques are used: poking, stabbing, and pecking.

Once acupoints are struck a few times, the person immediately loses the ability to resist; this is the reason why Bagua is slippery.

I can hit you, but you can't hit me.

However, Chiba Shiro's confidence was not due to blind arrogance.

Chen Zhan exchanged a few blows with him and then discovered it.

Dark power!

Moreover, he is a top-tier master of internal energy.

At least the waist, abdomen, hands, elbows, and shoulders should be trained to develop internal strength, allowing for the unrestrained release of hidden power, so that every contact will result in immediate separation.

Their hidden strengths clashed fiercely, neither gaining the upper hand.

It's normal for Chiba Shiro to look down on Miyagi Nagashun and Huo Dongge. As top-level masters of the Dark Force level, each move they make uses both overt and covert force. Against someone who hasn't mastered Dark Force, their advantage is too great, and the opponent will be unable to defend themselves in just a few moves.

Chiba Shiro let out a soft exclamation. Chen Zhan, though young, was already a master of internal strength and a top genius in Japan.

However, he was very confident; he possessed hidden strength and had killed before.

With the continuous movements of the Youlong Bagua Palm, Chen Zhan's speed increased, and those with poor eyesight would think that several figures were attacking Qianye Bai at the same time.

But Chiba Haku handled it very well; his method was quite strange.

Both fists and palms are loosely clenched, switching between them at any time, resembling both knives and swords.

None of those present, including Chen Zhan, had ever seen this style before; it must be a Japanese martial art.

Chen Zhan used the Bagua Palm sword technique. Bagua Palm is an evolution of swordsmanship. When martial arts reach his level, a palm strike is not much different from a real sword strike.

The only drawback is that for every inch the knife is longer, its edge becomes more dangerous.

Hands and arms, only this much length.

Chiba Shiro also countered with a palm-blade, his four fingers together and his thumb in front, which did not resemble a palm-blade but rather some kind of strange weapon.

After a hard-fought exchange, both men retreated a few steps.

"The Eight Trigrams Palm Knife is indeed unpredictable." Qianye Bai shook his hand, his arm feeling slightly numb from the hidden force.

"The swordsmanship of the Shinkage-ryu school is also quite good," Chen Zhan added.

Both could tell that the other was not using their full strength and was hiding their true abilities.

Chiba Shiro was even more surprised and said in very standard Chinese, "You know about the Shinkage-ryu?"

Chen Zhan did not answer; there was no way to explain it.
He was unaware of this initially, but he had just noticed a notification in his mind: 【New Yin Flow Thousand Leaves White, can devour 200 points of luck!】

Surprisingly, a prompt appeared when consciousness touched upon it:

The Shinkage-ryu school, founded by the swordsman Kamiizumi Nobutsuna during the Sengoku period, represents the pinnacle of ancient Japanese swordsmanship. Its predecessor combined techniques from the Kashima Shin-ryu and Kage-ryu schools. His disciple, Yagyu Muneyoshi, further developed the school, fusing the Kashima Shinto-ryu and Toda Itto-ryu styles to create the "Yagyu Shinkage-ryu." Yagyu Muneyoshi, along with his son Munenori and grandson Jubei, were known as the "Three Heavenly Dogs of Yagyu," bringing the Shinkage-ryu to its zenith.

There were even some moves explained instantly, allowing Chen Zhan to immediately understand both himself and his enemy.

Such tips and introductions are of little use to people with vastly different abilities.

However, even the slightest difference can often determine the outcome of a match.

Chen Zhan replied to Qianye Bai with "Seven Stars Chasing Cicadas!"

He pressed forward again, stepping backwards in a seven-star formation, performing a series of movements, no longer testing the waters, and directly unleashing his full power.

In the instant of contact, Chen Zhan judged the direction of the opponent's force, turned around and swung his lotus-shaped backhand to deflect the external force, and then counterattacked with a palm strike.

He instantly broke through Chiba Shiro's swordsmanship defense, took a blow to the armpit, and was hit by two bursts of force from Chen Zhan, one clear and one hidden. He staggered back a few steps and injured his lung.

With a few consecutive strikes, his footwork, palm strikes, and overall aura all changed.

"Power originates from within, and steps change with the body!"

Those in the audience didn't even realize how exquisite Chen Zhan's Baguazhang techniques were.

"Seven Star Steps! Sixty-Four Hands! This is a secret technique of the Gong family, how could he know it?"

A middle-aged man of unremarkable appearance said to Zhao Yuting.

(End of this chapter)