Gou Zai Wudao Shi Lian Shen

Chapter 89 Unfathomable

On the stage, Li Huchen's blood and qi surged.

His shoulder and back bones emitted faint, crackling sounds, his broad back arched like a tiger's, and his arms were bulging with muscles, making him seem like a real human-shaped ferocious tiger.

After the fifth punch, his Tiger Roar Divine Fist had fully gained momentum.

The force of the punches piled up layer upon layer, growing increasingly ferocious.

"The sixth punch!"

Li Huchen took a step forward, and the wooden planks of the arena shattered.

That punch was incredibly fast.

Before the fist arrived, the tiger's roar came first, like a fierce tiger pouncing out of the forest, instantly pressing against Lu Chen's chest.

Lu Chen had just regained his footing when he felt the force of the punch lock him in place.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Chen tapped his toes and unleashed the Golden Ape Through the Forest Kick.

The power in his legs suddenly exploded from his feet.

boom!

He stepped into the wooden planks of the arena, creating a shallow dent. He leaped like a golden ape from a branch, his body suddenly swaying, his speed increasing dramatically.

Li Huchen threw a punch, but it only hit Lu Chen's afterimage.

The force of the punch grazed the hem of his clothes.

Lu Chen had already retreated to a distance of three meters.

The audience gasped in surprise.

"You dodged it!"

"What kind of movement technique is that?"

Li Huchen's punch missed its mark, and his eyes immediately darkened.

The Tiger Roar Divine Fist must never miss its target.

Without the force of rebound, it is impossible to continue building up strength.

Lu Chen also figured out the trick at this point.

Li Huchen's Tiger Roar Divine Fist is powerful because of its layered force.

If he continues to pile up like this, the seventh, eighth, and even ninth punches might truly have the power to shatter mountains and split rocks.

However, there are gaps between each punch in this boxing style.

Before each punch, Li Huchen would use his tiger bones to absorb the force, pressing the recoil from the previous punch into his shoulders and back, and then channeling it into his arms through the fist technique. If this energy-gathering process was interrupted, the Tiger Roar Divine Fist would be unable to continue with each punch stronger than the last.

Therefore, we must stop letting him throw punches smoothly.

Li Huchen let out a low growl, stomped his foot, and pounced again.

His speed was equally impressive; with a hunch of his shoulders, he leaped across the mountain stream like a tiger, covering several steps in the blink of an eye.

"Do you think you can hide?"

Li Huchen raised his right fist again, trying to forcefully absorb the residual force of the sixth punch.

Lu Chen advanced instead of retreating.

He moved nimbly, his body shifting left and right, like a nimble ape weaving through the forest.

Li Huchen had just raised his fist.

Lu Chen had already moved close to his side.

Iron Wire Grappling Technique!

With five fingers like iron hooks, it instantly gripped Li Huchen's wrist.

Li Huchen sneered and shook his arm, trying to force Lu Chen away.

But Lu Chen never even considered catching him.

His palm touched and then moved away, intercepting the force and striking Li Huchen's wrist bone, just in time to get stuck at the joint where Li Huchen was exerting force.

Li Huchen's arm suddenly stopped moving.

"Hmm? Intercepting force?"

"How do you know intercepting force?"

He was a true disciple of Weiyuan Hall. Although he did not specialize in Iron Wire Grappling, he was very familiar with this martial art. He immediately discovered that Lu Chen's strength was the intercepting force of Iron Wire Grappling.

Lu Chen didn't have time to answer his question. Instead, he took advantage of the moment to coil his body like a dragon and then unleash the Vajra Palm, striking Li Huchen's shoulder and back.

They wanted to dissipate the tiger's roar energy that had accumulated within him.

Snapped!

When Li Huchen's blood and qi in his shoulders and back became disordered, the tiger's roar force of his sixth punch immediately showed signs of dissipation.

He roared and swung his hand back.

Lu Chen had already used the force of his leg to retreat.

At this moment, the fierce light in Li Huchen's eyes turned serious.

Previously, he had been building up his strength, becoming increasingly fierce, and had already gained the upper hand. But now, Lu Chen suddenly stopped engaging in direct confrontation, and instead used the agility of the Golden Ape Leg and the trickiness of his grappling techniques to constantly interrupt his power accumulation.

This gave him the frustration of a tiger pouncing on a monkey, only to miss every time.

The audience also noticed the change.

"Lu Chen is not going to fight him head-on!"

"He's interrupting Li Huchen's punching motion!"

In the VIP section, Tang Yuqi's eyes flickered slightly: "This kid is quite clever; he figured out the trick to the Tiger Roar Divine Fist."

"The Tiger Roar Divine Fist is powerful because of its accumulated strength, but accumulating strength requires the power of the counter-shock to build up power."

"He didn't confront Li Huchen head-on, but instead used his footwork and grappling techniques to interrupt Li Huchen's build-up of energy. This prevented Li Huchen from continuing to accumulate power."

In the audience, Zhao Xuanfeng initially wore a cold smile.

In his view, once Li Huchen's Tiger Roar Divine Fist gains momentum, the power of the nine tigers will accumulate layer upon layer, and Lu Chen will be crushed sooner or later.

But soon, the smile on his face slowly faded.

On the stage, Lu Chen no longer fought Li Huchen head-on, but instead used his Golden Ape Leg to move around, sometimes getting close and sometimes retreating quickly.

Whenever Li Huchen was about to throw a punch, Lu Chen would suddenly cut in, using an extremely tricky grappling technique to hook his wrist, wrap his elbow, and lock his shoulder, forcefully interrupting Li Huchen's rhythm of gathering power.

Zhao Xuanfeng narrowed his eyes.

He was extremely skilled at that grappling technique.

That's the signature martial art of his Weiyuan Hall!

Zhao Xuanfeng's face immediately darkened.

"That kid—"

He stared at Lu Chen on the stage, his tone icy.

"How could you possibly know my Weiyuan Hall's grappling techniques?"

As he spoke, he suddenly turned to look at Qin Wuhe beside him, his eyes filled with questioning.

"Master Qin, shouldn't you give Zhao an explanation for this?"

"This kid comes from your Hidden Dragon Martial Arts School. Could it be that your Hidden Dragon Martial Arts School secretly learned the Iron Wire Grappling Technique from my Mighty Far Hall and then secretly taught it to this brat?"

Upon hearing this, several museum owners nearby looked over.

Among martial arts schools, the most taboo thing is to steal techniques.

Qin Wuhe gave the other party a cold look and said, "Master Zhao, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."

Zhao Xuanfeng said in a sinister voice, "Then tell me, where did he get this Iron Wire Grappling Technique?"

Qin Wuhe did not answer.

Because he also wanted to know.

How did Lu Chen learn the Iron Wire Grappling Technique?

Moreover, judging from his skill level, it seems he just casually learned a few fancy moves.

Although in fact, the five major martial arts schools in Chixia County have been passed down for many years, and their martial arts techniques are no secret to each other.

It was common for some disciples to teach a few tricks privately for money after leaving the school.

Moreover, you can also buy the relevant manuals on the black market for a little money.

The problem is that learning something is one thing, but daring to use it in front of others is another.

It is a serious taboo to secretly learn martial arts techniques from a martial arts school without its permission.

If caught, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to beat them to death on the spot.

So even if those people learn it, they won't use it in public, lest they get caught by the martial arts school. Although they might not be killed, they'll inevitably be extorted.

What puzzled Qin Wuhe even more was that Lu Chen seemed to have mastered this grappling technique to perfection and had developed intercepting power.

How is that possible?

A martial artist's energy is ultimately limited.

Even for a talented inner court disciple, it would take at least several years of hard work to master a martial art, progressing from beginner to intermediate, advanced, and finally to perfection.

Shi Hao is already considered a rare genius at Canglong Martial Arts School.

Since he joined the school, Qin Wuhe has invested a lot of resources and personally guided him, but he has only managed to perfect the Canglong Tongbei Fist.

But what about Lu Chen?

He has already mastered the Azure Dragon Tongbei Fist and now he has also mastered the Iron Wire Grappling Hand.

It would take at least three to five years to polish them all to perfection.

He was only seventeen years old, and he entered the martial arts school on the same day as Shi Hao, having practiced martial arts for less than a year!

The more Qin Wuhe thought about it, the heavier his heart became.

Could it be that...?

Is Lu Chen really an even more genius-like prodigy than Shi Hao?

The moment this thought crossed Qin Wuhe's mind, his heart skipped a beat.

He recalled how he had personally kicked Lu Chen out of the martial arts school in order to curry favor with the Huang family.

At that time, Lu Chen had only reached the Lesser Mastery of Blood Transformation. Although he was a promising talent, he was not yet superior to Shi Hao.

But now, Lu Chen is standing on the final stage of the martial arts competition, able to fight to this point against Li Huchen, who is born with tiger bones.

Qin Wuhe felt an indescribable bitterness and regret.

"If I had taken him and Hao'er under my tutelage back then, he would surely have made even greater progress under my careful guidance, and perhaps he could have defeated Li Huchen and won the championship today!"

"At that time, my Hidden Dragon Martial Arts School will surely become famous and renowned!"

At this moment, Qin Wuhe stared at Lu Chen on the arena with an extremely complex expression.

I can't see through it.

It's completely unfathomable.