The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

It's like using the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms: if you use two palms instead of one, does that double the power? Of course not...

However, Zhou Botong's "Ambidextrous Fighting Technique" achieved this. In particular, the Empty Fist is not a technique that requires brute force. Therefore, half of his true energy is enough to exert 90% of its effect, which is not much different from a full-force, focused attack.

With their combined efforts, it's like two Zhou Botongs joining forces to fight an enemy...

Ouyang Feng was a step above Zhou Botong, but he was no match for two Zhou Botongs!

As Zhou Botong used his left move, "Empty House, Living Person," which was blocked by Ouyang Feng, his right move, "Empty Well, Springing Water," followed closely behind.

Ouyang Feng was caught off guard and a punch landed squarely on his chest and abdomen, breaking through his protective aura. He staggered back several steps, feeling a tightness in his chest and abdomen, which he rubbed hard to recover.

Zhou Botong was not good at deadly battles. Although his temperament was restless, he was very easygoing and did not pursue the enemy.

"Hehe, you old poisoner, have you seen even a tenth of my senior brother's skill?" Zhou Botong said excitedly.

"What a rascal! Is this the martial art of the Nine Yin Manual?" Ouyang Feng's words were full of doubt, but he clearly already had the answer himself.

"Of course not! My senior brother instructed me not to learn the Nine Yin Manual, which is said to bring disaster upon one's Yin nature, so of course I won't learn it." Zhou Botong shook his head repeatedly upon hearing this.

Huang Rong was secretly anxious—why did this old rascal reveal his hand?

Ouyang Feng nodded upon hearing this. He had already made some guesses, after all, there were rumors about what the Nine Yin Manual was like, and it was a different thing from this Ambidextrous Fighting Technique.

"We've really underestimated you all these years!" Ouyang Feng said, half admiring and half sighing.

Originally, not only Ouyang Feng, but also the other three masters looked down on the Old Urchin. It wasn't that they looked down on him or despised him, but rather that they didn't consider this "Wang Chongyang's junior brother" as their opponent.

However, today Ouyang Feng suddenly discovered that this "junior brother of Wang Chongyang" had quietly become an even more outstanding "old rascal" than himself. How could he not feel moved?

“Uncle! He’s using sorcery, so we should use the White Camel Manor’s signature techniques and call on the Dragon God to join the fight!” Ouyang Ke said hurriedly.

This time, Ouyang Feng nodded slowly—Ouyang Feng was just more particular about manners, not pedantic, and he didn't immediately become shameless when he couldn't win.

and……

The dragon god had tamed this snake himself, so how could it be considered an accomplice?

"Dragon God? What the hell?" Zhou Botong hadn't even reacted yet.

Just then, after Ouyang Feng made a strange sound, accompanied by a rustling sound, the giant python reappeared—Zhou Botong shuddered violently upon seeing it!

"Ugh! You old poisoner, you're still as wicked as ever!" Zhou Botong got goosebumps all over when he saw the giant snake.

Fortunately, precisely because they are so large, the fear of snakes is much less intense, since giant pythons and small snakes evoke completely different feelings.

Ouyang Feng patted the "Dragon God's" head, then reached back and pulled his snake staff from the bag on its body...

There were actually two small snakes on that snake staff!

"Small" is relative to "Dragon God". In reality, it is as thick as a woman's forearm, which is considered a relatively large snake. Moreover, the patterns of these two snakes are very similar to those of the giant python, except that they lack the light gold patterns and are much simpler.

To be precise, the Dragon God is not a "python" at all, but a genuine viper.

It was discovered in the place where Ouyang Feng obtained the "legacy" of the Carefree King. Due to the nurturing environment at that time, it had already grown quite large. However, because no one was specifically raising it, it simply instinctively consumed the leftover medicines and grew in that valley where specific herbs were planted, which is why it was so large.

After Ouyang Feng subdued it, he continued to raise it using methods from ancient texts, helping it molt and return to its original state. This allowed it to grow even larger, nearly doubling in size over ten years!

The two snakes on the snake staff are actually the same species as the Dragon God. They were raised by Ouyang Feng in a different way. Although they are not as exaggerated in size, they are more venomous and have explosive agility. Moreover, they can be combined with his staff techniques.

The old rascal, seeing this, felt a bit uncomfortable. Shaking the goosebumps on his hands, he said, "You old poisoner, you stinking toad, don't try to cheat me. Who are you trying to scare by putting two snakes on your cane?"

"Brother Zhou, you may not know this, but these two treasures are part of my snake staff... I apologize for the inconvenience!" After discovering Zhou Botong's strength, Ouyang Feng's status rose sharply to "Brother Zhou".

Ouyang Feng used the Serpent Staff Technique to attack Zhou Botong. This time, Zhou Botong performed poorly and was quite at a loss. After more than ten moves, taking advantage of Ouyang Feng's thrust, a snake that had been lying still on the top of the staff suddenly nimbly stretched out its head and bit!

"Ah!" the old rascal exclaimed, unable to hold back any longer. He jumped back and hid in the main hall, even wishing he could hide behind Huang Rong and the others.

Just as Huang Rong and the others were furious at their lack of ambition, Chu Luren's voice suddenly rang out...

"Senior brother, you should be able to handle that big one, right? It's so big, it can't even be considered a snake anymore!" Chu Luren said as he walked into the main hall from the back door, expelling the Dragon God from the snake register.

“The big ones…the big ones are alright!” Zhou Botong said through gritted teeth.

Ouyang Feng's face darkened as he said, "Boy, do you really think I can't do anything to you?"

"How dare I? I only think that if Master Ouyang insists on going his own way, your precious treasure will be the first to get hurt." Chu Luren also understood that Ouyang Feng had no intention of putting down the snake staff at this moment, and was obviously going to get serious with him.

When Ouyang Feng faced Chu Luren before, although he didn't exactly show mercy, he at least didn't use poison or his snake staff. But this time, he completely regarded Chu Luren as an equal opponent!

Seven days ago, Chu Luren was really unsure of himself. After all, a Golden Immortal's poison resistance is only so-so, while when circulating the Vermilion Toad True Qi in his native land, his poison resistance is high enough, but he would definitely not be able to defeat Ouyang Feng. Even if Ouyang Feng did not use poison, Chu Luren would not last more than thirty moves against him.

However, right now... Chu Luren is preparing to test his true form's "Three-Part Return to Origin Qi"!

Chapter 299 A Small Test

Chu Luren knew that Ouyang Feng wouldn't be so shameless as to make the first move, so he dodged left and right, using strange movements to sneak up on him!

Ouyang Feng was slightly taken aback—this was completely different from the style Chu Luren had displayed seven days ago.

Even Chu Luren doesn't seem to have any "golden and shiny" intentions... How come he can change his approach in just a few days?

What surprised Ouyang Feng even more was yet to come!

He originally remembered that Chu Luren's martial arts were similar in style to his own "Toad Kung Fu," both being primarily forceful and powerful.

However, Chu Luren suddenly started to play tricks, striking with his left hand, and a dragon's head appeared and disappeared, and... it was the head of a dragon turtle!

This was not unexpected for Ouyang Feng. Just as he used the "shock" force of the Toad Qi Shield to counter the power of this palm strike, Chu Luren raised his right hand almost simultaneously, and a rainbow-like, radiant finger strike shot towards him.

Those who are truly familiar with Chu Luren can see that this move is 80% similar to the "Seven Illusory Rainbow Finger"...

The Seven Illusions Rainbow Finger technique inherently possesses the penetrating properties of the "One-Finger Divine Skill" and also has the solidity of the "Six Meridian Divine Sword," making it a martial art that is extremely effective against the Toad Qi Shield!

More importantly, Ouyang Feng's Toad Qi Shield had just blocked Chu Luren's palm strike, and was in a moment when his old strength was exhausted and new strength had not yet been generated. It was immediately pierced by Chu Luren's finger force, and he could only block it with his staff.

However, immediately afterward, Chu Luren's left hand, also a blue fist, came out—this feeling... was very similar to the "Empty Fist" that Ouyang Feng had only known for a short time but remembered vividly!

Before Ouyang Feng could react, Chu Luren's right hand flashed with rainbow light again. It wasn't a finger strike from a distance, but rather a sweeping motion along his two fingers, almost forming a sword with his own energy, aimed at Ouyang Feng's waist.

Just as the Kongming Fist blocked the attack, he quickly parried the sword light from the left and right.

Then Chu Luren pressed his advantage relentlessly, his hands moving in rapid succession, just like Zhou Botong had done before, as if two masters were attacking at the same time!

Unlike Zhou Botong, Chu Luren is essentially "two masters with different styles".

The moves made with the left hand are similar to the Empty Fist, while the right hand focuses on condensing energy, which is obviously a different style of sword energy technique!

Both are opponents that Toad Style would rather not face: one ignores the force of shock and deflects the opponent's power, while the other has extremely strong penetrating power.

Although Chu Luren's internal strength was weaker than Zhou Botong's, Ouyang Feng still fought him with great frustration!

Gritting his teeth and disregarding his status, he immediately drew his staff and used the snake!

Otherwise, if he were defeated by a junior... no, he doesn't need to be defeated, just being forced into a state of panic would cause him to lose all face if word got out in the martial arts world.

Of course, if he knew about the new rankings in October, he would be very "gratified"—I, Chu Luren, am second on the Heavenly Ranking!

Ouyang Feng's Serpent Staff Technique is also one of the secret techniques of White Camel Mountain.

The Serpent Fist, the Serpent Staff Technique, and the Divine Camel Snow Mountain Palm were originally the core martial arts of White Camel Manor. However, Ouyang Feng created the Toad Skill, which subtly surpassed the ancestral "snake" martial arts of White Camel Manor in his hands.

However, Ouyang Feng was also highly proficient in the other three martial arts, and he also possessed the most profound internal energy among the four great masters currently in the world...

In addition, Ouyang Feng had mastered the Serpent Staff Technique the most thoroughly of the three, and he had further developed it after learning some of what the Carefree King had taught him—after all, the staff now had two living, specially bred vipers, which naturally added many variations.

With the Serpent Staff Technique unleashed, even fighting two opponents simultaneously, he was not at a disadvantage!

However, the most dangerous aspect of this Serpent Staff Technique is that when the two vipers suddenly lunge out and bite the opponent, the specially raised vipers are more resistant to internal force than ordinary snakes. Furthermore, when making the move, Ouyang Feng himself will also exert force to protect the serpent staff. Unless the external force can break through Ouyang Feng's true energy, it will not be able to harm the two long worms coiled on the staff.

Therefore, when ordinary masters spar with Ouyang Feng, they must always be careful and save three-tenths of their strength to kill the viper!

Chu Luren had no such intention and continued to attack with all his might. Ouyang Feng snorted coldly and, after once again shattering the rainbow sword energy in Chu Luren's right hand with a swing of his staff, took advantage of Chu Luren's weakened state and secretly exerted his strength. The two snakes on his staff seemed to receive a signal and quickly sprang out from extreme stillness to extreme movement, biting Chu Luren!

Furthermore, if one could perceive the energy, it would be apparent that the reason these two snakes moved so quickly, besides their own inherent abilities, was because they borrowed Ouyang Feng's energy. With a flick of his wrist, Ouyang Feng's internal energy surged through the snakes' bodies...

However, at this moment, Chu Luren simply changed the force of his left hand, from a defensive fist stance to a grasping grip, and a huge suction force was generated. The two snakes couldn't help but shift their force to the other side, and then... their left hand transformed from a claw into a fist, forcibly dissipating the force!

Indeed, at this moment, Chu Luren's left hand was using martial arts from the "Guixu" school, while his right hand was using martial arts from the "Beiming" school.

Because the basic purpose of the "Chaos Technique" had been achieved, Chu Luren had also made up his mind during his seclusion to merge the "Kun Swimming in the Void" and the "Seven Illusory Rainbow Finger" and, under a sudden enlightenment, guided them with his own consciousness, thus reactivating the nature of the Northern Darkness system's internal energy...

At the same time, it integrates "Xiao Guixu Jin" with "Xi Xing Da Fa" and "Kong Ming Quan" - and guides the consciousness in the same way, mainly in the direction of "Luo Li Nei Jin"!

The fusion result was generally satisfactory to Chu Luren, however... after equipping both, Chu Luren also discovered another limitation of the "Three-Part Return to Origin Qi".

That is, the "techniques" equipment slots that extend from the middle dantian and the upper dantian are not for equipping other martial arts; they can only be filled with the "techniques" attached to the "qi" equipped in the middle dantian and the upper dantian.

Fortunately, the "Northern Darkness Kun-Nourishing Technique" and the "Endless Return to the Void Scripture" created by the Chu Lu people are both internal skills that possess more than one type of "technique"...

Because it incorporates the Seven Illusions Rainbow Light Finger, the Northern Darkness Force also has many techniques that generate finger power, and when used, it has the momentum of the Six Meridians Divine Sword!

To achieve the effect of "Ambidextrous Fighting Technique," one must possess both a Northern Darkness martial art and a Returning Void martial art, allowing them to be used simultaneously without interfering with each other—a point where it is less flexible than "Ambidextrous Fighting Technique."

When Chu Luren fought Ouyang Feng, he only activated the "Little Dragon Turtle Force" in the first move. That was a palm force generated from the dantian using chaotic true qi to simulate the true qi of the immortal ape. After that, the routines of his left and right hands were "Return to the Void" and "Northern Darkness".

However, Chu Luren's "Three-Part Returning to Origin Qi" is not just "Ambidextrous Fighting Technique". Now, Chu Luren's entire Qi circulates through three dantians: the lower dantian is Chaos, the middle dantian is Northern Darkness, and the upper dantian is Returning to Emptiness...

Now, Chu Luren's Tan Zhong Jiang Palace is "Bei Ming," corresponding to boundless accumulation and expansion; Ni Wan Tian Palace is "Gui Xu," symbolizing endless containment and elimination... The two can be said to complement each other. After being embedded into the two "Dan Tian" inherent in "Chaos Gong," they form a self-circulating effect, which is even better than Chu Luren imagined!

Therefore, "Three-Part Return to Origin Qi" is not a weakened version of "Ambidextrous Technique". In addition to the limited effects of "Ambidextrous Technique", "Three-Part Return to Origin Qi" has other abilities...

Chapter 300 Entanglement

In Taoist legends, Beiming refers to the seabed at the end of the North Sea, a place where sunlight cannot reach, and also generally refers to the boundless ocean, reflecting humanity's most primitive worship of the vastness of the ocean.

In Taoist legends, Guixu is a bottomless canyon on the east side of the East Sea, where endless seawater flows into. This is because the ancients did not know about the water cycle and only saw that the water of thousands of rivers flowed into the sea, but the seawater did not rise. Therefore, they imagined such a place.

Now, the Chu Lu people have embedded the "Northern Darkness Nourishing Kun Skill" and the "Return to the Void Endless Scripture" into the interconnected middle and upper dantian, and the two form a self-circulating system!

When Chu Luren unleashes his Northern Darkness True Qi, ninety percent of the dissipated true qi will be reabsorbed by "Return to the Void." "Return to the Void" not only generates suction but can also absorb dissipated foreign true qi. Although it cannot directly enhance his power, being submerged in "Northern Darkness" can accelerate Chu Luren's recovery...

Therefore, in the back and forth fighting, Chu Luren's true energy was consumed very little. Only the part that collided and annihilated with Ouyang Feng's true energy could not be recovered. However, at the same time, he was absorbing Ouyang Feng's dissipated true energy, so he hardly consumed any.

Furthermore, due to the alternation of the two, the effect of the Guixu Protective Force is even stronger than before, almost no weaker than the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill without transformation!

However, there is a slight difference between the two: "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill" is truly hard, while "Returning to the Void Protective Force" is a kind of spontaneous force that flows throughout the body.

Against attacks such as blunt weapons and internal force, the "Return to the Void Protective Force" is more effective. However, when facing real swords and blades, it performs somewhat worse than the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill".

Furthermore, based on the "Star Absorbing Technique," "Returning to the Void" can even actively deflect force.

Normal deflection techniques deflect attacks that are aimed at you to the side. However, Chu Luren can forcibly absorb the opponent's attacks, and even if the opponent does not attack, he can forcibly absorb the opponent's alien true energy and stuff it into the "Return to the Void" to render it useless!

Ouyang Feng was now facing this predicament, truly entangled with Chu Luren and unable to break free...