In the anime, I am in Kengan, and I am studying abroad in Baki

39. Killing Skills and Fighting Skills

Li Youba felt like he was dreaming.

She dreamed that the horse she was very optimistic about and had bet a lot of money on fell down hard just when it was about to win the race and never got up again, causing her to lose all her fortune!

She lay on the ground, filled with regret.

But at this moment, an extremely terrifying aura erupted beside her.

Then...

Of course she was startled awake!

"what--!"

Li Youba sat up immediately and saw two men confronting each other not far away.

"Yuba, you finally woke up."

Shinomiya Kaguya, who was beside Li Youba, breathed a sigh of relief, while Li Youba was very confused about the current situation.

"Boss, what's going on now?"

"You lost the fight, and then Lord Wu Wei saved us."

As she said this, Kaguya Shinomiya, who had always given Li Youba the impression of being an ice cube, showed a clear smile on her face.

"This is Wu Wei."

Li Youba suddenly understood.

She herself had indeed never met Wu Wei.

But during the time when she worked as a bodyguard for her employer Kaguya Shinomiya, although there were only Kaguya Shinomiya, Hayasaka Ai and her living together, a total of three people, Li Yuba always felt that there was a fourth person living with them.

And this person is Wu Wei!

There's no way, Kaguya Shinomiya is the one who mentions Wu Wei every day.

Hayasaka Ai was not that diligent, but every time Shinomiya Kaguya mentioned Wu Wei, she was able to join in the conversation, and even had some unique information and understanding of her own.

This allowed Li Youba to have a lot of knowledge about Wu Wei's age, height, weight, deeds, and even personality without even knowing Wu Wei.

The most familiar stranger... maybe this is what it means.

Then she would naturally be curious about Wu Wei.

So compared to the previous nightmare and the loss of the battle, now she, like Shinomiya Kaguya and Hayasaka Ai, was focused on the two men who were confronting each other.

While she was grateful to Wu Wei for saving them, she also wanted to see what kind of powerful guy Wu Wei was, who was praised to the sky by her employer.

...

"Have you had a good rest?"

Wu Wei looked at Nikaidou Ren, who distanced herself from him as soon as they separated and was nervously posing. He just stood there casually, smiling casually, looking like an ordinary person who had accidentally walked into a battle.

But Nikaidou Ren did not dare to be careless at all.

After all, even if his Qilong's first stage · Void and second stage · Illusion didn't hit the man in front of him, the third stage · Light, which was his full-strength strength, was indeed easily taken on by him with one hand!

He is strong!

This is the only thing that is beyond doubt!

So Nikaido Ren, whose condition was already not good, had gone through two consecutive battles and used Qilong, and he had the same idea as Li Youba before.

That is to use conversation to delay time and take the opportunity to restore physical strength!

"It's okay... But you could have taken care of me with that move just now, but you let me distance myself from you. I have to say, you are the most arrogant guy I have ever met."

"And you asked me to give up martial arts—this is the first time I've heard such an evaluation."

"You should have been watching the whole time. You've seen Qilong before, but you still say that. Could it be that you're very strong, but your eyesight is not good?"

Nikaidou Ren sneered.

"Qilong is undoubtedly the most powerful martial art!"

"Anyone familiar with Chinese martial arts should know that in today's world, many fighting techniques rely on reaction time from the very first strike, and that finding an opportunity during a match can eliminate the opponent with a single strike."

"Martial arts that require you to 'open the door' before striking your opponent's vital points, even at a fast pace, have been eliminated by the times!"

"Martial arts are a slower technique than modern fighting techniques!"

"But Chiron is different!"

"Although Qilong generally has three moves, the first one disables the opponent, and the second and third moves are performed simultaneously, and as long as they hit, they can eliminate the enemy!"

"It can be said that the fight ends with the first move, and there's no need to strictly find the timing like in modern martial arts."

"You could say Chilong is a martial art that's faster than modern fighting techniques!"

"This is the ultimate form of martial arts!"

After hearing what Nikaidou Ren said, Li Yuba, who was watching the game, was a little dazed.

She also noticed that martial arts were slower than modern fighting techniques.

That's why she entered the underground fighting world and brought techniques like stepping on toes and tickling eyes to the ring, thus speeding up martial arts!

But unlike her, Wu Wei shook his head slightly.

"Since you think so, let me put you in the situation you mentioned."

"Modern fighting techniques... well, let's use boxing as an example."

"You said that once you find an opportunity, you can strike it in one blow. So let's assume that the boxer finds this opportunity right away, and then he hits the enemy's vitals with one blow, knocking him unconscious on the spot..."

When they heard Wu Wei say this, although they didn't understand what he meant, Nikaido Ren, Li Yuba, and even Shinomiya Kaguya and Hayasaka Ai, all had the same picture in their minds.

In the boxing ring, when a boxer knocks out his opponent with one punch, he has already won.

But Wu Wei suddenly spoke when they had this thought.

"...So what's next?"

Ok?

"What's next? Didn't the boxer already win?"

"Won?"

When Wu Wei heard what Nikaidou Ren said, he was even more surprised than him.

"Even if a punch hits a vital spot, how many boxers can guarantee that this punch will kill the enemy directly?"

"And the enemy isn't dead, which doesn't count as a win in martial arts."

Wu Wei's words made Nikaido Ren and Li Yuba's eyes widen instantly.

They both knew martial arts, so they had already reacted, but Shinomiya Kaguya and Hayasaka Ai still didn't understand.

Fortunately, Wu Wei continued speaking.

"Ultimately, martial arts and modern fighting techniques pursue different results."

"In modern martial arts, knocking the enemy unconscious is the winner. That's the rule, and that's what they pursue. Techniques that are more in line with the rules are naturally faster within the rules."

"But as for martial arts, you can tell from the many times they've been banned throughout history. Their goal isn't to make the opponent lie on the ground, but to actually kill them!"

"And even if you knock the enemy unconscious with one punch, in the pursuit of martial arts, you still have to walk over, lean over, or step on the opponent's vital points with your feet to complete the attack."

"In this case, the fastest time would be two moves."

"And these two moves require you to finish off the enemy lying on the ground."

"What about martial arts?"

"The so-called opening is to break through the opponent's defense, and many openings involve destroying the opponent's balance. Ultimately, the purpose is to allow your attack to reach the opponent's vital points while the opponent is standing, thus killing them cleanly before they fall!"

"If you calculate it this way, how exactly are modern fighting techniques faster than martial arts?"

Wu Wei looked at Nikaidou Ren and shook his head slightly.

"Even if you combine the second and third moves of your Qilong technique into one, and change the third move from a powerful punch to a direct strike to the vital points, the final effect will be the same as a martial art that can finish off the enemy with just two moves."

"At best, it's more stable against weaker opponents than other martial arts—but it's also more difficult to practice."

"If you say this is a very clever move, I won't deny it."

"I even agree with the concept of winning by surprise. As a surprise move, it completely qualifies."

"But if you say this move is the ultimate form of martial arts..."

Wu Wei looked down at Nikaidou Ren, and his originally casual voice became serious for the first time.

"...What's the point of a martial art that can only be used to bully the weak?"

......

40. You are a thousand years too early!

"What did you say!?"

When Nikaidou Ren heard Wu Wei's comments, he frowned and widened his eyes. Anyone could see his anger.

At the same time, he took a deep breath, lowered his center of gravity again, put his hands together in front of him, and assumed Qilong's starting stance.

This move seemed to give him immense confidence, so much so that he looked directly at Wu Wei and challenged him.

"Although your understanding of martial arts speed did help me get out of my original dead end and stop being so stubborn, if you say Qilong is a martial art specifically for dealing with the weak...then you should try it yourself!"

Nikaidou Ren said this, but he showed no sign of letting his guard down.

He knew that the man in front of him had seen Qi Long once before.

When he dealt with Li Youba before, he detonated the air he was pressing in his hands the moment she stepped into the distance of 1.5 meters.

At that time, people were mainly worried that Li Youba, who had learned a hundred arts, might have some unique skills.

But now it seems...I was careless!

This man must have judged the range of Qilong's first stage.

Humph... this is the source of your confidence in looking down on Qilong!

But Qilong is not just a simple martial art...

Just when Nikaido Ren was thinking about this, Wu Wei interrupted him.

"Okay."

Wu Wei agreed to Nikaido Ren's provocation very straightforwardly.

And it seemed that the situation that Nikaido Ren had imagined, that Wu Wei would fight him in a distance battle, did not occur.

Amidst everyone's surprised gazes, Wu Wei took the initiative to approach Nikaidou Ren and came within 1.5 meters of him!

"I just saw your Qilong. The farthest distance is about 1.5 meters, so I should be within your attack range. Why, aren't you going to start your performance?"

He actually called Qilong a performance!

Nikaidou Ren's facial features were distorted with anger once again.

But he did not take action on the spot under the control of anger.

Seeing him like this, Wu Wei continued speaking.

"Your Heavenly Wolf Fist's Qilong is divided into three stages. At first glance, the second stage, instant hypnosis, is the core of the entire move. Because only when instant hypnosis is successful can the opponent be kept defenseless for a long time."

"In the third phase, even if we don't use a powerful punch, and instead use other killing moves, it's totally fine."

"But actually, the real core is the explosion in the first stage."

Wu Wei's words made Li Youba fall into deep thought, and although Nikaido Ren's expression was no longer angry and distorted, his heart sank a little.

Because Wu Wei...he was right!

"That's understandable. If instant hypnosis were truly that convenient, then there would be plenty of martial arts moves that require close proximity to the opponent. If being close enough could hypnotize the opponent, then there wouldn't be any need to put instant hypnosis in the second stage."

"So the truth behind this move is this—the first-stage explosion sound is used to dispel the opponent's will, causing tinnitus, dizziness, and nervousness... something like that. This is the basis for the success of instant hypnosis."