Chapter 67: One Battle Shocks the City (4)
This fierce slap directly stunned Xuan Yu, and also stunned everyone present. They had expected to see Yun Che suffer a miserable defeat or even severe injury within a few moves under Xuan Yu's hands. Not a single person imagined that their first encounter would result in Yun Che ruthlessly slapping Xuan Yu across the face... and it couldn't have been any louder!
The people from the seven sects were all stunned. The disciples and elders of the New Moon Mystic Palace were also left gawking, their minds going blank on the spot, unable to snap out of it for a long while. It wasn't until Yun Che calmly uttered the words "First move" that they suddenly woke up as if from a dream, convinced that this was actually real. Every one of them widened their eyes...
Li Hao had suffered a crushing defeat, Xia Yuanba had suffered a crushing defeat, and Xuan Yu had continuously provoked and mocked them, leaving the disciples and elders of the New Moon Mystic Palace filled with pent-up anger and humiliation, yet they had absolutely no way to salvage their dignity. But Yun Che's fierce slap made their whole bodies feel incredibly refreshed, refreshing them down to the marrow, bringing an indescribable comfort and ease. If not for the occasion, they would have wanted to burst into cheers and applause.
The seven sects, especially the people from Xuanxin Sect, looked at each other in bewilderment. Xuan Yu, a dignified Entry Xuan Realm Level 2 practitioner with the sect's Xuan Arts and Xuan Techniques, was actually slapped across the face in their very first encounter by someone at Entry Xuan Realm Level 1 with no trace of Xuan Arts... Was this a joke?
"Just now... was that a Body Movement Xuan Technique? Elder Sikong, did you see his movement clearly?" an elder from the New Moon Mystic Palace said in a low voice.
"Not at all! The movement technique he used just now, I've never even seen anything like it before." Sikong Han also whispered, his gaze towards Yun Che completely different from before.
Xuan Yu scrambled back to his feet in an extremely embarrassed state. The entire right side of his face was already swollen high, red like a monkey's backside. He had just been boasting loudly, but in the blink of an eye, he was slapped in the face in such a public setting. Xuan Yu could say he had never suffered such humiliation in his entire life. He stared fiercely at Yun Che, his gaze extremely venomous, but fortunately, he forcefully restrained himself and didn't completely lose his basic composure. He forced a smile and said, "Good, very good! I deliberately left a flaw for you to let you last a few more moves so you wouldn't be too embarrassed, but you don't know what's good for you. Prepare to bear the consequences of my anger!!"
Yun Che flicked his right hand, glanced at him disdainfully, and said, "Idiot!"
"You... you're asking for death!" Xuan Yu was completely enraged. With a low roar, he raised both hands and charged at Yun Che. Purple light flashed on both his left and right palms, then he struck out with both fists simultaneously, smashing towards Yun Che from left and right. Under the Purple Sun Art, Xuan Yu's hands possessed the force of a thousand jin.
"Junior Brother Yun, be careful!" Lan Xueruo shouted instinctively. She was sitting in the very front row and could clearly feel how much power was condensed in Xuan Yu's hands at that moment. The hearts of the disciples and elders of the New Moon Mystic Palace also tightened simultaneously... After all, Xuan Yu's strength was still there. That first encounter could very well be attributed to a momentary carelessness on his part. Now that Xuan Yu was enraged, was there any chance Yun Che could still deal with him?
"Die!" A fierce look flashed in Xuan Yu's eyes. The humiliation just now had stirred a murderous intent towards Yun Che. But of course, he didn't dare to actually kill anyone within the New Moon Mystic Palace. He was confident, however, that this punch was enough to cripple Yun Che for life!
Under the immense momentum, Yun Che seemed to be suppressed into immobility, not even assuming a blocking posture. Xuan Yu's fists directly and effortlessly smashed into Yun Che's chest, and then... passed through his body!
What... the!?
Xuan Yu's eyes bulged wide. His body also leaned forward due to inertia. At that moment, a sharp whistling of wind came from his left side...
"Pia!!!"
Another slap, louder and clearer than before, rang out crisply within the hall. Xuan Yu's body flew up again, spinning gracefully four times in the air, then landed face-first on the ground, eating dirt heavily. His left cheek was also swollen high, turning as red as blood.
"Second move." Yun Che gently blew on the back of his own left hand and said nonchalantly.
The disciples of the New Moon Mystic Palace all had their eyes wide open, and the word "Holy shit!" echoed in unison in their minds.
If the first time could be explained by carelessness, luck, or coincidence, then this second time absolutely could not be explained by those words.
Li Hao, who had been defeated by Xuan Yu, hadn't left but was being carried to the back for treatment. He watched with his own eyes as Xuan Yu was slapped flying again. His entire face flushed with excitement, so thrilled that he couldn't even feel the sharp pain in his body. He shouted in an out of control manner, "A good hit! That's fucking satisfying!! That's such a relief!"
"Heh heh!" The senior brother treating him was Li Hao's cousin, named Li Haoran. Hearing Li Hao's words, he chuckled and said leisurely, "Haozi, looking at you, it's clear your level of insight isn't up to par. Junior Brother Yun didn't just hit well, hit satisfyingly, or hit with relief—he hit with exquisite skill! Look at Xuan Yu's face. The first slap made his right cheek look like a monkey's ass. The second slap made his left cheek look like a monkey's ass. And the color, the swelling shape, position, and height are practically identical to the right cheek. That's called symmetry! Now look at Xuan Yu's face—it suddenly looks much more coordinated, doesn't it! Those weren't just two simple slaps; they were a perfect art of slapping, demanding extremely high standards of force, position, and angle. Definitely not something an ordinary person could pull off. Ineffably wonderful, ineffably wonderful!"
"Pfft..."
Li Haoran's voice wasn't soft. Most of the people in the hall heard him clearly, and quite a few collapsed on the spot. Some disciples of the Mystic Palace even pressed their hands to their stomachs, barely suppressing their laughter, and gave Li Haoran a thumbs up.
"Ha... haha..." Although laughing made his internal organs ache intensely, Li Hao laughed especially heartily. "Heh, as expected, cousin has a higher level of insight... No matter what, whether Junior Brother Yun wins or loses in the end, I've decided to make friends with him!"
Xuan Yu scrambled back to his feet once again, extremely embarrassed. He forcibly swallowed three teeth mixed with bloody saliva. He stared wide-eyed at Yun Che, as if wanting to tear him apart with his glare. At the same time, his heart trembled in shock... How did he appear to my left just now? His body was clearly still in its original place! Twice now, I clearly hit him, yet I missed both times! Could it be that something is wrong with my eyes?
Or is it a Body Movement Xuan Technique? But how could such a Body Movement Xuan Technique exist?!
Mo Li had told Yun Che that as long as "Star God Remnant Shadow" was trained to the first level, one could remain undefeated against two opponents of the same level. Trained to the third level, one could escape unscathed from an opponent five levels higher. "Star God Remnant Shadow" had a total of eight levels. Mo Li had currently cultivated it to the sixth level, able to shatter into six indistinguishable phantom images. Yun Che had now cultivated it to the first level, only able to shatter into one phantom image. However, although it was only the first level, this was, after all, a Body Movement Xuan Technique from Mo Li! How could it be compared to ordinary Movement Techniques? Not to mention Xuan Yu, who was at the Entry Xuan Realm, the Palace Masters and elders in the hall who were as strong as Spirit Xuan Realm or Earth Xuan Realm basically couldn't see Yun Che's movements clearly. The shock in their hearts was far greater than that of the young disciples.
"How do the teeth taste?" Yun Che narrowed his eyes and taunted without mercy.
"Heh... hehe..." Xuan Yu wiped the corner of his mouth but laughed instead. "Yun Che, you're the first person to make me this embarrassed. So, you will die very miserably, very miserably..."
Before Xuan Yu could finish his harsh words, he suddenly saw Yun Che's figure flicker, charging towards him. His eyes darkened, and his arms abruptly swept in a half-arc in front of him. This time, he had learned his lesson, directly enveloping the three directions of front, left, and right with his Purple Sun Art. No matter which position Yun Che suddenly moved to, as soon as he touched Xuan Yu's Purple Sun Xuan Qi, he would instantly receive a powerful counterattack. He was confident that one move... just one move was enough to smash Yun Che to the ground, unable to get up.
The moment Yun Che's figure touched the Purple Sun Xuan Qi in front of him, it disappeared as before. Xuan Yu's face darkened, and he instantly concentrated his attention on the left and right... But this time, the sharp wind came whistling down from above.
Bang!!
Yun Che, having shattered his shadow to the space above, fiercely kicked Xuan Yu right in the right eye, sending his body into a backward somersault on the spot. He landed once again face-first on the ground, a bloody tooth flying out directly. When Yun Che's foot landed, he almost stepped on Xuan Yu's head. He cast a sidelong glance downward and said calmly, "Third move!"
"You bastard... ah!!"
Bang!!
Just as Xuan Yu was about to get up, Yun Che unexpectedly kicked out, catching Xuan Yu in the left eye, sending his half-risen body into another somersault. Both eyes instantly turned into panda eyes.
"Didn't your master teach you to stay focused at all times?... Fourth move!"
"Ughh... I'll kill you!!"
His entire face was red and swollen, both eye sockets black and blue. Xuan Yu's originally handsome face had now become neither human nor ghost, utterly miserable. He stood up, his already terrifying face now full of ferocity, releasing all his Xuan power wildly, almost as if he had gone mad.
"Purple Sun Thousand Illusion Hands!!"
Xuan Yu let out a hoarse roar and charged at Yun Che, both arms turning almost completely purple under the Purple Sun Art.
"That's one of the ultimate moves of Xuanxin Sect... Purple Sun Thousand Illusion Hands! Yun Che, be careful!" Sikong Han suddenly stood up and shouted in alarm.
Xuan Yu's arms swung rapidly, conjuring countless purple shadows that wildly enveloped Yun Che's entire body. Yun Che did not retreat or dodge. His eyes narrowed into slits, and he extended his right arm, threading it through the layers of purple shadows, landing a moderate blow on Xuan Yu's elbow.
"The Purple Sun Art of this Xuanxin Sect condenses Qi through the Purple Sun, Talisman Center, and Heavenly Pond meridians in the left and right arms, with the Purple Sun Meridian as the core. Strike his Purple Sun Meridian, and the Purple Sun Art will directly collapse, causing his entire Xuan Qi to temporarily become chaotic. At the same time, when the Purple Sun Art is activated, the defensive Xuan power at the position two inches above his chest, connecting to the Purple Sun Meridian, will be completely channeled into the Purple Sun Meridian, leaving that spot completely defenseless!"
This was what Mo Li had told him just now.
The spot Yun Che struck was precisely Xuan Yu's Purple Sun Meridian.
Instantly, Xuan Yu's entire arm went numb. All the purple aura vanished in a moment, and his entire Xuan Qi became chaotic, causing his body to briefly stiffen. And in that brief instant, Yun Che closed in, driving his elbow fiercely into the spot slightly above the center of Xuan Yu's chest.
Crack!!
Xuan Yu's sternum directly fractured and dislocated. His entire body flew out like a leaf in the wind. As he flew backward, he spat a jet of blood, then fell to the ground like a sandbag. His body twitched twice, and he could no longer stand.
"Fifth move... Hmph. This Brother Xuan Yu of Xuanxin Sect really keeps his word. He said he would let me win in five moves, and sure enough, he let me win in exactly five moves—not one more, not one less. Brother Xuan Yu's commitment to his word is truly admirable."
"You..." Xuan Yu pointed a finger at Yun Che, his whole body trembling, but only managed to say the word "you" before his eyes rolled back, his head lolled to the side, and he directly passed out. Whether it was from injury or rage was unclear.
"Xuan Yu!"
The disciples of Xuanxin Sect were all greatly startled. Two people quickly stepped forward, supporting Xuan Yu's fallen body and fed him three pills in succession. One of them looked up at Yun Che and said angrily, "This was supposed to be a friendly spar between peers, yet you struck so viciously! If anything happens to Xuan Yu, our Xuanxin Sect will not let you off."
"Oh? I don't understand what you're saying." Yun Che said with a cold smile. "Although it's a spar, weapons have no eyes, and fists and feet are hard to control. It's not uncommon for injuries or even deaths to occur during sparring when one fails to pull their strikes. A little injury is perfectly normal. How was I supposed to know that you Xuanxin Sect disciples are so fragile—just five moves and you're already breaking bones and spitting blood? Instead of blaming your own sect's disciple for being useless, you come pointing fingers at me?"
Yun Che returned the arrogant and provocative words Xuan Yu had said after injuring Li Hao and Xia Yuanba, giving back exactly what was owed... It wasn't just a bunch of words he returned, but also a resounding slap in the face.
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1. Yesterday the lowest temperature was still above ten degrees, but today it's directly down to two degrees... I went out without preparation and got hit, feeling drowsy and having a headache all day. I really can't manage to type more today, only one chapter. I will make up with three chapters tomorrow... If I haven't recovered by tomorrow, then it will be the day after.
2. Missing person notice: Classmate "Yuzhongxue," you're the only one who hasn't reported your measurements. Please add Arbiter Xiaoqi's QQ: 876138691 and report your measurements! Hmm... Star Clan custom T-shirt... Z S