Chapter 197: Outdated Hong Clan’s Long Fist
Seeing Liu Chongyun wipe his cold sweat and leave, Chu Nan curled his lips and was a little dissatisfied.
He had just felt a little natural and natural when he experienced the realm of “If the intent moves, the fist will move” like the first time he practiced the Hong Clan’s Long Fist. Just as he was about to take the opportunity to increase his understanding of external martial techniques, he did not expect that this guy would actually be unable to endure it and admit defeat. It was really not satisfying.
Of course, through fighting with the eight martial arts students, including this guy called Liu Chongyun, Chu Nan had clearly improved in external martial arts techniques. It could not be said that he had gained nothing.
Compared to the beginning, he was still limited by the habit of always using the Hong Clan’s Long Fist, causing his fist, footwork, and leg technique to be a little stiff. The current Chu Nan had basically not been limited by this. He had fused the Hong Clan’s Long Fist, Imperial Wind Steps, and the Wind God’s Forest Crossing Leg Technique into every move and move of his without any difficulty.
However, it was during this improvement and comprehension that Chu Nan discovered a fact that made him feel very helpless.
It had to be said that the evaluation of the various martial techniques in the “Pan Milky Way Martial Skill Evaluation” made sense.
The Wind God’s Forest Crossing Leg Technique was indeed worthy of being a B-rank martial technique. Not only was the move exquisite, but Chu Nan could easily fuse it with his Internal Breath and unleash a powerful force. It could even produce a special effect of bringing about a cyclone and infecting the airflow. It could be said to be extremely powerful.
On the other hand, the Imperial Wind Steps was only a C-rank martial technique. Although the footwork was indeed exquisite, if he wanted to use it to complement the Wind God’s Forest Crossing Leg Technique, it would always make Chu Nan feel a little awkward and unable to perfectly combine them.
Perhaps he could rely on his powerful data ability to make some improvements according to his situation in the future, but Chu Nan was certain that he still could not perfectly fuse the Imperial Wind Steps with the Wind God’s Forest Crossing Leg Technique.
If he wanted to do this, he had to at least obtain a movement technique of the same level as the Wind God’s Forest Crossing Leg Technique.
As for the Hong Clan’s Long Fist…
Chu Nan had to admit that the Hong Clan’s Long Fist was really a little outdated compared to the current him…
This fist technique that he had obtained with only 5,000 federation coins was indeed very magical. It allowed him to mobilize his Internal Breath when he was at the Overlord Body Realm with his data ability and defeat many opponents who were several levels higher than him.
However, in order to successfully mobilize his Internal Breath with this fist technique, Chu Nan could only use the Hong Clan’s Long Fist in a basic fixed posture every time he faced an enemy.
Not only was this extremely lacking in changes, but it also forced Chu Nan to often choose to fight the enemy head-on. In the end, he relied on the powerful Internal Breath that erupted from the Nine Revolutions Technique to resolve the battle.
This was not a big problem in low-level battles, but in high-level battles, the martial techniques grasped by the enemy were stronger. It was very difficult for Chu Nan to find a chance to fight head-on.
Most importantly, Chu Nan had already broken through to the Internal Breath Realm. With all the meridians in his body opened, his Internal Breath could be circulated everywhere in his body at will. The greatest advantage of the Hong Clan’s Long Fist to help Chu Nan mobilize his Internal Breath no longer existed.
In this way, the greatest meaning of the Hong Clan’s Long Fist to Chu Nan was gone. The flaw of its simple moves and lack of variations was exposed.
To the current Chu Nan, he could easily carry powerful Internal Breath with a casual move, so why should he be limited to the three stances and twelve moves of the Hong Clan’s Long Fist?
In the previous eight consecutive battles, Chu Nan had fully recognized this problem. Therefore, in the last battle with Liu Chongyun, he simply forced himself to forget the three stances and twelve moves of the Hong Clan’s Long Fist. He only relied on his powerful data ability to adjust his fist palm posture according to the situation at that time and adjust his Internal Breath, but it still displayed extraordinary effects.
In the end, coupled with the Imperial Wind Steps and the Wind God’s Forest Crossing Leg Technique, Chu Nan basically did not spend much effort to easily defeat Liu Chongyun.
However, discovering this fact made Chu Nan sigh and feel helpless.
He sighed because the Hong Clan’s Long Fist had accompanied him for so long and helped him defeat opponent after opponent. Now, he was going to ruthlessly abandon it. What was helpless was that he discovered that other than the Hong Clan’s Long Fist, he had not grasped any passable fist, palm, or other external martial techniques.
Or to put it bluntly, other than the Imperial Wind Steps and the Wind God’s Forest Crossing Leg Technique, his external martial technique was completely blank.
The reason why he could suppress his opponent in battle previously was mainly because he could rely on his powerful data ability to determine his opponent’s moves in advance and deal with them correctly.
However, as his level increased and his horizons broadened, he realized that relying on his data ability could not resolve all problems.
With Xue Zhengming’s Flowing Cloud Indefinite Palm and the strange movement technique that Brax had grasped, if their grasp of these two martial techniques was deeper, Chu Nan would definitely not win easily.
Just as he thought of this, he saw Xue Zhengming.
“Chu Nan, I heard that you want to challenge me?” The crowd made way and Xue Zhengming walked out and stood in front of Chu Nan with his head raised.
Chu Nan glanced at him and hesitated.
From the situation of his previous battle with Xue Zhengming, this guy was at most a second-stage Internal Breath Realm Martial Artist. With Chu Nan’s current strength, if he attacked with his full strength, he would definitely be able to easily deal with him.
However, Chu Nan’s original intention in coming here was only to obtain more comprehension from the Flowing Cloud Indefinite Palm that Xue Zhengming used. It was not to specially defeat him. If he used his full strength and caused Xue Zhengming to be defeated, it would be meaningless.
However, if he did not attack with all his might, how could the surrounding martial arts students not see it?
In their eyes, this would only make them feel that Chu Nan was deliberately insulting the Flowing Cloud Martial Arts Hall and would definitely be even angrier.
This also went against Chu Nan’s original intention.
“How can I fight Xue Zhengming longer while fully experiencing the Flowing Cloud Indefinite Palm?” Chu Nan muttered in his mind.
Seeing that Chu Nan did not speak, Xue Zhengming was slightly angry. However, he saw Jiang Liu nodding at him and took a deep breath before continuing.
“Chu Nan, you defeated Brax in front of everyone last time, proving that your strength should be at least equivalent to a fourth-stage Internal Breath Realm Martial Artist, right?”
Chu Nan still looked at him and did not understand why Xue Zhengming suddenly mentioned this.
“I was able to defeat Brax last time because he underestimated me. If he fights me seriously, I’m afraid I might not be able to win,” Chu Nan said sincerely.
“No matter what, you have the ability to face a fourth-stage Internal Breath Realm Martial Artist head-on. As for me, I’m only a second-stage Internal Breath Realm Martial Artist until now. Aren’t you afraid that others will laugh at you for coming to challenge me like this?” Xue Zhengming said.
Hearing this, Chu Nan and the surrounding martial arts students were stunned.
What Xue Zhengming said made sense, but it sounded like he was showing weakness…
“This… if that’s what you think, that’s true. That’s right.” Chu Nan thought for a moment and nodded.
Seeing that Chu Nan actually admitted it without any hesitation, Xue Zhengming was even angrier. However, he glanced at Jiang Liu beside him and forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart. He tried his best to maintain his calm and continued, “Of course, as a disciple of the martial arts hall, it’s impossible for me to avoid the battle because of this. Otherwise, others will say that I’m afraid of you. However, in order to avoid being laughed at, I have a suggestion. I wonder if you’re willing to listen?”
“Oh?” Chu Nan was very interested, “Tell me.”
“I accept your challenge, but in this battle, neither of us will use our Internal Breath. We’ll purely rely on external martial techniques to win. What do you think?”