Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 77 The Secret of Actual Combat

With a dull "bang", Fang Yan caught Li Lianjie's arm with one hand.

A great force came from his hand, and Fang Yan had no time to feel it. He pushed his other hand forward to block the opponent's other hand that was about to hit.

Then he immediately felt the power in his hands being pulled forward and was about to be unloaded by the opponent. This was the technique of Tai Chi.

Fangyan reacted quickly. He lowered his center of gravity and leaned forward, raising his hand to deliver a half-step punch.

Facing this famous killing move, Li Lianjie remained calm. Instead of retreating, he took a step forward and pressed against Fangyan's leg, blocking his uncle's force.

Then the other hand moved forward and once again blocked Fangyan's shoulder as he was about to hit.

He blocked the force points at both ends of Fangyan's punch, which had just formed.

It is said in the boxing manual that when kicking, the hips move first, and when punching, the shoulders move first. Experts can usually judge the opponent's attack when they see the opponent's preliminary movements.

By blocking the opponent's force points, you can break the moves he was about to make. This is considered a way for masters to advance to the next level.

Li Lianjie is already a master, and he is also very familiar with the moves of Xingyiquan. When he sees Fangyan's movements, he can immediately predict what attack Fangyan will make next. In this way, he can block Fangyan's movements in advance and reduce the power of the attack.

As expected, the force of Fangyan's powerful punch was no longer enough to cause any harm to Li Lianjie.

In just a few seconds, the two completed their first test fight.

After one of his moves was broken, Fang Yan was not panicked but very excited. This was exactly the feeling he wanted.

He could have hidden his movements more covertly just now, and deliberately made obvious movements just to see Li Lianjie's reaction speed. If he was knocked down as soon as he raised his hand, the other party might not play with him.

No time to think about anything else.

The next second Fangyan felt a strong wind blowing towards his face.

Li Lianjie threw a forward punch, bringing with it the wind and hitting Fangyan on the forehead.

He was very sensible and did not hit the weak point, but instead hit the hardest part of the head.

However, Fangyan reacted faster, as if he had anticipated his move, and immediately dodged the attack by turning sideways.

But Li Lianjie had more than one trick up his sleeve. He turned around and whipped Fangyan's chin with a whip.

Fangyan had no way to avoid the punch, so he raised his shoulder and took it.

Ignoring the pain, he punched Jet Li's armpit, leaving him wide open.

But just when his fist reached halfway, it collided with Li Lianjie's other fist, and the two fists collided with a dull "bang" sound.

He anticipated the attack from the dialect again.

But at this time, Fang Yan's other hand also followed up, and a powerful punch almost followed the previous punch.

Li Lianjie was startled and retreated in a hurry. Seeing this, Fangyan immediately chased after him with a series of cannons and hammers.

Just when Fang Yan was about to catch up with him, Li Lianjie's leg kicked violently. The move was so well hidden that Fang Yan almost didn't see the preparatory movement of his hips. "Swoosh" a leg shadow forced Fang Yan back.

After regaining the upper hand, Li Lianjie immediately counterattacked with a side kick towards Fangyan's knee joint. Fangyan raised his foot to block the kick and at the same time, he punched Li Lianjie in the chest.

With a "bang", Li Lianjie was hit on the chest, but Fang Yan restrained his strength and did not hurt his internal organs.

In this confrontation, the dialect has a slight advantage.

Li Lianjie stopped immediately, stepped back, rubbed his chest, and said:

"Uncle Master, don't hold back. I can handle it."

Hearing this, Fang Yan smiled and nodded:
"Okay, then come again?"

"Come on!" Li Lianjie was still young at heart, and he showed off his Green Dragon Claw of Baguazhang with some reluctance.

Fang Yan also assumed the three-body stance of Xingyiquan, then squatted down and changed into the three-fold dragon body move, using the force to suddenly leap forward. Fang Yan's body was like a spring, and it arrived in the blink of an eye. He stepped forward and punched directly at Li Lianjie.

The distance between the two of them was only three meters, but it seemed to have been shortened to one step.

Li Lianjie's pupils shrank slightly. He didn't expect that his junior master's speed was so much faster than before.

He had no time to think about anything else and almost instinctively used the Bagua Youshen Palm.

Following Fangyan's punch, he moved to the side and struck Fangyan on the back with a palm strike. With a dull "pa" sound, Fangyan's body bent forward.

Fang Yan's face turned red, and his blood boiled at this move. He had no time to think, and subconsciously relied on the instinct in his brain to use this force to roll over and punch. In an instant, Li Lianjie was punched in the chest, and then was knocked back several steps by a force. The veins on his forehead bulged, his face turned red, and his blood boiled.

In two seconds, the two of them actually exchanged moves with each other. One was hit in the back, and the other was hit in the chest.

This time, neither of them continued, but stood there to recover.

In the third round, Li Lianjie performed exceptionally well and tied with Fang Yan.

[Ding! Divine Skill Experience System, Xingyiquan Combat Experience +10 Years]

At this moment, the long-lost system voice suddenly popped up in Fangyan's mind.

In an instant, countless experiences and thoughts appeared in his memory.

He was stunned at first, but then a look of joy appeared on his face. He had fought with Old Lu for such a long time but had never received any practical experience of blessing, yet he was blessed at this time.

He let out a long breath, and suddenly he understood: It turned out that there was no chance to think too much in actual combat.

Just now, I relied entirely on instinct and muscle memory to hit Xiao Li.

He really didn't have that many thoughts in his mind at that time.

The situation just now should be the real situation in actual combat!

The practical experience in my mind also proves this point. Actual combat is to rely on solid basic skills and physical ability, as well as those fleeting thoughts in the mind that seem like instinct, to make quick decisions.

Instead of having so many thoughts in my mind like in previous sparring.

The actual combat has a simple goal, which is to knock down or kill the opponent in the shortest time possible.

The attacks and defenses made around these goals are practical experience.

But then again, if it weren't for Xiao Li's palm, I really wouldn't have been able to throw that punch, and I might still be hitting back and forth.

"Are you okay?" Although Fang Yan felt a little pain, he knew the Taoist massage technique and rubbed the corresponding position quickly. Soon his stagnant qi and blood began to flow again. On the contrary, Xiao Li was hit by a punch and still hasn't recovered.

Fangyan took a look, stepped forward and quickly rubbed him with massage techniques, then stimulated a few acupoints, and he finally felt better.

"Junior uncle, I really didn't expect that in that state just now you could still use that strength to deliver a somersault jab. It turns out that master is right, you are better than me." Li Lianjie recovered, and while feeling his qi and blood being rubbed open, he admired Fang Yan sincerely.

The unexpected move he made just now surprised him. He thought that he would not be able to counterattack immediately after taking such a heavy blow.

When Fangyan saw him speaking, he finally felt relieved. It seemed that Xiao Li was fine after being able to speak.

He patted him on the back and said:

"Okay, that's enough for today. You have to take your time."

Li Lianjie nodded, and then he asked in a low voice:

"Little Master, was this hand massage technique also taught by Master?"

Dialect shakes his head:

"No, this is Taoist massage. I learned it from a Taoist priest when I was in the countryside. The full name is Taoist Twelve-and-a-half-Body Continuous Massage. It is one of the Taoist secret techniques. They are all first aid methods that can produce immediate results."

When Li Lianjie heard this, he immediately stopped the topic.

Fang Yan saw this and asked:

"What, you want to learn?"

Li Lianjie smiled shyly. He was actually envious of this method. He saw that Fang Yan had recovered his fighting strength just by rubbing it. If this really happened in the ring, he would have already lost. He nodded and said:
"Yes! But I know this is a secret technique..."

Before he could finish, Fang Yan smiled and said:

"What kind of secret is this? We are just friends. Once you have recovered, I will teach you tomorrow!"

Hearing this, Li Lianjie showed an expression of disbelief and surprise.

Then he heard the dialect saying:

"But then, you have to teach me some other tricks, like the move you made just now where you dodged my fist."

Hearing this, Li Lianjie nodded immediately:

"No problem! Junior Master."

(End of this chapter)