The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 234 Why did my cultivation level regress?
The bright moon in the sky is like a mirror, casting silver light on the earth.

The earth and mountains were wrapped in a layer of light and misty moonlight. Even the trees had clear shadows, and the stones had thick outlines spreading on the ground.

The two of them stood in an open space between several ancient trees.

Zhang Sanfeng stroked his beard lightly, with a Taoist air: "My friend, please help!"

"I'm sorry!" Xu Xingchen's face became serious. He put the Dragon Slaying Sword in his left hand behind his back in a beautiful circle. The moment he raised his right hand, he was already three feet in front of Zhang Sanfeng.

Zhang Sanfeng suddenly raised his right arm in front of his chest, and his broad palm blocked the incoming attack.

Bang!
The muffled sound was like a sudden thunderclap, which created a circle of sharp and violent wind, making the two people's clothes rustle and their hair flutter.

A lot of old fallen leaves on the ground were suddenly stirred up, tumbling, spinning, and flying in all directions in various postures.

Xu Xingchen raised his eyebrows, feeling something strange from this palm attack, but it was not quite clear.

"Come again!"

His arm shook, and as if it had a phantom, seven palm prints appeared in the air at the same time, hitting Zhang Sanfeng's face, throat, chest, shoulders, lower abdomen and other seven places.

Every palm force is the result of internal energy, which is neither revealed nor revealed, yet as heavy and solid as a mountain.

Zhang Sanfeng also launched seven palm strikes, blocking all of Xu Xingchen's attacks.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Seven muffled sounds rang out in the air, and amid the strong wind, Xu Xingchen's surprised voice rang out: "This is impossible."

The two men's figures began to change and turn, and their palms continued to hit in succession.

Xu Xingchen's figure was getting faster and faster, and he was spinning faster and faster. Soon he surpassed Zhang Sanfeng's speed and launched a fierce attack from all directions like a whirlwind.

Zhang Sanfeng's speed was neither fast nor slow, and every punch and kick was powerful and resounding. Every time he attacked, he could block several attacks from the surroundings.

The whole process is like an iron fist breaking several cotton fists. It is a magical change from quantity to quality.

But how could Xu Xingchen's attack be a cotton fist?

Although his palm technique was not his best martial art, he could still easily do things like breaking tree stumps, splitting monuments and cracking rocks.

Moreover, his martial arts skills are unparalleled in the world. He has defeated countless powerful enemies in the world and killed the two extremely powerful Xuanming Elders. He is recognized by the world as an invincible strong man. No matter what, his fist and palm attacks cannot be reduced to the level of being "soft as cotton".

But that's where the weirdness of the matter lies.

After several rounds of fierce fighting, he felt more and more that every punch and palm of Zhang Sanfeng were as solid as steel, which made his palms numb and his arms tremble. It seemed as if he was not fighting with a flesh-and-blood person, but colliding with an iron warrior.

Suddenly, Xu Xingchen's right palm was wrapped in thick black true energy. He blew up the air with one palm and slapped the old Taoist in front of him hard.

He used the "heavy" property change of Yin-Yang Qi. With the help of this Qi attribute, his palm strength will increase dramatically, becoming several times stronger, heavier, and more powerful.

Zhang Sanfeng's figure flashed, and a big tree behind him that he could embrace with his arms suddenly broke in half with a "crack", and countless tiny wood fibers and chips flew everywhere.

With a dull bang, a tall and rugged rock shook violently, and the upper half broke into dozens of pieces, shooting forward, and a sound like rain hitting banana leaves was heard in the woods ahead.

Bang bang bang.
The black palm prints exploded the air, and densely packed marks left their mark on the void, but they could never hit the gray-white figure that seemed to be moving slowly but was actually fast.

After dodging several moves, Zhang Sanfeng laughed and said, "My dear friend, would you like to take another palm strike from me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he clapped his palm again. There was no splendor of true energy wrapped around it, but only the breadth and strength formed by five fingers put together.

Bang!
The flesh palm and the "black" palm collided with each other, and the black true energy that enveloped Xu Xingchen was like a magnificent castle built of sand. It was hit by the sea tide and waves, and immediately collapsed and shattered.

Xu Xingchen's figure flashed, his feet landed a few feet away, with a look of doubt on his face: "Master Zhang, why is your strength so great? I feel that your body is stronger than a young man like me."

"You feel it?" Zhang Sanfeng said with a smile, "Yes, I am indeed stronger than you young people. Besides that, what else do you feel?"

Xu Xingchen said uncertainly: "I can still feel your true energy, it seems... a little strange."

"Haha, come again! Come again!"

Zhang Sanfeng challenged him with a smile, and this time he took the initiative and threw a punch with such force that it was like a stone bullet thrown from a catapult.

Xu Xingchen took it with one hand, and the true energy lingering in his hand was dispersed again. An extremely powerful force passed through his palm and arm and was transmitted to his body. His whole body trembled violently and he involuntarily took a few steps back.

Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Zhang Sanfeng threw out three consecutive punches, and Xu Xingchen blocked them three times. Each time, his true energy was dispersed, and he had to take a few steps back each time.

After three punches, Xu Xingchen, who was constantly retreating, slammed his back against a big tree. When Zhang Sanfeng punched again, Xu Xingchen's figure turned into an illusory cloud and suddenly flowed to a distance of three meters away.

Bang!
The big tree trembled slightly, and a handful of wood chips and wood cores seemed to be ammunition fired from a cannon barrel, shooting out several feet away. A hole as big as a bowl appeared on the solid tree that the two people hugged.

As Zhang Sanfeng slowly retracted his fist, Xu Xingchen discovered with sharp eyes that the hole that could be seen from one side to the other was round and smooth, as if there was not a single broken edge or bump.

Perhaps it was because the moonlight was not bright enough that the scene he saw was somewhat distorted.
Even so, Xu Xingchen still felt a little surprised.

It is easy for a martial artist with high martial arts skills to break a tree with his fist or palm, but the difficulty of penetrating the trunk of a tree without letting it fall increases exponentially.

A person who cultivates true Qi.
There are the Mysterious Dark Palm and the Ice Palm that can freeze the enemy into a lump of ice.

There is the Seven Injury Fist that can drill into the enemy's body and explode the liver, kidneys and internal organs.

There are Eagle Claw Skill, Dragon Claw Hand, and Vajra Finger which are so sharp that they can kill or bring death to tigers and leopards.

There is a Nine Yin Bone Claw that can pierce the enemy's skull
There is also the Sunflower Qi that increases speed, and the Star-Absorbing Qi that devours the enemy's Qi.
But those are the attributes of true Qi, and they are powerful attacks brought about by the changes in the properties of true Qi.

It was really too powerful for someone like Zhang Sanfeng to punch through a tree with one punch, relying solely on the strength of his physical body without using his true energy.

"Your light body technique is pretty good!" Zhang Sanfeng turned around and praised him. Seeing that Xu Xingchen was still frowning, he said, "Why, you haven't figured out anything yet, or you still don't believe it?"

"Come on, come on, let's continue fighting!"

With a flash of his body, Zhang Sanfeng arrived in front of Xu Xingchen and punched him repeatedly, turning him into an ethereal white cloud.

In a trance, moving back and forth suddenly, being here the last moment, and appearing in another direction the next moment.

White clouds danced and swirled around Zhang Sanfeng, as if it were real and illusory, making Zhang Sanfeng's fists miss every time, as if they were hitting the air.

"Hahahaha, this battle is becoming more and more interesting!"

Zhang Sanfeng laughed loudly, with a bright light in his eyes like lightning. He turned around suddenly and punched the air near the white cloud.

A hand stretched out and blocked the fist. The cloud trembled, revealing the blurry figure of Xu Xingchen.

The blurry figure disappeared in a flash and soon turned into a misty cloud.

However, as Zhang Sanfeng continued to bombard with punch after punch, the vague figure of Xu Xingchen appeared again and again in the misty clouds.

After a few punches, Xu Xingchen came out of the Cloud Escape state, looked at Zhang Sanfeng in surprise, and exclaimed: "Master Zhang, you are the first person who can see through my Cloud Escape body skills. I admire you."

Zhang Sanfeng stopped and said, "Your body movements are both extremely fast and illusory, and can confuse people's vision and make them unable to catch your true figure. No one can beat you when facing other martial artists in the world."

"But my mental power is extraordinary and unique, but your physical skills cannot deceive my eyes!"

Then he asked again: "This time, did you see anything?"

Xu Xingchen had the urge to grab the back of his head, with an uncertain look on his face: "You haven't used your true energy, it seems you are using internal force?"

"Hahahaha!" Zhang Sanfeng laughed happily: "You finally figured it out, hahaha, is it hard to believe your own judgment? Have you always been afraid to make a conclusion?! Hahahaha"

Hearing this response, the usually calm Xu Xingchen's eyes widened instantly. He looked as surprised as the foreign people who heard about the Eagle Sauce landing on the moon for the first time. His face was full of suspicion: "Master Zhang, you didn't lie to me, did you really use internal force? Where is your true energy?"

At this moment, not only was Xu Xingchen quite surprised, even the six Wudang heroes who were watching the battle not far away were all shocked and looked incredulous.

Their master seldom had the opportunity to take action in the past few decades, but when he saved Xiao Wuji several years ago and later treated Xiao Wuji's injuries and kept him warm, he still displayed a mighty and unparalleled pure Yang Qi.

Two years ago, you suddenly decided to go into seclusion to practice, saying that you had some insights and wanted to create a new martial art to serve as the foundation for our Wudang Sect.

Why after two years of seclusion, my cultivation level has deteriorated? !

The true energy retreats back into the internal force.
For a person who practices martial arts, it is like falling from a top fighter who dominates everyone to a skilled fighter who can only roam around in a small area.

If any warrior in the martial arts world encountered this situation, it would be an extremely tragic event.

But the Six Heroes of Wudang and Xu Xingchen only heard endless joy in Zhang Sanfeng's laughter, without any sadness or despair.

They racked their brains to figure out what was going on with this abnormal situation.

Why is the practice regressing like this?

What kind of closed-door training is this? !
(End of this chapter)