The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 209 Battle against Qiu Chuji

Qiu Chuji was also surprised by the reactions of Qu Lingfeng and the others. He immediately realized that he had said something wrong, but he didn't understand why.

However, this Taoist priest, who had cultivated Taoism his whole life, could not change his competitive nature. He had not enjoyed his fight with Qu Lingfeng very much, and when he heard Wu Chengyu challenge him to a battle, he immediately became excited.

He pointed his long sword and said, "Quanzhen Sect, Qiu Chuji."

Wu Chengyu took two steps forward, raised his right hand, palm facing backward, and assumed the starting stance of the doctor from Baozhilin.

"Wu Chengyu, an unknown nobody in the martial arts world."

Qiu Chuji stopped wasting words and immediately launched his most stable and ruthless attack, the Dingyang Needle, aimed directly at Wu Chengyu's chest acupoint, Tanzhong. He concentrated all his power into his longsword, which, though not fast, firmly locked onto Wu Chengyu, giving the impression that the sword would hit its mark and that there would be no regrets.

This was the first expert Wu Chengyu had encountered after his transformation. Although he was far from the level of the Five Greats, Wu Chengyu found that in terms of internal strength alone, Qiu Chuji seemed to be no less than the likes of Qiu Qianren. When he fought Qu Lingfeng just now, this guy did not use his full strength.

Wu Chengyu wanted to test his current combat abilities. This time, he did not use his usual Shadow Clone Technique, nor did he use the Star Shift Technique, which would always put anyone at a disadvantage the first time they encountered him. He simply used fists, feet, and weapons for combat.

He threw a punch directly, the starting stance of the Great Subduing Demon Fist was like thunder, a straight punch aimed straight at the heart of the matter. This punch was launched after the opponent had already arrived, it was fast, and the power was completely compressed into the fist. It was without the sound of wind, but it had the force of wind and thunder.

With a clang, Wu Chengyu's fist collided directly with Qiu Chuji's sword tip. Sparks flew from Wu Chengyu's fist, and he could feel a slight tear in the skin on his fist. Even with that layer of white scales, it did not completely block Qiu Chuji's blade.

However, Qiu Chuji's sword was bent by Wu Chengyu's punch.

The two retreated three steps at the same time, seemingly evenly matched.

But Wu Chengyu immediately realized the difference between himself and Qiu Chuji.

This punch and sword strike used the full power of both parties simultaneously, a head-on collision without any fancy moves.

However, in addition to his internal strength, Wu Chengyu also used 50% of his physical strength. Even so, the two were still evenly matched.

This shows that in terms of internal strength alone, Wu Chengyu is still far inferior to Qiu Chuji. However, this is normal. Although he practiced a divine skill, he had not practiced it for long enough. Internal strength mainly relies on accumulation.

Qiu Chuji's Taoist internal energy cultivation was slow at first, but the longer he practiced, the faster he could cultivate. His practice time was several times that of Wu Chengyu. The Quanzhen Principles he cultivated had extremely high principles, and it should have been taught by Wang Chongyang as a unique technique. Therefore, Wu Chengyu lost in terms of internal strength.

However, with 50% of his physical strength added, the two are evenly matched. This means that if they were to fight to the death, Wu Chengyu would definitely be able to crush Qiu Chuji with 100% of his physical strength.

Using Qiu Chuji as a benchmark, Wu Chengyu's current internal strength and physical power would not be too much of a disadvantage even if he encountered the Five Greats again.

With this punch, Wu Chengyu felt much more at ease. In his opinion, if he used his full strength, including his lightness skill, physical strength, and the Star Shift technique, he would be only one step behind the Five Greats and would definitely be one of the top masters in the world.

Qiu Chuji looked at his bent longsword, and at the same time his right hand went numb. He secretly sighed at Wu Chengyu's great strength.

Who would have thought that Wu Chengyu, who now appears to be thin, possesses unparalleled superhuman strength? Such a contrast is too deceptive, and Qiu Chuji only suffered a loss because of his misjudgment.

If Wu Chengyu still had his former physique, it would be obvious that he possessed superhuman strength. Qiu Chuji's sword strike just now would have held back, and his sword wouldn't have been bent so easily. "Senior brother, catch the sword!" Sun Bu'er threw the sword in his hand, and Qiu Chuji caught it without hesitation.

"Excellent fist technique, great strength! Brother Wu, please witness my sword strike."

With a flick of his sword, he rushed to Wu Chengyu's side. Before he could even finish his move, he transformed one sword into three, unleashing the "One Sword Transforms into Three Pure Ones" technique.

The sword tips were aligned horizontally, aiming directly at Wu Chengyu's throat and both shoulder acupoints. This sword strike was not as heavy as the Dingyang Needle, but it was extremely sharp.

Wu Chengyu stepped back slightly to avoid the sword tip, but Qiu Chuji stomped his feet and continued to pursue Wu Chengyu relentlessly, his sword moves unchanged.

This time, Wu Chengyu no longer confronted his longsword head-on.

Just now, Qiu Chuji's sword was just an ordinary weapon, yet it almost broke through the white scale defense on Wu Chengyu's hand.

Now, with Sun Bu'er's sword, which is slightly inferior to Zhao Feng's Qingli Sword and Dugu Qiubai's Qingfeng Sword, Wu Chengyu would definitely dare to take the blow head-on if it were Sun Bu'er, but now that it's Qiu Chuji, he could easily get injured if he's not careful.

As he retreated, he raised both hands, flicking his fingers with both hands simultaneously to strike the spine of the sword. Two crisp sounds were heard, and the sword vibrated powerfully, causing the sword shadow pointing at his throat to collapse and disappear.

Qiu Chuji almost lost his grip on the sword due to the vibration. He quickly twisted his waist to get out of the attack range, and at the same time, he also grabbed the hilt with his left hand, which helped him stabilize the sword.

"What a brilliant finger-flicking technique!" At this time, Qiu Chuji had not yet fought Huang Yaoshi, and only knew Huang Yaoshi's famous skill, so he immediately thought it was the finger-flicking technique.

But the one who knew best what it was was Qu Lingfeng, who was watching from the sidelines. He shook his head and did not refute it.

Feng Mofeng, standing beside him, was quite puzzled: "Senior Brother, is this the Finger Flicking Divine Skill? Something doesn't seem right to me."

Qu Lingfeng was not taught the Finger Flicking Divine Skill, but after watching it for so many years, he knew its profound mystery. The reason he didn't learn it was because he was afraid of biting off more than he could chew. Lu Chengfeng, on the other hand, chose this skill after returning to Peach Blossom Island.

Feng Mofeng hadn't spent much time on Peach Blossom Island and hadn't seen much of the Finger Flicking Divine Skill, but he was very perceptive and quickly discovered that Wu Chengyu's Finger Flicking Skill actually didn't match the martial arts style of Peach Blossom Island.

"Junior Brother's two moves are clearly from another finger technique, but the way he uses force is different from the Finger Flicking Divine Skill. This old Taoist priest has misjudged it."

But my junior brother's martial arts skills have truly exceeded my expectations. A few years ago at Little Spirit Mountain, he only relied on his superior lightness skill. Who could have imagined that in just a few years, his martial arts skills would far surpass mine?

Feng Mofeng was somewhat taken aback: "More powerful than Senior Brother? Junior Brother was quite clumsy when he practiced martial arts back then, and we often argued about it."

That's great. He's so much better than me now, so he won't ignore me all the time anymore.

At this moment, Qiu Chuji's two consecutive moves failed. The Dingyang Needle and the One Sword Transforms into Three Pure Ones are both advanced applications of the Quanzhen Swordplay. Even Qu Lingfeng from before had to be careful. Qiu Chuji used them in the past and was always successful. Who would have thought that he would suffer losses in two consecutive moves this time?

At this moment, he stared sharply at Wu Chengyu, regarding him as his greatest enemy in life.

(End of this chapter)