Quickly conquer the martial arts world, and let your fists dominate the heavens!

Chapter 237 is here! Sitting on the golden throne, ruling over all directions!

"Internal force, yet so powerful???"

He was no greenhorn; he had mastered the internal strength of martial arts and had fought countless times with renowned masters of internal martial arts. He had never heard of anyone whose internal strength was as sharp as a steel needle!
Huang Xiaoxia felt as if he had been electrocuted on the back of his hand, and his entire arm went numb instantly. The power of the Iron Sand Palm could no longer be gathered, and the burning sensation receded like a tide.

He took two steps back, looking at his slightly trembling hands with surprise and uncertainty, then looked up at Chen Zhan, who was still standing calmly in place, his heart filled with turmoil.

His two signature skills, "Iron Arm Mandarin Duck Bridge" and "Iron Sand Palm," were easily broken by his opponent as if it were child's play, without even touching the hem of his clothes!
He was resentful. Although he was no match for Chen Zhan, Chen Zhan was using movement techniques and internal force.

Skillful yet clumsy.

He was no match for Chen Zhan in terms of skill, but he was certain that Chen Zhan wouldn't dare to fight him by force, so he still had a sliver of hope.

"Good! Excellent skills!" Although Huang Xiaoxia was defeated, he was not discouraged. Instead, his eyes burned with a fierce fighting spirit.

Chen Zhan immediately understood his thoughts and laughed, "You think I've been dodging and using clever tactics all along, and you're still resentful?"

Huang Xiaoxia shook his head: "Although I am unwilling, a martial arts competition is a martial arts competition. If you can't beat someone, you can't beat someone. There's nothing to say."

"Hahaha, that makes sense, but this isn't a fair fight. I'm the leader of the martial arts alliance, so naturally I have to give way to you. This time I won't move, and you can throw any punches or palm strikes you want."

Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaoxia's eyes gleamed. He was known for his great strength and ferocity, and now, provoked by Chen Zhan's words, he felt even more heroic.

He knew that Chen Zhan's martial arts skills were unfathomable. Since internal and external martial arts were about brute force, he did not think he would lose.

"Alright! Alliance Leader, you speak your mind! Then I, Huang, will make a fool of myself!"

Huang Xiaoxia's voice was booming. Before he finished speaking, he stomped his foot hard, and the bluestone ground seemed to tremble slightly.

His arms were bulging with muscles, and the dark brown calluses on his forearms gleamed with a metallic sheen in the sunlight.

He has practiced his Iron Arm Kung Fu for decades!

With a roar, he stopped testing the waters and charged straight at Chen Zhan like a tiger descending a mountain!
He swung his right arm in a wide arc, his thick forearm, as thick as a bowl, carrying a fierce wind that tore through the air, like a heavy iron rod, in the most direct and powerful way, with a "sweeping the battlefield" move, smashing down on Chen Zhan in the waist!

This is the killer move in his famous "Iron Arm Mandarin Duck Bridge" routine, which is powerful and heavy enough to split stone tablets!
The crowd on the sidelines held their breath. Even though Xiong Hanshan, Li Guangpu, and others knew Chen Zhan's strength, they couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

The three Wing Chun masters and the four Hung Kuen masters, along with other local Foshan experts, stared wide-eyed, eager to see how this young leader would handle this earth-shattering attack.

Faced with this terrifying blow that could break an ordinary expert in half, Chen Zhan actually did not budge an inch, just as he had said!
He didn't even lift his eyelids, but just as the iron arm was about to reach him, he casually raised his right arm one step upwards!
"Oh!"

A deafeningly loud bang suddenly erupted, like two heavy anvils colliding violently!

The shockwave suddenly spread outwards from the two people, causing the clothes of several people nearby to flutter.

The scene that everyone had expected—Chen Zhan being smashed away or staggering in a sorry state—did not occur.

Chen Zhan remained firmly in place, his feet rooted to the bluestone slabs, his body not even swaying.

His raised arm, used for blocking, steadily blocked Huang Xiaoxia's powerful iron arm.

Huang Xiaoxia's expression changed drastically!
He felt as if his strike, which had gathered all his strength and was powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks, had struck a towering, unmoving iron mountain.

An overwhelming force surged through his arm, causing his blood and qi to churn, his arm to feel numb and weak, and his qi and blood to almost slip out of control!
He was horrified: 'This...how is this possible?!'

Before he could change his move, Chen Zhan's blocking arm sank slightly, then suddenly jerked upwards.

An even more powerful and domineering force suddenly erupted.

"Thum! Thug! Thumb!"

He took three steps back, each step leaving a clear footprint on the hard bluestone slab.

He finally managed to steady himself, his face filled with shock and disbelief, looking at Chen Zhan as if he were a monster.

Unwilling to accept defeat, Huang Xiaoxia suppressed his surging blood and roared. His left palm instantly turned black, and the scorching heat in his palm, along with a bloody wind, struck Chen Zhan's chest with lightning speed!

This time, the Iron Sand Palm technique was even more ferocious than before. Last time, he left some room for maneuver in case Chen Zhan dodged, allowing him to change his move.

This time, Chen Zhan said that if we don't move, we don't need to conserve our energy for changing moves.

His palm was jet black, and his arms were purplish-red. His qi and blood had been concentrated to the extreme, and his external martial arts had been practiced to the extreme.

Wang Ziping watched in amazement. He was a grandmaster who understood martial arts from the outside in, and he knew more about external martial arts training than anyone else present.

He thought to himself, 'This is truly a promising talent, but unfortunately, he's up against a monster like Chen Zhan.'

Chen Zhan remained calm and composed, taking a half step back with his right foot and adopting a boxing stance that only Ye Ningzhen and Xiong Hanshan recognized among those present.

"They've arrived! They sit on the golden throne, ruling over all the lands!"

He had seen Chen Zhan use this move before in Fengtian, where he faced Mitsui Hayato on the arena. No matter how his opponent made his moves, Chen Zhan simply sat on the throne and casually parried. No matter what moves Mitsui Hayato made, they were all easily suppressed by Chen Zhan.

The Golden Elixir stance, especially the Taizu Long Fist, is the most solid and profound foundation. The instant the palm strike reached his body, Chen Zhan's Golden Luan stance, steady yet ruthless, launched a counter-attack with his left hand, delivering a simple, straightforward palm strike to meet the attack!
"Snapped!"

The sound of their palms clapping together was not as dull as before, but rather crisp and loud.

But Huang Xiaoxia felt even more terrified than before.

He felt a palm force of supreme yang and strength, as vast as the sea, surging towards him. His own iron sand palm force, which was powerful enough to melt gold and forge iron, was like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun in front of this palm force, and was instantly smashed into pieces and completely defeated!

"puff!"

Huang Xiaoxia could no longer hold back. A sweet taste rose in her throat, and she spat out a mouthful of blood. As if struck by a giant hammer, she staggered backward again, only managing to stand firm when she was outside the circle. Her face instantly turned as pale as paper, and her left arm hung limply, unable to be lifted.

The whole place was dead silent!

You can hear the needle drop!

Everyone was stunned by the two lightning-fast exchanges.

What's amazing isn't that Chen Zhan blocked Huang Xiaoxia's palm strike, but how easily he did it, as easily as if he were playing and frolicking with a child.

Raise your hand, parry, strike.

Huang Xiaoxia, known for his powerful palm strikes, was instantly sent flying, and it was unclear whether his arm was broken or fractured.

This is no longer just a matter of superior skill, but an absolute crushing of strength!
At this moment, Huang Xiaoxia's arm injury was not the most serious. What was more serious was her mental breakdown. Chen Zhan had defeated her spirit, and she now had an invincible enemy in her heart, which clouded her mind.

The blood and qi that had gathered on his purplish-red arms began to surge erratically.

Chen Zhan turned around and took a step forward, but someone rushed ahead of him, placing one hand on Huang Xiaoxia's shoulder and tapping along his drooping arm with the other.

Press down five times consecutively from top to bottom to seal different acupoints.

"Clap clap~"

Chen Zhan, standing in front of Huang Xiaoxia, shouted angrily, "Snap out of it!"

Huang Xiaoxia focused his consciousness and felt his blood and qi surging erratically. He quickly controlled his blood and qi, and after a moment, the purplish-black color on his arm dissipated.

Looking up, he saw Chen Zhan in front of him, with Gu Ruzhang beside him.

He bowed deeply to Chen Zhan, his voice hoarse but filled with unprecedented respect:
"Thank you, Alliance Leader. I was ignorant and presumptuous, and you still rescued me. I am truly ashamed. From now on, I will follow your lead!"

Huang Xiaoxia clutched her chest in excruciating pain. Her blood and qi were dissipating, and she was having difficulty breathing. Her arms felt weak, but there were no broken bones.

He was even more surprised. Chen Zhan met him head-on with force, yet he was still able to retract some of his strength, preventing him from being seriously injured. Such control over force was simply unheard of.

Chen Zhan shook his head and smiled, then looked at the person next to Huang Xiaoxia.

He was in his forties, with a clear face, a lean figure, neat short hair, and dressed in a traditional gray-white robe, looking very capable.

Huang Xiaoxia also turned around, looking ashamed, and bowed her head, saying, "Master Gu, I have disgraced you."

Gu Ruzhang waved his hand, "Losing face is nothing, but you're almost thirty and still so impulsive. Your skills are lacking, but your temper is quite bad."

After speaking, he clasped his hands in a fist salute to Chen Zhan.

"Greetings, Alliance Leader Chen. My name is Gu Ruzhang."

Chen Zhan smiled and said, "The Five Tigers have come down to the south of the Yangtze River. I have long admired Master Gu's name."

Gu Ruzhang shook his head: "Alas, this little bit of empty fame is nothing compared to the Alliance Leader. What the Alliance Leader did in Fengtian and Tianjin is what truly shocked the world."

Gu Ruzhang's name was indeed renowned, and Chen Zhan was not lying.

The Five Tigers Go South: Five boxing masters, including Wan Laisheng, Fu Zhensong, Gu Ruzhang, Wang Shaozhou, and Geng Dehai, went south to Guangdong to teach boxing and each founded a national martial arts society.

Gu Ruzhang also made another innovation: in Guangzhou, he broke down sectarian barriers and "exchanged disciples" with Tan San, the master of the Southern School of Cai Li Fo, which became a well-known story in the martial arts world.

However, even with that, Chen Zhan wouldn't have shown him such respect.

After the 1931 Incident, Gu Ruzhang, concerned about saving the country, took the initiative to request to go north to join the anti-Japanese volunteer army, and handed over the affairs of the Guangzhou National Martial Arts Society to his disciple Zhou Jindong.

That alone is enough to earn respect.

He was already a grandmaster in Guangzhou, with considerable status and wealth.

But he was able to put everything aside and go north to fight the Japanese. Such magnanimity and spirit cannot help but earn respect.

(End of this chapter)