America: John Wick 1924

Chapter 14: The Power of Bajiquan Revealed!
"Big Bear," walking in front, subtly slipped his right hand into his coat pocket.

Upon seeing this, Li Yu lowered his eyelids slightly, his gaze becoming somewhat intense.

In an instant... everything that followed truly happened in an instant!
As he moved closer to Li Yu, "Big Bear" suddenly pulled his right hand out of his pocket—his right hand was tightly gripping a revolver—and drew the gun, aimed at Li Yu, all in one swift motion!
At the same instant he raised his gun, Li Yu swiftly kicked out, his toe striking "Big Bear's" right wrist, which was holding the gun. The muzzle of the gun, originally aimed directly at Li Yu, shifted upwards, pointing towards the roof of the car—

boom!
The sudden gunfire caused chaos inside the train carriage.

After kicking away "Big Bear's" gun, Li Yu stepped forward, bent his right arm, and suddenly lunged forward, his right elbow striking "Big Bear" squarely in the chest.

“Mmm…!”

"Big Bear" stared wide-eyed, his pupils bulging forward. He couldn't hold the gun, and the revolver in his right hand fell to the ground with a "thud." Immediately afterwards, he himself fell to the ground, trembling. To make himself feel better, he had to hunch over.

At the same moment he elbowed "Big Bear" over, Li Yu shouted loudly:

"Sister! Lie down!"

Jane was taken aback.

This scene seems so familiar!
Although her consciousness hadn't caught up with reality, her body moved reflexively—she clutched her head tightly, gripped her headscarf, and skillfully crouched down, hiding under the seat.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

"Someone fired a shot!"

"Run away!"

"Get out of the way! Make way!"

……

Amidst screams, passengers scrambled to escape, rushing towards other carriages.

Only a very small number of people, such as nuns, chose to hide on the spot.

It truly lives up to its name, "Free America, where shootings happen every day." The people here are very adept at dealing with shootings.

After the gunshot rang out, the young Chinese man who had just entered the restroom immediately rushed out.

Seeing "Big Bear" and "Little Bear" not far away, his face changed color. Without thinking, he turned around and disappeared into the fleeing crowd.

……

……

What are they doing here? Why are they pointing guns at me for no reason?

Li Yu looked completely bewildered and puzzled.

He didn't know these two Slavs at all; he had never even seen them before.

Is he here to seek revenge?
That's impossible. Everyone who has a grudge against me has been silenced by me. There's absolutely no way any living enemy would come looking for trouble.

Are they deliberately picking on me because I'm Chinese?
Even so, pulling out a gun and pointing it at my head in full view of everyone is just too much.

Despite not understanding why, Li Yu had already put on a serious face, tensed all his nerves, and prepared for battle.

Since they've come to take my life, then I'll take theirs first!
After I take them down, I'll slowly figure out why they came after me!

"Big Bear" and "Little Bear" stood one after the other in a straight line, filling the aisle of the carriage.

Therefore, after "Big Bear" fell to the ground, Li Yu and "Little Bear" were now facing each other.

"Bear Two" reacted quickly, and seeing "Bear Big" miss, he swiftly pulled out a revolver from his pocket.

However, Li Yu was faster. Li Yu spread his arms, braced himself against the car seats on both sides of the aisle, used them as a support, straightened his body, and swung his left leg out, kicking away the pistol that "Xiong Er" had just pulled out.

"Xiong Er" frowned, took a step back, slightly increased the distance, and then assumed a very standard boxing stance—raising both fists and pressing his elbows against his ribs.

Seeing this, Li Yu also adopted a fighting stance, spreading his legs, lowering his waist, extending his left fist forward, and retracting his right palm.

The two stood facing each other, three steps apart, glaring at each other.

Most of Li Yu's weapons were packed in his suitcase. His Qi Family Knife and Winchester lever-action rifle were wrapped in cloth strips and placed on the overhead luggage rack along with the suitcase.

At this moment, the only weapons he had left were a fully loaded M1911 tucked into his waistband and a sharpened dagger.

Although Li Yu could easily draw his pistol and dagger by simply reaching his hand behind him, moving his arm unnecessarily when so close to the enemy would only expose his weakness.

Presumably, the other side also took this into consideration, which is why they unanimously chose to decide the outcome through "hand-to-hand combat".

The standoff between the two did not last long.

In a split second, "Bear Two" let out a low growl and seized the initiative.

Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!
Jab, straight punch, hook... His fists drew after afterimages in mid-air, producing a series of "whoosh" sounds as they cut through the air.

Despite his enormous size, his movements were swift and powerful, without the slightest hint of sluggishness.
Li Yu carefully observed his opponent's punches and dodged them with the agility of a butterfly, sometimes shifting his body to the side, sometimes sliding backward.

Every punch "Xiong Er" threw only hit the afterimage in vain, not even touching a single piece of Li Yu's clothes.

Li Yu exhaled a breath of stale air... In the blink of an eye, his right foot sprang up like a venomous snake, striking "Xiong Er's" left knee.

In pain, "Bear Two" became unsteady and wobbled, leaving a wide opening.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Yu closed in and struck "Xiong Er" in the chest with his left elbow.

This move is the classic Bajiquan move – the Heart-Piercing Elbow!

Today, he unleashed the moves of Bajiquan after a long absence!
Bajiquan is a short-range fighting style, known for its fierce and powerful close-quarters combat. Its movements are simple and direct, with rapid power generation, emphasizing "inch-by-inch interception and seizure, hard opening and hard striking." It has long been praised as "Tai Chi brings peace to the world, Bajiquan stabilizes the universe."

Bajiquan places great emphasis on elbow techniques, both for their power and their effectiveness. As the saying goes, "It's better to take ten punches than one elbow."

Logically speaking, if someone takes a "heart-piercing elbow" (a type of elbow strike to the chest), even if they don't die on the spot, they should be knocked down and unable to get up.

Moreover, Li Yu held nothing back; his sole aim was to kill his opponent.

However, "Bear Two" not only did not die, but it also did not fall down!

He clutched his chest, took several steps back, swayed a few times, and then firmly planted his feet again.

Li Yu was surprised by Xiong Er's tenacity.

Surprised as he was, Li Yu didn't stand there dumbfounded. He quickly regained his senses and rushed forward to give chase.

He then struck "Xiong Er" repeatedly with his elbows, aiming for his vulnerable areas such as the chin and neck.

The "heart-piercing elbow" strike earlier had its effect; "Xiong Er" was already showing obvious signs of weakness.

He is now facing Li Yu's "consecutive elbow strikes" and has no way to defend himself or retaliate. He can only take the blows like a punching bag.

That's how close combat works; there's no such thing as a "health bar." Once you take a hard hit, you basically have no ability to fight back.

Even so, "Bear Two" still stands tall!
Li Yu's elbows were aching, but he still held on, showing no sign of falling, which was truly terrifying.

"So resilient..." Li Yu clicked his tongue.

(End of this chapter)