Wuxia: Start with max-level Nine Yang Divine Skill

Chapter 174 If you can survive for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, I will let you leave (4k2)

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, and all eyes turned to look.

Although Li Fu remained silent and merely observed indifferently, he held significant weight in the hearts of both sides present, a weight that alone could influence the course of the situation and determine victory or defeat.

Therefore, once he opened his mouth, no matter what everyone thought, they had to quiet down and listen to what he had to say.

Not only were Luo Jiugao, Luo Wei and others invigorated, but even Zhang Hengbo, Xu Daofu, Chang Linchuan on the opposite bank, and the hundreds of elite soldiers subconsciously tensed up, eager to hear what he had to say.

"Best of three games."

What if you start playing the Tian Ji horse racing trick?

Or what if we want to compete in chess, painting, or some ingenious mechanisms?

not to mention----"

Li Fu's gaze remained calm.

The other party must have something to rely on when they make this proposal.

They were not entirely clear about Zhang Hengbo and Zheng Shaoqing's exact martial arts styles and strength levels. Although their own group was strong, they were not necessarily guaranteed a victory.

Even if you win one game, it will be in vain if you lose the other two.

Capturing Zhang Hengbo is of utmost importance; how can we place our hopes on a gamble that might be orchestrated by the opponent?

Why should I follow your rules?

Li has never liked to follow the paths laid out by others!

Zheng Shaoqing, who had been smiling, froze when Li Fu said it wasn't very good.

He knew that if Li Fu disagreed, things would be dangerous.

Zheng Shaoqing forced a smile, softened his tone, and tried to salvage the situation with a hint of negotiation.

"Officer Li has thought things through thoroughly; it was Zheng who was short-sighted."

How about this?

The participants in the fight can be chosen by the participants themselves.

To ensure fairness, each side will propose one challenge for each of the three matches, and they will decide the challenge themselves.

As for the final match, it can only proceed if both parties agree.

In this way, bias can be avoided and it can be considered fair.

What does Officer Li think?

"Still not very good."

Zheng Shaoqing was already extremely polite, but Li Fu still didn't give him any face and said indifferently.

"So, what does Officer Li want?"

Amidst everyone's surprise and uncertainty.

Li Fu took a step, not quickly, but as soon as he stepped down, hundreds of elite troops on the opposite bank involuntarily raised their weapons slightly, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Masters like Zhang Hengbo and Zheng Shaoqing were brimming with energy and on high alert, as if they were facing not a person, but a volcano about to erupt.

He took a step forward and spoke in a calm tone.

"My bet is simple: you guys, along with this group of people."

"If you can withstand my attacks for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn without dying, fleeing, or surrendering..."

"Then I will let you all leave."

After Li Fu made this statement, both sides of the Taiwan Strait fell silent.

Everyone, friend or foe, stared wide-eyed, almost unable to believe their ears.

He single-handedly fought against hundreds of elite enemy soldiers, plus four top masters: Zhang Hengbo, Zheng Shaoqing, Xu Daofu, and Chang Linchuan, all within the time limit of one incense stick's time.

This is beyond arrogance; it's downright delusional and shows no regard for others!

Zhang Hengbo's tiger-like eyes widened, filled with shock and anger. A surge of rage rose in his chest. He had led the Iron Stream Army across the land with ease, but he had never been so looked down upon before, as if he were just a chicken in a sea of ​​soldiers, whose head could be taken with ease.

Zheng Shaoqing frowned, a hint of confusion and seriousness flashing in his eyes.

Behind Zhang Hengbo stood two men. The one on the left was about forty years old, thin, with a gaunt face and three long tufts of beard. He was dressed as a scholar, wearing a turban, and carrying only an iron abacus as a weapon.

It was none other than Xu Daofu, Zhang Hengbo's chief strategist, a brilliant military strategist skilled in troop deployment!

Feeling slighted like this, he couldn't help but grip the abacus tightly.

The man on the right was nine feet tall, with broad shoulders and a muscular build. Standing there, he resembled half an iron tower, even more imposing than Zhang Hengbo.

His face was as black as iron, his beard was as thick as a halberd, and his eyes shone with a sharp light, exuding an imposing aura even without anger.

He wore a worn-out chainmail and a tattered leather coat. In his hand, he held a thick iron spear, about the size of a bowl, twelve feet long. The spearhead gleamed with a cold, menacing light, and the shaft was stained with a dark red color, whether from rust or dried blood, it was hard to tell.

He simply stood there quietly, and a fierce, savage, and murderous aura, unique to a battlefield warrior, immediately emanated from him.

It was none other than Chang Linchuan, the fiercest general in Zhang Hengbo's army, whose Mountain-Shaking Spear was invincible in battle!

Upon hearing this, Chang Linchuan was so angry that he laughed instead of laughing.

"What an arrogant brat! You've got some nerve, coming at me like that? This spear of mine will send you on your way!"

However, before they could react further, Li Fu made his move without saying a word, as if he intended to kill them regardless of whether they accepted the bet or not!

After taking two steps, he moved like lightning, stepping through the air and displaying the pinnacle of the Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique). He touched the narrow stone beam, used the momentum to rise again, and in one leap, he had already crossed the deep ravine more than ten feet wide, swooping down like a roc towards the crowd waiting on the opposite bank!

"Form ranks and prepare for battle!"

Although the strategist Xu Daofu was startled, he remained calm. He clattered the iron abacus in his hand and shouted sharply.

This Li Fu is highly skilled in martial arts and cannot be defeated by one person alone. We must rely on the power of the battle formation to wear him down and surround him!

Hundreds of elite soldiers moved at the command, immediately forming a formation that quickly contracted and became a shield-shaped array.

The formation was meticulous, with layers upon layers, protecting key figures such as Zhang Hengbo and Zheng Shaoqing in the center.

This formation does not aim to kill the enemy, but rather to hold the line; it is precisely the prudent way to deal with the attack of a peerless master.

Chang Linchuan, as a general and vanguard in the army, roared and raised his heavy iron spear, standing on the outermost layer of the front line, like the most solid reef, ready to meet the first wave of attack!

Li Fu had already reached the airspace above the front of the formation, facing the impenetrable array and Chang Linchuan's poised, earth-shaking spear thrust.

His expression remained unchanged as he gathered golden energy in his right palm and struck down from mid-air!

The Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms - Flying Dragon in the Sky!

Before the palm strike even arrived, an immense and unparalleled force of wind crashed down like Mount Tai!

Dust and gravel were kicked up and scattered everywhere. People in the front row felt their breath catch and almost lost their balance.

"Open it for me!"

Chang Linchuan, with his beard and hair bristling, pushed his family's Mountain-Shaking Spear Technique to its limit. He exhaled and spoke, neither dodging nor avoiding, his spear thrusting like a black dragon emerging from its cave, straight at Li's palm!

The whistling wind from the gun subtly drowned out the sound of the stream; the power of this single shot was enough to pierce through the heavy city gate!

"boom-!!!"

The palms and guns clashed in mid-air, unleashing a deafening roar!

Li Fu did not change his move. He struck down with his palm, the force of which was as solid as metal, preventing Chang Linchuan from penetrating even an inch.

A violent shockwave exploded outwards from the two people, and the closest people were hit as if by a heavy hammer, spitting out blood and being thrown backwards. The tight formation was immediately torn open!

Chang Linchuan was violently shaken, feeling an indescribable force surging up along the shaft of the spear. The spear, which had accompanied him through countless life-and-death battles and had drunk countless cups of blood, was bent at the tip by the force of his palm!

His arms cracked, his tiger's mouth split open, and blood flowed freely. He staggered back seven or eight steps, each step leaving a deep footprint on the hard mountain ground. Chang Linchuan steadied himself, his face turning blood red, then deathly pale. A mouthful of blood welled up in his throat, which he swallowed hard. His eyes were filled with horror!

He was confident in his superhuman strength and had mastered external martial arts. Few could match his strength on the battlefield. He never expected that this person's palm strike would be so fierce!

"Damn it, could it be that this guy killed Tong Qianjin with just three blows without any exaggeration?!"

Li Fu sent Chang Linchuan flying with a single palm strike, landing gracefully without a trace of anger, right where the formation had a gap.

Without hesitation, he unleashed both palms simultaneously, attacking from both sides with the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, pouring out his unstoppable century-old internal energy without reservation!

"Two dragons drawing water".

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Ah!"

As the palms flew, the soldiers who tried to fill the gap were sent flying backward, each crashing down a large number of soldiers and completely tearing the formation apart.

Li Fu lightly touched the ground with his feet and charged forward, moving swiftly and unstoppably through the enemy ranks. Ordinary soldiers were blasted away before they could even get close.

His goal was clear: to target Zhang Hengbo, who was at the heart of the formation!

"Change formation, exhaust his internal energy!"

Xu Daofu's face turned pale, and he gave orders in a hoarse voice.

The formation changed again, no longer blocking head-on, but flowing like mercury, with spears thrusting and swords and axes launching sneak attacks, combined with hidden weapons and cold arrows, attempting to wear down and delay Li Fu through hit-and-run tactics.

Unfortunately, no matter how the formation changed, how clever, or how flexible it was, it was all in vain against Li Fu's martial arts skills.

Luo Jiugao, Luo Wei, and the others only then came to their senses from the shock.

"Now that Officer Li has taken action, how can we stand idly by!"

Luo Jiu shouted, brandishing his guandao, "Charge! Help Constable Li break through the enemy lines!"

Eight men leaped over the stone beams and charged into the fray.

Their arrival immediately tied down some of the troops, allowing Li Fu to focus more on breaking through the enemy lines and capturing the king.

Li Fu had already displayed his astonishing martial arts skills to the fullest extent.

His inexhaustible internal energy, accumulated over a century, enabled him to unleash a variety of extraordinary skills.

The Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms are extremely powerful and forceful; each palm strike has the power to split mountains and shatter rocks, and anyone struck by it will die instantly.

Lingbo Weibu moved through the chaotic army as if she were a fish in water, walking on flat ground.

The Finger Flicking Divine Skill is sharp and deadly, capable of killing enemies from a distance. Occasionally, the skillful use of the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth can even cause enemies' weapons to turn against each other.

Xu Daofu attempted to trap Li Fu with an ingenious formation, but Li Fu did not use common sense to break the formation. Instead, he used his absolute martial arts skills to forcefully break through it!

No matter how ingenious the formation, it is futile in the face of an overwhelming force.

Xu Daofu himself was attempting to ambush Li Fu with his abacus beads when he was struck in the chest by a deviated white rainbow palm strike from a distance. He coughed up blood and flew backward, his abacus clattering to the ground.

"Kill! Shake the mountains a thousandfold!"

Chang Linchuan, known as the "Mountain-Shaking Spear" who could defeat ten thousand men and charge into and out of an army seven times, barely suppressed his internal injuries and roared once more as he charged forward with his spear. His spear technique unfolded like a raging storm, its momentum terrifying.

"Your marksmanship is like something used in a battlefield; using it for actual combat is utterly laughable!"

However, in Li Fu's eyes, although his moves were fierce, they lacked agility and variation.

Li Fu easily dodged the series of swift thrusts with the Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique), deflected the spear tip with a move called "Lüshuang Bingzhi" (a martial arts move), and then landed a solid palm strike on the chest with "Kanglong Youhui" (a martial arts move).

"puff--!"

Chang Linchuan's protective inner energy shattered instantly, his chest caved in, and he coughed up blood. His massive, towering body flew backward like a broken sack, crashing into a rock and sustaining severe injuries.

This fierce general on the battlefield couldn't even last five moves against Li Fu!

In a short time, the battle formation of hundreds of elite troops was almost completely destroyed by Li Fu alone, with dead and wounded everywhere.

Xu Daofu and Chang Linchuan, two of the most important generals under the Iron Stream King, have both fallen.

Of all the experts in the arena, only Zheng Shaoqing remained standing, protecting Zhang Hengbo.

Breaking through the formation and effortlessly defeating two top experts, Li Fu's gaze shot out like cold lightning, his momentum simply unstoppable.

Zhang Hengbo looked astonished.

Zheng Shaoqing was startled by the glint of Li's gaze and exclaimed, "Officer Li is truly—possessing extraordinary wisdom and a keen understanding of human nature."

You were clearly going to go all out and annihilate the enemy with lightning speed.

However, on the surface, they deliberately left a bet with a limit of one incense stick's time, allowing us to hold onto a glimmer of hope.

Thinking that as long as they didn't run away, surrender, or stubbornly hold out, they could win, they ended up tying their hands and feet, afraid to scatter and escape easily, giving you, Officer Li, the opportunity to concentrate your forces and wipe them all out in one fell swoop!

There was no real gambling involved. From the very beginning, this was a trap set by Li Fu to control the overall situation, and people had no choice but to fall into it.

The more terrifying Li Fu's martial arts skills appeared, the more they hesitated to run away, and the more they hoped to save their lives by winning the bet, rather than daring to escape!

Their grasp of human nature is truly astonishing.

"Officer Li—"

He seemed to want to say a few more words of advice.

"Get out of my way, and I'll spare your life."

But Li Fu spoke calmly and without wasting words, and struck with his palm.

"Innate Limitless Palm!"

Zheng Shaoqing dared not be negligent in the slightest. His innate Wuji internal energy circulated rapidly, causing his clothes to move without wind and billow in the wind.

He placed his palms one in front of the other, adopting a defensive stance, and unleashed the Innate Limitless Palm. The moves appeared simple and even somewhat clumsy, but in reality, they were skillful in their simplicity. The palm movements were round and continuous, and the power was deep and long-lasting.

This palm technique, combined with his pure and profound Wuji internal energy, was originally an extremely powerful defensive skill.

However, as soon as their palms met, Zheng Shaoqing's heart sank.

The force from Li Fu's palm was like the Yangtze River, surging and seemingly endless. He couldn't help but sway and was forced back half a step.

Before he could even catch his breath, Li Fu's next move was already upon him.

Only after this exchange did he truly realize just how terrifying Li Fu's martial arts skills were.

The other side is clearly serious and is going all out.

His inner strength was so profound that it was like a vast ocean, unfathomable; his palm techniques were so exquisite that they combined strength and gentleness, yin and yang, reaching a state of perfection.

What terrified Zheng Shaoqing most was the unpredictable and ingenious bending palm force!

Li Fu's palms flew back and forth, his moves seemingly casual, sometimes striking the air, sometimes drawing the opponent's hand to the side.

With each strike, a sharp palm force, condensed to the point of being almost tangible and visible to the naked eye, pierces through the air!

Whoohoo!

These palm strikes seemed to possess a spirit of their own, tracing paths of varying lengths and arcs in the air, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes in front, sometimes behind, some bypassing direct defense and launching sneak attacks from the side.

Some attack from behind in a wide arc; others even curve downwards from above!

Several palm strikes came from different directions and landed simultaneously, targeting one person's vital points!

This is almost like having three or four equally skilled and well-coordinated masters attacking one person from all sides!

The moves are so unusual, the power so subtle, and the angles so tricky that they are unheard of and impossible to defend against!

"Officer Li, what kind of martial art is this?"

My subordinates reported that you seemed to have defeated Yin Si Niangzi in just a few moves with a palm technique that could curve. At the time, I couldn't quite believe that there was such a thing as a palm technique that could curve, but now that I've seen it, I know it's true!

Such exquisite martial arts truly exist in this world!

Zheng Shaoqing's mastery of the Innate Limitless Skill is characterized by its formless and elusive energy, which often gives him the upper hand in combat, making his opponents suffer greatly.

But compared to Li Fu's White Rainbow Palm Force, which is unpredictable, flexible, and seemingly alive, it appears straightforward and lacks variation, making it seem somewhat inferior.