A Scroll of Infinite Glory

Chapter 60 Earth and Heaven in Harmony, Great Smashing of the Stele

Hua Mi on the rooftop, her smile gone, suddenly raised her arm and hooked her fingers in a wide motion, her hand gestures coming together.

The mages guarding the King of Yue almost simultaneously felt a large amount of something being drawn away from the surrounding air.

The tangible and intangible Gu worms and curses, like a giant fish, were caught by Hua Mi's hook from above and thrown towards Guan Luoyang.

Countless tiny insects, no bigger than needle tips, flew down, and wisps of smoke, like a net, descended from mid-air.

These cursed insects are extremely fast; even someone with Guan Luoyang's agility couldn't escape them.

Before Daoist Zhiyuan and the others could even warn him, the cursed insect, like a giant fish, had already crashed into him.

The entire swarm of Gu creatures, shrouded in smoke, followed him as he moved. But through the haze of smoke, one could vaguely see that the Gu creatures that approached him were scattered with each step he took.

"This is……"

Master Zhiyuan suddenly realized, "Those with mercury blood and silver marrow can make their limbs and bones sound like a sheng and can emit a silent dragon roar. In just a few days, he has actually achieved the third achievement in martial arts?"

Among the four training methods of boxing and martial arts, external training focuses on muscles, bones, and skin, while internal training focuses on breath control. The stretching of the skin, the transition of breath, and the expansion of muscles are all high-frequency and high-amplitude forces.

From these three aspects, others can immediately tell that you are putting in effort.

Only by mastering bone training can one raise and lower the bone marrow, allowing it to vibrate and penetrate, generating a power with an extremely low frequency that is almost imperceptible to the naked eye, based on the human skeleton.

Guan Luoyang appeared to be simply continuing to walk without throwing a punch in retaliation, but in reality, every bone in his body was exerting force outwards.

Not to mention those tangible Gu worms, even the smoke would be dispersed by the low-frequency power and would not be able to truly attach to him.

With one more step, he had already entered the battlefield, less than twenty meters away from Hua Mi on the rooftop.

The momentum that was gradually increasing seemed to have already enveloped Hua Mi on the roof, and with the final step, it would rush in front of her and knock her down.

The nine-foot giant was restrained by the chanting of the monks, while the remaining soldiers gasped for breath.

Even the old man with the desolate head and his men couldn't help but shift their attention to that side and gradually stopped fighting. What was originally a huge battlefield suddenly seemed to shrink into a fight between just a few people.

Hanami seemed to freeze, her gaze downwards, but her eyes remained motionless.

Just as Guan Luoyang looked up at the roof and lifted his foot, there was a buzzing sound in the air.

—The old man with the desolate head swung his small axe at the dilapidated and abandoned ancestral hall behind the King of Yue, making a mock chop.

Yang Lian was seriously injured, and many of the mages also suffered losses. They only had time to protect the King of Yue, but that axe was not aimed at the King of Yue at all. Instead, it was aimed at the entire ancestral hall.

The yellow curtains fluttered, and the spider webs in the corners of the room were suddenly torn apart, causing the scattered memorial tablets on the ground to tremble.

The power of the ancestral hall was unleashed by this axe, reflected from the gate, and struck Guan Luoyang.

The smoky insects surrounding Guan Luoyang seemed to be pierced from above by an invisible pillar, crashing down on Guan Luoyang's head.

Just as the axe was swung out, Hua Mi on the rooftop suddenly broke free from her stillness, her body moving with the sword as she launched a flying attack.

The stillness was for accumulating power, but the sword strike after accumulating power was aimed at the King of Yue.

Guan Luoyang's imposing presence was enough to intimidate everyone present, drawing attention to him from all sides on the battlefield, giving the Yue King's side a chance to catch their breath.

However, this did not deter Hua Mi's judgment. Among all the people present, the most important person from beginning to end was only the King of Yue.

With the death of the King of Yue, all his plans fell apart midway, and the Yao family in Qinghua Prefecture, who had painstakingly built up their power, were still able to take advantage of the chaos to raise the banner of rebellion.

With the death of the King of Yue, Hua Mi and the others could evacuate without any worries, and even escape separately.

Guan Luoyang has enough momentum and skill, but how many can he catch by himself?

This sword swept across the sky, actually traversing the entire battlefield.

The mages protecting the King of Yue only saw a flash of sword light in the corner of their eyes. Their staffs, whisks, compasses, and golden pestles fell off with the splattered blood, and they themselves fell to the ground.

General Yu and several centurions simultaneously aimed their swords at Hua Mi, but she twisted her body, and all their swords missed their mark.

The sword light leaped a few times in the air before dodging the steel blade, piercing the armor, severing the throat, and cutting through the arm.

Two centurions died, and a deep, bone-revealing sword wound was left on the general's right upper arm. With a tiger's roar, he spread his arms wide and stood in front of the King of Yue.

Hua Mi swung her forearm and smashed the sword hilt into General Yu's right cheek, sending him flying.

With a flick of the sword tip, it pierced towards the King of Yue!

At that moment, two loud bangs came from afar.

Hua Mi keenly sensed a fiery aura behind her, a whirlwind of energy, swift as lightning, bursting through the stiff nine-foot giants, bringing a violent sense of oppression.

The blow that Huangtou Taigong delivered in front of the Zhenwu Temple back then forced Guan Luoyang to throw dozens of punches in a row, but the axe he unleashed today using this temple was only worth two consecutive cannon punches from Guan Luoyang to shatter it.

"Get out of the way!!!"

A loud shout accompanied Guan Luoyang's body as he appeared behind Hua Mi.

In that instant, the image of Guan Luoyang's entire body moving seemed to arrive at the same time as the sound.

This speed exceeded everyone's expectations. After mastering the three trainings, and with the assistance of the Azure Bird's Yuan Qi, Guan Luoyang himself did not expect that this ultimate burst of speed could be so fast.

As he moved, the air in front of him felt like mercury squeezing his body, and his ears started ringing, as if a whistle was blaring in his ears.

With that speed, accompanied by a claw strike, it swept towards Hanami's neck from the side.

Hua Mi swung her left arm, and the essence of Mantis Boxing—eight hard and twelve soft, eight ways to fight and eight ways not to fight—was almost entirely contained in the flicking motion of her forearm, meeting Guan Luoyang's claw attack.

A loud bang echoed through the air.

Dust billowed as Hua Mi's body was smashed through the right wall, flying out amidst a shower of broken bricks and wood.

But unlike any of the opponents Guan Luoyang had ever defeated before.

As she was being sent flying, she managed to maintain her balance. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she shuffled forward, and with a series of arcing steps, she twisted her waist, turned her shoulders, and shook her arms, managing to transfer the momentum from her body.

The highest level of footwork in Mantis Boxing is called "Owl Pushing Back" and "Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada." It allows one to transfer any force applied to oneself within eight steps, turning even the predatory oriole into an advantage.

Hua Mi's left arm was broken and her left cheek was swollen. In the process of using the force to turn around, all the power was thrown to her right arm, and she thrust her sword straight at Guan Luoyang.

Ahead, the female swordswoman returned; behind, from the crowd, the unseen axe of the desolate old man cleaved towards the back of the head.

Guan Luoyang reached out, grabbed the King of Yue by the collar, threw him into the air, and raised his hands high in the air.

At the same time, his left foot slammed into the ground, his heel struck the ground, his waist and hips moved slightly, and his shoulders swayed, creating an incredibly heavy momentum.

This imposing manner is as if Guan Luoyang had flipped up a large piece of the ground and lifted it into the sky.

His current state can be vividly described by a hexagram in the I Ching called "Tai" (Peace).

The hexagram Tai (泰) is composed of Kun (坤) on top and Qian (乾) on the bottom. Kun represents the guest and Qian represents the host, signifying the host's strong control over the guest, allowing them to take whatever they want and achieve success in everything they do.

The so-called Qian (☰) is three unbroken lines, while Kun (☷) is six broken lines.

At this moment, Guan Luoyang's intention, energy, and strength were unified in his feet, but his raised hands also had to follow the Kun hexagram, making a separating motion.

It was as if the ground being lifted up was torn apart by the palms and pushed to both sides.

As the left palm struck the invisible axe, the air seemed to shrink and then expand upon the impact of the two forces.

His right palm struck Hua Mi's sword blade, and the intricate bronze patterns shone brightly. The sword tip pierced through the skin, cutting through flesh and blood. When it reached the bone, it got stuck, and then, with a series of clangs, the sword shattered inch by inch.

As soon as the longsword in Hua Mi's right hand broke, she immediately loosened her grip on the hilt, her five fingers hooking the hilt amidst the smoke. Her injured face was as ruthless as a broken blade drawn from ice and snow. Even when she was close to death, she still carried an unwavering killing intent, cleaving a path to survival.

Suddenly, her feet sank, and her body faltered slightly.

Guan Luoyang stomped his right foot, stepping on the ball of her foot, and swung his arms to strike, slapping her waist with his left hand and her head with his right.

Hua Mi's body bent as the palm struck her in the stomach, and she was also hit on the back of the head. She was slammed to the ground, raising a cloud of dust. A cracking sound came from her skull, like a thick jade cup breaking.

Fresh blood flowed slowly.

The secret manual of the Five Grappling Techniques, the ultimate skill after mastering the three techniques—the Five Ancestors' Body Stomp and the Eight Trigrams Great Stele Smash!

This move was only a semi-guessing move. Back then, Lei Gong and the others could not possibly understand what the state of the Three Refinements Mastery was. They were merely speculating based on the ancestral notes taken out by the Bagua Sect and the few words of the Three Refinements Master.

But today, this tactic has been proven effective.

The King of Yue fell from mid-air, and Guan Luoyang reached out with his left hand to catch him, allowing him to land steadily.

The King of Yue twitched his eyebrows and coughed.

call--

Guan Luoyang let out a sigh of relief, turned slightly to the side, and fixed his gaze on the old man with the desolate head among the crowd.

The numerous nine-foot giants were completely suppressed by the voices of the forty-eight eminent monks, standing there like large wooden stakes.

After the short-bearded man and his companions died one after another, now even the chief, Hua Mi, is dead.

The evil sorcerers stared at Hua Mi's corpse in disbelief, their eyes flickering. They had lost all will to fight and began to back away, showing signs of fleeing.

When the concept of "Taiyi" (泰一) emerges, the inner aspect is Yang while the outer aspect is Yin; the inner aspect is strong while the outer aspect is harmonious. Thus, the way of the virtuous person flourishes, while the way of the petty person diminishes.

I actually found a crossover martial arts novel on Qidian today. The plot was a bit strange for the first dozen or so chapters, but it got interesting in the Hengshan City and Huashan Mountain arcs. I'd like to recommend it to my friends.

So, friends, do you have any good recommendations for crossover martial arts novels? I'd like to hear them from either the male or female protagonist's perspective.

(End of this chapter)