Chinese martial arts: From being shot and killed by the armed police during a mountain search to bec

Gun muzzle spits fire.

Bullets rained down, leaving two streaks of orange-red fire in the darkness.

The moment the gunshot rang out, Chen Hongwu's body reacted.

When martial arts are ingrained in one's bones, the first reaction to danger is not thought, but instinct. Just like a hand recoils when it touches fire, or eyes close when they see bright light, these are conditioned reflexes of the nervous system, faster than any thought.

When the first bullet was fired, Chen Hongwu's spine, like a startled python, exploded from his tailbone to his cervical vertebrae, one segment at a time. His entire spine suddenly tensed, and the muscle groups on both sides contracted violently, causing his upper body to lean backward.

Baguazhang - Azure Dragon Turns Over!

This move is a technique for listening to one's strength. When Cheng Tinghua was teaching his apprentice, he would have the apprentice stand in the courtyard with his back to the apprentice and have someone throw bricks at him from behind.

When the brick was only an inch from the back of Cheng Tinghua's head, his body suddenly swayed to the left, and the brick grazed his ear without even touching a hair on his head.

His apprentice asked him how he knew. Cheng Tinghua said, "When the brick flies over, the pores on my back sense the wind first. As soon as the pores tighten, my body instinctively moves away."

A bullet travels faster than a brick, but the pressure wave it creates pushes through the air is faster than the bullet itself. When this pressure wave hits the pores on the back, the pores contract instantly, the hairs on the body stand on end, and the muscle groups on both sides of the spine automatically react to avoid it.

This is just superficial skill.

The muscles and bones are relaxed, the skin and hair are attacked, and the mind is empty. At this moment, it already has the meaning of neutralizing force.

But "the Azure Dragon turning over" alone is not enough.

The bullets are fired in bursts; the barrage of thirty bullets is far greater than that of a single bullet.

The first bullet dodged, but the second and third immediately followed. The machine gunner's finger remained on the trigger, the muzzle bobbing up and down as bullets sprayed out in a fan shape.

At the same moment Chen Hongwu's upper body leaned back, his legs had already exerted force.

He slammed his heel into the ground, his toes gripping the earth at the same time, his five toes digging into the cracks in the brickwork like five iron hooks.

This is the foundation of the Xingyi Quan San Ti Shi stance. If the toes don't grip the ground, the center of gravity will be unstable; if the center of gravity is unstable, the power of the whole body will dissipate.

As the heels slammed into the ground, the knees bent to their limit, and the two knee joints made two dull cracking sounds, while the two large tendons on the inside of the thighs suddenly tightened.

Snake Step! The Snake Step in Bagua Palm!

This snake step emphasizes the coordinated movement of every joint of the body. Power starts from the toes, passes through the ankles, knees, and hips, and is transmitted all the way to the spine. From the spine, it is then thrown to the shoulders, and finally, through a violent twist of the shoulders, the entire body is moved to the side, taking a step along the ground!

With this step, Chen Hongwu's entire body shifted three feet to the left, almost touching the ground! He ended up looking like a carrying pole!

The bullets from the gun grazed the right side of his shirt, tearing the hem of his gray short-sleeved shirt and leaving three scorch marks on the fabric. One of the bullets grazed the skin on the outside of his right arm, leaving a burn-like red mark.

From the moment the machine gun fired to Chen Hongwu's sidestep, the entire process took no more than half a second.

The Madsen light machine gun has a theoretical rate of fire of 400 to 500 rounds per minute and a magazine capacity of 30 rounds. It takes just over three seconds to empty all 30 rounds, and at most four or five seconds.

What can you do in four or five seconds?

The guards outside reacted quickly, and the sentries at the four corners of the courtyard wall sounded the alarm. The guards at the three checkpoints outside the temple gate rushed in and surrounded the meditation room like an iron barrel.

In this situation, even the Martial Saint Sun Lutang couldn't escape.

Therefore, Chen Hongwu only had three seconds.

Every second that is delayed will result in six more Mauser pistols and two light machine guns appearing outside the door.

Three seconds to kill Mo Laohu!

"Damn it!"

Mo Laohu, who was standing behind the machine gun, had a smirk on his face, but his expression changed drastically when he saw the godlike movement.

He reacted extremely quickly, instinctively trying to turn the gun around. He twisted both hands sharply to the left, causing the barrel and the entire gun to rotate half a circle, and the muzzle returned to Chen Hongwu's position.

But Chen Hongwu reacted even faster.

His body bounced up as he rolled, like a spring that had been compressed to its limit and then suddenly released.

With knees bent and center of gravity lowered, the body leaped from a half-squatting position, soaring more than ten feet into the air.

This leap uses the "Dragon Form" body technique of Xingyi Quan, which emphasizes "rising like a crouching dragon ascending to the sky and falling like a fierce tiger pouncing on its prey," with the power of the whole body flowing through the Yongquan acupoint on the sole of the foot.

Push off with your feet, the force travels from your ankles to your knees; straighten your knees, the force travels from your hips to your waist; twist your waist, the force travels from your spine to your shoulders; push with your shoulders, the force travels from your elbows to your wrists, and finally flows into your ten fingers.

His body spun in the air like a fully drawn bow, leaping over the machine gun's firing arc and hurtling straight toward Mo Laohu.

Mo Laohu's expression changed drastically. He decisively released the machine gun and immediately assumed a Hung Kuen stance.

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, toes gripping the ground, knees slightly bent, center of gravity lowered, chest slightly concave and back straight.

With one hand in front of the other, the front hand forms a tiger claw to protect the center line, while the back hand is clenched into a fist and hidden at the waist, with the palm facing up and the back of the fist facing outward. The muscles of the arms bulge with bulging veins under the cloth shirt.

Hung Kuen emphasizes a powerful and domineering style. When exerting force, the energy flows from the dantian (lower abdomen) to the waist. When a punch is thrown, all the joints in the body, from the toes to the fingers, explode together, like a string of firecrackers exploding from the soles of the feet to the tip of the fist.

Chen Hongwu had anticipated this.

Mo Laohu had already developed internal strength, making it easy for him to control his heart rate; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to fool him earlier.

P.S. I'm exhausted. This chapter was so hard to write. I need to take a break.