Chapter 165: Great Central Supreme Fist
After using Gui Shui Zhi De Fist, Xie Bo’s movement technique became faster and faster, his entire body turning into a blur of gray shadow that enveloped Lu Yun within it.
Everyone knew that the final moment had arrived. Xie Tian clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging on his forehead, and roared: “Kill him!”
Amid the maple leaf shroud, Xie Bo attacked madly while watching Lu Yun struggle bitterly to hold on, a rising sense of reluctance in his heart. In his view, he had already firmly grasped control of the situation and could defeat Lu Yun at any time, but what troubled him was what to do after defeating Lu Yun—could he really follow Xie Tian’s orders and cripple Lu Yun’s martial arts, destroy his appearance?
Would he still be considered a person like that? Xie Bo’s heart fell into conflict. In his mind echoed Lu Yun’s earlier considerate words; how could he bring himself to do it! But if he didn’t comply, he would never get the chance to advance to Grandmaster in his lifetime, and then his children would have to repeat the same fate…
At this moment, Xie Tian’s roar came again: “What are you dawdling for? Kill him!”
Xie Bo’s heart stuttered. In this instant, he finally ceased his internal struggle, suppressed his true feelings, and said guiltily to Lu Yun: “Sorry, Brother Lu.” With that, the sky full of fist shadows converged into one fist, about to blast toward Lu Yun.
“Sorry, Older Brother Xie.” Unexpectedly, Lu Yun said the same thing. After Xie Bo used Five Virtues Five Elements Technique, he finally threw his first fist.
“Struggling on the brink of death!” Xie Tian shrieked strangely upon seeing this.
At this moment, Lu Yun and Xie Bo faced each other at a distance of no more than two feet, each throwing a fist at the other’s chest. Xie Bo’s fist carried the momentum of a surging river, vast and unstoppable. Lu Yun’s fist seemed simple and plain, but it appeared to contain the Supreme Principle of Heaven and Earth, as if all the reason between heaven and earth was embodied in this one fist.
“My way is Great Central Supreme, penetrating above and below, consistent throughout!”
Drawn by the two men’s qi aura, the maple leaves on the ground flew up wildly, spinning rapidly around them, the sky full of red leaves enveloping both. Normally, this only occurred when Earth Rank Grandmasters clashed. But at this moment, with Black Rank strength, they too stirred up the sky full of red leaves—this was the peak, the peak of Black Rank!
Everyone stared wide-eyed, wanting to see this final instant clearly, but with red leaves falling like rain, they could only vaguely make out two figures…
Suddenly, the crowd heard a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering boom, and one figure shot out like a cannonball, crashing heavily into a maple tree before tumbling into the thick layer of fallen maple leaves.
In the center of the arena, the mutually linked qi aura vanished. Through the gradually falling sky full of maple leaves, the crowd clearly saw one figure still standing there.
Victory and defeat were decided!
“Young Master Lu…” The young ladies immediately burst into tears and ran toward the fallen figure, wanting to check right away how badly he was hurt, whether his appearance was ruined.
Xie Tian and the others laughed heartily instead, walking toward the arena, their group of lackeys loudly praising: “As expected of the Eldest Young Master’s pick. Xie Bo, you’ve made a great contribution…”
The words weren’t finished when Xie Tian and the lackeys suddenly sounded like chickens with their throats gripped, their voices cutting off abruptly. They pointed at the person in the arena like they’d seen a ghost, dumbfounded and speechless.
At this time, the maple leaves gradually settled, revealing a white figure before Xie Tian and the others. They remembered Xie Bo clearly wore a gray robe—how had it become white?
Xie Tian incredulously rubbed his eyes hard, only to find he hadn’t seen wrong. Standing before him was Lu Yun, clad in snow-white robes, elegant as jade…
“How could it be you?!” The lackeys cried out in shock.
“How could it be you?!” Under the maple tree, the young ladies’ exclamations rang out simultaneously.
Though both were exclamations, their meanings were utterly different. The lackeys were utterly stunned, while the young ladies were filled with utter surprise!
Upon seeing it was Xie Bo lying on the ground, the young ladies were overjoyed and immediately abandoned him, turning to run toward Lu Yun.
Seeing those youthful girls rushing toward him, Lu Yun’s face showed terror, wanting to flee, but he was stopped by Investigative Bureau Officials. “Young Master Lu, please stay. After we check Young Master Xie’s condition, we’ll need you to sign.”
Lu Yun had no choice but to stop. The Investigative Bureau Officials then walked toward Xie Bo, and the young ladies all looked over as one, wanting to confirm if Lu Yun had won.
The three Investigative Bureau Officials reached the base of that large maple tree and saw Xie Bo lying flat in a spread-eagle position amid the maple leaves, with no visible injuries on his body, steady breathing, and clear consciousness.
“Young Master Xie, can you still continue fighting?” an Investigative Bureau Official asked perfunctorily.
“Get up quickly!” Xie Tian and the others rushed over in fury. Seeing Xie Bo lying on the ground as if nothing had happened, they were so angry they kicked him: “Lying there pretending to be dead?!”
“…” Xie Bo didn’t dodge; in fact, he couldn’t dodge anymore. He ignored Xie Tian and the Investigative Bureau people alike, just staring at the sky with eyes full of self-mockery.
The lead Investigative Bureau Official saw Xie Bo’s body tilt immediately after being kicked, with no sign of true qi automatically protecting him, and understood in his heart. Saying “Excuse me,” he bent down to check Xie Bo’s pulse, indeed finding his meridians empty, his true qi seemingly vanished.
“Great Central Supreme Fist!” The official exclaimed in shock: “Young Master Lu actually knows Great Central Supreme Fist!”
“Great Central Supreme Fist—isn’t that the Haoran Sword’s secret technique?” Another Investigative Bureau Official was greatly startled upon hearing this. Great Central Supreme Fist was not a kung fu from the Heaven and Earth Righteous Law, but a fist technique created by Grandmaster Lu Xian in the past based on the Heaven and Earth Righteous Law.
“Legend has it that below Heavenly Rank, anyone struck by this fist will lose all true qi, becoming no different from an ordinary mortal without martial arts.” The Investigative Bureau Official looked at Lu Yun, awaiting his response.
“Don’t worry,” Lu Yun said softly: “Though I was taught this fist by the Vice Sect Master, I only grasp a bit of the basics. At most after the time for a cup of tea, Older Brother Xie’s true qi will return.”
“That’s still very impressive…” The Investigative Bureau Official breathed a sigh of relief, took out a result form, filled Lu Yun’s name in the winner’s column, then asked him to sign and confirm. Lu Yun signed his name, and Xie Bo, helped up by the Investigative Bureau Officials, also rose and signed the form. His muscles and bones, tempered over years, were sturdy, so even without true qi, he could still lift his hand.
Those young masters’ gazes toward Lu Yun involuntarily turned reverent. Xie Bo was Black Rank Peak, second only to Earth Rank Grandmaster! For Lu Yun to defeat him meant he had Earth Rank strength, right?
“He doesn’t have Grandmaster strength.” Hearing the young masters’ discussion, Xiahou Yanran parted her red lips lightly: “The reason he could win is by relying on profound fist technique and superior battle tactic.”
“I see…” The young masters finally put their hearts back in their stomachs. Xiahou Yanran came from a prestigious family with far greater insight than theirs; if she said Lu Yun wasn’t a Grandmaster, then he certainly wasn’t…
“Exactly, he’s only how old? Sixteen or seventeen—how could he be a Grandmaster?” The young masters laughed self-deprecatingly.
“Though he’s not a Grandmaster, he has Black Rank Peak strength.” Xiahou Yanran’s beautiful eyes flashed with unusual light as she gazed at Lu Yun surrounded by a crowd of girls, murmuring to herself: “Older Brother, now you have a rival.”
“Whoa, Big Sister is overpraising him, isn’t she?” The young masters scoffed upon hearing this: “How can the Lu Family’s young man be mentioned in the same breath as Young Master Xiahou?”
Xiahou Yanran shook her head, cutting off the topic, and half-seriously, half-jokingly looked at the young masters: “This man, given time, will surely achieve great things. You all love currying favor with the powerful so much—don’t miss this chance to cozy up to a rising star.”
“Big Sister…” The young masters blushed crimson with embarrassment. They thought to themselves, what we actually want to cozy up to most is Big Sister’s thigh. But the last person who dared say that out loud still couldn’t fend for himself even now.
