Chapter 219
The wind of the fan cut forward, and the slash of the fan came later . The wind was hiding poison, and the blade of the fan was as sharp as knife . One in the dark, another in the open; one shapeless, one shaped; one real, the other fake .
Atobe was startled by this sudden aggression, and it was far too late for him to evade .
For Atobe, even if his instincts called him to evade the attack, his body was unable to follow up with that command . His physical reactions were too slow to catch up . The cutting wind from the fan slashed at Atobe . He only had enough time to raise both of his arms to block the imminent attack . With a whiplash, the wind from the fan hit Atobe's arms . At that second, Atobe felt a pushing impact coming from his forearms, and it pushed him slightly backward .
As previously mentioned, Atobe was equipped with quite a good quality armor . It had high Defense Points and was able to stop Si Yanran's deathly darts . Tang Size's attack was about as powerful as the darts . Back then, Atobe had been ambushed from behind by the darts, but this time, he was blocking the attack that came from the front . Therefore, he did not realize how powerful the attack was, and that was confirmed once more when he noticed the Life Points that he had lost from the attack was not as great as the amount he had lost back then .
How is this possible? Tang Size got the shock of his life . From the contact made by the attack, he failed to feel any internal energy coming from his adversary . Theoretically speaking, if a person took his attack head on without any internal energy defense, the man's arms should have snapped in half . At the very least, the bones in the arms would have been broken . Yet, this Jin fella before him only took a small step back . His arms were perfectly fine . In fact, they could be said to be unscathed .
"This is impossible!" Tang Size refused to believe this and followed up with another attack .
The young master of the Tang family had mastered quick hands and nimble fingers since he was at a young age . He was especially talented in kung fu and had mastered the kung fu of 'Swift Fingers' at the young age of just over twenty . His thirteen sets of Swift Fingers had twenty-nine changes, with focuses on speed, accuracy, agility, dangerousness . Combined with the Tang family's own internal energy and venom arts, it could be said to be a match made in heaven . Even though it was not as impactful as Shao Lin's dragon claw in terms of direct damage, the quick unknown changes, unpredictable styles, and hidden venomous aura utilized by Swift Fingers during close-quarter combat managed to carve out a name for himself, and everyone would be clever to be cautious around the young man . But Atobe-sama… knew none of that .
When Mu Rong Yin explained the knowledge of the martial world to him, if there was any mention of martial artists, she would only go through their names, titles, identities, and a rough explanation of their specialized kung fu . She did not teach Atobe the specialty, the details, and the way to undermine their kung fu . If she had told him all of that, then she would have taken more than an afternoon . She would not have finished even if she had ten afternoons . Furthermore, that kind of knowledge was beyond the range of 'common knowledge' because it might be related to someone else's personal safety . Therefore, facing Tang Size's follow-up attack, Atobe reacted as he normally would . From how he looked at it, this Young Master Tang was not that powerful . At least he was not as powerful as Si Yanran, and the damage he dealt was well within the range that he could handle .
In the blink of an eye, they had exchanged ten blows . Tang Size's skill became faster and faster, but his heart became more and more worried .
Just what kind of kung fu does this Jin fella practice? He faces my fan with his bare hands, and he only defends and does not attack . There is no sign of internal energy at all . The attacks land on his body, but it feels like I am hitting a set of armor . Even the highest level of Golden Bell Aegis is not as powerful as this . A kung fu technique that can be utilized without the use of any internal energy? Are the kid's skin and bones made from steel and iron?
Suddenly a figure intervened, and within another three exchanges, an arm shot out swiftly to capture Tang Size's wrist .
"Young Master Tang . " It was none other than Gong Sun Li who intervened . He had been watching from the side for a while already and believed that he had witnessed everything he needed to, so he jumped forth to stop the fight between the two . "Isn't that enough? Can't you realize that Young Master Jin is holding back? If you continue to push him further and cause Young Master Jin to retaliate… Hah, at that time, even I might not be able to stop him . "
Once Gong Sun Li said that, there was a buzz in Tang Size's brain . Something seemed to light up his consciousness, and he whipped his head around to study Atobe-sama . "You…"
He remembered the skills that he had used and the lack of counter that came from his adversary . From beginning to end, Atobe had only stood where he was; he did not avoid that attacks that came at him and did not move too much from where he was standing . When he blocked, he did not use any visible kung fu . He merely moved his arms and legs about . "What… what a great school this is, Broken Sword Chahitsu . I, Tang Size, am mightily impressed!"
Tang Size then glared at Gong Sun Li as he flung his arm back to escape from the latter's grip . He took several steps toward Atobe and took out a small rectangular paper pouch from his waist pocket . "This is the antidote to my poisonous fan . Young Hero Jin, please take it . "
Atobe accepted the paper pouch with a baffled expression . Only when he heard that did he notice the 'poisoned' status that was written in his status bar . In other words, Atobe would not have noticed that he had been poisoned if his adversary did not point it out and even provide him with the antidote .
"Er… thank you . " Out of habit, Atobe thanked the man . Out of the four people there, he was the only one who did not understand what had really happened . From his perspective, this Tang NPC changed from neutral to hostile without any warning, and for some reason that eluded Atobe, he had changed again from hostile to friendly .
"My name is Tang Size . Those of the martial world have been kind enough to call me Swift Fingers . " Tang Size put his palms together to ask, "I wonder, what is your name, Young Hero Jin?"
F*ck! Now I have to repeat myself again? Do they think this is fun? Atobe was quite annoyed internally, but on the surface, he replied rather weakly once more, "Jin Fugui…"
"Today, it is me who has made the offense . I hope that you will be kind enough to forgive my transgression . " At this point, his eyes went to scan both Gong Sun Li and Si Yanran . "If there's a chance in the future, please allow me to learn a few more lessons from you, Young Hero Jin . Farewell!"
Then, with a cold scoff, he left in a huff . After he left the room, Atobe finally sighed in relief . He swallowed the antidote, and soon, the poisoned status was neutralized . Looking at his Life Points that had dropped to thirty percent, Atobe really did not know what to say .
"Haha… Young Hero Jin's kung fu sure is different from normal," Gong Sun Li commented . "Facing Tang Size's Swift Fingers, Young Hero Jin responded with slowness to face his swiftness . And that was done without showing any internal energy or weapons . The immense power that is shown from this tolerance… it goes to show how powerful your external energy is . With Tang Size's internal energy, if he was hit directly by a punch from you, his bones would probably have shattered on the spot . Humph… that laughable little child, he has no idea the depth of the water he has waded into . He has no idea he was able to walk out of this place alive only because of your kindness . "
These martial artists sure have creative imaginations… How did he come to the absurd conclusion that I was me who was being kind toward the man and it was me who held back against the aggression? And he managed to somehow fill in the blanks to reach such a conclusion…
Atobe mocked him internally several times .
At the optimum stage of the practice of external energy, one would be able to achieve an armor-like defense of excellent quality without applying any internal energy or kung fu, huh? I wonder if someone at that stage will be able to defend against actual bullets at their maximum defense…
"You flatter me too much…" Atobe tried his best to maintain his calmness as he replied . From the current situation, there was a ninety percent chance that Gong Sun Li and Si Yanran would not assault him, so he assumed the disguise afforded him for now . "Oh, I still need to… adjust to the… venom travelling through my body . If there is nothing else… then…"
He kept the sentence unfinished, but the meaning was plainly quite clear . He wished for them to leave the room .
"Oh, of course, of course . We understand . " Gong Sun Li tossed Si Yanran a look, and the two left together .
After the two left the door, they kept on walking until they reached a remote spot, and Si Yanran said under her breath, "That Jin Fugui… is he really as powerful as you said? Could he be putting on a front?"
"If you'd spent more time practicing with my brother, instead of that blasted Wang Ao, you could have answered that yourself," Gong Sun Li said pointedly .
"Pfft! Who are you to mind my business! The man is now dead, and you had a hand in it," Si Yanran warned in response with wickedness in her eyes .
"Enough!" Gong Sun Li halted her . "It is because of Thousand Dawn Spire's face that I stepped forth to help deal with your problem, and now I got myself in the dirty water because of it as well .
"These five from Broken Sword Chahitsu have to be silenced eventually, but it must not happen in Chang Lin . For now, we need to endear ourselves to them and try to keep these strange people from speaking . After the duel is over and everyone goes back from whence they came, I will arrange people to follow them, and then we will see what we can do . "
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