Book 16 - Chapter 8 – The Battle of Imperial Road (1/2)
Book 16 Chapter 8 – The Battle of Ihan turned around; his back straightened, his shoulders squared, i in the h’, directed toward the enemy riders in the distance
The dozen or so riders, ere now galloping straight toward hih Tiele people were experts in fighting on horseback, but in front of awith stored ht with him from the horseback
As one after another they spread out, Ba Fenghan’s iher With a low shout he strode forward
The incohters headed by Qu Ao, including his three disciples: Changshu Mou, Hua Lingzi and Genggehu’er
Ba Fenghan blocking their as totally beyond their expectation
In fact, Ba Fenghan’s narrow escape in a situation where escaping wasthe heavens just now has dealt a severe blow to Qu Ao’s confidence; hence the reason he had to find a quiet place to e to han unexpectedly chose this moment to intercept him, alone Anybody would be ahan’s self-confidence and valiant action
Merely in terhan had already seized the initiative
One after another the horses withdrew about a hundred paces or so, while the riders dis sound
Qu Ao really wish he could look around to see any trace of Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, to guard against these two boys launching sneak attack from the side, but he really could not take his eyes off of the ene down on him, for fear that any distraction would result in total defeat
Whether he illing to adhan has become an adversary that was on par with him
Qu Ao flen from his mount, and shouted in low voice, “Take the horse away! Hold your troops!”
Changshu Mou, as standing behind him, asked in consternation, “Why would shi+zun [venerable master] pay attention to him? Just let us take care of hihan was only about fifty paces away, hiseyes were fixed on Qu Ao
Qu Ao sighed inwardly Although Changshu Mou has received his authentic teaching and had risen to the rank of first class han, Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, these youngtalent; hence he failed to see the subtleties of this ht, an iet-rid-of shadoould appear in his heart, thus would haainst Fu Qian Thehis way alone This kind overbearing, do about an indelible iically he has already lost one step
Especially worriso back and forth, if he retreated and the other party advanced, Changshu Mou and the others may not necessarily be able to stop him, and if he decided to make his move then, he would already be in passive position
There was also a deeper level of concern, ie if he retreated without a fight, he would appear too cowardice and would lose his poise It would show clearly that only under the circue just nohere he clearly held the superiority, would he dare to fight against hi this matter over and over in his han into a dangerous position where his only option was to take up the challenge
But he was a figure of grand master level, who has encountered any conceivable situation; thereupon he shouted coldly, “No need to talk too hter this kid”
Finished speaking, he threay all distracting thoughts, focused his attention, and shu Mou and the others exchanged glances; they were all able to see the frustration in the others’ heart
Ba Fenghan was definitely a terrifying character able to strike fear and admiration in the opponent’s heart
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When the two martial art masters were about twenty paces apart from each other, they both stopped and stood still
Ba Fenghan’s countenance beca laugh and said, “Qu Ao, you are not worthy to be recognized as the Tiele people’s great master of martial art, since you can only deal with us under the--the-few situation With this kind of conduct and sche, aren’t you afraid the people all over the world would sneer at you?”
Qu Ao’s expression also turned as cold as ice; he laughed coldly and said, “That day I was alone when I chased to kill the three of you, kids, so who’s many and who’s a few? It was just to prevent you three kids fro to the wilderness, like you usually do, that we had to ement! Kid, if you can’t see that, it would be best if you don’t corace to yourself”
Ba Fenghan sneered and said, “It was because previously you have not figured out our real strength Did Ol’ Ba say so?”
The two combatants conducted a verbal battle simply because in the momentum’s stalemate, they both realized that the opponent had no flaw that they could exploit, hence they used words to attack each other, trying to strike down the opponent’s momentum and confidence
Qu Ao spoke with disdain, “Why so much nonsense? Since you have rant you your wish”
A shan’s face; calh qualification to be Ol’ Ba’s real rival; you can only be a stepping stone for e Bi Xuan Go ahead!”
This remark was even more for and cursing fro some distance away, even Qu Ao was unable to stop his countenance fro
If Qu Ao had never been defeated by Bi Xuan, he could simply treat this remark as rubbish talk that he need not mind Too bad the actual fact happened to be the exact opposite; immediately it stirred up the extraordinary sha as he lived His originally unassailable confidence i!’
The Beheading Mystery Sword left its sheath Ba Fenghan had no distraction in his heart; his liu Pavilion, from where the faint clashu Mou and the others were shouting and swearing, but it was as if he did not hear anything, between the heaven and the earth, there was only he and the formidable opponent in front of his eyes
After his meridians were transformed by the Jade Annulus of He Clan, his true qi soared; coe was several tith and confidence
In Qu Ao’s eyes, Ba Fenghan seehty I that it was because of his own confidence faltered, while the opponent’s momentum increased rapidly that he had this illusion
When two martial art masters were in stalemate, due to their mind and spirit was locked by each other, their senses could also be adversely affected
The sound of the sword being withdraas like the echoing beating of the battle dru inside his eardrums
Qu Ao knew his situation was bad, quickly he focused his attention, ‘nine changes of coagulating truths’, in an instant hiscultivation could be suht’, and ‘nine’, separately representing the three stages of his accoht referred to his so-called ‘seven cycles of aves’ and the ‘eight seg skill
Ordinary martial art practitioners ere able to apply qi and send out power at able-to-receive-and-send-as-his-heart-desire level could already be considered martial art master
But if they wanted to surpass other people, they must look for the variation within in order to subdue the enees lies in the cultivation of the acupoints’ activity in the meridians’ hub within the body, which cannot be likened to ordinary qi cultivation When one is able to use the acupoints to control the transin to reach the first-class martial art master level
Qu Ao was a talent in e of twenty-three he already mastered seven acupoints, which prompted him to create the ‘seven cycles of aves’, but it was ten years later that he ments of violent tides’ Hence the difficulty could be easily ie of forty-one, he was able to control all acupoints at will, so he called it ‘nine changes of coagulating truth’ The ‘nine’ was not referring to nine acupoints at all, rather, it was because ‘nine’ was the top nu Only then did his ave birth to his intention to challenge Bi Xuan in a duel [My apology, all the above is beyond me, I translated it as best as I can]
‘Booed ahead three steps in succession Each step down created a heavy, powerful sound; even the earth seemed to be shaken
If this battle happened before his defeat at the hands of Bi Xuan, Qu Ao would have allowed the opponent to take the initiative to attack, and then when the opponent’s stored up momentum was at its fullest, the hest peak, with the power of ten-thousand-catty thunder he would make one move to strike the enee, and forever would not be able to overco care of the ene his hand
But this er had this kind of heroic spirit and confidence Leaping at an angle, he withdrew a dozen of steps away to evade the sword-brandishi+ng, with sweeping-a-thousand-ar opponent’s attack
He wanted to use the ‘nine changes of coagulating truth’ and unleashed it to its greatest potential, coupled with flawless ‘Thirteen-Style Eagle Transformation’, so that before the opponent’s momentum climbed into a new peak, he could strike at full power
But the instant Qu Ao’s feet left the ground to leap, Ba Fenghan suddenly stopped
Already in the air, Qu Ao’s countenance changed again Because unexpectedly Ba Fenghan was able to accurately predict the h his intention and strategy
It seehan was able to accomplish
It was only this e ashe had, for the given period of tihan He also realized that he wasthe enemy