The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 351: You think too much about the truth behind the changing times

Qiao Feng is known as the God of War in the Tianlong world for a reason. His exceptional Shaolin internal skills, coupled with the world's best Dragon Subduing Palm, make him a formidable figure among top-tier masters, surpassing even the previous leader, the sword-bearded Wang Jiantong, in terms of his power. His bloodline also plays a role; his inherent resilience has shaped his unwavering character and his remarkable record of rising stronger with each challenge.

Since becoming the leader of the Beggars' Sect, Qiao Feng has not reduced the number of times he takes action. He even divided a lot of his power with the deputy leader Ma Dayuan, and personally went to the front line to charge into battle. As Murong Fu said before, he and Ma Dayuan are more like the inner and outer leaders rather than the chief and deputy leaders. Ma Dayuan is even more like the chief leader than him.

The conversation between the two ended quickly. Murong Fu defeated quite a few so-called young talents in three days, but there were not many people who truly recognized his strength. After all, real masters are generally older, and they are unwilling to lose face and go out to fight and embarrass themselves.

Masters who are shameless often do not get the recognition of martial arts masters. Even if they are defeated, no one thinks that Murong Fu is really that strong. It is more likely that they think that this person was bribed by Murong Fu and deliberately lost. But Qiao Feng is different!

The saying "North is Qiao Feng and South is Murong" is very popular in the martial arts world. A large part of the fame of South Murong comes from the five manor owners under him, while in addition to the bonus of the Beggar Gang, the fame of North Qiao Feng comes more from his own extraordinary strength. Any martial arts master who has seen Qiao Feng in action will express his affirmation of his strength.

This time, Qiao Feng took the initiative to step onto the ring. He had no intention of holding back and started with a dragon palm. The whistling wind from the palm left the opponent with nowhere to hide and they had to take it head-on.

"What a Dragon Subduing Palm! What a Dragon's Regret!" Murong Fu's eyes flashed. This palm strike was indeed impressive, but it was impossible to defeat him. Murong Fu had many martial arts that could compete with the Dragon Subduing Palm, but palm-to-palm was more in line with his personality. First of all...

"Heaven-Turning Palm!" Murong Fu did not give in at all but took two steps forward to meet the attack. He had been practicing this Heaven-Turning Palm for a long time, and it had been optimized by himself and Zhang Sanfeng. Not long ago, he had received guidance from Murong Bo and incorporated many Shaolin palm techniques. Even if its power was not as strong as the Dragon Subduing Palm, it was almost the same.

However, compared to Qiao Feng's fierceness, Murong Fu was more inclined to combine hardness and softness. With a muffled sound, Qiao Feng did not move at all, and Murong Fu took two light steps back, seemingly at a disadvantage. However, Qiao Feng himself knew very well that he had just been shocked and was unable to pursue, while Murong Fu used the retreat to dissolve his palm power. To be honest, he had gained a slight advantage.

"Okay!" Qiao Feng shouted loudly, and used the vibration of his internal force to dissolve the recoil force. He rushed forward suddenly and pushed out his palms flatly, but it was the most powerful Dragon Subduing Palm, shocking a hundred miles.

Murong Fu saw this and couldn't help but admire Qiao Feng's grasp of timing and his courage and bravery, which were unmatched by ordinary people. He took two steps forward as a buffer, retreated two steps after a blow, and then moved forward and retreated again. This basically ensured a stalemate without injury, and continuously consumed Qiao Feng's internal energy, while also providing himself with enough buffer.

Qiao Feng saw through it the first time. Or maybe it wasn't that he saw through it, but he instinctively thought that it shouldn't be like this. His fighting instinct was stronger than one could imagine. If Murong Fu was the rationalist among martial arts masters, then Qiao Feng was the emotional one, with an astonishingly strong instinct.

Amidst the loud noises of "Bang! Bang! Bang!", Qiao Feng chased Murong Fu all the way to fight him. The fight between the two was so loud that the aftermath of the palm wind forced the martial artists under the ring to retreat. The two maids on the ring had to move the tables and chairs away to avoid them being damaged by the palm wind.

The Dragon Subduing Palm originally had twenty-eight palms. Seeing that the last ten palms were rather useless, Qiao Feng simplified it and condensed it into eighteen palms. Murong Fu also originally got eighteen palms, but only the first fifteen of these eighteen palms were accurate. The last three palms were incomplete during the time of Hong Qigong, and were completed by him, which is slightly different from Qiao Feng's Dragon Subduing Palm.

Soon, Qiao Feng used all the Dragon Subduing Palm techniques, and Murong Fu also made a big circle on the ring, displaying the essence of the Heaven-Flipping Palm technique one by one. Although he seemed to be at a slight disadvantage, he was not hurt at all.

But being slightly inferior is being slightly inferior. Murong Fu suddenly changed his tactics and swung out three palms in the air, which were derived from Huang Yaoshi's split-air palm technique. He forced Qiao Feng to retreat temporarily, and then took the initiative to chase Qiao Feng and fight him, but this time he used the Quanzhen Sect's Three Flowers Gathering Palm, which required a very high level of realm. It was the main method used by Wang Chongyang in the battle against Hong Qigong, Huang Yaoshi and others in the Huashan Sword Contest.

Murong Fu's martial arts were all first-rate, super first-rate, and even top-notch. He had also carefully studied all the martial arts of Quanzhen Sect and was very familiar with the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top Palm. He performed it without any awkwardness, but with ease. He used both hardness and softness, and was not at all inferior to Qiao Feng in the battle.

The two fought for hundreds of rounds without a clear winner. Many martial artists below the ring were stunned and secretly brought themselves into the fight, only to find that they might not be able to withstand even a single move.

This was not the kind of kick that Murong Fu had given him before, where he would just groan a few times and then get up, pat his butt and walk away. This was the kind of kick that was fatal.

"Qiao Feng in the north and Murong in the south, the two young masters of the Central Plains, truly live up to their reputation!" Until this moment, everyone realized that these two people can no longer be compared with ordinary young masters. Even if all the masters in the entire Central Plains martial arts world are ranked, they should be able to squeeze into the top ranks. Not to mention the top ten, they should at least be in the top twenty.

"Have you noticed that Young Master Murong used three kinds of palm techniques? Except for the three air-splitting palms in the middle, which have traces, the other two palm techniques are quite advanced and complete, but have never appeared in the world." Suddenly, an old man said something shocking.

Everyone thought about it carefully and found that it seemed to be true. "Could it be that the Murong family has created a new palm technique?"

"It's unlikely. Since the death of the old patriarch, there have been no masters in the Murong family. I admit that Young Master Murong has extraordinary martial arts skills, but if you say that his realm is so high that he can create such magical skills out of nothing, I think it's impossible. These palm techniques and magical skills may be left by the predecessors and he got them by luck. Or maybe they are the unrevealed secrets of some small sect?" This person talked nonsense, but he led the Murong family astray, causing everyone to roll their eyes.

"If there is a palm technique that can rival the Dragon Subduing Palm, how could it have been kept secret until today? You want to discredit the Murong family, but don't treat me like fools by using such a ridiculous excuse that even a three-year-old wouldn't believe."

"Haha, even now, you still refuse to admit that Young Master Murong is an extraordinary martial artist? You really think that just because he calls himself third-rate, he really is. If he is third-rate, then what are we in the martial arts world? The lower nine classes, or even not even in the mainstream? Then how should the Beggars' Sect leader, Qiao Feng, who is on par with Young Master Murong, deal with it?"

"They've been fighting for two hundred rounds and still haven't decided the winner. They're masters of the same level, evenly matched."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone became indifferent.

Although I don't want to admit it, I have to admit that Qiao Feng in the North and Murong in the South can really be ranked on the same level.

"The Dragon Subduing Palm is worthy of being the best palm in the world. It would be difficult for me to defeat you with my Sky-Flipping Palm and Three Flowers Gathering Palm. Brother Qiao, be careful. What's coming next is the highest and most unique skill of my Murong family, which is to give someone a taste of their own medicine!" Murong Fu said, slightly bending his left leg and bending his right arm inward. He drew a circle with his right palm and pushed it outward with a whoosh. It was the same Dragon Subduing Palm as Qiao Feng's, the arrogant dragon will regret.

However, his move was launched later but arrived first, forcing Qiao Feng to change his moves temporarily and retreat two steps. Murong Fu then countered Qiao Feng's moves, or in other words, he would perform the same moves in advance after seeing Qiao Feng's opening moves. He was always able to perform them one step earlier than him, and in turn forced Qiao Feng to retreat again and again.

The audience couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when they saw this scene, and took a deep breath. "Is this the Gusu Murong family's way of giving back in kind?"

The Murong family is a powerful force in the martial arts world that has been passed down for hundreds of years. Many major sects have recorded the magical power of Dou Zhuan Xing Yi. They know that this is definitely not the intention of giving someone a taste of their own medicine, but the ability of the young master Murong to imitate the original better than the original has really scared many people.

The two fought for thirty to fifty rounds with the Dragon Subduing Palm. Qiao Feng gradually discovered Murong Fu's method and used a move that shocked a hundred miles without hesitation. Even though Murong Fu attacked in advance, he did not retreat at all and shook him away with his powerful internal strength.

"Hahahaha, Brother Murong is really good at mental arithmetic and has an amazing memory. It's a pity that fake is fake. No matter how similar the imitation is, it is difficult to fully present the core of the martial arts. Brother Murong's fake Dragon Subduing Palm may be useful against half-baked people who have learned three or five moves of the Dragon Subduing Palm, but for me who has mastered all the moves of the Dragon Subduing Palm, it is still a little bit lacking." Qiao Feng stepped forward and swung the Dragon Subduing Palm freely, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and suppressed Murong Fu's Dragon Subduing Palm in one fell swoop.

Murong Fu's palm techniques became chaotic, and he retreated repeatedly, falling into the most embarrassing situation of the competition so far. He could not help but pinch his fingers into swords and repeatedly unleashed the "Chuan He" (Three-Finger Finger) to barely make up for the disadvantage. He smiled bitterly and said, "After all, you saw through me. In terms of palm techniques alone, I am not as good as you! What I will use next is the Tai Chi magic that best suits the Murong family. Please be careful, Brother Qiao."

Murong Fu's movements changed, and his entire aura changed with them. It was as if he had his own world. All external forces were diverted and rebounded, even Qiao Feng's Dragon Subduing Palm was no exception. Qiao Feng's eyes lit up: "Do unto others as they would have you do unto them?"

Soon, Qiao Feng discovered the characteristics of this magical skill, which is that Tai Chi rotates endlessly, but it is more about using the enemy's force to fight back. The stronger the enemy, the stronger I am. If the enemy is not strong, I cannot exert my maximum power. Moreover, as long as I can completely control the power, use ten points and retain twenty points for myself, I will not be afraid of being diverted and rebounded by him.

"Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!" Qiao Feng uttered the word "Excellent" three times in a row, then took two steps back and stopped, shaking his head. "It's a pity this kind of soft yet subtle martial arts is so unsatisfying to use. Let's stop here for today. You and I have fought for three hundred rounds without a clear winner. If we continue, it will be extremely difficult to determine the winner within a thousand moves. By then, it will not be a test of martial arts, but of perseverance."

"Gusu Murong, you should give him a taste of his own medicine. I have learned your lesson!" Qiao Feng made the final conclusion to this martial arts competition. His last sentence made many people in the martial arts world nod their heads repeatedly. Being able to imitate the opponent's martial arts and then strike first, being able to deflect and rebound the opponent's martial arts, is this the truth behind the Murong family's success?

Murong Fu: Haha, you think too much, but this is exactly what I want you to think wrongly.