Martial Arts: Starting from a Seemingly Real System

"First move!"

As soon as the shrill and feminine voice fell, Qiao Rui felt a flash before his eyes, and a pure white whisk with a whisk tail was already in front of him. The fine filaments of the whisk tail were straight up, like thousands of steel needles piercing Qiao Rui's chest.

"What a fast speed, what a strong internal force!"

Qiao Rui was secretly shocked. He was already on full alert, but he was still surprised at the skills of this skinny old man. Fortunately, he was not a weakling either, so he was not afraid.

He was seen retreating rapidly, his qi sinking into his dantian, he took a bow step and walked like a dragon, his internal force gathered instantly, his palms sank and turned outward, like a dragon entering the water or a dragon lurking in the abyss.

When you first arrive at the enemy camp, you need to snoop around to find out their strengths and weaknesses. There is one yang below, and you can hide from the world without any worries. You can remain hidden and not be seen. This is the hidden dragon that should not be used.

"interesting!"

The old man laughed and praised, then he stepped forward and turned his wrist. The whisk was like a blooming sunflower, and the two-foot-long whisk tail was swung into a big disc, crushing Qiao Rui's fierce and domineering palm power into nothingness.

Then the old man raised his dry hand and the whisk rose up, brushing it towards Qiao Rui's square and cold face as if he was brushing away dust.

The whisk is made of filaments from animal tails and was originally used to repel mosquitoes, sweep away dust and wipe away traces of dust. But at this moment, the whisk in the old man's hand was wrapped in internal force, and the energy penetrated every tiny hair, making them stand straight like thousands of steel needles and iron thorns. If it was hit on the face, it would be no less than brushing the face with an iron brush or combing the hair with a steel comb.

The skinny old man's attack seemed random, but it was as fast as lightning and surprisingly tricky. Qiao Rui did not dare to be careless. He quickly changed his moves, and in a flash he took a step sideways and sent out both palms at the same time. The vast true energy gathered in the meridians of his two arms, and he opened up the sky with one hand and the earth with the other.

He flipped his left palm up to deflect the whisk that the old man was trying to throw at him, and struck him in the stomach with his right palm.

Dragons and snakes rise from the land, the world turns upside down!

The old man looked a little surprised. He didn't expect Qiao Rui to respond so cleverly. After his whisk stabbed and flicked, there were originally several more changes to follow, but he had to change his tactics now.

He retracted the whisk in his right hand and stretched out his left palm to quickly block Qiao Rui's palm style. There was a muffled "bang" sound, and the palm power overflowed. The two men's robes fluttered without wind. Qiao Rui took the opportunity to distance himself and retreated more than a dozen feet. The No Regrets Subduing Dragon Palm is most afraid of close combat.

"Good, second move, come again!"

Before he finished speaking, the skinny old man suddenly jumped up with a long laugh. Instead of retreating, he advanced. The whisk in his hand was penetrated by his internal force. The whisk tail that was originally bundled up suddenly seemed to be flattened and turned into a fan. It instantly chopped towards Qiao Rui's neck, chest, right ribs, waist and abdomen, and dantian five times.

The speed is so fast, like a ghost.

"Is this the martial arts of the world that can only be broken by speed?" Qiao Rui's heart tightened and his eyebrows raised, the cold light in his eyes became more and more intense, the internal force in his dantian circulated at a very fast speed, and in an instant it turned into five palm powers of the Subduing Dragon Without Regrets, which slapped the old man's whisk in mid-air.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

This second move was a completely head-on collision, without any fancy moves. Every time the old man chopped out, Qiao Rui would counter with a palm strike, but he was also shocked and took a step back. After five strikes, Qiao Rui took five steps back in a row, and five footprints were left on the solid ground by Qiao Rui, which was eye-catching.

"Finally blocked it!" Qiao Rui's palms trembled slightly, the blood in his body surged, and his cheeks were scratched by the overflowing energy. Although he blocked the old man's continuous attack, he had to admit that the old man's power was so profound that he had never seen it before in his life.

Since Qiao Rui made his debut, this man has been his only strong rival. If it were a life-and-death fight, Qiao Rui felt for the first time that he would not be able to escape unscathed.

"We must strike first! The three-move agreement does not mean that we should just defend and counterattack. Taking the initiative and moving forward without hesitation is the essence of the Dragon Subduing No Regrets Palm."

After thinking about it, Qiao Rui took a bow stance, bent his right foot forward, swung his hands, and pushed forward suddenly with his palms facing outward. The vast internal force pressed towards the old man like a tidal wave.

"No regrets in descending the dragon!"

Amidst flying sand and rolling rocks, the sky and earth seemed to have lost their color at this moment. The violent and condensed palm power that pushed away the air produced a sound like a dragon's roar, and the powerful feeling of oppression was suffocating.

Old Yu and the imperial guards who had been watching the fight on the side could not help but retreat together. The city gate defender Qiu Xiong's face changed several times. Unlike Old Yu and ordinary imperial guards, he was a first-class master in the martial arts world and could realize the power of Qiao Rui's move, which was simply unmatched.

He couldn't understand why Qiao Rui was so young but his martial arts had reached such a level. When did such a monster appear in the world?

He has already become the top in the martial arts world at the young age, and he really has some of the charm and demeanor of the late emperor when he was young.

He had been provoked by this man before and had gone into battle without reporting to the higher authorities. If the eunuchs had not acted in time, he would have been in great danger now. Thinking of this, Qiu Xiong couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Well done!"

Facing Qiao Rui's earth-shattering move, the old man's admiration grew stronger. "Although this boy is young, his strength should not be underestimated. Given time, he might be able to control the situation."

Although he was thinking about something, he did not slow down at all. He shook his wrist, and the whisk shrank into a bundle, tightly gathered into a strand. The tip of the whisk was flashing with cold light, like a judge's pen for acupuncture and piercing people. It carried the old man's nearly sixty years of skill and dotted the surging and violent energy coming from the opposite side.

"when!"

The wind and clouds were surging, their forces were equal, and the sounds were like the clanging of metal.

The two terrifying internal forces clashed fiercely, and there seemed to be sparks flying everywhere. After a moment of stalemate, a spiral of energy emerged from the tip of the whisk, which broke through the surface with a point, and finally gained the upper hand. A gap was opened in the center of Qiao Rui's surging energy.

"call out!"

A thin thread flew out from the tip of the whisk, flashing away in an instant as fast as lightning.

This was beyond Qiao Rui's expectations. He was shocked and his face changed suddenly. At such a close distance and with such a fierce and treacherous attack, there was no way to dodge it. He had to take it head-on.

Thinking of the death of the warhorse before, Qiao Rui made up his mind and decided to fight!

Fortunately, he is different from ordinary people after all. The experience of being punished to wear the Sun and Moon Double Rings to sweep the pagoda forest in Shaolin made him move his internal energy faster than ordinary people, and reached the state where his mind moves at will and his qi follows his heart.

Just as the thin thread of the whisk was approaching him, Qiao Rui's mind moved, and the internal force in his dantian was instantly mobilized, gathering at his right shoulder in a flash.

"puff!"

With a slight sound of entering flesh, the fine hair of the whisk pierced into Qiao Rui's right shoulder about an inch, but was locked by Qiao Rui's internal force and could not pass through his body. The nearly two-foot-long hair hung outside, becoming limp and no longer having any killing power.

The skinny old man was also a trustworthy man. After three moves, he took two steps back and stood with his hands behind his back, obviously not intending to attack.

"Guarded!" Qiao Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief and let down his guard. With a sudden surge of internal force, the thin strands of the whisk on his right shoulder were shaken out of his body and floated to the ground.

"Thank you, senior, for showing mercy!"

Qiao Rui bowed. No matter whether he could block it or not, the old man had no intention of taking his life, otherwise the thin silk of the whisk would have pierced his heart instead of his right shoulder.

If the stab in the heart penetrated more than an inch, if he was not careful, or if Qiao Rui reacted a step slower, he would be really chilled to the bone, just like Qiu Xiong's warhorse...

The skinny old man accepted Qiao Rui's salute. Qiu Xiong, who was standing beside him, finally had the opportunity to come over and salute. He also bowed respectfully to the old man and said, "I greet the Lord Internal Official!"