Chapter 66: Combat Technique

Everyone on the training ground watched Scholar Lu Yue being sent away on a stretcher.

They had anticipated many results, but they had never thought that Scholar Lu Yue would be defeated by Li Yi with a single punch.

Everyone was a Spirit Medium Realm practitioner. There might be some gaps in strength between each other, but it was absolutely impossible to show a trend of crushing. Yet, this Li Yi had done it. You have to know that his punch landed solidly on the arms Scholar Lu Yue used to defend, and didn't hit a vital point.

But even so, Scholar Lu Yue couldn't block it and was almost killed. No, Scholar Lu Yue wasn't killed not because Li Yi couldn't kill him with one punch, but because Scholar Lu Yue wasn't an enemy, and Li Yi held back.

After realizing this, everyone fell silent.

Scholar Lu Yue lost so miserably. If it were them, they would have been killed with one punch, without even a chance to counterattack. No wonder the cannon fodder in the movies would die after taking a move from the protagonist. It turned out that such outrageous things really happened in reality, but what was unexpected was that the cannon fodder was actually themselves.

"Is Li Yi's fist really that terrifying? Even Scholar Lu Yue, that annoying guy, couldn't take a punch and was sent directly to the hospital for treatment."

"That's not a punch; that's a technique. A terrifying martial art technique. Scholar Lu Yue didn't lose to Li Yi; he lost to that martial art technique," a practitioner named Liu Yu said in a low voice.

"Liu Yu, stop making excuses. Both practice combat, why can't you beat Scholar Lu Yue? It's just that your skills aren't as good as others. Scholar Lu Yue losing to Li Yi is the same. It's not that a martial art technique can smooth out all gaps. Do you believe that even if you learned this martial art technique, you still wouldn't be Li Yi's match?" Another person named Zhang Jikai retorted.

"Well said. Sometimes it's not the gap in technique, but the gap in people. We should be glad that someone like Li Yi is our colleague, not our enemy. If I encounter such a terrifying enemy when I go on missions in the future, I wouldn't even know how I died." Others agreed.

"Haha, Scholar Lu Yue deserves it too. He looks for people to spar with every day. Now it's good, he planted it in the hands of this Li Yi. Looking at his appearance, he won't be able to get out of the hospital for ten or twenty days. But speaking of this Li Yi, I remember now. A major murder case in the old city district seven days ago had something to do with him. He beat eight Spirit Medium Realm practitioners to death with his bare hands. He's fierce. I didn't expect him to be recruited into the Investigation Bureau so quickly."

Zhang Jikai remembered something and suddenly laughed.

Other practitioners on the training ground discussed it one after another for a time.

But at this moment, Li Yi followed Instructor Li Li Shudi and left, heading to the indoor training ground. He wanted to learn all martial arts moves in the shortest time, then integrate them, simplify them, and perfect his combat technique with his martial art technique as the foundation.

Instructor Li Li Shudi, as a martial arts master, was proficient in almost all mainstream traditional martial arts, and he was also very dedicated to guiding Li Yi.

"Li Yi, practitioners have good memories and strong physical coordination, so they learn martial arts very quickly. I'll demonstrate while you watch and learn. If you don't understand anything, ask." Li Li Shudi didn't waste time and immediately demonstrated traditional martial arts for Li Yi.

While demonstrating, Li Li Shudi explained the essentials of the movements.

Li Yi didn't say a word, just watched from the side, remembering with his heart.

"Xingyi punch pays attention to the combination of hands and feet, elbows and knees, shoulders and hips. The splitting punch is divided into double splitting hands and single splitting hands. The trajectory of force is from the forehead to the chest and abdomen. Only such a splitting punch can be thick and powerful."

"Hong punch belongs to the imitative punch, paying attention to steady and solid, defending while attacking..."

"I explained the Through-the-Back punch simply before. Here, I will mainly demonstrate the force-generating method for you. Watch carefully."

Li Li Shudi was worthy of being a person who became a national martial arts champion at twenty. He was familiar with all kinds of traditional martial arts, and he didn't just know how to fight; he was also proficient in the theoretical knowledge of martial arts, explaining in great detail. If it weren't for the Heaven-Tilting Incident, a person like him wouldn't be able to stay at the training base in Tianchang City as an instructor.

As Li Li Shudi continuously demonstrated various boxing techniques, many inspirations burst out in Li Yi's mind at this moment.

So punches could be hit like that?

If combined with his martial art technique, this way of attacking would not only be more fierce, but also harder for people to parry.

For a time, all kinds of fighting methods began to emerge.

Li Yi was very excited at this moment and followed Li Li Shudi to learn various martial arts routines earnestly.

Training time always passed very quickly.

The first day was over.

"Today's training ends here. We'll continue tomorrow." Late at night, Instructor Li Li Shudi panted at this moment, indicating he was tired.

Even practitioners couldn't withstand being tossed around without stopping for a day.

"Alright, then I'll wait for the instructor here tomorrow."

Li Yi nodded. He also felt tired after a day of training, so he simply ate and lived here.

But he didn't waste his time at night either. He held the broken knife coin in his hand and cultivated with the help of the abundant cosmic energy of the mystic object.

After cultivating for just a few hours, Li Yi's physical state recovered, and he was full of spirit. His body seemed to have evolved again, but it wasn't as obvious as before. However, his daily cultivation time still couldn't be less. With accumulation over time, he believed he would soon reach the second realm, Spirit Perception.

On the second day, Li Yi threw himself into the fulfilling training again.

And Li Li Shudi didn't break his promise and came early to teach Li Yi traditional martial arts.

One was willing to learn, and the other was willing to teach.

So Li Yi spent these days very fulfilling, making progress every day and having insights every day. And the punches he demonstrated were no longer the martial art technique without rules as before, but gradually had moves and a set of fighting methods that belonged to him.

This kind of fighting method wasn't a frame, but one with actual combat capability, because sometimes Li Li Shudi would personally spar with Li Yi and improve the wrong places.

The collision between martial art technique and martial arts truly produced a wonderful chemical reaction.

On the third day, training continued.

On the fourth day, Li Yi mastered a large amount of traditional martial arts and no longer needed Instructor Li Li Shudi's guidance, so he began to practice punches by himself.

During this period, Li Yi also took time to go home once to replace the nutrient solution for his parents' medical pods and brought some golden nutrient solution to nourish their bodies. However, he also found traces of human-made damage to his door lock when he went back this time, but he didn't find anything after checking the surveillance, which made him feel more and more that he had to move as soon as possible.

After returning to the training base, he soon continued training again.

Under such hard training, his progress speed was fast, and he began to evolve the so-called flowery fists and embroidered legs into terrifying killing moves, and at the same time, the combat technique wasn't just a conception, but was gradually taking shape.

Under the painstaking research of Li Li Shudi and Li Yi, finally, on the twelfth day, the combat technique was roughly perfected.

It couldn't be changed, and nothing could be added.

At least Li Li Shudi himself thought so, because Li Yi truly achieved the strengths of hundreds of schools, with his martial art technique as the foundation, forming a set of fighting methods that belonged to him.

"Sigh, with my level, I can only guide you to this point. Whether the combat technique can be further perfected in the future will depend on yourself." Li Li Shudi looked at Li Yi, who was sweating like rain and practicing punches desperately on the training ground, and couldn't help but sigh.

It wasn't that the combat technique couldn't be improved further, but that his ability was limited and he couldn't do it.

At this moment, Li Yi was agile, like a tiger pouncing, like an ape attacking. His punches were like the wind, and his whole body's energy exploded, like a fierce beast going crazy. If anyone approached rashly, they would be killed in an instant.

After a good while, Li Yi finished practicing the newly perfected combat technique, exhaled a long breath, and shook his body. The sweat rolled off his skin like rain hitting lotus leaves, and in just the blink of an eye, his whole body became dry and comfortable.

In traditional martial arts, he realized some uses of fist energy.

"Instructor, don't worry. As long as I'm alive, I will constantly take the strengths and make up for the weaknesses and refine the combat technique." Li Yi's eyes shone with light, revealing a fierce aura.

Li Li Shudi shook his head and said: "It's very difficult. No matter how powerful the combat technique is, it's just a means for ordinary people. It's still not enough to look at in the face of true extraordinary creatures. You have to know that those extraordinary creatures can truly call the wind and summon the rain, and breathe out thunder. Therefore, the combat technique has a limit. I think the combat technique will reach its end after you open your spiritual perception. But this is enough. At least below Spirit Perception, this kind of combat technique is invincible in close combat."

He seemed to have seen the terror of extraordinary creatures, and even though he was very satisfied with the combat technique, he couldn't help but make such an exclamation.

Hearing the instructor say this, Li Yi couldn't help but think of that Yang Yi Long.

Yang Yi Long's right arm gathered body energy and could form an invisible sword, which could easily tear the human body and cut off any hard things, which was terrifying.

That kind of ability was beyond imagination and no longer belonged to the category of ordinary practitioners.

"No, Instructor, you're wrong. With martial art technique as the foundation, one can create combat technique. In the future, it might not be impossible to use combat technique as the foundation to create another powerful technique," Li Yi said earnestly: "Our world's cultivation has just begun, and there is still a lot of room for progress in the future. We cannot limit ourselves."

"You're right. The future is full of infinite possibilities." Li Li Shudi's eyes lit up, and he immediately regained his confidence. ===== CHAPTER 67 =====