Chapter 47: The Physician

*Hee-haw! *

The moment the large tree smashed down, even Shopkeeper Ma, who was standing further away, felt as if dark clouds were covering the sky, a great disaster was imminent, and he couldn't help but shrink back.

The donkey pulling the cart buckled its four hooves and collapsed directly to the ground.

The front of the cart hit the ground as a result, and Cai Shanjun couldn't sit steady.

From all directions, it seemed as if everything was shaking at this moment.

Making people feel compelled to act nervously and chaotically.

Jump upward? Definitely not.

Rush in from the side?

That canopy was too much of an obstacle; as long as the trunk rolled or tilted slightly, the canopy could sweep over and affect his vision.

Therefore, Seeing Chu Tianshu went downward!

He probed his foot forward, and his entire body suddenly lowered.

This was a classic Taiji Fist move of opening the crotch and pressing the legs, which even existed in simplified Taiji Fist.

In the Taiji Thirteen-Style Mother Fist, it was also called the "Lower Stance."

Originally, after the feet were opened to a fixed position, the waist and crotch would sink, the front leg would almost straighten, and the calf would stick to the ground.

The center of gravity would move from back to front, and the body would rise again, transforming into a bow stance.

But executed with Seeing Chu Tianshu's current power,

as his foot probed forward and his back foot exerted force, his body lowered while his entire inertia moved forward, sliding and shooting out like surfing.

Before the canopy could smash into him, he had already passed through the gap between the canopy and the ground.

It was so fluid that he didn't look like a person at all, but like a surging ocean wave.

Wave-like, from high to low, then high again!

Seeing Chu Tianshu's body suddenly straightened into a bow stance, using his right shoulder to shoulder the tree trunk directly.

*Boom!! *

He hadn't prepared to attack Regiment Xu Tuanzhang while crouching; that posture was too close, and he would inevitably be hit by Xu's explosive kicks.

Now, this sudden rise to support the trunk could be called a stroke of genius.

The four-meter-long tree, its canopy front, was sinking violently.

Seeing Chu Tianshu was now only about a meter away from Regiment Xu Tuanzhang, using his shoulder as a fulcrum.

Because of the leverage, the inertia of the front of the large tree gave Xu, who was holding the tree, a tendency to be pried off the ground.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's silver needles were released at this moment.

Two silver glimmers shot straight at Regiment Xu Tuanzhang's eyes.

Xu, with his feet off the ground and movement inconvenient, had no choice but to raise his hand to block.

The silver needles pierced his military uniform but couldn't pierce his skin.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's foot sprang up and kicked him in the lower abdomen.

With his feet off the ground and one hand blocking the needles,

Xu, with only one hand on the tree, couldn't hold on and was sent flying backward on the spot.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's body lowered slightly, his shoulder leaving the trunk, and he pursued at full speed.

The canopy of that large tree had already touched the ground, while the trunk was still in mid-air.

Seeing Chu Tianshu had already caught up to Regiment Xu Tuanzhang, throwing punches that made the air explode with noise.

Because of the height difference, the chaotic afterimages were all from bottom to top, striking at Regiment Xu Tuanzhang's face.

Xu staggered backward, his defense failing, and his eyelids were grazed by the fingernail of a whip-hand strike, his eyes aching intensely and overflowing with tears on the spot.

"Tai!!"

He suddenly roared and shook his head voluntarily.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's fist struck his neck.

Those muscles, from Xu Youjiang's head to his shoulders, were taut, and his neck didn't exert force in a columnar shape, but rather like a small hill, thick and short.

The moment Seeing Chu Tianshu's fist struck, he could even feel a resilient, rebounding force coming from that dark-skinned flesh.

It was as if this punch of his had struck a thick and solid spring mattress.

Let alone breaking the cervical spine, he couldn't even feel the opponent's Adam's apple or trachea.

The hard skill of Veda Hard-Training Strike, even if the second half wasn't fully practiced, was already formidable to this extent.

A punch capable of shattering an ordinary stone tablet couldn't even damage the opponent's neck.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's fist faltered slightly due to this strange sensation, and was covered by another large hand toward his forearm.

Xu Youjiang's eyes were bloodshot, but he still stared wide, voluntarily meeting the punch with his neck, just to grab the opponent's arm.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's right sleeve, which had been intact, was shredded the moment the opponent's palm covered it.

The thick, coarse cloth felt like a piece of rotten paper under his palm.

But Seeing Chu Tianshu immediately hummed, his right arm vibrating, force reaching the external object.

The iron-incantation copper rope wrapped around his right forearm was sturdy and tight, an excellent object for transmitting force.

Xu Youjiang felt as if his hand had grabbed onto a train track.

And it was the kind of track that a train had just passed over, the iron rail still vibrating.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's forearm took the opportunity to shrink, and the moment the back of his hand touched the opponent's palm, he suddenly flipped his hand, gripping the opponent's index and middle fingers, intending to snap them directly.

Regiment Xu Tuanzhang felt pain in his fingers; while those two fingers were struggling, his arm was twisting to discharge the force, following the momentum, and his other hand slammed toward Seeing Chu Tianshu's chest.

*Bang, bang, bang!! *

Seeing Chu Tianshu raised his left hand, colliding with the opponent three times with his fist and forearm, fighting hard, and was shocked to find his bones were actually going numb.

When normal Dragon Entwining Body exerted force, the body still had an instinct for self-preservation and couldn't use all its power.

But Xu Youjiang, who had also practiced Guanyin Bone to seventy percent, swung his arms without restraint.

Facing the fourth punch, Seeing Chu Tianshu had no choice but to slap with his left palm, deflecting the opponent's fist and smashing it into his own right hand.

Four hands collided in one place.

The two fingers clamped by Seeing Chu Tianshu's right hand took the opportunity to break free.

Four arms vibrated, pulled, counter-grabbed, tore, pressed, and folded.

The two of them were actually engaged in a grappling match at close range.

Xu Youjiang's bones are hard; even when his two fingers were grabbed just now, he could still hold out for a while, but Seeing Chu Tianshu's bones have not reached that level.

Regiment Xu Tuanzhang saw that in close-quarters grappling, his hard-training kung fu had the advantage.

His palm, the size of a cattail fan, even wanted to grab Seeing Chu Tianshu's neck and snap it.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's figure swayed backward; although he dodged the grab, his neck was grazed by the fingers, burning with pain.

"You are younger..."

Xu Youjiang revealed a ferocious smile and shouted, "But your martial arts is inferior to mine!!"

Although he had been sent flying at the start and suffered a bit, he could now turn the situation around.

This risky gamble would still be won!

So what if he slept with many women? He would still win.

So what if this kid was young? Being young meant he had practiced fist art for a shorter time, still wet behind the ears.

"Tai!!"

Xu Youjiang used the sound-striking technique from the Veda Hard-Training martial arts again; the moment the sound was emitted, his masseter muscles and the muscles on his neck all vibrated.

The muscles of his shoulders and arms were also immediately brought into play.

His two large hands were like two iron cakes smashed down by a machine, incredibly fast.

Airflow passed through the gaps between his thick fingers, even producing visible white lines.

Seeing Chu Tianshu couldn't dodge in time, his stomach emitted a violent sound, he closed his nose and mouth, his face flushed, and in an instant, his arms swept forward.

This was the move that had decided the outcome against Meng Daizong.

The unique technique of using Palm Thunder within the body.

Xu Youjiang was closing his arms, while Seeing Chu Tianshu was sweeping his arms outward.

The four arms collided in mid-air, emitting a teeth-aching vibration.

It was as if moist large wooden stakes had collided, making one wonder if there were already many cracks inside the wood during this shocking collision.

After this heart-palpitating collision,

Regiment Xu Tuanzhang's hands were actually able to flip rapidly, his palms pressing down and grabbing Seeing Chu Tianshu's two forearms.

A lightning-fast gaze exchange.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's pupils were contracting, the light in his pupils, which was only the size of a needle tip, seemed to continue to concentrate.

Xu Youjiang's bloodshot eyes, however, were expanding, revealing a smile and victory.

In an instant, he slammed his head toward Seeing Chu Tianshu!

A fatal headbutt; before Seeing Chu Tianshu's arms could break free, his head would smash into Seeing Chu Tianshu's head.

And Seeing Chu Tianshu definitely couldn't withstand such an impact.

However, just as he lowered his head, he felt a sudden pain in his body!

He discovered that Seeing Chu Tianshu's foot had somehow reached his military boot.

Regiment Xu Tuanzhang had exquisite hard-training kung fu, and grappling was more advantageous.

But why did Seeing Chu Tianshu insist on grappling with him at close range, instead of trying to use silver needles to fly and fight for an opportunity to leave the battle circle?

Because he was deliberately trying to attract all of Xu's attention to the upper-body fight, making his aching eyes even less able to feel what was below.

While his hands were grabbed, this kick had actually been stomped out!

Hard-training kung fu also inevitably had a few inherent vital points.

The front and back of the crotch could be compensated for by shrinking the yang into the abdomen and tightening the muscles.

Vital points on the head like eyes and ears were also places people would focus on defending, making them hard to hit.

But there was another flaw that wasn't a flaw, on the person's foot.

The instep, sole, heel, and even toes of a person could be trained to be extremely strong, but there was one position that was extremely difficult to train.

That was the position where the big toe connected to the instep.

There was a very obvious blue vein and blood vessel there.

The front of the toe could be trained to be very hard; poking kicks all used the front end to attack, breaking wood and shattering stone.

But that connection between the big toe and the instep, neither would anyone specifically use that small piece of area to kick people,

nor could anyone develop any "shrinking tendon and changing position" miracle kung fu for that place.

Seeing Chu Tianshu's kick, through the military boot, couldn't shatter the instep of a master of hard training.

It couldn't even shatter the toe bones of Regiment Xu Tuanzhang.

But his power was all poured into his heel, intended solely to attack one point.

To break that tendon!

The blue vein snapped, the blood vessel ruptured.

The nerve signals on the foot were all controlled by the fourth and fifth lumbar nerves; foot pain would cause back pain.

The moment the blue vein and blood vessel suddenly ruptured,

the intense pain transmitted to Xu Youjiang's brain, making him feel as if his waist had also been hacked into by a sharp-angled large axe.

With both waist and leg in pain, the force of his headbutt was reduced by more than half, and his speed plummeted.

Seeing Chu Tianshu didn't wait for his head to hit, a leg shot up to the sky, already kicking him in the chin.

*Boom!! *

Xu Youjiang's body soared into the air, like a large fish leaping out of the water.

Struck by such a kick, his neck didn't break, but his chin was hit by immense force, leaving his brain chaotic for a moment, unable to understand anything.

Suddenly, he heard a violent wind blowing into his ears.

It was too violent; he had never imagined that the feeling of a gale entering the ears could be so real.

That was Seeing Chu Tianshu, who, when he flew into mid-air, had already grabbed his leg, sprinted three or four steps, and swung his long arm with full force, smashing his head toward a boulder in the mountains.

*Boom!!! *

The stone shattered, blood exploded.

Regiment Xu Tuanzhang didn't have time to scream; what his expression looked like at the moment of death could no longer be investigated.

"I only learned fist art for two months..."

Seeing Chu Tianshu caught his breath, swung the corpse twice, shouted loudly, and threw it toward the battlefield where Zhou was.

"But I studied medicine for twenty years!!"

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 48 =====