Chapter 563: Ten Strong Martial Artists

Amidst a stretch of mountain forest.

Yu Liancheng and Wu Wudi, these two supreme experts on the Fear List, stood in confrontation. Their figures were as steady as Mount Tai, yet their gazes clashed like swords, not immediately launching into a Heaven Collapsing and Earth Splitting battle.

However, as the two continuously raised their Internal Force, poised and ready, a massive change had already occurred in the surroundings.

The wind and clouds in the sky churned, changing in a myriad of ways. On the ground, a hurricane whipped up out of thin air, causing the surrounding trees to rustle loudly, and even uprooting them; soil scattered in all directions, as if even the heavens were moved by the battle about to ensue.

"Yu Liancheng, let us decide the victor today!"

Wu Wudi was eager for battle; he stomped his foot abruptly, and amidst a roar, he was the first to strike.

He joined his right index and middle fingers, and with a move of "Ferrying Across the Maze," his fingers pierced the sky, surging murderously toward Yu Liancheng.

This move originated from the "Great Yi Halberd Manual"; as the move was unleashed, it possessed the force to pull up a thousand jun, its momentum like splitting bamboo.

Those two fingers carried a whistling wind, giving one a sense of heaviness and ferocity, as if an undefeated War God were wielding a long halberd, intent on putting his opponent to death.

Yu Liancheng's expression was indifferent, completely unmoved.

Not until the move was close did he extend his right hand, striking out vaguely, employing a technique similar to Wudang Cotton Palm, flowing like water and moving like clouds. Under the impact of the water-like palm force, the offensive of "Ferrying Across the Maze" was quickly dismantled.

But Wu Wudi possessed the Ten Strong Martial Artists' Martial Dao; once a strike failed, he immediately had follow-up offensives regrouping and surging forward. He clenched his left fist, and with a move of "Fist Tilting the World" from the Mountain-Sea Fist, he smashed heavily toward Yu Liancheng's chest.

This fist force was surging and tyrannical; for ordinary experts, let alone taking a solid punch, even being grazed by the violent fist wind would result in either death or injury.

The fist wind blew Yu Liancheng's black hair into a flurry, yet he suddenly had a rather interesting thought, a trace of a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Thus, he likewise clenched his five fingers into a fist, the fist momentum as heavy as a mountain and as surging as the sea and rivers, and even carrying an ancient, vicissitudinous aura, he met Wu Wudi's fist head-on.

Bang!

The two fists collided without any flair, instantly sounding like a muffled thunderclap exploding.

Amidst the churning fist wind, the two each retreated three steps.

"This, this is 'Fist Tilting the World'? How do you know my Ten Strong Martial Artists' Martial Dao?" Wu Wudi frowned slightly.

Yu Liancheng smiled and said, "I once went to Lingyun Cave and happened to see the murals you left behind. I must say, your Ten Strong Martial Artists' Martial Dao is indeed extraordinary; it is a supreme martial art of the present age and has given me great inspiration."

"So you intend to use the Ten Strong Martial Artists' Martial Dao to deal with me?" Wu Wudi said.

"Is that not allowed?" Yu Liancheng smiled.

"Good, I see you are the truly arrogant one."

Wu Wudi's entire body's energy was driven, his clothes billowing and snapping loudly: "The Ten Strong Martial Artists' Martial Dao in Lingyun Cave was left behind in my earlier years, far from reaching the perfection it has today. Furthermore, apart from the 'No-Two Saber Technique' which is a family heirloom, all other martial arts were created by me. You using them to deal with me is simply... courting death."

"For every martial art, when used by different people, the effect is also vastly different. When it comes to the Ten Strong Martial Artists' Martial Dao, I may not necessarily be your inferior," Yu Liancheng smiled slightly. "However, I can tell you that the final move to decide the victor will be my own martial art."

"Yu Liancheng, you underestimate me too much. This battle will make you suffer greatly, watch me..." Being countered by his own martial arts by his opponent made Wu Wudi extremely annoyed. He stomped his left foot violently, the ground beneath him turning to powder, and he soared into the air, tyrannical energy pouring into his legs, and then erupted like a mountain flood.

"Angry Stomp on Mountains and Rivers!"

Wu Wudi's legs swirled wildly, countless leg shadows stepping down from the sky, covering Yu Liancheng like dark clouds. This was a move from the "Fierce Strong Leg Arts"; it was originally a wild and ferocious leg technique, and now unleashed under Wu Wudi's anger, its power was even greater, fierce and peerless, with the momentum to stomp mountains and rivers to pieces.

Under these dense leg shadows, countless footprints like those carved by knives and axes appeared on the ground, and all the gravel turned into fine dust; no matter how brilliant one's lightness skill was, it was impossible to withdraw from this dense leg momentum.

Yu Liancheng was unhurried, holding his palm as a blade, and swept across with a move of "Mountain City's Sudden Rain." The blade Qi was continuous like drizzling rain, instantly wrapping around the countless leg shadows, leaving none out.

Bang bang bang bang!

The next moment, Yu Liancheng's hands and Wu Wudi's legs collided; in the blink of an eye, the energy exploded in sequence, as if thunderclaps were exploding one after another.

Heavy air currents rose from the two's exchange, heading in all directions, causing a flurry of flying sand and stones.

Seeing that the leg technique was ineffective, Wu Wudi flipped his figure, his left hand waving the "Cloud-Breaking Blue Sky" from the No-Two Saber Technique, while his right hand used the "Thousand-Spinning Ten-Thousand-Claws" from the Oracle Dragon Claw, turning into countless claw shadows, grabbing toward Yu Liancheng.

Yu Liancheng did not retreat or dodge, both hands striking out together; his right hand met the No-Two Saber Technique with the "Heavenly Mandate Sword Manual," while his left hand employed the "Mountain-Sea Fist Classic" to duel the Oracle Dragon Claw. The speed of his changing moves and the smoothness of his transitions were like flowing water and moving clouds, without a hint of stagnation, almost making Wu Wudi suspect that the other party had been practicing the Ten Strong Martial Artists' Martial Dao since childhood.

As the two fought, the sound of collisions rang out incessantly, as if the Heaven Collapsing and Earth Splitting, and the mountains and rivers were overturning.

The ripples of the aftermath snapped large trees one by one or uprooted them, and there were rolling waves of dust, blotting out the sky and sun. It was like thunder and fire clashing, erupting into ten thousand ripples.

The two figures jumped and fought faster and faster, turning into afterimages filling the sky.

The brilliance of this battle was even more than the battle between Yu Liancheng and the Sword Saint in Wushuang City back then.

It was just a pity that Wushuang City was full of experts back then, and one battle shook the world.

But this time, the spectators were only a coachman and a young girl.

The coachman stared fixedly at the two fighting; there were many spies from various major forces in Wushuang City, but he was not one of them; he was purely conquered by Yu Liancheng's peerless cultivation that day.

Although he was now a coachman, occasionally getting a word or two of guidance from Yu Liancheng was better than months of bitter practice. And this battle before his eyes, he believed, for many martial arts experts, even if they exhausted all their family wealth, they would still want to see it for themselves.

Di Er Meng slightly lifted the carriage curtain, her bright, beautiful eyes looking toward the place of the battle. Although she could no longer capture the figures of the two, the look of reverence in her eyes grew stronger.

In the past, Di Er Meng thought her father's "Seven Absolute Severances of Emotion" was a peerless skill in the world, but after following Yu Liancheng for these few days, she finally understood that martial arts were as vast as the sea, boundless and limitless.

Suddenly, both the coachman and Di Er Meng revealed looks of astonishment, as if they had seen something unbelievable.

A moment ago, the clash between Yu Liancheng and Wu Wudi became increasingly intense.

Fists, palms, fingers, claws, legs, blades, spears, swords, halberds, staves... as the two used them, they were all unrestrained, as if taken at will, every move being marvelous and peerless in the world.

Wu Wudi was inexplicably shocked in his heart; the person before him had peerless and rare cultivation, and was actually able to not fall into a disadvantage under his round of fast and fierce attacks.

With Yu Liancheng's reputation as the "Fear of the Fear List," it was not unexpected for him to have such cultivation. The truly critical point was that all of the opponent's moves were from his own Ten Strong Martial Artists' Martial Dao.

The Ten Strong Martial Arts in this person's hands did not exert any less power than his own, and even some astonishing changes occasionally caught him off guard.

In fact, Yu Liancheng himself was also proficient in various fist, palm, blade, and sword techniques, and like the Ten Strong Martial Artists, he was an all-around expert. Therefore, these ten types of martial arts had no obstacles when he performed them.

Of course, when it came to the practice of the Ten Strong Martial Artists' Martial Dao, Yu Liancheng naturally could not compare to Wu Wudi, who had been immersed in this path for decades.

But Wu Wudi now had a shortcoming, a very fatal shortcoming for a top-tier martial artist.

—A lack of actual combat experience.

That's right, the Ten Strong Martial Artists' actual combat ability was very lacking.

Because his talent was too high; he was the focus of the Martial family's three hundred years of Luck, and in just a few decades, he was equivalent to the thousand-year cultivation of Di Shitian.

Precisely because he was too invincible, there were simply no experts to rival him. From birth until now, only the battle with that Di Shitian was slightly difficult.

And most of the time, it was a crushing victory.

To be able to take one of his casual punches already counts as a First-class Expert.

Since he began cultivating, aside from Yu Liancheng and Di Shitian, those who can take five of his moves can be counted on one's fingers.

Therefore, he fundamentally lacks much actual combat experience, let alone life-and-death crises or hearty, unrestrained battles.

Although Yu Liancheng has also pushed his way through everything and has almost never known defeat, he has encountered difficult opponents and experienced life-or-death battles, making his combat experience incomparably rich.

During their exchange, Wu Wudi's martial arts and move intent were gradually figured out by Yu Liancheng, who then launched targeted attacks; thus, he was able to fight Wu Wudi to a standstill relying solely on the Ten Strong Martial Artists' martial arts.

Wu Wudi became increasingly annoyed, feeling that fighting Yu Liancheng was often like hitting cotton.

With a loud shout, his Sword Intent surged violently, and as he waved his hand to execute the Heavenly Mandate Sword Dao move "Sword River Snow Surge," the Sword Qi poured down upon Yu Liancheng like an avalanche, blotting out the sky and covering the earth. Under this violent and chilling Sword Qi, Yu Liancheng was forced back three steps, and the ground was rawly scraped away by a layer of the sharp Sword Qi.

"Yu Liancheng, I must admit, you are qualified to witness my strongest ultimate technique. Receive this move!"

While speaking, Wu Wudi had already leaped into mid-air, spread his arms, and gripped the air with both claws; the earth trembled, and countless sand and stones swirled toward the sky. In an instant, the sky grew dark and the sun and moon lost their light.

The dust and sand condensed into ten phantom images, their faces identical to Wu Wudi's, and each figure channeled one of the Ten Strong Martial Artists' martial arts, surrounding Yu Liancheng completely.

Under Wu Wudi's control, these ten types of martial arts powers became a seamless whole, their might increasing sharply, charging at Yu Liancheng like a thousand armies and ten thousand horses; their power and the ingenuity of their application could be called a peerless, marvelous technique.

It was exactly—Ten Directions All Kill.

At present, Wu Wudi has not yet forged the "Heavenly Dao Battle Box," nor has he comprehended the "Ten Extremes of the Dao," nor has he pushed the Ten Extremes of the Dao to the level of the "No Heaven Sword Tiger Art."

Therefore, this Ten Directions All Kill is his strongest ultimate technique.

This move splits into ten, and the power of each strike must be balanced in order to unleash the full potential of this move. However, this killing move cannot be used lightly.

Firstly, Ten Directions All Kill requires ten times the True Essence and physical strength, and secondly, it stirs up one's own killing intent, which is very difficult to erase; for every person killed, the killing intent deepens, and over time, it will cause the user to be unable to extricate themselves.

Yu Liancheng was not afraid in the slightest, similarly manifesting ten phantom figures to unleash Ten Directions All Kill.

Boom!

The two world-shaking ultimate techniques clashed, and since they were executed by two earth-shattering experts who both pushed their cultivation to the peak, the power was naturally not to be underestimated. Immediately, the heavens shook and the earth swayed, the void trembled, and everything in the surroundings was shattered to pieces.

Just as the two were dueling, the ground was scraped away layer by layer, and suddenly the space beneath their feet emptied; they both fell down together, plummeting into an abyss below.

While falling, although countless sand and stones poured down simultaneously and the abyss was pitch black with no light, making it impossible to see one's own fingers, it was not difficult for two people with such shocking cultivation to leave.

But Wu Wudi was eager for victory, and sensing Yu Liancheng's energy, he continued to launch violent and peerless moves in mid-air.

After falling for about several dozen zhang, their feet hit solid ground, and they dropped into a deep pit.

At this time, both of their Ten Directions Invincible move intents had dissipated, but Wu Wudi refused to give up; with a cold shout, he struck out with the Mountain Sea Fist Force's "Overturning Rivers and Seas."

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

The two fell into a tangled fight once more, and during the struggle, they seemed to strike several pillar-like objects, causing them to snap and break. The ground collapsed again, and the two continued to fall.

This time, they fell another several dozen zhang before stopping in an Underground Palace.

However, the path above the Underground Palace had been sealed off, and the palace was also pitch black; it would likely not be easy to get out again.

"Yu Liancheng, come out quickly and fight me."

Wu Wudi looked around; it was pitch black. Yu Liancheng's aura had suddenly vanished, yet a bone-chilling coldness surged over like a tide. It even felt as if a gaze were watching him.

It was as if some unspeakable monster were hiding in this dark, lightless place.

"Brother Yu, what happened to that uncle?"

Beside the carriage, Di Er Meng curiously tugged on the sleeve of Yu Liancheng, who was standing nearby.

In the mountain forest in the distance, there was a scene of devastation left behind by the battle between two supreme experts, with smoke and dust still flying.

And amidst the smoke and dust stood a tall, burly, and formidable figure, as imposing as a mountain or a peak.

This figure originally possessed the supreme power to dominate all living things and be invincible under heaven, like a God or a Demon. But now he stood there blankly, his expression occasionally revealing a trace of panic, as if he had fallen into a desperate situation. From time to time, he would swing his fists; although every punch was a powerful move that dominated the world, they could only strike the empty air before him.

Yu Liancheng smiled and rubbed Di Er Meng's head, laughing: "That guy is called Wu Wudi, a Ten Strong Martial Artists, a very formidable fellow. It's a pity his temperament isn't great, so I used a scheme to trap him in an illusion."

It turned out that earlier, at the moment Wu Wudi channeled Ten Directions Invincible, his internal emotions were at their most turbulent, and Yu Liancheng used "Glance of Shocking Emotion" to trap the former in an illusion.

Wu Wudi is very strong; this is beyond doubt. But this guy is like many people in this world today—let alone a disadvantageous situation, he might not even be able to handle a favorable one; he is only stable when crushing his opponents.

They are accustomed to smooth sailing and have extremely poor stress resistance; once they suffer the slightest setback, their mindset collapses.

For example, Jian Chen, or Di Shitian; there is no need to elaborate on these two. Or take Xiao Aoshi, who is dedicated to promoting the Millennium Calamity; he has many experts under his command and practices the Ten Thousand Ways of All-Encompassing, and his cultivation can be said to be earth-shattering. But in the battle against Feng Yun, although his own strength crushed his opponents, his combat awareness was too poor, and he was instead injured by Feng Yun.

Then his mindset collapsed, all his pretentiousness vanished into thin air, and he met a miserable end.

He seems omnipotent and capable of controlling everything, but he cannot withstand the slightest blow.

Wu Wudi is the same. In the original timeline, during the battle with Bu Jingyun, he accidentally fell into the Loulan Yizhi and was trapped for three days; he lost all his composure, panicked, and even caused rocks to crush him while blindly searching for an exit. If not for Bu Jingyun's rescue, a generation of experts would have likely died in such a muddled way.

Of course, compared to other experts who plummeted after being broken, Wu Wudi's mindset changed after the battle with Bu Jingyun; he was no longer arrogant and finally possessed a state of mind matching his cultivation.

It is a pity he encountered a lousy son.

As for now, he has been provoked step by step by Yu Liancheng, his state of mind lost its balance, and he is trapped in an illusion.

In reality, if Wu Wudi were to focus his mind and calm his spirit, it is not certain he could not break free from the illusion.

However, looking at his current appearance, acting like a madman, I fear he is still far from breaking free from the illusion.

Yu Liancheng flicked his sleeve, and the Divine Stone Blade Armor flew into his hand.

"Using Wu Wudi's blood to make you open again, I imagine it will make you feel excited, and it will also allow me to obtain the Evil King's Ten Tribulations and enter the Jiukong Wujie."

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