Let you simulate life, but you change fate every time?! Chapter 14: A Lifetime: Martial Arts Extreme Realm, The End of the Dao!
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Fist Intent: Wind and Thunder!
Golden Bell Shield!
Iron Cloth Shirt!
Iron Palm!
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Since quality falls short, compensate with sheer volume.
Confronting Wu Hongsheng, this famed legend for ages.
Lu Yuan refused to take chances.
He unleashed a barrage of dozens of third-class martial techniques one after another.
However, superior martial arts deliver total suppression over third-class ones.
Besides, a huge disparity in strength existed between Lu Yuan and Wu Hongsheng.
He had barely stepped into the Grandmaster Realm, while Wu Hongsheng stood as a world-famous Martial Arts Grandmaster!
Against Baji Fist.
Every one of Lu Yuan's moves crumbled like tissue paper, offering no resistance whatsoever.
The outcome unfolded exactly as anticipated.
Wu Hongsheng's fist struck Lu Yuan's shoulder, hurling his body back several dozen meters, with blood gushing from his left arm, evidently suffering a grave wound!
Witnessing this, the onlookers couldn't suppress their sighs.
The chasm between advanced martial arts and third-class techniques proved far too immense.
No chance to compete at all!
Only at that moment.
The assembled martial artists finally grasped.
Why Lu Yuan boldly faced widespread criticism to take on every school.
In contrast to advanced martial arts.
Third-class martial techniques amounted to mere games for children!
"The 'Divine Fist' title is indeed earned."
Lu Yuan coughed a couple of times, blood seeping from his mouth's edge.
Now.
He had no choice but to deploy his ultimate ace.
"Heaven Rewards Diligence, activate!"
A small input of work yields rewards multiplied a hundred times!
While the talent lasts, any action Lu Yuan takes brings a hundredfold gain.
This implies.
Each clash with the foe provides him a hundred times the battle insight!
Provided he avoids death, reversal remains possible!
Therefore.
All the martial artists on site beheld an bizarre sight.
Evidently, Wu Hongsheng's strikes raged fiercely, his might overwhelming.
Still, Lu Yuan persisted like an immortal pest, enduring stubbornly against any assault.
And with the flow of time.
Lu Yuan's fighting manner grew ever more skilled, his moves sharper, and his internal energy tougher.
By the battle's close.
The crowd uncovered a astonishing truth.
Lu Yuan strengthened with each exchange, progressing at a speed beyond imagination!
[Through battling a powerful adversary, your combat knowledge surges dramatically!]
[Your internal energy reaches its zenith, advancing to Great Success Grandmaster!]
[Your skills achieve perfection, fusing various martial techniques flawlessly!]
Battles between life and death naturally draw out one's utmost potential, particularly aided by Heaven Rewards Diligence.
Thirty minutes in.
Lu Yuan, previously dominated entirely, at last turned the tide, trading strikes evenly with Wu Hongsheng.
Sixty minutes passed.
Lu Yuan began to dominate gradually.
After two hours.
A roar like dragon and tiger burst from Lu Yuan's frame, fully combining scores of third-class martial techniques into a single force, landing a devastating blow on Wu Hongsheng.
Wu Hongsheng's form soared through the air, carving a lengthy trail across the earth.
This martial arts legend thus met his unfortunate downfall!
"The elder master has fallen after all."
The watching martial artists started in shock, then awe, followed by disbelief, ending in total desensitization.
"Each generation has its stars, this old fellow admits his inferiority and accepts the loss."
"I'll deliver the Baji Fist Scripture in person shortly."
The matter resolved.
Wu Hongsheng hacked a few coughs and gradually stood from the dirt, exuding the melancholy of a fading hero at dusk.
"Elder master..."
Fellow Baji followers' eyes brimmed with red, several shedding tears uncontrollably, struggling to face this outcome.
"Junior has been impudent, please forgive me, senior."
Lu Yuan offered another respectful bow.
"No matter, in martial circles, strength rules, the strongest fist claims the truth."
"I pulled the same stunts in my prime."
Wu Hongsheng displayed remarkable composure.
In his earlier days, his steel fists traversed the realms, overthrowing numerous schools.
Lu Yuan's challenge mirrored that now.
"Your gifts are squandered on merely grasping a pile of third-class skills."
"Possessing the Baji Fist Scripture, you might attain the Martial Arts Extreme Realm in two decades."
Wu Hongsheng released his hold and embraced the result.
Post-defeat, instead of bitterness toward Lu Yuan, he lavished praise upon him.
This generosity left Lu Yuan feeling guilty.
"Senior, might I inquire, what exactly is the Martial Arts Extreme Realm?"
Lu Yuan asked modestly.
He had previously heard of it from the Wudang Old Grandmaster.
Yet that Elder Grandmaster had shown strong reluctance to elaborate.
"The Dao's terminus."
Wu Hongsheng pondered deeply before uttering four brief words.
"Like the Dharma Ancestor of ages past or Wudang's Master Zhang, they embodied this realm."
"Entering it allows treading the skies, breathing sword qi, hence the Martial Arts Extreme Realm is dubbed 'invincible on earth'!"
"But regarding the Martial Arts Extreme Realm?"
"In this End of Dharma Era, regardless of your might or genius, it all amounts to nothing in the end?"
Wu Hongsheng let out a heavy sigh, tinged with discouragement.
"Senior, I must disagree here."
Lu Yuan shook his head.
"The way of martial arts resembles sailing against the current; halt and you drift back."
"We martial practitioners ought to charge ahead courageously, pushing without cease!"
"Restoring martial arts' splendor falls to us!"
Wu Hongsheng grinned.
Though the grin carried traces of bitterness and grief.
During his younger years, he mirrored Lu Yuan exactly.
Celebrated early, brimming with drive, determined to revive martial arts.
Only specific trials reveal its futility.
Yet beholding Lu Yuan's vigorous countenance stirred a faint, improbable optimism in Wu Hongsheng's mind.
"That incident back then shattered my Dao heart, and I never recovered."
"But he remains youthful and far more gifted than I; maybe he can truly succeed?"
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The duel wrapped up.
Reports of Lu Yuan triumphing over the Baji Daoist School rapidly circulated online through various media channels.
As the reports emerged.
The whole martial arts scene erupted in frenzy!
Particularly Lu Yuan's declaration.
Restoring martial arts' splendor falls to us.
Innumerable martial artists adopted it as their guiding principle.
Plenty of regular young people drew inspiration too, vowing to immerse in martial arts, choosing the warrior's path!
Suddenly.
The martial arts domain buzzed with fervor, as groups shifted focus to Lu Yuan.
Qian Country, Capital City.
Within a particular lab.
"Even the Baji Daoist School fell?"
A man in his thirties caught the news, his face showing some disbelief.
The individual donned a white lab coat and black-framed glasses, appearing rather ordinary, akin to those TV experts and scholars.
However, his companions alone recognized.
The vast influence held by this man, Chen Hongyu.
Disregarding his accolades and roles.
Simply his name, Chen Hongyu.
Sufficed to make officials greet him as a VIP.
The reigning Emperor even viewed him as a priceless asset!
"This feels off; Lu Yuan's progress rate seems irregular. Fetch every file and record on him."
"Provide a complete video of this confrontation too."
Chen Hongyu straightened his glasses and commanded firmly.
"Keep constant watch on his activities, and alert me at once to any oddity."
"He's stirred trouble long enough; halt him without delay."
"Should things escalate beyond grasp, send the Dragon Team."
"The Ark Plan nears a vital stage, and no disruptions can occur!"