Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 646 It Takes a Lot of Effort to Obtain It

Chunxin's martial arts skills were certainly not bad. Even ignoring his foundation in the "Great Luo Thunder Hand" from back then, the skills he learned after infiltrating Shaolin were enough to place him among the top masters.

If we also consider the current environment and the opponent... for Yu Chunxin there are no factors that he needs to hide or worry about, then his combat strength probably needs to be raised by half a realm.

Of course, Sun Yixie and his team are not weak either.

Even though Brother Sun's combat strength is unpredictable and Ling Sheng'er's strength is unknown, Xiao Jiang is now definitely a top-tier expert.

Many readers may have realized long ago that Jiang Muchan's martial arts talent is among the top tier in this book, and his talent is even above that of the Three-Character King and Dugu Yong.

However, his starting point was simply too low...

Because Jiang Muchan's master and adoptive father was only a second- or third-rate figure in the underworld, he could only learn some rudimentary introductory martial arts from a young age. Even so, young Jiang made a name for himself as "Dull Blade" in the underworld at a young age through his own comprehension.

Later, on the eve of the Sword and Saber Demon Slayer, during the time when Jiang Muchan and the others were "training" in the Seven Deadly Formations of Sword and Saber, he finally ushered in the first leap in his martial arts skills that could be described as a "miracle" in his life.

At that time, Jiang Muchan not only learned some of the Wuqi Kung Fu that Huang Donglai had exceptionally revealed, but also had the opportunity to exchange and learn from a group of masters with very different styles, such as Haicangfeng, Xiao Wuji, Wen Yuzhai, Lin Yuancheng, and the Three-Character King, day and night.

With Xiao Jiang's talent, the growth he achieved in those few months was astonishing. Moreover, that short-term growth was just the beginning for him, because many things, after fermenting over time, would benefit him immensely in the years and even decades to come.

Therefore, Jiang Muchan's martial arts skills today are clearly vastly different from when he first appeared.

At this moment, seeing that Brother Sun's sneak attack had failed and that the enemy had been forced into the room, creating a standoff, Xiao Jiang immediately stepped forward and said, "This room is cramped. Why don't you two wait a moment and let me have a go at him."

Upon hearing this, Chunxin immediately showed disdain. In his opinion, even if his martial arts skills were not the pinnacle, they were still outstanding. There were very few young people who could defeat him in a one-on-one fight. The kid in front of him looked to be only about twenty-five or twenty-six years old and was a complete stranger. He probably wasn't one of the best people his age, so what was there to be afraid of?

However, reality quickly slapped him in the face, in the literal sense.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Muchan had already stepped out of the door and rushed in.

This was supposed to be just a normal dash forward, but because its speed was unbelievable, and because Xiao Jiang happened to activate it the instant Chun Xin blinked, it gave the latter the visual illusion that the other party had "teleported".

Just as Chunxin was startled, Jiang Muchan, who was rushing towards him, unleashed her palm strike.

As the saying goes, swords and palms share the same origin. There are many masters in this world who became famous for their swordsmanship, but when they first started practicing, they all practiced palm techniques. Jiang Muchan was no exception. At this moment, in order to "capture" her opponent alive, Jiang Muchan chose to use her palm instead of her sword.

Upon seeing that his opponent was launching a palm strike, Chunxin's heart, which had just been hanging in suspense, relaxed a little. After all, he possessed the "Great Luo Thunderclap Hand" technique and years of orthodox Zen internal energy, so he was not afraid at all in a pure palm strike.

But as we mentioned, Xiao Jiang uses his palm instead of his sword, rather than abandoning the sword and using his palm. In other words, he is essentially still using swordsmanship...

A similar situation occurred in the previous text—when Yun Shili fought Gu Qiying with his ultimate technique, the "Illusory Cloud Blade."

Of course, the "Phantom Cloud Blade" is a peerless martial art, and it was originally activated by using the palm as a blade, while Xiao Jiang was only using his own blunt blade technique with his bare hands. The two are not comparable in power.

But beating Chunxin is enough.

The next second, with a "whoosh" sound, Chunxin's attempt to take the opponent's palm strike head-on suddenly missed. Jiang Muchan saw through his little scheme of "wanting to exchange palm strikes head-on with his opponent." Jiang did not allow Chunxin's palm to collide with her own, but instead turned her palm into a blade and slashed it diagonally to the side, thus avoiding Chunxin's attack.

After the two figures passed each other, Xiao Jiang took the opportunity to move to Chun Xin's side and gained the upper hand.

Chunxin's response was equally swift. His "tiger crouching, eagle circling" stance came into play, allowing him to quickly rotate his body and adjust his direction in this confined space, despite being at a speed disadvantage, to parry his opponent's follow-up attacks.

pity……

Snapped--

As the resounding slap exploded on Chunxin's face, a question popped into Chunxin's mind: How could he be so fast?

Here we need to explain that Jiang Muchan's "fast" is composed of two parts.

The first part is on a physical level: Xiao Jiang's body is more agile than the average person, and he is more suitable for practicing martial arts or techniques related to agility.

Of course, there are quite a few people who have these qualities. For example, some people are more suited to weightlifting, while others are more suited to sprinting. This is not unusual.

But the second part is quite impressive—Xiao Jiang can accurately pinpoint when others are at their "slowest," or rather, he can seize the "gaps" in others' attention.

For example, when he entered the room just now, he chose to start the attack the instant Chunxin blinked; that was using this technique.

Although objectively speaking, his speed is the same as when the opponent didn't blink, the opponent's subjective feeling is very different.

Generally speaking, when we are awake, we blink about fifteen times per minute, with each blink taking between 0.2 and 0.4 seconds. We usually ignore these fragmented "dark moments" because they don't really affect our daily lives. But what if we were in a different world... a world where there exists a creature that can move to your side and snap your neck within 0.1 seconds of being out of sight? Would blinking then become a fatal flaw of 15 blinks per minute?
Furthermore, this "observation gap" for humans is not limited to blinking... Even if a person's eyes can be kept open and focused on something for an extended period, the brain's concentration fluctuates; this fluctuation does not refer to fatigue and lapses in concentration after a few minutes or tens of minutes, but rather to a protective mechanism of the brain that is not under conscious control and occurs several times every second.

For example, you can try staring at something in front of you, just a single dot on it, such as a word, a letter, or a small pattern on a beverage box. After a while, you'll find that no matter how focused you are, your attention will frequently and rapidly switch between that point and the things around you. This is because every 0.25 seconds, your brain goes through a fluctuation process of leaving the peak of "focus," turning to "scanning the surroundings," and then returning to the peak of focus.

This mechanism is an advantageous ability that the human brain has evolved during the evolutionary process, which can protect us from overlooking potential threats around us while we are focused. And in our story... let's put it this way, Jiang Muchan's "speed" is mainly due to his ability to sense and seize these "gaps" in others.

Now, Chunxin, after being slapped by Xiao Jiang, was filled with shock and doubt, both in his heart and on his face.

It's not that this action was particularly insulting or caused much harm, but rather that the message it conveyed was unacceptable to Chunxin.

The message is—I can beat you anytime I want; I'm just messing around with you.

"Ah!" Chunxin had no idea that the other party had come to capture him alive, so he thought that the other party just wanted to tease him before killing him, which made him furious and he roared.

As soon as the shout rang out, he simply abandoned his stance, changed his body into a wide and sweeping motion, and made a desperate leap towards Jiang Muchan.

It must be said that even in anger, Chunxin remained shrewd and experienced in his actions.

His combination of shouting and lunging not only intimidates his opponent but also gives him a chance to fight back... What if his sudden, desperate attack manages to subdue the other side? Then the life-or-death situation can immediately be turned into him taking hostages and negotiating with the two outside.

Fortunately, Xiao Jiang did not give Chunxin a chance to turn the tables.

Jiang Muchan is now not only "fast" but also "steady"; he has always been a loner, but after his recent experiences (being implicated by the Hunyuan Star Gate, which caused him to be surrounded and ambushed from time to time), he has become much more shrewd.

Faced with Chunxin's sudden and desperate move, Jiang Muchan simply glanced at him calmly before squatting down, clenching her fists, and preparing a move commonly used by children in fights: "Buffalo Horn".

A moment later, just as Chunxin lunged forward, Xiao Jiang raised his fists, sprang to his feet, and showed Chunxin what it meant to "go to great lengths for someone."

That move was really brutal. Chunxin broke several ribs on the spot, and was also spun 720 degrees in mid-air. When he finally fell, the lower half of his face hit the edge of the bed, knocking out several teeth and leaving his mouth full of blood.

"Heh..." Just as Xiao Jiang chuckled at Chunxin, preparing to deliver a contemptuous victory speech,

bang——

For some reason, the two people outside the door suddenly rushed in. Ling Sheng'er quickly closed the door, while Sun Yixie grabbed a bronze candlestick from the table and smashed it on the back of Chunxin's head, knocking Chunxin, who was already lying on the ground, unconscious.

"Huh? What's going on here..." Jiang Muchan blurted out the question, but before Sun Ling and the other could answer, his professional thief instincts delivered the answer to his lips, "This is... someone from outside?"

When he said the last few words, his voice was so low it was almost a whisper.