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Chapter 62 The Great Monument-Smashing Hand! A Counterattack!

Chen Zhan and his group returned to the backyard and had Ruan Zhi lock the door.

They discussed and debated behind closed doors.

Since ancient times, it has been common to hold sparring sessions behind closed doors to protect the reputation of the loser. The result is known only to those within the group and will not be spread outside.

In the past, a boxer's reputation was his lifeblood, his livelihood.

If word gets out, whether you run a martial arts school or a bodyguard business, your business will plummet; it's like cutting off someone's livelihood.

It wasn't that Chen Zhan and his companions were afraid of the outcome getting out, but rather that with so many people around, there would inevitably be spies both inside and outside the Golden Pavilion.

"Your injury?" Ye Ningzhen asked, taking Chen Zhan's arm.

She was clearly referring to a tendon injury in her arm.

"It's alright." Chen Zhan didn't explain much, and Ye Ningzhen didn't ask any more questions.

Ding Lianshan, his old face expressionless, said to himself, "I only reached the Transformation Realm at the age of thirty-seven. It's been almost thirty years now. I was injured in my early years, and I couldn't retain my essence, energy, and spirit, so it's inevitable that I've declined. But you, kid, are injured and haven't even reached the Transformation Realm yet, but you dare to confidently challenge this old man. You've got real guts."

"Hey, you're much more ruthless when it comes to killing Japanese than I was back then. I haven't done it in years, but I'm eager to hunt again. Today, win or lose, this old man will head south immediately to give you face."

Ding Lianshan greatly admired Chen Zhan. Regardless of their sect affiliation, Chen Zhan was an excellent choice in terms of courage, age, skill, and character.

He wasn't a member of the Cheng School of Bagua, yet he stood up for Ye Ningzhen, even fighting against a master of the Transformation Realm despite being injured himself.

His gaze held a mixture of admiration and reminiscence.

He thought to himself, "If only Ma San were like Chen Zhan."

Or if Ruomei were a man, how wonderful that would be?
But just thinking about it, there's no turning back now that we've come this far.

"Alright, I appreciate your kind offer, Elder Ding. Win or lose, I'll get rid of those two scoundrels for you."

"Well done, what courage!"

Ding Lianshan didn't waste any words. He leaped forward and struck out with his palm. At that moment, all the wrinkles on his face blossomed, and he was radiant with health and spirit.

"What a juicy piece of gossip!"

Today, Chen Zhan finally met a true master of gossip. The old man Ding Lianshan looked like a small old man, but with a twist of his feet, a leap and a wide stance, he instantly transformed into a seasoned general who had been through many battles. With a horse stance and a bent body, he took a step forward and beheaded someone.

Chen Zhan had never been on a battlefield with thousands of troops, nor had he ever met a seasoned general. But he imagined that someone like Ding Lianshan, in ancient times, would have been a general who died on the battlefield, wrapped in a horse's hide.

Now, however, he can only eke out a living in the kitchen of Jinlou, which is both lamentable and pathetic.

Chen Zhan thought to himself, but his hands were no weaker. He drew his bow and nocked an arrow, then unleashed a burst of power—the Xingyi Cannon Fist!
The Five Elements Cannon Fist belongs to the fire element. Like a cannonball exploding in the barrel, it exerts the most violent force. Its core lies in releasing the power of the whole body suddenly in the shortest time and the smallest space, forming an overwhelming destructive force.

Open it up forcefully, break through its momentum and destroy its body!
"Bang bang bang!"

Their fists and palms clashed, unleashing several powerful blows that stirred up large swaths of snow in the courtyard. Ruan Zhi quickly dodged, avoiding getting soaked.

Fortunately, Ye Ningzhen's courtyard was large enough. Although the fight between the two was quite loud, everyone in the Golden Pavilion knew that the three leaders were skilled in hand-to-hand combat and often sparred with each other, so they didn't take it seriously.

Baguazhang is a vicious palm technique, but that's a beginner's method. When you first start learning, you really have to start with being slippery and vicious.

In ancient times, unlike in later generations, people would spar with each other without causing injury.

Back then, fighting to the death was commonplace. If you didn't first practice skills that could take lives, your disciples would only end up getting beaten up.

His reputation was ruined.

But that doesn't mean Baguazhang only has insidious soft power and can only be used for sneak attacks. When you reach the advanced level, Baguazhang is unparalleled in its fierce power!
One of the moves is called 'Great Monument-Smashing Hand'!

Back then, Dong Haichuan shattered a three-layered millstone with a single palm strike, astonishing everyone and earning him the title of "Great Millstone Smashing Hand."

Chen Zhan didn't know this move either; it's said that the Eight Trigrams Great Stele-Smashing Hand requires the combined power of three plates.
The lower body is as stable as an old tree with deep roots, requiring a high level of mastery of the sinking power of the mud-walking step. In the middle body, the wrapping and explosive power of the waist and spine, with the waist rotating horizontally like a millstone, guides the whole body into a "spherical twisting" motion. The twisting waist stores power, the spine shakes like a dragon's armor, and the fascia of the waist and back explodes.

The upper body, the spiral whip-like force of the shoulders and arms, the relaxed shoulders and sinking elbows, the tortoise back arching, the shoulder blades spreading like wings, and the spinal force being transmitted to the forearms.

Finally, using the heel of the palm as the point of force to smash the monument, the forearm spirals out like a steel whip, the wrist twists down sharply, and with a single palm strike, it can truly shatter gold and break monuments, a truly earth-shattering feat!
Dong Haichuan passed this technique on to his two direct disciples, Yin Fu and Cheng Tinghua, but no one knows how much of it they received.

But now! Ding Lianshan, with his broad shoulders and thick waist, turned and twisted, using the "Great Monument-Smashing Hand" move. Chen Zhan felt the terrifying triple force within it, and his fighting spirit intensified.

"The legendary master of smashing monuments, Master Ding, I appreciate your kindness!"

Chen Zhan took a half-step to the side, his dantian filled with qi, and the bandages on his arm automatically shattered, turning into a sky full of white shadows.

If Baguazhang is said to have both softness and hardness, then Xingyiquan is pure Yang and extremely hard, and unparalleled in its ferocity!
Almost all the moves are fierce, the Five Elements Fist and the Twelve Forms are all extremely powerful and fierce. In addition, there are combined attack techniques!

As Chen Zhan retreated, he suddenly twisted his waist and hips, swung his body, and raised his fist.

Everyone seemed to see Chen Zhan's spine suddenly undulate, rising and falling, like a dragon soaring through the four seas, roaring across the eight wastelands!
Turn around! Take half a step!

Horses trample across the eight wastelands!

The bluestone beneath his feet cracked inch by inch, creating a three-zhang (approximately 10 meters) gap. The force of Chen Zhan's stomp was terrifying to the extreme.

The combined attack technique blends the different forces of the Five Elements Fist and integrates them into the different moves of the Twelve Forms.

Chen Zhan unleashed the strongest move ever seen on the battlefield: "The Counterattack!"

The horse and dragon shapes are combined into one; the horse turns its head, and the dragon moves!

It is said that there is a technique that combines three forces into one, a combined attack in the form of a dragon, a horse, and a snake.

Dragon and snake combined attack!

It's a legend; no one knows who ever learned it.

At this moment, the counterattack was extremely fierce, combining the ruthlessness of the combined drilling fist and the explosive power of the cannon fist!
With a single punch, the dragon-horse neighed. Chen Zhan's punch caused the air to explode, just like a general on the battlefield turning around and thrusting his spear, causing the steed beneath him to roar, the spear tip piercing the air.

A smooth, seamless, and perfectly executed combined attack clashed with the Great Monument Smashing Hand.

"Step back!" Ye Ningzhen waved her hand, blocking her two junior sisters from retreating.

The force they unleashed in the next moment shattered the bluestone within a ten-zhang radius beneath their feet, which then spread out like a spider web with a crackling sound.

They stopped only when they were three feet in front of Ye Ningzhen.

Snowflakes were falling heavily inside the courtyard!

Where the two stood, a three-foot square pit appeared.

Chen Zhan stood inside the pit, while Ding Lianshan was shaken out of the pit.

His old face had more wrinkles, and his complexion turned pale and bluish, making him look very unsightly.

When their identities were exposed by the younger generation, even though the two had no grudges and even admired each other quite a bit, they still wanted to teach the younger generation a lesson when they got into a fight.

This will teach Chen Zhan to respect his teachers and that there are always people more capable than himself.

Moreover, he was a veteran master of internal energy transformation. Although his qi and blood had declined, the two did not fight for a long time, and Chen Zhan did not engage in a guerrilla-style fight to exhaust his strength.

It's one-on-one, head-on, Bagua versus Xingyi, a clash of powerful forces.

He unleashed only one move!
Ding Lianshan didn't need to worry about being exhausted at all; his full-force attack at his peak actually put him at a disadvantage!

Ding Lianshan secretly groaned inwardly:
Damn it, this kid isn't just getting old, he's practically invincible right now!

(End of this chapter)