“The Eight Trigrams Palm should move like a roaming dragon, turn over like an eagle, and with each turn, your whole body moves in unison. Your steps should flow like water!”
“Your movements look agile and fierce, but they are stiff… you have enough force, but not enough agility!”
“The Roaming Eight Trigrams Palm, you need to actually roam!”
“You stepped in the wrong direction!”
Fang Yang struck his opponent’s chest with a palm, and the man flew back like a kite with its string cut.
Pfft!
He coughed out a mouthful of blood.
The otherworldly being’s initially high spirits turned into a low hum.
He slowly crawled up from the ground, looking at Fang Yang with confusion, shock, and disbelief.
From the start of the fight.
He was shocked to discover that Ling Yu Zhenren’s technique was the very same Eight Trigrams Palm he was most familiar with.
Furthermore.
The technique was more refined than the one he used!
Ling Yu Zhenren only used one move.
He felt the pressure he only felt when facing his Master!
From that moment on, he knew he had lost.
Lost completely!
He was defeated by Ling Yu Zhenren using his own martial art. Could there be a more humiliating experience?
Turns out, he was worrying too early!
After using his first move, Ling Yu Zhenren stopped and gestured for him to attack.
At that time.
A surge of anger filled his heart.
At least he could land a hit on Ling Yu Zhenren!
Even if it was just once!
But.
Ling Yu Zhenren showed him.
The gap between people, sometimes is greater than the gap between humans and ants!
From the moment he used his first move, Ling Yu Zhenren had been pointing out his mistakes!
The first move was wrong!
The second move was wrong!
The third move was wrong!
…
Every move was wrong!
At this moment.
Standing before him was no longer Ling Yu Zhenren, but his Master!
An insurmountable mountain!
At this moment.
He broke down.
He even stepped in the wrong direction, a familiar step.
He was then sent flying with a palm strike from Ling Yu Zhenren.
He saw the disappointment in Ling Yu Zhenren’s eyes.
That look, as if saying “a rotten log cannot be carved”!
“Master, I was wrong!”
The otherworldly being subconsciously apologized to Fang Yang.
Fang Yang was stunned. Did he hit the man with an illusion?
“Hey, are you alright?”
The otherworldly being jolted, completely sober. He saw that the person before him was not his Master, but Ling Yu Zhenren.
His face flushed red. He quickly changed the topic to cover his embarrassment.
“Ling Yu Zhenren, I’m willing to admit defeat.”
“May I ask how long you’ve been practicing the Eight Trigrams Palm? You’re no worse than my Master!”
Fang Yang hesitated.
“Do you want to hear a lie or the truth?”
“Of course the truth!”
“I told you the truth just now, I just learned it!”
The otherworldly being’s scalp suddenly tingled. He thought of a possibility he couldn’t believe.
“By “just learned”, how long do you mean?”
He unconsciously used honorifics.
“Just now, while watching you and the other two contestants, I had a small realization.”
Hiss~
The otherworldly being looked at Fang Yang in astonishment. The possibility he guessed just now came true!
“You, are you really saying that?”
Fang Yang spread his hands, “I wouldn’t lie about something so trivial, would I?”
Trivial?
The Eight Trigrams Palm he had been practicing for over ten years, in Ling Yu Zhenren’s eyes, was a trivial matter?!
The otherworldly being was struck with dejection and stood there blankly.
The referee, Ji Yun Daozhang, couldn’t stand it any longer, walked down and patted the otherworldly being on the shoulder.
“Young man, don’t be discouraged. My junior apprentice is just that awesome. His talent is amazing!”
“After all, even my master said, people like my junior apprentice, a genius like him, you won’t find one in a thousand years!”
“So, being able to live in the same era as a genius like my junior apprentice is your fortune!”
The otherworldly being was confused.
So that’s how it is?
Seeing him seem to regain his composure, Ji Yun Daozhang let him leave and looked at Fang Yang with无奈 (helplessness).
“Junior apprentice, can you control yourself? Such a good seed, you almost made him lose his fighting spirit.”
Fang Yang smiled embarrassedly.
“Oh, it’s just that I was excited. I just learned this Eight Trigrams Palm, and I wanted to show it off.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t do that in the next match!”
…
After the first round of elimination, over 1,000 otherworldly beings were left with 256.
There is another elimination match coming up.
Fang Yang looked at his next three opponents.
He didn’t recognize them, so he skipped them.
Then, he would face Xiao Xiao.
And then… one of Zhuge Qing or Wang Ye?
If Tang You You advanced, she would be his opponent in the semi-finals.
And his final opponent.
Will it be Zhang Chu Lan again?