"Who does Li Daoqing think he is?"
Hearing this voice, everyone turned around.
The newcomer had a flat top, white hair, and several long knife scars on his square face.
"Father, you're here."
Huang Tao saw his father, Huang Jun, and pointed at the bodyguards on the ground.
"Father, these useless pieces of trash are no good. Next time, you need to find me some experts like Uncle Zhong."
With that, Huang Tao smiled slightly at the middle-aged man behind Huang Jun. "Hello, Uncle Zhong."
"You're too kind, young master."
Meng Jing's brows furrowed, and she stood in front of Su Yang.
"This is Huang Jun's personal bodyguard, Xu Zhizhong. He's a true master. You guys should leave first, otherwise, facing him will surely mean death!"
Xu Zhizhong stepped forward a few paces and sized up Su Yang. "Young man, your skills are not bad."
Su Yang pushed Meng Jing aside and faced Xu Zhizhong directly.
"Kid, you beat my Huang family's people. Leave an arm, and I can spare your life!"
"As for her, the young master wants a woman. You'd better hand her over."
Xu Zhizhong pointed at Duan Linglong, his tone leaving no room for doubt.
Before the fight, Su Yang habitually used his clairvoyant eye to observe the opponent's past.
"Bagua Zhang?"
"Hmm? You have some insight!"
Xu Zhizhong was slightly surprised. He extended his palm, and a sharp, blade-like light emanated from it.
"Qi Gong master?"
"Good kid, you have extraordinary knowledge, but you will still die today!"
Xu Zhizhong struck with his palm. Su Yang leaped back and landed lightly, then counterattacked with a punch towards Xu Zhizhong.
—Bang bang bang!
Su Yang's body was repelled several meters by the powerful palm strike. His fingers were scraped, and blood slowly trickled down.
"Taiji gives birth to two forces!"
Xu Zhizhong roared. A black and white pattern appeared on the ground, which was clearly the Yin-Yang diagram of Taiji.
Su Yang clenched his fists, his body slightly hunched. "Taiji Heaven and Earth Fist, Twin Apes Suppress the Mountain!"
"Die!"
Xu Zhizhong's palm struck like a knife, aiming directly at Su Yang's abdomen.
Su Yang remained calm. He had used his clairvoyant eye earlier to observe Xu Zhizhong's Bagua Zhang practice moves.
This palm strike, which appeared to target his abdomen, was actually intended to sever his throat.
Su Yang calmly raised his fists and smashed them onto Xu Zhizhong's wrists.
—Bang!
Xu Zhizhong's wrists ached. His feint had been seen through?
Xu Zhizhong launched several more attacks, but Su Yang diffused them all.
"Two forces give birth to four symbols!"
Xu Zhizhong roared again. Around him, four divine beasts materialized from condensed spiritual energy: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise.
The four divine beasts let out long cries, as if gathering power.
Then, four streams of light lunged at Su Yang from different directions.
"Too fast..."
Su Yang had no time to defend and directly summoned his Heavenly Silkworm Divine Silk for protection.
A milky white light merged with the light of the four divine beasts, and the sphere of light grew larger and larger.
Xu Zhizhong panted, "My Four Symbols are not real divine beasts, but condensed spiritual energy, but they are enough to deal with you."
Huang Tao eagerly asked, "Uncle Zhong, is that Su Yang kid dead?"
"He's bound to die!"
Duan Linglong and Meng Jing's faces changed drastically as they looked at the ball of light.
As the sphere of light grew larger, the light became blinding, and the surrounding spectators retreated further.
Huang Jun, the patriarch of the Huang family, said gravely, "Zhizhong, I know this move of yours is supposed to explode. What's going on?"
Xu Zhizhong was stunned. He also noticed that although the sphere of light was growing, it had not exploded.
"Don't worry, patriarch. Even if Su Yang wasn't blown up, he's been torn to shreds by the Four Symbols."
Huang Jun nodded. The reason Qi Gong was not widely practiced was its difficulty and immense destructive power; it was not something ordinary people could learn.
A group of people waited for five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes...
It wasn't until half an hour later that the sphere of light slowly diminished.
"Su Yang, he's actually fine?"
The people around exclaimed in surprise. Su Yang's clothes were intact, and there were no visible wounds.
"Impossible!"
Xu Zhizhong's eyes widened, and he cried out in disbelief.
"Why is it impossible?"
Su Yang retorted, thinking that the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Silk was indeed a peerless defensive treasure.
Not only was it impervious to blades and spears, but it could also absorb these spiritual energy attacks, like a sponge soaking up water.
After his shock, Xu Zhizhong recovered and resumed his offensive.
"Four symbols give birth to eight trigrams!"
A black and white circle appeared at his feet, corresponding to the Bagua diagram.
There were many characters on the Bagua diagram, sometimes rising and sometimes falling, appearing very mysterious.
Xu Zhizhong spread his palms and continuously struck at Su Yang.
—Bang bang bang!
Su Yang continued to defend, waiting.
He was waiting for Xu Zhizhong's spiritual energy to weaken before counterattacking.
Soon.
Xu Zhizhong was already panting. Although Qi Gong was powerful, it consumed too much physical strength.
Su Yang seized the opportunity and swept his leg, knocking Xu Zhizhong down.
Everyone in the arena was shocked. Xu Zhizhong had actually lost?
"I lost?"
Xu Zhizhong himself was dumbfounded. He had practiced martial arts for decades and lost to a young man.
Su Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Hand over your Qi Gong and Bagua Zhang, and I can spare your life!"
Ever since he saw Xu Zhizhong's moves, he had fallen in love with these flashy and powerful techniques.
They were simply cool!
Especially when Xu Zhizhong condensed Taiji and the Four Symbols with spiritual energy, it had amazed everyone.
Seeing his old friend and bodyguard captured by Su Yang, Huang Jun couldn't help but threaten.
"Su Yang, release Zhizhong quickly, or I'll make sure you have nowhere to be buried!"
Huang Jun took out his phone, preparing to call for reinforcements.
Su Yang shook his head and sighed, "You beat the junior, and the elder comes. You beat the elder, and an even older one comes."
—Pfft!
Duan Linglong and Meng Jing couldn't help but laugh. It seemed to be true.
"I say, you might as well be efficient and call more people at once."
Mocked by Su Yang, Huang Jun became even more enraged.
"You arrogant brat!"
Huang Jun dialed a number. "Su Yang, I advise you to release him, or when that important figure arrives, you'll surely die!"
"Oh? I'm very curious who it is."
"Hmph! He's the God of War of the border defense forces. It's too late for you to be scared now."
Upon hearing this, Su Yang's eyes flickered.
Yang Wudi was either dead or severely injured, and his position as commander-in-chief had also been revoked by the capital.
The people in Jinling probably didn't know about this yet.
Huang Jun looked at his dark phone screen, his face ashen.
Yang Wudi had only replied, "Get lost and don't bother me!"
Huang Jun couldn't understand why Yang Wudi refused to help him.
Su Yang stepped on Xu Zhizhong and looked at the bewildered Huang Jun. "What? Not calling anymore?"
"Kid, don't be so arrogant!"
Huang Jun was furious and made several more calls. The Huang family's bodyguards were also on their way.
After doing all this, Huang Jun regained his usual confidence.
Su Yang squatted down, reached out, and felt around Xu Zhizhong, forcibly taking away his two martial arts manuals.
One was "Qi Jin Gong," and the other was "Taiji Bagua Zhang."
"Give them back to me..."
Xu Zhizhong's teeth gnashed in anger, wanting to snatch back the martial arts manuals.
"The defeated must pay the price!"