For peace, there is Tai Chi; for power, there is Baji Quan (Eight Extremes Fist)!
In an instant, thousands of life-and-death battles, Baji Quan (Eight Extremes Fist) honed to perfection, merged from another dimension into Rin's essence, qi, and spirit. Rin took a step forward, but his entire demeanor and aura completely transformed!
It's still not enough! A complete Wudajian also requires... Projection: Circle Realm!
Invisible and formless, a seemingly ethereal circle of qi enveloped the entire barrier. Every subtle movement of people, events, and objects within the circle was perceived by Rin with perfect clarity.
The Black-Haired Youth's hair instantly stood on end at Rin's change! He immediately concentrated two hundred percent of his energy. When he had faced Rin just now, he had been serious but with a calm confidence. But at this moment, he became twelve times more cautious.
The Black-Haired Youth didn't move. He was looking for a flaw in Rin's aura. The current situation was Rin strong, him weak. Moving would expose an opening, so he couldn't take the initiative to attack, otherwise, if one strike failed, he would be doomed.
Rin also didn't move. Just like last time, she projected Wudajian, but it was impossible to simply blast through with a single Fierce Tiger Climbs the Mountain (Technique) again; after all, that wasn't a stationary wall, but a person. Rin, having projected Wudajian, was using the projected skill to mentally deduce and absorb, wanting her body's muscles to remember and learn Baji Quan (Eight Extremes Fist), rather than just projecting it.
If one observed carefully, with keen observational skills, one would notice that every muscle tissue in Rin's limbs, waist, abdomen, back, and front of her body was subtly trembling beneath her skin. The stances and forms of Baji Quan (Eight Extremes Fist), because they were projected techniques, could not be memorized in the brain, but they could be recorded in the muscle tissues that had performed them.
Physical memory!
The Black-Haired Youth didn't know the truth and dared not act rashly, perhaps missing the best offensive opportunity.
Six Grand Opening Methods, Vajra Eight Forms, Eight Grand Techniques, Silang Wide Fist, Six Elbow Heads, Taizong Fist, Taizu Fist, Hua Fist, Flying Tiger Fist... Yama's Three-Point Hand, Fierce Tiger Climbs the Mountain (Technique), Three No-Regards to the Door, Overlord Breaks the Reins, Wind-Facing Sun Palm, Left and Right Hard Opening Gate, Oriole's Double Claws, Standing Heaven-Piercing Cannon... Move!
Starting steps no higher than the knee, walking like wading through mud. With a vibrating step, he still threw a punch! A straight punch, neither deviating nor missing, went directly for the Black-Haired Youth's chest. And the Black-Haired Youth, facing this same punch, dared not use limb techniques to block, but instead folded his arms and rigidly braced against Rin's punch.
The Black-Haired Youth immediately retreated ten meters. Before he could stop, Rin followed up with a step, a Chopping Palm (chopping palm)!
The Black-Haired Youth completely changed his previous style of response, disregarding his fighting stance and executing a donkey roll to dodge, not daring to let Rin's fists or palms touch his body in the slightest.
The meaning of Wudajian is "one strike is enough, no need for a second." Combined with the Circle Realm, the hidden power, force, and qi in the fist and palm movements subtly align with the opponent's blood and qi flow. A single hit, and the opponent is instantly "engulfed" by qi, causing their heart to stop and leading to shock and death.
And Baji Quan (Eight Extremes Fist) itself is most skilled in opening methods! The so-called opening method is to break through the opponent's defense and parry. Under Wudajian, the Baji opening methods are already hidden within every move and every stance. The Black-Haired Youth saw through this point, and therefore, he either had to brace rigidly or dodge forcefully, utterly unable to engage Rin.
"Although I don't understand why he suddenly became so difficult to deal with, he's not without flaws," the Black-Haired Youth muttered.
But unfortunately, Rin couldn't hear him. The current Rin was completely in an unconscious state. If one looked closely, one would find that Rin was like a puppet on strings, moving according to a predetermined rhythm!
Ultimately, Rin was still too green. They say a newborn calf fears no tiger and dares to do anything, but if a calf truly meets a tiger, can it return? Forcibly accepting Wudajian, Rin's consciousness was now completely overridden by the overly potent martial will, and her limb movements were entirely out of control!
The unconscious Rin chopped out an empty palm. Seeing this, the youth, unable to get up, dodged again, and a pit exploded in the ground where he had been.
Li Shuwen's empty palm chop could make windows rattle, but with Rin's current physical strength, it was no longer a matter of just moving air.
From the moment the projection began, the youth was in a sorry state under Rin's unconscious attacks, several times forced to use his limbs to rigidly receive Rin's steel-shattering, iron-breaking powerful strikes. His hands had already begun to tremble uncontrollably, showing signs of exhaustion.
If it weren't for his body technique skills being perfected to an art, allowing him to timely dissipate the force his limbs endured, he would have had his arm bones broken when he took Rin's first punch, and the subsequent second punch would have taken his life.
"There's a flaw, there's a flaw... Yes, that's it!" The muttering youth seemed to have realized something, his eyes suddenly lighting up. He twisted his body to the left, and Rin's attack, as if on purpose, landed in the empty space where the youth had dodged from.
As if his conclusion had been proven, the youth no longer rigidly blocked or dodged Rin, but once again began to deconstruct Rin's boxing (fist technique) offense, and he succeeded in deconstructing it... "That's right, your boxing (fist technique) skill isn't yours at all, but something you borrowed using a method I don't know!" The youth exclaimed excitedly, not forgetting to speak while fighting.
"This boxing (fist technique) in your hands looks incredibly skilled, as if you've practiced it tens of thousands of times, but in reality, your body's memory of the boxing (fist technique) is pitifully small! Your body simply cannot cooperate with the boxing (fist technique) you've borrowed."
The youth seemed to have opened a floodgate, talking incessantly, while Rin seemed to intentionally let him have a move, her powerful fist and palm strikes all landing in empty space.
"Technique is engraved in blood, bone, and flesh, not just in memory. I will not lose to your 'borrowed technique'!" After the Black-Haired Youth blocked Rin's attack again, he finally launched a counterattack!
"Clang!"
Another metallic sound. It was frustrating; as long as absolute weak points like the eyes or brain weren't attacked, even if the youth hit Rin's heart, it couldn't truly harm Rin's body, which was already beginning to rival that of a Phantasmal Species. Not to mention there was still a layer of armor.
The youth, whose attack was ineffective, narrowly dodged Rin's strike aimed directly at his chest, but the subsequent punch was unavoidable. The youth could only grit his teeth and throw a punch to meet Rin's!
"Crack!"
A crisp snapping sound emanated from the youth's arm. The fractured bone fragments, under the powerful impact, broke through muscle tissue and skin, exposing themselves to the open air. The Black-Haired Youth's entire right arm was covered in exposed bone shards; his arm was completely ruined.
The youth, who had rolled twice on the ground, looked at Rin not far away, who was about to attack, having taken a starting stance for a move. She was preparing to unleash a killing blow to annihilate him, and with one arm severely injured, he indeed had nowhere to hide.
The Black-Haired Youth, supporting his ruined right arm, was like a lone wolf in desperation, severely wounded, on the brink of collapse, but his eyes held only unprecedented seriousness and focus. As long as he wasn't completely dead, he wouldn't give up hope of counterattacking and winning.
I can counter-kill!
Was this an illusion or reality?
Everything has its weaknesses. As long as you find their weaknesses, you can easily crush them. If you cannot find the target's weakness, then create one on the target! Then, using that weakness as a fulcrum, utterly shatter them.
The youth remained motionless, tightly locking onto Rin's figure, his gaze scanning every detail as if searching for something.
Bajiquan - Fierce Tiger Climbs the Mountain (Technique)!
The Heroic Spirit's technique reappeared; the ferocious strike that once destroyed the Matou Family's defensive barrier now targeted a youth, as if the outcome was decided the moment the move was unleashed.
"I will not lose to this 'power of others.'"