Hu Die Lan

Chapter 395 A Decade of Shadows

Gu Fei's words sounded particularly alarming to Bai Shi Jing Lun.

Gu Fei could actually adjust the impact of 20 points of Agility. This kind of control over the body and the required reflexes were absolutely freakish. If he could really do as he said, then it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call this guy a genius that only appears once every hundred years.

Talent, this was the so-called talent.

Although there were a series of famous sayings like "diligence can make up for clumsiness" and "the early bird catches the worm" to tell people that they could succeed without talent, this was indeed true, but success did not mean that one could surpass those gifted geniuses. People who thought they could achieve this were just wishfully thinking that those with talent would never be diligent, as if they were just standing at the front waiting for him to overtake them. This kind of thinking was obviously unreliable. Innate talent was not something everyone could have.

Bai Shi Jing Lun thought about these things, and for a time fell into reminiscence.

Ten years ago, his father visited the Gu family and was actually defeated by Gu Fei, who was only 15 years old. And he was completely defeated, defeated without any dispute, defeated without a word to say. And his father did not have any grudges because he was defeated by a young opponent. However, from then on, he would mention this Gu Fei of the Gu family from time to time, and he would praise him to the skies.

"Look at that Gu Fei of the Gu family..."

From then on, this became the most frequently used sentence pattern when he taught Bai Shi Jing Lun. Every detail of kung fu, Gu Fei became Bai Shi Jing Lun's role model, like a ghost, forever attached to his side, condescendingly surveying him.

The father hoped that Gu Fei would become his son's role model, but obviously there was a problem with his method of education.

Gu Fei not only failed to become Bai Shi Jing Lun's role model, but on the contrary, he would feel bad and very depressed as soon as he heard this name.

Fortunately, Bai Shi Jing Lun did not give up on himself like many children, after hearing so many comparative remarks. Instead, he was inspired to work harder and practice diligently every day. At that time, he had already set his ambition that one day he would go to the Gu family alone, specifically challenge this Gu Fei, and then defeat him. Next time his father said, "Look at that Gu Fei of the Gu family..." he could casually reply, "Gu Fei? What is that? Is he my defeated opponent?"

Bai Shi Jing Lun had secretly imagined and made up this scene countless times, and every time he thought about it, he felt stimulated and very energetic, so he would work even harder.

Of course, this wish was very childish after all. As he grew older, imagining this scene could no longer bring any motivation to Bai Shi Jing Lun. However, the hard work in the early years was very effective, and Bai Shi Jing Lun improved very quickly. His father was also proud of this. He finally began to abandon the standard sentence pattern he had loved for many years, and changed to a tone with five parts pride, three parts regret, and two parts melancholy, saying: "Not bad, really good, it's a pity you don't have the talent of that Gu Fei of the Gu family, otherwise you would definitely not be worse than him."

Faced with this situation, if you were Bai Shi Jing Lun, besides being depressed, what other mood would you have?

Bai Shi Jing Lun was really afraid that he would live under the shadow of Gu Fei for the rest of his life, so he continued to practice hard, even harder, until one day, he easily knocked down his father, making his father's eyes light up like every time he mentioned Gu Fei.

"I didn't expect you could progress to this extent. I just don't know what level that Gu Fei has reached in the past ten years. Perhaps, you can go find him." The father's words were quite subtle. To go find him, in fact, meant that he could go and challenge Gu Fei to a sparring match.

Although he had no grudges about his defeat ten years ago, he would be happy to see his son stand up for him ten years later.

Of course, Bai Shi Jing Lun had been looking forward to this day for a long time. It was just a pity that when he went to the Gu family, Gu Fei was not there. After exchanging blows with Old Man Gu, Bai Shi Jing Lun felt that he still had many shortcomings, so he temporarily postponed his plan to challenge Gu Fei. Unexpectedly, he actually met Gu Fei in the game today. Bai Shi Jing Lun was nonchalant on the surface, but in his heart, he was actually very surprised.

Frankly speaking, due to his defeat against Old Man Gu, Bai Shi Jing Lun was no longer fully confident when he fought against Gu Fei. Losing the protection of confidence, the shadow that had existed for ten years immediately came out to harass him. After being repelled by Gu Fei's Seven-Foot Continuous Kick, he hurriedly began to look for reasons to explain, which could also be said to be a manifestation of a lingering shadow: he really didn't want to lose to Gu Fei in the slightest.

But what Gu Fei said next about the adjustment of 20 points of Agility really surprised Bai Shi Jing Lun. Especially like the continuous kicks he had just used, Bai Shi Jing Lun admitted that if he were to adjust them, he would need some time to practice to find a rhythm suitable for the current speed of attack, but if this guy could do it in one go based on feeling, then on this point, the difference would be very obvious.

Bai Shi Jing Lun was still thinking about it when he suddenly heard Gu Fei ask him: "Did my old man use this move against you?"

"Ah?" Bai Shi Jing Lun came back to his senses, "No."

"Well, then let's continue!" Gu Fei said, suddenly taking a step diagonally, as if the step was not stable, but his body had already rushed to the other side.

Outsiders would find it strange, but Bai Shi Jing Lun could see it clearly: "Jade Shattering Step!!"

He himself was proficient in this footwork. Seeing Gu Fei take the second step as expected when his body fell sideways, followed by a twist of his waist...

"It's Black Dragon Tail Swing!!" Bai Shi Jing Lun thought to himself. He knew that this move was performed in this way, the two steps were like accumulating power, and twisting the body was to fully stretch the body, and then the power of the leg sweeping over would definitely be astonishing. And the main purpose of this move was not to injure the enemy, but to destroy the enemy's balance. The follow-up moves were the real killing moves.

Bai Shi Jing Lun interpreted it clearly, so naturally he would not try to take this move head-on. He tilted his body to the side to let the sweep pass, and his right leg was ready to strike, preparing to use a Black Dragon Emerges from Water to kick Gu Fei down directly.

Unexpectedly, the leg that Gu Fei twisted and kicked out was completely different from what Bai Shi Jing Lun thought. The shadow of the leg moved and did not follow the route he expected at all. This dodge was simply sending his face to someone else's foot.

Bai Shi Jing Lun was shocked. In desperation, he could only wave his arm to block.

When their hands and feet collided, Bai Shi Jing Lun immediately noticed that Gu Fei's foot had an upward climbing angle against his arm.

"Not good!!" Bai Shi Jing Lun really understood what was going on this time. He wanted to retract his arm, but he was half a beat too slow. Gu Fei kicked into the air with one foot, and the other foot followed closely behind, kicking Bai Shi Jing Lun's arm from left to right, one up and one down.

It wasn't Black Dragon Tail Swing, it was Black Dragon Twisting Pillar! Bai Shi Jing Lun had just had this thought in his mind.

He didn't expect that his judgment was so wrong. Bai Shi Jing Lun's heart was filled with despair. His arm could only try to break free, and as a result of this wave, he actually threw Gu Fei out.

Gu Fei twisted his body in mid-air, and did not look embarrassed when he landed. He looked at Bai Shi Jing Lun and smiled, "Your strength is not low!"

Bai Shi Jing Lun woke up from his dream at this time.

This was in the game! How could strength be said to be great or small at will? A magic user like him simply couldn't exert the power of a powerful move like Black Dragon Tail Swing. But he was clearly using the posture of Black Dragon Tail Swing, but Bai Shi Jing Lun had to believe it. As a result, it instantly transformed into Black Dragon Twisting Pillar, this kind of superb technique... Bai Shi Jing Lun was severely hit again.

In addition to this, he now knew the meaning of Gu Fei's two attacks.

The first Seven-Foot Continuous Kick tested Bai Shi Jing Lun's speed and reaction;

And this time, the Black Dragon Twisting Pillar tested Bai Shi Jing Lun's strength.

What about himself? What did he see from these two encounters? Bai Shi Jing Lun was already covered in cold sweat... The first time, he was complacent about successfully dealing with the opponent's seven kicks; the second time, he directly misread the opponent's moves.

He couldn't let him take the initiative anymore!

Because Bai Shi Jing Lun had fought with Old Man Gu, he naturally thought that Gu Fei and his father would have a lot in common. As a result, he found that he was very wrong. Old Man Gu was over half a century old, but he still took the path of being strong and fierce, and the moves he used were concise moves with extremely strong explosive power and attack.

But Gu Fei's moves had more skill content, and were too deceptive. Like the Black Dragon Tail Swing and Black Dragon Twisting Pillar just now, these were all moves in Black Dragon Fist. Black Dragon Fist belonged to one of the Dragon Fists, and Dragon Fist was what the Gu family was best at. Bai Shi Jing Lun had specialized in various Dragon Fist techniques since he was a child. As a result, the moves Gu Fei used could actually deceive him. If he hadn't personally experienced it just now, Bai Shi Jing Lun would never have believed it.

Bai Shi Jing Lun admitted that Gu Fei's feints and fancy moves were very beautiful, but because of this, he thought he had found Gu Fei's weakness.

He thought that Gu Fei's attack already had a flashy feeling. Like the first continuous seven kicks, if he could kick the opponent with one kick, why would he need to kick seven times in a row?

Like his kind of kicking method, with both feet taking off one after the other, it was indeed dazzlingly beautiful, but the problem was that in this way, the ground was only touched for an instant, could the power of these continuous kicks still be maintained?

This guy has probably been praised too much and has won too many battles. His attacks are no longer just focused on effectiveness, but have begun to pay attention to being pleasing to the eye. Bai Shi Jing Lun thought to himself. Just now, this guy attacked first, putting himself in a passive position. If he seized the initiative, could he still use these feints to deal with himself?

It seems that the guys who are called geniuses always have some problems, they are not as down-to-earth as ordinary people like us. Bai Shi Jing Lun thought to himself, and his confidence had been rebuilt. Looking at Gu Fei, he suddenly smiled: "Just now you attacked first, let me do it this time!"

"Okay!" Gu Fei accepted happily.

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The update is here, cough, a little late, did everyone eat?