Chapter 33: Pinched a Bit

Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Pinched a Bit

Uh!

Seeing Lu Qingluo’s eager expression, Fang Xu felt a headache coming on. He hadn’t realized that his usually aloof senior sister actually had such a belligerent heart. Did she purely want to teach him a lesson, or did she just want to... beat him up?

"Senior Sister, since this is just a friendly spar between us, using weapons might not be a good idea, right?" Fang Xu offered a bitter smile, gripping the broadsword in his hand. He wasn’t good with weapons, nor had he ever practiced any complementary Saber Technique. Lu Qingluo was different. She had definitely practiced some sort of Spear Technique. Pitting his own weakness against her strength—wasn’t this just asking for a beating?

"True." Lu Qingluo tilted her head and thought about it seriously for a moment. Then, she slammed her spear down to the side. The butt of the spear easily pierced a hole right through the hard bluestone floor, leaving the long weapon standing perfectly straight on the ground.

Fang Xu shook his head inwardly when he saw this. His senior sister had quite the temper. A spar was a spar. He also wanted to test out his own practical combat skills anyway.

Tossing the broadsword aside, Fang Xu clenched his fists and assumed a punching stance. He pushed off the ground with a burst of strength and launched a direct attack!

Seeing him take the initiative, Lu Qingluo’s beautiful eyes flashed. The corners of her lips curled up slightly, and she immediately charged forward with a chopping palm!

Both of them moved incredibly fast. Mid-stride, Fang Xu suddenly bent his punching right arm, meeting Lu Qingluo’s chopping palm with his elbow in a Single Sheep Peak! This was a classic lethal move of the Baji Fist!

Lu Qingluo clearly had never seen this kind of technique before. The force behind her palm strike was slightly spent, and it failed to hit Fang Xu’s fist. Seeing his elbow striking toward her with fierce momentum, she immediately crossed her arms in front of her chest to block it head-on.

BANG!

The elbow slammed into her arms. Lu Qingluo felt as if she had been rammed by a mountain. She stumbled backward four or five steps—STOMP, STOMP, STOMP—before regaining her balance, her pretty face filled with shock.

"What incredible physical strength!

"And your technique is quite tricky, too."

Shaking out her numb arms, Lu Qingluo clenched her delicate fists and charged at Fang Xu once again!

As someone in the Seventh Realm of the Martial Disciple stage, she had actually suffered an unexpected setback at the hands of a newcomer who had just entered the realm. The tiny trace of underestimation in her heart vanished instantly. She had made up her mind to teach Fang Xu a proper lesson today. If she slipped up and suffered an embarrassing defeat, how could she ever face him as his senior sister in the future?

Seeing Lu Qingluo rush over, Fang Xu’s lips curled into a slight smile. He then threw out his fists, executing a left-and-right swinging punch from the Tongbei Fist. At first glance, this technique looked like a child fighting—swinging wildly with closed eyes. But in reality, it was a move created by Martial Dao grandmasters in his past life, blending the Baji Fist and Tongbei Fist. Following the left and right swings, there were many follow-up techniques he could transition into.

Lu Qingluo charged forward, countering every move as it came. She blocked Fang Xu’s flurry of wild punches and was just about to counterattack when she saw him dodge her palms. His body suddenly spun, leading directly into a Yama’s Handshake! Borrowing the rotational force and the strength of his waist, his arms smashed fists toward Lu Qingluo one after another, forcing her to continuously bend her elbows to block!

Fang Xu pressed forward relentlessly. Taking advantage of Lu Qingluo’s exhaustion from defending, he suddenly unleashed a Hand-picked Cannon, knocking away her blocking arms. His right foot then stomped heavily on the ground!

The Baji Fist utilized three types of force, the most classic of which was borrowing the rebounding shockwave from stomping the ground to enhance the power of an attack! Using the recoil of his stomp, Fang Xu instantly followed up with a Half-Step Charging Fist, executing a flurry of Punching, Chopping, and Hanging! His fierce techniques lacked any flashy movements, yet every single strike was a lethal move.

Despite possessing the strength of the Seventh Realm of the Martial Disciple stage, Lu Qingluo actually fell into a disadvantage while being tied down in such rapid, close-quarters combat by Fang Xu.

BAM!

After forcefully taking one of Fang Xu’s punches, Lu Qingluo used the momentum to pull away. "What kind of thuggish, street-brawler techniques are these?!" she demanded angrily.

Fang Xu retracted his fists, smiled faintly, and cupped his hands. "Please forgive me, Senior Sister. I haven’t learned any orthodox martial arts. Everything I use is just based on how kids fight."

"You!"

It would have been better if he hadn’t explained. His explanation infuriated Lu Qingluo even more. Childish fighting techniques had forced her into a steady retreat—was she really that incompetent?

With nowhere to vent the raging fire in her heart, she stopped suppressing her strength. She prepared to use the full power of the Seventh Realm of the Martial Disciple stage to teach Fang Xu a proper lesson. She absolutely had to beat him into the ground today!

Crossing her palms, the aura around Lu Qingluo gradually condensed. Seeing this, Fang Xu knew the girl was getting serious. He slowly clenched his fists, preparing to respond with his full strength!

Relying on the suppression of her higher cultivation, Lu Qingluo was finally able to truly trade blows with Fang Xu. However, Fang Xu seemed incredibly resilient and highly resistant to being beaten. The two exchanged dozens of moves; every time Fang Xu was knocked back by her brute force, he would immediately charge right back in!

The longer they fought, the more alarmed Lu Qingluo became. She never expected a guy who had just entered the Martial Disciple realm to be so difficult to deal with. Although she wasn’t good at fist and palm techniques, her raw strength was right there. Surely it wouldn’t be impossible to beat him down?

As her heart grew chaotic, her techniques became chaotic as well. Fang Xu’s attacks were wildly ferocious, bearing a completely reckless, life-risking intensity. The fight between the two was incredibly fierce!

After forcing Lu Qingluo back with another Single Sheep Peak, Fang Xu’s body suddenly shot forward. He aimed a punch straight at her wide-open defenses! While still retreating, Lu Qingluo hadn’t anticipated Fang Xu being so fast. It was too late for her to try and block!

She had already felt Fang Xu’s physical strength. If this punch landed on her chest, she would undoubtedly be injured.

"I was too careless," she thought.

Unwilling to accept it, yet feeling incredibly ashamed, Lu Qingluo could only mobilize her internal strength to protect her organs. She braced herself to take the punch head-on, at least ensuring she wouldn’t damage her bones or internal organs.

As Fang Xu launched his rapid punch, he noticed that Lu Qingluo actually wasn’t blocking. This punch contained a hundred percent of his strength. If it landed solidly, even with her cultivation at the Seventh Realm of the Martial Disciple stage, she would definitely suffer a few broken bones! Realizing this, he immediately pulled back some of his force, changing his fist into a palm and striking forward.

THUD!

His palm slapped directly against Lu Qingluo’s chest. Because she had mobilized all her strength to defend, and because Fang Xu had held back a portion of his power, she didn’t sustain much damage from taking the palm strike head-on. She wasn’t even forced back.

"Thank goodness! Thank goodness!" Fang Xu secretly rejoiced in his heart, but then he noticed an icy glare fixed intensely upon him.

"Hand!" Lu Qingluo spat out the word, her voice freezing cold.

Fang Xu shivered, finally realizing that whatever was beneath his palm felt rather soft. He instinctively gave it a squeeze before quickly withdrawing his hand.

"Senior Sister..."

"I’ll kill you!"

Being hit in such a spot by Fang Xu had already made her angry enough, but considering that accidents happen in a spar, Lu Qingluo hadn’t intended to dwell on it. However, that squeeze Fang Xu gave right before withdrawing his hand completely ignited the fiery rage in her heart!

"Lecher!

"Hooligan!

"Scoundrel!"

Throwing every insult she could think of at Fang Xu, Lu Qingluo spun around, grabbed the long spear beside her, and thrust it straight at him!

"Senior Sister! It’s a misunderstanding!" Fang Xu tried to explain while dodging.

"Why do I have to be such a jerk and actually squeeze it?" he thought.

Lu Qingluo wouldn’t listen to his explanation at all. Right now, there was only one thought in her mind: to use the spear in her hand to stab this guy’s face into a pulp!

Seeing that Lu Qingluo had no intention of stopping, Fang Xu could only tuck and roll as he dodged, taking the opportunity to pick up the nearby broadsword to parry her lethal attacks. Bare-handed, he had been able to hold his own against her. But facing her with a spear in hand, Fang Xu had no room to fight back. He could only struggle bitterly to block, allowing his clothes to be pierced into a beggar’s rags.

"Stop!"

Just as Fang Xu was about to fail his defense and meet a bitter end under her spear, a figure suddenly rushed over, grabbing the tip of the spear that was thrusting towards Fang Xu’s chest!

"Nonsense! If you had followed through with that thrust, Fang Xu would have lost his life!" The newly arrived Lu Zhiyuan looked at Lu Qingluo and scolded her with a frosty expression.

"Dad, he bullied me!" Lu Qingluo said, feeling deeply wronged.

Hearing this, Lu Zhiyuan frowned and looked at Fang Xu. "What’s going on with you two?"

Fang Xu hung his head and stammered, "We were just sparring... and I accidentally struck... I struck her chest with my palm."

Lu Zhiyuan glared at Lu Qingluo upon hearing this. "Accidents happen in a spar, you know that perfectly well! Is there really a need to resort to murder?!"

Being scolded once again, Lu Qingluo felt even more aggrieved.

"I know accidents happen in a spar, but why did he squeeze it at the very end?!"