Chapter 125: Thunder-Like Summer Variation

While dodging non-stop, Fang Jie looked around and found that even Zhang Kuang, who was a top-tier level 4 master, had fallen. Out of all the soldiers, Fang Jie was the only person who wasn’t knocked out.

Fang Jie couldn’t cultivate, so he couldn’t sense the forces of nature. However, he could tell Xie Fuyao’s finger force was going after him. Once he stopped moving, he might be instantly struck.

Fang Jie felt like he was a fighter jet that was being tracked by a heat-seeking missile.

It was annoying and frustrating.

His opponent was standing there, but he couldn’t get away from this annoying finger force and engage in close-range combat.

All of Fang Jie’s techniques were meant for close-range combat, so he could only try to dodge at this distance.

Now battling with a cultivation master, Fang Jie finally realized the power of cultivation.

Even though Fang Jie was tough physically, he couldn’t get close to his opponent. He could only get played by his opponent.

It seemed like Xie Fuyao had lost interest in obtaining the highest rating, and he focused on the joy of battling.

His calm eyes started to get heated. All men are aggressive and desired for battle. Once their desire is stimulated, it would be unstoppable like a waterfall.

Someone had said that violence was a part of human nature. Regardless of how elegant someone was, they couldn’t suppress this primal desire once it was ignited, both male and female.

Fang Jie dashed backward and slid on the road for a while. Then, he paused and straightened his body. He could feel that the finger force also froze not far away once he stopped moving, observing him as if it was alive.

Fang Jie’s chest moved up and down. The non-stop dodging consumed a ton of his stamina, and sweat already appeared on his forehead, shining under the sun.

He took a deep breath and tried to sense his sea of qi out of the unwillingness to admit defeat. Although he didn’t sense anything, he wasn’t that disappointed. He stared at Xie Fuyao and sensed that this man wanted to tease him.

When he moved, that finger force followed. When he stopped, that finger force froze.

Many thoughts flashed in Fang Jie’s mind. Fang Jie had to deal with the issue of not being able to approach Xie Fuyao.

If he couldn’t get close, he could only be teased a few meters away from the training field.

No man liked being teased like this, even though Fang Jie knew that he was the underdog in this fight.

Cultivation masters could turn the forces of nature into their internal forces to defeat opponents.

Fang Jie was used to battling with weapons, and he had killed quite a few people on his way to Chang’an, including a level 4 master of the Intelligence Department who underestimated him.

However, Fang Jie knew that if that level 4 master used the full strength, he would stand no chance.

Battling with sabers was quite different from the combat style of cultivation masters.

Today, Fang Jie experienced the powerlessness once again.

“Don’t look down on yourself. You are no longer an insignificant soldier from Fangu, and you can raise your head to see further away. Your opponents during the entrance exam won’t be no-names. The fact that talented young people see you as an opponent is validation for you. How many people could be seen by Pei Chuxing of the Pei Family, Yu Xiao of the Yu Family, and Xie Fuyao of the Xie Family as opponents?” Wu Yidao said this to Fang Jie before the exam, and now it rang in Fang Jie’s head again.

“When you sense your power, perhaps you won’t be fearful of other masters. I don’t know if it would be a good thing for you to be fearless. If it is a bad thing… you should make others fearful of you instead.”

When Wu Yidao said this, Fang Jie thought that this man was being polite and kind with praises. Now that he recalled this, he seemed to be inspired.

“I won’t be fearful of others once I discover my power. Where is my power? How do I realize it?” Fang Jie asked himself, but he couldn’t find the answer.

Fang Jie looked around and saw that not many people were standing.

Cui Pingzhou looked disheveled, but he was still standing since he wasn’t hit by the finger force yet.

Pei Chuxing who was as famous as Xie Fuyao showed his power, slowly walking forward and waving his hands, getting rid of those finger forces like flies.

It seemed like the finger forces couldn’t do anything to him.

The other young man who many people believed could be the no.1 student was Yu Xiao of the Yu Family. He was only looking at Xie Fuyao with a cold stare, not showing any emotions.

With his hands behind his back, it seemed like he wasn’t attacked by the finger forces, but Fang Jie could tell that the powerful finger forces couldn’t penetrate Yu Xiao’s defense.

Although it seemed like Yu Xiao wasn’t doing anything, he had already spread his internal force around his body, blocking out Xie Fuyao’s wind-like finger forces

On the city wall, Professor Mo Wanwu who entered the fray under Xie Fuyao’s invitation had a gloomy expression. He changed his techniques to deal with Xie Fuyao’s attacks, but he couldn’t use his full strength since he was a professor. The prolonged battle frustrated him.

Without question, Xie Fuyao’s attacks toward him were different from his attacks toward others.

Xie Fuyao’s attacks toward others were like winds of spring, gentle and soft. However, his attack toward Mo Wanwu was the thunder-like summer variation. It felt like thunder could be heard when he attacked.

Fang Jie looked toward the participants who were knocked down by Xie Fuyao. Every one of them slightly twitched on the ground. They wanted to get up, but they didn’t have the energy. Even Zhang Kuang couldn’t get up.

They all lost their strength.

Fang Jie suddenly thought of something. “When would people lose all their stamina and energy?”

…

Fang Jie who seemed enlightened caught Xie Fuyao’s attention.

In the beginning, Xie Fuyao didn’t attack Fang Jie with his full strength.

Just like what he said, Xie Fuyao wanted to see the limit of this young man who the Emperor brought to the center of everyone’s attention.

He didn’t think that someone who the Emperor appreciated wouldn’t be able to fight back. He felt like someone like Fang Jie must have his secrets and abilities.

Since Xie Fuyao saw Fang Jie as an opponent, he wanted to know more about Fang Jie, so he waited.

Using the wind-like finger energies to restrict opponents was one of the features of Four-Symbol Finger of Wudang Mountain.

Four-Symbol Finger contained four variations, and every variation could unleash many different attacks.

Wudang Mountain had three ultimate techniques, which were Tai-Chi Fist, Yin-Yang Sword, and Four-Symbol Finger. Together with Big Qi Cycle and Small Qi Cycle of Pure Joy Mountain, they were known as the Five Ultimate Techniques of the Daoist Sect. Although Four-Symbol Finger was the last on the list, any technique on this list was powerful.

Xie Fuyao wanted to test Fang Jie’s hidden strength, but Fang Jie looked disheveled right now and didn’t appear to have secret strength.

Just as Xie Fuyao started to get disappointed, the brightening of Fang Jie’s eyes caught his attention.

“Is he about to use his hidden strength?” Xie Fuyao thought as he moved his left thumb, and the finger force that was hidden before Fang Jie suddenly dashed toward his abdomen.

Fang Jie took a deep breath and didn’t dodge this time. He walked toward Xie Fuyao calmly.

When he took the first step, his abdomen sensed a chill, then the snake-like finger force dashed into his abdomen as if it wanted to taste delicious food.

This sensation could easily make others disgusted.

For some reason, Fang Jie smiled instead of being surprised when he sensed it.

Xie Fuyao’s eyes opened wide as he murmured in shock, “How… is this possible?”

Although Fang Jie couldn’t sense the forces of nature, he clearly felt Xie Fuyao’s finger force getting into his belly.

The snake-like finger force quickly moved in his belly as if it got lost, not having a target.

Suddenly, this finger force seemed to have discovered something, and it dashed toward the seven qi-points in Fang Jie’s body before sealing them, trying to lock Fang Jie’s internal force.

When Fang Jie sensed all this, he smiled brightly.

Xie Fuyao’s technique was useless on him!

That finger force moved in his belly without a target because it couldn’t find Fang Jie’s sea of qi! After it finally found a few qi-points and sealed them, it was still meaningless! There was no internal force inside those qi-points!

Fang Jie smiled; it felt like the bank account of someone who had no money got frozen.

After pausing for a second, Fang Jie took another step forward, walking toward Xie Fuyao who was in shock.

Fang Jie wasn’t fast, but it felt like his every step stomped on Xie Fuyao’s heart.

Xie Fuyao couldn’t help but feel nervous and a little fearful.

This was the first time that Four-Symbol Finger was useless on someone. When his third senior brother taught him this technique, he said that the spring variation could seal people’s seas of qi, and anyone hit by it couldn’t fight back. Even those who were stronger than him wouldn’t be able to use their internal forces once they were restricted by the spring variation.

Of course, those who were much more powerful or had tight defenses could render this variation useless.

Fang Jie slowly walked toward Xie Fuyao, and the confidence in his eyes intensified.

Professor Yan Ji moved his eyes away from Professor Mo Wanwu, and he gasped when he saw Fang Jie. “Huh? What is going on? This makes no sense!”

Suddenly, a burst of laughter sounded behind him, “He isn’t too dull. I thought he wouldn’t be able to notice his advantage in this fight. It seems like this little guy doesn’t know that his body is a great treasure.”

Hearing this, Yan Ji instantly turned around and bowed. “Greetings, Principal.”

Principal Zhou Banchuan of the Martial Arts Academy appeared behind Yan Ji, and he stroked his beard while nodding.

Then, he slowly walked forward and looked down at the young man who was walking forward confidently. He commented, “This year’s entrance exam is great. Xie Fuyao is almost invincible, but he ran into this monster.”

“Monster?” Yan Ji didn’t understand Principal Zhou’s meaning.

Zhou Banchuan nodded and said, “Eh, a monster. Perhaps he is the biggest monster in the history of Great Sui. Compared to Savage Luo of Yong State… he seems to be stranger.”

…

“Thunder-Like Summer Variation!”

Xie Fuyao concentrated and flicked the finger that he pointed at Fang Jie.

A streak of internal force that was completely different from before shot out. Since this strike was so fast, the air in the way rippled and vibrated.

The finger force of the spring variation was invisible, but not the summer variation.

A white lightning-bolt-like finger force pierced into Fang Jie’s abdomen. It was much faster, and it pierced into Fang Jie’s body like a saber.

Fang Jie’s lips twitched due to the pain.

The spring variation didn’t do anything to him, but the summer variation seemed to have cut through his abdomen. If someone else were in Fang Jie’s place, his sea of qi would have cracked under this aggressive attack, causing death.

However, Fang Jie didn’t die.

Although he was sensing excruciating pain, he didn’t die. Since he didn’t have a sea of qi, there was nothing to crack.

However, the pain made his face twist and turn wicked.

His eyes gradually turned pure red, and he continued to walk toward Xie Fuyao.

The latter grew more afraid, and he continued to flick his finger, sending many lightning-bolt-like finger forces into Fang Jie’s abdomen.

A streak of blood flowed down Fang Jie’s lips, and his eyes were bright red.

“You want to kill me?” Fang Jie walked to Xie Fuyao with a wicked expression.

While Xie Fuyao was anxious and afraid, Fang Jie suddenly punched his chin with an uppercut. Although it was a punch, it used One Saber Strike that Fang Jie learned from the crippled old man.

Bam! Fang Jie knocked away Xie Fuyao, who surprised many, like a cannonball, and the latter smashed into the wall of the small city in the training field.

Several cyan bricks shattered and created a ton of dust.

Blood fell from the air and traced out a path.