The Si Clan's Hidden Trouble

To everyone's surprise, Guan Chong readily agreed, "It's alright. After all, I've investigated the martial arts of the Water Mirror Manor beforehand, while you know nothing about mine. That's not fair. Let's have a match first, and I'll let you see my true abilities."

His eyes revealed a burning ambition, clearly indicating a character who sought fortune through risk.

There are people like Zhou Zhao who pursue stability and security, and there are also people who like adventure and are unwilling to settle for mediocrity.

As the saying goes, the bold get rich, and the timid starve. Guan Chong planned to take this opportunity to rise to prominence. Although doing so would offend Water Mirror Manor, he could also gain benefits from other Aristocratic Clan and wealthy clans.

"You no longer have a chance to challenge the young clan leader."

Si Shuiyun walked step by step to the center of the venue, while the maids of the Water Mirror Manor swiftly moved the tables and food aside, making room for the two of them to fight.

Guan Chong laughed, "We'll only know after we fight. My understanding of the 'Water Moon Precious Mirror' far exceeds your imagination... By the way, let's set a limit of ten moves. If I can't defeat you within ten moves, I'll immediately admit defeat!"

Chapter 275 Hidden Dangers of the Si Clan

Si Shuiyun and Guan Chong faced each other, each secretly gathering their strength to reach their peak condition.

The limit of ten moves means there's no need to hold back. When martial artists fight, they usually only use 90% of their strength. The remaining 10% is both a precaution and to reduce the physical burden. Just like a machine that always runs at full power will have a significantly shorter lifespan, the same applies to martial artists. If they fight at 100% strength, their bodies will quickly break down.

However, if it's only ten moves, there's no need to worry about that, at least that's what Si Shuiyun thinks. As for what Guan Chong will think, or whether he should save some energy for the next battle, that's not within her consideration. Therefore, she quickly activated all Level Ten Internal Cultivation within her body.

In her extreme state, Si Shuiyun lost control of her body, and her True Qi dissipated outwards, causing the surrounding grass to bend outwards and dust to roll outwards.

In contrast, Guan Chong remained calm and composed, as if he wouldn't flinch even if Mount Tai collapsed before him, thus winning in terms of appearance.

"Pretending!"

Si Shuiyun snorted and immediately took the initiative to strike. With a sudden jerk of her arms, she clenched her fists and thrust them through the air like spears. The fierce and surging True Qi created two ripples in the air.

This move, "Stars Fall and Moon Sinks," is similar to the "Twin Dragons Emerge from the Sea from the Sea" technique commonly seen in martial arts, but with the addition of a spiraling force. Once it hits a human body, it can directly shred flesh and blood.

The Water Moon Precious Mirror is renowned for its gentle techniques, but that doesn't mean it lacks powerful and effective methods for defeating enemies. As a martial arts manual from a thousand-year-old Aristocratic Clan, as long as the descendants don't treat their ancestors' relics and last words as gospel and dare not change a single word, they will refine and improve it, thus rarely resulting in serious imbalances.

Si Shuiyun intentionally caught her opponent off guard, which is why she used the powerful and forceful move, Stars Fall and Moon Sinks. The onlookers were also shocked, never expecting that this seemingly delicate woman would use such a murderous move right from the start.

However, Guan Chong showed no surprise, as if he had expected this. He suddenly shifted his feet to the side, his body moving quickly to the side as if pulled by a rope. This movement was contrary to common sense, because it is easy for a person to move forward and backward, but it is difficult to exert force when moving left and right. However, there was no such limitation in Guan Chong.

He swayed, narrowly dodging Si Shuiyun's fists, leaving behind a shattered afterimage.

"The Spirit Crab Scuttles Sideways! How does he know the footwork from the 'Water Moon Precious Mirror'?"

Upon seeing Guan Chong's Guan Chong Movement Method, Si Jingyue blurted out instinctively.

Si Jingyu shook his head and said, "It seems so, but it's not. The Spirit Crab Scuttles Sideways emphasizes Movement Method and gives people a sense of nimbleness, unlike his stiff and abrupt movements, and he doesn't leave any afterimages."

Martial artists can artificially create afterimages, which has little to do with speed. It's a technique of projecting True Qi. Rather, to create an afterimage effect solely through speed, one's speed must reach an incredibly high level.

The persistence of vision in the average person is about 0.05 to 0.2 seconds. That is, after the human eye sees something, there is still an image in the fundus for 0.05 to 0.2 seconds. The object needs to move out of the field of vision within 0.05 seconds, during which time a residual image will remain in the human eye.

The maximum horizontal field of view of a single human eye is 156 degrees, and the maximum horizontal field of view of both eyes is 188 degrees. The speed required varies depending on the distance of the object from the human eye. Therefore, it is not difficult to throw a punch, because a punch is only thrown when the person is close to the object. However, it is extremely difficult to leave a shadow of the person.

Although Guan Chong's Guan Chong movement was fast, it wasn't to this extent. He used his True Qi in conjunction with the shaking of his body muscles to create an afterimage effect, making people mistakenly believe that his real body was still in the same place.

After dodging the attack, Guan Chong his toes, took a cat-like step, pressed down with both hands, and flicked his fingers one after another. The wind from his fingers struck the ground like whips, making a cracking sound. He then moved to Si Shuiyun's left side like a ghost, and his right hand shot out with a whoosh, wrapping around Si Shuiyun's left arm.

He intended to use his unique skill, the "Innate Twelve Coils," to compete with the "Water Moon Precious Mirror" in terms of softness, but Si Shuiyun did not comply with his wishes. She moved her feet and her body to the side.

Compared to Guan Chong's seemingly puppet-like lateral movements, Si Shuiyun's lateral movements clearly show the motion of her legs, as if unrestricted by human anatomy, demonstrating equally remarkable agility.

The Body Refinement chapter of "Water Moon Precious Mirror" focuses on improving the body's flexibility, enabling one to easily perform extreme movements that challenge the human body's structure.

After creating distance, Si Shuiyun immediately stretched out her arms, grasped with her palms, flipped her arms into a grabbing motion, and swayed her body, once again generating a spiraling force.

The previous move, "Stars Fall and Moon Sinks," used both arms as levers, each spiraling to form two small vortexes. This move, "Water Moon Mirror Shatters," combines both arms into one, using the human body as a lever to form a large vortex.

The surrounding air currents were stirred up by Si Shuiyun's True Qi, bursting and shaking, flying wildly in all directions, forming a howling storm centered on her, forcing the onlookers to use their internal energy to resist, and even secretly gathering their True Qi to guard against being affected by the residual force at any time.

"Stars Fall and Moon Sinks" is already incredibly powerful, but this move "Water Moon Mirror Shatters" is even more formidable.

If you want to witness the subtlety of the "Water Moon Precious Mirror," I will respond with force and strength!

With this in mind, Si Shuiyun spread her arms wide, grabbing and shoving from both sides, like a giant human crab wielding its two enormous pincers, trying to tear its opponent apart alive. This kind of momentum was incredibly fierce, and when it came from a delicate woman, it had an indescribable and strange charm.

Guan Chong had no time to appreciate this charm. For the first time, his expression turned serious. He quickly adopted a posture of sitting on his hips and gathering his strength, sinking his energy into his Dantian, opening his arms, twisting his arms inward, and rapidly and flexibly moving his wrists. His ten fingers moved as if paddling water, circulating all his strength. The aura he exuded was even greater than that of Si Shuiyun.

Innate Reverse Silk Reeling!

The moment the two made contact, Guan Chong flicked his wrists, his palms round, the backs of his hands round, and the tiger's mouth round, resembling palms but not quite, carrying a binding force, rapidly rotating in the spiral direction of "Water Moon Mirror Shatters". With each rotation, he dissipated a portion of the force, while his body continuously retreated, maintaining a certain distance, not giving the opponent a chance to exert force.

The so-called reverse winding silk is actually a large silk reeling, which is the only way to break the spiral force. With Guan Chong, he pulls out a "silk", and with each "silk" he pulls out, he neutralizes a part of the opponent's force.

Of course, the defending side is passive, especially at the first contact. Si Shuiyun's momentum is at its peak, and she is virtually invincible. She could even blast through a cement wall.

If the two were evenly matched, Guan Chong's Innate Reverse Silk Reeling would never have been able to break Si Shuiyun's "Water Moon Mirror Shatters". However, his Internal Cultivation was definitely superior to Si Shuiyun's, reaching level twelve. He blocked the first wave of attacks, survived the biggest hurdle, and completed the first step of the defensive counterattack.

Guan Chong retreated seven steps, dissipating seven-tenths of his strength. Although he still had three-tenths of his strength left, it was no longer a threat. Instead of retreating, he advanced, closing in on Si Shuiyun. His hands were soft and boneless, like a python coiling around her.

"Got you!"

This move is the "Golden Snake Coils Around the Willow" from the Innate Dragon Form Coiling. Taking it a step further, it becomes the "Giant Python Coils Around the Body," and finally transforms into the killing move "Azure Dragon Coils Around the Pillar," which can instantly sever the opponent's spine. No matter how strong the opponent's body is, it is useless. Even those body-refining masters who are invulnerable to swords and spears cannot withstand it unless the opponent can also refine their spine into steel.

Even if Si Shuiyun didn't recognize the Innate Dragon Form Coiling, she was aware of her dangerous situation and was unwilling to let Guan Chong push his Guan Chong any further.

At this close range, she could no longer use powerful moves and could only use soft techniques to counter, such as the "Spirit-Sacrificing Rain-Praying Yi Dance," a dance that combines Divine Dao and martial arts, belonging to the Divine Dao section of the "Water Moon Precious Mirror."

"In spring drought, people pray for rain, sorcerers perform Gonggong Azure Dragon, and children dance with an eight-zhang (approximately 33 meters) green dragon; in summer drought, Chiyou pray for rain, sorcerers perform rituals against Shaohao, and strong men dance with a seven-zhang (approximately 33 meters) red dragon; in autumn drought, people pray for rain, sorcerers perform rituals against Shaohao, and widowers dance with a nine-zhang (approximately 33 meters) white dragon; in winter drought, people pray for snow, sorcerers perform rituals against Xuanming, and women dance with a six-zhang (approximately 33 meters) black dragon."

Si Shuiyun kept changing her moves, even using Gonggong, Chiyou, Shaohao, and Xuanming to restrain Guan Chong and prevent him from advancing further, but she couldn't shake him off either. This guy was practically glued to Si Shuiyun.