Tiger Cannon Fist!

Chapter 31: Tiger Cannon Fist!

Gu Shaoshang stopped and helped Wang Yan up.

"I really don't know how you trained! Your strength is at least over two thousand jin! A martial artist who hasn't developed Hidden Force can't defeat you!"

Wang Yan crouched slightly, his arms hanging naturally, stretching his muscles and bones. In a small space, he performed a set of Tongbei Fist. His movements were agile, like a transformed ape!

After a long while, he stopped, slowly exhaled a long breath, and said, "This is natural. My foundation in boxing isn't much stronger than yours."

Gu Shaoshang silently watched Wang Yan perform the Tongbei Fist. He smiled and said, Wang Yan's Tongbei Fist foundation was deep. If not for Gu Shaoshang's natural divine strength, Wang Yan would have been defeated in one touch. They might have exchanged a few more blows.

"You should rest! I'm leaving!" Wang Yan cupped his hands and left first.

Although this was a private spar, Wang Yan felt a bit ashamed to be so thoroughly outmatched by a child.

He watched the young armed police officer hurry away. Only when the figure disappeared did he turn back into the house.

[Mirror Master defeated Ming Force martial artist Wang Yan, gaining 1 point of Source Power (each opponent can only be defeated once)]

"I won't rush the Source Power for now. I'll learn the Guoshu from the Dragon-Snake world systematically first!"

Gu Shaoshang checked the combat information and lay down on his side, adopting the legendary Daoist sleeping immortal Chen Tuan's "Xi Yi Sleep" posture.

He lay on his left side, his left arm slightly bent, his left hand supporting his face, his mouth open. His left leg was bent, and his right leg was stretched straight, placed over his left leg. His right palm was placed on his navel, and he focused his mind on the Dantian within his navel.

Around four or five in the morning, Gu Shaoshang got up early and stood in the Three Body Form in the open space outside the house.

The Three Body Form trains the spine. It's not suitable for adolescents whose bodies haven't fully developed. Ten attempts often result in errors, and a slight mistake can lead to a major flaw!

Only someone like Gu Shaoshang, with the experience of a grandmaster, dared to practice the Three Body Form before his body had fully developed!

It wasn't until dawn broke and the red sun rose that Gu Shaoshang slowly concluded his movements. Heat steamed from his entire body.

"Hoo."

A Qi Arrow was exhaled, slowly dissipating in the air.

"Pity! I still can't seal all the pores on my body!"

Gu Shaoshang said it was a pity, but he didn't really care.

He walked with seemingly slow but actually fast steps, his spine rising and falling as he moved.

Soon, he arrived at the mess hall.

Under the astonished gaze of the prison guards in the mess hall, Gu Shaoshang ate thirty steamed buns and at least three pounds of eggs before slowly leaving.

"There's still a huge gap between the Dragon-Snake world and the Main World! Even eating this much only provides about the same nutrition as my normal meals before. Fortunately, I have the Primordial Python Star Devourer Record, otherwise my progress would be slow!"

Gu Shaoshang mused inwardly, his feet not stopping. He moved like a snake and a dragon, and soon arrived at Ba Liming's cell.

Ba Liming sat slumped on his bed. For a Guoshu master like him, even when sitting on the bed, his entire body would be in intense motion. Even in the dead of winter, Gu Shaoshang felt waves of heat emanating from him, as if a large furnace was burning fiercely in the cell!

An ordinary person wouldn't achieve this effect even after running ten kilometers with a heavy load!

Even after Gu Shaoshang practiced the Three Body Form for over two hours, it was far less effective than Ba Liming's training while sitting slumped on his bed!

Sweat vapor rose like swirling mist. With Gu Shaoshang's eyesight, he could only see Ba Liming's muscles undulating like breathing, like pythons crawling under his skin!

The sound of bones being pulled, like a fierce tiger's low growl, constantly echoed!

"Clouds follow the dragon, wind follows the tiger!"

"Roar!"

A thunderous sound erupted from Ba Liming's throat, a long roar like a dragon's cry! Gu Shaoshang, standing at the doorway, felt a gust of foul wind hit him, like a fierce tiger pouncing from the depths of a mountain! Or like a divine dragon swooping down from the sky, extending its claws!

It was soul-stirring!

"Dragon Roar Iron Shirt, Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield!" This was one of Ba Liming's external martial arts training methods!

"Come in!"

Ba Liming waved his sleeve, and a strong gust of wind dispersed the mist of sweat vapor in the room.

Gu Shaoshang stepped into the room and took out the notebook containing the Tiger Roar Fist.

"That secret manual yesterday disturbed my mind, but now it's no longer an issue!"

Ba Liming took it casually, not looking at it immediately, but instead started a conversation.

"This Tiger Roar Fist, although you wrote it hastily and I only glanced at it, it still gave me a huge shock!"

"This boxing method purely strengthens the physical body, reinforcing tendons, bones, skin, and flesh. As a pure boxing technique, it can't compare to any Internal Martial Art! But the Five Stages of Foundation Establishment and the method of blood essence eruption within it are truly astonishing!"

Gu Shaoshang stood with his hands down, not interjecting, knowing that Ba Liming was merely talking to himself.

"Guoshu is divided into Ming Force, Hidden Force, Transforming Force, Embracing the Core, Gang Strength, and the legendary Seeing Spirit Undefeated! There are three layers of cultivation: Bone Transformation, Tendon Transformation, and Marrow Transformation!"

Ba Liming slowly stood up and paced in the cell, the chains on his body clanking.

"Guoshu focuses on developing the human body itself to reach its limits! The Tiger Roar Fist, however, aims to strengthen one's foundation from the very beginning! These two paths can proceed side by side!"

Ba Liming's booming voice was the only sound in the prison cell.

"One path strengthens the physical body and stimulates Blood Essence! One path controls the physical body and breaks through the void! They complement each other!"

"Boom!"

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Like countless bowstrings being drawn taut, Ba Liming's major tendons stretched violently. The thick iron chains binding him snapped one after another under the immense force, scattering across the floor!

"I first practiced 'Bazi Quan,' which is to say Baji Quan. Later, I also studied Bagua, Xingyi, Tai Chi, Hong Quan, White Ape Tongbei, Tan Tui, Chuo Jiao, Mian Zhang, and so on. I've dabbled in all sorts of martial arts under the heavens!"

"First, perform a set of forms for me to see!" Ba Liming said.

"Yes."

Gu Shaoshang bent his knees, his body in a semi-crouch. Simultaneously, his left palm extended forward, elbow slightly bent. His entire body undulated almost imperceptibly, neither fully sinking nor fully relaxed.

Then, he stepped his left foot forward half a pace, drawing a semicircle on the ground, and his right fist shot out like an arrow.

"Hoo! Hoo!"

Within the confined space of the prison cell, Gu Shaoshang moved and shifted, starting from the Three Body Form, incorporating the Twelve Forms and Five Elements Fist!

His footwork was light yet powerful, his fists fast and fierce, cutting through the air with a whistling sound. The cracking of his bones, like firecrackers, was incessant.

Finally, he concluded in the Three Body Form, his spine erect, his entire body's skin taut.

"Your stances are average, your fighting methods are lacking! But your training method is good!"

Ba Liming nodded, offering his evaluation.

"Xingyi Quan's postures and stances are the simplest. It has five ways of generating force and power, and twelve body movements. It seizes the opponent's center line, strikes the chest and face, advances and strikes fiercely, breaking through from the center. It's a top-tier, fierce martial art! Your Xingyi has at least gotten the basics down!"

"Just the basics?" Gu Shaoshang raised an eyebrow, finding it hard to believe.

He had materialized a Grandmaster-level Xingyi Quan, grasping at least five-tenths of its essence. How could it possibly be just the basics?

"Don't believe me? Come, throw a punch at me!" Ba Liming stood in a relaxed stance, waving his hand to signal Gu Shaoshang to attack.

"Master, I have a lot of strength!" Gu Shaoshang warned.

"Hurry up! So much nonsense! Do you really think you can hurt me with your strength!"

Ba Liming urged impatiently.

"Alright!"

Gu Shaoshang channeled his strength throughout his body, one hand held defensively at his chest, the other by his waist. He stepped forward in a rapid charge.

Stomp, stomp, stomp!

With three consecutive stomps, he rushed in front of Ba Liming. His toes tapped the ground, and he struck towards the lower abdomen with a Cannon Fist!

"Tiger Form Cannon Fist!"

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