In the days that followed, Huo Yuanhong pored over all kinds of martial arts, from fist-centered styles such as Long Fist, Southern Fist, and Hong Fist, to styles emphasizing leg techniques such as Tan Leg and Cha Fist.
He shut out all matters beyond the window, devoting his heart solely to reading martial arts manuals.
His understanding of all manner of close-quarters killing arts grew ever richer and more diverse.
At his current realm, he no longer needed to begin from the basics like a novice when practicing these fist arts. He grasped them the moment he trained, and with his speed multiplied three hundred and sixty-fivefold, it did not take long for him to master every fist art in the Library Pavilion.
His foundation in fist arts and combat methods had become sufficiently profound, so upon that basis, he began to expand the versatility of First Fist.
By the time the sun rose, he had integrated Third Fist into the foundations of the Nine Palaces Bagua Steps, Taiji Listening Force, and Golden Bell Cover—Transform Myriad Methods!
The Dao gave birth to One, One gave birth to Two, Two gave birth to Three, and Three gave birth to all things.
Though it was called Third Fist, that did not mean there were only three punches. It merely distinguished it from First Fist's single punch of stacked force.
Three was merely an indefinite number.
It could be three moves, thirty moves, or three hundred moves.
Third Fist: Transform Myriad Methods used the Nine Palaces Bagua Steps, Taiji Listening Force, and Golden Bell Cover to place oneself beyond defeat. No matter what fist technique the opponent used, he could rely on his understanding of every school's fist arts, analyze them at three hundred and sixty-five times the speed, neutralize them, learn them,