Beating People Like Hanging Paintings

Facing Song Ren's provocation, Feng Yuxiu's eyes turned cold. With a loud shout, he charged forward.

His fingers formed claws as he grabbed at Song Ren's shoulder joints from front and back.

Song Ren knocked them aside with his forearm. Feng Yuxiu followed through by hooking his hand back, locking onto Song Ren's forearm.

Stepping back, Feng Yuxiu yanked him fiercely toward the rear.

His other hand hooked toward Song Ren's ribs.

Song Ren's balance faltered as he was dragged into a forward fall, yet his expression remained icy calm. He drove up his knee, knocking away Feng Yuxiu's grab at his ribs.

His trapped arm also hooked back around Feng Yuxiu's forearm.

Using the downward momentum of his falling body as leverage, he swung his arm in a full circle.

Feng Yuxiu was lifted clean off the ground and savagely slammed toward the floor back-first.

But before he hit the ground, he immediately arched his waist.

One hand still held Song Ren's forearm to maintain balance, while the other threaded forward again and grabbed for Song Ren's throat.

Song Ren stepped forward to steady himself, twisting his body to narrowly evade it.

Yet Feng Yuxiu abruptly changed moves, using both hands to lock Song Ren's left forearm and upper arm from front and back.

His ten fingers were like iron hooks, gouging into the tendons and flesh of Song Ren's arm, his fingertips sinking deep inside!

A vicious glint flashed through Feng Yuxiu's eyes.

First, I'll dislocate your elbow joint!

He twisted his waist, about to use the momentum to rotate and break Song Ren's elbow with the opposing joint lock.

But in the next instant, his whole body was suddenly lifted into the air.

The Kui Ox Emblem on Song Ren's back burned scorching hot as tremendous power surged into his arms.

He had actually lifted Feng Yuxiu with just one hand.

His right hand clenched into a fist. He sank his waist, rooted his horse stance, twisted, and drove a punch toward Feng Yuxiu's chest.

Feng Yuxiu's martial arts were remarkably refined. Though Song Ren's strength had surprised him time and again, his reactions remained swift.

He decisively abandoned his attack and drew both arms back to guard his chest.

Bang!

A dull impact rang out!

Enduring the savage force, as though struck by a sledgehammer, Feng Yuxiu used the momentum to flip through the air and escape Song Ren's close-range control.

But the instant his feet touched the ground, before he could even steady himself—

Song Ren was already rushing in without giving him any breathing room, his eyes burning hot.

The tables have turned!

A heavy Pigua chop came down from above. Feng Yuxiu only had time to block in haste, but the brutal force still left his forearm numb.

After the Pigua came a hammering strike.

A punch landed on Feng Yuxiu's guarding elbow, forcing him back a step.

Song Ren immediately twisted in, sweeping out an axe-like kick with the power of his waist and hips.

Feng Yuxiu blocked with his right arm, but was kicked back another step.

The moment he raised his eyes, Song Ren was already leaping forward with a vicious flying knee!

He only had time to lower his head and shield it with both arms. Pain and numbness surged through his arms as he stumbled back another step.

With offense and defense reversed, Song Ren poured the storm-like barrage Feng Yuxiu had displayed earlier straight back onto him.

Grabs and strikes, smashing punches, hammering blows, flying knees, bursting palms, snapping kicks, left and right Pigua chops!

He wove together Baji, Xingyi, Choi Li Fat, Tan Tui, Chuo Jiao, and a whole series of Southern Fist, Northern Kick martial arts essentials.

It was a perfect demonstration of what it meant to beat people like hanging paintings!

Did he really think the King of Weapons didn't know how to fight with fists and feet?

Throughout the entire exchange, Feng Yuxiu had barely been able to do more than defend, driven back again and again on the spot.

His eye for openings was viciously sharp, and several times he tried to launch an effective counterattack, only to be overwhelmed by Song Ren's superior power every time.

At a disadvantage, he found himself unable to break free for the moment.

Especially since Song Ren grew more practiced as the fight continued, and his force became increasingly savage.

Feng Yuxiu gritted his teeth. Under the relentless violent impacts, a mouthful of congested blood gathered in his throat.

Even though he had blocked Song Ren's rainstorm-like assault in its entirety, he truly could not withstand that terrifying force any longer.

At that moment, the hoofprint on Song Ren's back burned like fire, and the more he fought, the more excited he became.

He dropped his shoulder and stepped forward!

Xingyi—Cannon Fist!

Kui Ox Hoof!

The savage punch blasted straight through Feng Yuxiu's defense and struck him squarely in the chest.

Feng Yuxiu's back arched high from the blow. His toes left the ground as he was sent flying several meters before rolling across the floor.

Unable to suppress the congested blood any longer, he sprayed a large cloud of bloody mist through the air.

Lying on the ground, he stared at Song Ren with eyes full of shock.

Throughout the entire spar, the subconscious influence of his loyalty had kept him from displaying one hundred percent of his true ability.

But even so, he should not have been beaten into this state in one uninterrupted barrage!

Especially the crushing assault during the latter half of the fight—it left him feeling deeply stifled.

Song Ren was inferior to him in terms of martial arts skill.

There had been many openings—or rather, opportunities—that would have allowed him to turn the tables.

But Song Ren's fists and kicks carried too much force. The slightest lapse would send him into a disadvantage.

Whenever he tried to counterattack, the savage force battered him so badly that he could not summon his breath.

Without that breath, he could not deliver a decisive blow to reverse the situation.

The final result was that Feng Yuxiu remained suppressed the entire time, able only to defend, until he was ultimately defeated.

It was not that his skill was inferior, but that his strength was.

Feng Yuxiu coughed up blood several times, then raised his head and studied Song Ren with a deeply furrowed brow.

It was not that he could not accept defeat. He simply found Song Ren's displayed strength unbelievable.

Given Song Ren's weight and body fat percentage, he should not have been capable of exerting such outrageous suppressive power.

But a loss was a loss. Unlike the time Song Ren had gunned him down randomly, this time he had truly lost to Song Ren.

Though part of it had been his own carelessness and the influence of his subconscious, Feng Yuxiu still acknowledged this defeat.

A trace of a smile appeared instead on his unruly face. He clasped his fists and said, "I lost this time. Come on, beat me to death."

"..."

Song Ren was wiping the blood from his fists with a wet towel when he could not help glancing at him.

This guy, just like the Wish System, was not quite right in the head.

What a useful tool. Killing him would be such a waste.

Seeing that Song Ren ignored him, Feng Yuxiu immediately grew anxious. "Hey! I lost! Hurry up and beat me to death!"

Song Ren pulled out a wet towel and tossed it to him, looking at him calmly. "You only lost to me once."

Feng Yuxiu froze slightly at those words.

That's right. I only lost to him this once, and I'm not satisfied with that loss!

If I'm just a little more careful, then next time, or the time after that, I'll be able to win it back no matter what.

Rather than die with resentment...

When Feng Yuxiu raised his head again, his eyes were already filled with blazing heat.

Just then, Song Ren continued, "After this, you'll lose to me a second time, a third time, a fourth time, a fifth time, a sixth time..."

"Little by little, you'll get used to losing. By then, you won't have thoughts like this anymore."

The heat in Feng Yuxiu's eyes instantly vanished. His brow twisted into a knot, his eyes full of fury.

To hell with getting used to losing!