Master Hand-to-Hand Combat

Master-level fist techniques?

The system, as familiar as ever, once again injected a chunk of memory into Lin Yuan's mind.

This time, however, the memories were exceptionally vast.

On top of a giant rock facing the sea, he trained tirelessly, the sound of waves crashing against the shore a constant companion.

Punching, palm strikes, pushing hands, blocking, wrist turns – an entire set of Wing Chun flowed from him, possessing an exquisite, minimalist beauty.

As the set concluded, he didn't stop. Instead, he stepped forward, unleashing a fierce, explosive punch.

"While Tai Chi brings peace to the world, Baji Quan solidifies the universe."

The fierce and sharp Baji Quan seamlessly followed the Wing Chun, unfolding with power.

Dragon Subduing, Tiger Subduing, Mountain Splitting Palm, Horse Probing Palm, Tiger Crouch, Bear Squat, Crane Step – these followed in quick succession.

Though these Golden King Eight Forms were the most basic opening stances of Baji Quan, in Lin Yuan's hands, they exuded an incredibly dominant aura, giving the feeling of punching open the path between life and death.

Following that were Xing Yi Quan, Tai Chi, Hung Ga, Bagua Zhang, Choi Li Fut, and a series of other martial arts, all presented by Lin Yuan.

Unlike his previous swordsmanship, the sheer variety of fist techniques was overwhelming.

In the memories, he had spent fifty years to gradually master these fist techniques.

By the end, Lin Yuan's movements were no longer bound by any specific style. His previous move might have been a Xing Yi Quan "Splitting Fist," but the next would seamlessly transition into Tai Chi's "Crane Spreads Wings."

He had truly achieved a state where all techniques moved with his will.

These decades of martial arts experience were incredibly valuable to Lin Yuan.

On one hand, the types of Kung Fu movies he could film had greatly expanded. Filming traditional martial arts action sequences was now a piece of cake.

On the other hand, master-level fist techniques were also extremely useful for his daily self-defense. After all, living in the magical America, if his path to superstar ended due to violent crime, it would be a truly dark comedy.

Having acquired master-level fist techniques, Lin Yuan could only sigh again: System, you really give too much!

If only he could get skills like this more often.

But the system was so stingy; if he didn't engage in ambiguous interactions, where would he get skill rewards?

[Host successfully helped Taylor avoid a pitfall. Diligence evaluation: S!]

[Host receives skill reward: Leg Techniques (Master-level)]

!!!!

The tables turned so quickly.

Was today a special occasion? He completed the mission just like that?

Lin Yuan joyfully prepared himself as the familiar memory infusion began again.

"Fists are like two doors, but it's the legs that do the fighting."

Compared to fists, human legs possessed greater power, a wider attack range, and posed a more fatal threat.

The essentials of various leg techniques – Twelve Road Tan Legs, Knee Strikes, Nine Palace Legs, Scissors Kick, Shadowless Kick, Mizong Legs, Vajra Legs – were rapidly integrated into Lin Yuan's mind.

As his proficiency and experience with leg techniques grew, the fist techniques he had just mastered began to blend in.

Disconnected leg and fist techniques couldn't achieve a synergistic effect; instead, they would cause internal conflict in actual combat:

Should I attack with leg techniques or fist techniques?

The Lin Yuan in the memory wasn't stumped; he simply kept practicing.

Fists and legs were both parts of the body. It was only natural for fist and leg techniques to be integrated.

As time passed, Lin Yuan finally achieved the unity of fists and legs.

At this moment, golden system text immediately appeared before his eyes:

[Host has simultaneously mastered Master-level Fist Techniques and Leg Techniques. Skills merging.]

[Congratulations Host, for obtaining new skill: Master Hand-to-Hand Combat!]

Following the system's prompt, Lin Yuan discovered that his two skills had merged, giving birth to a new skill: Master Hand-to-Hand Combat.

With the successful fusion of the skills, many previously unpracticed movements appeared in his mind: movement steps, consecutive somersaults, carp kick-ups, lightning-fast waist bends, and so on.

These movements were essential basic skills for transitioning between fist and leg techniques, and the system had granted them to Lin Yuan as well.

What a bountiful harvest!

The newly acquired Master Hand-to-Hand Combat was far superior to the sum of Master-level Leg Techniques and Fist Techniques, achieving an excellent effect of 1+1>2.

However, Lin Yuan vaguely felt that it wasn't perfect yet and there was still room for improvement.

[When the Host obtains Master Ground Techniques, this skill will merge and upgrade to: Master Hand-to-Hand Combat.]

Just as he suspected, his guess was immediately confirmed by the system.

All the previous fist and leg techniques were used in a standing posture.

But how could one truly master all combat skills without knowing ground techniques?

This next step in skill fusion and upgrading was very reasonable.

However, to obtain Master Ground Techniques, he could only wait for the next male-female interaction reward.

Lin Yuan suddenly thought again: Since he could learn Master Hand-to-Hand Combat through skill fusion, could his Master Swordsmanship also fuse and improve with other weapon skills?

The Master level was not the end of skills; perhaps only by constantly drawing from various strengths could one reach a higher level.

With this thought, Lin Yuan opened his status panel again:

[Name: Lin Yuan]

[Age: 18]

[Strength: 15]

[Agility: 16]

[Constitution: 15]

[Distributable Attributes: 1]

[Skills: Master Swordsmanship, Master Parkour, Master Flying Daggers, Master Hand-to-Hand Combat]

[Action Scene Danger Level C, Host Success Rate: 90%.]

[Action Scene Danger Level B, Host Success Rate: 32%.]

His attention immediately focused on the success rate of the action scenes.

C-level had increased from 80% to 90%.

B-level had increased from 22% to 32%.

This increase was quite significant.

Considering that the last time he added attributes, the success rate for B-level action scenes had only increased by 2%, and now it had jumped by 10%.

Indeed, he had to rely on skills to challenge more difficult action scenes.

With two more skills to improve the success rate of B-level action scenes, he felt he could take a gamble.

Lin Yuan summarized his current unfinished system missions and found there were only two remaining:

[Mission First Stage: Star in a Hollywood movie, and its global box office must surpass "The Mummy Returns."]

This mission would have to wait. "The Mummy Returns" was scheduled for release in May, while "Jurassic Park 3" wouldn't be released until June.

[Host's potential limit has been reached, and this attribute cannot be further improved. Complete Mission: Establish an intimate relationship with any non-Type B female, and the host will be rewarded with a breakthrough of the potential limit.]

This made Lin Yuan even more conflicted. Whether to be a player was one question, and how to be a player was another.

Overall, neither of these current missions could be completed immediately.

[Distributable Attributes: 1]

Seeing this remaining point of distributable attributes also made Lin Yuan, with his obsessive-compulsive tendencies, extremely uncomfortable.

Damn it, where else could he get some more attributes?

If only time could pass faster!