Chapter 120: Combat Is All About Instinct

"It is about to end!" The crowd only saw Li Yang fighting for a long time with an ornamental sword they had just ridiculed, yet he had not even touched the hem of Fang Qi's clothes, let alone getting within ten feet of him! Instead, he was forced into a desperate corner!

Silently and imperceptibly, when no one expected it, a dark shadow suddenly rushed out from an oblique angle, carrying a trace of chilling saber light, slashing toward Fang Qi who was controlling the flying sword!

"A sneak attack?!"

"Despicable!"

"Shameless!"

"How does Lingyun Academy still have such an instructor?!"

"Owner, watch out!" Bursts of angry curses and exclamations rang out. The incident happened too suddenly; by the time someone noticed, it was already too late to step in and help!

A horizontal slash as swift as thunder went straight for Fang Qi's vital organs around his waist and abdomen!

Such a sudden and extremely fierce strike would surely cause severe injuries even if one barely managed to dodge it!

"As expected, he is just a cultivator!" The saber was already close to the body, and seeing that Fang Qi still seemed to make no movement, a cold smile of success appeared on Zhou Kaibei's face!

"Let this strike serve as a lesson for this kid! The ensuing pain will make you remember never to mess with our Lingyun Academy in the future!"

But right at this moment, a faint glimmer of light seemed to light up slightly on Fang Qi's chest. At the same time, a stream of data seemed to flash across Fang Qi's eyes!

The blade of the saber was already only a few feet away from Fang Qi's waist!

Everyone's hearts seemed to hang in suspense, as if they already envisioned the scene of blood splattering three feet high in the next moment!

Yet in the very next moment, almost everyone witnessed a scene they found hard to believe!

Boom!

An upward knee strike and a downward elbow smash, the two parts of the human body with the strongest offensive power, were like two giant battering rams. This collision actually clamped the extremely fierce slash tightly in the middle!

The blade that was so incredibly swift just now came to a screeching halt! At this moment, let alone advancing any further, it seemed impossible even to draw the saber back!

Even the martial qi coating the saber was shattered to pieces by this brutally ferocious collision!

"This is..."

"Com... Combat techniques?!" Song Qingfeng and the others were already dumbfounded!

Although Fang Qi's sword control technique was powerful, close combat also had a huge bonus from the T-virus body! Coupled with his own not-so-weak cultivation and the combat techniques fully synchronized with Chris at this moment, with several factors added together, his strength naturally could not be judged by cultivation alone!

Close combat was sufficient to handle most situations!

"Combat techniques from Resident Evil?" Liang Shi also looked a bit dazed. "Aren't those combat skills used by low-tier warriors?!"

Which high-tier warrior would use this kind of thing? If a martial skill blasted over, would you receive it with boxing or grappling?

"The owner actually used combat techniques meant for low-tier warriors to catch this strike?!" Cold gasps could be heard everywhere in the crowd.

Looking at Fang Qi's expression again, there was seemingly not the slightest lingering fear of being ambushed!

After all, when training in the sword control technique, there were many times when he couldn't even see the person before a sword slashed over with lightning speed. If he couldn't even defend against this, Fang Qi would have practiced the sword control technique for so long in vain.

Fang Qi turned his head and cast a glance at the dumbfounded crowd who said combat techniques were skills used by low-tier warriors: "Do you guys have some kind of misunderstanding about combat techniques? If you practice this stuff well, you can participate in the King of Fighters tournament..."

"King of Fighters tournament?" Jiang Xiaoyue blinked. "What's that?"

"Could it be that combat techniques can even deal with high-tier warriors?!" Liang Shi said in surprise. "How is that supposed to be fought?"

At this time, Zhou Kaibei also finally managed to painstakingly pull the saber out from the force of Fang Qi's knee and elbow. He retreated several steps, staring fixedly at Fang Qi, and said in uncertainty: "Are you a cultivator or a warrior?"

How could there be a cultivator whose close combat was so strong?! Whose strength was so ferocious?! It was simply seeing a ghost?!

Although he did not utilize all his strength for the sake of stealth, Zhou Kaibei absolutely did not expect that this strike would actually be caught at close range by someone suspected to be a cultivator!

Fang Qi glanced at the dumbfounded crowd: "Since so many of you hold doubts about combat techniques, I might as well demonstrate a wave of operations of combat techniques for you while I'm at it."

"For something like combat techniques, what matters is spirituality." Fang Qi assumed a boxing stance. "If the enemy doesn't move, I don't move; just feint with him."

"Feint?!" Zhou Kaibei stared coldly at Fang Qi. He didn't know what combat techniques were, but he could still understand feinting. "Then I will also attack him tentatively to see what tricks this kid is playing!"

At this moment, everyone immediately watched with rapt attention. How was a combat technique battle against a warrior who could already project martial qi externally, or even condense qi into a protective shroud, supposed to be fought?!

Liang Shi, who originally couldn't bear to spend spiritual crystals, quickly bought a box of Häagen-Dazs at this time, eating while watching.

At this moment, Zhou Kaibei was roughly over two meters away from Fang Qi. With one slash of the saber, before the blade arrived, the saber qi had already slashed out more than two meters away!

Right at this moment, Fang Qi's footsteps shifted slightly, and he actually easily evaded this streak of saber qi, closing the distance instantly! In the blink of an eye, he had almost pressed up against the opponent's face!

"What we need to do at this time is to stick, just stick onto him. At such a close distance, still giving you a chance to unleash martial skills? Non-existent!" Fang Qi spoke while throwing punches, his footsteps like a leisurely stroll in a courtyard.

"Owner, I want to learn this one!" Song Qingfeng did not expect Fang Qi to close in right after dodging the opponent's saber qi with a shift, and his eyes instantly lit up with excitement.

"How does the owner know everything!" Jiang Xiaoyue looked on with a face full of envy. "I really want to learn too!"

"The owner actually has this trick up his sleeve?!" Liang Shi watched intently while eating his Häagen-Dazs!

"The owner is so amazing! I want to learn too!" Ye Xiaoye also shouted instantly.

Yun Lian's face twitched, and he emphasized in a low voice: "Little Junior Sister, we are cultivators! Cultivators!"

"Oh..."

Zhou Kaibei's entire face was twitching at this moment. After being approached by Fang Qi, his fists, shoulders, head, elbows, knees, and every single part of his entire body seemed to turn into weapons, and extremely powerful weapons at that!

Compared to martial skills, the opponent's attacks were finer and tighter, like an endless torrential rain!

With only a single saber in hand, he felt he simply could not ward them off! He wished he had three heads and six arms, otherwise it would be extremely difficult to cope with such attacks!

The close combat that warriors originally took pride in when facing cultivators now seemed to have completely become a joke!

"Want to stick to me?!" Zhou Kaibei's face darkened slightly, his footsteps shifting vaguely along a specific pattern, and his martial qi converged accordingly, followed by a sudden stomp, "Collapsing Step!"

At the same time.

"When we throw punches, don't use full strength. Use seventy percent, reserve thirty percent, pay attention to the opponent's movements, and see if there is an opening to exploit." Fang Qi continued doing a live broadcast. "For example, if he wants to move his feet, we can start from his hands, because at this time he has no martial skills on his hands. We need to be a bit more spiritual, don't confront him head-on."

While speaking, Fang Qi's left hand had already caught the opponent's wrist. The Collapsing Step caused Zhou Kaibei to retreat over ten feet away almost in an instant, and at this moment, everyone saw that Fang Qi, who grabbed his wrist, was also carried by this force, and the distance between the two was still within one foot!

Zhou Kaibei was violently startled!

He had already pulled away using a martial skill, so how was this kid still in front of him?!

Most importantly, Fang Qi's feet seemed to take root in the ground, completely showing no sign of losing balance.

"The moment of landing, Scum Wind, heavy hand, followed by Sunflower." Looking at Zhou Kaibei who had already been knocked flying several meters away, Fang Qi clapped his hands. "This set of combos definitely cannot be blocked."

"So that's how combat techniques are used! I feel like I've learned a lot in an instant!" Quite a few Resident Evil players were thrilled.

"What kind of routine is Scum Wind, heavy hand, followed by Sunflower?!"

"Owner! You are playing a game, you must be!"

Everyone looked utterly bewildered.

Ye Xiaoye watched from the side, her heart greatly shaken: "I've decided, I don't want to be a cultivator in the future! I want to learn combat techniques!"

"..." Beside her, Yun Lian's face turned black. You are probably going to be beaten to death by your father.

"The owner is too strong!" Song Qingfeng originally thought that the combat techniques learned in Resident Evil were just used for transition when one was a formal warrior with insufficient martial qi. Who would have known it could actually be this powerful?!

Zhou Kaibei struggled to climb up from the ground, and Li Yang's situation was not much better at this time.

The two gathered together, and Fang Qi asked: "Do we still need to fight?!"

The two looked at each other: "Use martial skills together!"

"I refuse to believe you can withstand our combined strength!"

The two of them struck their martial stances once more, their cultivation levels by no means shallow, each surpassing Fang Qi's own, to say nothing of their united force!

As the martial qi coursed through their bodies, the atmosphere of the entire street turned grim and lethal.

"And that is why actual combat requires a touch of genius—this is the precise moment we reveal our hidden ace..."

The onlookers watched as Fang Qi narrated his own movements, the treasured sword hovering behind him splitting from one into two, from two into four, and from four into eight, until the sky was densely packed with a myriad of blades.

The duo felt the staggering, formidable sword intent radiating from each and every blade...

A single sword had possessed such devastating power before, but now...!?

Zhou Kaibei: "..."

Li Yang: "..."

At this distance, and against such overwhelming numbers, they would likely be riddled with holes before they could even unleash their martial techniques! What use was combining their strength now!?

A cold shiver ran through them, their faces turning completely pale: "Run, run, run! Get out of here now!"

The entire crowd stood completely stupefied.

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