Chapter 214 Give Everything

As expected, Zhu Chengwu still chose to withstand the attack of Duke Yan's Tiancanjiao.

The strength of Duke Yan was better than Zhu Chengwu expected. Zhu Chengwu hoped that Duke Yan could show his strength and skills more perfectly and completely.

Only in this way could Zhu Chengwu find the stone from another mountain that could help him polish his jade from Duke Yan.

Boom boom boom

Countless foot-shaped Qi hit Zhu Chengwu's protective Qi, but the final result was just to cause continuous loud noises.

However, it did not damage Zhu Chengwu's protective energy at all.

Although the attack power of the Tiancan Kick used by Duke Yan this time was stronger than that of the Ananda Finger just now, it was still unable to shake Zhu Chengwu's innate energy.

"Tian Can Jue Style - Heaven and Earth Are Destroyed!"

Seeing that the countless kicks of Qi in the shape of feet were still unable to harm Zhu Chengwu, Duke Yan Zhu Chengyi gritted his teeth and used the last trick of the Tiancan Kick.

Duke Yan took a deep breath and flew into the air. As he kicked, a huge stream of qi in the shape of a foot flew out from his right leg.

The foot-shaped true qi that was tens of meters wide and hundreds of meters long attracted countless gazes and attention as soon as it appeared.

"Chengyi, has he grown to such a high level?"

The Duke of Qi, who was closest to the battlefield, was the first to sense the power of the Duke of Yan's Tiancanjue style move!

This has completely stepped into the realm of grand master.

The most powerful move of the Ming Dynasty other than Zhu Chengwu!

Now that the Taoist Qingfeng of Wudang has passed away due to his old age, it is likely that no one in the entire Ming Dynasty, except Zhu Chengwu, can possibly take this move without getting hurt.

Even if Wudang Qingfeng Taoist was still alive, his powerful Tai Chi might not be able to block the Duke of Yan's current Tiancanjue style move without getting hurt?
"However, although this move is powerful, is it really enough to face Zhu Chengwu, the best in the world?"

The Duke of Qi looked at the huge foot kicking towards Zhu Chengwu in mid-air, then turned his head to look at Zhu Chengwu, who was still standing there motionless, but the light yellow color of the protective aura became more and more eye-catching. He felt secretly uneasy.

Even though the Duke of Qi just said that Zhu Chengwu’s strength is not as strong as the legend says, even a sneak attack can only cause him minor injuries.

But that was just the Duke of Qi’s rhetoric!

Deep down in his heart, the Duke of Qi fully understood how powerful Zhu Chengwu was. He also understood that the reason why he was caught off guard and only seriously injured but not killed after taking Zhu Chengwu's attack was not because Zhu Chengwu was not strong enough, but because Zhu Chengwu did it on purpose.

The Duke of Qi could feel the lingering sensation of the fiery true energy rushing into his body.

It was obvious that Zhu Chengwu was holding back!

However, although he was worried that the strength that Duke Yan could display now might not be enough, Duke Qi had no other options except to worry in his heart.

It is true that the Duke of Qi is the predecessor and cousin of the Duke of Yan, and he achieved the mastership 20 to 30 years earlier than the Duke of Yan. However, the Duke of Qi's true strength had long been surpassed by the Duke of Yan, not to mention that the Duke of Qi is now seriously injured.

Although the Duke of Qi had good talent, the fact that he could become a master was largely due to the fact that at that time, the royal family of Zhu had only his father, the previous Duke of Qi, as the master of the family.

With the help of his father, Duke of Qi Zhu Xingcheng successfully became a master.

After becoming a master, the Duke of Qi also took over the Duke of Qi's Mansion.

The Duke of Qi's Mansion is already prominent enough. Apart from the throne of King Ming, there is no more prominent position in the Zhu royal family or even in the entire Ming court than that of the Duke of Qi.

Even if it was the throne of the Ming King, this generation of Duke Qi looked down on it.

Although the position of Ming Wang is prominent, he has always been under the public eye. As Ming Wang at the center of the storm, he is not as comfortable as the Duke of Qi.

Once the Ming Dynasty encountered problems, someone in a position like the Duke of Qi might still be able to surrender and preserve the wealth and inheritance of the Duke of Qi's Mansion, but at most his power would be greatly weakened.

But what about the Ming King?

Once problems arose in the Ming Dynasty, it would be ready to be killed.

Throughout world history, only ministers who surrendered were treated favorably, while masters who surrendered were unsurprisingly met with suspicion, fear, and a three-foot-high coffin.

At that time, the Duke of Qi did not expect that a Zhu Chengwu would appear in the future. However, the contemporary Duke of Qi, who had experienced the fearful years when his father was the only patriarch of the entire royal Zhu family, had already planted the seeds of suspicion in his heart that the royal Zhu family might also have problems.

It was precisely because he had already thought about the relevant possibilities, that after Zhu Chengwu reappeared, the Duke of Qi, Zhu Chengwu's uncle and the most prominent figure in the Ming Dynasty, chose to surrender to Zhu Chengwu so easily.

It was also because he had thought that there might be problems with the royal Zhu family. The contemporary Duke of Qi, who had grown up smoothly under the strict discipline of his father, tried for a while after becoming a master and his father passed away. He always felt that he had made almost no progress in martial arts practice after becoming a master and that one person could not bear the burden of the Zhu royal family. Therefore, the Duke of Qi, under the persuasion of Zhu Chengwu's father Zhu Xingyu, chose the then young Duke of Yan Zhu Chengyi for his full training, striving to train Zhu Chengyi into the next generation of martial arts leader of the Zhu royal family.

You know, if the Duke of Qi was an ambitious person, he would never have agreed to the persuasion of Zhu Chengwu's father Zhu Xingyu.

Because all his efforts were devoted to training Zhu Chengyi at that time, once Zhu Chengyi achieved mastery, it would essentially be undermining the power of the Duke of Qi and reducing the influence of the Duke of Qi's lineage in the Zhu royal family.

In fact, when Zhu Chengwu's father Zhu Xingyu found the Duke of Qi and excitedly told him that a peerless genius had appeared in the Zhu royal family and that he wanted to do his best to cultivate Zhu Chengyi, this peerless genius, Zhu Chengwu's father Zhu Xingyu may have intended to test the Duke of Qi Zhu Xingcheng's true thoughts.

But what surprised the then Ming Wang Zhu Xingyu was that Duke of Qi Zhu Xingcheng easily accepted Zhu Xingyu's suggestion and devoted himself to training Zhu Chengyi.

Even when Prince Ming Zhu Xingyu wanted to bring Zhu Chengyi, the destined next generation military leader of the Zhu royal family, to the Prince Ming Palace to teach him and to strengthen their relationship, Duke Qi Zhu Xingcheng did not object.

The Duke of Qi's behavior was beyond the expectations of Zhu Chengwu's father Zhu Xingyu, not because of anything else, but simply because of different personal ideals.

Zhu Chengwu's father Zhu Xingyu wanted power, but Duke of Qi Zhu Xingcheng only wanted to live a comfortable life while keeping the Duke of Qi's Mansion.

The Grandmaster's strength level was already enough to preserve the prosperity and wealth of the Duke of Qi's Mansion. The approach of Zhu Chengwu's father Zhu Xingyu to take on all the pressure and burdens was exactly what Duke Qi Zhu Xingcheng wanted at the time.

Duke of Qi Zhu Xingcheng just did his best to write, water the flowers, listen to operas... and lived a stable and comfortable life.

It is precisely because after Duke Qi became a Grandmaster, apart from maintaining his condition, he no longer practiced intensively. Therefore, although due to time and his state of mind, Duke Qi's strength has improved compared to when he just became a Grandmaster, the improvement is not great.

Especially in terms of the foundation of internal strength, the Duke of Qi was just an ordinary master, and there was a big gap between him and the Duke of Yan, who came later and whose internal strength foundation was only one step away from the top master.

This world is not the idealistic world in some of Zhu Chengwu’s novels in his previous life. As long as one has enlightenment in one’s heart, one can ignore the rules of physical energy and ascend to heaven in one step.

In this world, if one wants to achieve a breakthrough in martial arts practice and reach a height that ordinary people cannot reach, one must have a strong natural talent as a foundation, numerous practice resources as nourishment, and hard work in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer as a step to progress bit by bit...

There are no shortcuts in martial arts practice, only sweat flowing drop by drop.

It is precisely because of the difference in foundation that even if the Duke of Qi also used the Zhu royal family's forbidden technique to fight his best, the power he could unleash would be far inferior to that of the Duke of Yan.

After all, forbidden techniques are just a kind of increase in one's own strength, not something created out of nothing. In addition, the fact that Duke Qi was seriously injured and desperately used forbidden techniques, Duke Qi's body could not support him to fight for long, and after using a few moves, Duke Qi would inevitably run out of energy.

Such restrictions made the Duke of Qi unable to change the situation on the battlefield.

For the Duke of Qi, it would be better to unleash his forbidden technique for no reason. It would seem like he was supporting the Duke of Yan, but in fact it would be useless except for wasting his last bit of ability.

Now, instead of using forbidden techniques to join the battle, it is better to wait for the opportunity and see if there is a chance to decide the outcome with one strike!
The Duke of Qi's idea is different from that of the Duke of Yan, who only wants to die in battle with dignity. The Duke of Qi has the lucky mentality of winning the battle.

Moreover, even if the opportunity never came in the end, the Duke of Qi's action of waiting for the opportunity was completely in vain, and there was no actual loss for the Duke of Qi.

Whether he had no chance and forcibly intervened in the battle and was crushed to death by Zhu Chengwu in the battle, or he had been waiting for the opportunity and was finally killed by Zhu Chengwu who killed the Duke of Yan first and then killed him, the result was the same.

The Duke of Qi and the Duke of Yan have different psychological activities and different purposes, which leads to their completely different response states now.

The Duke of Yan wanted to fight to the death with Zhu Chengwu and die with dignity in the battle, so he took the initiative to invite Zhu Chengwu to fight.

But the Duke of Qi still had a hope that he could win the battle, so the seriously injured Duke of Qi just watched and waited for the opportunity that was unlikely to come.

Boom~~~
There was another loud bang. Facing the desperate Tiancan Jue Style of Zhu Chengyi, Duke of Yan, although Zhu Chengwu's innate qi flickered for a while, he finally held on.

This is Zhu Chengwu’s current power.

The highest military force of a great dynasty, and all its attacks could not fully match one of Zhu Chengwu's three unique skills.

"Zhu Chengyi, you are good! But it is not enough..."

Zhu Chengwu, who had taken on the Tiancanjue style head-on, said with regret as he looked at Duke Yan, who had given up everything and run out of energy, falling from mid-air.

At this moment, Duke of Yan, who had fallen from mid-air, knelt on one knee, looked up, and looked at Zhu Chengwu, who was not far in front of him, with an expression of disbelief, shock, regret, and despair.

Of course, soon, Duke Yan's complicated expression turned into calmness.

The Duke of Yan has tried his best. Now that the facts and results are like this, the Duke of Yan can accept it.

Zhu Chengwu no longer dodged or evaded, and except at the beginning, he did not use the "A World Away" and "Scorching Sun Fiery Palm" to attack. However, Duke Yan Zhu Chengyi was still unable to learn from his mistakes and give Zhu Chengwu any valuable insights.

Although the three unique martial arts displayed by Duke Yan, Sun Moon Mountains and Rivers Fist, Ananda Finger and Heavenly Cruel Kick, are powerful, there is still a clear gap compared to Zhu Chengwu's own three unique martial arts.

And the attributes don’t match!
It cannot serve as the nourishment for Zhu Chengwu to improve his basic magical power - Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu and the three unique skills - Blazing Sun Fiery Palm, Xiantian Gangqi, and A World Away.

At most, it would allow Zhu Chengwu to accumulate more knowledge, and based on his insights from watching Duke Yan perform the three unique skills, he could create a good unique martial art.

But this is of no use to Zhu Chengwu!
Zhu Chengwu had already formed his own combat system, which included basic magical skills, attack, defense and body movements, the three most important aspects of combat martial arts, and had pushed it to an extremely high level.

There is absolutely no need to create a new magical skill or unique martial art now, which has the same functions and is most likely not as strong as Zhu Chengwu's existing unique martial arts.

Zhu Chengwu has never forgotten that his primary goal now is to achieve the level of a master, and he is now racing against time.

Woo~~~
Just when Zhu Chengwu was regretting that the Duke of Yan's talent was not effective and ultimately could not bring any effective benefits to Zhu Chengwu, a silent knife suddenly appeared within Zhu Chengwu's perception range.

The man's method of hiding his aura was very clever, and Zhu Chengwu only sensed his presence after he made a move.

Of course, this was also because Zhu Chengwu was too arrogant and did not carefully observe and perceive the movements around him.

boo~~

break!
Zhu Chengwu had just been subjected to a fierce attack from the Tian Canjue style of Duke Yan. Because of his self-confidence and arrogance, he did not immediately use the true Qi in his body to replenish and restore his body's protective Qi. Under the sudden and rapidly appearing knife, he only held out for a moment before being broken with a "pop".

"Drink~~"

With the thought of “there are more masters” in his mind, Zhu Chengwu let out a loud shout, and then the true energy in Zhu Chengwu’s body burst out, and an extremely violent flame of true energy appeared out of thin air.

The knife that was rushing towards him was intercepted on the surface of Zhu Chengwu's skin.

Woohoo~~~

Just when Zhu Chengwu intercepted the knife, several more knives were shot out from the place where the knife had just been shot out.

They were in the shape of a Chinese character "品", arranged in order, and shot towards Zhu Chengwu one after another.

"Little Li's Flying Dagger! Li Xun Huan!"

Feeling the tremendous piercing force of the knife on the surface of his skin, and the unavoidable soul lock of the dozen or so knives that followed, Zhu Chengwu determined the identity of the person in an instant.

As expected, he is the Little Li Tanhua who is not afraid of power and values ​​friendship and loyalty. Even in such a situation where defeat is inevitable, he still stands firmly against Zhu Chengwu.

"Scorching Sun Fiery Palm!"

Facing Li Xunhuan's attack, when his innate energy was broken by the first flying knife, Zhu Chengwu chose to counter attack for the first time.

Zhu Chengwu pushed out a palm and a huge, solid flaming palm quickly appeared, heading towards the several flying knives that were coming towards him.

Zhu Chengwu's giant flaming palm, which he could control, was not as huge as the giant foot kicked out by Duke Yan just now. It was only more than ten meters high and one or two meters thick.

However, the solidity of Zhu Chengwu's giant flaming palm far exceeded the giant kick that Duke Yan had just kicked out.

It was like a giant flaming palm that was real, and one could tell at a glance how powerful Zhu Chengwu's move was.

Dang Dang Dang~~~
As expected, under Zhu Chengwu's giant flaming palm, more than ten flying knives that shot out from behind were all caught and crushed by Zhu Chengwu's blazing sun fire palm.

That’s right, just grab and crush it!
After countless evolutions and optimizations, Zhu Chengwu's Blazing Sun Fiery Palm is no longer a simple palm, especially in its current condensed state that Zhu Chengwu can control.

The Blazing Sun Fiery Palm is just like a real palm, controlled by Zhu Chengwu, and can perform a series of subtle operations such as clenching a fist and snapping fingers.

When the Blazing Sun Fiery Palm crushed the dozen or so flying knives that were fired later, the first flying knife that approached Zhu Chengwu's skin was finally destroyed by Zhu Chengwu's fire energy.

The first flying knife that appeared was Li Xunhuan's trump card that he used to break through Zhu Chengwu's protective energy.

Its power is far greater than the dozen or so flying knives behind it.

But unfortunately, no matter whether it was the first killer weapon that was charged and exploded, or the subsequent ten or so flying knives that were to prevent the first flying knife from failing to fully exert its power, they all ended up in vain.

Cracked by Zhu Chengwu!

(End of this chapter)