Chapter 25

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The sudden sense of crisis made Zhao Futu's mind and body tense up, the bristling hairs on his body instantly stimulating another side of his psyche. At this critical moment, he immediately calmed down, as if a force had soothed his mind, shielding all other emotions and leaving only the most rational part to take control of his body.

"Ha!"

He took a deep breath, not dodging, but instead gathered his body and charged straight toward the source of the killing intent. This was one of the most powerful moves in Bajiquan, the "Mountain Lean," and Zhao Futu was using the side version of it, concentrating all his waist, arm, and leg strength into one point and slamming into the enemy who was lunging at him!

Although Zhao Futu had a broad knowledge of traditional martial arts, he was far from being an expert.

However, his current position was extremely disadvantageous, being in a narrow corner with no room to dodge. Whether the enemy lunging at him was a werewolf or a vampire, he had no space to evade. Retreat would expose his vital points to the enemy, essentially a suicidal move.

Therefore, he attacked without hesitation, preparing to fight his way out with brute force!

"Bang!"

With a dull thud, the figure lunging at him was shaken. Zhao Futu's "Mountain Lean" was incredibly powerful, and his data-enhanced body made this move far more potent than that of many martial arts masters. If it were a regular two-hundred-pound man, he would have been sent flying.

However, his opponent was not an ordinary human. As he slammed into the enemy's chest, Zhao Futu immediately recognized who it was.

A vampire!

And a severely injured one at that!

The reason he attacked Zhao Futu was simple: the dead werewolf on the ground was his kill, but he had been severely wounded in the process. Upon sensing Zhao Futu's approach and identifying him as a human, the vampire attacked without hesitation. Vampires have powerful regenerative abilities, but this requires a steady supply of blood. With his severe injuries and significant blood loss, encountering another werewolf would be a death sentence, even for a vampire baron!

Killing this human and draining his blood would allow the vampire to recover quickly.

Thus, the injured vampire noble lunged at Zhao Futu in a surprise attack. However, he had met his match. Zhao Futu's "Mountain Lean" slammed into his chest, causing him to stagger and several of his ribs to break. While this was not fatal for a vampire, it was enough to disrupt his next attack.

Before he could catch his breath, Zhao Futu's next wave of attacks came like a storm!

Chinese martial arts emphasize using the weak to defeat the strong, often relying on technique. The grappling techniques derived from Tang Hand are considered among the best in the world! Other techniques, such as Japanese Karate, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, or Mongolian Wrestling, are insignificant in comparison. As for Taekwondo, which focuses on high kicks, it might work against ordinary people, but against true masters, it is a death wish!

Chinese martial arts say, "Kicking should not exceed the knee," and truly lethal techniques are not aesthetically pleasing.

When it comes to the techniques of Chinese martial arts, some people might boast about the depth and breadth of Chinese martial arts. However, the reason Chinese martial arts excel in technique has less to do with their profundity and more to do with the fact that we are the Chinese people, who use calligraphy brushes and chopsticks from a young age!

From birth, our wrists and fingers are more flexible than those of other races!

Westerners have an advantage in physique and strength, so their fighting styles focus on powerful, open attacks and the pursuit of strength and muscle. In contrast, the Chinese, with their naturally flexible wrists and joints, naturally developed techniques that leverage their strengths, focusing on using the weak to defeat the strong!

The human body has over four hundred acupoints, and the various grappling techniques target 108 of these, including 36 fatal ones!

Is this not a pursuit of the ultimate technique?

If Zhao Futu were to fight to the death, he would not fear a dozen adult men. This is not just talk; as a practitioner of Daoism, his regular practice of alchemy and meditation has made him very familiar with the human body's acupoints.

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In "Underworld," vampires are not ordinary humans, but they still have human bodies and cannot transform into bats. While their unique physiology and slow blood flow might make human acupoints ineffective, as long as they retain human bodies, they still need joints and ligaments to move.

As long as they have human bodies, they cannot avoid these points!

For Zhao Futu, the werewolves' powerful bodies and strength made it impossible to find their joints. However, against a vampire, who is more agile and less strong, he could use these techniques!

"Whoosh!"

Zhao Futu took a deep breath and delivered a heavy elbow strike to the vampire noble's armpit. He then quickly reversed his wrist, grabbing the vampire's right arm and, with a sharp "crack," broke his wrist bones! The data-enhanced attributes in the Nightmare Space greatly increased his strength, and each of his strikes now delivered full force, a subtle but significant improvement that even real-world Chinese martial artists strive for—concentrating all their strength into one point and releasing it at the right moment!

While Zhao Futu was not an expert in internal martial arts techniques, the data-enhanced attributes in the Nightmare Space allowed his attacks to achieve the same effect as the explosive power of internal martial arts!

The vampire's right wrist was broken at the base, and his arm joints and ligaments were severely damaged.

For an ordinary human, such an injury would mean the loss of the entire arm. However, for a vampire with powerful regenerative abilities, it was a minor injury that would heal quickly. However, their regenerative abilities differ from Zhao Futu's. In the Nightmare Space, even shattered bones could regrow automatically. The vampires, however, needed to reset their broken bones to avoid misalignment, which would require breaking them again to correct.

Zhao Futu, of course, would not give him that time!

After this initial strike, his next attacks came like a storm, testing the Chinese martial arts techniques he had learned on the injured vampire. In a flurry of rapid strikes, he maintained close proximity to the vampire, ensuring he stayed within the range of his elbow strikes!

This is a key aspect of close combat, where his techniques could render the vampire's agility useless. If the vampire managed to escape his range, his next moves would be interrupted and rendered useless!

{Piaotian Literature}