"I can knock you down without moving an inch!"
These words shocked everyone present. Wu was about five ters away from Li Lei, a distance where even wielding a Xingyi Spear, standing still wouldn’t be enough to hit the opponent.
The live stream exploded imdiately:
"Damn, did I hear that wrong?"
"Did Wu just say he can knock down Li Lei without moving?"
"How’s he going to do it? Qi Gong Wave?"
"Please, believe in science, okay? There’s no such thing as a Qi Gong Wave in this world."
"If I told you yesterday that soone could stand still, take a punch, and instead break the attacker’s wrist, would you believe it?"
"But now this is too fantastical; apart from such a distance, by fist wind and palm wind?"
"Is it possible he’s using a Hidden Weapon?"
"That’s possible!"
"If it’s a Hidden Weapon, Li Lei won’t accept his defeat easily."
...
Various guesses filled the comnt section, with the most being about Hidden Weapons. As for Qi Gong Waves and such, of course, nobody believed them anymore.
Hearing Wu’s words, Li Lei was initially stunned, then he quickly thought that Wu might be planning to use a Hidden Weapon. He laughed and said, "What, you want to use a Hidden Weapon against ? Young man, that really doesn’t prove anything."
To his surprise, Wu shook his head. "No, I won’t move my hands or feet."
Li Lei widened his eyes. "You an, you’ll knock down just standing there without moving your hands or feet?"
Wu nodded.
"Ha ha ha!" Li Lei couldn’t help but laugh out loud, not just him, even the crowd who believed in Wu thought he was joking; it was just impossible to do such a thing.
There were so Tai Chi ’Masters’ who had perford feats like striking soone from a distance, they’d throw a palm strike, and before even touching, the person would fall, or just a gentle push towards soone in front, and everyone behind would stagger and fall down.
Later, it was proven that these ’Masters’ were fake. Those performances, those empty force strikes, were all frauds, a type of scam, and now Wu seed to want to recreate this scam.
Even Li Lei himself found it absurd. He put forth the idea of Divine Intent Tai Chi, learning from previous failures. He knew those excessively exaggerated performance techniques were easy to expose, so he advocated the developnt of Spiritual Power. This way, even if a disciple lost, it could be explained that the opponent’s Spiritual Power wasn’t sufficiently developed, which also made it easier to deceive students.
But what Li Lei didn’t expect was that Wu now voluntarily proposed a thod that even he dared not use, and it made him almost burst into laughter.
"Are you serious?" Li Lei managed to ask with a restrained laugh.
Wu replied, "I don’t want to repeat it a third ti."
Li Lei nodded and stepped forward, "Alright! I’ll also put my words here today. If you can knock down without moving an inch, I’ll refund all the tuition fees to my students and never open a Martial Arts Hall again!"
Wu responded, "Good."
"WAIT!" Li Lei raised his hand, "What if you can’t do it?"
Wu answered, "If I can’t do it, I’ll kneel down and apologize to you in public today, and from now on, I will respectfully call you Master Li."
Li Lei was thrilled inside. Given Wu’s current fa, if he kneeled down and called him Master in public today, his status as a Master would be solidified, even elevated, as it ant Wu was giving his own fa to him.
"Good! With so many people here today, including reporters and nurous online viewers, let’s all witness this. I hope you can do what you say."
Wu nodded his head. "Are you ready?"
"Ha ha!" Li Lei found it even more amusing.
"I’m ready; Master Wu, you may proceed."
As soon as these words were said, Wu took a deep breath, and his chest visibly swelled up, so much so that even from 5 ters away, Li Lei could clearly hear Wu’s breath intake, showing how forcefully he inhaled.
"Li! Lei!!!"
The air surged as Wu suddenly shouted out.
The sound was like thunder, emitting from Wu’s mouth, resonating back and forth in the enclosed Martial Arts Hall, giving the illusion of a tire explosion right next to one’s ear.
Those who practice Martial Arts usually have much stronger cardiopulmonary functions than average people, let alone a Master Level Martial Artist like Wu. Under his deliberate control, releasing the breath with the Xingyi Killing Move ’Giant Python Swallowing Pill,’ the sound he emitted in that instant was imnsely loud.
In Martial Arts, there’s an attack thod called ’Sound Strike,’ which involves attacking an opponent with sound, like the well-known ’Lion Roar Skill.’
In reality, sound is unlikely to harm a person. The true purpose of Sound Strike is to startle the opponent with an unexpected loud noise, causing them to montarily lose focus or beco distracted, thus providing an opportunity for a real strike.
At this mont, Wu was using the technique of Sound Strike. Ordinary people would be startled if soone suddenly jumped out and shouted, let alone when Wu produced such a loud noise without any warning.
Everyone present was startled, and many caran even dropped their caras, not to ntion those recording with phones.
A chorus of exclamations and the sound of objects hitting the floor filled the hall.
Of course, Li Lei was startled; he had no ntal preparation at all. Wu’s sudden action made his heart skip a beat, as if his heartbeat had paused.
But it wasn’t over yet. Before Li Lei could regain his composure, Wu’s voice ca again.
"DIE!!!"
The wave of sound hit Li Lei head-on. Subconsciously, Li Lei glanced at Wu only to see his opponent’s hair standing on end, looking like a fierce tiger with its fur puffed up. What was most terrifying were his eyes, which were intensely focused and fixed directly on him.
In Martial Arts, besides Sound Strike, there’s also ’Eye Strike,’ which involves intimidating an opponent with a gaze coupled with a sudden burst of energy, aiming to achieve the sa effect as Sound Strike.
After nurous simulated killings in virtual reality, Wu’s aura of murderousness and dreadfulness was more fearso than many battle-hardened veterans, usually well-hidden unless he was enraged.
But now, to truly intimidate Li Lei, Wu’s murderous intent surged; his eyes intensely stared at his opponent.
As the saying goes, ’Guanyu does not open his eyes lightly, but when he does, it is to slay!’
In Li Lei’s eyes, Wu had transford from a seemingly normal person into a demon, shedding his human disguise and becoming a ferocious tiger ready to pounce!
After being hit by Wu Li’s sudden "Sound Strike," he turned into a startled bird, and now Wu Li had used "Eye Strike" on him. Li Lei, a Tai Chi "Master" who never actually fought in combat or competitions and had been living a life of luxury for many years, couldn’t take it anymore. His mind completely broke down, and he instinctively stepped back, trying to get away from Wu Li.
However, his legs had already gone soft from fear, and as he stepped back, he could no longer stand steady. With a thud, he fell straight to the ground.
"Don’t kill ! Don’t kill !!" Li Lei scread heartbreakingly.
He was truly terrified.
For a long while, those present at the scene could only co back to their senses amid shock and confusion.
From the mont Wu Li yelled, "Li Lei, prepare to die," to Li Lei being so frightened that he fell to the ground and scread, it had only been two or three seconds. Everyone present, not just Li Lei, was left with lingering fear, especially the photographers who were filming Wu Li from the side and had witnessed his sudden change in montum.
In fact, not just those at the scene, but even the viewers in the live stream, despite being separated by the screen and not present, were frightened extensively.
"I’m scared to death!!!"
"I was so scared I dropped my phone!"
"I almost choked to death!"
"Damn, this is the first ti I realized that such a thing as montum actually exists!"
"I was at work, and I got so scared I punched a coworker."
"I was in class and yelled out loud."
"I was in the bathroom, and I got so scared..."
...
"Master, are you alright?"
"Master Li!"
Only then did the people behind Li Lei co back to their senses and hurried forward to help him up. However, soone suddenly exclaid, and as everyone looked, a noticeable wet patch appeared between Li Lei’s legs...
"Whoa!"
Everyone was shocked, and photographers and reporters quickly gathered around.
Li Lei also snapped back to reality, noticing the flashes around him. He felt sothing was off, looked down, and realized—he had wet himself?
Li Lei felt as if he had been struck by lightning and frantically waved his hands: "No photos! No photos! Get out! All of you get out!"
...
Wu Li looked at the chaotic scene in front of him, listening to Li Lei’s hysterical shouts, and felt utterly satisfied.
He hadn’t expected Li Lei to actually wet himself out of fear, but this was even better. If Li Lei had rely been exposed as a fake master, at most he would lose so money and damage his reputation. Once the incident blew over, even if he didn’t make a complete coback, at least he could enjoy his later years in peace. But now, with what happened today, Li Lei would probably be too ashad to face anyone for the rest of his life.
Recalling the couple he had seen in the hospital yesterday, Li Lei was certainly not the only one deceiving others. By letting Li Lei continue deceiving people, more severe incidents could occur. Thus, Wu Li felt this outco was apt—killing the chicken to warn the monkeys. In the future, any fake master thinking about deceiving others would have to think of Li Lei’s fate and weigh the consequences carefully.
Wu Li turned around, his work here was done.
However, just as Wu Li had taken a few steps, students who had co demanding refunds suddenly surrounded him.
"Thank you, Master Wu!" soone in the crowd shouted.
Wu Li nodded to them, about to speak, when suddenly soone else said, "Master Wu, I want to learn how to fight from you!"
As these words were spoken, all the people echoed in response.
"Master Wu, I want to learn to fight from you!"
" too!"
...
People expressed their desires to learn fighting from Wu Li one after another, and with a smile, Wu Li nodded and gestured with his hand for everyone to quiet down.
"Everyone wishing to learn, I welco you. I also have opened a martial arts hall called Bo Yuan Martial Arts Hall. Anyone interested can co and learn."
At this mont, the show’s director also approached Wu Li with the caraman, the cara facing him.
"Wu Li, our first episode ends here. Please say a few words to everyone," the director said.
Wu Li looked into the cara: "The purpose of this episode - exposing the fake - must have been evident to everyone."
"Real Kung Fu is never anything mysterious; it must always be practical."
"I hope through this program, everyone can understand what real Kung Fu is, and hopefully, more and more people will grow to love this traditional culture."
"That’s all from , thank you, everyone."
Finishing his speech, Wu Li nodded to the caraman, indicating it was fine to stop recording.
He then turned and walked towards the entrance of the martial arts hall.
"Master Wu!"
From the crowd behind, suddenly soone shouted loudly.
"Master Wu!"
"Master Wu!"
"Master Wu!"
More and more people started repeating, and in the live stream, the words ’Master Wu’ began to flood the chat.
The cara didn’t imdiately stop, but instead, focused on Wu Li’s retreating figure.
At that mont, whether online or at the live scene, everyone had the sa thought:
Today a fake master had fallen, but a true master had also risen!
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