Double Peak Piercing Ears!
With this move, Wu Li executed the Double Snake Form Fist, infusing his strike with Drilling Fist Force towards Habu’s temples. If he had hit the mark, it would have caused at least a montary daze, even if just for 0.5 seconds, long enough for Wu Li to seize the opportunity to KO his opponent.
This was the killing move designed specifically for Habu!
However, Habu’s reaction was swift, too; without hesitation, he ducked his head, exposing the back of his skull to Wu Li while his spine arched upward like a python suddenly springing into action.
At the sa ti, his arms wrapped around Wu Li’s waist took advantage of the motion, with one hand reaching for Wu Li’s ankle and the other hand bracing on the ground.
Such a series of actions would only occur in a ring competition; in actual combat, Habu’s move would have ant exposing all the vital points from the back of his head down to his spine to Wu Li.
Hitting the back of the head and spine were not allowed, nor were vertical elbow strikes from top to bottom... and when an opponent had one or both hands on the ground, one could not strike their head.
Habu, with his wealth of experience, used one hand to brace on the ground deliberately, utilizing this rule to prevent Wu Li from continuing to attack his head with knee strikes or other thods.
Therefore, the only viable attack Wu Li had left were punches to Habu’s back, but after throwing such a punch, he would only be left to grapple with Habu.
Wu Li did not give in to the temptation of an easy punch; instead, he leaned forward, pressing his hands against Habu’s waist, and using leverage, lifted his feet off the ground to spring backward, freeing himself from Habu’s grip, then pushed off hard to stand up again and pulled back to create distance.
Since the move had not succeeded, Wu Li had to start over with evasive combat. He had many fighting techniques prepared, but due to an injury to his left arm, he had to choose the safest thod, which was to use the Bagua Step to move around and look for opportunities with kicking techniques.
Habu also quickly straightened up his body and pursued Wu Li once more.
The two returned to the earlier rhythm, prompting sighs of disappointnt from the audience.
When Habu had lunged towards Wu Li, grabbing his waist, all the spectators rooting for Habu were excited, thinking that in the next second, they would witness a ground battle where Habu excelled and dominated his opponent. However, Wu Li managed to break free in the end.
Wu Li quickly circled Habu a few tis, and just as he stepped and leaped towards Habu’s left side again, Habu suddenly spun around preemptively, lunging out before Wu Li could.
He had anticipated Wu Li’s positioning!
"Oh, Habu guessed Wu Li’s movent!" exclaid Zhang Weili from the live comntary booth.
"Wu Li has changed directions! He seems to have guessed Habu’s move as well!"
On the stage, when Habu had spun and lunged early, Wu Li executed a Horse Jumping Creek maneuver to quickly shift direction and retreat.
"You’ve used the Bagua Step Technique several tis in the ring, and your opponents will definitely study it. The Bagua Step Technique is very versatile with hundreds of patterns, making it hard to find a pattern. But I noticed you have a habit, which is when the opponent is positioned like this, seven out of ten tis, you flash to their left side," recalled Wu Li to Li Tongyun’s words, as Habu’s recent positioning and posture repetitions triggered Wu Li’s alertness.
Clearly, as Li Tongyun reminded him, Habu had spotted his habit, deliberately setting a trap.
And Wu Li played right into it, stepping into Habu’s trap and then instantly changing direction, flashing back.
With Habu now sideways to him, Wu Li imdiately advanced, his feet leveraging off the ground as he exploded forth with Cannon Fist Power, throwing a punch towards Habu’s temple!
Yet just as Wu Li stepped forward to punch, Habu suddenly spun around, lunging back as well!
How could this be?!
Wu Li was startled; without a rcury-like Center of Gravity, the opponent couldn’t possibly adjust his center that quickly unless he had been prepared to lunge back all along!
Down below, Habu’s head coach looked towards Li Tongyun, who had an equally surprised expression, and a smile crept across his face.
To truly understand an athlete, one must also understand the team backing them. Though Li Tongyun was known for keeping a low profile, as the coach who once helped Zhang Weili win a championship, she had a certain reputation in the industry.
Especially after Li Tongyun moved on to the n’s division, she had been in contact with people like Legendary Spider Silva and Blood Demon Floreson. Her contract with Wu was no secret, and Habu’s coaching team naturally took notice.
"There’s a top-level coach behind him; he’ll definitely remind Wu to be aware of so of his more obvious habits. We can take advantage of that and set a trap in response!"
This was what Habu’s head coach had said to Habu before the match, and indeed, Habu used it to his advantage during the fight, setting up a chain of traps.
To outsiders, a match seed to be nothing more than a confrontation between two competitors, but in reality, it also involved a clash between the teams behind each contestant. This was where the true display of brilliance occurred.
And at this mont, with a higher level of strategy on Habu’s side, Wu was taken down by Habu!
As the fight finally entered ground combat, nearly the entire arena erupted in excitent.
Habu was invincible on the ground! This was what most of the audience thought. Once it went to ground fighting, the opponent would either struggle desperately to drag out the round or be forced into submission. This was the case in all of Habu’s previous 28 fights, without exception!
"Ah, he’s been taken down."
In the broadcasting studio, Zhang Weili sighed.
The male comntator asked nervously, "Sister Weili, does this an Wu might lose?"
Zhang Weili’s expression was also tense, "Normally, with Wu’s strength, he should be able to grapple with Habu on the ground for a while, but the problem is that his arm is injured..."
The male and female comntators were both stunned. Yes, even people who had never trained in combat sports knew how unfavorable it was to grapple on the ground with an injured arm, let alone when Wu’s opponent was the UFC Ground King?
On the stage, Wu and Habu grappled on the ground.
Although Wu had fully experienced Habu’s ground skills through an S-level Virtual Battle Card previously, under the circumstances of his injured left arm, he still felt imnse pressure.
Habu was like a giant python, wildly wrapping himself around Wu, constantly twisting and squeezing, trying to lock or even twist off Wu’s limbs!
Wu endured the excruciating pain from his left arm and used his strong finger strength to continuously pry open Habu’s locked limbs with his hands shaped like claws.
Fortunately, his Ground Fist technique had reached Master Level, and he had anticipated Habu’s moves thanks to training in virtual reality and acted on Li Tongyun’s advice. Only then was he able to hold up against Habu’s powerful assault.
"Habu!"
"Habu!"
"Habu!"
Tens of thousands of spectators in the arena, all fans of Habu, started chanting in rhythm, cheering and supporting Habu.
Tens of thousands of people shouting in unison, combined with Habu’s offensive, could exert imnse psychological pressure. A combatant with slightly weaker ntal fortitude might already feel intimidated and lose strength in their hands. Even those unafraid could be impacted in their performance by the huge pressure, which was the advantage of having a ho crowd.
Wu, however, had walked the line between life and death countless tis before and had broken through to the Spirit Realm with a powerful spirit. Therefore, in such an environnt, his will remained unwavering, like a well-tempered steel blade that wouldn’t shatter regardless of how much it was hamred and collided against.
But sotis reality does not change with will, and the injury to Wu’s left arm ultimately affected his performance, giving Habu the opportunity to execute the Guillotine.
At this mont, Habu’s left arm was wrapped around Wu’s neck, his right hand gripping his own left wrist, locking Wu’s neck tightly, while his legs entwined around Wu’s waist to prevent him from throwing Habu off.
Wu clutched at Habu’s left arm desperately with both hands, preventing Habu from locking in completely.
The cara provided a close-up shot specifically focused on Wu’s left arm, which was wrapped in bandages.
With Wu’s continuous exertion, the white bandages had been stained red by a large amount of blood and were almost soaked through.
(Chapter Two Coming Later)
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