Chapter 65: Praying Mantis Boxing and Karate
"Stop fighting~"
The single-family area was separated from Du Ruo by a pub. The first building past the pub was where Du Ruo used to live. A few dozen meters further on was the place where Xiaoling mentioned the fight. As soon as Du Ruo arrived, he saw people gathered around watching, and Xiaoling was shouting loudly on the side.
"what's the situation?"
Du Ruo quickly came to Yang Ling and looked at the two people who were fighting surrounded by people. Except for Yang Ling who was anxiously trying to stop the fight, the others were just watching the show, and there was even a woman shouting "Come on!".
On one side of the crowd were three men, probably in their twenties or thirties, and on the other side were two blond-haired, blue-eyed women and one man, who were obviously not locals.
Du Ruo had some impression of the two people who were fighting. One of them was a foreigner, meters tall, weighing only 230 pounds, tall and strong. The reason why Du Ruo had some impression of him was that when these people checked in yesterday, Yang Ling asked Du Ruo if he could check in.
Because foreigners need qualifications to stay in B&Bs, and they need to report when they move in. It just so happened that the B&B had this qualification, and Du Ruo curiously came over to see how to report, so he had some impression.
Du Ruo also had some impression of the other person who fought with the tall man, and Yang Ling also told him about it at that time.
They moved in the day before yesterday. The reason why she had an impression of it was that the man who was fighting had a long sword on his back. Yang Ling asked about it and the man showed the sword to her. Although it was a metal sword, it was unopened. The man used it to take cool photos when climbing Mount Huangshan, so Yang Ling didn't think much about it. There are many such things and it is very common.
"I don't know what's going on with them. It was Qiangzi who came to see me. After I told him the boss's new address, I was about to go to the front desk to receive the newly delivered linens. When I passed by, I saw that they had already started fighting. Should I call the police, boss?"
Yang Ling gave a brief explanation. After seeing Du Ruo coming, she seemed to have found a backbone and was no longer so worried.
"Don't rush to call the police, let me take a look first."
Du Ruo comforted Yang Ling with a few words, then took two steps forward. He just took a quick glance and although the two were fighting fiercely, no one was injured. He was afraid that calling the police rashly would have consequences, so he planned to get to the bottom of the matter first.
The man with the sword on his back should be less than 30 years old, about meters tall and with a strong build, but his body shape is still a level lower than that of the foreign man.
However, what interested Du Ruo was that this man was performing the Jade Ring Step (Monkey Step) and tricky moves with his hands, which were obviously standard Mantis Boxing moves.
When he attacked, his hands were always aiming at the opponent's eyes and face above the neck. It was obviously the Northern Style Plum Blossom Mantis Boxing routine, and the man's attacks were just right.
In Du Ruo's opinion, he should have already won, because Du Ruo saw the man's fingers passing in front of the foreign man's eyes several times, and he also saw his wrist hitting the foreign man's cheekbone.
In traditional martial arts, if it is from other schools, when hitting with the hand to the face, it will either block the opponent's vision or hit the opponent's eyes. Only the tricky hand of Mantis boxing is different. The tricky hand of Mantis boxing is to hit the opponent's eyes. It is obvious that the man is holding back. And there is a saying about the tricky hand of Mantis boxing, which is called the secret elbow. The secret elbow hits the temple or the carotid artery of the neck, which will either kill or cripple the opponent. The man hits the cheekbone, which also means holding back.
But in the eyes of others it was completely different. The foreign man used karate routines and Tongbiquan force techniques with wide-ranging moves. Coupled with the man's body shape, every time he chopped with his knife, he could create a strong wind, making the man dare not take it head-on. He could only dodge with the Yuhuan Step while waiting for an opportunity to attack. If he really couldn't dodge, he would suffer injuries if he tried to block.
The man was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and his moves mostly consisted of forbidden techniques like poking eyes, stabbing throats, and poking crotches. Even the elbow techniques that Mantis Boxing was very good at were restricted by the opponent's body size, so it was visibly apparent to the naked eye that the man was at a disadvantage.
Du Ruo did not intervene either. He just watched with his arms crossed. The cause of the incident was not yet understood, so he did not want to intervene. However, Du Ruo did not dare to relax too much. Both of them were very powerful. If they got really angry, maybe they couldn't control their anger, and something serious might happen.
Du Ruo would not ignore martial arts from other countries just because he practiced traditional martial arts. Karate was not weak, and its moves were powerful and open. Combined with the height and body shape of this foreign man, if the moves were used effectively, broken bones would be minor injuries to the man.
It was also very obvious that the foreign man should have studied traditional martial arts. When he chopped with his hand knife, Du Ruo could see that he stretched his arms straight and used his body to exert force, which was the force generating method of Tongbiquan. Looking at the thick palm of the foreign man's hand knife and the knotted muscles of his arms, it was obvious that he had done a lot of basic arm training.
So Du Ruo actually had reason to suspect that this foreigner should be able to understand that the man opposite him was holding back.
The fight between the two became more and more intense. The foreign man used both hands alternately to slash horizontally from right to left, while the man gritted his teeth and stopped retreating or even dodging. He used Mantis Fist to wipe his eyebrows and hit the foreign man from left to right.
"grass!!"
Du Ruo was watching from the side and realized that this was a fight that would hurt both sides. In karate, a horizontal hand chop would cut the neck, and the foreign man was using both hands to chop horizontally alternately. How did he do that?
Of course it is to chop while turning. Turning the body can not only increase the potential energy of the body, but also avoid a lot of injuries, such as a crotch kick. The left hand chops at the neck horizontally. If the opponent retreats or lowers his head, the right hand will immediately follow up and chop. But in fact these two are not the most deadly. The most deadly is the third chopped. That is, after the left hand misses, the right hand follows, and then the body turns a circle and chops with the left hand again. The power of the third chopped blow will be extremely amazing due to the potential energy of the hand knife and the force of the body driven by the rotation.
Moreover, the speed of the three slashes was astonishingly fast. The usual ways to deal with it were either to step back continuously or to block it head-on. However, this hand knife attack was not so easy to block. The power and speed, plus the force used by the Tongbiquan, could definitely be fatal if it hit the neck. Blocking with the arm could also break the hand.
The man's move was even more ruthless. The golden thread used in Mantis Boxing wipes the eyebrows, but what is wiped is not the eyebrows. People who practice Mantis Boxing, especially the Northern style Plum Blossom Mantis Boxing, are obsessed with eyes. This move of his is aimed at the opponent's eyes, and his other hand is ready to block the opponent's knife.
Du Ruoke didn't think that a man would think of holding back when being hit, that is to say, with this move, either one of them would have his hand broken or one of them would be blinded, or one would have his hand broken and the other would be blinded, both of them would be injured. In serious cases, the man might even be hit in the neck and killed directly.
Du Ruo didn't have time to think, he exerted force with his tiger-shaped hips and rushed out. The fight between the two had nothing to do with him, but this was the homestay he opened. If it was closed down for rectification because of this, who would he go to cry to?
(End of this chapter)
