Chapter 1678 - 625: Meeting Ahead of Time (Part 2)
Little Situ was stunned and immediately looked towards the field.
The result he saw was Elder Yushu being besieged by these two people, retreating repeatedly.
After several rounds of fighting, it was still difficult to regain the upper hand.
He couldn’t help but be somewhat appalled.
Just as he was wondering how to make those Blood Lotus Sect masters retreat, he saw the Blood Lotus Sect woman suddenly face Elder Yushu’s cane.
With her chest toward the Yunmen Acupoint, she was about to bash herself onto the end of his cane.
How could that be tolerated?
Immediately, with blood lotuses underfoot, her form swiftly retreated.
Little Situ calculated slightly, it was precisely three moves back and forth.
He couldn’t help but feel greatly astonished:
"Brother Su, how did you know this?"
"Calculated."
Su Mo quietly watched Elder Yushu’s hands and feet, a light smile on his face:
"Elder Yushu’s skills appear to be full of flaws, but actually, they are not.
"His weaknesses are all sold to unoccupied places.
"Every strike and move of his cane in the palm, fist punches and finger points are calculated.
"Not a single move is useless.
"But to achieve this is extremely difficult.
"Combining mathematics with martial arts requires very strong mental power and a set of special calculation methods.
"This is definitely not something achievable in a day or two.
"The two words Yushu in Elder Yushu’s name probably come from this.
"Furthermore, every move and style amidst the lightning-fast exchanges undergoes considerable calculations in the mind.
"Deducing a few moves, even dozens of moves, of the opponent’s countermeasures.
"If one could calculate every move of the opponent, then this Skill in a duel is arguably the top-notch means."
Little Situ was shocked:
"Does such martial arts truly exist in the world?
"If it were so true, wouldn’t this person be invincible?"
Su Mo laughed:
"How could it be so simple...
"If only by technique, indeed, one might boast.
"But in real confrontations and killings, not only must techniques be formidable, but Inner Strength needs to be exceedingly strong too.
"For instance, as for myself, Elder Yushu might be able to break my moves.
"But if he wants to kill me, even if I stand there, let him hack and chop with blades for hundreds of days until exhaustion claims him, he couldn’t harm a hair’s breadth of me."
"..."
Little Situ felt that Su Mo’s reasoning was utterly absurd.
If he didn’t make a move, Elder Yushu’s set of skills was utterly useless against him.
After all, fundamentally, Elder Yushu’s Skill calculates the opponent’s moves, then applies his techniques upon the opponent.
Su Mo, who simply allows the opponent to strike, naturally nullifies the Skill’s relevance.
Even more absurd is his Twelve grade Golden Bell Shield, no matter the opponent’s skills, he remains entirely unscathed.
What is called invincible, in Su Mo’s view, is indeed laughable.
"Not only that... this Skill is probably not conducive to group battles. Otherwise, a single person facing him wouldn’t last more than ten moves before defeat."
Su Mo glanced at the field:
"But nowadays, having exchanged more than a hundred moves, they still remain evenly matched."
"Why is this?"
"Calculating one person is easy, calculating two is difficult."
Su Mo sighed: "If they were ordinary people, fine, but these two in front are both masters, the strain is likely astonishing.
"I reckon, Elder Yushu’s martial arts, if in a duel, even the Jingxin Hall Master or Blood Lotus Sect Leader might find victory extremely hard. Conversely, Elder Yushu could likely defeat them one by one.
"But as soon as both engage simultaneously, the calculation difficulty sharply increases.
"He ultimately suffers from age and declining strength; even if undefeated for a moment, Inner Strength would eventually lag.
"See... his every step now is increasingly labored."
Little Situ followed to look, sure enough, Su Mo’s words were not wrong.
At this point in the fight, despite still appearing carefree.
His forehead already had wisps of white smoke with a flushed face.
This was not merely because the Inner Strength was pushed to its limit, but also the mental exertion was pushed to the extreme.
Continuing like this may risk his death.
Elder Yushu himself was aware of this principle.
Continuing like this was not viable.
Now the best option was to retreat immediately.
But the situation did not allow.
Jingxin Hall and Blood Lotus Sect had brought too many people.
Most of those behind were virtually dead.
Only the woman in red was still desperately resisting.
Continuing like this, once he leaves, she would die in a hail of blades.
He sighed suddenly as his thoughts reached this point.
Their footwork changed, using the Sixty four Trigram Directions to support, with a single point, they suddenly arrived at Xia Yuan and the Blood Lotus Sect master’s side.
The True Qi used for Self Defense by both was like falsehood to him.
In the next moment, he sent the cane straight for the Blood Lotus Sect woman’s forehead.
This strike seemed devoid of mystique, nor did it reveal so much True Qi, nor was it like this Blood Lotus Sect woman’s flashy blood-colored True Qi.
But precisely when the cane pointed out, it gave a feeling of unavoidable, unstoppable.
The woman’s face changed, her hands suddenly formed a seal together, and a blood-colored lotus bloomed in front of her chest.
Boom!
As the two touched, a buzzing sound immediately rang.
The corners of the woman’s mouth instantly seeped a trace of blood, forcibly forming a hand seal in her palm with her entire Inner Strength in motion, trying to block with all her might.
Just at this time, seeing her struggle, Xia Yuan’s form shook, and he arrived Ling Kong.
The Short Blade and Longsword in hand were simultaneously deployed.
Their combined form was blended, merging Blade Light and Sword Qi into black and white fangs, directly threatening Elder Yushu.