My Right Hand Allows Me to Merge Thousands of Races-Chapter 35: Only the Weak Need Skills

The father and daughter were still immersed in the sadness of Old Octopus’s death, while Lu Xun had already run out of sight.

Li Xiaoning realized and quickly chased after him.

"Uh... I’ll see you off." She caught up with him in the stairwell and pleaded, "Could you tell me your name?"

"My surname is Lu."

"Thank you, Brother Lu."

She nodded and then walked downstairs side by side with Lu Xun to see him off.

Li Xiaoning belonged to the type that spoke little and was less verbose.

If others didn’t speak, she didn’t know what to say either.

The atmosphere was awkward for a while, and eventually, Lu Xun broke the silence and asked her:

"Do you often get into fights? I heard you’re dropping out of school?"

She lightly nodded: "Yeah, I’m not continuing."

At that moment, she had already let go of her previous wariness towards Lu Xun, so she confessed:

"There is a reason..."

A few minutes later.

Lu Xun learned the whole story from her mouth.

Three years ago, Li Zhongxian had an accident and needed a monthly "sealing the fate fee" of 200,000. Initially, everyone thought he was doomed, but unexpectedly, the old man’s account actually had so much money!

In the Outer City District, what does an income of over 200,000 a month mean?

A bunch of vicious poor relatives descended like sharks smelling blood, swarmed in to demand a share of this "hidden inheritance."

When the soft approach didn’t work, they used hard tactics, cursing, death threats, making trouble in the company, school... constantly harassing Li Xiaoning’s family, forcing them to "divide the inheritance."

Her mother abandoned her husband and daughter partly because "keeping the widower alive" was very painful, but the main reason was actually being driven to a dead end by those vicious relatives.

In the morning on her way to work, she found her car tires blown up, and glass shattered;

In the afternoon, going out to buy groceries, she was blocked in a small alley, had a sack put over her head, and got beaten up;

After finally dragging her bruised body back home, she found the doorstep splashed with urine and feces...

These three incidents were what Li Xiaoning’s mother experienced within a single day.

After a year of such lousy living, her mother couldn’t take it anymore and ran away.

Abandoning her husband and daughter.

The pressure instantly shifted to Li Xiaoning.

Originally, she had a very weak personality and had suffered bullying from vicious relatives.

Later, she resolved to work hard, studied martial arts, and her temperament changed as a result.

These people liked to bully the weak and were unreasonable, so she spoke with fists, and if they didn’t submit, she fought!

For two years, she beat up all the relatives she needed to.

Those guys were originally bullies who feared the strong and bullied the weak, and most of them gave in.

But Li Xiaoning still had an uncle who was never willing to give up on the "inheritance," and her uncle had some connections in the underworld, liked to play dirty.

The gang of punks today was hired by her uncle.

And it wasn’t the first time.

"Initially, I didn’t want to drop out, but last month, several thieves broke into the house consecutively, rummaging through things... Surely, this is my uncle’s doing." Li Xiaoning sighed.

She was worried about leaving her father alone at home, in case the oxygen tube for her father was pulled out.

So after consideration, she decided to drop out and stay at home to accompany her father on his final journey.

Lu Xun listened and couldn’t help but feel a little sympathetic.

No wonder she was so wary of strangers before, guarding against him like a thief.

Because the world was always filled with malice against her family!

...

The two walked out of the community one behind the other.

"Alright, I’ll see you off here, until we meet again."

Lu Xun stopped, turned around, waved to her, and said, "We probably won’t meet again, wish you can escape hardship soon."

"Yeah, thank you, Brother Lu." Li Xiaoning nodded, bowed deeply to him, "Take care—watch out!!!"

She suddenly exclaimed.

Clang~

Lu Xun’s back head sustained a dull blow with a crisp metal collision sound.

He was ambushed!

The gang of punks he previously drove off actually came back in greater numbers and even set up an ambush?!

The blow was too vicious, the attacker wielded a solid iron rod, and heavily smashed it on the back of Lu Xun’s head.

Letting Li Xiaoning on the side watch with heartfelt distress!

Yet, shockingly, Brother Lu who suffered such heavy damage did not fall... to be precise, his body remained motionless, while the attacker, instead, was rebounded by the force and had his tiger mouth cracked open.

Moreover... the iron rod was bent!!

His head made of iron? Her small mouth opened into an O shape.

"You hit me?"

Lu Xun scratched his head, turned to look at the yellow-haired guy, and his face darkened.

The guy looked at the bent, deformed iron rod in his hand, dazed for two seconds. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Big big big brother...this was a mis—ah!!"

Before he could finish speaking, he got kicked eight meters away, rolling on the ground for more than ten laps, then stopped moving.

"This is also a misunderstanding." Lu Xun said indifferently.

His perception was extremely high now, and he had long been aware of this sneaky guy, he deliberately didn’t dodge just now... more precisely, was too lazy to dodge.

The force of such an ambush to him, was like scratching an itch, there was no need to dodge at all.

I’m not dodging, and if you dare to hit, I’ll smash you! Lu Xun thought so... and also acted so.

The gang behind the attacker rushed halfway, seeing the scenario, all made an emergency stop, in unison.

They widened their eyes, looked at the bent and deformed solid iron rod, then looked at the unconscious companion, couldn’t help showing hesitation.

"This guy is tricky."

"Should we retreat?"

However, before they could make a move, the kid on the opposite side charged over with big strides—

"You hit me, and now you want to leave without leaving something behind?"

That swing was enough to seriously injure an ordinary person, landing them in the ICU.

Since this group of thugs is ruthless, he won’t hold back either!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Amidst the dull symphony of fists on flesh, the thugs were immediately sent flying.

Lu Xun moved so fast that he left afterimages.

With just three punches and two kicks, he took down five people.

Every punch landed with force, as powerful as a tiger among sheep.

Thud!

The fight ended with a final sweeping punch, sending the sixth person falling asleep, foaming at the mouth.

The fight ended too quickly!

So much so that Li Xiaoning hadn’t even reacted, and all the thugs were already lying on the ground, either wailing and rolling around or in a coma.

’So... so strong!’

She couldn’t help but exclaim, staring at Lu Xun with bright eyes, assessing him.

This strength, speed, and defense are simply exaggerated.

Like a dimensional reduction attack, the street fight ended in a collapse.

’... His strength definitely isn’t as good as senior sister’s, but he should be stronger than second senior brother... Did he take the enhancement needle?’ Li Xiaoning pondered in her heart.

But what she didn’t know was that Lu Xun, to avoid killing anyone, only used one-tenth of his strength...

"Still not scramming?"

He shouted coldly.

Upon hearing this, the group of thugs helped each other up and fled, not even daring to utter threats like "I will definitely..."

"Brother Lu, are you okay?"

Li Xiaoning quickly approached, speaking with concern.

He shook his head, indicating he was unharmed.

After confirming that Lu Xun wasn’t injured, she breathed a sigh of relief, yet also showed a puzzled expression, muttering: "... Strange."

"Strange?" Lu Xun frowned slightly, "What’s strange about me?"

"Uh... no, nothing strange, haha~" she laughed awkwardly, hastily waving her hands.

"No, you definitely think there is!"

"... I told you, don’t blame me." She scratched her head.

"Speak."

"Then I’ll be bold... Brother Lu, you’re clearly very strong physically, but your punching technique is incorrect, and your exertion is unreasonable."

As soon as she started talking about fighting, she seemed interested, her eyes sparkling, striking a pose to demonstrate—

"When you punch, you shouldn’t hold your breath, you should exhale, otherwise, when your body is tense and rigid, the power generated is very limited."

"You can shout ’hey, ha’ while punching, or you can not shout, like this... Hoo! Chee! Huo!"

She threw three punches, each accompanied by a small, short exhalation.

The punch wind gusted, firm and powerful.

Then she demonstrated punching while holding her breath, which indeed became stiff and sluggish, the fist seemed to lose its vitality, lacking soul.

"... In short, during a fight, you can’t hold back, you need to release, with relaxation and tension in balance."

Ah, so that’s it, Lu Xun suddenly understood, asking her, "Is this a secret technique from your sect?"

She froze, then said embarrassedly, "Ahem, this is basic knowledge..."

Lu Xun: ???

That’s why she felt it was strange.

Because, although Brother Lu was physically strong, he didn’t even know the basics of exertion.

Anyone who’s been trained in fighting knows that controlling breath is a key to exerting power; once the breath is disrupted, the punching structure collapses.

"Also, you seem to habitually use overly exaggerated wide swinging punches, like this..."

Li Xiaoning recreated his previous punching move—

Her arms swung back, the fist lifted from under the hip, tracing a large arc in the air, finally hitting the air in front.

"This kind of wide swinging punch doesn’t have as much power as you imagine, it’s unprofessional... you can try this simple rear straight punch, watch me."

She spread her legs, slightly lowered her body, shouted a low command, leaned forward, and with a quick and straight punch, struck out with her right hand.

Whoosh~

The air let out a faint whistle, showing the speed and force of the punch.

"If you punched like that just now, the strength wouldn’t be less than that wide swinging punch, but the ’travel path’ of the fist would be shortened by two-thirds, allowing quicker targeting."

"Between two points, a straight line is the shortest."

Lu Xun nodded seriously.

Thinking she really wants to teach me!

"Brother Lu, let’s exchange contacts, if you’re interested in fighting techniques, you can find me, or just join my sect.

My master was a very powerful ’Grandmaster of Ancient Arts’ in the past, what I’ve learned are just superficial tricks, it’s my master and senior sister who are truly formidable." she said warmly.

Lu Xun was somewhat tempted but still stubbornly replied:

"In the face of absolute power, all techniques are futile. Only the weak need techniques, I do not!"

While speaking, he brought out his communication device and exchanged contact details with Li Xiaoning.

... His body was still quite honest about his true feelings.

After all, if in the future he encounters a strong opponent of the same level, when power doesn’t make a difference, it will be the fighting skills that determine the winner.

Also... he knows about fighting techniques, but what are these Ancient Skills?