It was pitch black outside, the curtains were drawn tightly, and the room was brightly lit. However, Zheng Yubai felt that this bright room was hiding endless darkness, and Li Zongwei was like a poisonous snake, ready to pop out of the darkness and bite him at any time.
"Are you a little scared? Do you have an infinite fear of invisible dangers?" Lee Chong Wei's sinister voice sounded again, hoping to put psychological pressure on Zheng Yubai.
His words hit Zheng Yubai's weak spot. Zheng Yubai's eyes were sharp, but Li Zongwei was not by his side at the moment, and his vision seemed to be blurred for some reason. The black mist in front of him was slowly spreading, blurring his eyes.
Zheng Yubai knew that he had fallen into an illusion. Although it is said that as long as one has a strong will, one will not be easily invaded by illusions, but Lee Chong Wei is not an ordinary illusionist. His superpowers are so strong that he can control the minds of tens of thousands of people in a huge space. He can be regarded as the strongest alien Zheng Yubai has ever met.
Although he could not sense any intrusion, Zheng Yubai was very clear that some parts of his brain had been controlled by the illusion. Even if his eyesight was strong, once the nerves in his brain were controlled, the information transmitted from his eyes to his brain could be tampered with in the middle. Even if Lee Chong Wei was standing in front of him now, he might not see it.
Fortunately, Zheng Yubai has a trick that Lee Chong Wei doesn't know. He can summon his own world. The scenery in front of him changed, and the inside of Zheng Yubai's body became clearer and clearer. Whether it was the eight extraordinary meridians in the body or the activities of various blood vessels and cortex in the brain, they all appeared in full view in front of his powerful inner vision.
Time was stopped by Zheng Yubai. He could slowly look for the affected part in his own world and find a solution. As the saying goes, everyone can perform magic tricks, but each has his own tricks. Since Lee Chong Wei can perform illusion and hypnosis when people are not prepared, Zheng Yubai can naturally have a way to deal with it. Knowing yourself and the enemy can help you win every battle. Although Zheng Yubai didn't know where Lee Chong Wei was, he could first remove the cancer that affected his vision and then find a way to fight the enemy.
If we use an analogy, the human body should be a very sophisticated instrument, and the brain is the most complex part of this sophisticated instrument. Although Zheng Yubai has the ability of inner vision for a long time, he is not very familiar with the brain.
Zheng Yubai was a little dumbfounded when he saw the cerebral cortex in front of him, which was like a magnificent mountain spiraling upwards, and the countless gullies and reincarnations on the cortex. This was not to mention the spider web-like veins formed by the dense capillaries on the cortex, which made it even more difficult to know where to start.
"It would be great if Hannibal was here at this time." Zheng Yubai couldn't help but think of the cannibal doctor who had profound medical attainments. Unfortunately, Hannibal was not here, so Zheng Yubai had to solve all the difficulties by himself.
Searching the brain, Zheng Yubai was unwilling to miss any abnormality. In fact, this was the first time he observed the condition of his brain so carefully, and he was curious while searching.
Because he had once had the experience of being nearly blinded by lightning and being reborn, Zheng Yubai had some understanding of the location of the optic nerve, so he was the first to come to the vicinity of the optic nerve.
"Sure enough..." Zheng Yubai frowned when he saw the condition of his optic nerve. The optic nerve plexus seemed to be blocked by something. The blood supply to other nerve plexuses was very smooth, but the blood supply to the optic nerve was a little slow.
Zheng Yubai carefully observed the nerve plexus and searched radially along the capillary channels that transported blood to the nerves. Since he did not understand the internal structure of the brain, he could only conduct a carpet search in this way. Fortunately, time was almost still in his own world, so Zheng Yubai did not have to worry about Li Zongwei suddenly attacking his body.
"Where is it?" Zheng Yubai searched slowly. Although he was very patient, there were too many cortices and convolutions in his brain. Sometimes when he got too close, it was like he was standing under a huge mountain and he was moving through the valley.
In fact, Zheng Yubai didn't know what abnormalities would occur in the part of the brain that had been tampered with by the illusion attack, but he believed that he would be able to recognize it as long as he saw it. After all, the ability of inner vision did not have any problems due to the illusion attack on the brain, so he could still rely on it.
Cruising in the brain, turning over one brain groove after another, looking for clues beneath the layers of cortex, just when Zheng Yubai felt like looking for a needle in a haystack, a strange scene not far ahead attracted him.
“It should be there!”
As Zheng Yubai's vision gradually expanded and moved, a dark red blood-stained skin layer appeared before his eyes. Probably because of poor blood circulation, the color of this skin layer was darker than other places, and it was obvious that there was a problem.
"It must be here." If Zheng Yubai was still half-believing and half-doubting just now, he was now completely certain. He extended his inner vision to the most microscopic world, and indeed saw that this piece of cortex had a direct relationship with the optic nerve through the connection of neurons and capillaries. The capillaries responsible for supplying blood to the optic nerve were somehow blocked, so the connection between the cortex and the optic nerve was like a traffic jam. This was also the reason why Zheng Yubai's vision was affected.
"Now that we have found the cause, how can we solve it?" Zheng Yubai continued to observe the capillary pathways and was surprised to find that some places seemed to be slightly deformed as if they were squeezed. This deformed blood vessel was much narrower, and the blood would naturally slow down as it tried to pass through.
"So that's it." Zheng Yubai finally found the source, but the following problem could not be solved by inner vision.
The so-called illusion is originally a kind of mental attack, but from the current situation, this mental attack is ultimately to physically restrict the passage of capillaries and affect the human brain by controlling the flow of blood. Although I don't know how Li Zongwei did this, Zheng Yubai naturally has another solution.
The best thing about having inner vision is that Zheng Yubai's inner strength has improved by leaps and bounds. If others are blind men riding blind horses to exercise their meridians, then Zheng Yubai is like holding a very clear map. He can adjust his inner strength training methods and directions at any time according to the results of inner vision.
This time, the problem lies in the capillaries in the brain. Although this cannot be solved by ordinary internal force training, Zheng Yubai has a way to save Zhao by attacking Wei.
Slowly raising the internal force in Dantian, the internal energy surged throughout the body. Zheng Yubai's internal strength training had reached the level of controlling blood flow. He slowly mobilized the blood in his body to replenish his head.
More and more blood gathered in the head, filling the capillaries. These capillaries were connected to each other through various tiny channels. Suddenly, there was a lot of blood, and blood began to exchange between those channels, slowly pushing the blood to the affected cerebral cortex according to Zheng Yubai's idea.
As more and more blood gathered, the capillaries were filled with blood, and the blood that could not be contained was sent into the channel and finally reached the destination that Zheng Yubai wanted.
The squeezed capillaries gradually changed their shape due to the influx of large amounts of blood, and the originally narrow channels slowly opened up and returned to their original state.
Because the channel was unblocked again, the blood that had accumulated in the cerebral cortex began to flow back. Zheng Yubai stopped using his internal energy to control the flow of blood, and the blood that had accumulated in the brain began to return to other parts of the body.
Seeing that the dark red cerebral cortex returned to normal, Zheng Yubai felt relieved. Now he could finally fight to the death with Lee Chong Wei.
The world of self was removed, and the scene in front of Zheng Yubai was indeed very different. The place that was originally a thicker and thicker black fog now became very transparent. It was indeed something that Li Zongwei created to be mysterious. It seemed that he wanted to attract Zheng Yubai's attention and then attack from another direction.
Lee Chong Wei had no idea that Zheng Yubai had easily solved his illusion in his own world. His voice rang out again, still with his overconfidence and self-righteous arrogance.
"Zheng Yubai, you only have one minute left to live. Do you need me to count down for you?"
"No need for that. You'd better ring the death knell for yourself." Zheng Yubai whispered. He secretly glanced around the room with the corner of his eye, but still didn't find anything.
"Is he really not in the room?" Zheng Yubai felt a little strange, and then Li Zongwei's voice sounded again.
"In that case, I will send you to hell in silence..."
His voice was gloomy, as if he was speaking in the netherworld. This was a way of speaking with inner strength, which could control the direction of the sound, making it impossible to tell where the sound came from. It was similar to the sound transmission method that Zheng Yubai had used.
"Where is he?" Zheng Yubai didn't think that Lee Chong Wei would really wait for sixty seconds. Given the cunningness of this old fox, he would definitely make a move in advance, and in an unpredictable direction.
If he didn't know what he would do, even if he broke the illusion, Zheng Yubai would still be in a very dangerous disadvantage. Just when he was a little anxious, Zheng Yubai suddenly realized something. He quickly glanced at the place where the black fog was just now, and made up his mind.
It turns out that the black fog was not just used as a decoy. Zheng Yubai secretly admired Lee Chong Wei's scheming.
The cunning Li Zongwei was clinging to the ceiling at this moment. He used his strong internal strength and body flexibility to shrink his body into the corner of the ceiling, just like a giant bat, ready to pounce at any time. The reason for creating a black fog was to cover up the different thicknesses of the shadows projected on the ground.
Since his true identity was seen through by Zheng Yubai last time, Li Zongwei was very careful this time and did not allow himself to reveal any flaws. Although he did not think that Zheng Yubai could be sharp enough to detect the thickness of the shadows on the ground, he still carefully arranged the black fog to attract Zheng Yubai's attention. In his mind, this was a foolproof arrangement.
At this moment, Li Zongwei was counting silently in his heart. He would not give Zheng Yubai even a minute. He would wait until Zheng Yubai collapsed due to fear before dying before launching the attack. This time, he was fully confident that he could successfully kill Zheng Yubai and avenge his son.
He counted the seconds silently in his heart, staring at the top of Zheng Yubai's head without blinking. All the aura of Lee Chong Wei's body was blocked by him. Not to mention Zheng Yubai, even the two martial arts masters Sun Yunqing and Zheng Jingzhe might not be able to detect his presence.
"Very good, let's start now." As the one-minute mark approached, Lee Chong Wei noticed that Zheng Yubai's shoulders were shaking a little, which was a sign of nervousness in the face of danger. What Lee Chong Wei was looking for was Zheng Yubai's mental flaw, and now was his best chance.
Zheng Yubai leaned against the wall in a daze, looking around hesitantly. In Li Zongwei's eyes, all this was a good sign of a one-hit kill. He no longer hesitated and decided to launch an attack.
"Go to hell!" After shouting in his heart, Lee Chong Wei fell down silently, with cold blades in his hands, and stabbed towards the back of Zheng Yubai's neck.
Zheng Yubai, who seemed a little dazed and was frightened by the tense and dangerous situation, suddenly moved. There is a boxing proverb that says "moving like a rabbit", which is exactly what Zheng Yubai did at this moment. His figure rushed forward like lightning, just avoiding the deadly killing intent of Li Zongwei that came from the sky.
After missing the first attack, Lee Chong Wei felt disappointed. He was not a fool. Zheng Yubai's actions now clearly told him that his previous idea was completely wrong.
As expected, Zheng Yubai used the momentum of his body to lunge forward, kicked the ground with both feet, dodged the sharp blade in Lee Chong Wei's hand, and then turned around to attack. These two actions were completed in one go, and he arrived just after Lee Chong Wei's body landed on the ground, which can be said to be a perfect grasp of the opportunity.
Lee Chong Wei saw Zheng Yubai turning over and rushing towards him with unparalleled strength in his fists. He gritted his teeth and swung two shining knife flowers with the sharp blades in his hands.
In fact, Li Zongwei also practiced martial arts, and his skills were extraordinary. He was originally a lay disciple of the Wudang Sect. After learning martial arts for many years, he met the head of the Yipintang by chance.
Yipintang was originally the most powerful folk sect. After Lee Chong Wei joined Yipintang by accident, he soon showed his extraordinary strength. Just like in many old-fashioned martial arts novels, he was recruited as the son-in-law of the old master and rose to prominence from then on. After the old master passed away, he quickly took control of the power, developed Yipintang, and joined Yandaotang, becoming a major force of Yandaotang in Asia.
Unfortunately, some of the things Yipintang did were too outrageous, causing public outrage and the government to intervene. Lee Chong Wei had no choice but to disappear from the public eye and secretly plan a comeback. Although he has been in a high position over the years and has relied on his acquired super powers of illusion, he has never lost his Wudang Kung Fu.
At this moment, Li Zongwei's kung fu was put to good use. The two knife flowers he made were not only beautiful, but also powerful. Although the Wudang Sect did not focus on knife skills, after practicing martial arts to a certain level, spear skills, sword skills, boxing skills and knife skills can be integrated. For example, many of today's boxing skills are transformed from the spear skills used by generals to kill enemies in the past. As long as you understand the principle of inheritance, there is no difference between the spear and the fist.
Seeing two blades slashing towards his fist, Zheng Yubai was also shocked. He was already a master with profound attainments in martial arts. Apart from Zheng Jingzhe and Sun Yunqing, who were almost at the peak of martial arts, Zheng Yubai was the closest to that peak. A true master could often judge the opponent's strength in a split second. And the strength that Lee Chong Wei showed now was indeed beyond Zheng Yubai's expectations.
With a shake of his fists, two fists flew out. The virtual fists collided with the real blade, making a crisp sound of "clang". Lee Chong Wei only felt a slight pain in his palm, and could hardly hold the blade in his hand. Zheng Yubai also stopped while he was ahead, and performed a series of steps to retreat backwards, away from the reach of Lee Chong Wei's blade.
"Wudang swordsmanship?" Zheng Yubai stood still and asked doubtfully.
Li Zongwei took a breath and said coldly: "Not bad."
"Very good." Zheng Yubai changed the position of his fists in front of him, turning into the starting position of the horizontal fist. This is a variation of the horizontal fist, and the back hand is hidden more tightly, which can be regarded as a unique move of attacking and defending at the same time. Even if the punch misses, there is a way to retreat.
Lee Chong Wei also changed his posture, with the sharp blades in his hands across his body, and a strange light appeared in his eyes.
"Don't use your illusion anymore, it's useless to me." Zheng Yubai did not avoid the cold light in Lee Chong Wei's eyes.
Li Zongwei was furious. He had a deep hatred for Zheng Yubai and had many opportunities to get rid of him. But every time he met Zheng Yubai, his illusions, which he was proud of, could not play their due role. Instead, he was repeatedly the target of Zheng Yubai's breakthrough. The deep hatred for his son's death and the great humiliation of being discovered by Zheng Yubai one after another came together, making Li Zongwei's heart surge with boundless waves. He was on the verge of going crazy. If he couldn't kill Zheng Yubai today, he would rather die.
"Zheng Yubai, I won't let you go." Li Zongwei growled and pounced on him. This time he used a rare Wudang style of tiger fist. This style simulated the form of a tiger, mainly using pounce and claw strikes, which matched perfectly with the sharp blade in his hand.
Li Zongwei's move actually had the aura of a tiger showing its might. Zheng Yubai only felt that there was a strong wind in front of him, and the energy of the sharp blade rushed towards him, as if the strong wind alone could cut a person into several pieces.
"Come on." Zheng Yubai calmly aimed at the direction from which Lee Chong Wei was attacking, and drew a graceful circular arc in the air with his left fist. He suddenly exhaled his fist, and a half-moon-shaped fist force broke out of his body and hit Lee Chong Wei.
The force of this punch has reached the highest level of Ming Jin. The punch force is as substantial as a knife blade. If hit head-on, even if Lee Chong Wei will not fly away, he will probably be beaten with a bloody head.
However, Ming Jin alone was not enough to deal with Li Zongwei. After all, he was also a disciple of the Wudang Sect. Although he could not be considered a top master, he was definitely not an ordinary mediocre player. Facing the strong and powerful attack from Zheng Yubai, Li Zongwei wisely dodged and used a very strange body movement to bypass the fist force. The blade broke through the air and reached between Zheng Yubai's eyebrows.
Seeing the sharp blade approaching him, Zheng Yubai took a big step diagonally to the left, looking as if he was going to send his head to be chopped off by Lee Chong Wei. In fact, this step first controlled the position that Lee Chong Wei was about to occupy, making him unable to advance or retreat. After this step, Zheng Yubai also swung his horizontal fist, this time it was no longer a bright force, but a dark force like a hidden force. The fist was as fast as lightning and stuck to the stabbing sharp blade. With the dark force, Lee Chong Wei screamed like a thunder bite.
"What a fierce hidden power..." Li Zongwei took two steps back, his wrists aching extremely. He remembered something and said angrily as if he knew the real deal.
Zheng Yubai's explosion of dark energy was the culmination of his years of hard training. In such a tense and dangerous situation, facing a fierce opponent like Lee Chong Wei, Zheng Yubai's potential was discovered. For the first time, he used dark energy to perfection, which also meant that he had reached a higher level in martial arts practice and was one step closer to Zheng Jingzhe and Sun Yunqing.
"I want to see how powerful the hidden power of Xingyiquan is." Lee Chong Wei was not willing to admit defeat. Now the two were fighting for life and death. Any hesitation would only result in death without a burial place, so he gathered his strength and rushed up again.
This time, Lee Chong Wei used all his strength. The Wudang Soft Cloud Footwork he used was a true martial art that he had practiced diligently every day for the past 30 years and had already mastered to perfection.
Zheng Yubai was also surprised when he saw Li Zongwei's footwork. He did not dare to neglect to use the dragon-shaped bone-searching footwork, with his feet apart. Although it was ugly, it was unpredictable. The two people's footsteps were flying in the small room, you advance and I retreat, you chase and I chase, and soon formed a circle. It was unclear who was chasing, who was hiding, and who had the upper hand.
While Li Zongwei was exerting force on his feet, he was also calculating in his mind. Seeing Zheng Yubai drifting left and right in front of him, he suddenly stopped, bent his body slightly, and swept his leg towards Zheng Yubai's lower body.
Zheng Yubai reacted quickly, and with a beautiful misstep, he turned around and avoided Lee Chong Wei's insidious kick. But at this moment, Lee Chong Wei shouted loudly.
“Here!”
Zheng Yubai only felt a buzzing sound in his head, as if a huge gong was struck beside his ear. The buzzing sound was continuous, driving people crazy and drilling deep into their brains. If his concentration was a little weaker, he would probably have been driven crazy by this loud noise.
"Oops." After being shocked, Zheng Yubai was still able to keep a clear mind. He knew that he had fallen into Lee Chong Wei's magic trick. This was probably similar to the Shaolin Temple's lion roar, using sound to shock the opponent's mind, and then taking the opportunity to launch a magic attack.
At this moment, countless phantoms flashed through Zheng Yubai's mind, and among the phantoms, Lee Chong Wei's sharp blade also stabbed straight at him.
The buzzing sound continued, disturbing Zheng Yubai's judgment, and the phantoms of various shapes and sizes that appeared one after another also interfered with Zheng Yubai's vision. Under the double interference, Zheng Yubai could only subconsciously dodge the vital parts of his body.
Two blades of light lingered, one stabbed into Zheng Yubai's left shoulder, and the other stabbed into his right ribs. (To be continued)