Feng Liusi smiled faintly and shook his head.
He subconsciously wanted to grab a handful of beard, but found that the thick beard on his chin had been shaved off. Feng Liusi took a deep breath, and his body temperature, which had risen rapidly due to the intense running, dropped back to normal.
"The Rocka Mountains go through a period of frenzy from July to September every year. We came down a little early, just at the end of the frenzy. If we had come a week later, the obstacles would have been much smaller." Feng Liusi glanced at the surrounding dense forests. Various animals or poisonous insects crawled through the dense bushes from time to time. If you listened carefully, you could even hear wolves howling and bears roaring during the day.
"I suspect this has something to do with the poisonous miasma fog in the dense forests of the Roka Mountains. The fog appears very frequently from July to September..."
As Feng Liusi spoke, he handed a piece of clean cloth to Kaxiu: "The way out of Death Canyon is harder than expected. I'm afraid we will have to spend the night in the forest. There is frequent fog every morning and it may be poisonous. If necessary, dip the cloth into the river, wet it, and cover your mouth and nose with it."
Kaxiu reached out and took it, nodding.
The two continued on their way.
The road from the Death Canyon to the Roka Mountains is a dangerous road, with a total straight-line distance of 50 kilometers. There are all kinds of ferocious beasts on the road, even some mutated giant beasts, as well as all kinds of strange poisonous insects and snakes. Now is the manic period, and various dangers appear more frequently. Therefore, the two fighters, Kaxiu and Feng Liusi, travel together.
It is difficult to leave the Roca Mountains within a day.
From the afternoon until nightfall.
The two advanced for more than ten kilometers and encountered five attacks from wild beasts. There was also a group of annoying mutant crows with poisonous claws. They worked well together and there were many of them. They chased the two for several kilometers and died nearly a thousand crows before they finally realized their mistake and gave up.
During this period, the most dangerous one was the highly poisonous miasma.
Kaxiu had experienced this kind of miasma once when he first arrived at the Death Canyon. As long as he inhaled the air into his respiratory tract, he felt a burning sensation, and with his physique, he eventually bled.
The miasma I encountered this time was even worse than that time. Not only did it cause a burning sensation when inhaled, but it didn't even need to be inhaled. Just by touching the skin with the air, the skin would feel itchy and hot, and a rash would appear soon.
If you stay a little longer, bubbles will appear everywhere.
Kaxiu saw a bear corpse lying in the miasma, with huge eroded blisters all over its body, a strange translucent red. They were as big as eyeballs, as if the whole body was covered with blood-red eyes. The corpse had just died not long ago, and the blood bubbles on its body were still crackling and exploding. Pus splashed on the ground, making a squeaking sound as if a toxic substance was corroding the ground.
Kaxiu and Feng Liusi rushed to the forest blocked by thick fog. After returning to normal air, the rash on the skin that had turned into blisters returned to its original state. Kaxiu grabbed a mutant ape and used the vibration of its life magnetic field to heal himself and Feng Liusi. However, due to this delay, night fell quickly.
The two picked an open space and started a fire with wood. They didn't need any props to help them. Just chopping a stone with a knife could produce sparks. They could even build a wooden house on the spot.
Kaxiu used the Blue Wind airflow to do the job. His hands seemed to have turned into electric saws. He cut down several trees in an instant and shaved some wood. He made a simple wooden shed that could provide shelter from the wind and rain. The weather was not very good in the afternoon, and it was likely to rain in the evening.
So he took out a dozen branches and inserted the two ends of each branch into the trunks of two nearby trees. Four or five branches made a suspended bed, and it was easy to make two.
Feng Liusi caught two pheasants and roasted them over a fire. The two of them had a simple dinner, and it started to rain right after they finished eating.
In the dark clouds, the dull rumble of thunder roared like a cannon. The terrifying power of nature made people palpitate.
A streak of purple lightning flashed across the sky, and struck a corner of the Roka Mountains. It looked like a lightning tree growing out of the ground, with branches and leaves climbing up to the sky. Kaxiu's hair stood up, and his whole body felt numb.
It is said that ignorance is not a crime. The higher the level of boxing skills, the more sensitive and sharp the physical aura, the more afraid of the terrifying power of heaven. The rapidly developing steel machinery, the terrifying power revealed by nature, and the boundless starry sky.
In such a comparison, the human body is so powerless.
"Now I have reached the level of a fighter, and even among fighters I am not weak. I can withstand pistols, machine guns, and artillery. But what about rockets with strong explosive properties? Missiles? It seems that I can't do anything..." Kaxiu looked up at the dark sky and felt inexplicably touched in his heart.
"This is just the technology developed by humans. The terrifying lightning strikes, landslides, tsunamis, earthquakes in nature..." He muttered to himself, and an idea came to his mind: "How far is the end of martial arts? Where is the peak limit of secret martial arts?"
Kaxiu didn't know, he couldn't answer these questions.
Rumble, thunder roared again in the sky, as if two large iron balls collided and rolled on the ceiling in a room.
Then, heavy rain began to fall from the dark clouds. It never stopped, and the bean-sized raindrops kept hitting the treetops, the soil, and the river surface. The exploding rain formed patches of hazy mist.
Some raindrops passed through the gaps between the leaves, hitting the wooden roof again and again with dull sounds. Below, there were two wooden plank beds suspended in the air. On the left and right, Kashu Fenglius and his wife were lying, and the sound of raindrops crackling filled their ears.
Feng Liusi folded his hands across his chest, turned his head and glanced at Kaxiu with slightly vicissitudes of life eyes, and said in a deep voice: "You seem to be a little confused. If it is convenient, why not tell me..."
Kaxiu frowned slightly, and finally spoke: "Is there a limit to secret martial arts? How far is the end of martial arts? I can't see..."
"Are you asking about realm?"
"I guess so..."
Feng Liusi nodded, as if he was thinking about something in his mind, and finally said: "There are more than 200 million people in the Hongli Federation now. There are only about a hundred secret warriors who can reach the level of fighters in the northern and southern secret martial arts circles. Do you feel as if you have reached the highest level of secret martial arts and can no longer move forward, so you are confused." He turned and looked at Kaxiu.
"A little bit..." Kaxiu nodded.
Feng Liusi said slowly: "In the secret martial arts world, the last chapter of all kinds of strange secret martial arts all point to the realm of fighters. Even if there are sequels, they are just a few steps further at the fighter level. It seems that this has reached the limit of secret martial arts..." He paused: "Actually not..."
"?" Kaxiu immediately perked up.
"As far as I know, there are higher secret martial arts realms above fighters. However, those realms are too mysterious, and there are only a few people who can reach them in a hundred years. They bring their own secret martial arts characteristics to the extreme, temper a certain aspect of their physique to the point of transcendence, and transform the body's qi into a solid state! That is no longer a human realm, it is extremely domineering, transcendental!"
Feng Liusi uttered the last six words word by word.
"Holy Fist, Tyrant Fist, Ultimate Fist!"
Kaxiu's brain suddenly shook and he froze in place. He seemed to see a bright road emerging from the haze.
"A Saint boxer combines the right and the strange, with a majestic and powerful aura. His mind is always focused, and he walks, sits, and lies like a Saint boxer. A Tyrant boxer lets his energy out, pushes forward without any resistance, and crushes with his might. He is undefeated all the way, and is the Tyrant boxer. An Extreme boxer hides his energy inside, and sees nothing else but moves and boxing techniques. This is the Ultimate boxer."
Feng Liusi's eyes seemed to become a little empty: "Ten years ago, when I was still at my peak, the shipping industry in the eastern part of Donghai County developed rapidly, and various routes to all parts of the world were opened up. At the same time, some usually mysterious islands and reefs were also discovered and marked. There were even some guys with nothing to do going up to explore for pirate treasures..."
"This is at most an expedition, and naturally there will be no so-called treasure. But suddenly one day, a large number of old antiques appeared in the six eastern counties. They were of an era style that the archaeological community had never seen before." Feng Lius suddenly turned and looked at Kaxiu.
"Boy, you should remember that I said my Nan Dou Red Eagle Fist came from an underground relic in the Roka Mountains. I got the secret of Nan Dou and left the fog, but later I wanted to find the relic but couldn't find it. However, I remember the style of that relic, it is exactly the same as those antiques!"
"Since I knew in advance that the Nanto Secret Teachings were not limited to the Nanto Red Eagle Fist, I guessed that there would be other places in the world with similar ancient ruins and other Nanto Secret Teachings."
Feng Liusi told his story bit by bit: "Those antiques caught my attention. After investigation, I found that they were antiques obtained by a group of explorers who claimed to be treasure hunters on a mysterious island near the coast of Donghai County. This discovery surprised me greatly, and even excited me. Because the Nandou secrets are all ancient assassination boxing techniques, and they do not have different physical training techniques like ordinary secret martial arts."
"This also means that there is a high probability that different Nan Dou boxing techniques will not conflict or repel each other. After mastering the Nan Dou Red Eagle Fist, I can also learn the Nan Dou Water Bird Fist and the Sound Snake Fist..."
Feng Liusi took a deep breath, as if the excitement from ten years ago continued to this day: "After some investigation, I know the location where the antique appeared. That place is isolated by storms all year round, and it can only be entered during a short period of calm..."
"Its name is the Immortal Islands."
Hearing this, Kaxiu's eyes flashed. He raised his hand involuntarily and looked at the ring tattoo on his finger.
The Eternal Islands! The Eternal Islands! The place where Levi had traveled before, and where he obtained the battle ring, which had the ability to release the bloodthirsty ripples of Avalon. Kaxiu pondered the memories in his mind, and could only get a few vague fragments.
Levi's mental trauma was too severe, and he often suffered from schizophrenia, memory loss, and brain blankness. Kaxiu could only barely extract a few images: a storm, the sea, a fishing boat, an unknown island, a group of black-robed weirdos, a bone tree covered with rings...
Beside him, Feng Liusi continued to talk.
"I couldn't wait and was at the peak of my powers at that time, so I went alone to look for the Eternal Life Islands."
"Hard work pays off. After two months of searching, I met a treasure hunter who had been to the Island of Eternal Life. After paying a large sum of money, he agreed to take me to that island."
"Everything went smoothly without any surprises. But when I arrived at the Island of Eternal Life, I found that someone had already arrived there first. The island was full of traces of battles. There were two groups of people in total. One group of people all wore rings with unknown powers, and the other group of people had an eye symbol on their right shoulder."
"I followed them all the way until we entered the underground ruins together. They seemed to be here for this purpose as well! Then a series of thrilling and fantastic experiences happened in the ruins, and I was discovered along the way. The group of people with eyes on their shoulders came from the Gate Organization. I heard this secretly from behind. The leader of this team was a man who looked very much like a woman. He looked very young, but his fighting ability was very strong. He was blind in one eye and used a one-eyed long sword. I don't know if it was some strange secret martial art or secret technique. The sword was extremely sharp..."
"I have the Nan Dou Red Eagle Fist at the level of forty acupoints, and it is in the liberation state. I can only fight him 30-70..."
Feng Liusi was still reminiscing: "The man's name was Jialuo Luo, and he seemed to be one of the core members of the sect. His subordinates called him Daogui. I was defeated miserably in that battle. I was chopped all over before I even saw the Nandou Secret. I risked my life to rush out of the ruins, and Daogui followed closely behind and tried to kill me..."
"Just then, a very old man appeared out of nowhere. He looked nearly a hundred years old and could barely walk. He saved me with just one look." Feng Liusi's eyes seemed to be filled with shock from recalling the past: "The old man didn't do anything, he just released his spirit."
Boom! The heavy rain fell like a waterfall. There were splashes of water everywhere, and the sound of raindrops hitting the ground was everywhere.
Feng Liusi pointed a finger outside: "Just like now, that person's spirit is overwhelming, as heavy as rock, as turbulent as a rainstorm waterfall. That feeling is like a net covering the sky and the earth, just like now. The dark night sky, the dark clouds piled up in the sky, the rainstorm falling from the dark clouds, the dense forest we are in, and the ground under our feet, all of them are his spirit!"
"Can you understand this feeling?!"
Feng Liusi took a deep breath and said, "He has definitely surpassed the level of a fighter and reached a higher level in the secret martial arts!"
"If you ask whether a secret martial artist can match the power of nature with human power, then I can say with certainty that they can, absolutely! The Saint of Fists, the Overlord of Fists, the Ultimate Fist... The secret martial arts are unfathomable. You are still young, and everything is possible..."
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