What exactly is martial arts
In his middle school years before traveling through time, Shinji had thought about this question more than once and came up with various extremely middle school answers.
For example, things like "understanding of the world", "seeing a mountain as a mountain and seeing a mountain as not a mountain", and even more outrageous things about self-evolution after "qi" or "energy" enters the body.
But after coming to this world and truly coming into contact with martial arts, the veil covering the surface was finally lifted.
Real martial arts are not that exaggerated or mysterious. The essence of martial arts can be summed up in two words - "efficiency".
If you break down a set of boxing techniques, it is nothing more than those basic moves. Why are they useless to ordinary people, but can be used to great effect by masters
The answer is efficiency.
How to exert strength more efficiently, how to knock down the enemy more efficiently.
When an ordinary person punches someone, he can only exert three or four points out of ten of his strength, while a master can use seven, eight, or even all of his strength to hit others.
The so-called masters who have surpassed human limits, those who are inhuman, divine, and in the divine realm, have exerted their original strength to a higher effect, forming a true qualitative change.
Shinji is at the level of a master, and can exert 90% of his strength with every punch, kick, gun and sword.
Cu Chulainn is a superhuman, who can use one point of strength as well as three points of power. Specifically, although he is using a spear, his speed of attack, retreat and change of moves is comparable to that of Shinji when he uses the "bow sword", but the advantages of the spear have not been affected at all.
Shinji was undoubtedly at a disadvantage. The gap in their realms was absolute. With Cu Chulainn's spearmanship, he was indeed qualified to say that Shinji's spearmanship was not good.
No one likes to be beaten passively, especially after making a bold statement. Naturally, Shinji began to use his Noble Phantasm.
This place is no longer the battlefield chosen by Rin. The boy without restrictions can finally play to his strengths.
However, this force that was hailed as being able to turn the tide of the war did not change the situation.
Excluding those given away or lent to family members for self-defense, Shinji's available offensive treasures include "King of Punishment", "Indestructible Blade", "Thunder of Indra" and "Shield of Athena", and all of these were targeted by Cu Chulainn.
"Immortal Blade" is extremely powerful, but it takes time to release it. Under the suppression of close combat, Shinji can't find a gap to release it.
"Indra's Thunder" doesn't take time, but its attack range is not large. Cu Chulainn was rated as the "fastest spearman" by a red archer for a reason. As soon as this side materialized, the opponent moved out of the trajectory range.
The "Shield of Athena" and "King of Punishment" have sufficient range and are easy to use, but Cu Chulainn was well prepared and had runes carved all over his body in advance.
Both the thorns of "King of Punishment" and the petrification effect of "Eye of Medusa" were offset by runes and had little impact on Cu Chulainn.
That’s right, this is Cu Chulainn’s other trump card besides the Noble Phantasm.
He had studied in the Kingdom of Shadows for one year and three months before his death, and had already learned all the true skills of Scathach.
The true teachings here are not only about spearmanship, but also magic. Cu Chulainn has learned all eighteen original runes and can freely use rune magic according to the battle situation. Although he is more interested in hand-to-hand combat and is famous for his spear, he does not use magic much, but he is indeed a master-level magician. Take away the spear, give him a staff, and instantly change his job to Caster - ignoring the restrictions of the job itself.
The single-target power of "King of Punishment" is low, and the magic eye on "Shield of Athena" has a very obvious flaw. It needs to be "seen" directly to be effective. Even if Cu Chulainn's magician ability is restricted, it can be easily targeted.
Less than five minutes into the fight, Shinji was already wounded in many places and looked extremely miserable.
On the other hand, Cu Chulainn was still at ease and even had the leisure to mock.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? She should have taught you runes, right? Why don't you use them? Are you also limited by your job? Or are you unable to use my runes? This kind of 'anti-city level' defense is a bit difficult for you."
What Cú Chulainn said was right. Shinji had been trying to crack Cú Chulainn's runes, but he had failed every time, so the comment that it was "like magic" was not wrong.
The blue gunner, who had proved himself correct through his actions, continued to taunt and attract hatred.
"Hey, is this all you have? If you can't even beat me, how can you beat that woman? Where's your ambition? Where's your strength? If this is the case, the next time I see her, I will definitely tell her that she is old and has poor eyesight."
"You—" Shinji took a deep breath, not hesitating to get the words out, "—just now you said she was 'old' and 'not good enough'."
"!!!"
Cu Chulainn paused, his expression of fear coming from his instinct and his composure trying to save face was a wonderful sight. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shinji shot him away.
The blue spearman in mid-air did not forget to argue: "Anyway, he is not here."
"It's okay, I'm here, I heard you." Shinji replied calmly.
"So what? You're going to tell on me?"
"That's for the future. Now I want to punish the brother who made the mistake on behalf of the master - let him always remember that the master is still young and can still practice this supreme truth."
"Hey, don't you feel bad saying such things that go against your will?"
Hearing Shinji's declaration, Cu Chulainn's mouth twitched, and he soon gave up again.
"I'll report it, but the punishment—just by you?"
"I'm enough. Well, the concentration of spirit particles has almost reached a certain level. Don't you want to know why I said I wanted to kill the master? Then use your instinct as a 'Kulan Bulldog'. Don't die too quickly. That won't be fun."
As he spoke, Shinji changed from holding the gun with both hands to holding it with one hand. In his free hand, he held a drop of crystal clear blue liquid and threw it at Cu Chulainn.
The moment he saw the droplets, the spearman with wild instincts immediately felt his hair stand on end, feeling a fatal threat. He immediately used his inherent skill "Reposition" to distance himself from his junior brother who had obviously used a special move.
Unfortunately, by the time he realized the crisis, it was already a little late.
The blue droplets were not an attack that would only take effect when it hit the target, but rather a trigger for a grand fireworks show.
The droplets melted when they met the wind and dissipated into light blue mist. The next moment, a loud rumbling sound broke the silence of the night. Right next to Cu Chulainn, the air suddenly exploded, and the air waves and impact shook the blue spearmen into the sky.
Immediately afterwards, there was an explosion in the air, and the air burst, continuing to hit Cu Chulainn's body. Wherever he ran, the explosion followed. Perhaps the power of a single explosion was not too great, but after several explosions accumulated in succession, even the defense built by the original rune, which was said to be able to resist the "anti-city treasure", became shaky.
After enduring it five or six times in a row, Cuchulainn could no longer bear it and asked, "What is this?"
Shinji slammed his gun to the ground, taking the opportunity to recover from his injuries and replied with a smile:
"My personal inherent skill, the art within the art, the explosion within the explosion—the art of infinite explosion, I named it 'Steaming Danger and Violent Power';!"
PS: The explosive equivalent of "Steam Danger and Violent Power" is 0.1-0.2 Hao, and "First Bomb" can barely reach 0.5 Hao. I don't know when it can really reach 1 Hao. So the question is, how many Hao are needed to kill the master's body
PS2: In FE, Big Dog used Rune to block Lu Bu's light cannon. It was a normal operation. Let's take a look.
PS3: There was a typo in the title of the book I recommended yesterday, "My Future Daughter Comes to the Door", please correct it.