Chapter Twelve: The Living Horse Stance

  "Ah!"

  Ning Fanjing let out a miserable cry, covering her face and rapidly retreating several steps.

  Ning Chong didn't chase after him, still firmly rooted in his original position.

  The crowd was shocked, and upon closer inspection, their jaws all dropped to the ground. It turned out that Ning Fanjing had been punched in the nose, with blood flowing freely, staining his already ferocious face even more terrifying.

  Unexpectedly, Ning Chong not only could withstand Ning Fanjing's straight punch with basic fist techniques but also counterattacked and injured Ning Fanjing's face with a single punch!

  No one could have anticipated such an outcome, and everyone was extremely shocked.

  Wiping away the nosebleed, he couldn't help but catch a glimpse of the surrounding crowd's astonished expressions out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly felt like he'd lost face big time, his face burning with embarrassment.

  He had always been walking horizontally in the outer gate, but today he was severely taught by Ning Chong, a famous waste in this family. In anger and shame, he could no longer bear it, and completely burst into rage, his entire skeleton "cracking" with a loud noise, his body spinning around, swinging his right arm in a twisting motion.

  The crowd suddenly burst into waves of exclamation:

  "Ah! It's his ultimate move! Pan Jing big brother is going to use his ultimate move!"

  "It seems that the outcome is about to be revealed! This trash can't even withstand Brother Panjing's straight arm punch, let alone his ultimate move!"

  "Hey, of course! Basic boxing skills are awesome, but they're also useless in front of a killer move!"

  ……

  Special move?

  Ning Chong was also slightly surprised.

  Unlike basic fist techniques, which are not mainstream martial arts, at least one technique in mainstream martial arts is an "ultimate move". The ultimate move has all the characteristics and special effects of martial arts, and when released, it will instantly increase destructive power several times!

  It's not hard to know that the ultimate move is naturally the most powerful move in a martial art, with a shocking destructive power. However, no martial artist will easily use their ultimate move, because it consumes a lot of energy. In general, martial artists will keep their ultimate move as a trump card, waiting for the right opportunity or when necessary, before using it.

  Generally, the younger generation of the Ning family is not allowed to use their ultimate moves when sparring with each other in order to avoid serious injury. Ning Fan Jing obviously became enraged and used his ultimate move.

  At this time, the only one who could stop it was Li Zhi Shi, but he had intentionally let Ning Chong out of shame and would not come to stop him. Therefore, Ning Chong knew that he must rely on his own strength to withstand Ning Fanjing's ultimate move.

  "Through-the-arm punch!"

  Ning Fang Jing's right arm rotated once and then suddenly rebounded with a twist, accelerating his fist to shoot towards Ning Chong at high speed.

  As a first-class martial artist, his boxing attack after running the air already had nearly 500 kilograms of power. Now that he has performed his ultimate move, the power on his fist has surged violently, and its striking force is feared to have reached as much as 1,000 kilograms!

  As soon as the fist was thrown, the air around it was torn apart with a mournful sound. The fist then shot out like a cannonball and rapidly struck Ning Chong's face before he could even dodge!

  Is it just hard to resist?

  Although Ning Chong was shocked in his heart, he frowned and immediately vetoed it.

  "No way! The power of this ultimate move is too strong, with my current strength and physical intensity, even with excellent technique, I can only withstand it head-on and get severely injured, or even be killed by a single punch! But now, I don't have time to dodge, what else can I do besides using brute force to defend..."

  Thinking quickly, Ning Chong's feet, which were originally stuck to the ground, involuntarily took a tiny step forward. This small step, however, flashed through Ning Chong's mind like lightning, and he suddenly felt it.

  "Ah! I'm so stupid! This horse stance is alive, it was created to ensure the balance and stability of the martial artist's body at all times and in any place, providing a solid foundation for attack and defense. And now I'm stuck in one place, not moving at all - what's the point of that? It may look stable, but it's actually rigid and stiff. What if the enemy doesn't even approach me? No matter how strong or weak they are, wouldn't they be unbeatable if I just stand here like this?"

  "Even the strongest plants are no match for animals, because plants are dead while animals are alive! Yes, horse steps only come alive when they move and that's the true ultimate realm of horse steps! No wonder even though horse steps have reached a perfect state, there's still something missing, and now I realize the key issue lies here!"

  In an instant, a burst of insight flooded in, and Ning Chong almost couldn't help but laugh out loud several times. In this brief moment, he thoroughly grasped the deepest essence of Ma Bu, comprehending the ultimate state of "using movement to control movement, finding stillness within movement". He finally reached the highest and most profound realm of "intentional state"!

  "Get down!"

  Amidst the explosive sound, Ning Fan's fist hit Ning Chong's blocking arms like a cannonball.

  This time, Ning Chong didn't have his legs firmly planted on the ground like before. Instead, his entire body suddenly slid backwards in a horizontal direction, following the force of Ning Fang's punch.

  Although his body was sliding, what was astonishing was that Ning Chong's body remained surprisingly stable, the whole thing looked as if it had created an illusion that the ground and other scenery were moving instead of Ning Chong!

  The two collided, Ning Fanjing's fist pressing against Ning Chong's arms as he charged forward. After charging for dozens of steps, Ning Fanjing was shocked to discover that the force on his fist had been worn away by more than half during the collision.

  Bang!

  A crisp sound, Ning Chong's feet suddenly nailed to the ground like nails again. His body came to a halt, but the force of the impact did not disappear, and his arms were instantly pressed against his chest.

  At this moment, Ning Chong's waist was like a tough bamboo, folding and bending backwards. When bent to a certain extent, Ning Fan's fist impact force was almost exhausted, Ning Chong let out a cold hum, his bent waist suddenly straightened up, directly bouncing back like a spring.

  Bang!

  Then with a rebounding force, Ning charged forward with a simple punch, but it was as swift as lightning, and a fierce fist pierced through Ning Fanjing's defense, hitting him in the face once again.

  "Oh no!"

  Ning Fan's face was twisted in agony as he let out a loud wail and his entire body flew backward.

  The ultimate move of martial arts, although powerful, consumes an enormous amount. Ning Fan used the "Through Arm Punch" and with his cultivation and the realm of Through Arm Punch, after using it only once, he exhausted all the internal energy in his body, and at the end of his strength, he was naturally beaten by Ning Chong's punch.

  He flew up for more than ten steps before he "thudded" onto the floor, kicking up a cloud of dust, his nose blue and face swollen.

  "This... how is this possible!" Li Zhi was shocked to the extreme, he couldn't believe that Ning Chong, this waste, actually managed to withstand Ning Fanjing's ultimate technique with a combination of basic martial skills and even defeated Ning Fanjing!