Chapter 44: No Stance, No Style, The Realm of No Stance!

  Fangyin's move, grand and majestic.

  Lin Yuan's move was extremely ruthless and he used the Gale Knife Technique, with a knife speed that was extremely fast.

  Zhang Tao's footwork is strange, making his moves also have a few strokes of strangeness.

  The three of them were all incredibly skilled with their knives.

  However, the three of them were no match for Gu Chao's knife skills.

  If Gu Chao's swordsmanship wasn't even more exceptional, how could he single-handedly hold off the three of them and parry all their sword moves?

  Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!

  It was a fierce knife fight.

  A string of gunfire sounds.

  "This move is light as a feather, no, it's not." Fang Yin saw Gu Chao use the "Light as a Feather" move and immediately planned to break it with a counter-move. However, he didn't expect that Gu Chao had only used the first half of the "Light as a Feather" move and suddenly changed to the second half of the "Heavy as Mount Tai" move. This sudden change left Fang Yin unprepared. Such a change in moves should have some weakness, Fang Yin thought, and looked at Gu Chao again. However, he found that Gu Chao's changes were seamless, with each half-move perfectly connected, without any weaknesses.

  "This move is Gale Sweep, no, what's going on!" Lin Yuan saw Gu Chao use Gale Sweep, so he planned to use the technique to counter Gale Sweep. Gale Sweep was a horizontal slash, and he intended to use a vertical slash to clash with Gu Chao head-on, thinking that he could gain an advantage through his inner strength. However, just as he thought this, Gu Chao's move suddenly changed to Whirlwind Sweep, catching him off guard."

  "This move is not Monkey King, no, it's not Monkey King." Zhang Tao originally thought that Gu Chao used the Monkey King move, but it turned out to be completely wrong, and this move was actually not Monkey King.

  "What in the world is this sword technique? How can it possibly block the attacks of three people so easily?"

  Zhang Tao, Fang Yin and Lin Yuan were all secretly shocked. It turned out that they had not discovered Gu Chao's true strength before. Was he really the fifty-ninth ranked person in the monthly assessment? After being secretly shocked, the three of them began to carefully observe Gu Chao's moves, trying to find a weakness or something they could take advantage of from his techniques.

  Zhang Tao, Fang Yin and Lin Yuan were watching.

  Gu Chao's knife technique was constantly changing in mid-air.

  Never has there been a move that used the entire technique, they were all half moves, or small half moves, or big half moves, or upper half moves, or lower half moves. And what's even more bizarre is that when Gu Chao switched between techniques, he didn't have any openings at all, it was as smooth and natural as floating clouds and flowing water.

  For some reason, Fang Yin, Lin Yuan and Gu Chao three people, looking at Gu Chao's knife method, suddenly thought of a phrase:

  No posture, no style, freely and effortlessly, like clouds flowing with water.

  Gu Chao's swordsmanship is like clouds in the sky and water on the ground.

  With no posture and no form, swinging freely, unbound and unrestrained, like clouds flowing with water. These sixteen words are actually describing the ultimate state of a martial art skill.

  Did Gu Chao's 72 Roads of Knife Techniques reach the realm of great perfection?

  The state of great accomplishment!

  Isn't it said that achieving the ultimate state of a martial art is extremely difficult? Even for a top-notch martial art, reaching its ultimate state is quite challenging. At least Mu Rongying, who claims to be the number one person in Xin Xue Mountain Villa, has not yet achieved the ultimate state with his 72 Knife Techniques. How could Gu Chao have possibly achieved the ultimate state with the same techniques?

  In fact, at this time, it was not just the three of them who were shocked.

  On the high beam, there were several black-clothed men who had come to watch the final battle of the Wooden Man's Alley. They had originally thought that Fang Yin, Zhang Tao and Lin Yuan would take second, third and fourth place respectively, but unexpectedly something unexpected happened. These black-clothed men were all somewhat shocked.

  No posture, no form, freely flowing, unbound and unrestrained, like clouds drifting in the sky and water flowing in a river. This is the ultimate state of mastery of a martial art.

  Gu Chao has been learning this set of knife skills for only seven months, and in just seven months, he has mastered a set of martial arts skills to the point of perfection. There is only one explanation: Gu Chao is a genius with knives; otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve this level.

  The two words "genius" are not used casually.

  At least among the outer disciples, there are very few people who can be called geniuses. Among the top ten masters of the outer disciples, Song Qing, who is only fifteen years old and ranked fifth, is indeed a genius.

  Even if it were Murong Ying, she would be called a little genius, rather than a genius.

  Now, Gu Chao has been practicing the 72 Routes of Knife Techniques for seven months and has reached a state of great accomplishment. Although he is not as all-around talented as Song Qing, he can also be considered a genius in the way of the knife.

  The black-clad followers had actually witnessed Gu Chao's adventure in the Wooden Man Alley back then. At that time, Gu Chao was so weak, but now he has become ridiculously strong, able to gain the upper hand even when facing three people, Fang Yin, Zhang Tao and Lin Yuan, alone. One of the black-clad followers said, "This matter should be reported to Elder Nan Gong."

  The fact that Gu Chaoyan had mastered the 72 Routes of Knife Techniques was truly shocking and must be reported immediately.

  The news of the Black Clothes Sect's sudden movement shocked everyone, and it was unexpectedly a lightness skill that none of the sixty-six disciples of Xue Shan Manor had ever come into contact with, which was also the lightness skill that Gu Chao had always dreamed of.

  ……

  There is a move that can be broken, such as the three peaks of Mount Tai. This move requires either dodging or slanting to block. Because this move involves three changes in knife technique, each change must pass through a certain point, which is where the person holding the knife forms a straight line at an angle of 45 degrees below the horizontal.

  But no move, how to break, casually take a stick and stick it there, do you know what this move is? Do you know how to break it?

  Ancient superiors now, is the realm of no moves.

  Fang Yin, Zhang Tao and Lin Yuan were all so frustrated that they wanted to vomit blood. They really didn't know how to fight against Gu Chao. Gu Chao's knife moves were like flowing clouds and water, without any fixed style or pattern. The martial arts education they had received was truly useless in the face of this situation. Moreover, they were even more terrified by the fact that Gu Chao had mastered the 72 routes of knife techniques to perfection.

  The Seventy-Two Roads of Swordsmanship have been mastered!

  And they were suddenly frightened in their hearts, Gu Chao felt it too.

  People's minds will have a sense of fear, and there will be a slight change if they didn't feel it before. The mysterious dagger brought two changes to Gu Chao: one, his knife skills talent became stronger; two, his perception became stronger. At this time, Gu Chao had extremely strong perception, and in an instant, he could sense their fear, with Zhang Tao being the most fearful in her heart.

  Zhang Tao himself was injured, and he was a small-minded person. This kind of small-minded person can be arrogant when they are pleased, but once they lose their composure, they will be finished off. Gu Chao suddenly swung his knife, seizing the opportunity presented by Zhang Tao's momentary lapse in attention due to fear. With one swift strike, he landed a blow that left no room for retreat, and with another strike, he hit Zhang Tao right in the chest, creating a two-foot-long gash that spewed blood. The first opponent, Zhang Tao, was thus eliminated.

  Next two against one, it became even easier to fight, Gu Chao's knife skills became more and more effortless.

  With a flick of his hand, Gu Chao caught Lin Yuan off guard, exploiting a weakness in his Gust Knife Technique. Unbeknownst to Lin Yuan, Gu Chao had previously encountered this technique when fighting two senior brothers from the Residual Snow Manor and had already thought about its weaknesses. Lin Yuan failed to conceal the flaw, allowing Gu Chao to take advantage of it and strike his right shoulder, rendering it useless and unable to hold a knife, thus defeating the second opponent.

  Now only one opponent, Fang Yin, is left. Fang Yin's knife method is open and vast, but in fact it is quite steady. Facing such an opponent, Gu Chao also slowly grinds, grinding for more than a dozen moves before finding a flaw in him, striking Fang Yin's back with a loud crash, the wound on his back is not shallow, win!

  Victory! Gu Chao let out a long roar towards the sky.

  Yes, I finally won.

  This is the most satisfying victory of Gu Chao's life.

  Never felt so good!

  This battle was won with great satisfaction!

  The fourth update is sent, originally planned for five updates, but the result of this chapter being modified too many times has exhausted me. Tomorrow will be three updates. Since it's Sanjiang this week, I'll let everyone have a good time.