Bu Kek Siansu (The Demigod) Chapter 33

Swat Hong stamped his feet, forced to retreat, but first he spoke to Ouw Kong Ek,

"I am always ready to serve any expert from Pulau Neraka."

Ouw Kong Ek and Sin Liong faced each other, both staring without moving, as if intending to measure and assess the opponent's condition with their gaze. Seeing the young man's extremely calm demeanor, and the gentle radiance of his eyes, free from fear, hatred, or anger, Ouw Kong Ek's heart grew increasingly fond. Looking at this young man's attitude, it was hard to believe that he was a disciple of Han Ti Ong, the mighty King of Pulau Es. He looked only like a frail youth, more suited to be a scholar who usually read poetry, wrote beautiful calligraphy, or played the flute.

"Young man, begin!"

Ouw Kong Ek said, hesitant to use his skill to attack this seemingly weak person.

"Ouw-tocu, I am not the one who desired this contest of skill, so allow me only to defend myself."

That answer, delivered in a soft and honest voice, nevertheless heated Ouw Kong Ek's heart because it sounded as if the youth was looking down on him. This young man was completely unafraid to face him—that was the same as looking down on him!

"Kwa Sin Liong, receive my attack!"

he roared, and his body lunged forward. His movement was slow, but it was preceded by the whistling wind of strikes from both his palms.

"Wuuuuuttt... wuuuuttt!!"

The powerful striking aura twice swept toward Sin Liong's neck and navel as the old man moved his hands to strike. With an extremely light body, Sin Liong shifted his feet and managed to evade six times consecutively, because it turned out that the old man's strike, having missed its target, was immediately followed by the next attack without the slightest pause. Thus, six times in a row, his two hands swept powerfully from all directions! Only then could Sin Liong free himself from the encirclement of those two hands when he leaped far back, ready once more to face the next attack.

"Excellent!"

Ouw Kong Ek exclaimed in admiration, seeing how easily the young man had managed to avoid the striking attack called Jurus Pukulan Badai Mengamuk.

Then he lunged again; this time he did not move slowly, but extremely fast. His limbs moved rapidly, in strange movements, yet every movement contained an extremely dangerous offensive power. Again, Sin Liong met these attacks calmly and carefully, dodging here and there, and only when forced did he use both hands to parry or deflect. The young man parried slowly, yet his blocks, carrying the striking aura of Im-kang, always managed to repel the opponent's hands! For more than thirty stances, Sin Liong always dodged and parried without retaliating even once! Naturally, this greatly impressed Ouw Kong Ek. He had attacked the young man fiercely, pressing him into dangerous situations, yet the youth still refused to strike back.

"Eh, Suheng, you aren't retaliating, do you feel phai-seng-gi (awkward) toward the person who wants to adopt you as a son-in-law?"

Swat Hong shouted, full of frustration, seeing his senior martial brother fighting as if he were conceding.

Sin Liong's face flushed. Indeed, he did not want to retaliate because he had never struck anyone before! He had studied martial arts of an extremely high level, even finding miraculous skills from secret ancient texts in the library of Pulau Es, among them the skill to recognize the core movements of all martial arts. However, he felt awkward and horrified at the thought of striking another person, especially this old man with whom he had no enmity whatsoever. Now, hearing Swat Hong's mockery, he felt uncomfortable and his heart was shaken.

This tremor slowed his hand movement, so when he parried a strike, his block missed, and Ouw Kong Ek's left hand strike grazed his shoulder. His body trembled violently, and he staggered backward. Ouw Kong Ek, who was feeling extremely frustrated, now realized that if the young man retaliated, he might lose! So, seeing the result of his strike which made Sin Liong stagger, he quickly pressed forward. He had to defeat this young man because he desperately wanted him to become a resident of Pulau Neraka, and if possible, Soan Cu's husband. And for that, he first had to subdue him. So he quickly pressed forward while Sin Liong's body was still staggering backward.

"Wuuut-plak-plak! Wuuu-plak-plak!!"

Ouw Kong Ek's hand strikes were tremendous, and every time Sin Liong, still staggering, dodged, the strike transformed into an extremely vicious grab, yet Sin Liong's hand could always deflect it! Furthermore, the young man shouted loudly, his body soaring upward, performing two somersaults, and then landing back on the floor, standing upright and ready again! Ouw Kong Ek grew even more frustrated. He quickly lunged forward, his feet moving rapidly with a chain of swift and powerful kicks. His two feet were like spinning wheels, making it seem as if the old man had more than two legs moving in quick succession, delivering kicks toward the dangerous parts of Sin Liong's body.

"Siuut-siutt...dess!!"

After successfully dodging left and right, Sin Liong was pushed into a corner and was forced to use both his arms to parry while channeling his tenaga inti salju.

Ouw Kong Ek's body shivered, feeling intensely cold—a coldness that spread through the leg that had been parried. He shook his body several times and the cold sensation was driven away. He looked at his opponent with wide, bulging eyes, then the old man let out a sharp, high-pitched cry, and his body soared upward before diving down toward Sin Liong. Sin Liong was greatly startled; he realized that this final attack was incredibly powerful, so he too shouted loudly and his body shot upward to meet his opponent's body, both arms moving in front of his chest.

"Plak-plak... bruukkk!!"

Ouw Kong Ek's body slammed onto the floor, and only after rolling several times could he stand up, feeling slightly dizzy. Unbelievable, he thought. He had just performed a devastating attack, a deadly strike that would be difficult for even a mighty opponent to meet, yet the young man met it in the air, countering strike with strike so that their palms met mid-air, and the result was that he himself was violently thrown down!

"Is that not enough, Tocu?"

Sin Liong asked, his voice full of regret because he was forced to fight, something he disliked entirely.

"Hmm, I have not admitted defeat, young man!"

And now the old man attacked again with a martial art whose movements were extremely fast, yet also strange. Swat Hong, watching from the side, observed with furrowed brows and full attention.

He felt extremely puzzled. The martial art the old man was performing seemed familiar, not like a foreign movement, yet why was it so strange and completely unrecognizable? It was not surprising that this happened to Swat Hong, because the martial art the old man was performing originated from the skills of Pulau Es, but had been greatly modified into a martial art created by the ancestors of Pulau Neraka! Furthermore, black vapor now billowed from the old man's palms, and black vapor also spewed from his mouth, sometimes sweeping toward Sin Liong's face. As a medical expert, Sin Liong immediately recognized the poisonous aura emanating from the black vapor, so he maintained caution whenever the black vapor swept toward him. Meanwhile, while dodging and parrying, he devoted his full attention, and using the miraculous skill he obtained from the texts—the ability to recognize the secret core of martial arts movements—he was already able to record and memorize the stances used by his opponent.

"Suheng, retaliate against your opponent! Are you afraid?"

Swat Hong shouted again. Ouw Kong Ek, whose face was red with frustration and shame because he felt looked down upon and toyed with, snapped,

"Young man, do you dare look down on me by refusing to strike back?"

Sin Liong was greatly startled.

He had never imagined that his attitude of yielding and refusing to retaliate would be considered looking down on the old man, and considered fear by Swat Hong! He had only hoped that the old man would be self-aware and retreat on his own. Who would have thought that the old man was stubborn and would not admit defeat unless he was subdued! In such a situation, Sin Liong had no other choice. He bit his lip to steel his heart, because attacking someone was contrary to his nature, then his limbs moved extremely fast. Cries of shock were heard from the mouths of Ouw Kong Ek's assistants, and after a dozen more stances, after Ouw Kong Ek struggled to dodge and parry, the old man shouted loudly and his body tumbled.

"Heiiii... where did you get this skill of mine?"

The old man, who had tumbled because both his knees were kissed by the tip of Sin Liong's shoe, leaped up again, asking with wide, astonished eyes. During the past dozen stances, Sin Liong had attacked him using his own martial art, and on the fifteenth stance, he was unable to evade, causing both his knees to be kicked, making him tumble. And if the young man had wished it, when he tumbled just now, the youth could certainly have followed up with a deadly attack that could have killed him! Sin Liong bowed and stepped back.

"I merely imitated the Tocu himself...."

Ouw Kong Ek grew even more astonished and stared blankly for a moment, then he stepped forward and held the young man's hands.

"Kwa Sin Liong... you are truly formidable! I admit defeat to Kwa-taihiap (Great Hero Kwa)! I have been utterly defeated, and even with the stances of my own martial art! This man is a great hero who possesses divine power!"