Chapter 00203: Can't Join the Fun (Part 2)
# Can't Join the Fun (Part 2)
Chapter 203
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 203: Can't Join the Fun (Part 2)
Of course, having great strength was an advantage in practicing martial arts.
As the saying goes, fists fear the young and strong.
But in a Wuxia Script with a setting that included internal energy, the advantage of great strength would diminish as one's martial power level increased.
The more of a master one became, the more one would rely on playing with internal energy.
Therefore, Li Chengxi made the judgment that Yang Yiyi could currently deal with minions, but would be at a loss against slightly stronger masters.
The reality was not much different from his judgment.
Jabbar, whose strength attribute alone was similar to Yang Yiyi's, had his steel fork knocked flying by Zhou Wenxuan's saber; this was the effect of internal energy.
But more importantly, the steel fork flew in Yang Yiyi's direction.
This…
Before Li Chengxi could even open his mouth to warn her, the steel fork had already embedded itself in the wall.
Whether it was due to internal energy or just pure physical strength, the fork was incredibly powerful.
A dilapidated, poorly maintained courtyard wall was clearly not enough to stop it.
On the screen, the wall crumbled with a loud crash the moment the steel fork struck it, revealing the figure of Yang Yiyi squatting behind it, scratching her head in confusion.
Both the people from the Heavenly Wolf Cult and the Sixteen Fortresses were stunned for a moment when they saw this.
Yang Yiyi still didn't know what had happened.
She patted the dust off her clothes, looked at the steel fork on the ground, and only then did she realize that a circle of people in the courtyard was staring at her.
She immediately panicked.
“Um… I’m just passing by.”
But clearly, no one believed her.
There were many people from the Heavenly Wolf Cult, and a few happened to be nearby.
Seeing Yang Yiyi’s Jianghu attire (mainly the whip hanging from her waist), they immediately raised their weapons and charged at her.
“I’m really just passing by!”
Yang Yiyi quickly tried to explain, but her body was very honest.
With a 'Double Pushing Hands' move, a surge of palm force instantly kicked up the dust on the ground, making the few Heavenly Wolf Cult members who were rushing towards her squint.
This was immediately followed by a Two Dragons Emerge from the Sea.
The cult members, who were squinting and trying to locate Yang Yiyi, suddenly felt a massive force strike them.
Two of them were sent flying as if they were on rockets, soaring over everyone's heads.
Now it was even harder to explain.
Over on his side, Zhou Wenxuan used two quick saber strikes to temporarily force Jabbar back.
He took the opportunity to shout:
“Heroine, please come and help! Join us in driving back these Western Barbarians!”
When the men from the Heavenly Wolf Cult heard this, they were certain she was with them.
They specifically sent a dozen men with raised weapons running toward Yang Yiyi.
At that moment, Yang Yiyi, who was still trying to explain, heard Li Chengxi say:
“Just fight. It’s impossible to explain anyway. But don't get close to Zhou Wenxuan's side. You're no match for that big bald head right now.”
Yang Yiyi didn't even listen to the second half of the sentence.
The moment she heard Li Chengxi say ‘just fight’, she gleefully drew the Crimson Python Whip from her waist.
With a crack, she executed a flourish, lashing a closing Heavenly Wolf Cult member across the face until it was a bloody mess.
She had obtained the Crimson Python Whip Technique and this whip, braided from the shed skin of a snake, from the Snake Demon in Peach Blossom Valley.
According to the item’s attributes, a single lash from it was enough to shatter gold and break jade.
Anyone hit by it would be torn to pieces.
But Yang Yiyi only knew how to use the whip; perhaps due to her insufficient movement technique attribute, she had yet to learn the Crimson Python Whip Technique.
Besides, playing with such a skillful weapon as a whip did not suit her personality, so she rarely used it.
It was generally only good for dealing with minions.
Li Chengxi watched as Yang Yiyi sent the Heavenly Wolf Cult members scattering with a few cracks of her whip, preventing them from getting close, and he felt relieved.
After all, Yang Yiyi was on the edge of the battlefield; this group of minions shouldn't be able to do anything to her.
So, Li Chengxi turned his attention back to the high-level match on Zhou Wenxuan’s side.
Without a suitable weapon, Jabbar should have had a hard time dealing with Zhou Wenxuan's waist saber.
But when Li Chengxi looked closely, he found that the weaponless Jabbar was not only at no disadvantage, but even seemed to be evenly matched.
What was even more surprising was that he was directly catching the saber's blade with his bare hands, and the refined steel saber couldn't even break his skin.
Jabbar's fist technique was also direct and wide-opening, but it had very few flaws.
He was the very model of the future growth Li Chengxi had planned for Yang Yiyi—relying on external training of sinews, bones, and skin, and using one force to break ten thousand techniques.
If it were an ordinary person, they probably wouldn't last three rounds under Zhou Wenxuan's fierce saber light.
But this Jabbar held on with just his pair of hands that were tougher than gold and iron, and could even counterattack.
Li Chengxi was very eager to know how this bastard trained.
Yang Yiyi was currently just strong; she was far from reaching this level of having bronze skin and iron bones.
However, this Zhou Wenxuan was no weakling either.
He wielded a rather short waist saber with an impenetrable defense, and his internal energy cultivation was also terrifying.
The vigorous energy stirred up by his saber light would occasionally leave several marks on the ground.
Sometimes, even the bronze-skinned and iron-boned Jabbar had to avoid his sharp edge.
Perhaps his external martial arts were not yet perfected, or perhaps he was afraid of being injured by Zhou Wenxuan's true qi.
After all, that was something that couldn't be blocked by mere physical toughness.
The fight between the two grew more and more intense, and the people around them became fewer and fewer.
No one dared to step within a five-meter radius of them, otherwise, the radiating vigorous energy and saber qi alone would be enough to kill them.
He didn't know how long it would take for Yang Yiyi to have this kind of skill.
He felt that since these two were sent out on a mission, they were probably far from being top-tier masters.
It was very likely they were only at the third-rate level.
Just like this, they were already unstoppable.
It was hard to imagine what a truly top-tier master was like.
Li Chengxi watched with great admiration, then turned his head to look at Yang Yiyi again.
While Li Chengxi was watching the high-level match, Yang Yiyi had at some point put her whip away.
With one punch, she sent a Heavenly Wolf Cult member, along with his sword, flying.
She then turned and threw another punch.
The cult member behind her saw this and raised his saber to defend.
As a result, Yang Yiyi's punch shattered the saber and the remaining force slammed the man into the roof in a spread-eagled posture.
After all, her physical attributes were on par with Jabbar's; she just lacked external skills like the Golden Bell Shield or Iron Cloth Shirt that gave one bronze skin and iron bones.
Li Chengxi pondered how to get the Teaching Box to acquire this type of skill.
Killing Jabbar and making him 'drop equipment' seemed unlikely.
He suddenly remembered the Iron Head Skill he had first obtained from the Teaching Box.
Surely, letting Yang Yiyi take a beating wouldn't grant her the Iron Cloth Shirt, right?
As he was mulling over these random thoughts, a person holding a sword suddenly ran out of the old residence.
With a few moves, he fought off several Heavenly Wolf Cult members from behind and shouted:
"It's a fake! The thing isn't here! The soldiers are coming!"
When Li Chengxi saw this, he instantly understood why the men from the Sixteen Fortresses had launched a direct assault.
So this was just a feint attack, meant to attract attention so someone else could sneak in and have a look.
The two sides, fighting until they were bruised and bleeding, knew what it was all for.
Yang Yiyi was purely fighting with the zealous idea of 'driving away the outsiders', while only Li Chengxi was still concerned about whether this was for the Sky-Upholding Stone.
Hearing that it was a fake, Zhou Wenxuan immediately shouted:
“Retreat!”
The group from the Sixteen Fortresses had no intention of lingering.
They each took out a small ball and smashed it on the ground.
Instantly, smoke filled the air, and several figures were seen leaping away.
Oh no, they ran off.
What's Yang Yiyi going to do now?
No matter how thoughtless Yang Yiyi was, she knew the situation was bad and quickly shouted:
“You're running so fast, what about me!”
Fortunately, the people from the Sixteen Fortresses weren't completely unreliable.
A few more small balls soon flew out from the smoke, landing not far in front of Yang Yiyi.
“Now's the chance, quickly, let's run too. It'll be hard to explain when the soldiers get here.”
Li Chengxi could already see soldiers with long spears jogging over from the street corner and quickly reminded Yang Yiyi.
The latter also knew that this fight was莫名其妙 and she couldn't afford to linger.
With two thunderous punches, she sent two entangled cult members flying, then turned and leaped away.
Almost a second after she jumped, a pair of large hands pierced through the smoke and grabbed at the spot where Yang Yiyi had been.
It was Jabbar.
That was a close call.
If she had been caught, it would be another question whether she could have escaped alive with her current level.
Li Chengxi, watching from in front of the screen, secretly wiped away a cold sweat.
This excitement, you really couldn't just join in casually.
This was a lesson learned.
(End of this chapter)