Under my shocked eyes...
Lao Cao opened his mouth and vomited.
Uh-huh!
There seemed to be a flash of cold light.
Something seemed to fly out of Lao Cao's mouth at an extremely fast speed.
Then the [Blindness Talisman] I typed out seemed to be carried by an invisible force and suddenly fell to the ground.
After landing, I took a closer look.
Only then did I realize that it was a slender silver needle!
It was launched from Lao Cao's mouth, hit my talisman, and then knocked it down and nailed it to the concrete floor.
"Spitting silver needles from the mouth!"
I was a little surprised and then shouted speechlessly.
"Old Cao, you are cheating! This is not a coffin bearer or a paper master, right? It's more like a concealed weapon technique from the martial arts lineage among miscellaneous sects."
Hahaha!
Lao Cao laughed proudly, winked at me, and spoke in a narrow tone.
"Who said that fighting skills can only use the fixed methods of a certain profession? Of course, anything can be used. You used the newly learned Qimen Formation to blind your eyes, but I can't use the newly learned needle hidden in the mouth?"
Well……
What he said made sense, and I was speechless.
Lao Cao explained.
Only then did I realize that it was when I was fighting with the mysterious evil cultivator under the deadly demon tree some time ago.
When Lao Cao saw the opponent's method of throwing three silver needles with his hands to attack from a distance, he was shocked and inspired at the same time.
So, he began to practice similar methods.
But considering that a silver needle is a very light and small thing, it needs to be strong enough to hit such a long distance. It simply won’t work without long and hard training.
So Lao Cao did the next best thing and tried hiding a less sharp silver needle under his tongue.
In this way, it actually becomes a close-range hidden weapon.
It doesn't require so much strength and precision.
Lao Cao said with a smile.
"Though people in the Xuanmen world are good at and proficient in their own profession, the more methods they use, the more protection they have. I just didn't expect that my newly acquired skills would be used on you, Xiao Wu. On your body."
Although I deliberately joked about Lao Cao just now, I was very happy for him when I found out that he had a new trick.
I asked: "How is the power now?"
Lao Cao replied: "You have also seen it. It is about one or two meters and can be nailed into the concrete floor. This means that it can also hurt people. But if it is more than two meters, it will not work."
This is also very good.
Originally, hiding the silver needle under the tongue was a concealment method, mainly to catch people by surprise.
It can produce very good results at a close distance of less than two meters.
After saying this, Lao Cao chuckled: "Okay, Xiao Wu, now it's my turn to attack. You have to be careful to defend yourself."
I suddenly became nervous.
Be on full alert!
In fact, the coffin bearer should not have many long-range attack methods against living people. Then the main thing to guard against is the art of Yin Paper.
This technique is somewhat similar to a spell.
Then I should be able to use [Body Amulet] for defense, right?
The so-called [Amulet] is somewhat similar to [Amulet], but it is slightly lower level than [Amulet].
The amulet is used to protect one's body from damage caused by some offensive spells. It can be understood as an invisible shield invisible to the naked eye.
The amulet can affect a person's destiny. Avoid all kinds of dangers and bad luck, and be safe and smooth within a certain period of time.
Because of this, Master told me that those who can make real [talismans] are those with high cultivation level! The kind that are found in temples and Taoist temples in certain tourist destinations, or bought with money, are mostly charlatans.
Oh, for example, the small wooden plaque that the wandering Taoist priest gave to my dad when I was born - the one hanging around my neck, is a real amulet.
Relying on it, I was able to escape from the claws of the water stick in the river when I was nine years old.
Otherwise, I am afraid that I will be dead...
With this in mind, I already held a protective charm in each hand, waiting for Lao Cao's attack.
He chuckled: "Xiao Wu, your Qi is really strong. Every time you use the talisman, you only have two at a time. What a luxury."
"Aren't you afraid of losing too quickly?"
I'm ready.
Lao Cao finally took action!
But it's not the Yin Paper technique, but the hands are held together, and the footsteps are stepping on the ground in a weird rhythm.
Shaking his head, he muttered something.
"What method is this?"
I was surprised in my heart, and suddenly felt a strange sound on my head.
Look up.
I saw three huge black coffins falling from the sky!
If it were hit, it would definitely be seriously injured either dead or not.
My body instinctively ducked to the side, but my heart was filled with fear.
"This is... some kind of illusion?!"
As long as you are calm and rational, you will know that this can only be an illusion.
Lao Cao is not a god, how could he really summon three large coffins to fall from the sky?
That's too exaggerated!
If he really had this method, he would have easily crushed the former Ms. Xie Duan and the mysterious evil cultivator into scum!
So it can only be an illusion.
But the reactions of the human body and brain are sometimes not consistent.
Often when encountering danger, before the brain can react, the body's nerves have instinctively avoided it.
For example, now, when I understand in my mind that the three coffins hitting me from mid-air must be an illusion, I have already moved aside.
"No! It must be a scam."
A thought flashed through my mind.
Even if it was a literary competition, Lao Cao wouldn't be so bored as to use this illusion to scare me.
It might be effective for ordinary people, but for me it was just a moment of surprise and a little evasion.
Then...the problem should be avoidance!
Almost at the same time as these thoughts flashed through my mind, I felt a slight itch on my ankle.
When I looked down, I saw a skeletal hand transformed by white air, grabbing my ankle.
The color is very light, and I probably wouldn't be able to spot it if I didn't look carefully.
At the same time, there is a thin white line on the ground that is invisible to ordinary people, extending from the skeleton's palm to where Lao Cao is standing.
I moved my Dantian directly, and a stream of Qi flowed to my calf, easily shattering the illusory light palm.
Now, I breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at him and said with a smile.
"Old Cao, you are quite insidious. You have laid an ambush a long time ago, and then used illusions to scare me and make me step into the trap, right?"
Lao Cao also smiled and replied: "You are only allowed to use the Qimen Formation's blinding method, but I am not allowed to use the Yin Paper Master's illusion?"
It turns out that this is also a kind of Yin Paper Technique!
"But it's a pity, my Qi is still quite strong, right? This phantom of a white bone palm will shatter when I shake it."
I'm a little proud.
But Lao Cao smiled and said nothing.
When I was about to get back to my original position, I realized something was wrong.
Because...my body can't move!
"what happened?"
I was a little confused.
I tried again, but still couldn't move.
The legs and torso seemed to be bound by invisible chains invisible to the naked eye.
"I see!"
I slapped my forehead and said, "It turns out that the phantom of the white bone palm did not trap me, but temporarily fixed me when it came into contact with me. It's amazing."
Lao Cao chuckled: "Xiao Wu, you are very smart."
"Then why don't you freeze my whole body and still move your hands? Did you keep your hands?"
I'm a little strange.
Hearing this, Lao Cao seemed a little embarrassed, scratched his head and explained.
"No, my technique is called Corpse Bone Barrier. It is a secret passed down from the line of coffin bearers. It was obtained by communicating with the underworld during many years of carrying coffins. But I haven't mastered it yet."
"If it is aimed at ordinary people, when the phantom of the white-bone palm touches the opponent, it can still freeze for two or three minutes. But if they are also practitioners of Xuanmen, the effect and time will be compromised. If you are like Xiao Wu, , I can only hold my legs and torso still for about two minutes.”
"As for those with similar strength to myself, they only have half the success rate. And they can only randomly focus on a certain part for a few seconds."
After all, this is a literary competition between the two of us. It can be understood as the elder giving "tricks" and "guidance" to the younger one.
Therefore, each move can be broken down and explained in detail.
If you are fighting with the enemy, you must keep these secrets.
After listening, I also understood why he did not use it on the mysterious evil cultivator that night during the battle near the "Death-Destroying Demonic Tree".
It has no effect even after using it!
That evil cultivator is obviously much stronger than Lao Cao, and this [Corpse Barrier] is completely ineffective.
It was my turn to attack again, and Lao Cao defended.
My legs and trunk cannot move, which actually limits my performance to some extent.
There are many magic techniques that need to be executed in conjunction with movement and pace.
The Yin Paper Illusion Technique and the Bone Barrier used by Lao Cao just now all use this aspect of coordination.
The methods I learned from my master actually have some needs. Now, it's equivalent to being "banned" by him. but……
I still have a way!
On the surface, I pretended to be helpless and had some reluctance to admit defeat, and spoke in a firm tone.
"Old Cao, the way of spells can be cast with only two hands. This is the strongest spell that I can draw with my current strength. It took me three hours to draw three of them yesterday, and now I have used one. open."
While talking, I took out a piece of talisman paper from my pocket.
The red cinnabar runes on it seemed to be flickering and beating under the gradually setting sun in the afternoon.
Yo?
A look of surprise also flashed in Lao Cao's eyes.
Although he doesn't know much about talismans, he is still very keen on the aura emanating from the talismans themselves.
"Xiao Wu, this charm of yours... is a level higher than those headache charms, blindness charms, evil-suppressing charms, etc."
"Lao Cao is so smart! It's true."
I looked at the talisman in my hand and explained to him: "This is called the [Coma Talisman]. The person who falls into the talisman will immediately fall into a coma. Only the corresponding caster can awaken it. Or someone who is much stronger than the caster."
Lao Cao was a little speechless, and his tone was somewhat resentful: "Xiao Wu, you are very cruel, aren't you? You used me to test your new spell on the old man again."
I chuckled: "Didn't you propose this yourself? I didn't want to do it at first. But you are so powerful, you will definitely not be able to hit..."
Before I finished speaking, I had already taken action!
Pour Qi into the talisman and punch it out suddenly.
The talisman was like a shooting star, streaking across the yard and hitting Lao Cao's chest.
He reached for it again.
But when he was about to catch it, the talisman paper split into two.
"Again? Or a strange deception? Uh... no, both of them are real!"
Lao Cao was startled.
That's right!
This time it was not a blind trick, but I overlapped the two [Coma Talismans] one above the other, and then punched them out at the same time. When you are about to hit the target, separate again.
"But it doesn't bother me."
Lao Cao directly took out the dry tobacco stick attached to his waist, waved it, and drew a semicircle in front of himself. Two talisman papers blocking the separation.
He was highly focused and could not let the two talisman slip through.
And I kept staring at Lao Cao's eyes, but I saw that he was really focused.
"It's now!"
I communicated with Madoka with my mind, called on its power, and used it to cast spells.
As my home fairy, although I am not too strong yet, it cannot always follow me in reality. But I can communicate with it and borrow more power than before.
"Jiaxian borrows his strength, Feiyu hits the acupuncture point!"
I yelled, clasped my hands together, and spread them out.
Behind Lao Cao, three feathers suddenly appeared out of thin air, and then hit him in the back.
It hits three different acupuncture points!
As long as these three acupuncture points are hit, he will be immobilized.
"what happened?!"
Lao Cao was startled and wanted to return to defense.
But it was too late.
His attention had just been focused on the two [Coma Talisman] in front of him, and he felt that my own Qi had been consumed a lot and I should not be able to use it continuously.
But when Jiaxian borrows strength, it’s not my own strength, but Madoka’s!
So, no problem at all.
But Lao Cao was also very powerful. After breaking two talisman papers with his cigarette pole, he actually folded his hand back.
Without even turning around, he directly waved the cigarette stick with his backhand and swept it downwards.
Two feather shadows were shattered, but the last remaining one finally hit the acupuncture point on his back.
Poof!
With a soft sound, Lao Cao's body completely stopped.
He still keeps turning his hands back and waving the cigarette rod!
This was not immobilized by magic means, but the acupuncture points of the body were hit.
"This... Xiao Wu, do you know how to use acupuncture points in martial arts? Qin Xiangu is really unpredictable. This skill has been lost among those pure martial artists. Xiangu can actually do it."
Although Lao Cao cannot move, he can still speak.
He looked shocked.
This method of tapping acupoints to stabilize the body is related to muscles and nerves.
Master also explained it to me in scientific terms, saying that it actually hits certain synapses in the muscles, temporarily cutting off the flow of bioelectrical signals. The electrical signals between the body and the brain lose contact, like a machine short-circuiting...
This is a biological concept. The effect is stronger than immobilization produced by pure magic.
But after all, I was only in the first year of junior high school, and I didn’t even attend biology classes.
So I didn't quite understand what Master was talking about like "neural synapses" and "bioelectric signals".
But I was blown away!
If we use later Internet terminology, it would be "unconscious", right?
At the same time, I also understand better what Master once said: a practitioner wants to reach a truly profound state. We must also learn scientific knowledge well.
"Xiao Wu, you won this literary competition."
Lao Cao's tone was full of surprise.
I guess he actually wanted to give me some advice, but he didn't expect that I could actually win.
Although, I did play some tricks.
"Oh yeah! I won, I actually beat Lao Cao? Oh my god! Hahaha."
I was so happy that I screamed, jumped, danced, and was very excited.
Well……
Lao Cao was speechless. He held the cigarette rod in his backhand, like an old man scratching his back.
"Come here quickly! Brat, please untie my acupuncture points quickly. This is too uncomfortable."
Lao Cao pretended to be angry, smiled and cursed at me.
