A solid palm attack

So… I'm guessing that the fight between Shun and Laili would soon be over. After all, Laili seemed to be too injured already, and also out of breath.

There, inside the ten square meter platform which wasn't even really a platform based on its height, those two gave it their all to fight each other. Well, mostly Laili, because she was the only one who seemed to be having a hard time. Surely, she was flexible and agile, however, with her having to purely rely on martial arts, she was very useless in a fight with Shun who was well versed in his own hobby. I'm just assuming that it's his hobby, by the way…

Anyway, the fight soon ended with Laili tripping on Shun's leg that was purposely placed as a trap. It was quite hilarious and sad for me to see such a silly victory. Laili was simply out of breath already, hence her lack of focus and stability in the last seconds. Not only that, but she was pretty bad in defense, and attack. It was truly too sad… Because, she was only able to run around, unable to inflict a decent amount of damage. And she was unable to block an attack, because when she did, she got pushed back a lot by a single punch, and I swear that it wasn't for her bracer like things on her arm, her fragile bones might have been broken already.

Well, looks like it's my turn now… Right… He's got to rest first, huh. Let's just talk to him, I guess.

"So… Are you still up for another fight?" I said with a clear voice, as I approached Shun, who was sitting in a lotus position.

"…"

What a jerk! He left me on seen!

"Uh-uhm. Is your quest still valid? I think I can show you some pointers…"

"An outer disciple?" Shun had opened on of his eyes, to see who we was talking to. "Do you have a family that build up a good martial arts perhaps?" He proceeded to ask me, and seemed to be quite interested in my skill. Quite the nice guy, honestly.

"Something like that. It's a martial art that requires PP energy to be effective, but I'm willing to demonstrate and explain it you, although horribly, since I don't have any PP energy, nor that we will make use of it."

"I see… You won't have to defeat me then to get the quest's reward. You willing to share your ancestor's martial art to me, is very sincere of you to do. Even if it's a horrible martial art, I won't complain… Just don't let this be a lie…"

"Certainly not. What I'm about to show you is a well established martial art."

Yes, yes indeed. I was planning to use tai chi to fit the genre of this world, but I knew that I'd be f*cked if I used that martial art to fight this guy. I certainly remember the early days after I had finished my tai chi practices. I felt so brave that I was willing to get into a street fight. Nah, you know what? I should credit that martial art. Why? Well… It managed to safe me when I realized that it was completely useless in a brutish fight that contained a lot of powerful punches. How did it safe me? I guess it's because I managed to push the guy away to be able to escape… Hehehe, that day was certainly an embarrassing one…

Cough Cough, anyway, look at the time. It's already the time to fight brother Shun, and I was already at the platform, ready to dance.

*Swoo*

Damn the guy was fast, but luckily, I was also fast enough. As I did a side step and slipped, his fist passed right beside my ear, almost punching my face. Yes, my movement was sure pleasant to see, and surely, I looked like I was one with water, based on the smoothness of my movements.

As I slipped right beside the guy's arm, my left arm was right below the his, and it was ready to attack the guy's vulnerable chest.

*Bam*

I struck the guy's chest with my palm, with all the strength that I was able to muster out. With me crouching a bit, and my feet standing firmly on the ground, I was able to let out a good amount of force through my palm strike, without losing any balance. While I struck my palm, I genuinely hoped that my palm strike could do something small at the least.

'Please be effective! Please be effective!' I begged inside my head, before my palm had reached the guy. Remembering that day when my palm strike was just me giving someone's chest a hi-five, I certainly didn't want that to happen again.

However, my fear, never came to be true. I was the main character now, and finally, I looked cooler than ever…

My palm strike, and my insane dodging speed that I just realized I hadn't had before… What happened to me, and how am I so much stronger than before?

Surely, I was surprised, because I was able to knock back brother Shun, a few meters away from me. I'm telling you. Tai chi is very effective for escaping, however, I definitely did not expect that it's knockback would be good to this degree! It even hurt the guy!

"That was a very good move of yours. Your words weren't a lie then…" Shun uttered, before he went back into a fighting position. Both hands were in front of his face, with with the left one being ready to chop downwards, and the other ready to punch straight forwards.

I however, was also in a battle stance, but I had one hand in front of me, ready to receive a kiss, and a palm near my stomach to protect it from kicks. My body was a little lowered, due to my right leg that was stretched out to the back to push me forward later. I was using a generic Tai chi pose, however, because of the other martial arts that I had practiced, I subconsciously adjusted my position a bit, to have it be more combat effective.

It was time. Time to see how far my new strength was able to make my modified version of Tai chi effective.