Chapter 58 Punch to the flesh
Facing the wild boar that was about to charge, Du Ruo stood in the classic three-body stance, with his hands in the eagle-claw stance, and just stood there waiting for the wild boar's attack.
At this moment, Du Ruo didn't think about dodging or taking a detour. He only wanted a head-on confrontation, as if this was the only way to relieve the violent emotions in his heart.
"Teng~Teng Teng~"
The wild boar stomped its hooves on the ground and rushed towards Du Ruo, but the two were only two or three meters apart, so the wild boar couldn't charge immediately. It arrived in front of Du Ruo right after it started, facing Du Ruo's thigh. The wild boar swung its head upwards and its fangs pierced Du Ruo's lower abdomen, and its mouth opened wide, revealing its sharp teeth.
Seeing this, Du Ruo didn't dare to confront the wild boar weighing three or four hundred kilograms head-on. Given the weight of the wild boar and the speed of its charge, if he confronted it head-on, he might end up with it ripped open.
The three-body stance was changed, and the left foot stretched forward stepped to the left, and the three-body stance was changed to the Bagua mud-wading step. He dodged to the left, and with a fierce kick of the right foot, he kicked the wild boar's front leg in the bend of the knee, avoiding the wild boar's attack while destroying its balance.
The wild boar was completely unable to stop at this point. Its front legs were kicked and it fell to its knees. It lost its balance and slid forward while kneeling on the ground.
Du Ruo also changed the Xingyi Eagle Catching Style in his hands at the same time. When the wild boar rushed past him, he grabbed the boar's tail and followed the boar's lead forward. Before the boar stood up, he took off the helmet from behind its head with a Bagua Palm and clasped his palms on the back of the boar's neck, exerting force with his fingers.
When doing Baguazhang's "removing the helmet from behind the head" in a duel with someone, modern people usually hit the back of the head, but in the past, people would hold the bones at the back of the head with their fingers and suddenly pull it forward, just like removing a piece of armor, and forcibly open the skull.
However, Du Ruo failed to grab the skull despite his strong force with his fingers. The wild boar's head was completely different from that of a human body. Not only was there no skull connection at the back of the neck, but there was also thick fat and dark fur, just like a full body armor. When Du Ruo took off the helmet from behind his head, he only pulled off a piece of mud and hair from the back of the wild boar's head.
"Humph!"
Du Ruo's attack on the back of the head to remove the helmet failed. His body had already moved to the front of the wild boar. The wild boar knelt on the ground with its front legs and opened its mouth to bite Du Ruo's arm.
Du Ruo snorted, shook off the mud in his right hand, gently drew a semicircle in the air with his left hand, and stroked the wild boar's face with his palm, using the Baguazhang method of hiding flowers in leaves.
“Ahhh~~~~”
Du Ruo's palm slid across the wild boar's face, and the wild boar let out a shrill scream, the sound so loud that it went straight to Du Ruo's face. As the wild boar screamed, two streaks of red and black blood flowed down from the pig's head. The fingers of Du Ruo's palm, which had just stroked the Year of the Pig, were bent, and his fingertips were clasping the wild boar's eye tissue.
In traditional martial arts, no matter what school or move, as long as you use your hands to attack someone's face, there are only two purposes.
One is a feint, the purpose of which is to block the enemy's sight, and then launch an attack with the other hand or foot, making it impossible to defend against.
The other method is to attack the enemy's eyes, whether it is knocking, stabbing, or slashing, all are aimed at the eyes.
Baguazhang is all about combining the real and the fake, and being able to adapt to changing circumstances. The flower hidden in the leaves was originally about heavy concealment, with both hands moving one up and one down, one hand brushing the face and the other hand attacking the soft spot.
But Du Ruo was facing a wild boar, so there was no need to block his vision. When he stroked his hand across the wild boar's face, he changed his palm into an eagle claw and gouged the wild boar's eyes out.
Along with the wild boar's screams, it also shook its head wildly. It shook its head and attacked with its fangs while struggling to get up.
Du Ruo walked again with the Bagua Wading Step and came to the side of the wild boar. He changed his body again and used the Xingyi Bear Shape Iron Mountain Leaning Technique to hit the side of the wild boar, knocking it to the ground. Then he pulled himself away to avoid the wild boar's kicking limbs after it fell to the ground.
Du Ruo's attack was not over yet. With the Leaf-Hidden Flower attack he had just made, there was absolutely no chance for the wild boar's eyes to recover. Even if Du Ruo left now, the wild boar would only die in pain. It would be better to send it on its way.
Du Ruo came to the side of the fallen wild boar, raised his arm, and punched the wild boar's chest and abdomen with his Xingyi Cannon Fist. Suddenly, the wild boar's limbs twitched violently, and it stopped kicking. At the same time, the chest and abdomen were wide open. "Bang!!"
After throwing a punch, Du Ruo raised his arm again, and his fist became an eagle-clawing style. Without kicking his limbs, he punched the wild boar in the heart with a piercing fist again.
"Boom!!"
After receiving this blow, the wild boar stopped screaming, its limbs stopped twitching, and it opened its mouth wide, with large amounts of pig blood flowing out of its mouth with bubbles.
Du Ruo hasn't stopped yet. He clenched his fists and leaned back, his back shaped like a dragon, his spine bent and taut like a big bow. At this time, Du Ruo was half-crouching beside the wild boar, like shooting an arrow, his spine was the bow, and his clenched fists were the arrows.
“Boom! CRACK!!!”
The punch that was built up with force was thrown out and hit the wild boar's neck. With a click, the trachea in the wild boar's neck, along with the spine behind the trachea, was completely severed by Du Ruo's punch. In an instant, the wild boar was completely dead.
“Hoo, hoo, hoo…”
Du Ruo supported the wild boar and breathed slightly. The cannon punch, drilling punch, or the last dragon-shaped collapse punch of Xingyiquan actually all require standing to exert force. As the saying goes, power starts from the ground. Exerting force while standing can make good use of one's own body weight and multiply the force of the punch.
But just now, the wild boar was lying on the ground, and Du Ruo could only attack while half-crouching. He relied entirely on his own strength to kill the wild boar weighing three or four hundred pounds, which consumed a lot of Du Ruo's physical strength.
But Du Ruo was not completely without gain. While catching his breath, Du Ruo raised his hand and looked at it in front of himself. Just now, when he used his fist, he did not think of using "qi" to amplify it. But almost when Du Ruo's fist touched the wild boar, a weak wisp of "qi" circulated in Du Ruo's wrist and various joints, protecting it.
This also allowed Du Ruo to punch so continuously and quickly without being affected by the recoil force.
"Baji~~"
Just as Du Ruo was checking his fist, a soft sound came from a pine tree not far away.
Du Ruo turned his head and saw the clouded leopard standing on a pine tree with blood at the corner of its mouth. It was standing on the pine tree and staring at Du Ruo blankly, with a stunned look on its face. Under the pine tree was the little wild boar that had been protected earlier. Blood was still oozing from the little wild boar's neck. It was obvious that the clouded leopard had done it. The sound just now was made by the little wild boar falling from the tree.
"My goodness, I'm working so hard here, and you're almost eating it over there!!"
Du Ruo's face was filled with black lines. He had just been fighting with a wild boar and had not taken care of the little wild boar. He did not expect that the clouded leopard had taken the opportunity to capture the little wild boar. In fact, the fight between him and the wild boar lasted only a minute, which was indeed enough time for the clouded leopard to perform.
“Whoosh~~”
When the clouded leopard saw Du Ruo coming, it realized that the little wild boar had fallen down, and it jumped down from the tree, trying to pick up the little wild boar away.
It was fast, but Du Ruo was even faster. When the clouded leopard lowered its head to look at the little wild boar, Du Ruo did not stand up. He pushed his feet, exerted force on his hips, and supported himself on the ground with both palms. He pounced on the little wild boar like a tiger.
As soon as the clouded leopard bit the little wild boar's neck, Du Ruo came over and grabbed one of the little wild boar's legs.
(End of this chapter)
