Chapter 4: A Fist Technique That Studies the Human Body to its Utmost Limit
"There's no need to tell me about that, is there?"
Sag crouched slightly, like a beast about to pounce, every bone in his body taut. He lowered his head slightly and said in a deep voice, "I don't recall ever offending your kingdom."
*Well, there goes the bounty hunter career.*
Ennio grinned savagely: "Didn't I tell you? I like your white hair!"
Sag instantly stepped forward, his hands rising and falling, and then a fierce hand chop sliced directly at Ennio's face.
"Gozan Ryozan Ha (Mountain Split Wave)!"
People didn't want him to have a good time, so there was no need to hold back!
Ennio, facing this head-on hand chop, didn't dodge, letting the hand chop hit his face.
*Bang!*
Gozan Ryozan Ha was a move from the Fist of the North Star. Sag could easily split rocks with this move, but hitting this man's face, it couldn't even penetrate the fat.
"Tekkai."
That facial skin was as hard as steel. Ennio seized Sag's wrist and slowly moved it away. "Not bad power."
*Swish!*
He quickly raised a leg, bringing up a light blue slash, directly attacking Sag's body.
At such a close distance, it should hit no matter what...
That extremely close slash was dodged by Sag, who leaped into the air. He used the wrist that was being held, his body twisting softly, his arm also slipping from that hand like a snake. He flipped behind Ennio, his hands rising and falling like thorns, rapidly stabbing towards his temples.
Ennio was about to use Tekkai to block, but suddenly his pupils contracted, sensing something. His huge and obese body, at this moment, swayed softly like a candle in the wind, as if it had softened.
"Kami-e (Paper Drawing)!"
His twisting body dodged Sag's hands, and Sag directly kicked down, his extended foot transforming into countless afterimages at this moment, catching Ennio's twisting body.
"Hokuto Jūha Zan (North Star Soft Breaking Slash)!"
"Geppo (Moon Walk)!"
At the moment Sag's foot kicked out, Ennio stopped twisting. His feet stepped on the air, and he bounced up. He stepped on the air several times in a row, actually stopping in mid-air.
"Geppo and Kami-e, complete mastery of the Rokushiki?"
Sag landed on the ground, turning to Lily, who was now staring with wide eyes. "Your stepfather is pretty powerful."
Mastering the Rokushiki meant at least a Marine Rear Admiral, and an elite one at that. He also has keen senses, at least he sensed the danger of that last move, or he wouldn't have used Geppo to dodge.
Is this the measure of a usurper?
Where did he come from?
Lily just stammered, "I don't know..."
In her memory, apart from Ennio's memories of enjoyment, there was never any memory of his strength.
During the last assassination attempt, Ennio was also caught off guard and stabbed by her. If it weren't for the guards around him stopping her, she might have succeeded.
"Hahahaha!"
Ennio, bouncing in the air, laughed wildly. "What would she know? She's been raised in the palace since she was a child. No one knows her. I originally thought I could use her as a tool for marriage alliances with other countries, but she actually dared to assassinate me. And now she's talking about going to sea. Going to sea can avoid taxes, but do they dare?!"
Ennio stared at Sag, a strange emotion in his eyes, and his voice became lower: "As for a man like you, why not go to sea?"
Sag set his stance and exhaled. "Is that any of your business?!"
That last move, Hokuto Jūha Zan, was a typical kicking technique that used strength to overcome softness, specifically targeting large and flexible opponents. It was a perfect counter to Ennio using 'Kami-e'. Once it hit, the body's tissues would be completely destroyed.
Unfortunately, he saw through it...
Ennio jumped in the air, seemingly pondering something. Then, at the moment he stepped on the air to jump up, he curled his legs and fiercely kicked down.
"If you can dodge a single attack, then what about this? Rankyaku: Ran (Storm)!"
Countless slashes descended from the sky, indiscriminately attacking the ground, making Sag's pupils shrink.
An advanced Rokushiki?
This wasn't an ordinary Rokushiki user!
He stared closely at the flying slashes, and his body actually danced softly, like he was dancing among the large number of slashes, skillfully dodging these attacks that could plow large gaps in the ground when they touched it.
*Swish!*
The last slash came straight for Sag's head, but Sag easily leaned back, rotating a full circle in the air, and landing steadily.
In the ravaged ground, Sag stood up and looked provocatively at Ennio.
"Kami-e?" Ennio was taken aback. "You know Rokushiki?"
Martial arts were universal. No matter what, they wouldn't deviate from the principles of martial arts, even if they were in a different world.
That move 'Kami-e', Sag could see that this guy used it by releasing all the strength in his body, relying solely on changes in air flow to make his body change accordingly to avoid attacks.
And his 'Hokuto Kūkyoku Ryūbu (North Star Empty Extreme Flowing Dance)', had the same principle, changing his body with the flow of air to dodge.
The principle was the same, so of course it could be considered 'Kami-e'.
But...
Why say it?
Sag sneered. "Guess?"
He looked at Ennio's body bouncing in the air, his pupils tightening.
Jump, jump a little more, and he will also...
*Bang!*
A sound like a cannon firing exploded from Ennio. His obese body was like a ball, spinning rapidly as it quickly descended towards Sag.
"Tekkai: Hodan(Cannonball)!"
A thick voice, carrying a huge gravitational pressure, came. The wind pressure it stirred up blew Sag's hair, and even made his facial skin twitch slightly.
This power...
He couldn't meet it head-on!
Sag, who had originally wanted to counterattack, immediately retracted his hand, his body retreating, letting this 'cannonball' descend. But when this cannonball approached the ground, it suddenly extended its limbs, and its hands gently touched the ground. Its legs spread into a split, and it spun forcefully.
"Rankyaku: Shūzan (Circular Slash)!"
*Whoosh!*
A huge, circular Rankyaku flew out from his legs, quickly cutting towards the surroundings.
Sag was startled. His body leaned back heavily, forming an inverted U-shape, barely dodging this slash. The slash quickly spread outwards, slicing open nearby buildings. The upward extension of the stairs behind was also cut open by this slash.
This power...
Sag didn't even have time to catch his breath when a huge shadow covered his body. He had just raised his head when he saw a fist print itself on his face.
*Bang!*
Sag's head tilted back, and blood flew out. His body, which hadn't yet straightened, fell backwards.
Just then, he took advantage of the backward momentum, raised his legs, and directly wrapped them around Ennio's arm. His body used this force to rise up, and he extended two fingers, pointing them at Ennio's arm.
As long as he hit...
"Tekkai: Ousou (Horizontal Lock)!"
Sag felt the arm he was holding suddenly harden. Ennio forcefully swung his arm. The huge force transmitted not only prevented Sag from holding on, but that arm also slipped out from under Sag's legs like a loach, forcefully throwing him out.
*Clang!*
The huge force also flung the rapier at Sag's waist, which rolled twice on the ground and landed right in front of Lily's feet...
"A combination technique?!"
Sag, flying through the air, looked surprised. That last move, was it Tekkai and Kami-e used together?
Sag quickly glanced at Ennio, revealing a look of understanding. His body quickly spun in the air. But before he could land, he saw Ennio, who had thrown him, move his feet.
"Soru!"
His figure flashed, turning into an afterimage and quickly arriving in front of Sag, who hadn't landed yet. He formed his five fingers into a knife and quickly stabbed forward.
"Shigan: Gatotsu (Fang Thrust)!"
That hand knife slashed down, almost tearing the air, quickly piercing Sag's chest.
*Bang!*
Like steel colliding with steel, the moment the hand knife struck, a dull but extremely hard sound was emitted.
Ennio was stunned. "You..."
Sag then landed steadily, slowly raising his head, and said faintly, "Tekkai."
The Fist of the North Star was a fist technique that studied the human body to its utmost limit. One method mastered, all methods mastered. As long as the principle was the same, Sag could naturally understand it.
Of course, he didn't know Rokushiki, and it was also his first time encountering a Rokushiki user, but he could observe.
The principle of Kami-e was the same as Kūkyoku Ryūbu. He didn't need to see it to use it. The rest required observation.
And now, he had observed enough. The other party had used them two or three times. If he still couldn't learn them, then he would have wasted this ultimate human assassination fist.
Tekkai required a well-trained body, then accelerating blood flow to speed up muscle movement and harden it. As for the principle... he didn't even need to understand it through the Fist of the North Star. All men knew that thing, it was just changing from local to the whole body, just strengthening it.
A well-trained body, Sag had.
Accelerating blood flow, he had seen it enough, so he could naturally use it!