Dominating the Pugilistic World With My Detective Skills

Chapter 34: The Challenge From The Lion King

Translator: Henyee Translations

Editor: Henyee Translations

At this moment, an impatient player had already dashed up the wooden platform. The instant he stepped onto the arena, everyone saw him disappearing from their eyes.

Ye Weiming said in a low voice when he saw this, “This is an instance.”

Yin Bukui nodded lightly. “There are at least 80 players here. If every single one of us challenges Xie Xun, it will take a long time. It’s better to put it as an instance.”

As they were speaking, Xuan Small Pen, who was standing beside them, had already stepped onto the arena. As his team members, Ye Weiming and Yin Bukui got pulled into the instance following his actions.

When he received the notification that he had entered the instance, Yin Bukui couldn’t help but complain, “Small Pen, you’re too impulsive.”

Xuan Small Pen didn’t feel that he did anything wrong. “We will have to challenge him anyway. The faster we finish it, the better.”

Yin Bukui was speechless. “Even if you want to challenge him, you should at least observe the situation first.”

Xuan Small Pen refuted in a righteous tone, “Didn’t you say that this is an instance? Who are we supposed to observe?”

Yin Bukui felt tired and frustrated when he heard Xuan Small Pen’s reply.

After arguing for some time, the three of them started observing the instance.

The environment inside the instance wasn’t any different from the outside world. The only difference was that they were the only ones in the instance. Besides them, they could only see Xie Xun, who was standing in the middle of the wooden platform and holding the Dragon Slaying Sabre in his hand. There was no sign of the other players or NPCs.

“Have you finished talking?” Xie Xun spoke to the three of them in an arrogant tone. “If you’re done, I can tell you the rules for challenging me. I will only say it once. Listen carefully…”

As Xie Xun went on with his explanation, the three players roughly understood the rules of this instance.

First, Xie Xun said that he wouldn’t take advantage of the players so the players could decide the topic for the battle. As for him, he would suppress his attributes and level so that it would be on par with the players before accepting the challenge. But, the topic for the battle must be related to kung fu.

Next, Xie Xun said that he hated evil people. Thus, the disciples from Seasand Clan, Giant Whale Clan, and Divine Fist Sect, as well as the players who followed them over, would only get some EXP and cultivation points as their reward. But, Ye Weiming and his team members never did any evil so if they won, Xie Xun would give them a secret scripture.

In the team channel…

Xuan Small Pen: What the f**k, he is giving out welfare! ヾ(≧▽≦*)o

Ye Weiming: It’s only welfare if we win. ╮(╯▽╰)╭

After they finished speaking, Ye Weiming took a step forward and cupped his hands. He asked Xie Xun, “Senior Xie Xun, you said that you will suppress your level and attributes. What about your kung fu cultivation…”

“Haha… young man, you’re quite smart.” Xie Xun laughed loudly when he heard this. “I will only suppress my level and attributes. As for the details of the challenge, you can slowly analyze it.”

The three of them immediately cursed Xie Xun for being so shameless in their team channel when they heard this.

It appeared as if the players had some hope in winning Xie Xun after he suppressed his level and attributes. However, in reality, the difference between them was still very wide!

Ye Weiming was able to become one of the more powerful players because he managed to achieve a high level for the lackluster kung fu, ‘Sword of the Yue Maiden’.

But, what about Xie Xun?

Based on a conservative estimate, he should at least have reached the maximum level for two intermediate martial arts skills, right?

Even if they had the same attributes, Xie Xun would be able to beat everyone just based on his techniques alone!

“Let’s be more open-minded.” Ye Weiming shook his head lightly. “There is a chance of survival because he suppressed his level and attributes. If not, we wouldn’t have any chances at all. Who wants to go first?”

“Me!”

Xuan Small Pen took a step forward as he spoke. He took out his judge pen and said, “I want to challenge you with my writing skills.” Before Xie Xun could reply to him, Xuan Small Pen activated his internal energy and started writing on the wooden boards below him.

Honored by the wulin, the precious sabre slays the dragon;

it commands the world, who dares to disobey?

If the Heaven Reliant does not appear, who can challenge it?

His strokes were filled with vigor and gracefulness. They were fine and beautiful. No wonder Zhang Cuishan laid his eyes on him and took him in as his disciple.

Ye Weiming didn’t know much about calligraphy but he still complimented in a soft tone, “Small Pen’s words are really not bad.”

“Of course.” Yin Bukui explained, “Before Small Pen migrated, he was the champion of the youth calligraphy competition in his province. After entering the game, with the help of the additional calligraphy skills given to him, his skills might have reached the level of great masters in the real world.”

After he finished writing, Xuan Small Pen raised his head and smiled at Xie Xun, “I still need much practice. Senior, please do your appraisal.”

Xie Xun nodded and praised him sincerely, “Your words are good. You’re young but your words already have the stance of a grandmaster. This is really rare!”

After he finished speaking, Xie Xun directly slapped Xuan Small Pen, turning him into a flash of white light.

Ding! Your teammate, Xuan Small Pen, has died and left the team.

While Ye Weiming and Yin Bukui were feeling flabbergasted, Xie Xun said in disdain, “I said that the topic you choose must be related to kung fu. What does your calligraphy skills have to do with kung fu?” However, it was obvious that Xuan Small Pen wouldn’t be able to hear this explanation.

Xie Xun raised his head again and looked at the two other people. “Who is the second person?”

“Me!” Yin Bukui opened his mouth and said, “I don’t know any close combat skills. I’ve only learned sword skills before. If I’m fortunate enough to cut off a corner of your clothes…”

“You will win!”

Ye Weiming’s eyes lit up instantly when he heard their conversation. This was how you could negotiate the terms!

Yin Bukui had already pulled out his sword and stabbed it towards Xie Xun. However, the sword skill he was using was just an ordinary fundamental Wudang sword skill. Even if he managed to reach the maximum level for this sword skill, it wouldn’t pose any threat to Xie Xun at all.

Just a single encounter and Xie Xun was able to grasp his loophole. He twisted his hand and grabbed Yin Bukui’s throat. “Brat, are you really planning to damage my clothes with those lousy skills of yours? What the f**k!”

Just as Xie Xun was about to strangle Yin Bukui to death after proudly announcing his win, Yin Bukui raised his long sword in his hand and stabbed it furiously through his abdomen.

Xie Xun realized what Yin Bukui wanted to do, but because of the suppression in his level and attribute, his reaction was slower by half a beat. A thin and almost unnoticeable cut on his clothes were formed by Yin Bukui’s blade after it pierced through Yin Bukui’s body.

“Pfft!” After he drew the sword out, the health bar above Yin Bukui’s head dropped by more than 50%. But, he didn’t activate the pain sensor so he wasn’t bothered by the wound at all. He turned around and said to Xie Xun in a slightly proud tone, “Thank you, senior.”

“Not bad, you’re ruthless!” Xie Xun was straightforward too. “Your move really scared me for a moment. Can you tell me what this move is?”

Yin Bukui cupped his hands respectfully and said, “A few days ago when my Third Uncle-Master got all his limbs crippled by his enemies, I told my master that if I can’t defeat my opponent, I would rather die with him than to fall into his hands. My master agreed with me after knowing my intention so he created this move ‘Live with Heaven and Earth’ and taught me. This is my first time using it. Thank you for showing mercy.”

“What a good name! ‘Live with Heaven and Earth’!” Xie Xun complimented. He asked again, “What kung fu do you want to learn?”

A glimmer of light flashed past Yin Bukui’s eyes. However, he said, “There’s no rush to give me my reward. Why don’t we wait for Brother Ye to finish challenging you? We can get our rewards together.”

Xie Xun’s gaze landed on Ye Weiming. “Young man, what do you want to challenge me with?”

Was it finally his turn?

Ye Weiming took a step forward and stared directly into Xie Xun’s eyes. It was filled with killing intent. “You’re really busy so I don’t dare to take up too much of your time. Shall we decide the winner with just a single move?”