183 Chapter 181. Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms vs Buddha's Palm (Part1)
"Master Ip."
When Tony and the others subconsciously turned their heads, Ip Man appeared behind them.
Looking up at Ah Xing and Lord Godless, who were facing each other not too far away, Ryan acted as a narrator through Ip Man's mouth, "The clues Matt and the others gave me earlier made me very concerned about Jiu You, so I deliberately asked Master to contact Peng Lai before he went into his deep sleep, to inform the island of what had happened in New York. Although I expected Peng Lai to send someone over, I didn't expect it to be Ah Xing."
"Master Ip, didn't Ah Xing ... I clearly saw him fall in the battle with the Hand."
Jessica looked at the Ip Man who had appeared in front of her and immediately asked. It wasn't only her, the other Defenders were also puzzled by Ah Xing's return from the grave.
"I don't know much about the details."
"However, according to Ah Xing's story, the island's Master was the one that saved him. In the midst of the confusion between life and death, he coincidentally had an epiphany about Buddha's Palm, the Buddhist practice of Celestial Art. He succeeded in breaking through and came back to the world of the living."
"An epiphany in the Buddha's Palm?" Listening to Ip Man's explanation, Cage turned to look at Ah Xing, whose temperament had greatly changed. He couldn't help but speak up, "According to your stories before... Ah Xing... should be an immortal now, right?"
"Immortal...? "
Hearing Cage's question, Natasha couldn't help but turn her face sideways, showing a look of concern and secretly keeping a watchful eye.
Standing on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s side, Natasha had been trying to find out anything she could about Peng Lai's immortals.
"Yes and no..." Ip Man replied with an ambiguous sentence.
Aware of the confused looks from everyone around him, Ip Man immediately added some plot settings Ryan had prepared.
"Celestial Art is not that easy to cultivate. It takes a lot of perseverance and a lot of luck to achieve. The Beast is the clearest example of that. Although he had stolen the Buddha's Palm from Peng Lai, he could only comprehend the first few moves after so many years and couldn't fully practice them. Buddha's Palm, an ancient Buddhist Celestial Art, is all about clarity of mind and enlightenment of one's own body. Although Ah Xing was able to understand the Celestial Art cultivation through an epiphany at the edge of life and death, there's still a certain amount of distance between him and a true immortal."
"Perhaps, when he achieves the final form of Buddha's Palm -- [Ten Thousand Buddha's Pilgrimage], he may be able to truly achieve transcendence and become a true immortal."
Ip Man's expression obviously revealed an extremely complicated look when he said that last line about being immortal. Natasha noticed it, but the expression on her face remained unmoved as she continued to listen.
Everything Ip Man said, especially the description of how Peng Lai's people became immortal, was quite important to her.
With this information, S.H.I.E.L.D. was able to build up a more detailed profile in preparation for the various outcomes that might occur later in the future.
As an intelligence organisation, they always had to be prepared for the worst.
Especially when Nick Fury, the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., understood that the world wasn't as simple as it seemed. However, what he had expected was alien lifeforms being a threat to life on earth. He never expected that there would be dangerous organisations like Peng Lai or Jiu You already on earth.
"In that case, wouldn't Ah Xing be in danger right now? "
Frowning in silence for a moment, Matt spoke up, "After all, this is Lord Godless, the guy who easily injured the Beast."
It was apparent from their last battle with the Beast.
"No. In terms of comprehension in Buddha's Palm, Ah Xing has clearly surpassed the Beast. Even if there is a gab, he isn't that far behind from Lord Godless."
'Besides, I'm still in control of the true winner of this fight.'
In the antique shop, after successfully paving the way for Ah Xing's return, Ryan thought so in his heart.
He had gone to great lengths to be able to bring the battle before him to a successful conclusion.
...
"Do you know what happened to the last guy who used 'Buddha's Palm' on me?"
In the middle of the silent confrontation, Ryan took control of the Lord Godless clone and spoke first.
Looking at Ah Xing, who had a bland expression on his face, he said, "A crushing defeat."
"Then this time, it might be different."
In response, Ah Xing maintained his indifferent attitude and replied in a light tone.
"I hope you'll still be able to talk like this later."
With a sinister smile on his grim face, Lord Godless suddenly thrust out his left palm, and with a lofty dragon roar, a white dragon silhouette roared towards Ah Xing.
Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms, eleventh style -- [A Sudden Advent]
In the face of Lord Godless' swift strike, Ah Xing's face remained unchanged as he closed his palms together. In one smooth motion, he performed the [Buddha Asks Jialan] move.
The golden Buddha light formed a huge palm print in front of him and clashed with the white dragon silhouette.
Bang --
The ground trembled from the violent impact of the collision, causing Tony and the others standing around to stumble back a few steps.
The crowd looked towards the two men, Lord Godless and Ah Xing, in the centre of the battlefield, with expressions of awe spreading across their faces.
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Jessica looked at Ah Xing with a shocked expression on her face. She didn't think that Ah Xing, who came back from the dead, not only had changed in temperament but had also had a radical change in strength.
"Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms?"
Retracting his own hands, Ah Xing looked at Lord Godless and spoke in a suitable manner.
"Yes, no mistake." In response to Ah Xing's question, Lord Godless said, "You have your Buddha's Palm, I have my legendary Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms. Let's see which technique is better."
"Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms?"
On the other hand, hearing the name of the move coming from Lord Godless, the Defenders and the others subconsciously turned their gazes to Ip Man.
"If I'm not mistaken, what Lord Godless is using is the legendary and long-lost Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms technique. It's not as powerful as the ancient Buddha's Palm Celestial Art that Ah Xing learnt, but it's still an invulnerable and powerful palm technique; although it's not a Celestial Art, it's not very far from it."
