The Cursed One : The Darkside of The World

The Absurd Challenge To Stop The Fight

"How if we play a challenge." Jin stares deeply at Guangu's eyes with full confidence. "If I can survive your three punches without being fainted, you and your men must leave and forget all the past problems with us."

Guangu turn his head towards his men, all of them laughed together. "Hahaha..." Even Guangu have to hold his stomach because he laughed too hard.

"Did you hear this skinny kid said?! He wants to take three of my punches! Haha... That's one of the hilarious things I've been heard for a while," Guangu still takes Jin's challenge as a joke and continues to laugh. After a while, he still looks at Jin's serious expression and he knows if Jin doesn't joke with his idea. "Are you serious with your challenge?" Guangu asked once more time.

"Of course I am. Why? Are you afraid to lose?" Jin baiting Guangu's anger.

"Damn you, little brat! Don't blame me if you lose your life," Guangu gets angry hearing Jin's words. He decides to take Jin's challenge. "If you lose, we will also beat your friend till no one recognizes his handsome face anymore. Do you agree?!" He wanted another condition before accepting the challenge.

Jin looks at Kang Ling and asks, "Do you agree with that condition?"

Kang Ling feels strange with Jin's confidence, he doesn't understand why Jin looks calm because Guangu is not an ordinary martial artist and is at least at the early stages of Master Level. Taking three punches from a master level could be devastating for a normal person that will lead to death. But, his curiosity makes him decide to accept the proposed condition and he is not afraid of being beaten. The most important thing is, he will know soonest whether Jin is truly an extraordinary martial artist or is just a noob one who can not measure the difference between himself and the opponent. "Do whatever you want. I don't care." Kang Ling said his approval.

"You heard him, right?! Let's start, I don't want to waste my time, I feel hungry. Ah, one more thing, don't hesitate to punch me with all your power or you will get ashamed in front of your men." Jin said to play Guangu's emotion.

"You know what?! A cocky kid is someone that I hate very much. If you wish to end your life here, I will gladly grant it." Guangu getting more and more irritated by Jin's words.

"Enough talking, just do it."

"As you wish, you bastard kid." Guangu prepared his stance to punch Jin. He thought Jin is only a punk kid who trolling him and he will give Jin a lifetime lesson by punching using physical energy only. Anyway, he never intended to kill innocent men.

"Buggggghhh!!!" Guangu punches Jin's face as hard as he can using his physical energy until his fist feels hurt. Guangu and all his men smile wide as the punch directly hits Jin's face, but, that smile doesn't last too long because Guangu's punch does not have any effect at all on Jin.

Meanwhile, instead of screaming in pain, Jin is talking to Guangu about something that makes Guangu even more irritated, "You punch like a girl. Is that your best hit? I think I overestimated you."

"Asshole! I won't hold back anymore. Don't regret if you are dying." Guangu said while gathering inner energy in his right fist and made his fist covered by a white aura.

Despite seeing the amount of inner energy in Guangu's fist, Jin stares at that man with full confidence, no doubt at all in his face as if he is very sure if he can bear Guangu's punch.

"Duaaaaaggghhhhh!!!" Guangu punches again with powerful inner energy and makes Jin fall to the ground unmove.

Guangu spat right beside Jin's fallen body, "Now you get what you deserve from your cockiness. If you are still alive, you should grateful because it is a miracle." He said with a happy feeling as the victor of the challenge. His dozens of men behind him also smile, even some of them clapping their hands. "Now your turn!" Guangu added while pointing at Kang Ling who is still calm.

"That was not a bad punch. It feels hurt a bit. You deserve my praise." All of sudden, Jin speaks while still lying on the ground. He stands up again to take one last punch from Guangu. He doesn't seem to be in deep pain or injury after Guangu's second punch.

The euphoria in Guangu's and his men's faces instantly evaporate and change with shocked faces. All of them suddenly silenced. "This is impossible! How can he stand up again!? What tricks did he use?! He has the ability or not?" Guangu's confidence starts to shake, he never thought if Jin can withstand his inner energy punch undamaged. He is now doubting himself whether he can take down Jin or not although Jin doesn't fight back and only takes his punches.

"What's the matter? You still have one more chance to take me down, Sir." Jin said as Guangu is only standing still and watching Jin's face.

"I will kill you! I swear to God!" Guangu, who is widely known for his exploding temper, gets baited by Jin again. This time, he intends to kill Jin with all his energy. He jumps back a few meters to get the proper distance. Gather all his energy and planned to use his ultimate technique, Baek Mountain Heavenly Fist. His whole body is covered with white flare aura and that aura is slowly gathered in his right fist.

Kang Ling can feel the huge energy that is about to be released by Guangu, he knows the danger of the attack that Guangu will launch on Jin and decides to warn Jin. "Hey! That attack is very dangerous, step away and surrender now! I will replace you to take that punch."

"Don't worry, I will be fine." Jin answered confidently without looking at Kang Ling. His eyes were focused on Guangu's attack. He can feel Guangu's big energy and immediately recognizes the kind of attack that Guangu will launch. The Baek Mountain Heavenly Fist.

Jin very much knows the danger of the Heavenly Fist attack because he also masters it. His teacher, Baek Ma, was the deserted warrior from Baek Mountain Sect and had taught him all Baek Mountain Sect's high-level techniques, that's why he knows Guangu's moves and prepared another technique to counter it.

"BAEK MOUNTAIN HEAVENLY FIST!!!" Guangu shouted while throwing his right punch to the air upfront and white energy in the form of a fist comes out of his hand. That energy moves very fast towards Jin and gets bigger and bigger with each traveled distance. When it arrived at Jin's location, the fist energy has become as big as an adult ox and hit Jin's body very hard with an overwhelming force.

A few moments before the Heavenly Fist hit Jin, he raised two layers of white energy barrier in the shape of the small dome around his body. Jin doesn't use Queen Aghs'tya's energy and prefers to use his own energy because he wants to slowly reduce his dependence on the queen's power, anyway, he is sure if Guangu's power is not something that his inner energy can not handle.

"Bleguuuurrrr!!!" A strong explosion happened when Guangu's Heavenly Fist hit Jin's Divine shield. The strong winds and the bright white light is emitted from the center of the explosion in all directions that enough to make the people around it cover their eyes or squint.

Guangu is shocked after witnessing Jin's barrier, he knows very well that it was The Baek Mountain Divine Shield, an impenetrable shield made of inner energy, the most powerful defense in the entire world. People who master it can build an unlimited number of layers depending on their inner energy limit. The folklore said Baek g**g, one of the four world's greatest warriors who lived 500 years ago, can build until 10 energy layers that made people call him 'The Impenetrable Warrior'.

Guangu becomes curious about Jin's identity. As a warrior from the Baek Mountain Sect, he knows if the Divine Shield is not something that can be mastered easily and Jin can raise two layers at a very young age, even Guangu himself still has not mastered it and is only able to raise one layer of the shield. Yet he never sees him or heard about him in the sect although he has not visited his sect for more than two years.

After the bright light has gone, neither do the dust and the smokes, everyone can see again the condition at the center of the explosion clearly. They left stunned after witnessing Jin who is still standing, unscratched, and doesn't seem to run out of energy.