Chapter 97 - 96: Mian Zhang Fist
Zhang Yong told Yang Yi to use his best method, and not to worry about injuring him.
So Yang Yi immediately threw a kick at Zhang Yong’s groin. He excelled in sneak attacks, adept at crippling his opponents with a sinister strike.
But this underhanded move that had earned him peculiar success against the Boxing King was utterly ineffective against Zhang Yong.
Zhang Yong merely dodged Yang Yi’s kick with a swift sidestep and then, like a specter, surged forward to Yang Yi’s front. It was almost as if he were sticking to Yang Yi when he suddenly threw a punch, lightly tapping Yang Yi’s chest with his right fist, quickly followed by his left, and then his right again.
In an instant, Zhang Yong had struck Yang Yi’s chest with three punches and retreated like a wraith, then he said in a deep voice, "Stop!"
Yang Yi looked at Zhang Yong in a daze.
Now, Yang Yi felt no sense of defeat; on the contrary, he was extremely excited.
Zhang Yong took a breath and said to Yang Yi, "If this were a real fight, you’d be dead by now. Wing Chun doesn’t specifically target one’s head. Just now, I directly threatened your centerline, and these three punches were enough to kill you. Of course, merely having such a punching technique and reactive ability isn’t enough, you also need to train to have sufficient punching power to achieve this."
Yang Yi nodded excitedly and then asked in a low voice, "So, how should I train?"
Zhang Yong thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "It’s hard to say. Every martial art has its strengths and weaknesses. Wing Chun is not a style that excels in rapid entry and exit. It’s very effective in one-on-one combat but less so in an open space when facing multiple opponents compared to Xingyi Fist and Bajiquan. On the other hand, Wing Chun is more suitable in a confined space. There’s no superior or inferior in martial arts; it all depends on how well one masters them."
