The Nameless Monk in “Thien Long Bat Bo” is a character with great martial arts skills, making many readers curious about his origin and true strength. Is there any expert in the story who can defeat this mysterious character?
The amazing inner strength of the masters in Kim Dung's stories
You must know that even Master Giac Vien in “Ỷ Thiên Đồ Long Ký” with his profound internal energy could only rely on two iron barrels weighing hundreds of pounds to barely erase the writing on the blue stone tablet of Ha Tuc Dao – one of the three martial arts masters known as “Kun Lun Tam Thanh”.
However, in “Thien long bat bo”, the masters who have reached the pinnacle of long-range combat have become essential skills. Tieu Phong is a typical example.
The story says: “Xiao Feng felt both pity and anger in his heart. He strode forward and swung his right hand to strike Ding Chunqiu. It was the 'Seeing Dragons in the Field' move from the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. When he struck out, the distance between him and Ding Chunqiu was still about fifteen or sixteen zhang. But as soon as he said it, he came. The force from his palm was released. The two of them were only seven or eight zhang apart… Unexpectedly, as soon as Xiao Feng struck out, his body rushed to a place three or four zhang away from him. It was another 'Seeing Dragons in the Field' move. The back palm pushed the front palm. The force of the two palms combined, like a landslide, collapsing down.”
Tieu Phong is a very powerful master. (Photo: Sohu)
Tinh Tu old monster Dinh Xuan Thu, with his excellent martial arts skills, made all the opponents he encountered in the first half of “Thien long bat bo” taste disappointment. However, When facing Tieu Phong, he was easily beaten and sent running away.
An overwhelming force, before absolute strength, cruel tricks, sophisticated moves all become useless.
Even at the end of the story “Thien long bat bo”, with the profound internal strength of Doan Du and Hu Truc, they were still blocked by Tieu Phong's palm strike.
The Secret Technique of the Nameless Monk
It could be said that Tieu Phong himself did not believe that anyone could directly block one of his palms. However, when facing Vo Danh Than Tang, famous names like “Thien Long Tu Tuyet” all became people who could be destroyed in the blink of an eye.
“With both hands clasped in his sleeves, he silently used the 'Imageless Calamity Finger', and without anyone knowing, he shot it towards the old monk. Unexpectedly, as soon as the finger force reached three feet in front of the old monk, it was as if it had encountered a wall that was both extremely soft and extremely hard. With a few 'slurp slurp' sounds, the finger force dissipated without a trace, and was not reflected back.”
In response to the sudden attack of Qiu Mo Zhi, Wu Ming Shen Zeng did not make any defensive moves at all, and just casually neutralized it.
Vo Danh Than Tang can easily defeat many experts in Thien Long Bat Bo. (Photo: Sohu)
Some readers believe that Xiao Feng was able to injure the Nameless Monk, beat him to the point that he coughed up blood and even broke a few ribs, proving that the Nameless Monk's strength was also average. This statement may sound correct at first, but it doesn't have any practical meaning.
Kim Dung writes martial arts novels, not immortal novels, so naturally immortals cannot exist. Any character is an “ordinary person”, and Vo Danh Than Tang is no exception.
The reason why the Nameless Monk was injured by Tieu Phong, In fact, it was because at that time he wanted to use one move to knock out Tieu Vien Son.
Vo Danh Than Tang only needed one move to knock out Tieu Vien Son. (Photo: Sohu)
Xiao Yuanshan is one of the “Four Great Dragons”, his martial arts are not even inferior to Xiao Feng's son. Therefore, for Wuming Shen Zeng to knock him out without killing him with one move, the difficulty is almost unimaginable.
In that situation, this grandmaster still had to guard against Tieu Phong's strongest attack. The fact that he was injured could only show that Kim Dung had no intention of creating an immortal.
“Xiao Feng's right palm also followed closely, with a 'thud' sound, hitting the old monk's chest, followed by a few 'crack' sounds, breaking several ribs. The old monk smiled slightly, saying: 'Indeed this is first-class martial arts! Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, is indeed the best in the world.'”
This is the content in the Tam Lien printed version, but in the Tan Tu version, Kim Dung removed the detail that Vo Danh Than Tang had a broken rib, as well as the saying that Bat Long Hanh Chuong is the best in the world.
Tieu Phong once injured the Nameless Monk. (Photo: Sohu)
“Xiao Feng's right palm also followed closely, 'bang', hitting the old monk in the chest. The old monk smiled slightly, saying: 'Indeed, first-class skill!' As soon as the word 'first' was uttered, a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out from his mouth.”
In fact, this is an act to further perfect the image of the Nameless Monk, because with his martial arts, saying that the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms is the best in the world is indeed a bit ironic.
Is there any master who can defeat the Nameless Monk?
According to scholars' analysis on Sohu, in reality, in “Thien long bat bo”, there was basically no chance for Vo Danh Than Tang to truly demonstrate his martial arts, which also means that there was no one worthy of him.
Facing everyone, Vo Danh Than Tang used the perspective of a physician to look at patients, or a fortune teller to tell the fate of mortals.
How powerful is the martial arts of the Nameless Monk? From the story, we can only see the limits. At least from Xiao Feng's perspective, it is an unreachable realm, impossible to attain.
From Tieu Phong's perspective, Vo Danh Than Tang is invincible. (Photo: Sohu)
“His two hands had just closed when it was as if a stream of force had transformed into an invisible, high wall, blocking Xiao Feng and Murong Fu. Xiao Feng's mountain-shattering palm force hit this wall and instantly disappeared, disappearing without a trace. Xiao Feng's heart was shaken. Ever since his martial arts had become great, he had never lost to anyone, but this old monk before him had clearly much higher power. He had already taken action to stop him, so today's grudge could not be avenged.”
Jin Yong was very biased towards Xiao Feng, never letting him have any chance to encounter martial arts, but this character's extraordinary talent was already the greatest chance. However, from Xiao Feng's perspective, The Nameless Monk is unbeatable.
Xiao Feng's ultimate technique, when the Nameless Divine Monk seriously defended, could only dissipate invisibly on the wall of energy. As for people like Duan Yu and Xu Zhu, their martial arts knowledge and cultivation could not compare to the Nameless Divine Monk, they absolutely could not be his opponents.
Although Xiao Yao Zi, Duan Si Ping, and Murong Long Cheng could be considered invincible at the time, no matter how high their cultivation was, they might not have reached the realm of the Nameless Divine Monk. Because if the Nameless Divine Monk fought seriously, all the experts who appeared in “Thien Long Bat Bo” would be eliminated in an instant.
Some people say that A Thanh and Thach Pha Thien can defeat Vo Danh Than Tang, it can only be said that it is difficult to achieve.
Thach Pha Thien and Vo Danh Than Tang are evenly matched. (Photo: Sohu)
A Thanh mainly dealt with the Viet army, and although Thach Pha Thien's martial arts had reached the level of being able to do whatever he wanted, Vo Danh Than Tang not only had martial arts but also had them at his disposal, his Buddhism was even more profound, and he was much more intelligent than Thach Pha Thien, so could his martial arts be any worse? At most, it's just equal strength.
It can be said that in all of Jin Yong's martial arts novels, no one can be sure to defeat Nameless Monk. Because to some extent, he is the embodiment of the perfect combination of martial arts and Buddhism.
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