Dragon and Phoenix
Chapter 9: Second Year

When the flood came again, Cio San did the same. He turned again, just one round. Then he hit his hand again. The flood retreated again several spears. The sound of explosions was heard again. The stone walls broke apart again. Then the flood slid again more than before. Cio San did the same thing again. So keep up a few times.

He laughed happily. Now he finds something new again. If someone is’keroyok’ from the front and back, then he can produce much greater attack power. For example, in the flood. When the flood hit Cio San, the water moved backwards. But as it received a boost from the current behind it, the flood advanced faster. This understanding only appeared in Cio San's head, and he was very happy to find new things.

7 Today.

It's great that Cio San, every incident that happened to him, could make him capture the essence of the meaning of the incident, and instead turn it into silat science.

Man is blessed with the talent of God to be able to survive, and to be useful to others. God blesses man with events and events so that man can continue to learn to improve his life for the better day by day.

It has been almost two years Cio San lived in this cave. The science that he created is also increasing. Sometimes without going through an event, Cio San can even create moves. Hearing the flow of water alone, he could even create a style. Looking at the stone, he could create a style.

This is not surprising. People if there is nothing else they can do but just one thing, will surely pour their heart into that one thing.

Today Cio San is making swords from the wooden twigs he found. He wanted to learn to play the sword. Right now, the science he had created was only punches and kicks.

While making a sword, he listened to a strange voice again. This time it was not a flood. Not the sound of fish in the river. Something moved in the river. The shape is huge. He moved from the waterfall to here.

Is anyone coming? Cio San then ran towards the direction of the voice. Movement frisky. He jumps like flying. His heart was happy if he could meet another human being.

How shocked he was when he reached the source of the sound. It was a huge snake! It might be ten spears long. His head was as big as an adult male body.

I'm so impressed with Cio San. “This switch is like understanding silat science,” thought. He's even very happy. Finally found also the opponent training-games. Even if it's a big scary snake.

As soon as the snake managed to dodge, it mutilated its body backwards, and now used its tail to attack. Seeing the coming of the tail attack, Cio San thought about trying to fend it off. Cio San attacks right on the part of the body that makes a rattling sound.

The vibration of the rattling sound collided with the power of the tank that Cio San did. He was thrown backwards with his body shaken.

“That's great,” muttered. He was not deeply wounded because there was a powerful force protecting him. Seeing that rattling tail attack, Cio San once again got a new idea.

“A fast attack plus a very strong vibration can cause an attack that

terrible.”

Based on the thought that had arisen in his head, Cio San instantly created a new punch. He channeled his inner energy into his right palm. Soon he moved in search of the snake's head. Cio San was in the air and was directly face to face with the snake.

When in the air it is very difficult to move, because it does not have a foothold. But somehow, Cio San can spin like a gasing. When the snake attacked, the motion was like moving to the side due to the thrust of the snake's head.

Once his position had managed to be at the side, Cio San unleashed a palm strike. But this punch does not only contain energy in itself. Cio San also shook his hand following the rattling of the snake's tail. So inside the palm strike, it also contained a vibration attack that resembled the rattling of a snake's tail.

Cio San deliberately did not target the snake's eyes, although he could. There was a feeling of pity for that beautiful snake. He hit the area over the snake's eyes. The hit was great. The head was struck back by two spears.

Seeing the ‘baru’nya punchline is successful, Cio San is getting excited. The snake that hit it is getting angry. His head pecked and his tail attacked simultaneously. Cio San who saw this watched closely the snake's movements. He wanted to learn the snake's attack movements. While dodging, Cio San watched the continued attack of the snake's tail and head. How appalling. Water is everywhere. The sound of the rattling of the snake tail plus the sound of the waterfall pounding increasingly makes the atmosphere in the tunnel frenetic.

Cio San moved agilely in the midst of the snake's body contortion. Sometimes he repels attacks with his new punch. The snake was pushed back to attack even more violently. Cio San was still enjoying this battle. This time, all of his punches and kicks seemed to be filled with a powerful inner energy, thus making the snake in pain.

Despite having a very hard skin, the snake still can not dampen the powerful energy of Cio San. Even the rocks would be crushed by the blow. It's just that, because of the pity for the snake, Cio San did not exert all his strength.

After a long time watching the snake attack motion, now Cio San tried to imitate it. The tip of his palm now formed like a snake's snout. The palm of his left hand was next to his stomach facing forward, while his fingers were facing the ground. The left palm, although still, holds the same vibration as the rattlesnake tail. Even the left palm was also buzzing like the rattles of a snake, as it trembled so violently.

Now his palms are attacking and pecking like the head of a snake. Boldly, he used that right palm to face the ferocious snake head attack. Once the head of the snake was close to his right hand, suddenly Cio San rotated so that now his position under the head of the snake.

It turned out that his right hand was just a trick. As soon as the snake moved backwards pulled its head, with a lightning-fast left hand Cio San sent out a quivering punch. His thrust, coupled with the position of the snake pulling back his head, made the result of the movement multiply.

The big head of the snake was thrown backwards until it hit the wall of the cave. Simultaneously, Cio San had already launched his powerful kick. The head of the snake suffered a very heavy shock due to four things. First, the left-hand vibration blow of Cio San. Second, the collision with the wall of the cave. Third, Cio San's hard kick. And fourth, another collision with the wall of the cave.

All of that made the cave wall fall apart.

The serpent felt nothing. His attack remained violent, although not as quickly as the beginning. Perhaps the snake had already started to fear the opponent in front of him.

In that dark cave, perhaps the eyes of an ordinary person could only see the light of the yellow snake eyes. There was indeed a little light from the campfire that Cio San had made, but it would be impossible to see the movements produced by these two different creatures. Even if in the middle of the field that was illuminated by the bright daylight, not many people could see the movements. It was strange when the two creatures attacked each other. Looks like they are the most excellent silat experts.

They were but a young man of a dozen years, and a giant serpent.

If the movement of the snake is getting slower and impressed carefully, on the contrary, the movement of Cio San is very fast and confident. He had comprehended all forms of the snake's attack, so as to easily read its direction.

During this time the attack of the snake is only in the form of ‘tipuan’ done head, in the form of the main attack’by the tail. Sometimes the snake just swap it, that is the head becomes ‘ main attack’ and the tail becomes ‘tipuan’. But with just a few dodges, Cio San can already read ‘mean’ snake

Cio San was confused too. He can already control the situation. Give a terrible attack. But all of this cannot weaken the snake. Though the walls of the cave in the form of rocks and rocks that are very hard bowels of the earth, have been destroyed here and there.

Cio San could not bear to hit the snake's eyes and blind him. He had decided to let the snake live. Somehow, there was a feeling of ‘kasian’ arising in his heart seeing the snake.

Seeing Cio San who was silent did not make any movement, the snake was silent. His head remained in an attacking position. His tongue sometimes comes out of his mouth. Cio San knows this snake is not a poisonous snake, because since long ago he has been taught how to distinguish poisonous snakes from non-venomous ones.

But he became a little hesitant, because he had never read about this type of snake. All the characteristics of this snake indicate that it is not venomous. But its rattling tail makes it different, for there is no rattling snake that is not venomous. Even they are so vicious.

Cio San thought hard, trying to find a way to conquer the snake. Finally he decided to ‘bet’ only. “If I die from this snake, that's it. It will turn me off in a few seconds.”

He actually did not know that his body was now immune to all kinds of toxins, because of the efficacy of the Sin Hong mushroom.

The snake started moving little by little. His tail began to creak, giving off a terrifying noise. Cio San opened his horses. Thay Kek Kun's style of horses is to use horses rather low, upright bodies, right hands floating forward, and palms facing their own faces.

The left hand is floating a bit higher back. The palms are slightly bent down. This style symbolizes Yin and Yang.

But with the intelligence of Cio San, quickly the style of bhesi (horses) Thay Kek Kun was combined with his new snake style. The right hand now forms the head of the snake. While the left hand floating high behind, now began to vibrate and make a sound like the rattle of a snake's tail. The sound was actually caused from the vibration of the finger meeting with the finger. But because it was done quickly, the movement was almost invisible.

The snake did not understand what Cio San was doing. His instincts said that he should ‘take’ Cio San. Heads ready. Cio San is waiting. He knew exactly when the snake would peck. Because before pecking, the snake will take a swipe back first.

It was actually very fast and invisible. But the eyes and ears of Cio San who is trained are able to pay attention to it.

Snake it then ‘pounce’. Cio San had already seen that swipe. But Cio San did not move. He was waiting for that head.

The head was quickly grabbed. Unseen by the eye. Then when it was close to Cio San's body, the snake opened its mouth. Showing his long fangs. But Cio San did not move. Only a few feet less than the head of the snake, then the body of Cio San darted fast. Not to the side, not to the back. But go straight to the snake's mouth and get inside.

With his agility, Cio San managed to dodge the serpent's teeth. He went into the area behind the tooth.

All of it is written in this way, but in fact, the movements are much faster than when we blink our eyes.

The snake was startled and felt Cio San stomp on the inside of his mouth, instantly clenching his jaw tightly to******Cio San's body. But it was a big mistake that Cio San had been waiting for.

As soon as the snake clenched its jaws, Cio San used both of his palms to attack two different parts of the snake. The roof of his mouth and tongue. The result was terrible, because when the serpent clenched his jaws, he also used great energy.

The meeting of Cio San's palm energy, as well as the strength of the serpent's jaw force, made a very loud sound.

Bruuuaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkk......!!!!!!!!!!!!

The snake's jawbone was broken.

Cio San came out of it.

The power of the attack was many times over. In addition to the broken jaw, the resulting massive energy vibrated the contents in his skull. The snake immediately went out and fainted. The inside of his mouth was destroyed. There was blood everywhere. Even Cio San was bathed in the blood of the snake. There was a feeling of guilt in Cio San's heart seeing the fate of the snake. At first, he was happy that the attack he had planned was successful. But when he saw the snake, he cried.

I'm sorry, Sin Coa (Switch's Snake)..

Cio San hurriedly checked the state of the snake. His jaw was broken and something was broken. The inside of his mouth was covered in blood. How do I stop this bleeding? Cio San understood about human medicine as he had read in the book of A Liang's giving, but he had never healed anyone at all, except to cure A Liang's poison. It didn't work either because a while after that, A Liang died.

Especially now that suffered heavy injuries is a giant snake, whose body shape, blood flow, and power center points are different from humans. In his confusion, Cio San remembered the mushrooms he ate every day. Cio San remembered that every time he ate the mushroom, his body was immediately fresh, even external wounds such as sliced or blisters healed quickly. Immediately collected the mushrooms from the wall of the cave. Along the cave tunnel, the mushroom grew busily.

After the mushrooms collected a lot, crammed the lump into the mouth of the injured snake. Cio San also put the mushrooms in the jaw bones of a broken snake.

Before long the blood stopped flowing, and the broken area had begun to warm, a sign that the body of the snake itself was helping to heal from within. Boldly, Cio San remained inside the mouth of the dazed snake and ‘passingan’ it was. He channeled his inner energy into the serpent through his mouth.

Because Cio San knows, it is useless to channel it through the body, because the snake skin is very thick, and seems to be able to dampen the energy in.

Long enough Cio San drain the power. The snake was recovering. The body of a snake is different from the body of a human. Moreover, this is classified as a rare snake, so that the powerful attack was not to make him die.

Slowly the snake's consciousness recovered. He felt a lot of pain in his mouth and jaw. His power

as it was absorbed, his body was hollow. But he also felt a comfortable warmth within his mouth. Over time the comfort managed to push away the pain.

Cio San knew that the snake was already recovering. He then stopped his power supply, and came out of the snake's mouth. Then stroked the head of the snake. The snake seemed to understand that his enemy had just helped him. He remained silent and did nothing.

Cio San stroked the snake gently.