Originally Posted by
tape
I think the element of surprise is something that should be factored into your martial arts level. She uses her whip techniques generally, and strikes out with her claw techniques in a vicious and lethal way that people generally can't see very well -- at the time it just so happened it was in front of thousands of people. Hong Qigong and Ouyang Feng are known to conserve their "best" martial arts in Dog Beating Stick and Serpent Fists because the element of surprise is something that is very real. It doesn't mean the Dog Beating Stick is only good if you catch them off guard, it's just that all technique-reliant skills are much less powerful once people study and analyze your weaknesses.
Song Qingshu killed 3(?) high level fighters, ZZR would have killed Yin Liting, and only after observing and analyzing their techniques throughout was Yu Lianzhou able to commit to a kamikaze attack that would have killed them both. When Yu Lianzhou fought Song Qingshu, he knew about his claw attacks and was unable to defeat him for very long until he caught him using the exact same move he used before. Needless to say ZZR has mastered the claws at a higher level and has many more variations and might easily have found a way to kill him. Even if you *know* the other person is reliant on lethal and secretive techniques, unless you know the exact variation, you still can't defeat them.