Showdown among Luk Siu Fung's major enemies - who's the last man standing?

[Ken Cheng]

In each of the LUK SIU FUNG stories, the protagonist/title character encountered at least one powerful enemy. They were:

1. Book 1: Fok Yau; Fok Teen Ching

2. Book 2: The Embroidery Bandit

3. Book 3: Yip Goo Sing

4. Book 4: Yuk Lor Saht

5. Book 5: The Wooden Taoist/Old Sabre Tyrant

From there, I'm not sure what other major enemies Luk Siu Fung encountered, except that the most powerful of them was Gung 9, whom I left off this list because he's way too powerful (we'll revisit him shortly).

If these LUK SIU FUNG villains fought in a free-for-all situation, which would be the last man (or woman, if that's the case) standing? Also, would their combined force be sufficient to take on Gung 9?

[minutemanwayne]

Just find a beautiful women and strip her naked and have her whip the perverted Gong Jui. Lu Xiaofeng used a similar strategy to kill that masochist =)

[Ian Liew]

In each of the LUK SIU FUNG stories, the protagonist/title character encountered at least one powerful enemy. They were:

1. Book 1: Fok Yau; Fok Teen Ching

2. Book 2: The Embroidery Bandit

3. Book 3: Yip Goo Sing

4. Book 4: Yuk Lor Saht

5. Book 5: The Wooden Taoist/Old Sabre Tyrant

From there, I'm not sure what other major enemies Luk Siu Fung encountered, except that the most powerful of them was Gung 9, whom I left off this list because he's way too powerful (we'll revisit him shortly).

If these LUK SIU FUNG villains fought in a free-for-all situation, which would be the last man (or woman, if that's the case) standing? Also, would their combined force be sufficient to take on Gung 9?

Wasn't his enemy in book 4 Fang Yufei? The Jade um.. whatever a Lorsaht is... (goddess?) was only a background character who owned the Lorsaht Symbol, wasn't she?.. although she did seem very very powerful. Fang Yufei wasn't quite in the same league as the other enemies in terms of kungfu, though. Neither was Huo You.

Among the first three books, I'd rate either Ye Gucheng or Huo Tianqing as the victor. Huo Tianqing managed to give Dugu Yihe problems, and Dugu would have beaten Ximen Chuixue if he hadn't been weakened by Huo prior to the duel. Ye Gucheng, for all his prowess, was arguably not that much better than Ximen Chuixue (even taking into account Ximen's distraction due to his wife). My guess is that Huo Tianqing might have a slight edge over Ye Gucheng.

Jin Jiuling didn't seem to command quite as much dread as those two, and Lu Xiaofeng beat him in fair combat without too much difficulty. He was probably around Fang Yufei's level. Fang Yufei, Jin Jiuling and Huo You relied on deception and trickery more than sheer power to achieve their ends, while Huo Tianqing and Ye Gucheng had the power to back it up.

[bliss]

Wasn't the reason Huo Tianqing had such an advantage over Dugu Yihe because he had developed a specific counter to Dugu Yihe's martial arts?

[Ren Wo Xing]

Wasn't the reason Huo Tianqing had such an advantage over Dugu Yihe because he had developed a specific counter to Dugu Yihe's martial arts?

IIRC, his father, Heaven Hunter, developed a way to speak with internal energy even while fighting. So it was exhausting Dugu Yihe, who thought he was engaging in a competition of internal energy/face, while he was absolutely fine.

It's the equivalent of forcing alcohol out from your feet in a drinking contest (I'm looking straight at you, Son of the Eternal Springs!). Sure, it would help you 'win', but it's not really indicative of how well you can hold your liquor

[Ian Liew]

IIRC, his father, Heaven Hunter, developed a way to speak with internal energy even while fighting. So it was exhausting Dugu Yihe, who thought he was engaging in a competition of internal energy/face, while he was absolutely fine.

It's the equivalent of forcing alcohol out from your feet in a drinking contest (I'm looking straight at you, Son of the Eternal Springs!). Sure, it would help you 'win', but it's not really indicative of how well you can hold your liquor

So to gain an advantage, Hua Tianqing needs to trick Ye Gucheng into clashing palms with him where he can use his Twin Flying Phoenix, and somehow convince him not to draw his sword at first opportunity and use his Flying Immortal Beyond the Skies? Was there any particular reason why Dugu did not draw his sword against Huo Tianqing when he had the chance - underestimated the young upstart?