Wu Pifu stood with his blade in hand, watching the Minotaur charging towards him.
Unexplainably, a sense of eager anticipation arose within Wu Pifu.
It was not a feeling of masochism, but rather a sense of validation as a martial artist.
As a martial artist's cultivation deepens, it becomes insufficient to merely practice diligently; one must engage in combat to validate what they have learned.
Once one reaches the level of a Grandmaster, it is no longer about validating one's learning, but about self-affirmation of one's path.
It requires repeated battles, repeated confrontations, and honing one's path through life-and-death struggles to achieve great success.
In legend, Zhang Sanfeng's battle against demons for sixty years was literally a massacre, killing countless foes.
After sixty years, the Wudang Sect had no enemies left, as all had perished, and Zhang Sanfeng became the founding ancestor, achieving a status equal to that of Bodhidharma, establishing the Taiji martial way.
The battle against demons was instrumental to Zhang Sanfeng's accomplishments!
Wu Pifu could now barely be considered a martial arts Grandmaster, though there was still some superficiality; this superficiality was merely a lack of sedimentation.
And combat was the best form of sedimentation, without exception!