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Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
…
Gambler yawned and stretched as he entered the teleport military station's gym.
It was early in the morning, around 5:00 AM. Not many people awake at this time, and much less working at the teleport station.
He usually came at this hour, to train for two hours before heading to God's Sanctuary for missions or hunting. Yet surprisingly, someone was here much earlier than him, and making such a loud racket too.
Changing into his workout clothes, he walked into the gym.
Bang!
Bang!
The sound was still as loud as ever.
He wondered who it was. He could hear the sound of a fist striking a punch testing machine.
The punching machine would quantify one's striking force into a fitness level. It was very accurate, quantifying the data into the hundredths.
Strolling into the gym, Gambler found a familiar face striking the punching machine.
"Newbie!"
Gambler laughed as he greeted Long Tian.
"Here so early already?"
He approached Long Tian who was still punching the machine with continuous and improving strikes.
9.92
9.96
10.01
The number slowly increased with each punch, and Gambler was slightly amazed.
"Trying to make one final breakthrough…" Long Tian responded as he moved in a stable rhythm.
"A breakthrough?"
Gambler was curious, wondering what hyper geno art Long Tian was practicing in. He looked closely at him, hoping to see if he could find any clues.
His eyes looked at Long Tian's form first, and then they moved to his standing stance, before finally landing on his fists.
"The one inch fist?"
The
Slowly, as he continued punching the machine, he improved the amount of force he could draw out. Eventually, bringing the force of 80% to a whole 100%.
11.05
11.13
11.25
Eventually, the number settled at 11.43.
Feeling his body, Long Tian knew that he needed some more time before breaking through the final level of
"Yes, got it a few days ago," Long Tian nodded.
"Looks like you've completely mastered it," Gambler mentioned, seeing how Long Tian was able to draw out his full strength very well.
"Took some work," Long Tian nodded his head, not bothering to explain that he has one more level.
After getting
His version of
Letting out a long drawn out breath, Long Tian turned to Gambler. He was doing full body stretches, ready to begin his own workout.
"I got those mags you wanted," Long Tian said, gesturing to a neat package to the side.
Gambler's eyes lit up and he quickly finished with his workout before checking them out.
"Wow! You really know your stuff… this is all good."
His eyes lit up with amazement after opening the package and looking at all the porn mags. With a lecherous smile, he opened the first magazine and began to flip through its pages.
"Good…"
His head was deep in the book.
"Very good…"
Long Tian could even hear him chuckling from where he was standing. He furrowed his eyebrows together and shook his head.
How could he just delve straight into it?
The poor man must be pent up to be this dedicated to the porn mags.
…
Whilst Gambler indulged in the porn mags, Long Tian had entered the gravity chamber to do his two hours of workout. Followed by his training and fighting within Martial God platform.
He focused on training and improving his skills, meanwhile, Yang Manli and Qin Xuan were looking at a couple of videos.
"He shines wherever he goes…" muttered Qin Xuan, recognizing the figure within the videos she was seeing.
Yang Manli stood behind her, grunting a little as she thought the same. She furrowed her pretty eyebrows together as she looked at Long Tian's fearless and mighty appearance.
Taking down strong figures as easily as drinking water.
"Heh… if I fought him without any beast souls, I might not be his match…" Qin Xuan said, a little grimly and proud.
That was saying something as well.
She practices a special hyper geno art, one that increases her strength in a balanced form and provides her endless energy. Not to mention that she has trained for a long time under her great grandfather, bringing her fitness to a solid 18.2, maximizing her genes effect on her body.
In Steel Armor Shelter, Qin Xuan's fitness was among the top 3, the other two being Son of Heaven and Fist Guy.
"Are you sure?" Yang Manli might have asked, but she was aware of it as well.
Someone as skilled as Long Tian was able to bridge the gap in fitness through skill alone. Of course, it isn't as exaggerated as competing against really strong individuals.
He hasn't reached that level just yet.
"Yes. Tian is that amazing…" muttered Qin Xuan, her eyes locking onto Long Tian's figure.
The videos theg were watching were recorded the day before, by a man calling himself Warrior Chicken. He posted an hour long video, presenting all the fights Long Tian was in. Defeating every opponent in a swift manner.
By the end of it, Qin Xuan and Yang Manli saw the fitness level of his last opponent.
16.83
A decent fitness level, someone who was probably on their way to maxing out all their geno points.
"Heh… those that were defeated by him are all crying now," Yang Manli gloated, seeing the comments below the video. "They're saying he is cheating."
"Hmph."
Qin Xuan scoffed, holding back her laugh.
"This is the official platform from the Alliance. Cheating in this is as difficult as trying to cut steel with a piece of paper."
"Some stop thinking when they grow angry."
"Mm. One must always keep themselves calm."
Yang Manli and Qin Xuan smiled and laughed together. They turned to look at each other and Qin Xuan parted her sweet red lips.
"We're going to THAT mission in a week, prepare well. Make sure Long Tian is informed as well, he will be joining us."
"THAT mission?"
Yang Manli raised her eyebrows in surprise.
A confident smile spread on Qin Xuan's face as she nodded her head full of white hair. Narrowing her eyes, Qin Xuan turned her face to look at the golden eyed man on the screen and felt warmth in her heart.
She parted her red lips and spoke out confidently, "Yes, with him around, you're bound to complete it even if something were to happen to me there."
Nodding her head, Yang Manli no longer said anything. She listened to her boss and close friend before stepping out of Qin Xuan's office.
She went to the gym and coincidentally found Long Tian stepping out of the virtual machine for a short meal break
"Your training has paid off…" Yang Manli began, her eyes unconsciously following Long Tian's movements. She watched as every muscle from his lean body was vividly moving before her.
Her breathing quickened and she felt the words get stuck in her throat.
She had seen many muscular men before, even right now within the gym. Many soldiers were currently training, some with shirts off, others with tank tops, exposing their muscles. Never had she ever felt this way when looking at a muscular man before.
Yet now, looking at Long Tian's perfect lean body, Yang Manli couldn't help but feel excited. The scenes of him taking down all of his opponents with ease and not suffering a single hit… it strangely turned her on.
Her fetish for strong and capable men was flaring right now!
'Oh god…' Yang Manli forced her gaze away, trying to calm herself down. 'He's so hot now…'
"Did you need to tell me something, squad leader?"
As they walked to the cafeteria, Long Tian noticed that Yang Manli turned quiet. He turned his gaze and looked at her rosy cheeks and eyes that refused to look at him.
Smiling, he realized what was happening.
"Yes, you-"
Yang Manli nodded and turned her head, but was greeted with Long Tian's deep golden eyes and attractive face. She froze momentarily, too stunned to continue speaking and missed a step.
She tripped and fell forward. Yang Manli could have reacted in time to stop herself from hitting the floor, but seeing Long Tian coming to hold her, she held back.
His arms wrapped around her, and her body turned, bringing her face to face with him.
"Hey, are you alright?"
"I… am fine…"
Yang Manli muttered, one of her hands holding Long Tian's shirt. Her dark purple eyes looking into his golden eyes.
Thump-thump-thump!
Her heart was beating rapidly as she felt the warmth of his body. His strong hands holding her ever so gently and their gazes being locked together.
"That's good," Long Tian said, flashing her a smile.
"Ah…"
Yang Manli's face turned red and she quickly jumped out of Long Tian's arms.
"Ahem! I only wanted to tell you that we will be going on a mission next week. Train hard and be ready."
Leaving after giving Long Tian the news, Yang Manli walked away swiftly with a red face. Feeling shy and nervous, Yang Manli only hoped to get far away to calm herself.
"Haha… what a cute woman," muttered Long Tian as he went off to eat.
…
Four days later, Long Tian was busy practicing his
He had been training in it diligently, from within the gravity chamber with increased gravity, during his fighting within Martial God, and outside in the gym's martial floor.
"Wow, you're quite diligent…"
Gambler lifted his head up from his porn mags, commenting on Long Tian's daily routine. He checked the time on his comlink and whistled.
"Always on the dot. Do you have a strict schedule or something?" Gambler asked, curious about Long Tian's thought process.
In the past five days he had seen Long Tian train, Gambler had noticed him end and start his training at specific times. It made him wonder whether there was anything special to that.
"Not at all, it just turns out like this," Long Tian responded with a light smile.
Raising an eyebrow, Gambler smiled, wondering if Long Tian was telling the truth.
In the end, he shook his head, not really caring. Instead, he looked at how Long Tian was training and stood to the side.
'What a strong and versatile martial art…' Gambler thought.
He could see both soft and hard movements within it. It was both an external and internal martial art, versatile in its application. Amazed, Gambler noticed traces of various types of martial arts perfectly melded within Long Tian's own martial art.
Every move connected perfectly and created multiple combinations that strengthened the force behind every previous strike.
"Oh! Are those grappling movements? Ah, now you're using finger techniques! That looks like a sword movement," Gambler exclaimed in surprise, suddenly feeling as if he could vividly understand every movement Long Tian was doing.
He could see Long Tian's hand constantly changing, from a simple fist, to a palm, then a claw, to fingers before returning to a fist.
"Shit!"
He couldn't help but curse as Long Tian's movements turned even faster and he couldn't keep up anymore. He couldn't even recognize anything anymore.
Of course, his recognizing anything earlier was because Long Tian let him.
Purposefully going slow and showing him a small glimpse of his martial art. After all, he had perfectly fused and refined all the martial art essences he has come across, it wouldn't make sense for anyone to see traces of anything from his movements. At best, they will just recognize similarities.
From
It was only growing stronger and more perfect with time.
"You're quite something," Gambler couldn't help but mutter. He had never seen someone so skilled before, and it made him wonder.
"How would my family's martial art look in his hands?"