Watching the two people temporarily locked in a standoff in the arena, Instructor Miao bent down, squatted next to Elder Lin, and asked gravely, "Elder Lin, did you notice Pei Yan's movements just now?"
"What movements? Old Miao, what are you talking about? Is there something wrong with Pei Yan's movements?" Gao Yaping asked perplexed, looking at the silent Elder Lin who only nodded.
Instructor Miao glanced up at Gao Yaping: "He just used Muay Thai attack methods!"
"What's wrong with that?"
"I taught Pei Yan how to fight. I can tell he had no combat foundation before the training, something you can't pretend. I never taught him Muay Thai, and just now the set of attack moves he used to knock down Xiayu, don't you think they look familiar?" Instructor Miao said, thoughtfully stroking his chin.
Recalling the battle scenes from earlier, Gao Yaping seemed to realize something unbelievable and exclaimed, "Are you saying...?"
"That's right, those were the attack moves used by Xiaoxia. He only watched once and could perfectly replicate them," Elder Lin, who had been silent, interjected. After he spoke, he glanced at Gu Shenghui standing in the arena, "That's precisely why he didn't stop this test. He wanted to take this rare opportunity to find out where Pei Yan's limits truly lie."
At the same time, Wang Wenze and Liang Qian stood on the outskirts of the crowd on the other side of the venue, watching the progress of the fight inside with anxious attention.
At first, treating this sudden fight match with a joking attitude, Wang Wenze now felt his heart in his throat. Both people could be considered his friends, and if something happened to either of them, he would feel terrible.
"Hey, wasn't Xiayu quite strong before? Why is she having such a hard time dealing with a Pei Yan who has lost consciousness today!" someone muttered within the crowd.
Wang Wenze heard this, looked towards the voice, and retorted, "What do you know? This fight has been unfair to Xiayu from the start!"
"How is this unfair to Xiayu?" that person returned defiantly.
At this moment, a colleague standing next to him, watching with arms crossed, reached out to pull his companion, "You better not expose your ignorance by talking. They're right. Although Xiayu wants to win, she still regards Pei Yan as a colleague and is hesitant, only using joint techniques from the beginning to subdue him. Haven't you seen what she's like when she goes all out on missions? If she was like that, that mechanical kid would have gone down after a few exchanges."
"That's right. But because Pei Yan has lost consciousness, his counterattacks lack any reservation; they're full-strength attacks. I think Xiayu didn't get up after being knocked down earlier because she realized this layer voluntarily gave up," Liang Qian said, covering her mouth, unable to bear it.
"Yeah, you're right. But now that Director Gu is there for support and has made promises, the next fight should be good!"
At this moment, the two people who had simultaneously completed their recovery inside the arena moved!
Once again, Xiayu took the initiative to attack first. Enveloped in a red energy body, she sidestepped to dodge Pei Yan's direct kick and pushed off with her feet to leap up, elbowing towards his most vulnerable head defense.
"Wow!!" The entire crowd exclaimed in surprise; this time, Xiayu really went all out from the start! Pei Yan took the elbow hit hard and was visibly injured, his body swaying unsteadily.
Just as Xiayu steadied her form, her hands slightly bent, her left hand gripped lightly, powering from the elbow, delivering a strike along the centerline from right wrist. When the right elbow slightly subsided, the left fist smoothly struck out when it fully extended, and the right fist quickly followed along the centerline, just like the left fist. Thus, left and right punches flashed like lightning, continuously hitting Pei Yan's chest.
"Wing Chun, chain punches! How many fighting techniques has this girl actually learned!"
"Xiaoxia is one of those kids with talent who is willing to work hard. After training with you, she hasn't stopped studying various fighting techniques. Besides the professional combat coaches Xiaogu hired for her, she secretly endlessly mimicked and practiced with teaching videos. This kind of grit and exploration springs from her genuine love for combat. Now you can understand why Gu Shenghui values her so much," Elder Lin explained, glancing out of the corner of his eye at Instructor Miao, who was quite shocked.
"Hey, I saw early on that she was a good seedling, but your investigation bureau wouldn't let her go no matter what, right?" Instructor Miao sighed and muttered regretfully.
At this time, Pei Yan, who was staggering from Xiayu's storm-like flurry of punches, seized the opportunity to swing his left arm in successive retreats, only to have Xiayu pull his wrist back. Her right leg pressed against his abdomen, bringing him down with her momentum. After the two rolled and fell to the ground, Xiayu held his left mechanical forearm with both hands, her legs locking his shoulders in a beautiful joint technique leg lock on the shoulder.
"Xiayu, she's still using joint techniques, doesn't she fear Pei Yan will counterattack with electricity again!" Despite the crowd's continuous praise for Xiayu's swift and smooth moves, some recalled the scene from earlier with concern.
Impatiently biting his lip, Wang Wenze explained, "Have you forgotten the training courses? Didn't you see Xiayu's internal energy being externally manifested? That will effectively block the electric shock from harming her."
After saying that, he looked at the arena, continuously muttering and praying softly, "End it, end it, just end it like this!"
But it seemed like fate was deliberately against him. Just as he kept praying, an unexpected change happened in the arena again. Just like he said, Pei Yan's restrained arm emitted lines of blue light again, but after a crackling sound of electricity, Xiayu remained unscathed, only the red energy body on her arm turned slightly thinner.
Just when everyone thought the situation was settled, Xiayu's shrill scream once again brought everyone's hearts up. They saw Pei Yan's mechanical arm, restrained by her, suddenly extend dozens of spikes, fiercely piercing through Xiayu's palms, instantly dyeing the sports bra in front of her chest red with blood.
Because of the pain, the strength in Xiayu's legs pressing down on the opponent's body weakened, allowing Pei Yan to roll away and his mechanical arm to extend, successfully escaping Xiayu's control.
Dragging his extended left arm, Pei Yan got up again. With a flick of his right arm, the entire mechanical right arm began to transform amidst the sound of metal friction, forming a sharp longsword that lunged furiously at the fallen Xiayu on the ground.
Bam! Gu Shenghui, standing aside, moved! In a flash, his figure shifted, blocking in front of Xiayu with two fingers accurately pinching the downward-slashing blade, "Enough, let's end it here!"
"It's not over yet! Just give me one more chance! Just one more!"