Start with push-ups to gain experience

Chapter 7: Battle of Proof with the Boxing Champion
The sunlight shines into the house through the glass windows, forming a bright white area.

The dust particles float gently in the air, like countless flying elves.

A bead of sweat trickled down his chin and dripped onto the worn red pine floor.

Fang Cheng raised his left hand and wiped his sweaty face.

Then tighten your thigh and lower abdominal muscles, bend your knees and squat down, and continue training.

"..."

"71."

"72"

"73."

"74."

When he counted to 74, Fang Cheng's eyes were burning, and he let out a low roar from his dry throat:
"It's done—"

The panel in front of me lit up, and a series of prompt messages appeared.

[You practice squats with all your strength, reach a certain level, and have a deep understanding of it]

[Unlocked skill: Squat level 0 (0/100)]

[You challenge your limits, and your body activates its self-protection mechanism]

[Potential activation cooldown time ends, usage conditions met]

The light screen kept flashing.

The intense pain was like a needle prick, extending down to the calves and wrapping around the waist and hips.

Aches, stiffness, shortness of breath.

The whole body is like an empty shell, almost losing connection with the brain.

Just when my legs were weak and I was about to fall.

Snapped!
Fang Cheng supported himself on the ground with his palms and stood firm on his heels.

Then he straightened his back, raised his head again from the squatting position, and slowly stood up.

“Potential Stimulation” is taking effect quickly.

The familiar feeling surged up like a tide, and my physical strength instantly recovered to full capacity.

The gold medal technician is online again, sweeping away all the negative factors caused by the previous movement.

Especially after long-term push-up practice, the popping sound caused by wear and tear on the elbow and shoulder joints is completely eliminated.

Every part of my body, from head to toes, feels comfortable.

This effect is like the rejuvenation buff in the game.

To describe it as "miraculous" is a bit of an understatement. It can be used as a life-saving trump card.

Fang Cheng felt the long-lost "supernatural power".

Suddenly I remembered a scene from the disc I watched last night.

Before a match, a boxing champion was asked by reporters how many sets of training he should do every day to maintain his punching power and nimble footwork.

The boxing champion replied, I never count how much I can do. I only count when I feel my muscles sore, because that is when the real training begins.

Fang Cheng personally experienced this statement and agreed with it very much.

Even though today is a day off and I don't have to go to work.

He still gets up at five in the morning and starts boxing and doing warm-up exercises.

Then do 10 sets of standard push-ups.

Then, he did 74 squats in a row until he was exhausted.

The amount of training, which exceeded the endurance of ordinary people, also allowed him to successfully unlock a new skill.

"So……"

"Next, let's use our fists to prove the effectiveness of our training."

Fang Cheng took a deep breath.

Stare at the display on the skill bar.

[Boxing lv0 (67/100)]

That's right.

He planned to break through the experience limit in one go by practicing air strikes.

Complete another long-awaited combat skill upgrade.

"Focus, turn on!"

With a silent recitation, all the surrounding noise and disturbances were isolated from the ears.

Fang Cheng stared straight ahead, as if he had entered a corner of space that belonged only to him.

No.

There seems to be another shadow!
A dark-skinned, face-blurred figure was standing at the entrance.

His 1.9-meter-tall body almost touched the ceiling.

His thigh muscles were as strong as stone pillars, and his gloved hands were like two hammers.

When shaking shoulders, the latissimus dorsi and trapezius muscles bulge slightly in the interweaving of light and shadow, making them look more three-dimensional.

I could vaguely feel an invisible force surging in the air.

There was no sign of fear in Fang Cheng's eyes.

Raise your fists and assume a high stance.

He suddenly pushed with his right foot and quickly leaped out with his left foot, instantly closing the distance between the two.

laugh!
Accompanied by the sharp sound of the soles of shoes rubbing against the floor, a straight punch was thrown with a sprint step, quickly hitting the black shadow's abdomen.

Snapped!
The black shadow's seemingly light slap was enough to neutralize Fang Cheng's attack that he had accelerated by running.

Followed by.

The right hand, which had been accumulating strength for a long time, bent like a hook and aimed at Fang Cheng's chin.

After the front hand was thrown out, it returned again with a sound of breaking through the air.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! He threw out three lightning-fast jabs with his hammer-like fist.

Slap block, back-hand hook feint, front-hand jab combo!
Less than half a second.

A set of combo skills exploded instantly, leaving no room for the opponent to react.

It deeply explains what it means to be as quiet as a virgin and as swift as a rabbit.

however.

Fang Cheng's reaction was also surprisingly fast.

When he leaned back to dodge the hook, he saw that his weakness was exposed, so he decisively turned sideways and took a big step quickly to the right rear.

In order to get out of the effective attack range of the jab.

just.

The mind has already figured it out, but the body hasn't had time to complete the action.

chap!
It felt like a real fist was sweeping across my earlobe, making a buzzing sound.

Fang Cheng's steps twisted, he staggered, and fell to the ground.

The difficult dodging technique I just performed in an emergency almost injured my psoas muscle.

If it was a real fight, he would probably have been shocked by the heavy punch.

Fang Cheng supported himself on the ground with his hands and quickly climbed up. Then he took a slight breath, raised his fists again, and used his arms to protect his chin and ribs.

His eyes were blazing, like dark red flames burning.

Staring closely at this powerful opponent in front of him who was like a nightmare.

"Come again!"

Two figures, one tall and one short, one big and one small, were fighting each other.

Sidestep, collision, backwards move, fall.

The black shadow was tall and strong, with arms that were much longer.

The only way to defeat him is to risk being knocked out, rush into the inner circle and destroy his attack range.

Although the idea is correct, the gap in strength is difficult to make up by relying on skills and tactics.

What's more, the black shadow's skills were even more perfect, and his punches were so fast that only afterimages were left.

It's like a high-speed moving stone wall, yet as flexible as a flying bee.

He can close the distance in an instant and launch a fatal attack from any incredible angle.

but.

Fang Cheng is not completely without his own advantages.

With a mental attribute of 18 points, his nerve reaction speed far exceeds that of most people.

Even the world boxing champion, famous for his "butterfly dance and bee sting", may not be able to compare with him.

After repeated failures, adjust your mindset.

Fang Cheng simply gave up on attacking and focused on defense, honing his dodging skills.

Even his shoulders kept shaking slightly, and his footwork was switching between different moves, as he began to imitate the "butterfly step", the special skill that made his opponent famous.

Ta, da, da, da.

As if a passionate dance music was playing, two virtual and real figures rose up in the small room, spinning and chasing each other quickly.

………………

"call--"

A puff of hot white air gushed out from the mouth and nostrils.

Fang Cheng's eyes flickered slightly, and he also broke away from the "nightmare" of being constantly knocked out.

The white sportswear he was wearing was soaked with sweat without him noticing.

Thermal underwear sticks to the skin and is extremely uncomfortable.

I glanced at the alarm clock on the table, 9:25.

Nearly an hour and a half passed.

A long list of prompt messages flowed past my eyes like a waterfall.

[You practiced air strikes and gained some insights, boxing experience +1]

[You practiced air strikes and gained some insights, boxing experience +1]

[You practiced air strikes and gained some insights, boxing experience +1]

..............................

Look at the skill bar again.

[Boxing lv0 (91/100)]

Air-strike training is indeed very efficient, but it also consumes a lot of physical and mental energy.

But seeing the skyrocketing experience points, no matter how exhausted I was physically and mentally, it became a non-essential matter.

A "masochistic" smile appeared on Fang Cheng's lips.

Thinking back on the two hours of disc I watched last night, combined with the simulated combat experience just now, I have a lot of insights in my mind.

The boxing champion is worthy of being the boxing champion.

When I fought with him, I was basically being beaten and had no ability to fight back.

Fortunately, this is just an imaginary opponent, there is no pain or real damage.

It is perfect for practicing techniques of defending against being hit.

Thinking of this, Fang Cheng felt happy, but at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

I always feel that my imagination seems to be unusually active, and the imaginary enemies that I practice air strikes on are too realistic.

The sound of breathing and the feeling of oppression brought by the fight seemed not to be an illusion, but to be real.

Fang Cheng guessed that this was probably related to his high spiritual attributes.

On second thought, I felt something was wrong.

The higher the spiritual attribute, the more realistic the illusion.

So, if one eventually reaches the point where he cannot distinguish reality from reality, wouldn't that mean he might become a mental patient?
Shaking his head and smiling, Fang Cheng temporarily dismissed this somewhat groundless thought.

He walked slowly around the room, kicking his legs and swinging his arms, doing the relaxation exercises he had learned in boxing class.

Rest for half an hour, wait for your mental and physical strength to recover, and continue to activate the concentration skill.

"This time, our opponent is Coach Hu!"

Looking at the familiar shadow gradually emerging in his field of vision, Fang Cheng raised his fists and his eyes calmed down again.

There was a click.

He stepped forward with his left foot, took a leap, and threw a tentative jab...

Maybe it’s because there are previous boxing champions to serve as reference.

After the battle with Coach Hu, Fang Cheng suddenly felt less stressed and more relaxed.

He also focused on defense at the beginning, constantly practicing technical moves such as back-dodge, sway, side-dodge, slide, and circle step.

After gradually adapting to the opponent's rhythm, he seized some opportunities to counterattack and decisively punched the opponent several times in the face and abdomen.

My confidence was greatly boosted and my body began to relax.

Gradually, his punches became more smooth and coordinated, and even the butterfly steps he had just learned became more and more skillful.

So, I just used all the tricks I remembered from watching the disc last night.

The two sides exchanged views back and forth, and there was not a one-sided disparity like before.

If calculated by points, Fang Cheng only lost by half a point.

That's the benefit of playing against top players.

Not only does he progress rapidly, but his perspective is also completely different from that of ordinary students.

"Hu-hu-"

During the trance practice, the panel in front of my eyes lit up, as if something was glowing and enlarging rapidly.

Fang Cheng immediately gasped and stopped attacking.

The phantom immediately disappeared from sight and vanished.

Several new prompt messages then appeared.

[You practice boxing diligently, and have mastered the skills. You have reached the expert level from the entry level.]

[Boxing lv1 (0/250)]

[Congratulations on receiving the skill enhancement reward. Please make a choice between the two enhancement directions in time]

(End of this chapter)