Gao Wu: I became a saint through daily settlements

Chapter 4 The First Appearance of True Qi

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Minghao moved.

There are no fancy starting moves, just a simple step forward.

But the moment that step was taken, all the students in the audience felt an invisible pressure, like an undercurrent surging beneath the surface of water—unseen, yet it made them instinctively want to retreat.

Chen Fang's expression changed instantly.

Before he could react, Zhou Minghao's fist was already in front of him.

too fast.

Chen unconsciously raised his arms to block.

boom!

A tremendous force surged from his arm throughout his body, sending Chen Fang flying backward as if he had been hit by a truck, crashing heavily onto the edge of the silver-white circle.

"Cough..." Chen Fang clutched his numb arm and struggled to stand up, but the muscles in his arm were trembling uncontrollably.

The assessment is over.

[Chen Fang (student), time: 3.2 seconds.]

[Score: 245 points, unsatisfactory.]

The numbers that appeared on the electronic screen plunged the entire classroom into a deathly silence.

3.2 seconds.

The battle was over in a single encounter.

"Is the difference... really that big?" someone murmured to themselves, their voice filled with disbelief.

Li Yuan's expression remained unchanged, as if he had long anticipated this outcome.

He crossed his arms and said calmly, "Next."

The following assessment was almost a one-sided crushing defeat.

Yang Wei went on the court and lasted for 5 seconds.

Zhao Lei came on and lasted for 4 seconds.

Sun Xiaoxiao went on stage and lasted for 8 seconds, making her the longest-lasting girl, but Zhou Minghao only used 30% of his strength.

After each match, Zhou Minghao would frown slightly, seemingly disappointed with the strength of the students in Class 4.

"Next, Lin Yue."

Li Yuan's voice rang out.

Lin Yue stood up.

Chen Fang pulled him aside and whispered:

"Brother Yue, be careful. This guy... is really strong."

Lin Yue nodded and walked to the center of the field.

Electronic screen refresh:

[Lin Yue (Student), Life Energy Level: 9.8.]

"Am I seeing things? Lin Yue's current life energy level is 9.8?"

"Didn't it only score 9.5 last week?"

Teacher Li also seemed to be deep in thought.

"Oh? It hasn't been that long, and you've already leveled up by 0.3?"

Without time to think, Li Yuan announced:

"start."

Zhou Minghao took that step again, at the same speed and angle, his right fist aimed straight at Lin Yue's face.

In his view, this punch was enough to end the fight.

But this time, his fist missed its mark.

Just as the fist was about to strike, Lin Yue's body twisted in an extremely strange way.

His spine felt as if it had suddenly lost its bones, and he leaned backward at an impossible angle, Zhou Minghao's fist grazing his nose.

Immediately afterwards, Lin Yue's right hand wrapped around Zhou Minghao's punching arm with an almost uncanny flexibility.

This is a variation of the "Bear Classic".

Lin Yue did not retaliate. Instead, he used the force of Zhou Minghao's punch to float back two steps like a leaf, creating distance again.

The entire process was smooth and efficient, leaving the audience completely silent.

Zhou Minghao stood still, looked at his fist, then at Lin Yue, and for the first time, the arrogance on his face disappeared.

"He dodged it?" Chen Fang stared wide-eyed from the sidelines. "Brother Yue dodged it?!"

Li Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly, a barely perceptible glint flashing in his eyes.

Guo Jingyao sat in the observation seat of the elite class. His originally nonchalant expression froze slightly, and his gaze towards Lin Yue changed from scrutiny to serious observation.

"This student..." he whispered to Li Yuan, "that dodge just now didn't seem to be based on reaction speed."

Li Yuan didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly.

The difference between life energy levels 10.5 and 9.8 may seem small, but there is actually a significant gap between them. Many people fail to reach life energy level 10.0 in their entire lives, let alone break through to 10.0.

The gap between these two cannot be bridged by reaction speed alone.

"Luckily, my understanding of meridians is deep enough now, otherwise it would have been difficult to dodge that punch just now," Lin Yue muttered to himself.

Lin Yue was able to dodge the punch purely because he had already predicted the punch's trajectory before Zhou Minghao even threw it.

"Again," Zhou Minghao's voice became serious.

This time, he didn't use probing attacks; instead, he truly unleashed his full power.

With legs slightly bent and waist and hips engaged, the whole body resembles a fully drawn bow.

Bengquan (崩拳).

This is a standard move in the military's basic combat techniques, but with the support of 10.5 life energy level, its power is completely different.

The sound of the fist slicing through the air was sharp and piercing, as if it were tearing the air apart.

Lin Yue did not choose to dodge this time.

He crossed his arms in front of his chest, bent his knees slightly, lowered his center of gravity, and leaned his body slightly forward—

This is the "Rock Stake" from the "Sixteen Rock Forms".

boom! !

The fist slammed into Lin Yue's crossed arms, producing a dull thud.

Lin Yue slid back half a meter, leaving two shallow marks on the silvery-white ground with the soles of his shoes.

But he did not fall.

His arms remained firmly held in front of him, his body motionless, like a stone rooted to the ground.

"It's blocked?!" The crowd erupted in uproar.

Zhou Minghao's eyes changed completely.

He could feel that at least 70% of the power of his punch had been deflected to the ground by Lin Yue.

"That's interesting."

He took a deep breath, and his internal energy began to circulate.

This time, he was really serious.

The fist was thrown again, but this time it was completely different from before.

A layer of almost invisible airflow was faintly wrapped around his fist.

"True Qi!" someone in the audience exclaimed.

The air was compressed, producing a low, rumbling sound.

He used all his strength in that punch.

Li Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

With a life energy level of 10.5 and the support of true qi, the power of this punch has exceeded the endurance limit of the "Sixteen Forms of Rock".

"Instead of retreating, did it take a step forward?" Teacher Li whispered.

No one understood this step.

To actively engage the enemy when they are launching a full-scale attack is tantamount to suicide.

But Lin Yue's next move stunned everyone.

His body twisted in that eerie way again as he moved forward, his spine as if bones had been removed, and his whole body rotated in a spiral.

Zhou Minghao's fist grazed his side, tearing his school uniform in the wind.

Lin Yue's right elbow, using the force of his body rotation, struck Zhou Minghao's ribs at an extremely tricky angle.

This is a variation of "Bird Shen", which combines the flexibility of "Bear Jing" and the lower body stability of "Sixteen Rock Forms", making the three elements one.

Zhou Minghao's expression changed slightly, and he quickly pressed down with his left hand to block the elbow strike.

But Lin Yue's attacks did not stop.

He raised his left knee and thrust it towards Zhou Minghao's abdomen.

Zhou Minghao blocked again.

He turned his right fist into a palm and slapped Zhou Minghao's shoulder and neck.

Zhou Minghao dodged to the side.

The two figures crossed paths in the center of the circle, and the sounds of their fists and feet clashing were as dense as rain pattering on banana leaves.

ten seconds.

Twenty seconds.

Thirty seconds.

Lin Yue remained standing.

The students in the audience were stunned.

"Lin Yue... is he fighting against the elite class?"

"And it lasted for thirty seconds?!"

Chen Fang's mouth was agape, and he couldn't close it for a long time.

Zhou Minghao suddenly stopped and jumped back a step.

Li Yuan's voice rang out at the opportune moment: "The assessment is over."

"You..." Zhou Minghao hesitated for a moment, "You really only have a 9.8?"

He looked at Lin Yue with a complicated expression.