255: Not Human

Chapter 255: Not Human

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Although Wei Renjie was a layman when it came to the Taoist School, he'd made it this far; surely he was no fool, and over the past year he'd learned quite a few things. As soon as he saw Lou Cheng towering over the arena as always on the second day of the knockout, he couldn't help but make a decision.

What a remarkable young fellow!

At the very least he was a Professional Ninth Pin, and not an ordinary Ninth Pin!

Even disregarding the previous five rounds, you could see how the tournament was going to go from the first day alone; yesterday there had been thirty-nine matches, thirty-nine losers so far, and come afternoon there were likewise another thirty-nine fights. Among the thirty-nine losers, as many as thirty-two were eliminated by the second round. What did this mean? It meant that those who were not strong enough had already been sifted out!

With his jaw-dropping, Wei Renjie's mind raced. Finally, he put on an expression of lost self-control, and commanded with a deep voice; "Huang, help me find Lou Cheng's profile, and hurry!"

Without waiting for secretary Huang to make a move, Wu Qinggui by her side had already taken out her phone, flipped through the bookmarks, and handed it over.

After hearing from his daughter that their new coach was capable beyond belief, as a good father, he had already done almost as much research as he could on Lou Cheng, but he couldn't figure out what was on Wei Renjie's mind. Wu Qinggui didn't dare to bring it up in the first place, but now the information he had collected showed a great value.

Wei Renjie took the phone, he became more frightened as he skimmed through the information. When he read the words "practice martial arts for less than one year", he nervously yanked at his necktie, he felt himself choking as though his breathing had become labored.

Wu Ting, who was at his side, didn't even notice his reaction. She was meeting there with Zhang Qiufan and a few other allies, side by side they sat in the seats closest to the arena, beside them sat Xing Jingjing and Gu Shuang.

...

In the broadcasting room for XingSheng satellite TV, The host asked his guest:

"Master Yu, I’ve seen the profile of this Lou Cheng, and I’ve found he’s quite the unusual kid; He started training in martial arts only as he was entering university, he hasn’t been training for even a year yet, and yet he's already reached the top level of Professional Ninth Pin, his future prospects look to be limitless, he's being considered a rising star in our province, what hope would you say he has of defeating Xun Liuzhen?"

Yu Hong was the senior vice-principle of the Xingsheng Police Academy, and was of Dan stage at an inhuman level. Hearing this, he laughed and said:"It's hard to say, I've yet to see what kind of progress this kid had made in the past couple of months... Liu Xunzhen has supernatural abilities. Anyone who has not practiced the Absolute Reaction would be defeated. Even a fighter of Eighth Pin Dan Stage would fall in danger if he were careless in the face of Liu Xunzhen..."

After watching a collection of Lou Cheng's best moments, he had discovered more potentials of Lou Cheng than from Liu Xunzhen, Han Ying and Xiong Yu. He felt it was hard to make a judgment, so he turned to analyze the supernatural ability of Liu Xunzhen.

...

Yan Zheke's disgraced voiced echoing in his ear, Lou Cheng stepped up to the arena, and stood in front of Liu Xunzhen, gathering his fighting spirit, as vigor filled his body.

The referee called after a careful look.

"Three-minute talk time."

Staring at his opponent's white hair, Lou Cheng smiled and said, "Frankly, this is my first fight with a fighter who relies on supernatural abilities, I'm a bit uneasy."

This, of course, was no casual talk, it was exactly what he felt, though not the full extent of his feelings. He tried to loosen Liu Xunzhen's guard and create an opportunity for his fighting practice.

His strategy was to fight fast and attack the opponent's weak points using his advantages!

Liu Xunzhen clearly studied well, clearly, he had strengthened his physique, which was to say, he was only as quick and nimble as one might expect from a professional ninth pin.

If he fails to keep up with his move, how could his Psychokinesis work?

A weapon that can't hit its target gets no benefit from an extra bit of strength.

The only real problem was, under normal circumstances, it isn't possible that a professional ninth pin might fail to catch up with an eighth-degree Dan's movement. Otherwise, the outcome of the match would be a foregone conclusion. He'd have no hope of facing Wei Shengtian and Zhou Zhengquan.

Liu Xunzhen's pupils were extremely deep, his gaze having a similar substance, as though he could stare into peoples' hearts. He smiled and said "This is the first time I've seen of a professional ninth pin who has grasped the core force of the Tremor Punch and the Ice Sect. No, you are close to Dan stage, so I won't show mercy."

Showing no mercy meant that he wouldn't deliberately avoid sensitive body parts!

Hearing this, Lou Cheng became panic-stricken. He had no idea whether Liu Xunzhen was bluffing to scare him or he intended to take it as a life-and-death fight... match…

He took a deep breath, and as he became riled up, his true power began to awaken.

Go all out!

They fell into silence for a while, each drifting in thoughts.

The referee raised his right hand, then waved it down suddenly as Qi Fang and Cao Lele looked on nervously.

"Begin!"

The sound of his voice reverberated, Every fibre of Lou Cheng's qi, blood, and spirit began to recoil back, freezing into a pellet that seemed only larger than a single point, but no larger than his thumb.

With great force of concentration, the "Dan stage" fighter burst explosively into the match.

As the match started, he didn't hold back in the least!

Boom!

All of Lou Cheng's energy exploded violently, he saw stars spiraling around him, as an extreme blast of energy rose up into his feet.

Bang! Like a fierce eagle, Lou Cheng rushed at his opponent, throwing himself at Liu Xunzhen faster than anyone could blink.

Facing the attack, Liu Xunzhen remained calm, he stretched out his hands and then pulled them backward.

Lou Cheng had just mustered a response, he found his wrists unable to move, as though tied by some invisible rope. Normally such a thing would not faze him, but now, as tension built, he quickly became vicious!

Though he could pull weights of as much as five-hundred kilograms, he felt himself like a huge stone which lost its balance, and he couldn't stop stumbling forward.

Liu Xunzhen leaned to the side, with his eyes dark and twinkling, he chopped with his right hand.

As Lou Cheng regained his footing with mercurial balance, his extended left foot was tripped by some invisible barrier and lost its balance.

He had no way to muster an absolute reaction, as this time there was no direct attack at which to fire back.

Liu Xunzhen's expression was unwavering. He clenched both his fists, pounding inward, seizing the opportunity to pound Lou Cheng on both of his temples.

Any amount of force applied to the temples could only end badly; no matter how little damage was done, the opponent would still be left dizzy and powerless for a while.

At that time, Lou Cheng took a deep breath, flinching from his Dantian, but the movement of his hip when he did so put him back onto his feet. Surprisingly, he regained his footing and was no longer stumbling.

As soon as he regained his stature, his response to the pain in his temple was to recoil, like a tortoise retreating into his shell.

Pop!

As before, Lou Cheng was unable to avoid the next blow to the side of his head, for yet another while he stood dazed and annoyed.

He had underestimated Liu Xunzhen...

Watching the stage, Zhang Zhutong whispered to himself in astonishment;

"He could make two consecutive hits when he has not yet entered the Dan stage? I suppose this is the so-called abnormal strength?"

"Oh…" Showing a look of confusion on her face, his female companion didn't understand what he was talking.

Zhang Zhutong was flabbergasted, but he put a strategically calm look on his face, and laughingly said, "Nothing, I just never thought Liu Xunzhen's supernatural abilities would progress this much."

With no actual contact, both sides could stop each other’s movement as though by an invisible barrier!

This, he figured, was much more dangerous than his ability to land two hits in succession!

Han Zhifei ignored him and touched the scar on his face. He asked Han Ying and Xiong Yu beside him.

"It isn’t that simple…"

"It would seem that this is the limit of Lou Cheng’s power, his match today will be difficult." sighed Xion g Yu.

In the arena, Lou Cheng felt a great deal of energy rush forth from the qi and blood of his Dantian.

Crash! Like a bullet firing he blasted toward Liu Xunzhen.

Not toward where he was standing, but a few meters off to his side!

The bursting attack of the Dan stage warrior was hard for Liu Xunzhen to keep up with, once Lou Cheng fell to the ground, he lifted his hands and attempted to dig into his enemy’s eyes.

In that instance, the power erupting from Lou Cheng bubbled up through his qi and blood and all at once flinched. Once again he was able to use his Force Concentration.

Xiong Yu gasped. "He's landed three strikes in a row…"

Boom! With the help of a turnover along the way and a more torrential breakthrough, Lou Cheng rushed to change direction, making Liu Xunzhen’s predictions worthless.

It wasn’t that he predicted his opponent’s attack; he’d planned this from the start!

Relying on the technique of a "false Dan stage", he went ahead with an unprecedented strike!

As long as he kept this up, he could keep the Zhijiu Liu Xunzhen from catching up with him, or locking on to him!

To a Dan stage attacking with such eruption, a few meters of distance made no difference. In a flash Lou Cheng threw himself at Liu Xunzhen, lifting his right hand and bracing his muscle.

Liu Xunzhen had a wealth of experience fighting with opponents of the Dan stage. With a tranquil expression, he snatched upward with his left hand, as though grabbing for a peach, with his right hand he pushed forward, and struck.

He matched his opponent blow for blow, and in a flash rushed forth!

But as he dashed, in front of his eyes, he lost sight of Lou Cheng!

This...

"Four hits in a row!" Xiong Yu shouted, amazed as he stared at the stage.

Just as Liu Xunzhen could move his arms, and in the time that Lou Cheng once again gathered his strength with Force Concentration and rushed forward, as though his back were elastic, he circled behind his opponent's back with unimaginable speed.

This, likewise, was no premonition, rather it was to prevent Liu Xunzhen from catching up with him thoroughly!

This was the essence of fighting, a skirmish fight!

At that moment, his right arm was still raised, and he extended it further.

Lou Cheng spun his arm and unleashed his Thunder Roar Zen!

Liu Xunzhen had no opportunity to turn around, let alone attack his opponent’s weak point, he could only lean to one side, and bind his arms tightly with his kinesis.

Bang!

With the force of a bomb going off, Liu Xunzhen's kinesis was dispersed. His body was also affected, and his joints began to shudder.

At this point, Lou Cheng had yet to strike. He took a breath, to regather his strength, his spirit, his blood and qi, and regain his footing.

"Five in a row…" Xiong Yu wasn't the one to blurt it out, it was Han Zhifei and Zhang Zhutong!

Boom!

Lou Cheng’s energy bubbled up. His center shook. Quickly he disappeared from behind Liu Xunzhen.

And the shaking Liu Xunzhen, without the slightest hesitation, clenched his fist, detonating his power of kinesis, and unleashed his final counterattack!

Whoosh!

Shards of rock came rushing up from the ground, striking Lou Cheng in every critical region of his face and body; his temples, his nose, his Dantian; at the same time danced an invisible force around him, tying him like a rope.

All this, however, was for nothing. Lou Cheng had already pounced with a force befitting a Dan stage fighter.

He turned the tide on Liu Xunzhen’s kinesis with his explosive power.

The thigh of his pant leg tore with the force of the wind into a single lump of fabric.

As his feet hit the floor, Lou Cheng took another breath suddenly, a rush of energy returning to his qi and blood. Once again he fired himself toward his opponent.

Boom!

He ruthlessly flung himself in front of his rival, flinging his arms wildly.

Liu Xunzhen, with no chance to respond, fell to the ground.

Xiong Yu stood dumbfounded, murmuring to himself:

"Six in a row…"

You're still not at the Dan stage, my dear classmate…

Are you even human?!