Physical Iron Fist

Bang!

Wang Yi’s body slammed heavily onto the ground. It felt as if all the bones in his body were shattered, and his head was dizzy. For a moment, he couldn’t get up anymore.

Fortunately, the floor was made of soft rubber, and Wang Yi was wearing a helmet, so he didn’t end up with a bleeding head.

At lunch, through some subtle inquiries with Peng Wanli and additional information from Jiang Yue, Wang Yi had basically achieved his goal.

He not only figured out the meanings of the special terms given by the system but also understood the real power of the system.

Currently, it seemed that the system could absorb 100% of the non – offensive magic from magic crystals. Moreover, it could even absorb passive magic and bloodline magic that normal mages couldn’t absorb.

This discovery made Wang Yi both happy and worried about the path he would take in the future.

There was no doubt that these passive and bloodline magics were extremely powerful. However, once it was revealed that he could absorb such magics, it would surely bring all sorts of unpredictable risks later.

But before Wang Yi could figure out how to avoid these risks, the practical class in the afternoon gave him an early taste of the harshness of this world.

The practical class was divided into basic combat courses and magic practice courses. Unfortunately, today’s class was the basic combat course.

Originally, the purpose of the basic combat course was just to let the students warm up, run, exercise their physical fitness, and temper their willpower.

Then the teacher would teach some basic combat knowledge and skills. At most, the students would have some sparring with each other.

That was all.

However, there was a combat king in Wang Yi’s small group.

After Wang Jiang said that this class was boring and he wanted to give them some intense training, he was unanimously opposed by everyone except Jiang Yue.

Unfortunately, the objections of the three didn’t work against absolute brute force.

In the end, with a vote of three to one, they lost fairly and squarely to Wang Jiang.

So Wang Jiang led the group away from the main class training and went to a corner of the gym for combat training.

The teacher didn’t object to this behavior. Obviously, Wang Jiang had done this more than once.

Moreover, the teacher knew well about Wang Jiang’s strength. Without using magic, in terms of pure combat, he was no match for Wang Jiang.

He was far behind.

When the training started, Wang Jiang asked who would go first. Qi Xiaohao and Hu Lili took a step back very tacitly.

So the still – confused Wang Yi was forced to take the first turn.

On the second day after crossing over, Wang Yi first experienced the physical magic of mages in the magic world – the iron fist.

In his previous life, Wang Yi wasn’t a stranger to fights in school. He was even quite well – known among the local hooligans for his tough moves. At first, Wang Yi thought he’d just put on a show to maintain his persona, as the original body wasn’t a combat expert.

But after being easily defeated by Wang Jiang twice, a bit of anger welled up in Wang Yi’s heart, and he started to take it seriously and fight with all his might.

So Wang Yi got extremely angry in his extreme anger.

Whether he was serious or not, his situation didn’t change. He even got hit a few more times because he got up quickly.

However, Wang Jiang wasn’t just beating people for the sake of it.

During the fight, Wang Jiang would accurately point out the other person’s problems and shortcomings. He really wanted to give his friends some pointers on combat skills. At least on the surface.

“Old Wang, that’s too much! We’re all brothers. You’re hitting way too hard!” Qi Xiaohao, standing quietly on the side, looked a bit panicked when he saw Wang Yi being knocked down several times.

It wasn't that he was very worried about Wang Yi, but because he was next.

“Shed more blood in peacetime, shed less blood in war.” Wang Jiang was wearing a black tracksuit, with a strong build and his fists wrapped in bandages. He was quite intimidating.

After seeing that Wang Yi couldn’t get up for a while, he waved to Qi Xiaohao: “Come on, it’s your turn.”

“What? You want blood? I won’t!” Qi Xiaohao frowned and very bravely shielded Jiang Yue in front of him: “Let Lao Jiang go first. I’ll support you from the side.”

“You can’t escape!”

Wang Jiang bent his legs slightly, exerted a little force, and shot out like an arrow from the bow directly towards Jiang Yue.

Seeing this, Jiang Yue smiled and then, when Wang Jiang was about to get close, made a dexterous side – step, completely exposing Qi Xiaohao’s figure.

“Wait…”

Only one word popped out of Qi Xiaohao’s mouth before Wang Jiang’s right hand grabbed his collar, interrupting what he was going to say next.

There was still panic on Qi Xiaohao’s face, but his left hand suddenly raised and accurately grabbed Wang Jiang’s wrist that was reaching for his collar. Then he flipped it hard, and Wang Jiang’s arm was deflected to one side.

Taking advantage of Wang Jiang’s exposed opening, Qi Xiaohao decisively lifted his right knee and aimed a knee – strike straight at Wang Jiang’s abdomen.

“You have enough strength, but you lack flexibility and skills.”

Wang Jiang also lifted his right knee and countered with a knee – strike. He was faster and accurately hit Qi Xiaohao’s side knee.

Qi Xiaohao winced in pain, his chubby face scrunched up. After his right leg was forced to touch the ground, he stood firm, gritting his teeth. Then his right hand threw a high – level straight punch towards Wang Jiang’s face.

“Leave a third of your strength when punching. It’s a big mistake to attack rashly when your stance is unstable.”

Wang Jiang slightly tilted his head to avoid Qi Xiaohao’s punch. Then, taking advantage of Qi Xiaohao’s unstable stance, Wang Jiang’s right hand snapped, broke free from Qi Xiaohao’s hold, and then rushed into Qi Xiaohao’s inner circle. He grabbed Qi Xiaohao’s punching arm, twisted his waist, and threw him over his back.

Qi Xiaohao flew high and fell heavily.

Boom! Just as Wang Yi caught his breath and struggled to stand up, he heard a much duller sound than the one he made earlier.

He even felt the floor under his feet tremble three times.

“Fatty, your weight is going up again. Pay attention, or you’ll get high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high blood lipids easily.” Wang Jiang turned around, casually clapped his hands, and didn’t forget to remind him.

Qi Xiaohao rubbed his knee and rolled on the ground in despair.

After dealing with Qi Xiaohao, Wang Jiang shifted his gaze to Jiang Yue: “Wanna have a practice?”

Jiang Yue shook his head: “Forget it. It’s not exciting here.”

“True. Then go to the training hall for real tomorrow?” Wang Jiang continued to suggest.

“Sure.” Jiang Yue readily agreed.

Wang Jiang nodded in satisfaction and then looked at Hu Lili, the only one left.

“Please, I’m not feeling well these days.” Hu Lili stood aside, with a blushing face, looking a bit coy.

Wang Jiang laughed out loud and didn’t listen to Hu Lili’s excuse. He stood with his legs slightly apart in an informal stance.

“As usual, I’ll give you thirty seconds.” “Brother Wang Jiang…” Hu Lili hugged her arms, looking like a delicate little rabbit, with teary eyes, pitifully looking at Wang Jiang.

“Cry? Crying also counts as time.” Wang Jiang pointed at the clock hanging on the wall, unmoved.

“Right. Stop pretending. I’ve been keeping track of your days.” At this time, Qi Xiaohao also groaned and stood up, bent his knees a couple of times to relieve the pain, and then exposed Hu Lili on the side: “You still have at least three days to go!”

Hu Lili gave Qi Xiaohao a fierce look. Knowing she couldn’t avoid this, she put away her act, gritted her teeth, took a few quick steps forward, arched her instep, and aimed a straight kick at Wang Jiang’s crotch.

This kick made Wang Yi’s scalp tingle. Originally, Wang Yi just vaguely felt that this girl wasn’t as innocent as she seemed, but he didn’t expect her to be so good at hiding her skills.

Qi Xiaohao also subconsciously clamped his legs together in an inward – eight shape and then gently slapped his own mouth, a bit regretting his thoughtless words just now.

The onlookers were scared, but Wang Jiang, the one being attacked, wasn’t panicked at all. He just gently pushed aside Hu Lili’s toes with his left hand.

And Hu Lili used the force from Wang Jiang’s push to spin 360 degrees around her left foot, smoothly following up with a high – level side kick, looking as beautiful as a ballet dancer.

Wang Jiang raised his right arm to block accurately: “All style and no substance. Your turning range is too large, and your back is exposed as a weak point throughout the process. Combat isn’t dancing. Over – emphasizing good postures will only leave irreparable loopholes.”

“Humph!”

Hu Lili snorted, retracted her leg, and then bent her arm, raised her elbow, and rammed her head into Wang Jiang’s chest.

Wang Jiang protected his chest with his hand and firmly blocked Hu Lili’s elbow strike. His body didn’t even sway a bit. At the same time, he didn’t forget to remind: “If you don’t have enough strength, don’t use such a powerful move.”

Maybe Hu Lili took Wang Jiang’s advice. Her subsequent attacks became much lighter, but she still aimed at Wang Jiang’s vital parts, showing a bit of ruthlessness.

Unfortunately, all her attacks were easily blocked by Wang Jiang.

“Thirty seconds are up.”

Wang Jiang glanced at the time. The palm that was originally blocking Hu Lili’s side kick suddenly curled into a tiger’s claw, then grabbed Hu Lili’s calf and lifted it up, then pulled it outwards.

Hu Lili’s attack was interrupted. Before she could adjust the stance of her other leg, her legs were pulled into a split and she couldn’t exert any strength.

With her legs controlled, Hu Lili immediately raised her hand, extended her index and middle fingers, and aimed straight at Wang Jiang’s eyes.

But Wang Jiang was faster. Ignoring the approaching fingers, he just lifted his leg and kicked Hu Lili’s abdomen lightly, kicking her three meters away.

Although this kick seemed a bit harsh, Wang Jiang actually controlled the strength. After all, as the only girl in the small group with a likable personality, she was definitely treated better than the other rough guys.

Hu Lili rolled over to relieve the force, then stood up smiling, patted the dust off her clothes, and resumed her previous sweet and lovely appearance.

Fortunately, the gym was big enough and there were few students in the class. Moreover, these people specifically chose a remote corner of the gym.

Otherwise, if others saw Hu Lili’s performance just now, many classmates’ jaws would have dropped in shock.

After easily defeating three people, Wang Jiang gave a summary speech: “Combat skills are one aspect, and physical fitness is even more important. Because in the future, whether facing demons or mages, in a fight, the opponents won’t be the targets and wooden stakes in the training hall. Don’t just be a mage who can only mechanically cast magic.”

“Good! Good! Brother Wang is right! Wise words!” Qi Xiaohao clapped his hands, very cooperatively showing his approval.

Wang Jiang ignored Qi Xiaohao. Seeing Wang Yi in a daze, he walked to Wang Yi’s side and asked, “Well, have you thought it over? Are you going to fight next week or not?”

At this moment, Wang Yi was still thinking about the combat skills Wang Jiang had just taught. Suddenly being asked this by Wang Jiang, he was stunned for a while before he realized that Wang Jiang was asking about his duel with Wu Guan next week.

Seeing this, Qi Xiaohao patted his chest and was about to say something, but was stared back by Wang Jiang with a look.

Wang Yi didn’t like others making decisions for him.

“Of course, I’ll fight. I’ve already made my words. A man should stand by his words. I can’t just take them back, can I?” Wang Yi shrugged as if helpless.

“Just talking about magic, Wu Guan isn’t an easy opponent. Although he has only shown three or four ordinary – grade magics, with his family background, it’s not difficult for him to absorb some relatively powerful rare – grade magics.

If you force yourself into this fight and he gets angry and throws out his trump – card rare – grade attack magics, you’ll be seriously injured at least.” Wang Jiang frowned and warned.

Hearing this, the chubby Qi Xiaohao in the group pouted unhappily.

Actually, Wang Jiang and Wang Yi weren’t very close. Their relationship was even not as good as Wang Jiang’s with Qi Xiaohao.

In this group of five, Qi Xiaohao and Wang Yi had the best relationship, and Wang Jiang and Jiang Yue were the closest because these two pairs had known each other since early years. However, Jiang Yue and Qi Xiaohao had a surprisingly good relationship, which also made Wang Jiang get to know Wang Yi and Qi Xiaohao. So the four of them got along well.

As for Hu Lili, she got along well with everyone, especially with Qi Xiaohao and Jiang Yue.

Wang Jiang had always been a bit confused about why a top – notch student like Jiang Yue, a rising star among mages and a promising student at the Imperial Magic University, would hang out with people like Qi Xiaohao and Wang Yi.

Did two number – one students really attract each other?

At the beginning of the semester, Wang Jiang only regarded Qi Xiaohao and Wang Yi as friends of his friends. He even looked down upon their irresponsible behaviors.

But after a month of getting along and several combat teachings, he found that although Qi Xiaohao and Wang Yi seemed idle and silly on the surface, they actually had an extraordinary determination in their hearts. This made Wang Jiang change his opinion a little.

Otherwise, with his personality, he would never have gotten involved in Wang Yi’s duel with Wu Guan. He even planned to ask some friends in Class One to mediate and let Wang Yi give up the duel, so as to prevent Wang Yi from being badly beaten.

Now that Wang Jiang was persuading like this, it was obvious that he still regarded Wang Yi as a friend.

“Actually, there’s still a chance in this duel.”

Seeing Qi Xiaohao scratching his head anxiously, afraid that Wang Yi would back down before the fight, Wang Yi couldn’t help but smile and said, “Let’s just give it a try.”

Wang Jiang didn’t know where Wang Yi’s confidence came from. Did he secretly absorb some magic and was just waiting for the right moment?

But since Wang Yi had said so, he naturally wouldn’t persuade more, lest he annoy Wang Yi.

So Wang Jiang raised his eyebrows and asked, “There’s still some time before class is over. Wanna have two more rounds?”

“Sure!”

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