Chapter 1926 — The Challenge (Part One)
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But if Wei Zhao deliberately conceded—a man strong enough to destroy even Earth Rank experts, conceding in a bout with an ordinary instructor—would that not be a suffocating, infuriating thing?
And if he refused the challenge, then Wei Zhao would be guilty of disobeying orders; failing to heed command during military training would cost him points as well.
It was only that You Panhu had not expected this conflict to be redirected onto Huang Mao.
"I asked you a question—how do you know Wei Zhao is skilled?" Chen Yuxuan barked at Huang Mao.
"That..." Huang Mao could not think, for the moment, how to explain.
"Since you know he's skilled, then I take it you're skilled too. You'll do—come and spar with me, and demonstrate military boxing for everyone!" The moment Chen Yuxuan saw Huang Mao's look, he knew the fellow meant no good, and he was minded to teach him a lesson and settle him down a bit.
Even setting aside his targeting of Wei Zhao, a thug's getup like that earned no goodwill from Chen Yuxuan whatsoever.
"Me?" Huang Mao was slightly taken aback, but he was not afraid. He had come here to keep the young master company in his studies; You Panhu cared about credits, but Huang Mao did not care in the least. Even if he failed to graduate, it made no difference—he was nothing but a retainer in the You household, and this diploma was of no use to him at all. So Huang Mao chuckled: "Fine, I'll go. But instructor, let's agree on terms first—if I beat your military boxing, what then?"
"Beat it? What do you propose?" Chen Yuxuan had not expected Huang Mao to dare set conditions, and his gaze sharpened; he wanted to see where Huang Mao's confidence came from. Unfortunately, Chen Yuxuan did not have Wei Zhao's kind of eye.
Internal-school experts revealed their strength only when they circulated their mental techniques within the body to drive their true qi; unless they deliberately displayed it, only in combat or when executing lightness-skill movement techniques could their true strength be exposed.
External-school experts had no true qi in their bodies and could only draw on the true qi of the natural world through sheer physical might; thus, when such a person did not strike, even Wei Zhao could not discern his strength.
"If I win, the three of us won't take part in the rest of the military training—but you must give us full marks for it, and that bonus-point business too, you have to give us that!" Huang Mao pointed at himself, You Panhu, and Zi Mao as he spoke.
"Fine. Though doing so breaks the rules, I'll agree to it anyway—because you cannot beat me, and I will show you what military boxing really is!" Chen Yuxuan said with a cold laugh.
"Heh, you said it yourself!" Huang Mao snickered, and began circulating the mental technique and oral formulas within his body; in an instant, the strength of the early Mystic Rank was laid bare for all to see!
A flicker of surprise passed through Chen Yuxuan's eyes. He had never imagined that a thug like this was in fact an expert of the early Mystic Rank!