At this moment, the hundred-odd students lying on the floor frantically shook their heads, tears streaming down their faces.
Don’t provoke this guy! In a minute, when you’re the ones getting thrashed, you won’t be singing the same tune!
When we first arrived, we were even cockier than you lot!
“Tiger descending the mountain” isn’t a joke; he really is explosively ferocious!
Guan Hu flashed a savage grin. “Newbies! Pretty confident, eh? Who gave you that courage?”
Qi Yu: “Need you ask? Obviously our God Nan! He’s invincible in close combat!”
Ye Xinghe: “God Nan’s hand-to-hand is even fiercer than my master! Instructor Tiger, you definitely can’t beat him!”
Wu Liang: “When it comes to close-quarters, nobody touches my Bro Nan! He’ll even spot you both hands!”
Qin Shou: (๑❛◊❛)و
Ohhh, I get it now!
Lesson learned!
I’ll cheer you three on with both hands, both feet, and even my eyes shooting 666!
Jiang Nan: (눈‸눈)
Are you lot for real?
You brag, then expect me to take the fall?
No wonder you were all mouthing off; you were pulling aggro onto me!
I was just here to watch the show, who did I offend?
In an instant, every gaze in the hall locked onto Jiang Nan.
The corner of Guan Hu’s mouth curved into a playful smirk. “Oh ho? You’re a good fighter?”
Jiang Nan scratched his head and smiled shyly. “Nah… just average.”
Look at that tiger grin!
He’s absolutely planning to sort me out and make me suffer!
Ye Xinghe: “God Nan! There’s a limit to humility!”
Qi Yu: “Too much humility becomes hypocrisy! You were brutal when you beat the two of us!”
Wu Liang: “Bro Nan! What are you scared of? A man can’t say he can’t perform!”
Qin Shou: “Exactly! Let him use both hands and both feet! Seven minutes? Pfft, absolute rubbish!”
Jiang Nan: !!!
Both hands and both feet? My arse!
Are you telling me to stick my head out for him to punch?
Can you lot act human for once?
I don’t want this awesome persona; you can have it!
Guan Hu pulled out a pair of MMA gloves and hand wraps, tossed them straight to Jiang Nan, and raised an eyebrow. “Come! Spar with me!”
“Show them how it’s done!”
At this moment, the entire Class 10 was flushed with excitement, chanting in unison:
“Class Monitor Jiang! Take him down!”
“Ooooooh! God Nan! Wreck him!”
“Wreck him! Wreck him! Knock him flat!”
The synchronised shouts instantly ignited the atmosphere!
Even the girls got worked up.
“Xiao Nan, jiayou!”
“Be careful! Don’t get hurt!”
Jiang Nan’s face was full of resignation. He took off his shoes and started stripping off his top. “What are the rules?”
Guan Hu grinned. “No rules! Groin kicks, eye gouges, ear biting, all allowed! Fight until someone is KO’d or TKO’d!”
Jiang Nan swallowed hard. This guy is planning to beat me to death!
At this point, many senior students training in the hall turned to watch.
“No way? Jiang Nan is going one-on-one with Instructor Tiger?”
“Truly a newborn calf not afraid of the tiger! That’s the Descending Tiger we’re talking about; Jiang Nan is gonna get smashed!”
“No student in history has ever conquered that tiger in the training hall!”
“Diamond 8-star! Earth-element output! Instructor Tiger’s physical strength and close-combat skills are insane!”
“Most importantly, abilities are sealed! Jiang Nan’s space system is completely useless!”
“Hell yes! This kid is finally getting taught a lesson! Gotta record this for posterity!”
Jiang Nan removed his upper clothing, revealing a perfectly sculpted torso.
Muscles sharp as if carved by blade and chisel!
The girls’ hearts raced, screams filling the air!
He wrapped his hands, put on the gloves, picked up a mouthguard and popped it in.
Did a few shadow-boxing bounces, executed a beautiful butterfly step that drew a beautiful arc!
“You’re not wearing a mouthguard?”
Guan Hu smiled confidently. “You won’t hit my face.”
Jiang Nan paused, then stopped moving. He raised his guard, cautiously inching forward!
Eyes hidden behind his fists were as sharp as a hawk!
Xia Yao excitedly shook Zhong Yingxue’s arm. “Xiao Nan is serious! Look at his eyes!”
Zhong Yingxue’s palms were sweaty with nerves!
As the two faced off, the entire training hall grew tense!
Just as Jiang Nan leaned forward slightly,
Guan Hu’s eyes flashed. His fist shot out like a cannonball, aimed straight at Jiang Nan’s face!
“Holy crap! It’s over! That kid won’t survive one move!”
“No chance! His punch path was completely read by Instructor Tiger!”
“His guard looked decent a second ago, how…”
Yet faced with Guan Hu’s cannon-like punch, Jiang Nan didn’t dodge!
He charged straight into it!
The instant the fist was about to smash his face, Jiang Nan tilted his head ever so slightly!
Guan Hu’s punch grazed past Jiang Nan’s ear with millimetres to spare!
By then Jiang Nan had already slipped inside, planted his foot, twisted his hips, and channelled his entire body weight into his fist!
Thrust punch!
His fist shot like a steel spear straight at Guan Hu’s face!
BANG!
A single jab sent Guan Hu’s head snapping back, body staggering!
Jiang Nan stepped in, lowered his stance, coiled like a compressed spring!
Twist, hook, two consecutive swinging body hooks exploded forth!
BANG! BANG!
Guan Hu’s face flushed crimson, about to retreat,
Jiang Nan launched off the ground, uppercut rising like a cannon, smashing into Guan Hu’s jaw!
BANG!
The red in Guan Hu’s face instantly drained to green!
He stumbled back three steps, clutching his side, eyes filled with shock!
Jiang Nan licked his lips, eyes burning with excitement. “Instructor Tiger, better put that mouthguard in!”
A stream of heat flowed from Guan Hu’s nose. He bared his teeth in a grin. “Kid! Those punches had some weight!”
At that moment the entire training hall fell deathly silent!
Everyone stared, dumbfounded!
“No way! He drew blood from Instructor Tiger? How did Jiang Nan even land those?”
“Holy crap! My scalp is tingling! Counter-punch straight into the pocket? He predicted Instructor Tiger’s prediction?”
“That takes insane guts! Has Jiang Nan fought pro boxing? Counter straight + vicious liver shots! I’m losing it!”
“Antelope hang? Slide-step duck into rising uppercut cannon! I’m bloody exploding!”
Right now the seniors were gobsmacked; this was more professional than a professional boxing match!
Guan Hu popped in his mouthguard, excitement rising in him too. “Come! Let me see what else you’ve got!”
Jiang Nan grinned. “You’re about to find out!”
He charged with his guard up!
The two immediately started trading blows in the centre!
If Jiang Nan was a machine gun, Guan Hu was a heavy artillery piece!
Their exchanges were so fast the crowd could barely keep up!
Jabs! Crosses! Haymakers! Flicker punches!
Neck-turn deflection! Butterfly step! Cross-arm block, shoulder-roll defence!
Techniques you only see in top-tier pro bouts appeared one after another on both men!
They had now been trading for over five minutes!
The floor was covered in droplets of their sweat!
BANG! BANG! The meaty thuds of fists landing rang out, making everyone’s blood boil!
“God Nan is insane! He’s actually gone toe-to-toe with Instructor Tiger for over five minutes? Not human!”
“So hot-blooded! Not a single flinch! Trading with Instructor Tiger? His evasion is god-tier!”
“Shame! God Nan’s raw power can’t match Tiger’s! The difference in physical stats is too big, machine gun vs artillery. He can’t budge Tiger!”
Tao Xinyi stared at Jiang Nan in shock. “Is Jiang Nan’s physique really that bad?”
Guan Hu has diamond-rank physical stats!
Jiang Nan is only gold! Yet he’s taken several clean hits from Guan Hu and is still standing!
A normal gold-ranker would have been down ages ago! Jiang Nan is still fighting!
That means his physical stats are absolutely not weak; he’s practically touching platinum!
How the hell did he do it?
You’re a spatial controller! Yet your body and close-combat are this monstrous?
Did you allocate your skill points wrong?!
And those boxing skills; has Jiang Nan really never fought professionally?
Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao stood with mouths agape, faces full of disbelief!
When Jiang Nan usually helped them train, they never realised he was this strong!
That was only because the two girls’ level was far too low for Jiang Nan to go all-out!
The students lying on the floor were now staring wide-eyed, unable to believe what they were seeing!
Having been brutalised by Guan Hu themselves, they knew exactly how terrifying the Descending Tiger was!
Yet he still hadn’t finished Jiang Nan after all this time?
Is Jiang Nan a god?
BOOM!
A massive haymaker smashed into Guan Hu’s jaw!
For a split second Guan Hu’s eyes lost focus!
His muscles relaxed!
Jiang Nan’s eyes lit up!
“Chance!”
“Blood Burn!”
Abilities may be sealed, but Blood Burn is still active!
Spirit-binding ore can’t suppress this!
Author’s note:
To write this chapter I watched three full pro MMA fights and over half an hour of boxing matches (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)
