Chapter 78 - Imperial Wind Steps
Chapter 78 Imperial Wind Steps
The two of them did not care what the audience thought. After exchanging a punch, Rodman looked at Chu Nan in surprise and shook his head.
“No, you’re not a low-level Overlord Body at all. From your punch just now, you should at least be a third-stage or even fourth-stage Overlord Body! Tell me, kid, did you deliberately hide your strength in the preliminaries?”
Chu Nan waved his hand and shook off the soreness from the punch earlier. He smiled at Rodman.
“If I tell you that I’ve risen from the initial-stage Overlord Body to the third-stage Overlord Body in these three days, do you believe me?”
“Tsk! Who would believe that?!”
Rodman spat heavily. His feet paused, and he punched again without ceremony.
Unlike the test earlier, this punch clearly contained a powerful Internal Breath.
There was no need to directly sense it. Just by relying on the various subtle changes in data on this punch and the powerful increase in speed, Chu Nan determined that the force of this punch was definitely far greater than before.
He did not receive it head-on. He stepped forward and his body swayed slightly. In a strange but extremely smooth posture, he easily dodged Rodman’s punch.
Rodman’s attacks were endless, but every time Chu Nan moved his feet, he could perfectly dodge.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them had exchanged more than ten moves, but Rodman could not even touch the corner of Chu Nan’s clothes!
“Beautiful!”
At this moment, in the center of the largest arena in the academy, two huge virtual screens were broadcasting two matches at the same time.
One of them was the competition between Chu Nan and Rodman.
When Rayne, who was mixed with a group of spectating teachers, saw Chu Nan dodge Rodman’s punch, he could not help but praise him loudly.
The other third-grade teacher beside him asked Rayne in surprise, “Hey, Rayne, am I seeing things? Chu Nan should have used the Imperial Wind Steps just now, right?”
“That’s right. It’s the Imperial Wind Steps.” Rayne nodded, his face filled with surprise, “I only taught this kid the Imperial Wind Steps three days ago. I didn’t expect him to use it so well now. He’s really a genius!” “Three days?” Not only was the teacher who asked the question just now, but the other teachers who heard their conversation also had surprised expressions, “Didn’t he cultivate it before? You taught him from scratch three days ago?”
“Nonsense.” Rayne rolled his eyes, “The Imperial Wind Steps is a rare C-rank martial technique in our academy. Under normal circumstances, only students with outstanding performances will have the chance to learn it after the third grade. Chu Nan was only an unremarkable student in the second grade, so how could he learn it?”
“Then… he really only used three days to master it?” The teachers beside him still did not believe it. Rayne looked at Chu Nan on the large screen with a strange expression. “In order to obtain as good a result as possible for Chu Nan and Fang Yuesheng this time, the academy specially approved me to choose any C-rank martial technique to impart to them. I saw that Chu Nan’s fist technique was proficient and his foundation was stable, but his movement technique was insufficient, so I chose to teach him the Imperial Wind Steps. I originally did not expect him to learn much in three days, and I only hoped that he could improve a little. However, I did not expect… he has actually grasped it so well…”
The other teachers focused their gazes on the virtual screen again. They saw Chu Nan’s feet moving continuously and his figure swaying, perfectly avoiding Rodman’s attacks again and again.
Although he did not use the Imperial Wind Steps every time, it was precisely this performance that reflected that he had already learned the technique extremely well and was far from the appearance of a beginner. “He only cultivated for three days to reach this stage. He’s really an impressive martial arts genius.” A teacher could not help but sigh. “Unfortunately, this is useless… In the future, he will at most be an Internal Breath Realm Martial Artist…” Another teacher sighed, his voice filled with regret.
Hearing this, Rayne and the teachers around him fell silent.
After a long time, a teacher waved his hand.
“Alright, that’s all in the future. Now, let’s see how he can win this competition?”.
The teachers focused their attention and looked over.
Chu Nan’s opponent, Rodman, was a powerful Internal Breath Martial Artist after all. Even if Chu Nan had already defeated two Internal Breath Martial Artists in the preliminaries and his strength had increased in the past few days, this did not mean that his strength had really surpassed ordinary Internal Breath Martial Artists.
If he wanted to defeat Rodman, relying on the Imperial Wind Steps was far from enough.
Slap!
Chu Nan suddenly raised his left arm and his elbow happened to be on the lower side of Rodman’s right arm. It knocked into his arm and he could not help but raise it slightly. Then, he threw a punch at the right side of Rodman’s ribs.
This counterattack was extremely sudden. Rodman was shocked and did not have time to react at all. He could only quickly raise his left arm to block his chest.
Bang!
Chu Nan’s punch landed and his Internal Breath was activated. The force was as high as 817.681261 kilograms and it actually forced Rodman to take two steps back. Ever since the two of them started fighting, they had already exchanged dozens of rounds. This was the first time Chu Nan had counterattacked, but the effect was obvious as soon as he attacked. Immediately, the audience of the Earth Federation below the stage cheered.
After forcing Rodman back with a punch, Chu Nan seemed to have gained the upper hand and immediately kicked out again, aiming at his vital points.
Seeing this kick, be it the live audience or the audience who were watching the competition’s live broadcast, most of their expressions were strange.
Because the two Star-Grade Martial Artists had specially mentioned it, the current Chu Nan was no longer as unnoticed as before.
Information regarding Chu Nan had appeared many times on the Milky Way Network and the various major media in the past few days. Regarding his performance in the preliminaries and even the West Cloud Academy’s selection competition, it had been completely exposed by others. There were even countless people who had profound discussions about it.
Regarding Chu Nan’s performance in these competitions, everyone had different evaluations and concerns. However, there was one point that everyone could not ignore and they all agreed.
Descendant Slayer!
Including the qualifiers of West Cloud Academy, Chu Nan had already kicked his opponent’s vital points many times in these competitions and won.
This left a deep impression on everyone. Even the nickname Chu Nan had received was unanimously recognized.
Now that Chu Nan kicked again, not only did the audience have a strange expression, even Rodman was shocked. He did not hesitate to clench his legs and desperately protect his vital points.
However, Chu Nan’s kick was only a feint. When he saw Rodman putting on a tight defense, his right foot suddenly landed and heavily stepped on the ground. Then, his upper body rushed forward and his prepared right fist struck out.
Due to the fact that he also had Internal Breath, this punch was extremely fast. Rodman did not even have the time to complete his defense. He could only barely curl his arms and take a step back at the same time.
However, he could not dodge in the end. Chu Nan’s punch landed on Rodman’s chest and a terrifying force that exceeded 1,000 kilograms surged out. Rodman felt as if his chest had been struck by a huge hammer and he did not even have the time to mobilize his Internal Breath. He immediately felt a sweetness in his throat and spat out a mouthful of blood before staggering back. Chu Nan obtained the advantage with a punch and his attacks immediately became continuous, not giving Rodman any chance to catch his breath.
After a few moves, Chu Nan’s punch broke through all of Rodman’s defense and struck the vital points in his lower abdomen. Rodman only felt his Internal Breath fall into chaos and he instantly spat out another mouthful of blood before collapsing to the ground. Chu Nan lowered his head and looked at it. He put away his fist and retreated.
After waiting for ten seconds, Rodman could not struggle up. The referee raised his right hand and fell.
“The competition has ended. The winner is Chu Nan.”