Holy Fist

Chapter 48: 048 Professional Level 2
 

Two Great Success fighting techniques, two Minor Success fighting techniques.

He, again, had grown stronger!

Bai Xiao focused his attention, quietly waiting.

Soon, a massive amount of information flooded into his mind, causing him to be momentarily dumbfounded.

At that moment, Bai Xiao felt as if he were in a closed chamber, wrestling frantically with seven or eight muscular men, drenched in sweat. From being thrown over and over to eventually throwing his opponents to the ground frequently, all the progress and enlightenment throughout the process were branded in his mind, becoming muscle memory.

Swish, Bai Xiao opened his eyes.

At that moment, he was confident he could take down any ordinary person within three seconds, rendering them instantly incapacitated. Wrestling, a ground technique, was extremely threatening and dangerous in one-on-one combat.

If the user was not careful, they might end up killing their opponent.

Especially on city streets made of concrete.

It had to be used with caution.

Bai Xiao stood up from his chair, quickly performing several lower body diving embrace movements. His hands encircled the empty air as if they were giant pincers, ready at any moment to fiercely clamp around the opponent’s waist and then perform a back throw that could end a life.

“Phew, it indeed is a very practical technique.”

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He slowly stood up, and immediately a faint feeling of weakness washed over him.

Bai Xiao’s eyebrows twitched; after feeling it for a while, he sensed something was not quite right. The weakness and hunger from improving his skill today felt several levels lesser than before. He even thought he could wait until dinner time to eat, although he was very hungry.

“There must be a reason why my physique has grown stronger.”

“But, it seems not just that…”

Bai Xiao then remembered how, after having lunch at the White Bird Training Base cafeteria, he wasn’t very hungry by dinner time.

Even the occasional late-night snack he would have at night was stopped.

“Could it be, from that lunch?”

“No, it should be that bowl of dark medicinal herb soup.”

Bai Xiao was certain of it.

The medicinal soup provided by the training base cafeteria, which all elite class students were required to drink, definitely had a reason. Speaking of which, after lunch, continuing with the elite class, he felt a warm sensation throughout his body and was full of energy. Most likely it was due to that bowl of soup.

“White Bird Martial Arts Hall or the Fierce Bird Sect, indeed has a lot of good stuff. Once the elite class is over and I truly join the core circle of the Fierce Bird Sect, I should be able to learn more secrets…”

Bai Xiao exhaled a breath of warm air.

He went into the bedroom and took out a variety of nutritional supplements.

It was like having an early dinner.

At 5 p.m., Bai Xiao began logging into the app as usual, but this time it was another food delivery platform competing with EatOut, called MealGroup.

He had been wanting to test whether the professional panel had any hidden rules. If he could find such rules, it would undoubtedly be a huge boost.

In the state of delivering seriously, the work hours passed in a blink.

At 8:30 p.m., the Hummer electric bike drove into the parking shed of the Sunshine District.

Bai Xiao got off with some disappointment; the takeaway delivery experience he gained today was about the same as the previous days. But he wasn’t disheartened, instead, he waited for several more trials to continue experimenting. Was the acquisition of takeaway driver professional experience related to the number of deliveries? Or was it related to the distance of a single delivery?

He would try any method that might increase efficiency.

If successful, everyone would be happy. If not, it wasn’t a big deal.

After resting for a while back at his rented place, Bai Xiao went to work at the bar again.

This time, his robust figure hid in the shadows, his eyes sharp as an eagle’s. Again and again, like a camera, he scanned the entire venue bathed in bright and dazzling lights. Solving one problem, protecting the safety once, and he could gain so much experience; only a fool would not want to do it again. Bai Xiao’s utilitarian mind was just that heavy; he felt somewhat insecure.

Even though in the past half month, his strength had rapidly improved, and his physique and power had visibly grown, Bai Xiao still felt lingering fear from that shadow he had seen that day. While it hadn’t become a heart demon, it was still a thorn in his side. Until he could figure out what that shadow was and how it related to the recent series of disappearance cases, it was hard for Bai Xiao to be completely at ease. At least half of his motivation to grow stronger stemmed from that.

Midnight, in a rented room at the Sunshine District.

The bedroom and living room lights were blazing bright, as Bai Xiao reveled in a midnight snack feast.

He tossed the fast-food containers into the trash bin and exhaled deeply.

Then he opened the fridge, took out a bottle of cold drink, and had a few sips.

“The improvement is substantial, time to test the results.”

Bai Xiao closed the fridge door, his eyes shifting, gazing into the distance at the punch force meter on the wall with a window. He briskly walked over to it.

Just five meters away from the meter, he suddenly accelerated.

Whoosh!

A nimble figure flashed by.

Thud!

The afterimage of a fist smashed down.

Bai Xiao stepped back twice, his gaze silently fixed on the data from the punch force meter.

“210.1kg!”

His punching power had surpassed the professional second-level classification.

With only a ten-kilogram gap from Coach Zhang Hongtao’s 220kg, Bai Xiao was confident he could defeat Zhang Hongtao in a one-on-one.

“Unknowingly, I’ve caught up to Coach Zhang Hongtao…”

Under the living room’s light, Bai Xiao clenched his fists, his eyes flickering with indescribable hues. He relished such improvement; he reveled in each day’s advancements.

One positive feedback after another only made people more proactive and optimistic.

[Power: 14.5→15.0]

[Speed: 12.8→13.2]

[Physique: 13.6→14.0]

[Will: 12.4→12.5]

Power +0.5, Speed +0.4, Physique +0.4, Will +0.1.

…

For the next two days, Bai Xiao led a life of diligent and fulfilling effort.

The elite class’s curriculum progressed steadily, and he gradually got introduced to the Blackbird exercise frame, six postures that mimic the movements of raptors, targeting the various muscle groups throughout the body. Bai Xiao didn’t know if it was fate that he resonated with birds, but he picked up these movements quickly, attaining a top-tier level in the class even without relying on his Pure Heart talent. He was on the verge of mastering the Blackbird exercise frame.

Additionally, he tested different methods for the deliveryman profession.

In the end, Bai Xiao actually stumbled upon a clue.

The experience gain for the deliveryman profession was related to the number of daily deliveries. However, the other two professional skills were unaffected.

That is to say, an increase in the number of daily orders also somewhat increased the experience gain for the deliveryman profession. Bai Xiao naturally thought of a clever scheme, ordering takeout, delivering it to himself, and receiving it himself.

This was against the rules, but he tried it anyway. The first time, another rider accidentally snatched the job; the second time, he succeeded, but, unfortunately, gained no experience. It seems that this method of farming experience was useless.

Bai Xiao thought for a while and joined many delivery rider groups. Eventually, he found a few places with frequent dispatches, where the shops were close, and the destinations were near as well.

And sure enough, the experience gain for the deliveryman profession saw a considerable improvement—from a daily +12, +13, suddenly to +18.

Even if it was just an increase of five or six points in experience.

But, accumulated over time, it was not to be underestimated.