Cosmic Professional Gladiator

Chapter 31: Liu Hai Teaches His Disciple (1)

Translator: CKtalon 

Xu Jingming’s fighting spirit burned. When he joined the national team, his master was already in his sixties; it was impossible for him to fight with his full strength. His master was already 45 at the first World Martial Arts Tournament, so it was indeed a mystery how strong he was at his peak.

“Put on your armor and get your spear,” Liu Hai said.

“Armor versus cloth?” Xu Jingming looked at Liu Hai. “Master, you’re really confident. I won’t hold back then!”

As he spoke, dark-red light armor appeared on his body, and he held a huge spear.

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He wore armor and held a huge spear—he had the absolute advantage in terms of equipment!

“Be careful now, Master.” Xu Jingming prepared to deliver his first strike.

“Wait.” Liu Hai stretched out his hand to stop him and asked, “What’s your Physique index?”

“115,” Xu Jingming said.

“I’ll adjust my Physique index first; otherwise, I’ll be bullying you,” Liu Hai said and started manually adjusting. He shortened the amount of training time he had spent on the evolutionary method, naturally dropping his Physique index.

People normally had their physiques set to their limits. For example, Xu Jingming adjusted it to ‘735 days of practice’ to have his body reach its limits. His body became much weaker if he changed it to ‘100 days of practice.’

“Alright, I’ve adjusted the training time to 68 days to have a Physique index of 115—the same as yours.” Liu Hai nodded in satisfaction.

Xu Jingming’s expression changed when he heard this. I cultivated ‘Heavenly Python Evolution’ and have reached Intermediate 20%. Even so, I need to practice 735 days to reach a Physique index of 115. Master only needs 68 days to reach a Physique index of 115?

“Master, your evolutionary method has reached Advanced?” Xu Jingming asked.

“Yeah, Ferocious Tiger Evolution Advanced level.” Liu Hai nodded slightly. “Don’t worry. I guess there are only a handful of people in the world who can reach the evolutionary method’s Advanced level.”

Xu Jingming was secretly surprised. Master is indeed impressive. I’ve fought Gao Chong and Wang Qiao before, and the gap in everyone’s bodies wasn’t that great. Everyone was likely only at the Intermediate level of the evolutionary method.

“A temporary lead is nothing. After all, I’ve trained for almost 50 years longer than you!” Liu Hai said. “It’s normal to have an advantage in the beginning.”

“Our Physique index is the same now. I’ll use a cloth robe and a single saber.” Liu Hai looked at his disciple with interest. “If you have the ability, defeat me.”

“Master, be careful.” Xu Jingming shook his spear, and a projection of a blurry dragon lunged straight at Liu Hai’s chest.

Liu Hai stood still and didn’t dodge at all. He immediately cleaved out with his saber.

Bang!

Liu Hai’s saber beam struck the spear like a whip, and Xu Jingming felt his spear sway and move to the side. At the same time, Liu Hai was about to advance and close in on his disciple.

Parrying a spear with a single saber strike? Although Xu Jingming was surprised, he immediately spun his spear and swept it at Liu Hai. The might of this sweep could even pulverize a house.

Clang. 

Liu Hai blocked with his saber, and the saber projection turned into a blur during the block. Xu Jingming felt as if his spear was stuck, and he couldn’t exert any strength.

Liu Hai blocked the spear first before taking a step forward and swinging his saber.

This strike was too fast. It was said that Grandpa Liu Jianfeng’s sword was fast, but Liu Hai’s saber… was even faster.

Xu Jingming wanted to retreat and dodge. His leg had recovered, and his movement technique was fine, but he couldn’t make it in time! He tried to block with his spear, but it was similarly too late.

Pu. 

The saber flashed, and Xu Jingming felt the saber slice past his chest. He looked down and saw that his armor had been cleanly sliced open like tofu, leaving a gash.

Xu Jingming looked at the gash on his chest and helplessly reached out to tap his personal interface, restoring himself to his peak state.

“I lost.” Xu Jingming stood still, feeling puzzled. “Master, I used my spear against your saber. Why did you manage to parry my spear with one strike?”

“Because a single strike of mine is stronger than yours,” Liu Hai said.

“My spear swept out, but you didn’t even budge,” Xu Jingming said. “The force was completely diverted.”