Cultivating through increasing my stats in America Chapter 258 - 177: Can I Give You a Punch First? 3

"You still have the courage to stand up on the stage,"

But Li Ang seed completely oblivious to the content of his words, asking with so surprise:

"Hey, you speak English really well, that’s impressive, though there’s a bit of a heavy accent. No worries, you can practice more once you’re in New York, it should improve quickly."

After hearing this, Banlue - Qinawa’s already dark complexion turned even darker.

You want to surrender swiftly, and you’re telling my English is not bad?

The people from the Martial Arts Association who were on high alert, were all made to laugh by Li Ang’s sudden remark.

"Shouldn’t say it but shouldn’t say it, his mindset is really good. Could you be this relaxed if you were the one on the stage?"

Zhao Zhengxi, looking at Li Ang, who still had a smile on his face, took the opportunity to teach his own disciple.

Jiang Dahai also gave a serious answer:

"I couldn’t, but would a relaxed mindset prevent from getting beaten as badly?"

"Uh... maybe it would make it hurt less."

Dang! Dang!

The bell rang, and the round began.

Banlue - Qinawa charged towards Li Ang’s direction, causing even the floor to tremble with his advance.

"Wait a second!"

Li Ang suddenly stretched out his hand toward Banlue - Qinawa, signaling him to wait.

Banlue - Qinawa braked hard in front of him, asking irritably:

"What now?"

"Could you get ready to let take the first punch? I’m mainly concerned that if I hit you while you’re attacking, you might not be able to take it. Just go on the defensive; it will hurt less that way."

Hearing what Li Ang said, Banlue - Qinawa was so exasperated he had to laugh. It was the first ti he’d heard such a request in the ring.

Then he really did stand there, puffing out his chest, waiting for Li Ang to make the first move.

What he had been training in since childhood included both offensive moves and the ability to take hits. In fact, he spent even more ti on training to take hits than on offensive training.

That was the reason why he had dared to directly withstand Chu Yuanfeng’s attacks earlier.

As for this skinny Chinese guy, as long as he didn’t hit his weak spots, it would be no problem for Banlue to take a nonstop beating for several minutes.

Because what Li Ang said was indeed correct; a boxer was at his most vulnerable when attacking, because all the strength was focused on offense, and the muscles used for defense would inevitably relax a bit.

Li Ang’s sly tricks left the people from various associations who were watching below stunned. Oh, impressive, one could even make such a request of their opponent.

The most critical point was that the opponent had actually agreed.

Even so, they still didn’t have high hopes for Li Ang. Perhaps the only difference was that originally, Li Ang might have been knocked off the stage with a single punch, but now he might be able to take one more punch, making the loss of face not quite as complete.

"Are you ready?"

Before making a move, Li Ang even made a point of reminding the other party.

In fact, what he had just said was indeed the truth. His real intention was to conduct a test.

In past confrontational competitions, he always had to let his opponent hit him a few tis, warming up before he could fully get into the state and then obtain the complete Break Limit Point.

But after he broke through to beco a Second-Order Being, his ability to control his body also rose to another level, allowing him to fully mobilize his body and directly enter a prepared state.

He also wanted to test if he could still receive the full Break Limit Points by taking out his opponent instantly.

But he was afraid of striking too hard and accidentally injuring soone seriously.

Although everyone had signed a waiver for the competition, the background of this boxer was rather substantial, and it wasn’t worth offending him to death over a sum of hiring fees.

Hearing Li Ang’s repeated confirmations, Banlue - Qinawa snorted impatiently from his nose, indicating he was ready.

"Bang!"

Even though Banlue - Qinawa had tensed his nerves, he still hadn’t expected Li Ang to reach him at such a fast speed.

Then the next second, he found himself flying through the air.

To the audience, Li Ang seed to have transford into a train, using his fist to directly launch his opponent.

By the ti he realized what had happened, he was already lying down outside the ring.

And Li Ang was standing beside him, asking with concern,

"Are you alright?"

As he looked at his now slowly bleeding abs, Banlue - Qinawa suddenly rembered what Li Ang had said at the beginning - it seed he had told the truth.

If they had really gone through with a proper fight, his injuries would definitely have been much more severe.

If that punch had hit not his strongest defense, his abs, but instead his chest or chin, a fracture would have been the least of his worries, unlike now, after a rest, he could still fight again.

"I protest, this is a foul, we should have a rematch!"

The chief representative from the Thai Martial Arts Hall, visibly infuriated, rushed out and yelled at the referee.

He hadn’t taken Li Ang seriously at all before, thinking it wouldn’t have any effect on the outco, which is why he let things happen as they did.

But who could have imagined, Li Ang would knock Banlue - Qinawa out of the ring with just one punch? It was a loss that made no sense.

Little did he know, at that mont, Banlue - Qinawa still lying on the ground, lashed out with a trembling voice, angrily saying,

"If there’s going to be a rematch, you go, I’m not doing it again."

Hearing Banlue - Qinawa say this, the chief representative from the Thai Martial Arts Hall gave an awkward chuckle, not pressing the issue further.

Strength and speed, though they seem like two dinsions, are in fact complentary to each other in boxing.

Just from that punch alone, Banlue - Qinawa had concluded that both Li Ang’s speed and strength were superior to his, and not by a small margin.

Even his own master, the Muay Thai king, might not have possessed such terrifying strength in his pri.

So he accepted his defeat quite straightforwardly.

More surprised than Banlue - Qinawa were Yang Zhenghong and Yi Kong, master and disciple.

Others might not have noticed, but as practitioners of Tongbei Quan, they had realized that Li Ang’s mastery of Tongbei Quan seed to have even surpassed his master, Hua Tianming.

Yi Kong, although he hadn’t fully understood, could be sure of one thing: Li Ang’s mastery was definitely above his own, and it seed that his master could not exert the sa power as him either.

Therefore, others might wonder if Li Ang had won by trickery, but they definitely would not entertain such a thought.

In the next round, Yang Zhenghong directly placed Li Ang second in order, with Yi Kong still first.

He simply couldn’t believe that Yi Kong wouldn’t encounter soone weaker than him.