31: Chapter 31 Woman, you've successfully caught my attention!

"Very good, woman!"

"Your potion has successfully caught my attention!"

He kept a straight face, but inside, he was overjoyed.

A High-Level Blood and Qi Potion has a market price starting at at least 50,000. Just by fighting one match, 50,000 is in the bag?

Is money just not money to these children of wealthy families?

Even though he had just received the school rewards and betting dividends today, he couldn't possibly have enough resources.

Qian Duoduo, standing nearby, became anxious and quickly lowered his voice.

"Brother Lu, why don't we just forget it."

"My sister has an S-Rank Talent, Geng Metal Tiger Pattern, which focuses on killing and combat."

"Her movement, attack, and defense martial arts techniques have all reached proficiency. She was quite temperamental before awakening, and even more outrageous after, looking for people to fight fiercely every day."

Although Lu Cheng took first place at No. 3 High School, the people in the school... to be honest, they really weren't on the same level as his sister.

Lu Cheng listened, nodded thoughtfully, and then looked at the bottle of potion, his tone sincere.

"Only a fool would refuse money."

He looked up and smiled at Qian Shuying.

"But let's get this straight: don't cry if you lose, and don't blame me."

Qian Shuying was almost so angry she laughed.

What does this guy mean?

Haven't even started fighting, and he already assumes he can win?

She had originally just wanted to test his depth, but now... if she didn't peel a layer of skin off him, how would she, Qian Shuying, be able to hang out in this circle?

"Rest assured," she said calmly. "If you can actually win, I will absolutely not cause you any more trouble!"

...

The two of them stepped onto the ring.

The crowd around them immediately closed in, and even a few coaches in the martial arts gym were stirred, standing on the sidelines with their arms crossed to watch the excitement.

Qian Duoduo stood under the ring, his chubby face scrunched up like a bun.

Now he just wanted to slap himself twice.

Why was his mouth so troublesome?

On the ring, Qian Shuying loosened her wrists, her joints letting out a soft cracking sound.

"You go first."

Lu Cheng didn't stand on ceremony.

"Then I'm coming."

As soon as the words fell, he shifted his feet, and his figure instantly skimmed across the ground.

Wandering Step!

The speed was so fast that the eyelids of many onlookers twitched.

Qian Shuying's eyes narrowed, her reaction extremely fast. While raising her arm to block, she swept a side kick directly toward Lu Cheng's ribs.

The movement was clean and neat, without any flashiness.

Bang!

Fist and arm collided.

Qian Shuying was startled!

With this block, she was actually knocked back half a step.

It seems... this kid really has something... If she continued to underestimate him, she might suffer.

There was an immediate commotion under the ring.

"Sister Ying retreated?"

"This kid has some skill!"

"No wonder Qian Duoduo dared to brag."

After the first exchange, both of them changed moves almost simultaneously, colliding again.

Qian Shuying let out a low shout, and pale golden patterns appeared on the surface of her skin, spreading along her arms and collarbone like tiger stripes.

Geng Metal Tiger Pattern!

Her entire aura instantly became sharp, and both her speed and strength were significantly raised.

The next second, she stomped her foot hard.

Fierce Tiger Descending the Mountain!

Her figure pressed forward like a ferocious tiger pouncing on its prey, the edge of her palm wrapped in sharp wind as she slashed down.

Wind-Splitting Slash!

Swish!

The sound of breaking wind was sharp and piercing.

Lu Cheng's eyes flashed, his Wandering Step shifting continuously as he narrowly dodged.

The palm wind grazed his clothes, and his training uniform ripped open on the chest.

Lu Cheng looked down and his mouth twitched.

Almost ripped the seams.

This woman really hits hard.

However... you can't usually find a sparring partner of this level.

Qian Shuying missed her strike, but her offensive did not stop at all. Relying on the forward momentum, she pressed in continuously, her palms, elbows, and knees connecting like flowing water, without holding back at all.

But every move was difficult to hit Lu Cheng.

"Damn it! Keep running! Can you even fight!"

Lu Cheng looked at Qian Shuying, estimating that the consumption of blood and qi in her body should be about enough, and randomly used Wandering Step to shift and rush toward her position.

For a time, only the continuous sound of collisions remained on the ring.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The people under the ring became more and more surprised as they watched.

Qian Shuying also became more and more shocked as she fought.

She could feel that Lu Cheng's strength, reaction, and timing were all very excellent.

The most bizarre thing was this guy's physical body.

Even with her Tiger Pattern activated, she couldn't get the upper hand against him?!

Is this reasonable?

Is he made of iron?

This made her inexplicably angry.

Her eyes darkened, and she simultaneously activated the C-Rank martial art, Skin Hardening. Her right arm seemed to be plated with a layer of metallic luster, and then she threw a punch straight out!

She didn't believe Lu Cheng would still dare to take it head-on!

But seeing her advance instead of retreat, Lu Cheng exerted force from his waist and back, his blood and qi instantly pouring into his right arm.

Collapsing Fist - Three Styles: Origin... weakened version...

Boom!

A more ferocious explosive force suddenly burst out, and Qian Shuying was knocked back several steps, her shoe soles frictioning against the ring with a piercing sound.

The whole place suddenly went quiet.

Qian Duoduo opened his mouth, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence.

"Holy shit..."

This was his elder sister with Tiger Pattern and Hardening activated!

On the ring, Qian Shuying's chest heaved, but her eyes grew brighter and brighter. She was enjoying the fight; no one else at the same level could fight her like this!

"Again!"

The two tangled together again.

But Qian Shuying felt more and more frustrated as she fought.

She was clearly at full power, but she could never suppress Lu Cheng.

This guy was like a moving wall, unbreakable, unmovable, and he could always catch the split-second opening in her move transitions.

Qian Duoduo below the ring felt his scalp tingling as he watched.

Before, it was always his sister chasing others and beating them up; when had he ever seen her being pressed and beaten like this by someone else?

And this wasn't a gap in raw strength, but entirely a gap in combat awareness...

Time passed bit by bit.

Qian Shuying's breathing was already chaotic.

Geng Metal Tiger Pattern was strong, but the consumption was equally high. She had continuously activated movement, attack, and defensive martial arts, and both her physical strength and blood and qi were rapidly draining.

But what about Lu Cheng?

This guy was clearly also in a high-intensity battle, yet his breathing was only slightly hurried, and his recovery was ridiculously fast.

A monster.

This word popped into her mind for the first time.

Finally, after another exchange, her rhythm suffered a momentary disorder.

It was this moment.

Lu Cheng's eyes lit up, his Wandering Step suddenly cutting into the center line, his shoulder bumping open her defense, and his right fist shot out from his waist in a short, sharp burst!

Qian Shuying hurriedly raised her arm to block, but she was still half a beat too slow.

Bang!

The fist force penetrated her arm and landed on the upper part of her chest. Although most of it was dissipated by the hardening and the tiger pattern, the impact still made her figure sway, and she lost her balance backward.

Lu Cheng reached out to pull her, almost instinctively.

His palm gripped her wrist.

The next second, Qian Shuying's body, which was about to fall backward, was pulled by him and instead slammed directly into his arms.

The air seemed to stop for a moment.

She had just finished training, and her hair carried a faint, fresh scent of sweat. Her slightly disordered breathing brushed warmly against Lu Cheng's chin.

Lu Cheng's brain went buzzing.

Holy shit.

Isn't this distance a bit too close?

Qian Shuying was clearly stiff for a moment.

She looked up, meeting Lu Cheng's gaze directly.

In those eyes, besides the calmness of the outcome having been decided, there was also a hint of admiration that he hadn't had time to hide.

Her ears inexplicably heated up, and she immediately used his strength to steady herself and stepped back half a step.

"Still fighting?" Lu Cheng coughed lightly.

Qian Shuying was silent for two seconds, then slowly exhaled.

"Not anymore."

"I lost."

As the words fell, the crowd below immediately exploded.

Qian Duoduo's eyes lit up.

This was the first time he had heard his own sister personally admit that someone of the same age was stronger than her.

Qian Shuying didn't care about the reactions of the people around her, turned around, picked up the bottle of High-Level Blood and Qi Potion, and handed it to Lu Cheng.

"Yours."

Lu Cheng took the potion, his smile immediately becoming much more sincere.

"Boss is generous."

Qian Shuying looked at him, the sharpness in her eyes unabated, but with a bit more approval.

"You are very strong."

"But I will catch up to you soon."

Lu Cheng nodded.

"Alright, I'll wait."

Qian Duoduo, standing nearby, felt his teeth ache from hearing that.

Qian Shuying was silent for a moment, looked at Qian Duoduo again, and suddenly said:

"You are training him now?"

"Yeah," Lu Cheng said.

"Then add me to it," Qian Shuying said very straightforwardly. "I'll give you five thousand an hour to be my sparring partner."

Lu Cheng was stunned.

"Five thousand?"

"Not enough?" Qian Shuying looked at him.

"No," Lu Cheng immediately shook his head and looked at Qian Duoduo.

This Qian Shuying seemed to have higher spirit and financial resources than him.

Qian Duoduo understood Lu Cheng's look and shrugged on the side.

"She is a key training target of the family, her resource mobilization authority is higher than mine, and she isn't short on money."

Lu Cheng looked down at the High-Level Blood and Qi Potion in his hand, then looked at Qian Shuying.

Only a fool would refuse money!

Cultivating martial arts is inherently expensive, and the further you go, the more of a bottomless pit it becomes.

Teaching one is teaching, teaching two is also teaching.

And Qian Shuying is also a very good sparring partner for him.

It would be a crime against heaven not to take this deal.