109: Chapter 109 You can leave the village now.

In reality, after hearing him shout the name of his Move, Miao Cuihua only just managed to turn her head to look, without even being able to turn her body around. So, even though this punch was easy to neutralize in her eyes, she didn't have the time to do it.

Without any surprise, Hu Gualing's punch landed solidly on Miao Cuihua's shoulder blade.

"-14 (Piercing Damage)."

Miao Cuihua's health bar appeared, a damage number popped up, and the health bar instantly shrank by a small section.

Hu Gualing was very surprised.

He remembered that the last time he was in the field, when he used this set of punches to deal with an unruly water buffalo, it also dealt piercing damage. The damage value was nearly double compared to when it didn't trigger a piercing effect. At that time, he had even exclaimed with surprise that this [Farmers Three Punches] was somewhat like the legendary "striking across the mountain to hit the ox."

Precisely because of this, Hu Gualing remembered the damage value from that time very clearly; the piercing damage value dealt to the water buffalo was "-10."

This time, attacking Miao Cuihua, the damage seemed to have increased, but the last time he hit a water buffalo! With its thick skin and flesh, its defense must have been quite high. And no matter how rough and sturdy Miao Cuihua was, one couldn't deny the fact that she was a woman. Could her resistance to damage really be stronger than a water buffalo's?

And most importantly, when Hu Gualing dealt with the water buffalo, he was empty-handed. Not only did he not have any weapons, but he also wasn't wearing any equipment that could increase damage, relying solely on his pitifully few points of base attack power... Even so, after the damage bonus from the [Farmers Three Punches] skill, he was able to deal 10 points of damage.

But this time, he had a blue-tier weapon, which increased his attack power by 7-8 points alone, yet the damage value dealt was only 14 points. Didn't this mean that if he took off the blue brass knuckles, even if Miao Cuihua stood still and let him hit her, he wouldn't be able to break her defense?

Was it really that terrifying? Thicker-skinned than a water buffalo?

Hu Gualing hissed and drew a sharp breath.

Although he had succeeded with one strike and clearly held the upper hand, he didn't feel relaxed at all in his heart. He only wanted to end this battle quickly to avoid complications.

Fortunately, although Miao Cuihua hadn't lost much health, this wasn't just a purely data-driven game. Her shoulder had been struck by the steel knuckle duster, and her whole arm sank down; it was clearly dislocated by the force, making it impossible for her to even raise her arm for a short time. Although she had dealt with many such incidents during her long periods of labor and only needed to endure the pain and press the dislocated part back into its original position to recover, Hu Gualing wouldn't give her that chance. He rained down a chaotic flurry of punches onto her back.

"-7." "-8." "-19 (Piercing Damage, Stun)!"

A series of damage numbers popped up above Miao Cuihua's head. Among them, it even triggered the equipment trait that came with the [Tough Steel Gauntlets], not only dealing 5 points of additional damage to Miao Cuihua but also causing her a brief stun.

Under Hu Gualing's storm-like onslaught, she already found it hard to have a chance to resist. Being stunned like this, she completely lost the ability to fight back and could only passively endure Hu Gualing's attacks.

Hu Gualing didn't dare to stop either, using both hands to continuously rain blows on Miao Cuihua. He watched as Miao Cuihua's health bar dropped rapidly like water being released from a sluice gate, and it soon hit the bottom.

However, when there was only a tiny bit of health left, Hu Gualing discovered that Miao Cuihua had actually entered an untargetable state.

He couldn't help but be startled, thinking that this was some trump card Move Miao Cuihua had used. Fortunately, at this moment, he saw the transparent protective shield gradually disappear. A white light flashed over Miao Cuihua, her health bar refilled and hid itself, and all the injuries on her body disappeared.

As for Hu Gualing himself, the bit of health he had lost earlier when Miao Cuihua squeezed his fist was replenished, his hand didn't hurt anymore, and everything returned to the state before the challenge began.

Game Prompt: You have achieved victory in your sparring match with Miao Cuihua. Combat Experience +200.

Looking at this message, Hu Gualing's tightly coiled nerves finally relaxed.

So the battle had ended; he had won!

Don't let the fact that this challenge didn't even take a few minutes to play out fool you; winning it was truly not easy.

Hu Gualing felt proud in his heart. He cupped his hands together, imitating the heroes he had seen in TV dramas, and said to Miao Cuihua, "I accept your concession."

Miao Cuihua smiled honestly and said, "Hero Hu, your strength has earned my approval. From now on, you are free to leave the village."

"Hahaha, good, good."

Hu Gualing had long been looking forward to going out on an adventure. His face was filled with a genuine smile as he turned to Tang Yao and said boastfully, "How about it? I've really impressed you, haven't I?"

Tang Yao clapped her hands, "Impressed, very impressed! But I want to know, what movement technique were you using when you were rolling on the ground just now? Is it Qinggong?"

Hu Gualing was in a good mood and didn't feel there was anything to hide about this kind of thing, so he said generously, "That's called the Lazy Donkey Roll. It might count as a type of Qinggong, I suppose. It's something I realized myself..." As he spoke, Hu Gualing simply recounted the process of how he realized the [Lazy Donkey Roll] in the field.

Hu Gualing said, "If you want to learn it, go to the field and give it a try."

Tang Yao raised her head and looked at the paddy field not far away, unable to help but frown.

Although the clothes on her body would never get dirty—even if she rolled around in the paddy field, she would still be clean and fresh after standing up—it seemed very suitable for practicing this Donkey Roll.

But the Qinggong she wanted to learn had to be the kind that allowed one to float around in the sky; only then would it have the temperament of a heroine. Who rolls around in a paddy field?

Tang Yao curled her lips and said with disdain, "Not trying it."

Hu Gualing didn't care. In any case, he felt that this kind of self-realized skill thing could probably only be done by a combat Genius like him. For ordinary people like Tang Yao, they probably wouldn't be able to realize it even if they rolled around in the paddy field all day.

He said to Xiao Niao again, "You should have seen the battle just now, right? How did I perform? You're a gaming expert, give me some feedback."

This "gaming expert" label wasn't Hu Gualing trying to flatter Xiao Niao, but because Xiao Niao was smart, loved analyzing games, and most importantly, had money and loved spending it, so he undoubtedly became a gaming expert.

However, looking at Hu Gualing's smug expression, he didn't genuinely want Xiao Niao's feedback; he just wanted to show off a little and hear a few compliments.

"This... this battle, of course I watched it." Xiao Niao said hesitantly, his brain struggling to recall the few pitifully scarce battle scenes he had just seen. Finally, a flash of inspiration hit him, and he said with a certain tone, "My evaluation is, you fought beautifully, you fought with style!"

Hu Gualing chuckled, "Is that so? Did I fight that well? But this line of yours... why do I feel like I've heard it somewhere before?"