362: Chapter 362 Upgraded Handstand Push-up Skill, A Man's Romance

Before dawn, daybreak had yet to arrive.

The entire city was still plunged in a deep slumber.

By the coast of Guanlan District, there was no roar of vehicles, nor any trace of pedestrians.

Only the sound of the tide echoed tirelessly back and forth in the darkness.

Whoosh——

Waves surged onto the beach, soaking large patches of fine sand, and then slowly receded amidst a low rumble.

At this moment, however, a figure wearing blue sportswear was Running on the beach.

His steps were rhythmic, and his landings were silent, as if equipped with precise shock-absorbing devices.

Only a string of evenly deep footprints rapidly appeared on the damp sand along the trajectory of his Running.

In the blink of an eye, they were smoothed out and erased by the next wave, disappearing without a trace.

The figure shuttled through the boundless night curtain.

On one side was the blurred outline of the city, with countless high-rises sketching out staggered silhouettes.

On the other side was the chaotic connection between the sea and the sky, a bottomless pitch-blackness.

The person Running between the two seemed to form a flowing brushstroke in this tranquil scroll.

As time passed, the horizon quietly took on a hint of fish-belly white.

The dark night began to fade, and the outline of the city gradually became clear.

Every surge of the waves was more powerful than before, and the sound of crashing against the beach grew increasingly passionate.

The whole world seemed to be awakening along with his Running.

The figure did not stop, moving all the way forward along the coastline.

The flat beach gradually disappeared, replaced by a jagged reef area.

Without any hesitation, he exerted force with his legs, his Physique as agile as an ape, leaping and bounding among the slippery reefs, and finally stepped onto a winding upward path.

At the end of this path stood a solitary white lighthouse perched atop the cliff.

He finally stopped his steps and stood at the edge of the cliff as well.

The rising morning glow gently washed over his shoulders, illuminating his sharp-angled face.

That pair of eyes was vigorous and bright, glowing astonishingly in the dim environment.

"Whoosh——"

Fang Cheng gently exhaled a long breath of white air.

Letting the salty, fishy sea breeze blow across his body, he enjoyed the comfort of heat evaporating after exercise.

Beneath his feet was a cliff over a hundred meters high and nearly vertical.

The waves tirelessly pounded against the reefs at the bottom, stirring up thousands of piles of white sea foam.

The boundless sea spread out beneath his feet, resembling a black satin shimmering with a dim luster.

In the distance, the roar of a motor faintly came over.

Diligent fishing boats had already set sail early, pulling a long white wake across the sea surface.

Fang Cheng did chest expansion exercises, stretching his limbs, and his joints emitted a series of crisp popping sounds.

Then he raised his wrist and looked at his sports watch.

The screen displayed a set of data:

[Distance, 20.3 km]

[Time, 16 minutes 47 seconds]

[Pace, 49.6 seconds/km]

The Running distance this time was already equivalent to a half marathon.

The pace also nearly reached four times the world champion's record.

Fang Cheng's mind stirred, and another light-blue optical screen immediately appeared before his eyes.

[Running Experience + 5]

[Running Lv1 (53 / 250)]

Looking at the comparison of the two data sets, Fang Cheng nodded slightly.

Today's steady-pace long-distance Running practice had a decent training effect.

Ever since moving into Haitian Garden, he had finally been able to drain his physical stamina without any scruples over the past two days.

The experience values of various combat and fitness skills were growing steadily.

At 4:00 AM today, he woke up on time.

But instead of starting his morning workout from scratch in his own home gym as usual,

he first ran to the deserted seaside and practiced a set of Shadow Boxing in the dead silence of the darkness.

Facing the ocean tide, his fist wind roared and his leg shadows whipped around, echoing from afar with the sound of the waves, completing his combat skill training.

Then, he ran back and forth along the long coastline until ending just now.

It was now 5:19 AM.

According to the original morning workout plan, he should have returned to the gym in Haitian Garden to carry out the remaining six core physical training sessions.

However, standing at the summit of this cliff and feeling the sound of the ocean tides coming from beneath his feet, Fang Cheng suddenly changed his mind.

At this moment, the sky was not yet fully bright, and the surroundings were extremely secluded.

His location happened to be blocked from external view by the lighthouse and a few stubbornly growing pine trees, forming a natural concealed training ground.

Fang Cheng cast his gaze toward the bottom of the cliff.

There, the reefs were rugged, and white waves crashed one after another, smashing into pieces.

The cliff walls were steep and perilous, as if carved by knives and hacked by axes.

For any ordinary person, a misstep from here would result in nothing less than being smashed to pieces.

Fang Cheng recalled those extreme athletes he had seen in online videos before.

They practiced Push-ups on the edges of building roofs, or did freehand handstands.

Utilizing such extremely dangerous environments to stimulate their nerves and forcibly concentrate their minds, thereby honing their skills and breaking through their own limits.

The height of the cliff before him was not a truly fatal threat to someone like him who possessed extraordinary mid-air suspension ability and abnormal Physique.

But the psychological pressure of being on the verge of the abyss was equally real.

Perhaps he could also give it a try here.

Thinking of this, Fang Cheng looked at the skill panel.

[Handstand Push-up Lv2 (493 / 500)]

Only 7 experience points away from upgrading.

Fang Cheng's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately made a decision.

Today, he would simply complete the Handstand Push-up training right here and smoothly achieve a skill Breakthrough.

Speaking of which, compared to being in a closed gym,

Fang Cheng enjoyed the feeling of breathing together with the wind and the sea in such an open natural environment even more.

That freedom and release of the soul was incomparable to any top-tier gym.

He took off his sports jacket and trousers, folded them neatly, and pinned them down with a stone to prevent them from being blown away by the wind.

His bare torso revealed a perfect muscular outline under the morning light.

As he moved, it undulated and bulged as clearly as a living entity.

Fang Cheng walked to the edge of the cliff, took a deep breath, and bent over.

Instead of using his palms, he extended the index fingers of both hands, their fingertips like two steel nails, steadily pressing against the rough and uneven rock.

His waist and core instantly tightened, his legs kicked upwards fiercely, and his entire body lightly flipped into a handstand, with his feet pointing straight at the sky.

Except for a slight sway of his body when the sea breeze blew across, the entire process was astonishingly steady.

The perspective of a handstand was exceptionally novel.

Fang Cheng opened his eyes and gazed at the scenery in front of the cliff.

The whole world seemed to be inverted, with the vast sea surface hanging overhead.

Waves surged in one wave after another, seemingly undulating along with his breathing.

After making a slight adjustment, Fang Cheng began to practice Handstand Push-up in this thrilling posture.

His arms bent, his elbows sank, and his body began to descend slowly.

His arms straightened, his shoulders and back exerted force, and then he forcefully pushed his body back up.

He had practiced this movement tens of thousands of times and was already thoroughly familiar with it.

After completing a hundred of them, he couldn't even feel much fatigue.

Looking at the panel display, the skill experience had only increased by 2 points.

Fang Cheng's eyes flickered slightly, he pondered briefly in his heart, and immediately decided to challenge a higher-difficulty movement.

Single-Finger Push-up!

For Fang Cheng, the difficulty of this movement did not lie in using the strength of a single finger to support the weight of his entire body.

The key was how to maintain balance when the body was suspended in the air so as not to fall down.

Let alone doing arm-bending Push-ups supported by a single finger on the edge of a cliff, descending and ascending repeatedly.

The requirement for the body's balance could be described as Heaven-Defying level.

However.

Fang Cheng still intended to give it a try.

After resting for two minutes, he returned to the posture of a two-finger-grounded handstand.

After maintaining complete physical stability, the index finger of his left hand slowly lifted, impressively leaving the rock at the edge of the cliff.

In an instant, the weight of his entire body pressed down upon the index finger of his right hand!

The previously motionless body suddenly exhibited a slight and rapid sway.

You must know that with the continuous improvement of agility and Physique attributes, Fang Cheng's muscle and bone density had long far surpassed ordinary people.

His current weight was a full 126 kilograms.

This far exceeded the weight of a heavyweight boxer.

Concentrating all this 252 catties of weight onto a slender fingertip to support the entire body in completing a handstand.

Such a thing completely exceeded the scope of kinematics and human physiological structure.

This was not just a test of finger strength, arm strength, and shoulder strength, but the ultimate challenge to bodily balance and control, as well as the coordinated exertion of every muscle fiber in the entire body.

Not to mention that the rough and uneven rock could not provide a perfect mechanical support point.

The sea breeze on the cliff was particularly strong, howling and blowing continuously, constantly trying to destroy his balance.

In such a terrible environment, Fang Cheng's figure inevitably began to sway along with it.

Unlike the state of "gliding and landing against the wind" in the air, what was needed more now was to maintain absolute stillness and balance.

Fortunately, he had been training for a long time and mastered rich skill experience.

His gaze condensed, his waist and core exerted sudden force, and his back curved slightly inward into an arch.

His steel-like muscles tightened instantly, forcefully suppressing the violent swaying.

After finding his sense of balance, Fang Cheng readjusted his posture.

With his legs together and toes tensed, his entire body stabilized once more, resembling an inverted bronze sculpture.

Then, he began to lower his body by bending his arms.

The triceps of his arms, the deltoids of his shoulders, and the latissimus dorsi of his back—every single muscle was working together at maximum efficiency.

His body slowly and steadily descended until his nose almost touched the cold rock.

Then.

It was as if an electric current surged through his fingertips, and a mighty force erupted from his arms and shoulders, defiantly pushing his entire body up to return to a straight posture.

This process could be said to be incomparably arduous, exceeding ordinary imagination.

But on Fang Cheng's face, not a trace of pain could be seen, only extreme Focus and calm.

One, two, three...

His movements were slow and powerful.

Every rise and fall was like having a silent conversation with the abyss beneath his head.

His body occasionally swayed slightly in the air, like a flag fluttering loudly in the wind.

The sky was growing brighter and brighter.

On the eastern horizon, a patch of magnificent morning glow quietly emerged, dyeing the clouds into a brilliant orange-red.

The sun was about to rise.

If someone were to look over from a distant fishing boat at this moment, they would see a scene unforgettable for a lifetime.

At the summit of the cliff dyed red by the morning glow, a bare figure with bulging muscles and a perfect body was supporting his entire body with a single finger, as if standing in a handstand at the edge of the world.

His body rose and fell with the movements, like a battle flag fluttering in the wind, full of primitive, masculine, and power-filled conquest over everything.

This sight was like an epic oil painting branded between heaven and earth.

Sweat began to continuously ooze from Fang Cheng's forehead, chest, and spine, converging into streams that slid down his arms and finally dripped onto the rock.

Despite the difficulty, Fang Cheng enjoyed the process immensely.

He could clearly feel every cell in his body cheering and leaping with joy under this extreme squeezing.

Rising to meet the morning sun, training an unyielding Physique, and pursuing the limits of strength.

This was the romance belonging to a man!

"101."

"102."

"103."

"104..."

Fang Cheng silently counted the numbers.

Every time he exerted force to push his body up, the rock at his fingertips felt as if it were about to be pierced through by him.

Sweat droplets dripped from his chin, tracing a crystal-clear arc in the air and falling into the abyss below the cliff, where rugged reefs and splashing waves churned.

Just as he completed the 105th single-finger Handstand Push-up and prepared to descend again——

Before his eyes, a brilliant radiance suddenly burst forth!

[Congratulations, through effort and perseverance far surpassing ordinary people, you have successfully achieved a Breakthrough, reaching the Grandmaster level.]

[Handstand Push-up Lv3 (0 / 1000)]

[Received enhancement reward, free attribute points + 12]

A flash of sharp light glinted in Fang Cheng's eyes.

The fingertip of his right index finger once again erupted with terrifying power, fiercely pushing upward!

This time, he no longer maintained the handstand, but utilizing this pushing force, twisted his waist and core.

His legs swept a graceful and athletic arc through the air, and his body flipped lightly.

Afterwards, his feet landed, steadily standing firm again at the edge of the cliff.

Fang Cheng raised his hand to wipe away the sweat on his face, a gratified smile curving the corner of his mouth.

Finally, another fitness skill had achieved a Breakthrough!

At this moment, half of the sun had leaped out of the sea level, and golden sunlight bathed the cliff.

On the distant highway came the sound of cars driving past, along with faint human voices.

Fang Cheng moved his finger joints, suppressed his excited emotions, and then quickly put on his sports jacket and pants.

Taking one last look at this magnificent sea view, he turned around and disappeared at the end of the path.

Such secretive matters as allocating attribute points could not be casually carried out outside.

He had to go home first and make preparations.

Besides, there were still remaining training items unfinished.

Meanwhile.

Inside an apartment of a high-rise residential building in Haitian Garden,

The indoor furnishings were minimalist to the extreme, with almost no furniture, making it look exceptionally desolate.

A young man wearing a gray silk bathrobe was quietly standing in front of the window.

He had a slender figure and a handsome face, holding binoculars in his hand to observe the scenery outside the window.

In the high-magnification lenses of the binoculars, that white lighthouse isolated on the cliff was so clear as if it were right in front of this building.

At this moment, a man wearing blue sportswear was walking down that rugged path.

"No way?"

The man slowly lowered the binoculars, a look of puzzlement appearing on his handsome face.

"Could the person who secretly slipped the note to warn me to be careful of Noah possibly be him?"