40: Chapter 40: Thick Health Bar

Chapter 40: A Very Thick Health Bar

Thursday, December 10th.

Jiangdong District, Global Elite Combat Club.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

On the ring, two agile figures chased each other.

Fang Cheng held the focus mitts, constantly moving with agility around the ropes.

Majima Goro struck with his palms at times and kicked at others, pursuing Fang Cheng in quick steps to continuously hit the pads.

The scene looked lively and seemingly very harmonious.

For this sparring session, Fang Cheng no longer had to act as a stationary target.

Instead, he was doing moving target training with Majima Goro.

There was a huge difference between the two training methods.

During stationary target training, one needed to hold larger pads with both hands.

The changes in target positions mainly relied on the pad holder's hand techniques and footwork to adjust.

Therefore, the fighter could kick as hard as they wanted, unleashing their maximum striking power.

Moving target training, on the other hand, required the practitioner to strike while following the pad holder's movement rhythm and direction.

Since both parties were in motion and the pads were small, it was more about training the fighter's dynamic reaction ability.

The physical exertion was also greater than hitting stationary targets.

Majima Goro exhaled sharply, his power exploding with movements as fast as lightning.

Punching, kicking, palm-striking, and finger-thrusting, almost every single strike hit the target.

Karate has many techniques and is very complex.

The main ones are hand techniques, foot techniques, and throwing techniques, which is very similar to Sanda.

Hand techniques is the general term for Punching techniques and Palm Techniques.

These include the straight punch, backfist, Knife-hand, ridgehand, Spear-hand, bent-wrist strike, elbow strike, palm-heel strike, hammerfist strike, and so on.

Fang Cheng bobbed and weaved, constantly changing the target positions.

His feet shifted and pivoted, making the rubber floor squeak loudly.

He cooperatively fulfilled his duties as a sparring partner.

Perhaps the other man's mental state was still relatively good right now.

He didn't launch a fierce assault right from the start like before, nor did he show signs of growing increasingly manic.

Overall, he was within the range of a normal person.

Whoosh!

A high kick swept in with the sound of tearing air.

With the ropes right behind him, Fang Cheng's shoulders swayed slightly before he slid to the side and ducked to avoid it.

The kick struck the post wrapped in black leather.

The entire ring ropes shook violently, vibrating non-stop.

"OK."

Majima Goro did not continue his pursuit.

After pulling his leg back, he raised his gloved hand to signal Fang Cheng to stop.

Two assistants quickly ran onto the ring, eagerly handing him towels and sports drinks.

His face drenched in sweat, Majima Goro took the towel to wipe his sweat, then gulped down the water.

It was obvious that he was quite satisfied with today's sparring service.

Fang Cheng stepped down from the ring and took out his own bottle of mineral water.

He unscrewed the cap, tilted his neck back, and looked at the system panel notifications while drinking.

[Sanda EXP +5]

[Boxing EXP +2]

[Focus EXP +3]

Just as he took a small sip, he saw one of Majima Goro's assistants walking quickly toward him.

With a very respectful attitude, he presented a business card with both hands and said in the Xia language:

"Mr. Majima highly appreciates you, Mr. Fang. He invites you to visit his home this weekend."

Hearing this, Fang Cheng couldn't help but be taken aback.

He had only sparred with the man a few times on the ring.

Their relationship didn't seem to be that close yet, did it?

Although somewhat surprised, out of politeness, Fang Cheng still took the business card and glanced at it.

On it was written a detailed address in Wenchuan District, Dongdu City, along with a contact number.

Being appreciated by an employer was naturally a good thing.

Fang Cheng didn't think too much about it and temporarily put it out of his mind.

Next, the Sanda Department had other work that required him.

After that, there was another new sparring session. The employer was a kickboxer who specialized in Jiu-Jitsu.

Today's schedule was packed, leaving him almost no time to rest.

Ever since he became Majima Goro's sparring partner,

Fang Cheng's reputation for having a "thick health bar and being highly resilient" quickly spread among the elite students and professional fighters.

Over the past two days, he had successively received seven or eight invitations for sparring sessions.

The sessions had already been scheduled through next week.

If he successfully completed all of them, his guaranteed income would be over 5,000 yuan, which was higher than his original monthly salary.

Of course, this was net income after deducting the club's insurance fees and commission cuts.

Fang Cheng had originally planned to balance his work in the Logistics Department and only take sparring jobs when he didn't have classes.

But now, he was simply too busy and had already turned down many invitations.

Regarding Fang Cheng's approach,

Xu Maocai had no complaints at all. Instead, he took extra care of him in daily matters, telling Fang Cheng to Focus on his sparring job with peace of mind.

He even comforted Fang Cheng, saying that if the surgery fees weren't enough, he still had some financial capability and lending him fifty or sixty thousand yuan wouldn't be a problem.

However, the Personnel Department had already started recruiting new employees.

Fang Cheng felt a bit apologetic and decided to work harder before completely leaving his post.

On his way out of Training Hall 2 toward Hall 1,

several professional fighters who looked familiar but whose names he couldn't recall took the initiative to greet Fang Cheng.

Inside and out of the conversation, they were all asking when he would be free to train with them.

Sparring jobs were billed by the hour and divided into tiers.

Those with good stamina who could act as human targets belonged to the first tier, with hourly rates mostly between 500 and 700 yuan.

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Those with good stamina, ample experience, and mastery of a professional combat technique belonged to the second tier, with an hourly rate starting at least at 800 yuan.

As for retired champion-level fighters, that was another invaluable tier entirely.

Although Majima Goro gave Fang Cheng an hourly rate as high as 1,000 yuan,

Fang Cheng did not demand exorbitant prices from other fighters.

He only set a median hourly rate of 700 yuan to start his sessions.

A low price also had its benefits.

Just like now, wherever Fang Cheng went, people would try to get close to him.

Even some familiar elite students from the Boxing Department and Sanda Department approached him,

wanting to have a special, all-out training session with him before participating in professional matches.

Fang Cheng reckoned that with his current Physique of up to 20 points, he was fully capable of taking three or four sessions a day.

In that case... a monthly income breaking through fifty thousand yuan would probably no longer be a dream.

While he was lost in thought, a cough was heard.

"A-Cheng."

Coach Shen, who was preparing for a class, walked out of the office opposite him and took the initiative to greet him.

Then, with a smile on his face, he looked at Fang Cheng and asked with concern:

"How is today's training going? Can you adapt to it?"

"It's alright."

Fang Cheng nodded calmly and responded politely.

The two chatted awkwardly for a few moments before going their separate ways.

Shen Haoming glanced back at Fang Cheng's departing figure, his eyes flickering slightly.

The reason his attitude had changed so drastically

was simply because the trouble brought by that guy Majima Goro had given him a headache for a long time, making him lose sleep at night.

Not only did Majima continuously injure sparring partners, but he also often made Shen lose face and suffer setbacks in front of the students and other coaches.

But after all, the other party was the club's cash cow, a student personally introduced by the boss.

Even if he was beaten, he could only swallow his broken teeth.

Since a tank who could take a beating and draw aggro had finally appeared, shouldn't he curry favor with him and treat him like royalty?

As for those minor disputes in the past, they were completely not worth mentioning.

...

Work at the club was busy and fulfilling.

Soon, the sky outside turned dark, but the venue remained brightly lit.

A night class was scheduled for today, so he had to work overtime again.

The employees of the Logistics Department gathered in the locker room, eating boxed meals and chatting, enjoying a moment of relaxation.

Fang Cheng also held a boxed meal in both hands, chewing on greasy green vegetables and minced meat.

As he poked around with his chopsticks, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked ahead.

A notification message floated in the air.

[Gourmet EXP +1]

Fang Cheng shook his head and set aside the empty lunch box, which had been licked clean.

Gaining experience just by eating a boxed meal—no one would believe it if he told them.

After two days of exploration, combining his own experience with some conjectures,

Fang Cheng roughly understood the specific function of this skill.

The so-called "Gourmet" skill was likely a way to improve food digestion speed and nutrient absorption rate by training gastrointestinal functions.

If upgraded to Lv.1, perhaps eating one meal could be as effective as eating two.

Even with some rather terrible food, he could still extract the nutrients required by the human body from it.

It could be called an absolute foodie skill.

Fang Cheng pulled back his thoughts and cast his gaze on the other two unopened chicken leg meals.

The three secret techniques of fitness: exercise, rest, and diet.

If one wanted to become stronger, eating more could never go wrong.

Since it could be displayed on the panel and increase experience points,

then he would just keep grinding!