42: Chapter 42 Pull-up Breakthrough

Chapter 42 Pull-up Breakthrough

Winter morning.

It was just before dawn, and the pitch-black scenery in the distance was still indistinct.

Jiangbin Park, fitness area.

A bare-chested figure had his arms hanging beneath a 2.8-meter horizontal bar.

Whoosh, whoosh, he continuously performed Pull-ups.

His posture was relaxed and fluid, and his movements could be described as perfect, easily deserving a full score.

When pulling up past the bar, the muscle groups of his entire shoulders and back flowed together, bunching up tightly.

As his body descended, the lines that had been tensed to the extreme slowly unfolded, becoming distinctly contoured once again.

Between every movement, it revealed both the satisfying soreness of the muscles and the sensation of growing strength.

Gradually, the sweat flowing down his body turned into visible white smoke that kept rising.

"Hoo————"

Fang Cheng let out a long breath, relaxed his hands, and jumped from the horizontal bar down to the ground.

At this moment, his whole body was steaming with heat, and his face was as red as if he had just stepped out of a sauna.

After taking off his clothes, his Physique no longer looked gentle and delicate on the outside; instead, he appeared exceptionally robust and vigorously built.

Especially the muscle lines of his back, meticulously carved like a work of art, showcasing a masculine aesthetic unique to men.

The Pull-up primarily exercises the inverted triangle area of the back.

In addition to enhancing core strength, it can also stretch the spine, making the Physique more upright and tall.

In the dim light, several messages emerged in the air one after another, as dazzling as the morning light piercing through the darkness.

[Congratulations, through unremitting efforts, your skill has reached the Expert level]

[Pull-up Lv1 (0 / 250)]

[Obtained skill enhancement reward, 6 points of free attributes]

"Another skill has completed its Breakthrough..."

Fang Cheng looked at the brilliant light screen before him, his gaze revealing a look of gratification.

Every prompt message from the panel upgrading a skill, no matter how many, was the best reward for his persistence.

Looking at the extra 6 points of free attributes on his character panel, Fang Cheng thought about it and roughly had two stat-allocation strategies in mind.

Either continue to primarily add to Physique, and secondarily to Strength and Agility.

Or put these 6 attribute points into Strength or Agility all at once.

So as to quickly achieve the Breakthrough of a third attribute past the 20-point mark, bringing about a qualitative change.

After weighing for a moment, Fang Cheng made a decision.

With a slight thought, the value in the Strength column instantly rolled upwards rapidly.

In a flash, the various attributes on the character panel were updated.

[Strength: 18]

[Agility: 12]

[Physique: 20]

[Spirit: 20]

Feeling the strength inside his body as if surging with his blood, Fang Cheng exhaled a breath of hot air.

Then, with a 'crack' sound, he twisted his neck and slowly stretched out the tendons, bones, and muscles of his waist, back, arms, legs, and feet.

Next was the basic training for Jiu-Jitsu.

The East was about to dawn, and red clouds gradually dyed the sky.

The surroundings were misty, as if shrouded in a light veil.

Occasionally, one or two car or boat horns could be heard.

At this moment, sporadic figures doing morning Running had already started appearing in the park.

Fang Cheng walked to a flat and open patch of grass near the river embankment.

He took off his shoes, sat cross-legged on the ground, placed the soles of his feet against each other, and held the centers of his feet with both hands at the same time.

In this posture, he kept his legs horizontal and close to the ground.

About a minute later, he switched to a kneeling posture with both knees on the ground, one leg bent, the other leg straight, and both hands raised.

This was to stretch the ligaments of the legs, arms, and waist.

The basic training of Jiu-Jitsu mainly includes four aspects.

Footwork training, strength training, body flexibility training, and jumping and tumbling training.

As for footwork and strength, Fang Cheng already had a solid foundation and persisted in exercising every day, so no special practice was needed.

The main issues were that body flexibility still needed to be improved, and various jumping and falling techniques needed to be mastered proficiently.

Fang Cheng first practiced various yoga-like ligament-stretching movements.

When he felt that his body was completely stretched out and his limbs were as elastic as ox tendons,

he then began training the falling techniques in Jiu-Jitsu, which was the so-called "Breakfall".

The basic skills included four items: forward roll, backward roll, side roll, and cartwheel forward fall.

Raising the difficulty further were some somersault and handstand movements.

The main purpose of training these falling techniques was to reduce the impact force suffered by oneself when subjected to an enemy's full-strength attack, thereby carrying out self-protection.

The principle was to use inertia during the falling process to adjust posture, making circular arc movements with the body, thereby neutralizing and transferring the damage caused to the body by external collisions.

If placed in a fighting game, it would be equivalent to making the character instantly regain control while in the hit-stun state caused by an enemy's Move, quickly escaping the attack range to avoid suffering continuous combos.

This was not only a self-protection technique, but could also be used to turn passivity into initiative and reoccupy a favorable physical position.

In competitions, many Jiu-Jitsu fighters would even choose to actively fall to the ground, dragging their opponents down with them.

Every single detail was examined one by one!

Then they used their most proficient methods, which were suffocating or joint-locking, to subdue their opponents.

As the saying goes, "victory through groundwork."

This was also the biggest feature that distinguished Jiu-Jitsu from other fighting styles.

After practicing the falling methods, Fang Cheng went on to train some special techniques for moving positions on the ground.

For example, shrimp walking, reverse shrimp walking, crab walking, and so on.

These were not only usable movements in actual combat, but also specialized training involving body flexibility.

After nearly a week of sparring partner work,

Fang Cheng had accumulated a lot of practical combat experience and additionally learned the unique training techniques of many fighting styles.

Coupled with the rich knowledge absorbed from observing discs,

the current him was enough to be called an Elementary martial arts theoretician.

A red sun crossed the horizon through the gaps between high-rise buildings, causing the morning fog to dissipate rapidly.

The river water sparkled, rolling and surging.

Several waterbirds with white feathers leisurely spread their wings, their bodies gracefully stepping on the water to catch a small silvery fish.

Fang Cheng finished a set of training, sat on the lawn, and looked up into the distance.

Vaguely, he had a realization.

The core concept of Jiu-Jitsu was not to abandon everything about oneself and seek rebirth through death,

but rather to go with the flow, possessing a detached and calm disposition as if viewing death as life.

In addition to possessing sufficient physical fitness, one must also defeat a powerful enemy from the state of mind.

Only thus could one have calm changes at the moment of making a Move.

Only then could one truly achieve the miraculous effect of overcoming hardness with softness, defeating the strong with the weak, and instantly counter-controlling the opponent...

Amidst his deep thoughts, footsteps faintly sounded around him.

A middle-aged man wearing sportswear ran panting past the front of the lawn.

More and more people were getting up early to do morning exercises in the park.

In the scenic water pavilion not far away, a few old men were gathered together, practicing a set of leisurely Tai Chi.

As the noise gradually increased, Fang Cheng did not continue exercising.

It was already quite late; although today was Saturday, for him it was still a workday.

"I believe... the unlocking of the Jiu-Jitsu skill shouldn't be far off either."

Fang Cheng reined in his thoughts and then got up to leave.

After Running all the way home, he bought a large bag of steamed buns and soy milk at the breakfast stand downstairs, and after going upstairs, he boiled ten eggs himself.

Simply finishing his meal and ending his morning self-study, he rushed against time and caught the No. 13 bus on schedule.

Twenty minutes later, he arrived at the club.

Fang Cheng clocked in, and before he even walked into the locker room, he was greeted head-on with a shout.

"A-Cheng, why did you come to work today? Hasn't Shen Haoming notified you about Majima Goro's matter yet?"

The speaker was Chen Xiaohai, and he was seen with a face full of astonishment.

"What matter?"

Fang Cheng looked at him with equal astonishment, not knowing what it meant.