59: Chapter 59 Master-Level Push-ups

Chapter 59: Great Master Push-up

The darkness before dawn was like an abyss swallowing the entire city.

Jiangbin Park, fitness area.

A lonely figure lay prone on the ground, practicing the Push-up in a one-handed posture.

It had just rained last night, and the remaining puddles on the ground made it look a bit muddy.

Yet the figure didn't care at all, keeping his body as straight as a javelin.

Bending his elbows and sinking down, it was as if he were gently kissing the sleeping earth.

Straightening his elbows and puffing out his chest, he looked like a fighter silently shouting in the darkness.

Throughout the exercise, he maintained his rhythm, and his movements were steady and powerful.

After completing a set, he then switched to the other hand to continue exercising.

A faint orange-red gradually appeared on the edge of the sky, tearing an opening through the thick darkness.

The scenery all around took on a slightly brighter hue.

The faint morning light shone on the figure, revealing muscle lines like a sculpted work of art.

And, as his figure rose and fell, those rolling, dripping, crystal-clear, and sparkling beads of sweat.

Suddenly.

With a forceful push from one hand, he leaped up in a lunge and stood straight again.

His chest heaved slightly as he took a deep breath and looked up ahead.

The darkness was rapidly receding at this moment, and the morning glow gushed forth.

The orange and red light dyed half of the sky like a magnificent oil painting.

The entire city was also gently awakened in the morning light.

"It is a new day, and another challenge is completed, worth being proud of oneself!"

Fang Cheng gazed at the scenery of dawn breaking, a smile on his face as he muttered to himself.

At the same time, a long string of scrolling prompt messages appeared before his eyes.

There were skill usage conditions, attribute increase values, and experience growth progress.

And most eye-catching of all, the skill upgrade information.

[Congratulations, after unremitting efforts, your skill has reached the Great Master level]

[Push-up lv2 (0 / 500)]

[Obtained skill enhancement reward, please choose between the two enhancement directions]

[Enhancement One: 9 points of free attributes]

[Enhancement Two: Master of Strong Wrists, allowing the flexibility and hardness of the fragile wrist part to simultaneously receive a 100% bonus effect on top of basic attributes]

"Enhance wrist flexibility and hardness at the same time?"

Fang Cheng looked at the reward content and muttered silently.

Then he decisively chose the second enhancement direction.

The wrist could be said to be one of the most fragile and delicate human joints, yet it was also one of the most commonly used joints.

Especially for many fitness enthusiasts, the area with the highest incidence of injuries and illnesses was undoubtedly the wrist.

Whether performing bodyweight exercises like the Push-up and Pull-up, or going to the gym for bench presses, deadlifts, curls, etc.

This area connecting the palm and forearm was subjected to devastation at all times.

But it was indeed very fragile, with small bones and thin muscles.

This structure allowed the wrist to flexibly perform movements such as flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction.

It also made it very prone to injury when enduring large external force impacts.

Fang Cheng could deeply feel this in his usual workouts and battles.

While wanting to throw powerful punches, he also had to mind his punching posture to minimize the counter-shock damage caused to the wrist.

If not for the enhancement rewards given by the panel, practicing fist Push-ups and one-handed Push-ups would actually be great strengthening exercise methods.

After completing the selection, Fang Cheng pinched his right wrist with his left hand and casually flexed and rotated it a few times.

Carefully feeling the significant changes brought by the skill special effect.

It seemed even the small wound on the back of his wrist cut by a butterfly knife could be neglected.

Fang Cheng nodded in satisfaction.

His sight fell on the panel, reviewing the status of all skills currently mastered.

[Speed Reading lv1 (89 / 250)]

[Focus lv1 (153 / 250)]

[Culinary Arts lv1 (10 / 250)]

[Cleaning lv1 (6 / 250)]

[Gourmet lv0 (19 / 100)]

[Driving lv0 (11 / 100)]

[Bone-setting lv0 (5 / 100)]

[Japanese Language lv0 (16 / 100)]

[Boxing lv1 (242 / 250)]

[Sanda lv1 (233 / 250)]

[Jiu-Jitsu lv1 (106 / 250)]

[Push-up lv2 (0 / 500)]

[Squat lv2 (10 / 500)]

[Leg Raise lv1 (133 / 250)]

[Pull-up lv1 (145 / 250)]

[Back Bridge lv0 (90 / 100)]

Several ordinary daily-life skills had been newly added, still at the introductory stage.

The most primary fitness and combat skills were progressing most smoothly.

Two skills of the Prisoners Six Arts had already reached the Great Master level.

The progress bars of the other three skills were also advancing step by step.

In just a few days, the last item "Handstand Push-up" should also be expected to be unlocked.

Check them one by one without any mistakes!

As for combat skills.

Boxing and Sanda currently gained relatively little experience when practicing Shadow Boxing, relying more on actual combat for improvement.

However, with consecutive combat victories, they were also soon about to break through lv1 and reach the Great Master level.

After reviewing the skill panel, Fang Cheng turned to look at the 9 free attribute points he had retained earlier.

Deciding to add all these attributes right now to complete the Breakthrough in strength and agility.

He first added 2 points to strength.

Watching the strength value on the panel jump to 20, he instantly felt an immense force erupting outward from within his body.

His whole person was like an inflated ball, rapidly expanding because of it.

Blood surged continuously, flushing his skin red, and his joints cracked like firecrackers.

Two seconds later, his arms, torso, and thighs obviously grew a large circle thicker.

The exaggerated degree of his bulging muscles was no less than those bodybuilding champions.

"Why does this feeling look a bit like Majima Goro after berserking?"

Fang Cheng frowned slightly, bent his arm, and looked closely.

The protruding biceps were rock hard and somewhat elastic.

After thinking for a moment, he then added the remaining 7 free attribute points to agility.

Then, a miracle happened!

As agility also broke through to 20 points, his whole body produced another force of compression from the outside inward.

Amid a brief and intense pain.

Those exaggeratedly bulging large muscles quickly contracted, just like coarse iron being pressure-cast into refined steel.

In the blink of an eye, he changed back from the appearance of a big guy to a state close to an ordinary person.

Fang Cheng's brows smoothed out, and he let out a breath as if a burden had been lifted.

The somewhat clumsy and sluggish feeling subsequently disappeared, and his body seemed to become much lighter and more coordinated.

Exercising his limbs, his eyes narrowed slightly, he retracted his arms, and continuously threw several lightning-fast jabs at the air in front of him.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

As he threw his punches, crisp cracking sounds like firecrackers were emitted.

He was bare-chested now, so it definitely wasn't the sound of his arms Driving his sleeves.

Nor was it a sonic boom generated by his fist speed exceeding the speed of sound.

That required breaking through 340 meters per second to form, which he couldn't reach for now with his current physical strength.

Through his high mental attribute, Fang Cheng perceived the changes within his body.

Clearly knowing that this was the effect caused by the snapping and springing of his own tendons and bones.

That was the sound erupted by the stretching and contracting of his arm tendons, joints, and ligaments in an extremely short time.

Previously, he could only barely emit a faint cracking sound of fist force when delivering a full-strength strike.

Unlike now, where he could easily do it just by casually throwing a few jabs.

Obviously, his own physical explosive power had grown to a terrifying degree.

"The current me..."

Fang Cheng slowly clenched his hands, his knuckles popping loudly.

Suddenly feeling a bit chilly in his crotch.

Lowering his head to look, he found that the sweatpants he was wearing actually had their seams split open during his muscle expansion just now.

Shockingly turning into a pair of open-crotch pants.

Fortunately, his underwear was elastic, so it wasn't stretched to ruin.

Thinking of this, Fang Cheng quickly looked around.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was passing by for the moment, he quickly took his jacket down from the Pull-up bar, put it on, and ran out of the park.

The rest of the training would be done after returning home!

Some values in the previous text were slightly modified to make them as reasonable as possible without affecting the plot. Those with obsessive-compulsive disorder like me can reread it from the beginning.