87: Chapter 87 Skill Effect "Steel Bones"

Chapter 87: Skill Special Effect "Steel Bone"

Fang Cheng's eyes flickered as he looked at the slightly different first reinforcement choice on the panel.

Afterwards, his gaze fell on the second option.

[Steel Bone: Strengthens the elbows, knees, and shins, increasing bone hardness by 60% based on the Physique attribute.]

After seeing the specific description of the skill special effect, Fang Cheng's heart couldn't help but burn with excitement.

Muay Thai is known as the "Eight-Limb Boxing," and its most lethal attacks are actually elbow strikes, knee strikes, and roundhouse kicks.

Those Muay Thai fighters usually train by honing their defensive and offensive abilities through various external martial arts.

For example, using their shins to kick punching bags and tree stumps, and using their elbows and knees to smash wooden boards and bricks, constantly improving their bone hardness until it far surpasses that of ordinary people.

Thus, in actual combat, they can use themselves as human weapons, achieving the formidable level of snapping an opponent's shin with a single kick and causing bleeding on the forehead with a single elbow strike.

If he possessed the "Steel Bone" special effect, coupled with a pair of "Iron Fist"...

Every part of his body would turn into a weapon, and using various elbow techniques, knee techniques, Punching techniques, and Kicking Techniques would be like adding wings to a tiger.

Just imagine his current 30 points of Physique.

After a 60% increase, it would be equivalent to the bone hardness that could only be possessed with 48 points of the Physique attribute.

He decisively chose the skill special effect.

Fang Cheng couldn't help feeling eager to try and immediately jumped down from the water tank.

His gaze swept over the crisscrossing water pipe passages around him.

After searching once, he locked onto a vertical pipe that was about 20 centimeters wide.

Then he stood in front of this pipe and took a deep breath.

In an instant, he stepped forward, thrust his hips, turned his shoulders, swung his arms, and fiercely delivered a kick.

Bang——

As his lower leg shin hit the iron pipe body head-on, a deafening resonant sound instantly rang out, rapidly transmitting along the surrounding pipes.

This strike probably woke up everyone still sleeping in the entire building.

"Hiss..."

Fang Cheng awkwardly sucked in a breath.

Lowering his head to lift his trouser leg, he looked at the struck area of his lower leg; the skin was abraded, oozing a trickle of blood.

It looked like he had suffered a minor injury, but Fang Cheng didn't feel much pain.

In contrast, a shallow indentation was sunken into the vertical pipe.

This was the proof of the effect caused by that roundhouse kick just now.

Fang Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he looked at the concrete beside him.

Bang!

A turning elbow strike caused concrete chips to splash everywhere.

Impressively, it left another trace of man-made destruction.

Even Fang Cheng himself felt somewhat surprised by this terrifying power.

It was simply a "human weapon," capable of crippling someone with a single strike.

No, it should be fatal!

"It seems that in the future, when sparring with employers, I must remain vigilant at all times and firmly remember safety first..."

Fang Cheng silently reminded himself.

Raising his head to look at the height of the rising sun, it was already getting late.

He immediately put on his coat, quickly left the rooftop, and walked downstairs.

Returning home, he first washed up briefly and then made breakfast himself.

After quickly finishing his meal and tidying up the housework a bit, he put on a black fleece-lined jacket, picked up his shoulder bag, and went out to work.

Today, the big boss was coming to inspect the work of the club.

The person wasn't important; the crucial thing was the big red envelope in his hand.

As an outstanding employee, Fang Cheng definitely couldn't be late.

Thump, thump, thump.

Fang Cheng quickly went downstairs and came to the main entrance.

Looking out at the street outside, the corner of his eye caught sight of a familiar girl's figure.

He saw her squatting at the stairway entrance of the basement, still wearing last night's dress and new shoes.

"Wen Xin, why aren't you going home?"

Fang Cheng asked with some bewilderment.

"Brother Cheng, I..."

Wen Xin raised her head to look at him, her small mouth moving without being able to say a word.

Her fingers were intertwined together, making her look very conflicted.

Fang Cheng instantly understood the girl's little thoughts.

Yesterday, Wen Xin's mother still hadn't returned late into the night.

Zhou Xiumei was worried, so she let Wen Xin sleep with her.

Now that she woke up early and put on this new set of clothes, she obviously had the intention of letting her mother see it, yet she was also afraid of being scolded and beaten.

Seeing Wen Xin's conflicted appearance, Fang Cheng shook his head and smiled, simply deciding to send her home and help explain a few words.

The door was ajar and opened with a gentle push.

"You're back?"

A slightly hoarse woman's voice immediately sounded.

Wen Xin's mother had indeed returned.

The lights weren't turned on in the room. Even though it was daytime, the basement had poor lighting and was still pitch black.

Right in the darkness, a woman's figure was revealed.

She was sitting on the ground, her clothes somewhat disheveled, with bruised marks on her face and wrists.

Without a single error, first published, internal content, check one by one!

Thinking she had taken drugs again, Fang Cheng frowned slightly.

When his gaze fell on something placed in front of her, he couldn't help but be stunned.

That was a palm-sized chocolate cake with a red candle stuck on top.

It seemed to have been waiting for its owner to light it and illuminate this dark and cold room.

"Thank you for holding a birthday party for my daughter."

The woman's eyes were hazy and her expression dejected as she looked at Fang Cheng.

"Although you don't care what my name is, I want to tell you that my name is Wen Huiyi, and I will remember your kindness."

Seeing the birthday cake on the ground, Wen Xin seemed to understand the real reason why her mother hadn't returned late last night.

Her eyes instantly welled up with tears, and she aggrievedly cried out:

"Mom..."

The woman turned her head to glance at the pretty dress and leather shoes Wen Xin was wearing, revealing a miserable smile.

"I really don't deserve to be a mother. Not to mention throwing a birthday for my daughter, I can't even provide her with the most basic living conditions."

"However..."

As she spoke, a look of hatred and deep grief filled her eyes and voice.

"I didn't want to be like this either. I wasn't actually like this before, and I also love my daughter very much..."

"Mom!"

Wen Xin instantly threw herself into her arms, tightly hugging her with her frail arms.

Fang Cheng didn't know what had ever happened to her.

Looking at the scene before him, a sense of compassion arose in him, so he spoke to comfort her:

"The past has long since passed; there's no need to live forever in those unhappy things."

"If you want to crawl out of the mire, pull yourself together and try your best to take good care of Wen Xin first. After all, she is your only family in this world..."

Hearing this, Wen Huiyi hugged her daughter even tighter, sobbing uncontrollably.

Fang Cheng sighed inwardly, gently pulling the door shut to leave this pair of mother and daughter more space to get along.

He hoped their lives really could change for the better in the future.

...

Jiangdong District, Global Elite Combat Club.

Holidays were supposed to be the busiest times.

This morning, however, there was no sign of any students in the venue, nor were there any scheduled classes.

When Fang Cheng arrived at the club's entrance, he saw a large red banner hanging there.

"Warmly welcome the chairman to inspect the company's work."

Many colleagues were dressed in formal wear, dressed either refined and proper, or gentle and virtuous.

Especially Chen Xiaohai, who was also rated as an outstanding employee; he even applied hair wax to himself, looking all slick and greasy.

The reason the scene was made so grand...

Was because the legendary big boss had connections reaching the heavens and immense influence.

As long as he could catch the Dharma Eye of the old man, promotion and a salary increase were just the smallest benefits; soaring to prosperity from then on was entirely possible.

Fang Cheng wearing a casual outfit appeared very abrupt.

However, his identity now was a sparring partner; there was no need to care about such things.

Finding the waiting process slightly boring, he simply ran over to the side sandbag area and continued practicing his Punching techniques and Kicking Techniques.