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Chapter 94: Chapter 93: No Way, Even Stones Can Be Inspected for Flaws?
Chapter 94: Chapter 93: No Way, Even Stones Can Be Inspected for Flaws?
Just considering these tens of meters, Li Ang’s starting response and running speed were both much faster than William’s, after all, Li Ang had already reached Master Level in the skill of running.
With the momentum of his body’s speed, Li Ang swung his arms in stride.
“Clang!”
This hammer strike almost perfectly utilized all his strength and hit the stone with a loud noise.
Unfortunately, the stone only showed a white mark where the hammer touched, without any sign of cracking.
At this time, William had just run up to the stone and, seeing Li Ang’s seemingly powerful strike that had no effect, he smirked with contempt.
Of course, this was within Li Ang’s expectations. If such a stone could be shattered with one hammer blow, there would be no need for a smashing hammer.
In fact, his hammer blow was not at all fruitless; it had created a fine crack inside the stone.
After completing the hammer strike, Li Ang did not hurry to deliver a second blow but instead pressed himself against the stone and gently tapped several different parts of it with his other hand.
“What’s Li Ang doing?”
“It feels… a bit like he’s doing flaw detection?”
An audience member with a background in engineering said uncertainly.
Flaw detection typically refers to the detection of cracks or defects inside metal materials or parts, mainly in industrial production, and that’s done with professional instruments, not to mention this was a stone.
“Whoosh!”
On the side, William, under his continuous fierce hammering, had already smashed off a piece the size of a brick.
He glanced at Li Ang with some smugness and said, “Kid, your hammer might be better suited for giving me a back massage. Such strength will hardly break anything.”
Li Ang, however, turned a deaf ear to his words, and the force of his hammer strikes gradually increased.
In front of the TV, Hua Tianming was growing increasingly solemn as he watched.
From Li Ang’s very first strike, he could tell that Zhao Zhengxi had definitely not been lying.
The emission of force in that one strike perfectly melded with the power method of Tongbei Quan, yet his eldest disciple, Yan Tianqi, couldn’t achieve this level of skill.
And the subsequent process of Li Ang feeling out the stone only further surprised the old man.
Undoubtedly, this technique was an ingenious application of Da Shou, including some elements for observing the opponent’s emission of force from Tongbei Quan.
Among those he knew, only Zhao Zhengxi excelled in this, but he doubted even Zhao Zhengxi could attain such a level as to directly detect the internal cracks of a stone.
Li Ang’s initial lag made those in the audience who supported him tug at their hearts anxiously.
“Crash!”
On the side, William had smashed off another large piece of stone.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he found that the continuous hammering was not an easy task—his palms even felt painfully numb from the vibrations.
“Boom!” With what seemed like a gentle hammer strike from Li Ang, the entire stone sphere split into two halves right down the middle.
This sudden turn of events made William pause and stare dumbfounded for a moment.
It was not until this moment that Hua Tianming finally confirmed Li Ang was not just putting on a show—he truly could detect the fine cracks inside the stone through its vibrations.
“Youth is indeed to be feared!” Hua Tianming chuckled and shook his head, no longer watching as the competition had lost its suspense.
Although Yan Tianqi hadn’t fully grasped the scene, as someone who had practiced Tongbei Quan for twenty or thirty years, he was able to glimpse some clues.
He had just said that Li Ang had chosen the wrong track and platform, but now Li Ang was directly employing moves from Tongbei Quan, gaining a significant lead in the competition.
Even though Li Ang still couldn’t pull down the stone, hammering the now halved stone had become much less difficult compared to a whole one.
“Boom!”
Each swing of Li Ang’s hammer contained a unique beauty, consistently breaking off a piece of stone each time.
While William still had more than half of his stone left, Li Ang had already started pulling the chain, raising the stone upward.
Even though the weight of the stone was less than your own body weight, the actual process was still not simple, especially exhausting for the arms right after swinging the hammer.
But clearly, Li Ang was an exception; he leapt up with both feet, grabbed onto the chain, and as the chain fell, he used his hands and feet in tandem to climb directly up it.
By the time his body slowly descended to the ground, the stone sphere had already reached the top.
The faster Li Ang was on his end, the more flustered William became on his.
Several times after breaking a stone, he immediately tried to see if he could pull it down, which wasted a lot of his time.
With the experience from the first stone, Li Ang’s speed on the second was even faster.
By the time William finally raised his first stone to the top, Li Ang had already cracked open the second one.
This pace was something that over ninety percent of the audience did not expect at all.
The atmosphere on-site reached its peak without any need for the director’s cue.
“Go! Go on!”
Encouraged by the crowd’s cheers, Li Ang won this competition with an overwhelming advantage.
This victory, although without a prize, was an indispensable step towards earning one.
However, what made Li Ang the happiest was not just the win, but the surprising discovery that he had earned 0.3 Limit Break Points during the competition.
Although the amount was not much compared to his previous gains, the key point was that it came relatively easily, and there were still two more matches to go, offering more chances to earn.
In addition, his other attributes had also grown somewhat over these days.
Name: Li Ang
Strength: 12.76 (+0.46)
Constitution: 21.59/22.5 (+0.51)
Response: 10.64 (+0.02)
Spirit: 16.50/31 (+0.35)
Breakthrough Points: 1.29
Limit Break Points: 5.3 (+0.3)
Even though he exercised less these days, let’s not forget that Li Ang can also gain points in a laid-back manner simply by eating.
After the competition ended today, Li Ang did not leave but went back to the stands to watch the next group of competitors battle it out.
From his observation, he basically confirmed his biggest contender for the “Titan” title, a burly man in his thirties, standing 186cm tall and weighing a full 102kg.
His opponent was smaller in stature, even a gym instructor.
In this event, the vast majority of contestants lacked any particular technique; it was all about smashing, sheer smashing.
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Whoever had the greater strength and endurance would ultimately have the last laugh.
The next day arrived, and the event this time involved being tied with ropes and constantly running forward to pull the prop tied to the ropes behind them, breaking through various barriers.
For Li Ang, who possesses Master Level Running, this challenge was virtually a giveaway.
Moreover, since this stage mainly required lower body strength, it played right into his forte again.
He won even faster this time compared to the last, and with no reversal at all, simply an outright overpowering dominance without giving any chance away.
The audience finally understood why they had chosen the seemingly weak-looking Li Ang without giving him any regulatory advantages.
Because he didn’t need any; just his sheer strength was enough to crush the competition.
After strolling around the city for a day with Sheila and Catina, Li Ang finally came to the ultimate showdown of the eight competitors on the last day.
