Chapter Nineteen: The Essence of Classical Mechanics — The Basic Attack!
“Wind Sister, how long do you think Wuque will take to win?”
“He? Hmph~ I bet he’ll be in a terrible state. Three minutes, three minutes tops.”
Wufeng crossed his arms confidently, casting a disdainful glance at Ning Wuque as he stepped onto the jade stone arena.
Though this guy trained hard every day, what use was that? If effort were everything, then why even need geniuses?
However, Ning Tian shook her head. She knew more than Wufeng did—Ning Wuque was a true genius! Not the kind born with powerful martial souls and high-level soul power like them.
They were merely favored by heaven’s grace, but Ning Wuque needed no such favor to reach their level of strength!
“I think Wuque will win within a minute, and it won’t just be a win—it’ll be a crushing victory!”
Ning Tian ignored Wufeng’s jealous little expression and complaint, her gaze burning fixedly on Ning Wuque in the arena.
…
Standing on the jade stone tiles of the arena, specially made to withstand soul skills accidentally striking the ground, they could resist attacks from level one to level two offensive soul skills.
Looking at the young girl provocatively challenging him, Ning Wuque clenched his fist, eager to show her the fate of a naughty child.
Too young to be so arrogant—she’d get beaten!
“The match rules are one-on-one, no soul-guiding devices allowed.”
A judge, a soul emperor of the sixth ring, announced loudly, then pointed clearly at Ning Wuque.
As if to say: I know you’re carrying a soul-guiding device.
“Is that so? What a pity.”
Ning Wuque said calmly, casting a pitiful glance at the girl not far off. His unabashed gaze naturally drew her displeasure.
Just as she was about to scold him, she suddenly screamed:
“Pervert—!!”
Because Ning Wuque had casually grabbed a corner of her school uniform with one hand and flicked it into the air.
In an instant, all eyes turned to this audacious boy!
“Look! What’s he wearing? Is that a soul-guiding device? What does it do?”
“A defensive-type soul-guiding device? No wonder the judge glanced at him earlier. That’s despicable! One punch from him would hurt like hell!”
“So shameless, how can he be like this!”
“Wait, look! That soul-guiding device seems off!”
On the arena, Ning Wuque began channeling soul power and linking with the soul-guiding training device on his body.
Then—
Click~
The sound of mechanisms turning was heard, and the device on him automatically unlocked.
Ning Wuque slowly raised his arms, and the training device on his biceps detached and fell heavily like a thousand-pound weight.
Dong~
A loud crash rang in everyone’s ears. Looking closely, the smooth jade stone arena was marked with two clear dents where the falling arm guards struck!
But that wasn’t all!
Boom~
The chest armor toppled backward, leaving another shallow dent in the arena.
Then came two smaller thuds as two identical leg guards slipped off his pants and fell at his feet.
At this point, all his training devices were removed, and he returned to his strongest normal state!
…
“He he he he—”
Wufeng on the stands was so shocked he stammered, pointing at Ning Wuque on the arena and incredulously telling Ning Tian:
“He’s been training all this time wearing those things!”
She couldn’t believe it. No wonder something felt off. Since a year ago, Ning Wuque’s training had seemed stuck in a never-ending loop.
She never heard him mention numbers above fifteen hundred.
She thought… thought he had reached his limit, even mocked him several times for it. Now it seemed this guy never cared about himself from the start!
Damn it!
“I’m… also very surprised!”
Ning Tian covered her mouth to keep her composure. Her father had told her Zhang Can crafted Ning Wuque a soul-guiding training device, but she couldn’t believe he wore it nearly every day.
He never complained once, only trained, trained, trained!
Forging himself into iron, into steel!
…
Putting aside the shock and other emotions of the spectators, on the arena, Ning Wuque’s opponent, Yu Xiaoxiao, was already unnerved.
She knew well the hardness of the jade stone arena—her teacher had mentioned it before they came. Because of this knowledge, she understood just how monstrous Ning Wuque was for wearing such soul-guiding devices that could dent the arena!
This guy… please go easy on me!
“Gulp~”
Swallowing nervously, she regretted her eager taunt upon stepping up.
Hmm, is it still possible to reconcile now?
…
“Both sides release their martial souls.”
The judge cast a pitying glance at Yu Xiaoxiao and promptly moved to the next match phase.
Soon, Yu Xiaoxiao’s martial soul manifested—a jade sword appeared in her hand, adorned with decorations on its hilt. A ring of yellow century-old soul rings floated and subtly pulsed beneath her feet.
In contrast, Ning Wuque crossed his arms, showing no intention to manifest his martial soul, merely giving the judge a look to indicate his readiness without further action.
The judge respected the competitor’s choice and loudly announced:
“Begin!”
Boom—!
At the sound, Ning Wuque stomped heavily on the floor tile beneath him, soul power gathering expertly at his heel.
Aiming at the gap in the jade stone tile, he used classic mechanics to force it into the air!
Everyone watched as Ning Wuque’s powerful stomp lifted a half-meter long, thirty-centimeter wide stone tile, sending it flying upward.
As the tile fell, Ning Wuque focused his gaze on Yu Xiaoxiao, who was already frightened out of her wits.
Raising his arm,
He punched!
Pong—
Like a cannonball, the falling jade stone tile shot forward in a straight line under his punch.
Snap~
As expected, the tile flew toward Yu Xiaoxiao’s chest. The judge swiftly intercepted it before it could hit her and announced the match result:
“This match, Ning Wuque versus Yu Xiaoxiao, Ning Wuque wins!”
“Such a pity. You originally had a chance to get close to me, but that was the best you could do.”
Ning Wuque said indifferently, continuing from his earlier remark.
Without the training devices, his speed alone surpassed that of an ordinary early third-ring agile warrior.
With that, he bent slightly, picking up the training devices from the ground to put them back on.
Everything he did earlier looked impressive.
But the way he bent down to retrieve and wear the training devices again was truly awkward.