Chapter 102: All of You, Come at Me Together_1
Xu Fan, seeing the relaxed look on Dongzi’s face, also slowly stretched out his hand and provocatively hooked a finger at him, his eyes calm and serene.
Angered by Xu Fan’s gaze, Dongzi thought, although you are an instructor, how dare you show such disregard for me? Today, I will teach you a lesson and show you the might of the War Wolf.
Dongzi hesitated no longer. Clenching his fists, he pushed off the ground with his legs and charged towards Xu Fan at high speed.
Xu Fan quietly watched Dongzi’s movements. To the onlookers, Dongzi’s movements were incredibly fast; in the blink of an eye, he had closed the distance to Xu Fan.
But in Xu Fan’s eyes, Dongzi’s movements were as slow as a snail’s.
Facing Dongzi’s onslaught, Xu Fan still stood there with ease, without a hint of movement.
Everyone thought that Xu Fan, the good-for-nothing instructor, had been stunned by Dongzi’s rapid movements into forgetting to counterattack, but only Su Jingfeng, who had been watching Xu Fan closely, caught a hint of mockery in his eyes.
“Not good! He must be pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger,” Su Jingfeng marveled inwardly.
But before he could even finish his inward exclamation, Dongzi’s solid fist was already raised, and he threw a heavy swing aimed ruthlessly at Xu Fan.
Dongzi had only used seventy percent of his strength with this punch because Xu Fan was, after all, an instructor and not a real enemy. If Xu Fan truly couldn’t block the punch, Dongzi still had reserve strength to easily switch the direction of his attack and not knock Xu Fan down with a single blow.
Xu Fan watched as Dongzi’s fist slowly came at him. With a slight turn of his body, Dongzi only saw a blur before him. His supposed foolproof punch had been dodged by Xu Fan in a split second.
“How is this possible!” Dongzi exclaimed silently.
It must be a coincidence.
A resolute look flashed in Dongzi’s eyes, and his left fist followed through, fiercely aimed at Xu Fan’s abdomen.
The previous punch had targeted Xu Fan’s head and was cleverly evaded, so Dongzi didn’t hesitate to target Xu Fan’s larger abdominal area this time, reasoning that dodging would be several times more difficult.
A thrusting punch requires a punch as swift as a shooting star and as quick as lightning. It was nearly impossible for Xu Fan to evade it.
A subtle curve appeared at the corner of Xu Fan’s mouth. He retreated his foot ever so slightly and, in another hair’s breadth moment, dodged Dongzi’s lightning-fast thrusting punch.
“Wow…” The surrounding crowd finally let out a chorus of amazed exclamations.
Even among the members of the War Wolf Squad, blocking Dongzi’s two punches would’ve been possible, but to dodge them was simply out of the question.
Xu Fan, a young man who was both young and slight of build, was able to instantly dodge Dongzi’s two punches, which truly surprised everyone.
“Dongzi! Go all out!” Su Jingfeng shouted urgently to Dongzi. He had realized that Xu Fan’s strength was nothing like his initial assessment. Far from being a ‘Good for Nothing’, Xu Fan’s capabilities were indiscernible even to Su Jingfeng – it was somewhat frightening.
After all, Xu Fan was brought in by Lu Chenbing, so how could he possibly bring a charlatan to bluff the War Wolf Squad? Su Jingfeng regretted underestimating Xu Fan and wanted to make amends but couldn’t think of a good way to do so on the spot.
However, losing the battle but not the war, since Dongzi had already entered the fray, to not even touch a single piece of the opponent’s clothing after all that effort would make the War Wolf Squad look incompetent.
So Su Jingfeng yelled at Dongzi, telling him to use full force. It already seemed impossible to defeat Xu Fan, but at least they had to strike him. Otherwise, the show Su Jingfeng had put on would just be his own bitter pill to swallow.
Having heard Su Jingfeng’s shout, Dongzi’s eyes gleamed with determination. He had held back with those first two punches, but now he was prepared to go all out with his strongest attack, regardless of whether he could take down Xu Fan; Dongzi was ready to go for broke.
After his thrusting punches failed, Dongzi lightly touched down with his left foot and leaped into the air. His right leg whipped toward Xu Fan with all the force of a severe lash.
This whip kick, executed by Dongzi with more than full strength, came at Xu Fan with a whooshing sound.
Finally, a satisfied look appeared in Xu Fan’s eyes, but his shape still moved lightly, like a phantom, stepping out of the range of the whip kick in the blink of an eye.
Dongzi’s whip kick missed, and due to the excessive force, he nearly stumbled and fell.
“As your instructor guiding a student, I allowed you three moves. Now that the three moves are over, it’s my turn,” Xu Fan said as he slowly brought his hands from behind his back to the front, assuming the starting position of a martial art form.
Only then did people realize that throughout Dongzi’s fierce combination of two punches and a kick, Xu Fan hadn’t even raised his hands, keeping them behind his back until now.
“Nest. This instructor is no ordinary one,”
“Dongzi, explode for me! The pride of the War Wolf depends on you.”
“What’s the point of just dodging and weaving? A real man would fight Dongzi fair and square.”
The crowd was all talking at once to the two men in the arena.
“Come on!” Xu Fan called out, stretching his hand towards Dongzi.
“War Wolf Squad! Kill!” A hint of madness flashed through Dongzi’s eyes as he roared, his figure like a blaze of fire, hurtling viciously towards Xu Fan.
His massive fist, carrying the sound of the wind, smashed fiercely towards Xu Fan.
Xu Fan slowly extended his hand and gently caught it in the air, steadily grabbing Dongzi’s wrist.
The thunderous force of Dongzi’s punch was immediately neutralized by a simple squeeze from Xu Fan.
“Dongzi! Put some muscle into it, smash down harder!”
“Your arm is thicker than his thigh, get on with it, push harder!”
“Dongzi, give it all you got, like you’re nursing!”
The onlookers shouted at Dongzi.
By now, Dongzi’s face was almost turning the color of eggplant. Xu Fan’s grip on his arm was like a branding iron, sending waves of excruciating pain from his arm.
Dongzi’s whole body was fighting against this intense pain. If it weren’t for the fact that members of the War Wolf Squad were tough as nails, Dongzi would have screamed for his mother long ago. Even so, the pain was so severe he could hardly breathe, let alone counter the words of those around him; he couldn’t even utter a single word.
“Had enough?” Xu Fan asked Dongzi mockingly.
Dongzi glared back at Xu Fan with stubborn eyes, filled with an unyielding spirit.
“Seems like you still haven’t had enough,” Xu Fan said and applied an extra bit of pressure.
“AAAAHHHHHH!” Dongzi couldn’t bear the pain any longer and screamed terribly.
“Instructor Xu, we give up! Please, let Dongzi go,” Su Jingfeng said. Seeing Dongzi in such a sorry state, his heart ached, and he spoke directly to Xu Fan.
“Why didn’t you say so earlier?” Xu Fan said with a slight smile, releasing Dongzi’s wrist.
At this point, Dongzi was unstable on his feet. As soon as Xu Fan let go, Dongzi collapsed onto the ground, holding his arm and almost crying, his face contorted in pain.
The members of the War Wolf Squad looked at Dongzi’s sorry state and glared angrily at Xu Fan.
They said nothing about Xu Fan’s strength, but were irked that he had concealed his true power at the start, causing them to underestimate him and rush in ill-prepared. This led Su Jingfeng to hastily send in Dongzi, the squad’s weakest in fighting ability, making them feel Xu Fan played a smart trick, winning somewhat dishonorably.
“What’s wrong? You all seem to have a problem, unhappy with the outcome?” Xu Fan asked cheerfully, knowing full well the thoughts of the War Wolf Squad members. But to him, since the War Wolf Squad had wanted to teach him a lesson, they should have been prepared to rise or fall. Discontent? Fight until you are convinced.
In the Cultivation World, Xu Fan’s reputation as the Five-Direction Heavenly Emperor was earned through real fights. He wasn’t afraid of these howling pups.
“Instructor, we request a change of members. Dongzi is the weakest in our War Wolf. We want to send someone else in. If he loses, we will be thoroughly convinced,” a team member stubbornly said to Xu Fan.
Naturally, he was hoping for the strongest among them—Su Jingfeng—to step up.
“A change? Wanting to rotate fighters, isn’t that a bit troublesome?” Xu Fan frowned as he spoke.
“Are you afraid?” the team member asked anxiously, fearing that Xu Fan might refuse.
“That’s not what I mean. I’m in a hurry; fighting one by one takes too long. Why don’t you all come at once?” Xu Fan revealed a row of white teeth and smiled harmlessly at them.
“You’re going too far!” Su Jingfeng roared in anger.
“Come on, come on, let’s see if you thirty-something people can even touch a piece of my clothing,” Xu Fan said arrogantly, beckoning to the War Wolf Squad.
“War Wolf Squad, on my command!” Su Jingfeng shouted, his eyes filled with a thick fury from being underestimated.
“Sir, YES, sir!” the War Wolf Squad members collectively roared in response.
“All-out assault!” Su Jingfeng ordered, swinging his hand down hard.
A group of men, howling, charged towards Xu Fan.