In the hall, Matt made his move without a word, and nobody in the crowd had time to react. No one expected Matt to strike so suddenly — he was practically a raging beast.
"So you still can't resist the urge to test him?" Fang Shihan watched Matt launch his attack and couldn't help but feel a twinge of sympathy for Shi Feng.
Matt was already blessed with extraordinary talent, and after undergoing Phantom Myth's latest Hell-mode training, his naturally violent temperament had become even more pronounced. He was, in every sense, a complete battle maniac.
In Phantom Myth, there were already very few people who could spar with Matt. Now that he'd encountered a ready-made Transformation Grandmaster, he naturally wanted to exchange blows. After all, Matt had only recently advanced to the rank of Half-step Body Tempering Grandmaster and hadn't yet had a proper chance to test his skills.
Now, while Shi Feng hadn't yet changed his mind, using this Transformation Grandmaster as a practice partner couldn't have been more perfect.
Though she could have stopped Matt's sudden attack, she felt it was necessary to let Shi Feng understand just how formidable things could be.
As Matt threw his first punch, Lei Bao, standing beside Shi Feng, felt the breath leave his lungs.
That single punch descended like a mountain crashing down, giving one the feeling that it was utterly impossible to block. Not only that, but its speed broke the sound barrier — completely different from how Matt had fought him before.
Under the force of that punch, he could even hear the footsteps of death.
Just as Matt's devastating punch was about to land on Shi Feng's body, it was as if Shi Feng had known all along — he had already stepped half a pace back, tilting his shoulder slightly rearward, as though constructing an invisible barrier. Matt's raging wind could blow through all it wanted, but it remained perpetually out of reach, unable to so much as graze him.
"What's wrong? Are you scared?" Matt watched Shi Feng dodge and, rather than attacking again, couldn't help but sneer. "Weren't you so confident just a moment ago?"
He was a Half-step Body Tempering Grandmaster. While his physical attributes surpassed those of Transformation Grandmasters, his brain hadn't been activated yet — the kind of neural enhancement that dramatically sharpened intuition and reaction speed. In those areas, he simply couldn't match a Transformation Grandmaster.
If a Transformation Grandmaster focused solely on dodging and fleeing, there wasn't much he could do about it. Even someone at the peak of Dark Force like Lei Bao — if he was determined to run, it would take considerable time to bring him down.
That was precisely why he had deliberately challenged Shi Feng to take three punches. Otherwise, trading blows with a Transformation Grandmaster like Shi Feng would not only be pointless, but a waste of time.
"Why don't you give it a rest, Matt? This Master Shi here can't handle three of your punches. I'd suggest you two race instead — that way Master Shi might actually stand a chance." A strikingly beautiful woman with short hair and long legs, standing behind Fang Shihan, couldn't help but chime in mockingly.
Her taunt made the entire crowd seethe with silent fury.
The physical prowess of a Half-step Body Tempering Grandmaster was absolutely terrifying — even Transformation Grandmasters who had held that level for years couldn't compare, let alone someone like Shi Feng who had only recently advanced. Challenging him to a head-on confrontation was practically a joke.
Xiao Yu, upon hearing this, was about to quietly persuade Shi Feng not to fall into Fang Shihan's trap. Even a Transformation Grandmaster who had spent over a decade at the level would struggle to withstand three punches from a Half-step Body Tempering Grandmaster — otherwise, Half-step Body Tempering Grandmasters wouldn't be feared by all those Transformation Grandmasters.
If he was defeated in three punches, the reputation of the Tiandou Training Center would truly be finished.
"I never said I wouldn't compete. I just think this arrangement is unfair." Shi Feng shook his head at their mockery. "If you win, I have to sell my shares. If you lose, you simply turn around and walk away. There's nothing in it for me."
"That's simple. If Master Shi wins, I can authorize a direct investment of three hundred million Credit Points into Zero Wing, and on top of that, provide the Tiandou Training Center with a set of the most advanced training equipment currently available — equipment that can hold its own against the top training centers and martial arts schools in the country." Fang Shihan looked at Shi Feng, her lips curving slightly upward, as though she had anticipated that he would find an excuse to push back.
"The most advanced training equipment?" Xiao Yu's eyes lit up the moment he heard that.
Three hundred million Credit Points was indeed a huge sum for the Tiandou Training Center, but compared to the most advanced training equipment, it fell far short in value.
It wasn't that the equipment cost more than three hundred million Credit Points — it was that such equipment simply couldn't be purchased on the open market. It was only provided to select partners and collaborators. What ordinary buyers could get their hands on were systems two or three generations behind, and this was precisely why standard training centers and martial schools could never match the top-tier establishments when it came to developing elite students.
If the Tiandou Training Center could acquire the most advanced training equipment, their training capabilities would absolutely leap up by at least two levels, and the talent they could attract would multiply many times over.
But Shi Feng, upon hearing the conditions Fang Shihan had laid out, didn't respond in the slightest.