Chapter 36: Type 10 Sniper Rifle

Tang Xinyi's words left He Zhijun stunned for a moment.

Compared to others, he understood Tang Xinyi better.

During the several years she had been in the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade, her attitude toward work had always been very proper.

As for her personality……

Using an not quite appropriate slang, it would be: dead dad crying mom — stubborn bastard!

How could He Zhijun not have a headache?

He never imagined that, as a dignified brigade commander, he would one day be troubled by the conflict between a female lieutenant instructor and a troublesome new recruit.

"How do you plan to resolve it?" He Zhijun asked, rubbing his temples.

Tang Xinyi straightened her body, lifted her chin toward He Zhijun: "Resolve it the military way!"

Completely spoken in vain!

This was He Zhijun's first reaction.

The military way means nothing but fighting, right? In other words, Tang Xinyi wants to fight Liu Xiaotian? To be honest, at this moment He Zhijun is not worried about Tang Xinyi being a woman, but about Liu Xiaotian.

Tang Xinyi is indeed an information engineer, but she is the information engineer of the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade.

First, she is a soldier; second, she is a woman.

Since she joined the military, her scores in all military training subjects have been excellent; she truly deserves the title of being both literate and martial.

Although Liu Xiaotian had just tied with He Chen Guang in the recent assessment, it's really hard to say who would win if he faced Tang Xinyi.

Even, the probability of Tang Xinyi winning is somewhat higher.

Tang Xinyi obviously had no intention of leaving any room for compromise; after speaking, she raised her hand in a salute to He Zhijun, then turned and walked away, and He Zhijun called her twice but she ignored him.

Arriving at the drill ground and seeing Liu Xiaotian sitting in the shade cooling off, Tang Xinyi's anger, which had somewhat subsided, flared up again.

Originally she had planned that if Liu Xiaotian stood at attention properly here, with a better attitude, she would merely give him a few words of education for his mistaken criticism of the instructor, and the matter would be dropped.

Although she had told He Zhijun she would resolve it the military way, after all she still needed to consider the brigade commander's opinion and face, so roughly that would suffice.

Being arrogant because of talent is not a compliment, but it undoubtedly indicates this person is capable; however, no matter how arrogant one is, there should be a limit, a bottom line, right? But now, Tang Xinyi has changed her mind.

Because, she found it hard to suppress her anger toward this recruit who had publicly talked back to her; she strode up to Liu Xiaotian, and her expression twisted somewhat from anger.

"Liu Xiaotian! Get up for me!"

Liu Xiaotian had seen her earlier, but he simply had no intention of responding.

Upon hearing her, he merely lifted his eyes to glance at Tang Xinyi, then slowly rose to his feet, but his posture bore no resemblance to that of a soldier.

"Stand properly!" Tang Xinyi shouted again angrily.

But she never expected that Liu Xiaotian's attitude now would be even worse than in the classroom.

"Just say what you want straight out; if you have the authority, hurry up and process my discharge—I won't put up with this anger!"

Liu Xiaotian's voice was not small; at least, He Chen Guang and the two others standing straight on the drill ground heard it clearly.

That sentence exhausted the last bit of Tang Xinyi's patience; without uttering another word, she stepped back half a step with her right foot, raised her hand, and threw a right swing punch straight at Liu Xiaotian's left jaw.

If that punch landed, it would surely be a perfect KO knockout.

One must admit, although Tang Xinyi's personality has flaws, her military quality is absolutely not lacking.

Since she never intended to back down or soften, nor did she wish to resolve the conflict, Liu Xiaotian naturally would not be completely off guard.

As Tang Xinyi made the motion to step back, Liu Xiaotian's body also moved.

Muscles tensed, right foot stepped back, a basic fighting stance immediately appeared. As Tang Xinyi's fist came level with his line of sight, he stepped forward, bent his waist, and lowered his head to dodge.

The standard "weave" dodge in boxing, Liu Xiaotian executed it to perfection.

That fist grazed the back of his head, sweeping past with a real gust of wind.

This punch speed— not bad! Liu Xiaotian thought to himself.

As for surprise and astonishment, Liu Xiaotian certainly had none.

This woman, she could spar with He Chen Guang, although He Chen Guang hadn't gone all out.

But Liu Xiaotian's true ability is still not enough to tie with He Chen Guang! His current reaction speed was honed in just half a month since arriving at the brigade headquarters.

This is also thanks to the system's assistance functions; otherwise, his progress would not have been this fast.

After missing with that strike, Tang Xinyi immediately withdrew and threw a left hook from low to high, aiming straight at the face of the head-down Liu Xiaotian.

Liu Xiaotian, seeing from the corner of his eye Tang Xinyi's left hand lowering, changed his original intention of advancing again for a counterattack, shifted his weight back while quickly straightening his upper body, and Tang Xinyi's left hook missed again.

However, this wave of attack was far from over.

Left leg low sweep, then step forward with a right straight punch, followed by a left swing punch, then a right whip kick…

A series of attacks forced Liu Xiaotian to retreat three steps.

In the eyes of He Chen Guang and his two companions, as well as the brigade commander He Zhijun, Fan Tianlei, and Chen Shanming who had hurried over and were watching from afar, Liu Xiaotian's defeat was a matter of just a few seconds.

Because, on the surface, Liu Xiaotian appeared to have neither the space nor the strength to counterattack.

But, at the moment Tang Xinyi's right whip kick, carrying a strong wind, swept toward Liu Xiaotian's head, the six watching eyes almost simultaneously widened.

All that was seen, Liu Xiaotian merely rotated outward his left forearm, which was protecting the left side of his head, while his right foot simultaneously shifted half a step sideways.

As the saying goes, arms can't twist over thighs; Liu Xiaotian now intended to use his left forearm to block Tang Xinyi's incoming right whip kick.

Although the chance of fracturing a bone from this kick is not high, if mishandled, a crack is still possible.

Because in Tang Xinyi's combat technique, the right whip kick is her strongest means of attack.

However, at the instant Tang Xinyi's shin bone was about to meet Liu Xiaotian's left forearm, his left palm suddenly moved, naturally sliding to the inner side of her ankle.

Then, he suddenly exerted force.

Tang Xinyi's kick was definitely delivered with full force.

Consequently, as Liu Xiaotian's left hand gripped her inner ankle and jerked it upward, she met disaster.

Her body instantly lost balance; under the inertia of her own kick and Liu Xiaotian's leverage, she was suddenly lifted into the air.

If nothing unexpected happens, she'll fall sideways to the ground in under a second.

But Liu Xiaotian had no intention of letting it go just like that.

As he raised his hand, he stepped back and lifted his leg—a straight front kick! A front kick is bending the knee forward, hooking the toe up, putting power into the heel, and thrusting out with full force.

And Tang Xinyi, who was presently suspended in midair, was his target.

"Stop!"

"Stop!"

These two cries of "Stop!"—one was Fan Tianlei shouting, the other was He Chen Guang, still standing there ramrod straight...

(End of chapter)