Chapter 46: Is this a drill? It ought to be called 'monkeying around'!

Liu Xiaotian wanted exactly this effect.

First, when there were still two minutes left, he launched a round of frantic attacks, not sparing his stamina, and the ultimate purpose was actually this gap of about one second.

Liu Xiaotian had already calculated it; Tang Chengfeng had been under pressure and beaten for a full two minutes, and even if all the strikes landed on his boxing gloves and arms protecting his head, they would surely shake him enough to cause dizziness.

Moreover, during this process, Tang Chengfeng's mindset would certainly be affected; when his storm-like attack suddenly had a break, he had at least a ninety percent chance to immediately retaliate instinctively…

The facts proved that Liu Xiaotian's "calculation" was extremely precise, not off by a hair.

At the moment Tang Chengfeng's right shoulder suddenly sank, Liu Xiaotian's left foot immediately shifted half a step to the left, and his left fist, already in the lead position, rose upward simultaneously.

Tang Chengfeng's right swing punch had just been thrown halfway when Liu Xiaotian's left swing punch arrived.

It came down from above, slanting, smashing down fiercely…

"Thud!" a muffled sound, the fist squarely hit Tang Chengfeng's right cheek.

At that moment, the right swing punch Tang Chengfeng had thrown was less than ten centimeters from Liu Xiaotian's left cheek.

But he had no chance to let his fist continue moving forward.

Although his ability to withstand blows was very good, so Liu Xiaotian's left swing punch didn't knock him down, his body still moved to the right under the force of the punch, and he staggered on his feet.

In fact, Tang Chengfeng realized he had been tricked the moment he saw Liu Xiaotian's eyes, but it was already too late.

Although that punch didn't directly knock him down, it caused his brain to go temporarily blank; relying only on muscle memory, he instinctively dodged and raised his hands to protect his head, avoiding further heavy blows.

At that point, only 1.5 seconds remained until the end of the second round.

If Liu Xiaotian had pinned his hopes on that punch alone, it would already be too late to follow up now.

But he didn't.

When he planned this attack, he had already decided that once the attack was launched, he could only stop after Tang Chengfeng fell to the ground.

Therefore, after throwing that intercepting left swing punch, his right foot immediately followed, his right fist sank simultaneously, he twisted his waist for power, and landed a genuine uppercut—a heavy right-handed punch.

At that moment, Tang Chengfeng was completely relying on muscle memory to retract his fists in an attempt to protect his head and face, and they were still "midway."

"Bang!"

"Thump!"

Liu Xiaotian's all-out right hook squarely hit Tang Chengfeng's right cheek, which had just been pushed to the left by the previous blow!

This time, Tang Chengfeng couldn't hold up, went straight into temporary shock, and his body crashed to the ground.

Around them, all was silent, not even a sparrow's chirp.

Chen Shanming, with a grim face, waved at the two special forces soldiers of the Wolf Fang Special Forces Brigade below the stage; they immediately went up and lifted the unconscious Tang Chengfeng down.

Liu Xiaotian stood there expressionless; although his face showed no trace of fatigue, the copious crystal sweat on his head and body and his slightly trembling arms still "gave him away."

Obviously, for that final blow, Liu Xiaotian had already exerted all his strength.

Below the stage, a lieutenant officer who had come with Tang Chengfeng, although he didn't go up to check Tang Chengfeng's condition, kept his eyes locked on Liu Xiaotian; the anger in his gaze was exactly the same as Liu Xiaotian's when he saw Li Erniu knocked down by Tang Chengfeng in the final second.

Liu Xiaotian smiled, lowered his head and spat out the mouthguard, his tone calm yet mixed with contempt as he stared directly at the other's angry gaze and said: "This is fighting fire with fire; if you're not convinced, you can come up and challenge me; but for now, I advise you to first wake him up, otherwise the next round might be canceled."

Having said that, he prepared to turn back to the corner to rest.

But as his body had turned only halfway, a hoarse, strained voice from Tang Xinyi suddenly came from below the stage:

"Liu Xiaotian! You're too devious! You don't deserve to wear this military uniform!"

Liu Xiaotian turned back, looked at Tang Xinyi's face streaked with tears, and snorted: "If we're talking about not deserving it, you're the least deserving! Idiot, I advise you to eat less papaya and more walnuts to nourish that little brain of yours that can only hold your own thoughts.

Foolish woman, all of this is because of your selfishness and willfulness!

Self-important trash! If you have the ability, come up; I guarantee I'll KO you within three seconds!"

Tang Xinyi's face instantly flushed crimson, yet she couldn't utter a word.

Chen Shanming beside him twitched his mouth, his brows almost knotting together.

If it had been a few days earlier, he would certainly have stepped forward to lecture Liu Xiaotian a few sentences, and even after Tang Xinyi finished that sentence he wouldn't have let Liu Xiaotian speak again, thus further escalating the conflict.

But now, he suddenly realized he simply couldn't open his mouth.

It wasn't for any other reason; it was because he clearly realized that Liu Xiaotian's strength now far surpassed his own as an instructor.

Although he is a sniper instructor, Chen Shanming's close-combat level is also not bad.

But now he clearly knows that if he were standing opposite Liu Xiaotian, he would have been knocked out already in the first round.

Moreover, if it had been him who was just knocked down, he wouldn't possibly be able to get back up during the one-minute rest.

However, Tang Chengfeng did get up; after being lifted off the stage for a dozen seconds, he woke up and stood up without anyone's support.

Tang Xinyi stood anxiously beside him, seemingly pleading for something, but Tang Chengfeng's attention was entirely on Liu Xiaotian, who was resting on the shouting platform.

Although his gaze was still a bit scattered, his determination was in no way less than Li Erniu's earlier.

With ten seconds left in the break, he shook his head, his steps somewhat unsteady yet firm as he walked toward the ring.

Chen Shanming wanted to stop him, but after seeing Tang Chengfeng's gaze, he swallowed the words he had almost spoken.

The gong for the third round sounded, and Liu Xiaotian and Tang Chengfeng again stood in the center of the ring, facing each other.

"You can't beat me; within two minutes I'll knock you down again!" Liu Xiaotian said in a deep voice.

"Then… come on!" Tang Chengfeng showed no fear.

"Speaking purely of combat ability, you're an excellent soldier; but your character, just like your sister's, is utterly depraved! I won't hold back at all; whatever you did to Li Erniu, I'll repay double!"

Before this, Liu Xiaotian already knew Tang Chengfeng's name, and combined with Tang Xinyi's recent behavior, if he couldn't guess their relationship, he'd really be wasting his intelligence.

Tang Chengfeng said nothing, slowly raised his arms, and assumed a standard fighting stance.

Liu Xiaotian also stopped with the nonsense, tapped his boxing gloves together a few times, and launched another wave of frantic attacks…

(End of chapter)