Chapter 80: Fist Arts are quite useful in the front

Back then, Jia Ji had specifically asked Nagato Yuki if the aliens in their world knew any special martial arts techniques like "Cosmic CQC" or "Cosmic Phantom Beast Fist" that he could exchange pointers on to learn from and improve his own fist arts.

He only received a short, crisp two-word reply from the young girl.

"None."

"Hehe, since there aren't any, then there's no problem. Little Asakura, watch me handle you!"

It was very obvious that while Asakura Ryoko was initially called a Queen of Blades or an assassination expert, those were merely jokes.

As they existed as observers, they weren't actually skilled in combat, because the word "combat" was quite distant from them.

Conflicts between Data Integration Thought Entities required no physical assistance whatsoever; they were clashes of information. On Earth, they existed to observe Suzumiya Haruhi and had no need for powerful martial prowess or weapons capable of destroying planets in a single blow; their own information manipulation abilities were sufficient to handle any potential problems.

Fighting humans was a concept that never existed in the humanoid interface's mind from the start. That was why, when the original timeline's Asakura Ryoko attempted her first assassination, there was such a pathetic situation where Kyon slipped and dodged several stabs, and she still hadn't taken down a mere ordinary human by the time Nagato Yuki arrived.

Excluding the possibility that Asakura Ryoko was intentionally "slipping" or playing cat-and-mouse out of a twisted sense of humor, one could analyze that she had absolutely no technique to speak of, other than brute force.

"Personnel on the front lines must have the courage to make professional judgments."

Asakura Ryoko of North High is no match for me!

So what about now?

Asakura Ryoko, having activated something strange, opened up a bit, strengthening her calculation power. She could observe the development of everything around her, preset and calculate different possibilities, and simultaneously search for the best way to break the deadlock.

With a wave of her hand, all the remaining materials in the space converged in a single thought, simulating the final landing point in her mind—everything was but a matter of an instant.

Then, the terrifying kinetic polymer struck Jia Ji's abdomen in a straight line along the optimal trajectory.

Boom!

Struck by the massive columnar mixture, a dull thud echoed. Even with his physical constitution, were all his internal organs not likely smashed into a pulp by now?

Nay!

Because of his cultivation of the Super Beidou Divine Fist, his physical abilities were greatly developed. It was perfectly normal for him to have a dozen more health bars than the average hairless naked ape. Jia Ji's vitality was as strong as a gag character in a slice-of-life anime; enduring an impact of several tons or dozens of tons and only spitting out two mouthfuls of blood was perfectly normal.

"How come it's like nothing happened even after you 'opened up'? And you're still using such a simple fighting style?"

Jia Ji felt a slight sting for two seconds after being hit, but instead, he felt relieved in his heart. Asakura Ryoko was either stabbing or smashing; she was simply holding Magneto's power and doing the work of a scrap-metal collector.

If she had generated something like a chainsword or a high-frequency blade, he certainly wouldn't have dared to take it head-on. At worst, if she had directly drained the surrounding air or turned it all into carbon dioxide, everyone would definitely have been goners.

It was a pity that Asakura Ryoko, despite being an alien, used such a sturdy and simple fighting style; he couldn't be blamed for that.

"I oppose all sci-fi works involving cannon-to-cannon duels! But not right now!"

Jia Ji punched the giant pillar in front of him, his formidable strength snapping it in half. He hugged the remaining half, his muscles bulging, and stomped fiercely on the ground. The information power of another world broke through the information blockade, and the vibration leaked from the illusory space to the outside world—the entire corridor felt the tremor!

End of the Century, breaking in!

Exceeding predictions, a massive, pitch-black shadow carried a vast momentum as Jia Ji swung the pillar toward Asakura Ryoko's head.

Of course, the opponent's defensive surface was also terrifyingly strong, nearly watertight. Pure physical attacks, unless they reached the point of destroying the entire space, were like scratching an itch. After the pillar hit the illusory barrier, it was shattered by the tyrannical force and reaction.

A soft, deflecting force even repelled all the debris.

"It seems that I still have to use fist arts here."

Throwing away the pitifully short waste, Jia Ji shook his body, took a deep breath, and a sharp light bloomed in his eyes. His body suddenly grew a size larger. He took a step back, his fingers curled and joined, forming the feeling of a wolf's "fangs."

——"South Star Evil Wolf Strike"!!!

This was a South Star Fist Art copied and pasted using the Water Shadow Heart that day. It could be said to be the most outstanding South Star move besides the Phoenix Fist. At this moment, driven by the Super Beidou Dragon Fighting Qi, its power was several times greater than the prototype.

Its characteristic was that it possessed a technique specialized in piercing, capable of penetrating any defense that looked indestructible, and could even rip out an opponent's heart before the pain reached their nerves.

This was also the move most suitable for Jia Ji, the one he used most handily.

With both arms extended forward and his head buried and body hunched, he sprinted at a top speed exceeding 300 kilometers per hour, pushing this strike with all his might!

Carrying the fiercely burning Fighting Qi light flame, the heterodox power affected the entire space. In an instant, information was chaotic, information went berserk, and Asakura Ryoko lost all "countermeasures" she could handle, unable to even perform teleportation, leaving only her own functions to rely on.

"Break!"

One second later, the two figures crossed.

Jia Ji followed through to retract his move, and Asakura Ryoko fell to the ground in response.

Accompanied by the protective barrier turning into fragments filling the sky, a few wisps of blood spilled from the young girl's lips. Struck head-on by the South Star Ultimate Technique, she suffered a heavy injury sufficient to make an ordinary person pass away on the spot.

A terrifying hole was opened in her chest, from which one could see that her internal structure was actually not much different from a human's; she was still a body of flesh and blood.

But...

"Are you kidding me? You can still 'Cellular Reorganization'?!"

In just a single breath, Asakura Ryoko, lying on the ground vomiting blood, began to recover. That miserable injury disappeared almost instantly, like power reversing time; even the sailor suit stained red with blood was completely repaired, showing not a single trace of damage.

Facing Asakura Ryoko, who had returned to full health in the blink of an eye, Jia Ji's choice was...

Suddenly turning and leaping, twisting his left arm to drive his whole body, he kicked out a sweep toward Ryoko's waist in a mid-air flipping side-kick motion that exceeded the common rotational range of the humerus and shoulder bone—"Super Beidou Steel Bar Severing Foot"!!

Fierce and abnormal.

Whether it was organic or inorganic matter, everything would be sliced away by more than ninety percent by this move. It was originally a move developed specifically to show mercy, but if unleashed with full force, it was terrifyingly incomparable.

This was one of the rare severing ultimate techniques in the Super Beidou Divine Fist, which possessed the "must-kill upon contact" attribute, meaning...

"Waist Severing!"

After Kyon saw the bloody scene of his classmate being chopped in half at the waist, he closed his eyes like a Buddha, unable to bear it.

"Loser, eat dust!"

The young girl's half-body flew ten meters away, and before hitting the air wall, it instantly recovered again.

No, that's not right!

How is one supposed to keep fighting like this!

Jia Ji, annoyed and ashamed, directly called out the chat group.

【Great Moe God: The target is tough, come over and lend a hand @Nagato Great Bright God】

【Nagato Great Bright God: Hmm】

(End of chapter)