Chapter 132: The Enraged Xiong Brothers
For the week or so that followed, two people were missing from the combat techniques class: Chen Bo and his girlfriend Meng Jie.
Having lost both money and face in the sparring match, they naturally would not come to class.
Xiong Tian and his brother Xiong Hai, as Chen Bo's lackeys, saw that Zhou Chu had actually caused their boss to lose face, so they decided to give Zhou Chu a taste of trouble to vent their boss Chen Bo's anger.
These two brothers were simple-minded and brawny.
In their simple understanding, they only believed that since Zhou Chu had made their boss lose face, he had to pay the price.
On this day, after the combat techniques class ended, Zhou Chu did not leave the martial arts arena early as usual; instead, he took advantage of this time to quickly absorb and digest what he had learned today.
With Chen Bo not present, the two brothers did not say much; the younger brother, Xiong Hai, without a word, came up and used his strong arms to lock Zhou Chu's neck in a tight grip.
Competing in strength against this type of power-based opponent was something Zhou Chu was not naturally advantaged in.
However, after his hard training during this period, his reaction speed and response to moves had been greatly improved; he was no longer the weakling or soft persimmon he once was.
The moment his neck was locked, he first crouched down sharply, and while rapidly lowering his center of gravity, he quickly raised his hands and pried at Xiong Hai's arms with force, trying to pry open the arm that was locking his neck like an iron pincer.
Seeing Zhou Chu struggle, Xiong Hai increased the force in his hands a few notches and said viciously, "Today I'll let you taste the consequences of offending us; let's see if you dare to be arrogant in front of the boss again!"
As for the older brother, Xiong Tian, he stared at Li Er, who was standing to the side, with a look of caution.
As long as Li Er dared to come up and help Zhou Chu, he would immediately take action to intercept her, to prevent her from ruining his good deed.
After all, Li Er's comprehension was super strong, and her combat techniques had improved by leaps and bounds during this period.
In just one short week, her combat techniques could already be considered outstanding in the whole class.
During the class assessment, Xiong Tian had also sparred with Li Er, but every one of his attacks was easily neutralized by her, and he had even suffered setbacks repeatedly.
This could not help but make Xiong Tian feel a bit wary of Li Er.
If Li Er dared to step forward to help Zhou Chu today, he felt that if the two brothers joined forces, they would definitely subdue her.
However, looking at Li Er, she had an indifferent expression, watching the scene with great interest, seemingly having no intention of lending a hand.
In fact, Li Er was acting on Zhou Chu's signal, specifically instructed not to intervene in this matter.
The purpose was to test the results of these past few days of learning.
Whenever there was a break in class, Li Er would immediately transmit the digested combat techniques to Zhou Chu at high speed.
Although Zhou Chu's absorption ability was not as heaven-defying as Li Er's, his combat level was also improving by leaps and bounds.
So when Xiong Hai came to cause trouble, Zhou Chu decided to use these two brothers to practice his skills.
Seeing that he could not break free from the opponent's restraint, Zhou Chu exerted force with his left elbow and slammed an elbow strike fiercely into Xiong Hai's ribs.
As the ribs are a relatively fragile part of the human body, this is applicable to anyone, no matter how thick-skinned they are.
Coupled with the fact that Zhou Chu had mastered the techniques of exerting force during this period of training, he could maximize his attack power through special force-exertion techniques.
Therefore, this elbow strike was enough to make Xiong Hai suffer.
The pained Xiong Hai immediately loosened the arm that was restraining Zhou Chu, but at the same time, this elbow strike seemed not to have much impact on this big guy, who immediately followed up by wrapping his arms around, attempting to hold Zhou Chu in his embrace.
But how could Zhou Chu let him succeed? He lowered his body sharply, causing Xiong Hai to grab at nothing.
Following that, his punch was like lightning, slamming into Xiong Hai's lower abdomen with a Crushing Fist.
Crushing Fist is a skill of a Martial Artist; without the augmentation of a Soul Profession, it is impossible to exert extremely powerful force.
But this Crushing Fist of Zhou Chu's was surprisingly strong; the moment it hit Xiong Hai's lower abdomen, it sent this two-meter-tall big guy flying backward, and he fell flat on his back on the ground.
Being able to achieve such an effect was all thanks to the powerful calculations of the Star Core.
Through the most scientific and reasonable way of exerting force, the power of this strike was maximized.
However, at the same time, due to the mutual influence of force, Zhou Chu also felt a sharp pain in his fist, as if the bones were about to break.
Seeing his younger brother sent flying backward by Zhou Chu's punch, Xiong Tian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment; he clearly had not expected Zhou Chu to have such strength.
But he didn't think too much and immediately pounced toward Zhou Chu.
Zhou Chu had learned his lesson this time; he didn't want to let his fist collide head-on with the opponent again, so he switched to using his feet to respond.
He took a deep breath, his body leaped up sharply, and at the same time, his body suddenly turned, and one foot swept heavily onto Xiong Tian's cheek.
A Martial Artist's Whirlwind Kick.
It was just that Zhou Chu could only rotate once; that was his limit.
If it were a real Whirlwind Kick, one could rotate several times, with movements very much like the Red and White Wolves in Street Fighter.
But even so, this kick was powerful and heavy, directly sweeping Xiong Tian to the ground.
"Roar!"
Just at this moment, the enraged Xiong Hai suddenly activated his Soul Profession ability and immediately transformed into a gnoll form.
The next moment, accompanied by another roar, Xiong Tian also activated his Soul Profession ability and similarly transformed into a gnoll.
This was the first time Zhou Chu had seen these two brothers use their Soul Profession abilities to transform at the same time.
The two gnolls looked more or less the same, the only difference being one had red fur and the other had white fur.
It truly lived up to their nickname, the "Red and White Twin Evils."
Clearly, the two of them were going to play for real.
And the martial arts arena was not a special place like a ring; if they were to compete using Soul Professions, it would be death or injury.
No matter which hero servant Zhou Chu summoned now, he could kill these two with a single blow.
Furthermore, according to the school rules of Shenxia University, killing people on campus was absolutely forbidden.
However, these brothers already had murderous intent toward Zhou Chu and had taken the initiative to use their Soul Profession abilities, and Zhou Chu could not just wait to be killed by them.
So, murderous intent also rose in his heart, but before that, he quickly stacked several Soul Shields on himself.
Just as this life-and-death struggle was about to happen, two buzzing sounds came to his ears, and two halos of light shrouded the heads of the two brothers, Xiong Tian and Xiong Hai.
Immediately after, the two halos transformed into two ropes of light, instantly binding the two of them like two rice dumplings, leaving them unable to move.
"Two evildoers, actually using Soul Profession abilities to hurt people openly at school; you are truly lawless!"
Accompanied by a loud voice, an old man with white hair and a white beard, dressed in a white robe, was seen stepping through the air like an immortal with a transcendent aura.
And those two light-based ropes binding the brothers Xiong Tian and Xiong Hai were of his own making.
This person was none other than Yu Dafu, the president of Shenxia University.
"Psionic Saint Mentor?"
The moment Yu Dafu appeared, Zhou Chu heard Li Er beside him let out an involuntary, murmured whisper.
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