Zhou Zhengquan was not stupid. Naturally, he dared not to compare stamina with Lou Cheng, for there were already many pioneers who had tested the truth with a great deal of bitter experience, and he wasn't so stubborn as to join them.
Sometimes you had to be superstitious!
In the beginning, he just noticed Lu Cheng's quick battle intention and thus planned to weaken the opponent's strength bit by bit. When the time was right, he would make a sudden outbreak of force to seize victory with full strength.
Upon seeing Lou Cheng calm down and make a stance for comparing stamina with him, Zhou Zhengquan's heart did a flip as his plan A was totally destroyed. Now he had no choice but to use plan B, which he had drawn before the match.
But then I'll ruin my public image!
Arching his waist and back to pounce forward like lightning, Zhou Zhengquan again swung his center of gravity to slide to Lou Cheng's side the moment they approached. Then he twisted waist and raised the right arm, gathering all the strength into a Fly Fall Punch Surging thrown at his opponent.
Crack! Lou Cheng turned himself sideways and swung his tightened right arm as if exploding the air with an iron hammer. Even if Zhou Zhengquan was made of stone, he would be simply beaten into pieces.
Bang!
While Lou Cheng swayed for a moment in a dull sound, Zhou Zhengquan immediately distanced himself from his opponent as what he did just now.
Crack crack crack! Bang bang bang! They kept fighting and separating continuously, making the most of Fly Fall Punch Continuation and 24 Blizzard Strikes, which seemed like a reproduction of the previews battle. However, Lou Cheng, who remained calm this time, knew it clearly that the one who was anxious for an opportunity had already changed from himself to Zhou Zhengquan.
Though posing for defense patiently, Lou Cheng successfully convinced his opponent of his comparing-stamina intention, while he had already gotten ready for Zhou Zhengquan's outbreak of strength.
Devoting himself into the battle, Zhou Zhengquan gradually gained the upper hand in the hand-to-hand fight that no one was able to gather strength with foot. As an experienced fighter, he was good at mingling his forces into one and adjusting his fighting rhythm swiftly, which enabled him to suppress Lou Cheng firmly. While on the other side, Lou Cheng kept defending himself along with his opponent's rhythm, waiting for a turning point to appear by itself.
Crack! Failing to make a low kick, Zhou Zhengquan threw a Single Kick at Lou Cheng's arm, which was just raised to block his attack.
Lou Cheng suddenly lowered the center of gravity and twisted his back and waist. Then he opened all the joints and muscles to make another fierce Swing Force.
He knew Zhou Zhengquan wouldn't let go of this opportunity!
Swinging his upper body to one side, Zhou Zhengquan seemed to be almost thrown away. The all of a sudden, his Qi and blood quickly flew back to gather in his Dantian, which steadied his stance like Mountain Tai!
Amazing! In comparison with exerting strength from his foot, swinging himself back with borrowed strength was much smarter! While praising his opponent in mind, Lou Cheng made advantage of the pause to compress the corresponding muscles and tendons in his arms and visualize thunderstorm in his mind. His left leg pressed inwardly and his waist straightened to launch a mountain opening blast with crossed hands from top right to bottom left!
Mountain Blast Punch!
Crack, network cracks appeared one by one on the ground near him!
At the same time, Zhou Zhengquan was visualizing waterfall cascading off precipices and crashing into the ground below, making a great bursting of the water.
The concentrate exploded in his Dantian to make a horrible outbreak of forces, bending his arm a bow, his fist a hammer.
Snapped!
Zhou Zhengquan's whole body se
emed to be inflated as he threw out the right arm from a higher position, which pierced layers of air like lightning.
The Fly Fall Punch, "Waterfall"!
Bang!
A rumble of thunder suddenly roared overhead, stunning all the cheering audience. There was invisible ripple turning into a gust of wind and blowing to all sides from the two fighters.
Lou Cheng gave a little hop with roaring in his ears and giddiness, while all his Qi and blood were rolling as if they were unable to bear the outbreak of a Dan-Stage master's strength. Finding it was not enough to make a step backward, he had to get further and further back.
At the same time, he moved the abdominal muscles to make a sound of thunder within his body, trying to counteract the shock caused by that "waterfall" in reverse direction.
On the other side, Zhou Zhengquan also suffered a lot from Mountain Blast Punch, the regular killer move of Thunder Roar Zen. Feeling every joint trembling and every inch of tendons swinging, he noticed Lou Cheng's flaws while his opponent was bouncing back, but he was too weak to seize the opportunity as chasing and pouncing at Lou Cheng.
Such situation perfectly met Lou Cheng's previews expectation. After taking four steps back to eliminate the shock caused by the outbreak of a Dan-Stage master's strength, he began to adjust the corresponding body parts in preparation to step onto the ground and then bounce back first with a Severe Warning!
At this moment, Zhou Zhengquan's trembling body, rolling blood, and pale face all vanished in an instant. As he united all his qi, blood and spirit to form a human body big dan!
Inside the broadcasting room of Songcheng TV station, Gan Le blurted out,
"Double Bursts!"
After successfully making a Triple Bursts of Dan Stage, Zhou Zhengquan should still have enough energy and stamina for a Double Bursts!
Yan Xiaoling, Brahman and all the audience who had just been introduced with the horrible Triple Bursts of Dan Stage suddenly held their breath in anxiety, feeling their heart in mouth.
According to his performance in last and previews matches, they were not surprised that Zhou Zhengquan could still make two or three outbreaks of Dan Stage. But no one had expected that he should have made another double hit!
Just like Brahman, Gan Le, and Yan Zheke, Lou Cheng had never expected such situation, either, for he was still preparing for the Severe Warning when he realized Zhou Zhengquan was making a Force Concentration.
It was too late! Lou Cheng made a prompt decision as stopping the following preparation and changing his action into the preparatory movement of Frost Force.
Luckily, Severe Warning was exactly a derivative of Frost Force and there were many similarities between them, like the corresponding state of tendons, muscles and the Five Viscera and Six Bowels. The difference among them was Frost Force was relatively simpler and easier for Lou Cheng to use in such a short time.
Boom!
The more compression he got, the more powerful explosion he made. As the Dan within Zhou Zhengquan's body exploded, all his strength flew out to make him even taller and stronger than before. With one forward-pounce he approached Lou Cheng and then raised the right hand to give him a waterfall-like blow!
The surging muddy river in Lou Cheng's mind suddenly froze inch by inch to be a picture.
Transforming the cold current within his body into a flood, Lou Cheng turned his toes inward, twisted his waist and back, and then swung the right arm to punch upward.
Rocket-like Punch, Frost Force!
Bang! Lou Cheng suddenly lowered his body as he plodded into the stone brick. Along with his rolling Qi and blood, the remaining shock within his body came back to shake his organs, muscles, and tendons, letting him almost spit blood. Feeling sick and weak, Lou Cheng had no choice but to roll back along the waterfall to eliminate the remaining shock, or he would get a broken bone or internal injuries.
Zhou Zhengquan's fist was soon covered with a layer of frost after colliding with Lou Cheng's. Though a part of the cold current was broken up, the remains still made it into him and soon spread all over his body, making his body tremble and muscles tighten uncontrollably.
If his body condition was the same as before, he would naturally fasten his heartbeat and burned his hot blood to defrost the whole body. However, he had just made a double hit and then received a Mountain Blast Punch, which drained his energy and shocked his organs severely. So for a short time, he stayed where he was and couldn't chase Lou Cheng, who had also lost his stance and the center of gravity.
Thump-thump-thump! Boom boom boom! While one of them was letting out a loud beating of his heart, the other was making a sound of thunder within him, for they both seize the opportunity to restore energy as much and quick as they could.
The whole gymnasium was quiet, for all the audience was praying for Lou Cheng in the hope that he would stand up first!
Yan Zheke couldn't help standing up from her seat and to look at the arena with great concern.
Boom! As soon as the shock was slightly relieved, Lou Cheng stood up with a carp jumping move.
While Li Liantong, Fan Yanxi and other audience burst into spontaneous cheers, Zhou Zhengquan also took action. Stepping heavily onto the ground, he again raised the right arm and pounced at Lou Cheng while visualizing waterfall in his mind.
Snapped!
Striking down with his fist, the Fly Fall Punch, "Waterfall"!
Lou Cheng's feet were still trembling, making him unable to dodge. So he had to gather the remaining strength and tighten the muscles in his hands, wrists, and arms while visualizing shimmering thundercloud in his mind.
Boom!
Lou Cheng raised his fist without hesitation, Thunder Roar Zen!
Bang! The moment he collided with Zhou Zhengquan's fist, Lou Cheng immediately exploded all the tightened body parts to make a short but powerful outbreak of strength.
Boom! Lou Cheng and Zhou Zhengquan both took one step back. Apparently they were trembling with bewilderment in their eyes.
Boom! Hum! When they both recovered from the shock, Zhou Zhengquan again took a deep breath, twisted his waist and back, and then threw another Fly Fall Punch Waterfall at Lou Cheng!
Meeting on a narrow path who dares wins!
Knowing he shouldn't and couldn't dodge at this moment, Lou Cheng visualized thundercloud in his mind and compressed the corresponding tendons and muscles to make a Rocket-like Punch based on the Thunder Roar Zen!
Bang!
Being greatly shocked, they both felt sick and found their whole body trembling as if losing control of it temporarily.
Boom! In the sound of thunder coming out from his abdomen, Lou Cheng seized the opportunity to blow another Thunder Roar Zen without adjusting his body condition!
Obviously, Zhou Zhengquan was a step slow this time, for he could only raise both arms to block the attack.
Bang!
Giving a little hop, Zhou Zhengquan found both his arms turned weak.
Was he completely exhausted? Of course, Lou Cheng wouldn't just let his opponent go, so he shook the right shoulder and stretched the arm to make another Thunder Roar Zen!
Boon! As if being hit by a bomb, Zhou Zhengquan fell to the ground after blocking Lou Cheng's attack for the last time, where he curled himself and retched violently.
Taken another blow and he would bleed inside!
The referee raised his right hand and announced calmly,
"Third Round. Lou Cheng wins!"
Seeing Zhou Zhengquan fall to the ground in the referee's voice, Brahman, Yan Xiaoling and other fellows in front of the screen breathed a sigh of relief along with Li Liantong, Fan Yanxi and other audience in the gymnasium. Regardless of other people around them, they couldn't help shouting with excitement,
"Lou Cheng!"
In the cheers and applause, they saw Lu Cheng suddenly bend over to retch with a painful expression. Obviously he was not feeling good.
Yan Zheke again felt her heart in mouth.
Meanwhile, Lou Cheng was in bewilderment as feeling his whole body worn out.
How came the battle was much more tough and dangerous than he had expected…
Since he could neither find any chances to blow a Severe Warning nor thoroughly eliminate the effect of the shock, it cost him too much to win the round…
Even though Zhou Zhengquan had made another double hit, it shouldn't be so like this…
While thinking of the Severe Warning, he suddenly recalled all the flaws he showed just now as well as how his teacher had warned him.
"Do you think that Zhou Zhengquan would stand there like a stake and wait until you've finished prepared 'Severe Warning'? Do you think that he will fight you head on? Even your 'Frost Force' takes a short amount of time to form up, much less the 'Severe Warning' move you just grasped."
"If you really put all your hopes onto this one move, then you will only feel like a three years old wielding a hundred pound hammer later. Not only would you miss your enemy, but you would also more likely hurt yourself instead."
"The reason you practice 'Severe Warning' is not to master it, but to use it and further improve your grasp over 'Frost Force' and 'Thunder Roar Zen'. These two skills are your true assets in the battle against Zhou Zhengquan."
Yeah, I thought it quite reasonable when I heard these words for the first time, which, however, were soon left behind since I had been devoting myself into practicing Severe Warning!
Old Shi, who was sitting in the area of home team, sighed to himself with complex emotion,
"Hey, I was just like him in those years… "
Getting dizzy with success was easy.