Chapter 684 - 422: Repeated Side-Stepping (Part 2)

"What’s wrong? Weren’t you going to defeat me to clear your name for tarnishing Martial Arts? How come you’re crawling on the ground like a dog, beaten by the chip you look down on?" Adam mocked with a sneering laugh, his eyes like he was watching a clown.

Dongdong struggled to get up and attacked Adam with a low sweeping kick.

Adam’s chip instantly calculated the best response and countered with a front kick.

Since their speeds were similar, the attack path of a front kick is shorter than that of a low sweep. Moreover, Adam was taller than Dongdong, with longer legs, allowing him to kick her away before she could hit his lower body.

Dongdong rolled away awkwardly, knocked down by Adam once more.

She got up, wanting to fight again, but suddenly paused as if she’d discovered something.

She frowned slightly, suspicion clouding her eyes, and pondered for a few seconds.

Soon, she charged forward again with the same low sweeping kick.

Adam responded in the exact same manner, sending her flying with a front kick.

Dongdong got up and swept again.

Adam kicked again.

Sweep again.

Kick again.

This cycle repeated three times, with Dongdong getting kicked away three times, even chipping a tooth on the ground.

Seeing this, Adam laughed mockingly, "What, lost your mind? Falling at the same place twice wasn’t enough, you had to fall a third time."

Covered in dust, Dongdong sat on the ground, her face bruised with panda eyes, looking as miserable as possible.

But instead of showing anger or discouragement, she grinned, revealing her crooked tooth, and touched the back of her head.

"Amused," she chuckled.

Adam coldly asked, "Amused by what?"

Dongdong laughed heartily, "Amused by myself, getting beaten by a waste like you. My master will surely make fun of me for this when I get back."

Adam let out a short laugh, "Did I hit your head silly, causing you to talk nonsense?"

Dongdong reached into her mouth, pulled out the loose tooth, and tossed it away, giving a mischievous smile, "Shall we try again?"

With that, she charged forward again with the same low sweeping kick.

Adam’s reaction was the same, countering with a front kick.

But unlike the previous times, Dongdong suddenly sidestepped the front kick and countered with a backhand punch to Adam’s face.

Although Adam blocked it with his elbow, Dongdong was not at a disadvantage, making this round a draw.

Dongdong jumped back to put some distance between them, raising an eyebrow, "Slim, haven’t you realized the severity of the situation?"

Adam: "I don’t understand what you’re saying."

Dongdong: "Let me explain. I admit, your Martial God Chip is something, but haven’t you noticed it has a major weakness?"

"Between normal martial artists, there are many possibilities in exchanging moves because different practitioners have their unique ways to counter the same move, often improvising."

"But your Martial God Chip is different; it always calculates the ’optimal solution.’"

"In other words, when it faces the exact same move, it responds the exact same way, always choosing that optimal solution."

"That’s the biggest difference between the chip and a human."

Adam’s eyes flickered sharply, remaining silent.

Dongdong continued, "In this situation, your moves can actually be predicted."

"For example, when I use that low sweeping kick, your chip can only respond with the optimal solution—a front kick."

With that, she lunged forward with a low sweep, Adam predictably countered with a front kick, which she dodged by jumping back.

"And also, in the same exchange, suppose I dodge your front kick and counter with a backhand punch, you’ll definitely block it with an elbow raise."

She advanced with a low sweep, evaded the front kick, and launched a backhand punch, which Adam predictably blocked with his elbow, mirroring the earlier scenario.

Dongdong raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Got it? This optimal solution is precisely the biggest weakness of the Martial God Chip."

"It doesn’t matter what move it is; once you’ve exchanged moves, and know how your chip will respond, all your actions become predictable."

Adam snorted coldly, saying, "So what if you can decipher my actions? No matter how you read them, no matter what moves you use, my chip can always produce the optimal solution."

"This is an absolute defense, got it? Whether you see through it or not, no matter what tricks you use, I can always defend against them. I’m invincible."

After hearing this, Dongdong showed that mischievous smile again, "I know, no matter how hard I try, I can’t break your moves."

"But why should I break your moves? I just need to remember one of them, then..."

"Read the command and that’s that."

Dongdong finished speaking and charged forward with a low sweep.

Adam responded with a front kick, which Dongdong evaded by jumping back.

Dongdong charged forward again with a low sweep.

Adam responded with another front kick, which was again dodged by Dongdong with a back jump.

Thus, a bizarre scene unfolded on the battlefield.

Dongdong repeatedly low swept and jumped back, low swept and jumped back.

Adam continually front kicked, front kicked, front kicked.

Their actions were like a short film on repeat, caught in an infinite loop.

At first, Adam didn’t understand the meaning of Dongdong’s actions.

Until she asked, "Slim, how long can you maintain the fifth gear overload state?"

In an instant, Adam’s pupils dilated sharply.

Dongdong grinned, revealing her missing tooth, and in broken English said, "I can do this all day."

At that moment, Adam finally realized that this shorty intended to exhaust him!

Sure, the Martial God Chip could handle any situation and was indeed invincible when it came to moves.

But the problem was endurance is limited!

While artificial bodies can significantly enhance human abilities, even Apocalypse Level 1 Artificial Body is not limitless.

One way or another, endurance will eventually run out.

The "invincibility" under the control of the Martial God Chip hinges on comparable hard strength.

For instance, if both he and Dongdong had fully replaced bodies operating at Apocalypse Level 1, both in fifth gear overload, then the chip’s existence made sense.

If Dongdong was running at fifth gear overload and he was not, what use was "invincibility" then?

No matter your tricks, a punch can break through with brute force.

Now, their continual back and forth, unable to hit each other, was meaningless in the short term.

But if it dragged on and he couldn’t outlast Dongdong in endurance, slipping out of fifth gear overload first, that would spell disaster!

Adam gritted his teeth and shouted, "Don’t underestimate my Martial God Chip! Shorty!"

He immediately switched the chip’s combat mode.

The Martial God Chip has three modes:

Defense and Counterattack Mode.

Active Attack Mode.

Free Control Mode.

Earlier, he was in "Defense and Counterattack Mode," where the chip prioritized defense and counterattack based on the opponent’s moves, with a lower priority on actively attacking.

"Active Attack Mode" was more aggressive, engaging at a higher priority.

After switching modes, Adam charged at Dongdong again, but she suddenly shouted a word.

"Run!"

With that, Dongdong took off on a sprint.

The Martial God Chip immediately took control of Adam’s body to chase the opponent, turning them into two afterimages as they sprinted across the battlefield.

Because both their artificial bodies had similar performance, the chase yielded no results; Dongdong couldn’t completely lose Adam, and Adam could only watch Dongdong run ahead, unable to catch her.

After chasing for several minutes, Adam suddenly realized that Dongdong was still trying to exhaust him!

In Active Attack Mode, the Martial God Chip would control the body to pursue a target until the opponent lost combat ability or he exited this mode.

Dongdong exploited this feature.

Knowing she couldn’t win against the chip’s active attack, she simply stopped fighting altogether, directly fled, and let his body automatically pursue.

Running might consume less endurance than exchanging moves, but there’s still a drain, and he’d fallen into her rhythm again.

Adam immediately switched back to "Defense and Counterattack Mode."

At this, the automatic chase stopped.

But Dongdong turned around and charged again, resuming the low sweep, jump back, and low sweep, jump back, infinite loop.

For the next several minutes, the battle was nothing short of absurd.

When Adam switched to "Defense and Counterattack Mode," Dongdong engaged in repeated evasive maneuvers.

When Adam switched to "Active Attack Mode," Dongdong turned and ran, making him chase.

Back and forth, back and forth, Adam became thoroughly heated.

Are you exploiting a glitch?!