Chapter 685 - 423: Martial Arts Secrets

Adam could swear, ever since his first fight as a kid, he had never encountered such a pure, shameless rogue.

You stop and she chases, you chase and she runs... A proper duel turning into a cat-and-mouse game, could this get any more ridiculous?!

Adam’s initial thought was, if you want to drag this out, then let’s drag it out.

We’re both cybernetic geniuses, your stamina is strong, but mine is not weak either.

So the two of them kept at it like this, neither landing a hit, just exhausting each other.

After half an hour passed, Adam looked at the data on the built-in system screen, feeling things were getting grim.

Having maintained level five overdrive for so long, his cybernetic enhancements were starting to weaken, with data showing slight declines across various metrics.

Compared to Dongdong, she was like a monkey, constantly darting in and out with taunts like, "Here I come again" and "I’m out again", "Come hit me".

This girl was not only energetic but also had the strength to trash talk incessantly.

In this half an hour, Adam practically ignored her, yet she managed to amuse herself all along.

Adam could only swallow his frustration, admitting he couldn’t afford to drag this out with this pesky shorty, and prepared to make a risky move.

"No way, no way, no one seriously believes a chip can martial arts, right? Is this the strongest of the Iron Blood Alliance? Seriously, what a joke..."

"Boom!!!"

Dongdong, still trying to exploit Adam’s loophole as before, and trash-talking halfway through, was caught off guard when her opponent suddenly switched tactics, swinging a fist from an angle she’d never seen before.

Caught by surprise, Dongdong couldn’t dodge, taking a solid hit to the face, with another front tooth knocked out.

She staggered back holding her mouth, then steadied herself for a clearer look.

Adam neither charged forward nor stayed put, instead assuming a karate stance, looking at her coldly.

This was the first time Adam displayed a clear martial arts stance, rather than his previous eclectic, hands-down approach.

Dongdong quickly realized this, wiping the blood from her mouth, teasing, "Oh, is the real you finally taking over?"

As she said, Adam had switched the chip to "manual control mode", taking full command of his body.

Adam said chillingly, "Don’t get too cocky, kid. Even though I use chip techniques now, I was a top martial artist before that."

"I started martial arts at 4 and trained until 16, a full 12 years of karate, not something a kid who’s only been training a few years can match."

Dongdong chuckled softly, slowly saying, "So what if you trained for 12 years? Do you know what my first lesson from Mo Xue was?"

"’To learn and practice regularly, only through long training can one stay sharp.’"

"Do you know what that means? It means you have to frequently review what you’ve learned, constantly honing your skills to keep them sharp."

"So what if you trained well as a kid? Relying on the chip for so many years, I’m afraid you’ve forgotten a lot, haven’t you? In pure skill, maybe even my junior brother could beat you up."

Rage flared in Adam’s eyes: "Why don’t you try?!"

With those words, he unleashed a cold front, rushing forward like lightning, engaging Dongdong in close-quarters combat with karate techniques.

Dongdong tried to break his moves, but Adam’s fists, like cunning vipers, repeatedly changed direction, piercing through her defenses and swinging upward with thunderous force onto her chin.

Dongdong clenched her teeth and applied pressure to her neck, attempting to suppress Adam’s fist with brute force, but she couldn’t manage. This punch had not only terrifying explosive power but was also fiercely strong, impossible to block.

Her neck let out a creaking sound, with her jaw slightly deforming, and the enormous force causing her tightly clamped teeth to crack.

"Boom——" Ultimately, Dongdong couldn’t withstand the punch, her whole body blasting off like a cannonball, the violent impact disrupting her nervous system, leaving her a bit disoriented.

"Shorty, do you know how I was described during those martial arts years? They called me—an unparalleled karate prodigy."

As Dongdong wavered, Adam seized the moment to attack again. He turned his sprint speed into an advantage, using the karate hand blade technique, his palm slicing toward her neck like a sharp blade.

With level five overdrive strength, his hand blade could cleave through a hundred-story building like cutting cheese.

If this move landed on Dongdong’s neck, it would either kill her or leave her paralyzed.

Under the impending pressure, at the critical moment, Dongdong suddenly opened her blood-caked eyes wide, directly thrusting her forehead to meet it.

"Boom!" The two collided, compressed air bursting open violently, throwing them both to the ground in separate spots.

Dongdong’s forehead took a hit, swelling ridiculously large.

Adam was no better off either.

Structurally, since the head is a vital area, the subcutaneous defense coating was extremely solid.

The backlash from the collision dislocated his wrist bones, sending waves of pain through him.

He clutched his hand, gritting his teeth, cursing under his breath.

Facing a hand blade attack and not dodging, but using Iron Head Skill to counter, normal people wouldn’t do such a thing.

Dongdong’s forehead now swelled to nearly the size of a fist, looking reminiscent of the Antarctic Immortal Elder from ancient myths.

She rubbed the lump on her head, laughing, "Looks like I failed to show off, and you, despite not practicing for so many years, are still this formidable."

Adam snorted, saying coldly, "What did you expect? The so-called practice is for the mediocre, only the ordinary need to maintain form through daily routine."

"I’m different, even without hands-on practice for so many years, I remain in peak condition, that’s what a genius is."