Dragon Shape Comprehensive Fist

Facts proved that motorcycles really were faster than running.

Even though Su Ti had taken Xu Jun and run for so long, they were still caught.

"Sorry, I dragged you into this."

Xu Jun looked at Su Ti, who was still gripping her arm and standing in front of her. Clutching her chest, she panted heavily.

She had run too hard. Her stomach was churning, and she did not have an ounce of strength left. If she had not forced herself to hold it in, she would have thrown up already.

But if it had not been for that cup she threw, they would not have ended up in this situation.

Thinking of that, her gaze hardened.

"You bastards, come at me if you've got the guts!"

Suppressing the urge to vomit, she shouted at Dragon Bro and the others.

"Come at you? I'm afraid there are a few too many of us tonight. I doubt you can handle it."

Dragon Bro led his lackeys into the alley with sinister grins.

Their motorcycles all carried street-fighting weapons like machetes and iron chains, but none of them took them out. Every one of them was bare-handed.

The reason was simple. They had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, while their opponents were unarmed. There was no need for weapons at all.

If they brought out knives and accidentally killed someone, things would become troublesome.

They were thugs, not idiots. They would not blow things up until they became impossible to handle.

As Dragon Bro and the others closed in, Su Ti and Xu Jun slowly backed away. Just as Xu Jun was nearing despair, a cold glint flashed through Su Ti's eyes, and he said softly,

"It's finally finished absorbing."

Xu Jun froze and asked,

"Finished absorbing what?"

Su Ti did not answer her question. He merely released her hand and walked forward.

Inside the modifier, a full 170% of energy glittered brightly.

Looking at the progress of his Dragon Shape Five Forms (Beginner) at 33%+, especially the plus sign that had lit up again afterward, Su Ti swept his gaze over it, and his martial arts proficiency began to soar!

At the same time, the energy meter began to plummet!

"Kid, trying to play the hero, huh?"

A yellow-haired lackey at the front of Dragon Bro's group took the lead. Cracking his knuckles, he strode toward Su Ti, ready to teach this ungrateful bastard a lesson he would never forget.

The two rapidly closed the distance.

Crack. Crack.

Sounds like beans popping erupted, but they did not come from the yellow-haired lackey twisting his fists. They came from Su Ti!

As Dragon Shape Five Forms improved, countless muscle memories exploded within him alongside a surge of heat.

His spine lengthened segment by segment, his muscles began to swell, and even his height started increasing.

In just a few seconds, Su Ti had grown three centimeters taller, and his thin body had developed streamlined muscles.

Yet those changes were concealed by his clothes and the night, so Dragon Bro and the others did not notice.

At that moment, his panel became:

Strength: 1, Agility: 1, Constitution: 0.8, Intelligence: 1.2

Martial Arts: Dragon Shape Five Forms (Mastery) Integrated Strength, Comprehensive Fighting Techniques (Mastery)

Energy: 50%

With Dragon Shape Five Forms reaching mastery, Su Ti's attributes underwent astonishing changes. His strength and agility had each increased by 0.4, while his constitution had risen by 0.3. Furthermore, the mastered Dragon Shape Five Forms had gained the trait "Integrated Strength."

But that still was not enough. Though his physical attributes had improved, Su Ti's fighting style was still based on Comprehensive Fighting Techniques, which offered no advantage against multiple opponents. Dragon Shape Five Forms, meanwhile, was only a training method and had no fighting techniques.

However, Su Ti was not panicked. What if there was no suitable fighting style? Then he would use the modifier's second function: fusing martial arts.

Su Ti focused on Comprehensive Fighting Techniques and Dragon Shape Five Forms. With a thought, he dragged the two together. As the remaining 50% of energy vanished, they suddenly fused into an entirely new martial art.

Dragon Shape Comprehensive Fist (Mastery) Integrated Strength

One was for training, the other for fighting. The two martial arts had merged into a brand-new discipline unique to Su Ti.

A vast amount of combat memory flooded into his body. Just then, a slap suddenly came at him. The yellow-haired lackey had made his move.

"Kid, I'm fucking talking to you!"

Facing the slap, Su Ti reached out with his right hand and seized it like lightning, then twisted.

This was the power generation of the Fierce Dragon Style from Dragon Shape Five Forms, combined with the joint locks of Comprehensive Fighting Techniques.

With that twist, the arm of the yellow-haired thug who had tried to slap him twisted like a towel into a spiral.

Muscles, skin, bones, and blood vessels all twisted together in an instant, like a spring compressed to its limit. With a scream, blood and bone fragments suddenly burst apart before Su Ti.

A spray of blood splattered across Su Ti's face, but his expression did not change. He did not even blink.

At that moment, he felt as though he had returned to the ring, back to the state he had been in when he first fought Black Bear. His chest burned like fire, yet his mind was as cold as ice.

But unlike when he fought Black Bear, the strongest person standing here now was not one of these thugs. It was him.

As the yellow-haired lackey clutched his twisted arm and screamed as he fell, two more thugs charged forward.

Su Ti raised his leg and kicked twice. His lightning-fast kicks struck both thugs directly in the knees.

This was the stop kick of Comprehensive Fighting Techniques, combined with the power generation of the Poison Dragon Style from Dragon Shape Five Forms.

The struck knees shattered on the spot. The thugs pitched forward and fell. In an instant, a cold glint flashed through Su Ti's eyes, and he kicked twice more. Two figures flew backward along with shattered teeth and spurting blood.

Dragon Bro, standing behind them, gaped in complete shock.

It was not because three of his lackeys had been severely injured and defeated with just a few strikes, but because...

There was only one kind of group capable of causing such devastation, a group he absolutely could not afford to provoke!

"A... a martial artist!"

Unfortunately, he realized it too late.

A fist enlarged before his eyes, growing larger and larger.

Flying Dragon Style, combined with the Superman Punch of Comprehensive Fighting Techniques.

As Su Ti threw the punch, every joint in his body exploded with cracks. His spine was like a great dragon, each vertebra and joint advancing layer by layer, strength stacking upon strength, unleashing terrifying power throughout his body like a volcanic eruption.

He stomped down, and hairline cracks spread across the ground. Then, using the momentum of his charge, he launched himself into the air with a punch, shooting forward like a flying dragon with a thunderous boom.

Anything in front of him, whether objects or human bodies, was as fragile as porcelain before a bowling ball, as though it had collided with a charging bull. They shattered and flew away!

At the deepest end of the alley, Xu Jun's mouth hung open wide enough to fit an egg.

It was no wonder she looked that way. Anyone who saw a single punch send five or six people flying would have the same expression.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The people who had been sent flying slammed heavily into the wall, suffering a second impact before collapsing to the ground and groaning in agony.

Every place that had come into direct contact with Su Ti's fist was badly fractured. Dragon Bro had it worst. Half his face had been smashed apart, and broken facial bones hung from it, wrapped in flesh and skin.

He was in so much pain that he did not even dare breathe deeply. It felt as though his face had been stuffed with shattered glass.

The four or five thugs still standing in the back had escaped disaster, but now they did not dare move. They stared at the figure before them as though paralyzed by a nightmare.

No, it was even more terrifying than that.

At least ghosts in movies killed people one at a time. This guy killed them by the bunch!

Su Ti, who had thrown that punch, did not pursue them. He looked at his right fist, which was covered in blood, badly scraped, and even faintly exposed white bone beneath the skin, then frowned.

The force of an impact was mutual.

When he punched someone, it was equivalent to someone striking his fist with their face using the same amount of force.

Although his constitution had risen to 0.8 and the hardness and toughness of his bones and skin had improved, he still could not withstand the destructive power of that final punch.

In truth, the greatest improvement Dragon Shape Five Forms had brought Su Ti was not his attributes.

It was the Integrated Strength trait in its suffix.

With that trait, Su Ti felt as though all the power in his body had been twisted into a single cord. Even a small wrist-twisting motion could draw on most of the muscle groups throughout his body at once. The simplest movement could unleash astonishing force, and its destructive power was worlds apart from before.

That final Superman Punch had completely integrated all the power in his body. Added to the force from his legs pushing off the ground and his own gravitational momentum, its power had become terrifying!

Sending five or six people flying with one punch was something the old Su Ti would not even have dared imagine. Even Tyson could not do it.

But after gaining Integrated Strength, his boxing had instantly surpassed every limit modern martial arts could possibly reach.

Putting down both his fist and his thoughts, Su Ti raised his head and looked at the few thugs who were still standing.

"You lot, come here. Squat down along the wall."

"Y-yes!"

Upon hearing that, how could the remaining four or five thugs dare disobey? Just moments ago they had looked ferocious, but now they cowered against the wall with their heads covered like frightened chicks.

Su Ti walked over, grabbed Dragon Bro by the collar, and lifted him up.

Dragon Bro's face was now beyond recognition. Half of it was covered in cuts from Xu Jun's cup, while the other half had been smashed apart by Su Ti's punch and was already beginning to swell.

He forced open his bruised, swollen eyelids and looked at Su Ti pleadingly as he said weakly,

"B-big brother, I failed to recognize a true master. Please spare me."

Su Ti glanced at him.

"You know about martial artists?"

He had heard what Dragon Bro said before taking that punch.

When Su Ti questioned him, Dragon Bro trembled as he replied,

"I... I know a little. We lowlifes sometimes hear things. I heard there are people like that in underground boxing rings."

Su Ti nodded slightly, then asked,

"Do you have someone backing you? I'll deal with them too, so they won't cause trouble later."

Dragon Bro revealed a smile uglier than crying.

"Look at the state I'm in. How could I possibly have anyone behind me? As long as you're merciful and spare me today, you'll be my big brother from now on. I'll serve you like a horse or ox, brave fire and water for you, and never refuse even death."

Hearing that, Su Ti gave him a deep look, making no attempt to hide the killing intent flickering in his eyes.

Dragon Bro immediately went stiff with terror, as though a fierce tiger had fixed its gaze on him. That look made him certain that Su Ti had killed before, and he was the kind of person who killed without blinking.

"Please..."

Dragon Bro's teeth chattered. He was afraid that if he did not speak now, he would never get another chance.

Boom.

Su Ti released Dragon Bro's collar. Dragon Bro collapsed limply to the ground, while Su Ti shook his hand and gestured for those squatting to stand.

"Take your people and get lost."

Those who had been squatting and those sprawled on the ground felt as though they had been granted amnesty. They hurriedly helped up those who could not move and fled the alley like refugees.

Only after they left did Su Ti turn around and look at Xu Jun, who was curled up in the corner of the alley with her eyes wide open and a stunned expression on her face.

"Are you all right?"

Xu Jun jolted at his words and suddenly came to her senses. Looking at the hand Su Ti held out, she noticed that white finger bones were already exposed.

"I'm fine. Your hand! You're injured!"

Su Ti did not care. There was little flesh around the finger joints to begin with. He had only scraped off a bit more skin.

Xu Jun, however, was quite nervous. She grabbed Su Ti's hand, examined it from every angle, then took several bandages from her bag and put them on him.

"You're hurt so badly. I'll go to the hospital with you."

"No need. I can find a clinic later. But it's late today, and there may still be trouble. I'll take you home first."

Xu Jun had already drunk quite a lot, and now that she had relaxed, she felt a little unsteady. Seeing that she still insisted on taking him to the hospital, Su Ti grabbed her wrist and dragged her away without giving her a choice.

"My home is that way."

Xu Jun blushed, but she still did not pull free. Su Ti, using the excuse to his advantage, sighed inwardly. He had already guessed it, but he was still disappointed that there really was no energy left.