Li Congxin's Personal Sparring Partner

Within the courtyard of the new villa was a spacious training ground, which was also one of Old Pi's criteria for choosing the house. The purpose, of course, was to give Li Congxin enough space to continue practicing combat.

However, at this moment, there were two people in the training ground, engaged in a head-on confrontation where fists and flesh collided!

The sound of fists and feet colliding was endless, and Li Congxin was fighting spiritedly with Yi Long.

But the evenly matched situation was merely a superficial illusion. The reality was that Yi Long was deliberately feeding him moves, and while fighting, he kept pointing out Li Congxin's shortcomings in his technique application.

Like Bucky, Yi Long had undergone genetic modification with the Super Soldier Serum, possessing physical abilities that surpassed human limits. Coupled with being a kung fu master, his strength was naturally far beyond what Li Congxin could compare to at the moment.

After such a long period of persistent training, Li Congxin's physical fitness had now infinitely approached the physical limits of an ordinary person. If one had to find a comparison, his close-combat ability was probably on par with Black Widow.

Of course, the close-combat ability mentioned here only referred to physical fitness and combat skills, and did not include Li Congxin's Ruyi Staff or Black Widow's high-tech equipment.

Simply put, Li Congxin's current strength should be 1 Widow.

And after activating the BGM for A Man Should Better Himself, with absolute calmness and an 80% increase in combat awareness, Li Congxin could completely fight and win against Black Widow, with a strength of about 1.3 Widows. Coupled with the equipment provided by Old Pi, he could barely reach about 1.5 Widows.

This was already the limit Li Congxin could reach. He truly couldn't defeat opponents much stronger than him.

Yi Long's strength, conservatively estimated, was comparable to Bucky's, around 2 Widows!

Li Congxin was currently sparring with Yi Long to improve his practical combat experience. Naturally, he wouldn't use a cheat like A Man Should Better Himself. He activated Chinese Kung Fu, which increased martial arts progress but had no boost to combat power. With only 1 Widow's strength, fighting against Yi Long, who had 2 Widows' strength, was naturally a situation where he would be taught a lesson in minutes.

Fortunately, Yi Long taught him very well, at least several levels better than Nalan Qing.

After sparring for an entire morning, Li Congxin felt that his practical combat experience had greatly improved again.

"Bang!" After another collision of fists and feet, Yi Long actively created distance and said with a smile, "Congxin, you are the person with the best martial arts talent I have ever seen. You are so much stronger than I was back then. I truly wish I could teach you all my lifelong learning, but due to strict sect orders, I can only apologize."

Li Congxin chuckled, "Brother Yi Long is willing to spar with me personally, and I am already very moved. How could I dare to ask for more?"

He paused slightly and then said, "Brother Yi Long just woke up not long ago and needs plenty of rest. How about we end today's sparring here?"

Yi Long nodded, "Although I have been asleep for many years, I feel like I don't need any rest at all. However, the daily practice of meditation and listening to Buddhist chants is indispensable. I also want to recover completely as soon as possible and then go home to visit."

After watching Yi Long turn and leave, Li Congxin turned to Old Pi, who was watching the excitement from the side, and asked, "There's a question I've always been curious about: how did you know that the music I played had a special effect?"

Old Pi gave a noncommittal smile, "Is that hard to guess?"

Li Congxin was stunned. His BGM cheat might be difficult for ordinary people to figure out, but Old Pi had been interacting with him for some time. With his intelligence, it wasn't surprising that he could discover some clues.

He nodded, tacitly accepting Old Pi's explanation, and Li Congxin pointed to his head, "Regarding Brother Yi Long's issue, about when will it be completely healed?"

"I feel like he might... possibly have already recovered?" Old Pi shook his head and said with great uncertainty.

Li Congxin frowned upon hearing this, "Are you worried that his condition is still unstable, so he needs more treatment and consolidation?"

Old Pi responded with a profound smile, remaining noncommittal.

Since Li Congxin couldn't get a clear answer, he stopped dwelling on it. While stretching his muscles, he said, "Today is Uncle Marcus's birthday, so I probably won't be back for dinner tonight."

"Have you chosen a gift?"

Li Congxin waved his hand, "I'll go buy it now."

Marcus's house was not in the prime area of Manhattan, but it still had a detached two-story villa with a courtyard. It was very comfortable to live in and a suitable place for retirement.

In fact, houses like this were not very expensive in New York. In the Spider-Man trilogy, Uncle Ben owned such a villa, and he was not a rich man.

The same was true for Marcus.

When Li Congxin rang the doorbell, the person who opened the door was a very cute golden-haired little loli, who looked about eleven or twelve years old.

Li Congxin's first reaction upon seeing this golden-haired little loli was to suspect he had the wrong door.

He quickly took a step back and confirmed the house number.

That's right, this was Marcus's house, no mistake!

Could this golden-haired little loli in front of him be a child Marcus had recently adopted?

With such doubts, Li Congxin tentatively asked, "Excuse me, is this Sheriff Marcus Williams's house?"

As soon as Li Congxin finished speaking, he heard Marcus's voice from inside the room, "Is that Clark? I'm busy cooking right now, so you chat with Mindy for a while."

The little loli named Mindy led Li Congxin into the living room to sit down. Her big eyes couldn't help but curiously size Li Congxin up and down. "You're Clark Li? Uncle Marcus just mentioned you to me. Your name is easy to remember, just like Superman."

Li Congxin chuckled, "Actually, compared to Superman, I feel that Batman's name suits me better."

Hearing Li Congxin's "humble" words, the little loli couldn't help but roll her eyes inwardly. Your surname, combined with Batman's name, wouldn't that be...

Heh, can you be any more shameless?

Received Impression Points +233 from Mindy Macready!

The sudden system notification caught Li Congxin off guard.

A three-digit impression point for a single interaction was a destiny weight that only important supporting characters in the main storyline possessed!

Among the people Li Congxin knew, Old Pi and his daughter, Crossbones, and Winter Soldier were probably at this level. Besides these, there was also the best friend of Li Congxin's current body, the future Kick-Ass...

Wait!

Thinking of Kick-Ass, a flash of inspiration struck Li Congxin's mind.

At the same time, a cold glint flashed before his eyes.

It turned out that the little loli had taken out a butterfly knife without any warning and launched a surprise attack on Li Congxin.

The blade was aimed directly at his forehead!