Tiger Roar

Seeing the defiant look on Lu Ren's face as he prepared to argue, Han Zhen gave him no chance to speak. "If you insist that there's a problem with the Assessment System's score, fine. But you'll need to provide concrete evidence to support your claim."

"As for challenging Chen Mochuan, even if it happens, it'll have to wait until tomorrow. The city is still under lockdown, so today's exam is over! Don't keep all your classmates from going home just because of your baseless suspicions!"

Han Zhen's forceful intervention quickly brought the sudden farce to an end.

He then announced that the exam was over and urged the students in the advanced class to leave and head home as soon as possible.

As the crowd gradually dispersed, Lu Ren stood there with resentment written all over his face, fury churning in his eyes.

What infuriated him most was that Chen Mochuan hadn't said a word throughout the entire exchange. He hadn't even spared Lu Ren a glance. That feeling of being utterly ignored was harder to bear than any direct mockery.

Lu Ren clenched his fists and silently resolved that first thing tomorrow morning, he would formally challenge Chen Mochuan in front of the entire class!

If Chen Mochuan avoided the fight, Lu Ren would only need to fan the flames a little, and Chen Mochuan would lose face in front of the whole class.

But if he dared to accept...

A cold smile tugged at Lu Ren's lips. Then Chen Mochuan would be asking for trouble, and Lu Ren would have every reason to teach him a brutal lesson and make him understand once and for all that no amount of clever trickery could bridge the absolute gap in raw strength!

After leaving school, Chen Mochuan headed to the Mingxin Martial Arts Hall as usual.

He sparred with Zhang Mingcheng for over half an hour, raising Tiger Fiend Fist to Mastery (6%). After earning another 800 yuan, he began practicing on his own.

Now that his level had improved, he had digested nearly all of Feng Shi's insights into Tiger Fiend Fist. He had absorbed its essence completely, and it could no longer support him through the most intense training.

Then he remembered the larger Light Seed in this Martial Arts Room and knew it was time to absorb it.

Chen Mochuan found an empty corner and silently activated Spirit Devourer. In no time, he had connected with the Light Seed and drawn it into his body.

In an instant, his consciousness sank deep into his mind, entering that unusual state of insight.

In a haze, the figure of a young man appeared in his consciousness. He was sharp-featured and spirited, his presence as steady as a mountain.

The young man wore the Mingxin Martial Arts Hall's custom black martial arts uniform. A keen confidence shone between his brows. Chen Mochuan had never seen him at the hall, but that didn't stop him from making the young man's insights into fist techniques his own.

In these insights, the young man took the Tiger Fiend Fist's ferocity to new heights.

His punches were no longer simple, straight-ahead strikes. Instead, they held power in reserve, like a fierce tiger crouched low and waiting for its moment. Once unleashed, they could split stone and shake the heavens.

Every punch demanded perfect unity between Qi and intent. He twisted the strength of his whole body into a single strand and unleashed it in an instant, aiming to sweep all before it and win with one decisive blow.

What astonished Chen Mochuan even more was that when the young man's punches reached their peak, or when he suddenly unleashed a lethal technique, a short, explosive Tiger Roar burst from deep in his throat!

It wasn't simply an angry shout. By using a unique vibration of Qi and precise control of the muscles in his throat, he fused the domineering intent of Tiger Fiend Fist into a special sonic attack.

The roar rang out, concentrated as if it were solid. It struck the opponent's eardrums and mind in an instant, enough to set their Qi surging and their thoughts reeling, making their movements falter or freeze for a split second. That created the perfect opening for the deadly strike that followed.

Only after a long while did Chen Mochuan emerge from that unusual state of insight.

[You activated "Spirit Devourer" and absorbed 1 martial arts insight. Your understanding of Tiger Fiend Fist has deepened.]

After initially absorbing the young Martial Artist's insights into Tiger Fiend Fist, Chen Mochuan had gained quite a bit more from the technique.

Unlike the insights he had absorbed from Feng Shi, the most striking part of this young Martial Artist's knowledge was the sonic attack known as Tiger Roar.

Strictly speaking, Tiger Roar wasn't part of Tiger Fiend Fist's original repertoire.

Chen Mochuan guessed that this exceptionally gifted young Martial Artist had drawn on principles from sonic martial arts like Lion's Roar and Thunderclap Force, cleverly blending them with Tiger Fiend Fist's fierce momentum. In this way, he had adapted and created a unique sonic technique for intimidating enemies, one that was entirely his own.

Although Chen Mochuan's mind had thoroughly absorbed the insights behind Tiger Roar, the technique required precise control of Qi and the ability to imitate a tiger's essence.

He still needed to see and hear a real tiger's furious roar for himself. Only after spending some time studying and practicing would he be able to master Tiger Roar and bring out its true power.

But the next problem left Chen Mochuan stumped.

The city zoo might have tigers, but after years in captivity, they had long since lost their wildness. They were lazy and docile. Forget a roar that shook the soul—even a decent growl was hard to hear.

Besides, the zoo strictly forbade visitors from teasing the animals, so provoking them was out of the question.

That left him with no useful example to study.

Even while enjoying a massage and eating, Chen Mochuan's thoughts kept circling back to the problem.

Then, after entering the Virtual World through his Virtual Pod, he glanced across the main interface and happened to notice a module. His spirits lifted.

[Immersive Reality]!

The content in the Immersive Reality module was entirely different from ordinary films and videos.

It used cutting-edge virtual reality and neural-sensory interaction technology to reproduce real scenes with near-perfect accuracy, giving viewers such a powerful sense of presence that they felt as if they were right there in the recorded environment.

Viewers could freely switch between different angles to examine details. They could even interact to a limited extent with the environment or non-central subjects in the video, creating an experience far more immersive than traditional videos could offer.

Chen Mochuan immediately thought he could search this module for immersive footage of a tiger's roar. That would solve his problem.

He first searched for [Tiger Roar], but found no high-quality results that matched exactly. He then broadened his search to [Tiger], which brought up a vast number of results.

However, filming this kind of high-quality "Immersive Reality" video required a special device called a [Panoramic Perception Collector].

Even the cheapest Panoramic Perception Collector cost hundreds of thousands, putting it in the same price range as a Virtual Pod.

With production costs so high, most top-quality "Immersive Reality" videos required payment to watch.

But many paid videos only offered a short free preview at the beginning. Chen Mochuan watched the previews of several paid videos, but none showed what he wanted. And without knowing what the rest of the videos contained, he couldn't bring himself to buy them blindly.

So he turned to the free video library. But after browsing dozens of free videos, he still found nothing. Most were mild, everyday recordings, with none of the wild outburst he needed to witness.

Just as he was about to give up for the day and keep searching tomorrow, a sudden flash of inspiration struck. He changed his search term to the more striking [Ferocious Tiger].

At once, the title of a video with an enormous number of views caught his eye.

[Ferocious Beast Showdown! Wind-Howling Ferocious Tiger VS Crimson Flame Ferocious Lion!]