A boxer with a Strength Enhancement ability

Outside the Thunder Martial Arts Gym.

Li Weilian caught up with Han Youwei and said, "Youwei, let me drive you home."

"No need. I called my driver to pick me up." Han Youwei pointed at a car parked outside the gym.

A driver got out of the car and opened the rear door for her.

Han Youwei got into the car, waved goodbye to Li Weilian, then told the driver to leave.

Li Weilian looked grim.

He had just seen Han Youwei and Fang Yuan grappling together with his own eyes. The position they had been in made him want to kill someone.

Narrowing his eyes, he beckoned a subordinate over and ordered, "Find someone to teach that kid inside a lesson."

The subordinate asked, "Should we have someone corner him on the street?"

"No, that would be far too ungentlemanly. Isn't he working as a sparring partner at the gym? Find someone to play with him!" Li Weilian said, suppressing his fury.

"Understood." The subordinate acknowledged the order and immediately went to carry it out.

Inside the gym.

Fang Yuan stepped down from the martial arts platform, picked up a towel to wipe away his sweat, and checked the time.

It was almost nine.

Usually, there was no more sparring work by this time.

Fang Yuan planned to rest for a while, then shower and go home.

Unexpectedly, he had only rested for ten minutes or so.

Manager Liu came over again with his work log and said, "Fang Yuan, someone requested you again."

"Someone asked for me by name again?" Fang Yuan asked in puzzlement.

"Yes, they specifically requested you," Manager Liu replied.

"Am I that popular already?"

Fang Yuan cracked a joke and looked toward the martial arts platform.

When he saw the client he would be sparring with, he was slightly taken aback.

Standing on the platform was a black man, a burly black bastard whose neck was thicker than Fang Yuan's waist.

Fang Yuan looked at Manager Liu and asked in confusion, "A black man?"

Manager Liu spread his hands and replied, "That's right. Mr. Daniel just signed up for a VIP membership at the gym, so you know how it is."

Standing above him on the platform, Daniel made a classic rap gesture with both hands and said in somewhat broken Chinese, "Hey! Buddy, you got a problem with black people?"

Fang Yuan said nothing and walked toward the platform, ready to start working.

Manager Liu caught his arm and warned him quietly, "Fang Yuan, be careful this time. I recognize this black guy. He fights in underground boxing matches on Bar Street. He's vicious."

Fang Yuan stepped onto the martial arts platform and asked, "What kind of practice would you like?"

"I want to beat you up!"

Daniel immediately swung a fist the size of a cooking pot at Fang Yuan's face.

Fang Yuan frowned and immediately used his Lv.2 slide step, shifting twenty centimeters to the left to dodge the punch.

Then he warned sternly, "Watch your moves. The head is off-limits."

Daniel threw another punch, still aiming at Fang Yuan's head, and swore, "It's just paying your medical bills, isn't it? If I cripple you, I'll pay you double."

Now Fang Yuan could tell that this black bastard had clearly come after him specifically.

Daniel's fists hammered down like a violent storm, forcing Fang Yuan to retreat again and again.

Fang Yuan blocked a blow with his arm guard, and the impact of the punch left his entire arm numb.

How was this black bastard so strong?

Daniel kept attacking as he cursed, "Hit me! Hit me! Yellow monkey, you piece of shit! All you can do is dodge."

As Fang Yuan dodged the attacks, he channeled Star Power into his eyes to examine his opponent's stats.

Name: Daniel

Star Power level: Lv.1

Attributes: strength 18 (15), agility 12, constitution 17, spirit 11

Superpower trait: Strength Enhancement

Skills: boxing Lv.3, mixed martial arts Lv.2

After seeing this guy's stat panel, he immediately understood why his strength was so high.

Strength Enhancement was a relatively common enhancement-type superpower trait. It was mentioned in the basic theory textbook for martial arts class, and its effect was to increase the strength attribute by 20%.

In other words, his normal strength was the 15 points in parentheses, and after he activated his superpower trait, it shot up to 18.

Fang Yuan checked his own stats again: strength 14, agility 15, constitution 13, spirit 15.

His agility and spirit were both higher than this black bastard's, but his strength was four points lower. Even blocking with protective gear on, his arm went numb from the man's punches.

His Lv.3 boxing skill was another reason his punches were so powerful.

Continuing like this was no solution. The gap in strength was too great, and his constitution could not compare to his opponent's at all. One punch would probably be enough to KO him.

More troubling still, even if he wanted to fight back, it would be hard to subdue this black bastard.

Boxing was a contest of explosive power and the ability to take a hit, and this black bastard embodied both perfectly.

His explosive power came from his superpower-enhanced strength, while his ability to take a hit came from his constitution, which was as high as 17.

Fang Yuan's 14 strength would have very limited effect when he hit him.

To put it in more "professional" terms, he could not break his defense.

While Fang Yuan was considering what to do, he suddenly noticed a "+" sign after each of the four attributes on his stat panel: strength, agility, constitution, and spirit.

He had not noticed them before and did not know when the plus signs had appeared.

Fang Yuan tried tapping the plus sign next to strength.

Immediately afterward, something wondrous happened. His strength increased by one point, becoming 15.

His Rage Points correspondingly decreased by 100, leaving 312.

Fang Yuan felt a strange power flow into his muscles and could clearly feel his strength increasing.

"So Rage Points are used to increase attributes." Fang Yuan was instantly overjoyed.

This was turning rage into strength.

Daniel continued hammering at Fang Yuan's forehead with his Lv.3 boxing, cursing as he attacked, "Hit me! Yellow monkey, come hit your foreign master! You don't dare, huh? Find your foreign master three women to have some fun with, and I'll let you off."

"Hey! I've got a temper too!"

Fang Yuan could not take it anymore and tapped his strength attribute three times in succession.

A miraculous power surged through his body, and his strength shot up in rapid increments, reaching 18 outright.

Fang Yuan stopped dodging. He raised his hands and, with two smacks, caught Daniel's fists, halting his assault.

When Daniel found his fists caught, he froze for a moment. He had never expected his superpower-enhanced strength to be stopped by his opponent.

With his fists caught, he could not use his Lv.3 boxing. He could only resort to his Lv.2 mixed martial arts, trying to lunge forward, lift Fang Yuan, and slam him down.

Fang Yuan's agility was three points higher than his, and his reactions were extremely quick. The instant Daniel lunged, he counterattacked, driving a rising knee into his abdomen.

"Argh!"

Daniel grunted and staggered three steps backward, but his constitution was high, and the knee strike did not knock him down.

Fang Yuan strode forward and launched a spinning kick. With a thud, it struck Daniel in the face and swept him to the floor.

Daniel spun as he hit the floor, the fall leaving him utterly dazed.

Fang Yuan pounced on him, pinned him down, and pounded him savagely, splattering the floor with his nosebleed. As he hit him, he demanded, "Feel good? Feeling good enough yet?"

The gym's other coaches saw this and hurried over to pull the two apart.

Daniel's face was battered and swollen. Dizzy and seeing stars, he swayed, barely able to stand.

Even so, this black bastard still swung his fists, trying to fight back, cursing as he did, "You fifth-class citizen! You dare hit me? You're dead! You're dead!"

Fang Yuan stepped up and drove a punch into his face.

Thud!

Daniel let out a wretched howl, then spat out a mouthful of teeth mixed with blood.

Rage Points +10.

His Rage Points climbed rapidly, reaching 132 in no time.

Daniel glared furiously and struggled to lunge forward, but two gym coaches held him fast, leaving him unable to move.

Fang Yuan raised his leg and delivered another spinning kick.

The two gym coaches dragged Daniel out. Hearing him still cursing, they took advantage of his dazed state to drive their elbows hard into his lower back several times.

The pain made Daniel squeal like a pig being slaughtered, and he nearly passed out.