Chapter 19: Embrace and Kill
Underground Room.
Mindy and Mo Fei circled the ring.
They kept their eyes locked on each other's movements, adjusting their footwork, looking for an opening.
Ultimately, Mo Fei lost his patience. He launched a Chopping Fist towards Mindy, and as Mindy dodged, he suddenly attacked again with a Collapse Fist .
Having fought with Mindy for so long, Mo Fei had become increasingly sly, learning to use feints to confuse his opponent.
But Mindy was naturally not so easy to deal with. She reacted extremely quickly, dodging Mo Fei's Crushing Fist, and charged towards Mo Fei with large strides, striking his chest with an elbow.
This move was very similar to the 'Iron Mountain Lean' in Bajiquan.
The key was Mindy's petite body; the weakness in the ribs associated with the Iron Mountain Lean couldn't be found on her.
Mo Fei had no choice but to retract his attack and choose to evade and defend.
Mindy seized the rhythm of the battle, pressing her advantage relentlessly. After a series of combos, Mo Fei was left disheveled, having taken several punches.
Mo Fei became desperate from the beating. Ignoring Mindy's increasingly heavy punches, he took one directly and unleashed his ultimate move, [Embrace and Kill], on Mindy.
When Mo Fei embraced her, Mindy didn't panic. Before Mo Fei could tighten his hold, she grabbed his waist with both hands, pushed off the ground with her feet, and slid backward until she hit the wall, directly flipping Mo Fei to the ground.
Mo Fei, having suffered the impact, had a few seconds of pain reaction time. Mindy seized this, using a joint lock to tightly immobilize Mo Fei.
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Mindy, let go, I surrender."
When Mo Fei surrendered, Mindy chose to let go.
If Mindy had truly wanted to defeat Mo Fei, he wouldn't have been able to fight her for so long, let alone be caught in his [Embrace and Kill]. She only let him do it because she wanted Mo Fei to become familiar with various combat scenarios.
Mo Fei sat on the ground, leaning against the wall, panting. Fighting was truly exhausting.
[Fought with a cute loli (Pfft, beast!), gained 1 experience point.]
[Congratulations, Host, your Xingyi Quan skill has leveled up!]
[Xingyi Quan Lv2: You have become a strong weakling. You can try walking around at night, but definitely do not go near the slums, because you might get robbed! (Experience 0/200)]
Xingyi Quan had leveled up.
Mo Fei, whose body was already very tired, felt a continuous warm current emerge from within him, flowing throughout his body, nourishing his internal organs and warming his tendons and bones.
More memories appeared in Mo Fei's mind, memories about the cultivation of Xingyi Quan internal arts, such as the Three-Body Stance.
Originally, when Mo Fei practiced Xingyi Quan, he only focused on the forms and practical combat techniques, completely ignoring the so-called internal arts.
Why?
Nothing else, he couldn't understand it!
The boxing manual's description of the so-called internal arts used classical Chinese. How many young people could understand internal arts described like that?
But now, with the upgrade of Xingyi Quan in the system's skill bar, Mo Fei's deficiencies were directly filled.
It was just like when Mo Fei's Medical skill upgraded, and his mind gained memories about the diagnosis and treatment prescriptions for various diseases.
"Mindy, I think I've rested enough. Let's continue." Mo Fei stood up, a smile playing on his lips. This feeling of surging power was much more satisfying than the upgrade of a supportive skill like medicine.
"Really?" Mindy tilted her head and looked at Mo Fei. Usually, Mo Fei would drag things out and rest as long as possible at times like this.
"Of course."
Mo Fei suddenly charged towards Mindy, fierce and wild like a mad tiger, launching a Crushing Fist at Mindy.
Mindy had been closely watching Mo Fei's movements. Seeing his running speed and the force of his punch, she frowned, sensing something was off about Mo Fei.
After a moment's thought, her keen danger perception made her increase the force of her already prepared strike by another thirty percent.
The next moment, Mo Fei's Crushing Fist collided with Mindy's small fist.
"Crack!"
A sharp burst of powerful wind erupted.
Mindy's small body was flung backward as if she had hit a large spring.
Only Mo Fei's figure remained standing in place, upright and imposing, appearing exceptionally tall and handsome.
Mo Fei almost cried tears of joy. His undignified brother seemed to have finally regained some dignity.
"How is that possible?"
Mindy shook her right fist, looking at the suddenly formidable Mo Fei in disbelief.
Her injury was secondary; she had used a force-dissipating technique, so it wasn't too serious.
But she felt that Mo Fei's strength had suddenly increased by an order of magnitude, inexplicably. How was this possible!
This was completely unscientific!
"Three years! I waited three years, just for an opportunity! I want to prove myself! Not to show how amazing I am, but to tell people that I, as the older brother, am still the older brother."
Mindy's mouth twitched. Seeing her older brother putting on his familiar act and reciting chuunibyou lines, she felt it was necessary to persuade him with reason (physical) and use her fists to let her older brother know: your sister is still your sister!
...Early morning, the clear blue sky was like a sapphire freshly washed with clean Water.
The entire World was bright and clear. Sunlight, filtered through a faint mist, gently sprinkled upon everything, creating a pleasing and refreshing sensation.
On the budding flower buds, crystal-clear dewdrops sparkled, appearing vibrant and full of life.
The sunlight shone on Mo Fei's face. He opened his slightly tired eyes, rubbed his temples, and stretched, his body emitting crackling sounds.
His whole body ached!
Damn, he was too excited about the Xingyi Quan upgrade last night and sparred with Mindy for a long time.
However, facts proved that his sister was still his sister; a mere 1-level upgrade wasn't enough to contend with her.
Mo Fei was quickly taught a lesson by Mindy.
As for Mindy's persistent questions about how his strength had suddenly surged, Mo Fei couldn't explain it clearly and attributed it all to Xingyi Quan.
This made Mindy extremely interested in Xingyi Quan as well, and she also wanted to learn it from him.
After breakfast, the medical clinic opened, and a new day of work began.
"Uncle, you said your kidney occasionally throbs with pain. It's quite obvious..." Mo Fei coughed and leaned closer to the uncle, whispering, "Everything needs to have a limit. If you overdo it, any good thing will turn bad."
The uncle's old face flushed slightly, "Young man, I'll tell you the truth, I have a difficult secret to tell..."
"Oh." Mo Fei understood instantly.
Looking at the uncle, he appeared to be in his forties. His wife was probably around the same age... This made it easy to understand.
"Women, you can't spoil them. You have to discipline them when necessary! No matter how much they fuss, two good scoldings will make them behave. How can you always let them have their way?" Mo Fei picked up his pen to write a prescription, "Your depletion is too severe. Even if I give you medicine, if you continue like this, it will be like trying to put out a burning cart with a cup of Water—futile! You still need to control yourself!"