Chapter 43: Overlord Body
"Whoosh!" Mindy pushed off her back foot and unleashed a fierce whip kick towards Mo Fei's face with her front foot, the air whistling.
The howling wind told Mo Fei that if Mindy's strike landed, it was not impossible for her to knock out several of his teeth.
Mo Fei's body tensed, his eyes fixed on Mindy's movements. Facing her attack, he used his left hand to block Mindy's strike, stepped sideways, and launched a side kick towards Mindy's chest and abdomen.
Mindy took a step back, leaning slightly backward, narrowly dodging Mo Fei's side kick. She then crouched down and swept her leg low at Mo Fei's left leg.
Mo Fei extended his right leg and met Mindy's attack head-on.
But!
As Mo Fei winced, Mindy suddenly charged forward, breaking through Mo Fei's inner defense, hooked her hand around Mo Fei's neck, and mercilessly kneed him in the chest and abdomen.
What happened next was simple: with Mindy setting the pace, Mo Fei was once again defeated.
Mo Fei's Lv2 Xing Yi Quan was still thoroughly suppressed by Mindy, never winning a single match.
Whenever Mo Fei made a little progress, Mindy would adjust accordingly, easing up a bit, always maintaining a slight edge over Mo Fei, and within the range of thoroughly thrashing him once she took control of the fight's rhythm.
"Mindy, can't you go easy on me and let me win just once? I'm trying so hard!" Mo Fei was drenched in sweat, his clothes soaked, and his energy depleted. He lay on the ground, not wanting to move, panting heavily as he complained.
"Brother, in a real fight, no one will go easy on you," Mindy pouted, "What if one time I go easy on you, and you miss practicing a countermeasure, and then you happen to encounter it in a real fight? You'll regret it then!"
"Ah ah ah ah!" Mo Fei wailed weakly, "Then how far do you think I am from you now? I really want to beat you up too!"
He had been bullied terribly by Mindy under the guise of training.
Now he recalled that after he had a good time with Ji Ze'er that night, and after returning from Mei's house, Mindy had clearly been harder on him.
"Then, Brother, you can keep dreaming!" Mindy pursed her lips and smiled triumphantly, "Even if your talent is extraordinary, to truly beat me, it would take at least half a year!"
"Half a year? That long?"
Mindy rolled her eyes: "Brother, I've been practicing martial arts since I was 5, and it's been almost 7 years now. How long have you been training? If you could defeat me with just one or two months of practice, then my 7 years of sweat would have been for nothing."
"That's true!"
"Actually, your talent really exceeds my imagination. I've never seen or heard of anyone who improves as quickly as you! I don't know if it's the credit of that perverted old man's Xing Yi Quan, or if Brother's own talent is just monstrous."
After Mo Fei rested for a while, the training continued.
Fighting a cute loli (Pfft, pervert!), gained 1 experience point.
Congratulations, Host, Xing Yi Quan skill upgraded!
Xing Yi Quan Lv3: You have finally escaped the realm of weaklings and can barely be considered a person! But do not provoke transcendent humans, otherwise, you will still be unable to escape the fate of being trampled. (Experience 0/500)
Xing Yi Quan broke through Lv3, gaining a promotion reward. Please choose.
Iron Kidneys: Do you want to possess kidneys that never tire? You will gain an additional title - Walking Pile Driver! Hint: Iron Kidneys can also give you extraordinary stamina.
Kirin Arm: This is an arm that can reach 400 Hz per second. You will gain an additional title - Hand of God. Hint: Possesses super strength, difficult to wound with blades or swords.
Overlord Body: Do you want to be a true man? Did you think you've been a true man? No! You haven't! With Overlord Body, you are a true man. You will gain an additional title - Five-Second True Man. Hint: Activate Overlord Body, immune to all attacks within a 1-meter radius for five seconds. Cooldown 6 hours.
Xing Yi Quan finally advanced to Lv3, which was the Ming Jin realm that old pervert Mo Youqian spoke of.
Mo Fei's inner strength underwent a qualitative change.
And although Mo Fei still relied on the system's experience points to forcefully advance his realm, the things he was missing were all supplemented at once.
He felt that he could now fight ten of his former selves.
Mindy said that if he maintained this rate of progress, he would only see hope of defeating her after half a year, but Mo Fei felt… it seemed he could do it now.
After sensing the surging power within his body, Mo Fei focused his attention on the promotion rewards.
Iron Kidneys and Kirin Arm were permanent items, while Overlord Body was a skill with a cooldown.
Moreover, Iron Kidneys and Kirin Arm could significantly boost his strength in a short period. Putting aside everything else, if Mo Fei chose Kirin Arm now, coupled with his Lv3 Xing Yi Quan, Mo Fei felt he could immediately thrash Mindy.
But—Mo Fei wasn't stupid!
No matter how good the Kidneys and Kirin Arm were, they were still ordinary items. Overlord Body, however, involved causality.
Ignoring all attacks, the value of such absolute defense was immeasurable by Kidneys and Kirin Arm.
For example, when the Purple Sweet Potato Spirit snapped his fingers, Mo Fei instinctively felt that Overlord Body would be enough to protect him from being erased by the Infinity Stones.
Therefore, Mo Fei chose Overlord Body.
Congratulations, Host, you have gained the title - Five-Second True Man.
Seeing this profound title, Mo Fei's face darkened. This silly dog system was truly disgusting.
When he eventually became its boss, he would definitely make it pay!
"Brother, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly space out?" Mindy waved her hand in front of Mo Fei's eyes.
"Nothing," Mo Fei grabbed Mindy's fair, tender hand that was waving in front of him, snapped back to reality, and then suddenly smiled mischievously, "Mindy, let's fight again!"
Having just advanced to Lv3, Mo Fei, without a sound, launched an attack that caught Mindy completely off guard. Fortunately, Mo Fei couldn't possibly go for a kill against Mindy, otherwise, he could have instantly defeated her.
It wasn't that Mindy's strength had truly been far surpassed by Mo Fei, but rather that she simply hadn't anticipated Mo Fei's sudden surge in strength and technique.
Simply put, Mindy underestimated him.
She was still using the strength and techniques she used against the Lv2 Xing Yi Quan Mo Fei to fight him. With him having a plan and her not, it would have been strange if she hadn't suffered a loss.
But!
Mindy, having suffered a loss, got angry!
She didn't even bother to ask Mo Fei why his strength and techniques had suddenly increased so much.
To maintain her dignity as a younger sister, in the next round of sparring, she went all out, completely suppressing Mo Fei throughout.
Mo Fei quickly realized that his sister was still his sister; she wasn't so easily surpassed.
"Mindy, even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs… Pfft! I'm your own brother! If you kill me, you'll become an orphan!"
"Ow! That hurts! Mindy, Brother was wrong! Brother knows he was wrong, mercy please!"