Punching Machine

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"I was expecting you both to last a couple more minutes against the Super Creature but my mother's final move was unexpected," said Qing Tian as he gave his mother and Queen praises.

Although he did expect such a move.

Queen and Lin Xue both smiled at Qing Tian's praises and felt warm inside.

It was already the next day and Qing Tian was taking his mother and Queen over to Steel Armor Shelter.

However, to arrive there from their current location was currently impossible even with Qing Tian's abilities and skills.

All they could do was go to the nearest shelter that was a week away by their normal travel speed.

It wasn't long before they appeared near the vicinity of the shelter.

Qing Tian set down Silence and rubbed its head, "Go and walk around by yourself for now. I will be back tomorrow."

Silence looked at Qing Tian with a sad expression on its little fur face before walking away. When it thought it was far enough, it turned around and looked at Qing Tian, gazing at him with the love one would have for a parent.

…

Walking into the shelter, Qing Tian and the two women ignored the people around them and headed straight over to a teleport before heading back to the Alliance.

Back at the Alliance, Qing Tian appeared at the teleport station with his mother right next to him.

Getting out of the teleporter, Qing Tian was heading over to Ares Martial Hall.

"Qing Tian?"

Stopping in his tracks, Qing Tian turned around and looked at the beautiful young woman with black hair.

"Qin Xuan!"

Qing Tian asked his mother if she could go on ahead and she agreed to the idea before leaving.

When she got on the train that will take her home, Lin Xue glanced at Qing Tian and the girl named Qin Xuan.

'Just how many women has he charmed already?'

…

"You have duty today," asked Qing Tian as he followed Qin Xuan over to her office.

"Yeah, I'm free this Sunday though. So I'm glad that I'll get to rest soon," said Qin Xuan.

Qing Tian nodded and said, "I heard that there will be a party going to be held by Lin Feng that day. Would you like to go there as my date?"

"Really?! I'd love to go," said Qin Xuan as she smiled cheerfully.

"Great, I will pick you up at 6 PM," said Qing Tian as he turned around, ready to leave.

"W-wait…" called out Qin Xuan as Qing Tian was about to get on the train.

Qing Tian turned around and looked at Qin Xuan, with a look of wonder on his face.

"When will you return to Steel Armor Shelter?" asked Qin Xuan with a mild blush on her face.

Qing Tian smiled and looked at Qin Xuan, "I will return in two days. Has anything important come up at all at the shelter?"

Qing Tian felt his body tremble the instant he asked that question. As if the universe had answered his question, he felt a sort of premonition about what's happening at Steel Armor Shelter.

'That…'

"Yes… there's a floating island that had just appeared above Steel Armor Shelter. No one can go up there since no one has had the chance of being able to get their hands on some Sacred-Blood beast soul wings," said Qin Xuan. "Son of Heaven and Fist Gang spent the past two days in the auctioning house looking for Sacred-Blood beast soul wings."

"A floating island? Does anyone know what's on top of it?" asked Qing Tian with a smirk. 'Angel… she appeared sooner than expected. She wasn't supposed to appear until a couple of years later.'

"Yeah, someone with Mutant wings and a rare mask beast soul that could enhance the vision was able to see a humanoid creature with wings on it's back," said Qin Xuan. Her face was one of ambition as she hoped to get such a beast soul.

After all, with a 100% chance of receiving a beast soul from a creature on the floating island, anyone would try to get to the island. Anyone would want a beast soul that you could get for sure.

Especially if such a beast soul is of the Sacred Blood rank.

"Sounds great… you said two days ago, right?" asked Qing Tian as he glanced at Qin Xuan from the corner of his eyes. "That means that there are 5 days left before it moves on to another shelter…"

Qing Tian felt lucky at this moment at the sudden appearance of Angel. If he could get her early on, then he would only need to wait to head to the next sanctuary until he enters Blackhawk Military School.

"..."

Nervously looking at Qing Tian, Qin Xuan wondered what Qing Tian was planning to do.

"Thank you for the information," said Qing Tian with a smile. "I will make sure to get to the Steel Armor Shelter, until then, I hope to see you on Sunday."

Qin Xuan nodded and waved at Qing Tian, watching him leave.

…

On the train, Qing Tian headed straight to Ares Martial Hall, where his mother and Queen were waiting for him.

"Ready to measure your strength?" asked Qing Tian as he led his mother through the halls and into his private training room.

There were various testing machines inside the room that could withstand the strength of a Demigod and as well as top of the line training machines.

"Use your full strength against the training machines. They can withstand it," said Qing Tian as he guided his mother over to the punching machine first.

Queen followed from a distance, keeping a close eye on the screen of results. She had her private room as well but wished to see Lin Xue's training results. Not only that, she wanted to stay close to Qing Tian at this moment.

"Okay… I will punch this much with all my might!"

Qin Xuan felt confident and focused her all on punching the machine.

Pulling back her fist, Lin Xue got into the basic attack stance of the Extreme King Palm style and clenched her fist tightly.

Bam!

With a fast attack, Lin Xue struck the metal plate and watched as the number on the results screen went up.

Beep!

27.029

"That's a pretty good number," said Qing Tian with a smile on his face. "Show me what you have, Queen."

Qing Tian turned to Queen and had her walk up to the punching machine and watched her go into her basic stance before attacking the metal plates as well.

Beep!

29.402

"Another great number," said Qing Tian as he clapped lightly at such great training results from both girls. Before, their strengths would only have been 15 and 12. No matter how hard they train, they might have never made it past the 20 mark without the help of a Hyper Geno Art.

"How about you?" asked Queen as she glanced at Qing Tian.

She was rather curious about Qing Tian's strength since she hasn't seen him fight or go all out. His fighting ability and skills was completely hidden away from them and they could only feel as if Qing Tian was nothing but an ordinary man.

Qing Tian chuckled, "Haha… alright, I will try my best…"

Walking over to the machine, Qing Tian got low and his personal stance. Clenching his fist, Qing Tian took a heavy step forward, and with no wasted movements, Qing Tian launched a rapid strike at the metal plate.

Bam!

The sound was loud and clear and the girls felt like the results were definitely going to be really high compared to theirs, but…

Beep!

1.000

"Aye, not bad," said Qing Tian as he rubbed his chin and looked at the screen results with a proud smile.

"This…" Queen froze and looked at the number in shock.

Lin Xue on the other hand had frowned and looked at Qing Tian with a disapproving look on her face.

"You have to actually try! Don't waste our time with this," complained Lin Xue as she looked at the meager single digit.

Lin Xue continued to complain, wishing to see Qing Tian's true strength and see the highest number he could produce.

Whilst all that was happening, Queen was shaking. Her face was darkened and her fists were clenched.

"AH! What is this?!" suddenly burst out Queen, shocking Lin Xue.

Qing Tian raised his eyebrow, amused by the sudden outburst of Queen's, something he hadn't seen much. Maybe only 5 times in the 10 years he had known her.

"Wha-what's wrong J-jing?" asked Lin Xue, nervous about Queen's sudden outburst.

"This result… you need tremendous control over your strength and such strong focus to be able to get a single digit. Especially without any extra numbers in the mix," said Queen, explaining the reason behind her outburst. "It doesn't matter to me how strong Tian is anymore. I'm more shocked at the fact that he is very skilled and can do something as amazing as this."

Lin Xue suddenly paused as well and turned to look at the result once more.

1.000

'Is it really… such an impossible… feat?'

Queen walked up to Qing Tian and stared deep into his eyes.

"How much have you been hiding from me…" she muttered with an excited look on her face.

Smiling at her question, Qing Tian remained quiet and didn't answer her at all.

"It's such an amazing ability that I know for sure that you're extremely strong…"

Lin Xue looked at Qing Tian and shook her head lightly, "Son… I don't care if you have such amazing skill or not, I want you to show me how strong you are. I don't want to worry about you in the future."

Qing Tian tenderly gazed at his mother before hugging her, "I understand. I was going to show my ability nonetheless. I didn't want to worry you nor Queen. Since I know how easily you both can start worrying about someone and how drastic that can get."

Separating from his mother, Qing Tian stood in front of the punching machine. This time, he didn't get into a stance and instead just pulled his fist away from the metal plate.

'What is he doing? I thought he said that a stance is always necessary…' thought Queen as she gazed at Qing Tian, studying his every action.

Lin Xue did the same, furrowing her eyebrows she thought, 'What is he doing? With that much space, he won't be able to make an effective atta-'

BAM!

Louder than ever before, a powerful sound erupted from the metal plate after Qing Tian hit it with his fists. The instant Qing Tian had launched his fist, the Gold Essence Mantra had a breakthrough and entered the Great Perfection stage.

'So fast!'

Both Lin Xue and Queen stared at Qing Tian in shock, they weren't even able to see Qing Tian move at all. All they heard was a powerful hit but they didn't see Qing Tian make a move at all.

"It's not necessary," said Qing Tian suddenly as he turned to face Queen and Lin Xue with a serious look on his face.

"Wh-what?"

Queen looked at Qing Tian flusteredly, 'Is he able to read my mind?!'

"A stance is not necessary anymore after you master your martial art. Every single move you make will naturally carry the essence of your martial art. You can perform a move fluidly as if it were natural," said Qing Tian as he turned to face the screen result.

100.017

!!!

The girls stared at the number with shock.

Their bodies went cold and shivers ran up their spine as they looked at the result on the screen.

Such a high number!

Only Evolvers should have punching fitness of that level!

Both women turned to look at Qing Tian with horrified faces.

"Only then will you truly become strong in your own right."

Approaching the machine once more, Qing Tian performed another hit, this time different from before. Previously, he had attacked the metal plate without having used any martial art at all.

This time… he used his martial art that was at the Truth Realm.

BOOM!

The sound was even louder than before and even blew the air around them, causing Queen and Lin Xue's hair to be blown.

Beep beep!

310.000