Chapter 22: Imaginary Enemy

After adding this point of agility, Lu Yuan clearly felt that his entire body became "lighter".

The muscles in his arms and legs became tighter.

The slight "bloated" feeling brought by the increase of two points of strength disappeared at this moment.

He took out a ruler from the drawer, tied one end of the ruler with a thin thread, and hung it on the edge of the desk.

Because of the smooth surface of the ruler, under the action of its own gravity, the thin thread tied to it kept slipping upwards and breaking free.

Lu Yuan placed two fingers on both sides of the zero mark on the ruler, not looking at the thread, only staring at the ruler.

At the moment when the thin thread completely broke free from the ruler and the ruler slipped and fell...

He closed his fingers and grabbed the falling ruler.

"Less than two centimeters."

Lu Yuan looked at the test result and understood in his heart.

"The nerve reaction speed has improved a lot."

This point is of great significance.

If it was a track and field competition, Lu Yuan could rush out of the starting line one step faster than others at the moment he heard the gunshot.

If it was in actual combat, it meant that when the opponent punched, Lu Yuan could react, dodge, and counterattack faster than before.

"I'll find time to measure it tomorrow and see how much my running speed has improved.

Well, and the improvement brought by two points of strength..."

Lu Yuan took off his shirt and walked to the full-length mirror of the bedroom wardrobe, looking at himself in the mirror.

After adding two points of strength, the muscles of his arms, chest, abdomen, back, thighs, and back became much fuller.

The outline is clear and the lines are smooth.

The whole person looks quite strong.

Before adding agility, it was even more exaggerated, like those fitness experts on the Internet.

Now it's much better, with meat when undressed and still thin when dressed, which is more in line with Lu Yuan's own aesthetics.

Who would have thought that a month ago, the young man in the mirror was still a "thin dog" with no more than two ounces of meat on his whole body?

"The strength of 11 points makes me at least twice as strong as before when I had 9 points.

I can easily break the bones of my wrist, and I can send a 100-pound adult man flying several meters away like a sandbag...

I don't know how much my punching power has reached?

I'll go to the martial arts school tomorrow to test it."

Recalling the battle in the alley, the thrill of crushing the group of raincoat men later made Lu Yuan still unforgettable.

It was like an adult fighting with a group of children, the absolute advantage in strength completely made up for his lack of skills and experience.

"Right!"

As Lu Yuan was "admiring" his figure, he suddenly remembered.

"I still have three skill points left unused!"

He had a bunch of basic professional skills, and he usually felt that the experience gain was not bad, so he was always reluctant to use them.

He saved and saved until he had 3 points, but he couldn't save any more.

"Of the four basic fighting techniques, only Basic Grappling has not reached lv3. After upgrading Basic Grappling to lv3, the prerequisites for unlocking the core skill of the [Fighter] profession should be met."

Lu Yuan had been looking forward to this for more than half a month.

He had already decided to try to upgrade and unlock it tonight, and the battle in the alley made this idea even stronger in his mind.

"Upgrade, Basic Grappling."

1 skill point was added to Basic Grappling, and the original lv2 Basic Grappling immediately became lv3, even the original experience points were retained.

It was the same as when he tried to directly upgrade the physics subjects under the [Student] profession with skill points before.

After the skill points were consumed, Lu Yuan immediately felt a stream of fragmented memories pouring into his mind.

It was some memory images of himself practicing Basic Grappling hard.

These images were integrated into Lu Yuan's body and deeply imprinted in his muscles.

It was as if... he had really gone through a long period of "hard training" and then raised his lv2 Basic Grappling to lv3...

"Not only did I master the essentials of the existing grappling techniques more thoroughly and skillfully, but I also learned several new techniques that Cheng Peng never taught me...

I just mastered them naturally, it's amazing."

Lu Yuan casually did a few basic grappling moves, marveling at the magic of the profession panel, and then couldn't wait to check the panel again.

"It really appeared!"

Sure enough, under Lu Yuan's surprised gaze, a gray dot quietly appeared on the [Fighter] profession panel.

He focused his attention on it and immediately got a prompt:

[Professional core skills to be unlocked]

Do you want to unlock?

Of course!

Lu Yuan added 1 skill point without hesitation.

Soon, the gray dot on the panel lit up.

A brand new skill was fully revealed:

[Core Skill: Imaginary Enemy (Active)]

[Effect: Construct opponents in your consciousness and deduce the direction of the battle]

Lu Yuan looked at the description of this core skill, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

"Imaginary Enemy"

It seemed very interesting.

"If it's as I imagined, maybe it can just make up for my lack of actual combat..."

As for the specific effect, you'll know after trying it.

Lu Yuan took out his training mat as usual, but this time he didn't go to the living room, but just spread it out in the bedroom.

Long-term exercise made this old mat soaked with dark brown sweat stains, which could not be removed even with vigorous scrubbing with washing powder.

Lu Yuan didn't care, he found a comfortable position and sat down on the mat.

"Since it's a battle in the mind, then I should close my eyes..."

Lu Yuan thought, closed his eyes, and then silently activated the skill in his heart.

"Come on... my imaginary enemy!

Activate, [Imaginary Enemy]!"

"Wow—"

Rain, torrential rain.

Lu Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

He was surprised to find himself in a narrow alley.

The continuous downpour fell from the night sky above his head, soaking his whole body, but he didn't feel any coldness.

"Swish—"

Two beams of orange light shot straight towards him from the front.

Lu Yuan subconsciously narrowed his eyes and saw a figure standing quietly between the beams.

Although he couldn't see the other person's face clearly, he was absolutely certain.

The other party should be the middle-aged man who had just fought fiercely with him.

"So, I'm back in the rainy alley an hour ago.

The imaginary enemy constructed from my self-consciousness... is still him!"

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and gently wiped away the rain that flowed from his forehead to his chin.

"Then come on."

He twisted his neck and moved his limbs.

After adding two points of strength, his body, which had become increasingly fit, had a sense of mechanical expansion during this process.

"Let me... defeat you again!"

A burning fighting spirit suddenly ignited in Lu Yuan's eyes. He stomped his right foot on the ground, splashing water all over the place.

His whole body rushed towards the figure in front of the car lights like a wild dog.

The increase in agility made Lu Yuan clearly feel the improvement in his sprinting speed.

"It seems that my abilities in the world of consciousness are completely reflected in reality."

This made Lu Yuan more determined, and his fighting spirit burned even brighter.

Because he had already defeated the opponent once, he was not as nervous and panicked as he was in the alley when he encountered him again.

It was more of a verification.

To verify his current strength... what rank can he be considered!

Facing Lu Yuan's charge, the figure in front of the car lights also moved.

"Bang!"

The two figures collided fiercely, and countless splashes of water exploded from the center of the collision.