Cultivating through increasing my stats in America-Chapter 112 - 111 Attribute Enhancement

Li Ang’s knockout slap just now indeed caught the attention of many in the crowd, but it wasn’t to the extent that it instilled fear in the other contestants.

After all, knockouts in the Slapping Contest are not that rare of an occurrence, especially considering that Li Ang’s opponent wasn’t very well-known.

After a brief rest, Li Ang was up again.

This time his opponent was much shorter than Li Ang, probably only about 1.7 meters tall.

But that also meant that his build was a lot bulkier than Li Ang’s.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at the size of the arms, the two were not in the same league.

This contestant from Canada had deliberately grown a beard, and it was unclear whether it was to imitate the champion, thinking that facial hair could reduce the damage of slaps, or if it was just his regular look.

His left cheek was already visibly swollen, clearly not having ended the fight with a single slap like Li Ang.

But this also meant that his resistance to taking hits had been verified.

After exchanging brief greetings, the referee began the coin toss, and luckily, it was still Li Ang’s turn to strike first.

"Slap!"

"Bang!"

Even though the opponent had changed, the outcome remained the same.

Li Ang was a bit dumbfounded himself, as he had taken into account that this person’s resistance might be stronger, and had carefully controlled his own strength to about forty-five percent, but to his surprise, it still resulted in a knockout. It seemed he would need to reduce his strength even further.

It wasn’t until Li Ang continued to knock down his opponent in the second round that the other contestants on the field no longer dared to underestimate him.

Quite a few people had started to quietly inquire about Li Ang, keen to know his background.

Some enthusiastic members of the audience even regarded Li Ang as a seeded contestant for their weight class.

In the third round, which was also the last for today, Li Ang took the lead once more. This time, while controlling his striking force at forty percent, he did not knock out his opponent with one hit.

However, that single slap left the opponent speechless for over a minute, dumbfounded by the hit.

His cheek swelled up like hives erupting almost instantaneously.

After a moment’s hesitation, his opponent chose to concede.

After all, if he were to strike back, his next chance to concede would have to be after Li Ang’s second slap.

While the prospect of delivering the first slap to Li Ang might seem tempting, it was clear that provoking this fierce man was no good deed. Better to leave the stage on one’s feet than to be carried out.

By the end of today’s rounds, Li Ang’s score had climbed to the first tier in their weight class, along with two other contestants who also maintained an unbeaten record.

Whether or not Li Ang felt satisfied with his performance, Catina certainly did.

Just from the live stream earnings today, she made close to a thousand dollars, and on top of that, the account’s subscriptions increased by over three thousand.

Moreover, there were quite a few fans from China in the comments section expressing their following.

Although the account now belonged to both of them according to their agreement, it didn’t stop Catina from feeling proud as she watched the account she had nurtured on her own get better and better.

Moreover, the more subscribers Li Ang had, the higher his income would be, and naturally, her income would increase as well.

That evening, Catina even took the initiative to treat Li Ang to a luxurious dinner, spending nearly two hundred US dollars, which was almost all the wages she had earned that day.

For her, this was quite a splurge, and she wouldn’t have frequented such an expensive restaurant if she weren’t acting as hostess.

Upon returning to the hotel, she couldn’t even rest as she started to work overtime editing videos.

Her keen sense told her that the videos from today’s competition would surely have a very high number of views.

Li Ang wasn’t idle either; he went to the hotel’s gym and opened his attribute panel.

Name: Li Ang

Strength: 20.01 (+3.51)

Constitution: 24.10/25 (+2.01)

Response: 10.65 (+0.01)

Spirit: 16.75/31 (+0.05)

Breakthrough Points: 0.62

Limit Break Points: 4.5 (+0.9)

Skills:

[Cycling] 1026/5000 (Grandmaster)

(Trait: Lower body strength and endurance increased by 60%)

(Trait: Cycling stamina consumption reduced by 20%)

[Tongbei Fist] 8/5000 (Grandmaster)

(Trait: Response and Nerve Aggregation Ability increased by 60%) 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

(Trait: Body control capability increased by 20%)

[Running] 190/1000 (Master)

(Trait: Lung capacity increased by 40%)

(Trait: Muscle endurance increased by 10%)

[Sports Massage] 562/1000 (Master)

(Trait: Within 12 hours after the massage, body restoration capability increased by 40%)

(Trait: Within 12 hours after the massage, spirit restoration capability increased by 10%)

[Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training] 48/5000 (Grandmaster)

(Trait: Skin and muscle strength increased by 60%)

(Trait: All physical damage received reduced by 20%)

[Yijin Jing] 180/200 (Proficient)

(Trait: Lifespan increased by 20%)

Li Ang had been training these days, not only engaging in specialized strength training but also putting the Breakthrough Points he had gained during this period primarily into Strength, apart from helping to upgrade the [Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training].

The reason he was able to achieve such terrifying combat scores today was also that his strength had reached twice that of an average person.

It’s just unfortunate that he hadn’t yet experienced being hit and didn’t know just how powerful the Grandmaster Level [Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training] really was.

From an external viewpoint, his pores had become increasingly fine and delicate, making him look as if he was using a beauty filter to smooth out his skin—an unexpected pleasure.

One could say there wasn’t a single flaw to be found on his entire body; even the subtle scars he had previously acquired had now vanished without a trace.

As for his body’s defensive strength, he had only casually tested it, things like breaking a brick with his head, which wasn’t a problem at all.

Even glass shards from a bottle broken over his head couldn’t manage to cut his skin.

He had also tried with a fruit knife; without applying force, it simply couldn’t break his defense, gliding over his skin as if it were rubber.

Even if he did manage to cut through the outer skin using force, it only took a few hours for the wound to heal over almost completely.

As for muscle strength, he had tried putting a brick on his arm and then smashing the brick into pieces with his other hand without any sign of injury.

His athletic performances had not yet broken through the limits of humanity, but physically, he was starting to slowly move in a superhuman direction.

Li Ang scanned the hotel gym, which had a total of two or three people in it.

Two of them were on treadmills, and one was on the bench press, playing with a phone.

Generally, those who come to hotel gyms are part of the light fitness crowd, who might exercise casually, like running.

Those who are serious about fitness usually opt for professional gyms even when they are outside.

"Hey, buddy, if you’re not using it now, could you let me use it?"

Li Ang walked up to the black youth in a tank top who was playing with his phone and asked politely.

"Oh, sorry, I still need it for a bit longer," the black youth responded, his reaction like that of a student caught playing with a phone during class, as he quickly put away his phone and continued his bench press routine.

Li Ang shook his head helplessly. Since the other person had arrived first, he couldn’t complain.

He simply picked up the dumbbells nearby and continued to train the muscle strength in that area.

Unfortunately, the dumbbells here were quite limited, even the heaviest pair was only 25 (11.3kg) pounds.

For the light fitness crowd, this was naturally sufficient, but for Li Ang, it was obviously too light.

Perhaps wanting to show off in front of Li Ang to prove he wasn’t just hogging the equipment for nothing,

the black youth finished a few bench presses at 60kg and then directly increased the weight to 70kg.