Cultivating through increasing my stats in America-Chapter 129 - 128 Completion of the Shoot

Li Ang’s face had such a terrifying resilience to being hit that it didn’t surprise him too much, after all, he had also watched Li Ang participate in a slap contest, so he must have undergone specialized training.

But for his legs to be so strong was beyond Li Yuanhao’s imagination.

He had started training at the age of six and had endured all kinds of hardships since childhood; the leg resistance training alone had been performed at least ten thousand times. Yet now, he couldn’t match a young man who practiced traditional kung fu.

Li Yuanhao, unwilling to admit defeat, switched to his other leg and attempted a frontal breakthrough against Li Ang. This time he didn’t continue to test and went straight in with a speed faster than Li Yuanhao’s, closing the distance and knocking him to the ground with a solid body check.

In the corner of the martial arts school, Hua Tianming watched the bout on stage and shook his head in admiration, "Truly worthy of the realm of mastery at will!"

He had already discerned Li Ang’s level of skill during the last live stream, but it was still not as shocking as witnessing it in person this time.

In his heart, even the closing of the martial arts school wasn’t as significant as Li Ang breaking through to the realm of the grandmaster.

At the edge of the ring, the cameraman who had been live-streaming the event with his camera didn’t know whether he should continue filming.

Anyway, the live-chat was already exploding.

Most of the people watching this live stream were from Korea, mainly supporting Taekwondo, with the rest comprising a mix of different backgrounds.

After two consecutive contestants were knocked down by Li Ang, those who were onlookers thought they were staging a fake match.

There were also some traditional martial arts fans who started to argue, asking if it’s not considered a fake match when Taekwondo contestants beat martial arts coaches, and only when they lose it’s a fake match? The double standards were just too blatant.

Only a few who had actually practiced Taekwondo and had some understanding of the sport could see that Cui Zhongji and Li Yuanhao had not held back at all, let alone thrown the match; it was just that the strength of the Chinese opponent was inscrutable.

One could only say that this country was still too mysterious, always home to some incredible talents.

On the ring, although Li Yuanhao had never been knocked down like this in an official match, it did not mean he did not recognize the outcome of this contest.

Given Li Ang’s speed just now, even if he had used legitimate Taekwondo moves, he would have still scored points.

Moreover, the initial kick was a defeat at his strongest point, leaving no fault anyone could pick.

Li Yuanhao bowed deeply to Li Ang, thanking him for showing mercy. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Although he did not run a martial arts school, he knew that challenging a school was a serious matter, and those who failed usually got beaten severely.

Being able to stand now, he and his junior brother, spoke volumes of Li Ang’s restraint.

After confirming the result, Li Ang didn’t linger and quickly left the scene.

Meanwhile, the head of the Taekwondo school was still in a state of bewilderment.

His side had been in a favorable situation, so how did it all fall apart so suddenly with the arrival of one young man?

These two battles ended very quickly; if not for Cui Zhongji’s powerful performance teasing Wu Song in the beginning, it would seem no different than Li Ang schooling two rookies.

Either way, he had suffered a heavy loss today—the appearance fee paid to Li Yuanhao could not be reclaimed, not to mention the money for the cameraman, and the embarrassing ensemble that had accompanied him.

Of course, he could explain to his boss that it wasn’t his fault but someone else’s strength. As everyone knows, a boss only looks at the outcome; it would be surprising if they were willing to listen.

Li Yuanhao didn’t care much; after all, his main purpose in coming here had been achieved, and he even got to witness the terrifying strength of Li Ang, so it was worth it.

Wu Song sat on the chair next to the ring, unable to get up for a long time. Naturally, he hoped Li Ang could defeat those Koreans and restore the reputation of Hunyuan Martial Arts School, but he struggled to accept that he had defeated two opponents so easily.

Yan Tianqi didn’t have much to say, except that his money was well spent, and the result was worth it.

As for Li Ang’s departure, he didn’t regret it, as he now knew this place couldn’t possibly keep Li Ang anyway.

The only regret was that he shouldn’t have expelled Li Ang in the first place; otherwise, he might have saved that ten thousand dollars.

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Li Ang returned to the restaurant and joined the serving waiter at the table where Catina was sitting.

"Guess what I just found?"

Catina took out her phone and showed him the screenshot, which displayed the footage of Li Ang fighting the two Taekwondo practitioners.

"I was bored waiting for you to come back, so the local live stream recommended this to me. If I’d known your place was this exciting, I would have gone over too."

Li Ang felt a bit embarrassed; he had wanted to keep a low profile and hide his prowess, but alas, big data was being totally unreasonable.

During the meal, Catina also reported to Li Ang about the recent online revenue. The total income had reached over eighty thousand US dollars, and it was still increasing continuously.

Now, they could make over a thousand dollars a day, and if the new video got high views, the income would be even higher. This revenue had surpassed that of most workers, putting them firmly in the high-income bracket in America.

Li Ang also acknowledged Catina’s hard work recently. The path of internet celebrity was such, the beginning would be the hardest, but once things got on track, the income would only get more and more outrageous.

After returning home, Li Ang continued to focus his training on the [Twelve-Route Tan Leg] and [Dart Throwing].

He originally wanted to practice some American-style Iaido with a gun, but after looking up the related laws, he found out that you need to be twenty-one to legally possess a gun locally, and he was still far from that age, so he had to give up the idea.

Anyway, once he was proficient with metal darts, they became quite lethal in his hands, fully capable of serving as a replacement for firearms.

After intense training, Li Ang would return to his room and gladly consume a specially prepared tonic from Qiu Ruyue, then he would do a massage on the sore spots on his body. His recovery speed was incredibly fast, almost akin to being back in the healing waters.

It was only while learning so many skills at once that Li Ang truly realized the importance of tonics.

As for strength training, he couldn’t do much at home anymore because the weights were simply not enough, so training didn’t have much effect; it was more about endurance.

Whenever Li Ang came to the gym, he could almost attract the entire gym’s attention, a true bigwig.

"Let’s see who’s come here?"

"It’s the champion of the Slap Contest, the ceiling of strength lifts!"

"Big boss, your spot has been reserved."

Even his initial guide on the path to the gym, Blair, was somewhat unable to lead anymore, because some of the weights Li Ang was attempting now were even a little frightening to him.