Chapter 004 – An Unforeseen Event

Furiously, Tang Tian’s attacks became faster as his chest fumed with a blaze. All of his movements were fairly simple. After umpteen times of practising the same simple fundamental martial arts, they were all instinctual moves to Tang Tian.

His hands’ movements were reacting faster than what his brain was processing.

Pa Pa Pa!

Ah Mo Li’s gaze blazed with passion, he could clearly feel that Tang Tian’s speed was incessantly increasing.

Definitely without a doubt he is Perfect Fundamentals Tang! (TN: this name is getting annoyingly stupid)

In an instant, Tang Tian’s speed had reached the theoretical limit of fundamental martial arts. The speed was so fast that afterimages appeared, moves overlapping moves in thin air.

One after another, the afterimages were like a growing flood, trying to drown Ah Mo Li.

Ah Mo Li was getting excited as what he was seeing with his own pair of eyes was unexplainable.

He wasn’t interested in Tang Tian because he was bored. From the first time they met, he was delighted, each time they sparred, Ah Mo Li gained a lot and so, he did not mind running over time after time.

No one was interested in the fundamental martial arts. Like others, he had no interest in it until he met Tang Tian.

Everyone knew the importance of mental cultivation arts, and that higher ranked martial arts were more important than low ranked martial arts.

As long as they truly cultivate, with the use of Spirit Cards, it was easy to get a hang of martial arts. It was a waste of time to focus on low ranked martial arts. Ah Mo Li was cultivating the Rank Three Earthen Element Martial Art,[Groundbreaking Chop].

The first time he met Tang Tian, he was delighted. Ah Mo Li used the fundamental martial arts and sparred with Tang Tian, and as expected, he was defeated.

It was the very first time Ah Mo Li lost so badly. He had never been so battered before, even when he fought with the top notch expert Liang Qiu in the Beast Academy.

After he got back, he made a discovery. The long bogged down bottleneck in his cultivation showed signs of loosening up. Ah Mo Li was elated though with a tinge of suspicion, he started to ponder on the cause of it.

The cause of it was very important to him.

Two days later, he finally understood. The spar he had with Tang Tian was the reason the bottleneck became looser.

Ah Mo Li was not a hundred percent sure, so he ran to Andrew Academy again to spar with Tang Tian, and was badly thrashed once again.

However, the sparring had also confirmed his hypothesis. That is, sparring with Tang Tian was definitely the cause to loosening his bottleneck.

Ah Mo Li was a stubborn rascal. From that moment on, he would find Tang Tian for a sparring session from time to time. Yet, unlike the past, where he seeked Tang Tian at his house, he went to Andrew Academy instead.

After sparring so many times, Ah Mo Li also managed to discover the reason why his bottleneck loosened, which was the fundamentals of martial arts! He ascertained that the more familiar he grew with the fundamentals of martial arts, the more the power of his [Groundbreaking Chop] rose.

Unknowingly, Ah Mo Li’s bottleneck loosened completely, but he never stopped finding Tang Tian for a sparring session.

He was way more powerful, and in terms of martial arts, Tang Tian was no match for him. The fundamental martial arts were not difficult for Ah Mo Li, he just did not put his heart into it. After sparring a few rounds, Ah Mo Li’s fundamental martial arts standard improved tremendously.

Yet he had never thought that he would still not be able to beat Tang Tian.

He hadn’t won once!

This crazy Tang Tian used the fundamental martial arts to step all over him.

Ah Mo Li was infuriated. He was an expert of the Beast Academy, yet he could not beat a student of the Andrew Academy, whose rank was at the bottom. If this got to the ears of others, how embarrassing wouldn’t it be. Everyone knew how to use fundamental martial arts. Furthermore, he had spent a lot of time on them, how could he have lost still?

On the other hand, Tang Tian did not give much thought about it. In his eyes, Ah Mo Li was useless. Though he looked like a bull, he actually behaved like a housefly, and it was irritating to him.

What was more unforgiving was that this darn housefly cow tried to hit on Qian Hui!

Unable to contain his anger, he exploded.

Of course, Ah Mo Li came prepared. No matter how ruthless Tang Tian’s attacks were, Ah Mo Li stood sturdy. Obviously, Ah Mo Li spent quite a great amount of time and effort on fundamental martial arts, so his standards were almost similar to Tang Tian’s.

To enter the higher realm, one must begin with low level martial arts, this was not hard. This was also the reason why Tang Tian was ridiculed for cultivating fundamental martial arts for 5 years.

Both of them got caught up in a deadlock.

Both had outstanding qualities. Ah Mo Li’s strength was his forte and for Tang Tian, his speed and grace were his best strengths.

Tang Tian’s attacks were slowly slipping out of his control, and he went into a weird state.

His attacks were actually faster than his thoughts.

This was the first time Tang Tian had met with such a state. Normally, he would be surprised. But right now, he was burst from his state and forgot about himself.

Tang Tian had reached his limit. He was attacking at a speed that was undetectable.

Ah Mo Li could feel the intense pressure.

Stunned, the first thing that came into his mind: this was impossible!

What was a limit? It was impossible to break through one’s limit! Theoretically, limits were unsurmountable.

Unless Tang Tian cultivated a rank three mental cultivation art and increased his potential, then maybe it could help to surpass the limit of martial arts.

However, both parties had sparred innumerable times, he understood Tang Tian. He must be cultivating the second ranked: [The Secrets of Cultivating Qi], and he had a bit more to go to master it.

Just as Ah Mo Li was distracted for a split second, a ray of biting cold light flashed through Tang Tian’s eye. His big built body became agile like a cat. Once he set his foot on the ground, he rushed towards Ah Mo Li.

Stunned, Ah Mo Li grabbed with his left hand subconsciously.

Tang Tian’s left hand was hitting onto Ah Mo Li’s left hand, with the Fist Art’s Fundamental Technique [Pull], he made use of this power so that his body moved like liquid. In addition to the swift movements of his foot, he completed the three broken steps from the Light Body Art’s Fundamental Technique [Broken Steps].

He appeared again on Ah Mo Li’s left side like a ghost, with his body twisted and right fist posed.