Beautiful

Beautiful

They looked at him and shook their heads. When they finished dressing up. They left the room and went to the field.

When they arrived there, they saw everyone picking up small logs of wood which they placed on their shoulders, behind their necks.

Then they went to where the large pile of logs of wood were. They did the same thing, placed it on their shoulders behind their necks and then began to run.

After many hours of jogging, they collapsed to the ground. Their legs were heavy like it was filled with the heaviest substance in the world. They were extremely tired.

While everyone were on the ground massaging their legs, only Bai Chen remained standing and he looked a bit fine. He would be fine if there was no weight, but because of the weight he carried, he was slightly worn out as the weight had a toll on him.

After training since he was five till now, he had arm and leg strength and cardiovascular strength and endurance.

The instructors were surprised. Who is this boy? They asked themselves inwardly. They were surprised by how he still remained standing after everyone had fallen to the ground.

Besides, jogging for hours since four in the morning and with weights placed on one's shoulders would have a fatiguing effect on anyone. But he didn't look muscularly burned out, he just stood tall and indomitable.

The instructors took note of this. They had already marked his face. They wanted to see how he would perform till the end of the day's military activities.

The other students too were surprised by Bai Chen. It was like he didn't do what they did. He simply stood out too much. Some became envious while some admired him for this.

Since everyone were on the ground, extremely tired from the high-intensity exercises they did. The instructors gave them time to rest and recover their energy for the rest of the day's activities.

Precisely twelve minutes later, the instructor shouted. "Weaklings! Get up! Here is not the place to rest. If you want to rest, go back home. HOME, I repeat!"

Then everyone abruptly stood up with greatly unhappy looks. They hadn't rested much when they were told to get up again to resume their workouts.

"Now, it's time to see how good your fighting skills are." a man came forward and said. Then he turned to face Bai Chen. "You, I was impressed by you. Would you able to impress me further? I guess yes. Now, you would be facing someone in a fight to the death. Not really death, but none is allowed to leave until there is a break in the bones. I must hear a snap of the bones!" the instructor shouted.

Bai Chen's eyes shone. Wasn't this a little too harsh. This were just kids. And breaking of one's bones just for training? The hell. What kind of world was this? This is what they were training these kids for? To be cold, emotionless warriors?

No matter how Alex thought of it, he couldn't understand. And even if he could, he doesn't want to understand. He considered this as total madness, the supreme level of insanity.

Then someone came out, he walked to some feet in front of Bai Chen, then he stopped, gazing at Bai Chen in the eye. He was an older looking boy, pointed out by the man that spoke to everyone earlier concerning breaking of bones as victory in a match.

This boy was huge in size, about three times the body size of Bai Chen and was in the peak-phase flow activation stage.

"Now, you guys won't be using any battle method on each other. Instead, you would be using your fist and legs to fight. I repeat, only your fists and legs. Fight!" he shouted.

Bai Chen's eyes shone. He didn't know what kind of martial art these people over here studied and practiced but he believed with the dozens of martial arts he learnt and had mastered in his previous life, he shouldn't be disadvantaged too much.

Besides, he was an excellent gymnast and acrobat. He could execute all the flip variations in acrobatics for tucks, pikes, aerials and layouts.

Facing each other on the battle ground, the boy rushed forward to deliver a punch in Bai Chen's face. Seeing the incoming punch, Bai Chen stepped back leaving the range of the incoming punch.

Then he jumped up, bent his knees and brought them to his chest. Then he kicked out, delivering a hard kick to the chest of his opponent.

Bang!

Once the kick connected, his opponent was knocked backward, sent flying for six feet before landing with a heavy thud to the ground.

Bai Chen also landed with his back to the ground, then he did a kip-up and got back to his feet. He looked at his opponent that was just standing up from where he landed and could see anger blazing in his eyes.

He smiled. He still had memories of his skills and were still sharp. His opponent ran towards him with a roar and sent out a front kick. The moment he got to a close range, Bai Chen did a front aerial kick.

He swung a leg out behind him and pushed himself into the air with his other feet that was on the ground. Using the swinging momentum, the rotational force his swinging leg generated, his body flipped in the air.

With his legs straight in the air, when he turned over. He used the leg which he used to swing out to deliver an axe kick to the head of his opponent.

Bang!

His opponent head was struck hardly and because of the force the leg impacted him with. His head plunged into the earth first, hitting the ground badly. Then his body followed and landed on the ground an instant later.

He had knocked out this person as he couldn't get back to his feet. And Bai Chen saw no reason in breaking any of his bones. He had won the fight. Why need be brutal?

"Beautiful" the male instructor said. He was getting impressed with Bai Chen.

"Boy, what's your name?" he asked Bai Chen. "Bai Chen" Bai Chen replied. "Good. Your skills are beautiful. I love those aerial movements that had strong kicks incorporated into them. It was mesmerizing. I loved your performance. So, where did you learn those?" he asked after he complimented Bai Chen.

"It's a natural thing sir. I learnt how to do them when I was at home. I have been training since I was five just for this. I love the military and would do my best to grow stronger in it and help people." he said.

"Oh. That's a good one. Bai Chen right? I must say again, I am impressed with you. Alright, this is what you would do for me. You would fight six boys at your cultivation stage, fist to fist. No battle methods must be employed. If you are able to win, I would give you a little reward." he said. Bai Chen's eyes glittered wonderfully. "Alright." He replied with a smile.

Still on the battle ground. Six boys came to his side and flanked him in all directions. They looked at him ferociously.

This bastard. Just on your first day, you are starting to show you are excellent right? When we break your bones, you wouldn't be so spectacular anymore.

They were angry while the opposite sex were amazed. What a skilled fighter. And he's handsome too. The girls in here thought and blushed.

"Fight!"

Once they heard fight. The boys ran towards Bai Chen simply with the thought of overwhelming him and breaking his knee and elbow bones.

Seeing what they wanted to do, as a skilled fighter in his past life and able to smoothly think tactically and strategically. He knew if he was grabbed like this, his spine may not survive the attack.

Gathering strength, he jumped many feet into the air. The others saw this and also jumped towards him to catch and smash him to the ground.

They could jump very high since they were cultivators. By moving a specific profound cosmic energy they cultivated to their legs, they could achieve superhuman jumps.

Any profound cosmic energy cultivated, whether sword, fire, darkness etc. had the effect of augmenting the muscles, increasing one's physical strength once channeled to them as they were energies of the world but having different attributes.

So at their level, which was the flow activation stage, they could achieve a jump height of twelve to fourteen feet.

While airborne at that height, Bai Chen entered the tuck position. That is, he folded his knees and brought them to his chest. Then his body rolled in the air to the ground.

While rolling, one of the six boys that jumped towards him was suddenly grabbed by Bai Chen who had untucked himself. He had unfolded his knees making his body fully spread out.

With a shout, gathering strength by moving and saturating the muscles of his arms with wisps of profound cosmic sword energy, he pulled the boy he grabbed and flung him hardly to the ground.

Bang!

The boy shrieked in pain before fainting. Smashing into the ground with the back at that height knocked the air and spirit out of him.

After Bai Chen landed, the others did too few seconds later. Since Bai Chen was on land and the others were still airborne, it would be difficult to move in the air unless one had the ability of flight.

He dashed towards them and sent out powered punches. His fist was saturated with the energy he cultivated.

Bang! Bang.....!!

Continuous bang sounds rang out as the boys were launched flying for many feet into the distance colliding into the earth with a heavy impact when his fist connected with their heads or chest.

Their fate was better than the one Bai Chen grabbed and swung to the ground. He was still unconscious while the five other boys stood up and rushed towards Bai Chen to engage him again in close-quarter combat as they couldn't use battle-methods.