I Am Absolute
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"Turn off the voice chat too if you think you're very talkative," Gambler continued.
In response, Long Tian just smiled and nodded.
Gambler went on and on, talking about his embarrassing moments when he was fighting in Martial God. Mouthing off his opponents…
"Aside from that Solo Duel mode, there's also other modes. Duo Duel, Free-For-All, Team Deathmatch… the usual. They are pretty good, but there are times when your teammates are just trolls," Gambler complained.
Long Tian listened and found that all these modes seemed interesting. He could try fighting many at once and see how well he does.
'It might take me a while to do something like that,' he thought, musing to himself about the idea.
His golden eyes rolled and he turned to look at Gambler.
"I'll take your warnings to heart," Long Tian said. "I'll see you later, then."
Gambler nodded and watched as Long Tian stepped into the virtual machine.
…
[Username:_____]
Looking at the prompt before him, Long Tian rubbed his chin before typing away.
[I Am Absolute]
Clicking enter, Long Tian couldn't help but smirk. With such confidence, he was sure that none could compare to him. It's where his pride lay, within his martial strength, and his comprehension of course.
Soon, the virtual world around him changed and a couple of modes appeared before him.
[Solo Duel]
[Duo Duel]
[Free-For-All]…
The list went on and Long Tian didn't dwell. He had no reason to read on as his finger pressed on solo duel and he was sent to fight against his first victim.
…
At the same time, at a military school, a young man was also entering Martial God for the first time. With a similar fitness level at 11, the young man entered his username and chose a solo duel.
[Warrior Chicken has created a match.]
[Looking for a sparring partner…]
Lin Zhen looked at the martial ring around him in curiosity while waiting for his opponent to appear.
Standing on a round stone platform, Lin Zhen peered over its edge, noticing how there was nothing down below, only clouds as far as his eyes could see. Even further away into the distance, were mountain peaks.
"What a nice scenery," muttered Lin Zhen as he focused and waited for his opponent with a calm look on his face.
He clenched his hands into fists and stood tall as he waited confidently.
All within reason.
At his military school, he was ranked within the top 20 fighters within his school's martial club. And that was only because of his low fitness, his skills on the other hand were within the top five!
[Ding!]
[Opponent found!]
Lin Zhen's eyes lit up and he prepared himself, but he was stunned in the next second.
[-I Am Absolute- has arrived!]
Lin Zhen's eyebrows furrowed, wondering what was with the name.
'Absolute? Ha! I'll show him who's absolute!'
Laughing to himself, Lin Zhen looked at his opponent. A rather handsome young man with deep and piercing golden eyes. A confident smile on his face and a lean muscular body.
'He has the looks, I'll give him that,' thought Lin Zhen as he smirked. 'But let's see how his fighting abilities are.'
[3!]
[2!]
[1!]
[Start!]
"Now!"
Striking first, Lin Zhen lunged forward and pushed his fist forward with great strength.
He had trained hard, his hyper geno art was strong, and his martial arts were great as well. He was proficient and he was confident in winning.
Bang!
Before he could realize it, the world around him turned to black and he was presented with two words before him and the amount of time the fight lasted.
[You Lost!]
[Match Time: 00:02.12 Seconds]
Lin Zhen was shocked and he looked at the prompt with wide eyes. How?!
[Replay]
[Next Opponent]
[Exit]
Three options appeared before him and he quietly pressed the replay button. The fight ended so rapidly that he wasn't able to realize how he had lost!
In Martial God, the body created by the virtual machine is highly advanced. Capable of replicating everything, from hyper geno arts effects, fitness level, body toughness… like a real body, the virtual body was very versatile and realistic.
To be defeated in an instant, only two things could have happened. He was either knocked unconscious, or he had been killed in one blow.
The world around Lin Zhen changed and he was now watching from a free-roam POV. He watched from the side and paid close attention to his opponent.
He looked completely relaxed and even now, Lin Zhen saw many opportunities to strike and defeat his opponent.
"Why isn't he in a stance?"
Frowning, Lin Zhen pressed play and watched as both figures moved. They were only separated by three meters and he had lunged over one meter in an instant.
He turned to look at his opponent and was scared stiff as he noticed that he had already lunged across two meters in an instant. He was in a low stance, away from his line of sight.
Pressing [Slo-Mo], Lin Zhen looked at his opponent closely. His fist was already over his chest and watched as it suddenly exploded forward and struck him fiercely.
Bang!
The fist punched his chest and destroyed his rib cage and crushed his heart.
"WOAH!"
Lin Zhen couldn't help but exclaim in surprise and shock. He died in such a rapid and shocking manner.
"That's the one-inch punch! But its strength is so high… is it the hyper geno art version?"
He looked at the man and finally accepted his defeat.
His first defeat in his first match.
Lin Zhen couldn't believe it, but he accepted it nonetheless. He went to the main menu of the platform and checked on recently met opponents. There, the only person was [I Am Absolute].
There was already five wins under his belt after just a couple minutes. Amazed, Lin Zhen couldn't help but click on the profile and choose the [Spectate] button.
The surroundings changed and Lin Zhen found the familiar figure defeating someone after just two moves. Using the same one-inch punch as before.
"Wow…" muttered Lin Zhen. "This guy's skilled… very skilled."
After the opponent died, Lin Zhen quickly checked the new opponents data.
[Orange Fist
Fitness: 13.2
W/L Ratio: 0.87
Match Win Streak: 12
# of Matches: 754
Avg. Match Time: 5 minutes 10 seconds]
A lot of information was presented and the first thing that Lin Zhen took note of was the higher fitness level. He raised his eyebrows, knowing that [I Am Absolute] won't be able to defeat this person.
Although the fitness difference was only two points, the strength and speed was already better by a small margin. Not to mention the large amount of matches participated in, [Orange Fist] is definitely a seasoned Martial God veteran.
"He must have a lot of experience under his belt…" muttered Lin Zhen, already foreseeing [I Am Absolute] losing.
He laid back, watching how this man will lose. The timer counted down and Lin Zhen watched as the more fit opponent moved.
With a faster speed than [I Am Absolute], [Orange Fist] moved swiftly and brought down a fist onto the young man.
Bang!
Lin Zhen stood up, with shock clearly written on his face. He saw it then, how [I Am Absolute] moved forward and to the side, instantly stepping to [Orange Fist]'s blind side. Then, with a punch to the waist and another to the temple, [Orange Fist] was knocked back.
The same one-inch punch as before, but Lin Zhen could see that the strength seemed to be a little higher than before.
Pa!
Without giving his opponent time to react and defend himself, Lin Zhen was awed at [I Am Absolute]'s mighty martial prowess.
With swift and accurate strikes, Lin Zhen saw as [Orange Fist] finally fell after a couple of strikes.
Match Time: 0:10.23 seconds
Lin Zhen was shocked.
"This guy's a monster…"
He couldn't help but mumble to himself. He watched as a person with a fitness of 11 took down one with a fitness of 13 in just 10 seconds.
"This guy must be a scion of a martial family!"
Looking at his friend list, Lin Zhen quickly sent an invite. He wanted everyone to watch this man rise, to show the world this incredible person.
***
Watching the man dissolve into light particles before him, Long Tian smiled and waited for his next opponent.
Using his martial arts, and Hyper Geno Arts, in a fight was much more effective than systematically training in them alone.
He could feel his body growing more proficient to
[Next Opponent!]
[Living It Up]
[Fitness: 13.5]
Opening his eyes, Long Tian looked at the middle aged man before him.
He got into his stance and smiled, taunting his opponent.
"Huh?! Your name…"
Living It Up frowned at Long Tian's name and furrowed his eyebrows. Then, he noticed the low fitness, something which greatly surprised him.
"This brat… he must be skilled to have moved up to my fitness level…"
He turned serious, realizing that Long Tian proved to be a higher threat than he had believed. Gritting his teeth, he also got into his own stance as the time ran down.
[Start!]
The time started and both fighters rushed at each other. Living It Up was cautious, eyeing Long Tian's every move.
He lunged forward and right when he was before Long Tian, he jumped back and dodged to the side.
Expecting Long Tian to attack, Living It Up had dodged beforehand, but was only attacked with a mocking smile. It made him angry, but he kept a cool mind.
He took a step forward, but as he did so, Long Tian did as well. Moving forward with his hands balled into mighty fists, Long Tian placed his fist right before Living It Up's face.
"Huh?"
Living It Up furrowed his eyebrows and casually moved to the side, but the fist seemed to follow him. It obscured his sight, and all that he saw was the fist.
The corner of his lips rose up and the muscles in his arms contracted and relaxed in an instant. Exploding forward, Long Tian generated a large amount of force in his fists in an instant.
As if his fist had traveled quite the distance and accumulated a strong force.
Bang!
The force exploded forward and his fist struck Living It Up's shocked face. He felt his nose ache and he wanted to dodge and leave the area, but Long Tian didn't let him.
With one, two, three steps, Long Tian blocked all his escape routes.
Bang!
Another fist straight to the face, letting virtual blood drip down his nose and his eyes turn watery.
"No… that's not it… it's…"
Living It Up was disoriented, and he couldn't tell what was going on anymore. His ears were buzzing and his eyes couldn't focus at all.
He tried hard to focus, but all he heard was-
"Right… this is how."
All before he was hit once more in the head with a blow much stronger than before.
BANG!
Psh!
His head burst into light particles before he was greeted with a black world. Only two words right before his face and a time below it.
[You Lost!]
[Match Time: 00:10.64 seconds]
"What…"
…
Long Tian smiled.
"Major Completion of the One-Inch Fist…" Long Tian smirked.
His comprehension helped him train extremely efficiently in any technique or art. The only thing he needed to do, was let his body adapt and improve according to the needs of the technique/art.
Like the
Now, drawing out 80% of his strength in a small space of one inch was possible. His fists moved in an explosive manner.
From a resting position to a moving manner.
An instant and explosive fist.