On the sofa, Jiang Hou slowly played the video, memorizing every movement and every force-releasing mantra of the elderly man with the surname Zhang, repeatedly contemplating them.
As for Qin Siyu, the girl had no interest in these things, glanced at it a couple of times, and then went to watch TV.
By nine o'clock, Qin Siyu went to her room to sleep, and Jiang Hou had watched the five-minute video twenty times, only going back to his room after ensuring each movement was ingrained in his mind.
However, this time he didn't directly enter the ruins but rummaged in the box, found the boxing gloves he had purchased earlier, and put them on.
Of course, he didn't wear gloves for fear of pain, but to protect the punching mat hanging on the wall.
With the gloves on, Jiang Hou's body sank down, his feet stood apart in an eight-character stance, and he silently recited, "Head, hands, and feet synchronized, legs as stakes, waist like a dragon, force initiated with the feet, stepping strikes like cannon…"
Boom! Jiang Hou lunged forward with a bow-step punch, and as his fist hit the wall, the whole room shook violently, even causing dust to fall from the ceiling.
"Was that an earthquake, Jiang Hou?" Qin Siyu shouted in surprise from the next room.
"No, it wasn't an earthquake; probably something fell upstairs." Jiang Hou responded loudly, slowly withdrawing his fist, revealing the punching pad that was already torn apart.
This included the glove on Jiang Hou's right hand, where the seams on the back of his hand had completely split.
A look of disdain appeared on Jiang Hou's face: "As expected, a low-quality product, they said it would at least last half a year, but it's ruined with just one punch."
He then showed a faint smile.
Because he discovered the boxing technique was indeed effective, that punch clearly felt the power of the waist and legs drive into it, increasing the punching force by thirty percent.
Once more proficient in the boxing technique, when every punch employs the whole body's strength, the force of a punch should reach three to four times what it is now.
Of course, such significant improvement mainly relates to his lack of a combat foundation.
Under normal circumstances, a regular person's punch strength is two to three times their arm strength; with arm strength of fifty kilograms, a punch would have a force between one hundred and one hundred fifty kilograms.
But professional boxers are different; their basic punch strength is four to five times their arm strength, some top fighters can generate hundreds of kilograms of impact force in a single punch.
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A dim and oppressive world.
The eight-meter-tall Black Giant Ape stood on the branches, looked up at the cloud-covered sky, and its figure swiftly vanished amidst the branches.
Just unlike the previous two days, today the Black Giant Ape walked horizontally for almost ten kilometers without encountering a single monster or ferocious beast.
"Something's not right."
Alertness appeared in the eyes of the Black Giant Ape, slowing its steps, and soon ahead emerged a clear area, in the center of which stood a slightly intact building.
The over two hundred-meter building was supported by eight thick stone pillars, open from front to back, with a partially collapsed semicircular dome at the top, resembling a palace.
Inside the building, a menacing beast measuring twenty meters in length curled amidst faint black mist.
The beast resembled a centipede, covered entirely in segments of black armor-like shell, with ten pairs of slender, sharp long legs beneath, and a menacing head.
Additionally, a row of sharp spikes extended from its back to the tail, almost defensively reaching its teeth.
Upon seeing the Black-armored Ferocious Beast, rage flooded the heart of the Giant Ape immediately.
This was the Giant Ape's instinctual response of entering its most enraged state when sensing deadly threat, indicating this beast is extremely powerful and dangerous.
Buzz!! The moment the Black Giant Ape saw that beast, the Black-armored Ferocious Beast too noticed it, instantly its segmented body shuddered, emitting a vibrating hum.
The colossal form, two meters in diameter, moved slowly, with a cold and vicious gaze revealed by three pairs of pitch-black eyes.
Not suppressing the anger within, as its blood boiled, the Black Giant Ape's muscles swelled, a powerful force surged from within.
Roar! Filled with wrath, the howl shook the air, with the burly Violent Ape's eyes blood-red, roaring to the skies.
Within the crumbling structure, the Black-armored Ferocious Beast's surface lit up with a layer of black glow, instantly a piercing gale roared explosively!
Boom!
The beast's form shot out like a black line tracing a zigzag, exceeding speeds of two hundred meters per second, at extreme speeds forming a white air dragon behind it, the momentum astonishing.
Wind howled as the Black-armored Ferocious Beast appeared before the Black Giant Ape in an instant, thrusting out its thick and sharp forelegs like two spears piercing the air.
Roar!
The Giant Ape roared back but didn't face the attack head-on as in the past; at the attack's initiation, it sidestepped to the left, its figure swaying to pass alongside the beast.
Having learned from yesterday's experience, Jiang Hou today maintained extreme control over his consciousness during the beast's enraged state.
Though anger still flooded his brain, it's slightly clearer than yesterday, barely controlling his body to make an evasion move.
Puff!!
As they crossed paths instantly, sharp, sword-like black long legs sliced by the Giant Ape's waist, tearing the air apart, their emitted edge severing the fur of the Giant Ape's waist.
This beast not only uses its forelegs as primary attacking weapons, its other sharp legs are equally dangerous.
Roar!
The sidestepping Giant Ape roared, pivoted its ankle and, in motion, spun around, swinging its thick right arm, fist like a sledgehammer, fiercely striking the tail of the Black-armored Ferocious Beast.
Boom!
Under the violent, domineering force, the nearly twenty-meter-long Black-armored Ferocious Beast's body straightened sharply, slamming to the ground, causing a tremor, dirt splattering.
In the dust, a massive silhouette leapt dozens of meters high, crashing back onto the ground with a thud, then leapt again appearing a hundred meters away.
Just as the Violent Ape leapt away, the twenty-meter-long Black-armored Ferocious Beast turned, opened its mouth wide to tear through the dust, but lunged at nothing.
Crackling!! Amidst the dust, the Black-armored Ferocious Beast ground its upper and lower teeth, hissing fiercely, its whole body emanating a violent aura.
Its tail's shell had collapsed and cracked, the edges bleeding, black blood gushed like springwater, staining the already black soil like ink.
Under the enraged state, the Giant Ape's power was incredibly domineering, even with its thick armor, the Black-armored Ferocious Beast couldn't withstand.
Sizzling!!
The Black-armored Ferocious Beast's black eyes turned cold, fixed on the Black Giant Ape, its cylinder-thick body writhing in segments, again emitting a black glow at the edges.
Boom!
The air exploded once more with an ear-piercing whistle, as surrounded by white turbulence, the Black-armored Ferocious Beast shot out, morphing into an S-shaped black shadow lunging at the Giant Ape.
Too fast, can't keep up.
Roar! Dodge, must avoid it, the Giant Ape roared, eyes filled with anger, and under Jiang Hou's frenzied control, its huge body flipped and rolled.
Puff! The Black-armored Ferocious Beast narrowly passed the Giant Ape rolling on the ground, its head crashing into the black tree behind the Giant Ape.
Bam bam bam!
Upon impacting the tree, the Black-armored Ferocious Beast like a snake coiled up the trunk, shredding the branches and bark with its sharp legs.
Amidst the snow of debris, the Black-armored Ferocious Beast coiled upon the hundred-meter-high tree slowly lowered its head, casting a vicious gaze at the Black Giant Ape standing below.
Roar! On the ground, the Black Giant Ape roared to the sky, pounding its fists upon its chest, emitting a drum-like hum in defiance.
This beast moves too fast, strikingly sharp, the best strategy is to remain unmoved by its myriad changes, waiting for an opportunity to strike fatally.
Provoked, the Black-armored Ferocious Beast's eyes grew even more savage, began moving, its long legs leaving cracks on the tree trunk, adjusting its form to head down and tail up.
Boom! The air exploded as the Black-armored Ferocious Beast transformed into a black arrow descending from the sky, with rolling white turbulence behind, the momentum astonishing.
Roar! The Giant Ape roared, eyes blood-red, brimming with endless fury.
This time the Giant Ape didn't evade; just as the Black-armored Ferocious Beast erupted, its thick arms clenched into fists, body bent into a bow, suddenly stepping forward.