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Chapter 220 - 198: The Opportunity for Breakthrough

Chapter 220: Chapter 198: The Opportunity for Breakthrough

"Don’t mind him, dodging is his strong suit, you can’t compete with him on that. There are other types of training and competitions later, you’ll have plenty of chances to get back at him."

Floreson deliberately slowed his pace, waiting for Wu to catch up, then spoke to Wu.

The translator also followed behind Wu and quickly translated Floreson’s words for him.

Wu was somewhat surprised upon hearing this, not expecting Floreson to have such faith in him, and smiled, "Thank you."

Floreson patted Wu on the shoulder, and the training continued.

The training didn’t end until six in the evening.

"Put the equipment back in its place, then you can rest," Floreson told his team members.

Wu picked up a heavy weight with one hand and stood up, walking towards the equipment area.

Perhaps because of the provocation by Charles earlier, Wu trained with a vengeance afterward, exerting himself significantly more in each set of exercises, also ensuring to keep up speed with everyone else.

Consequently, his legs were nearly numb at this point, and he had used up much of his strength.

Carrying the weight, he had just taken two steps when he staggered, not managing to keep his balance and started to fall to the left.

He was startled and instantly reacted instinctively to adjust his center of gravity to stabilize himself, but forgot that he was holding the weights in both hands, which made adjusting his center of gravity much harder than usual, so he failed to stabilize himself and his body leaned to the right.

Wu walked several shaky steps before he steadied himself.

"Wu, are you okay? Let me help you!" Chen Gang hurried over from not too far away, ready to take the weights from Wu.

But Wu did not hand over the weights; instead, he stood there, zoning out.

"Wu?" Chen Gang tentatively called out.

Wu suddenly came back to his senses, looked at Chen Gang, and burst into laughter.

"Ha ha!"

"What’s wrong?"

"I’ve got it!"

"What?"

Wu didn’t say much but suddenly walked towards a nearby pole, still carrying the weights.

"What are you doing?" Chen Gang asked puzzledly as he trailed behind.

Many others also turned their attention to Wu, only to see him start practicing dodging with the weights in hand.

Left, right.

His physical energy was nearly exhausted, and his legs ached intensely. Additionally, with the weights in his hands, all his movements were distorted, his body swaying left and right, utterly unable to stop his feet.

"What’s he doing?"

That was everyone’s question.

After three days together, Wu’s formidable personal strength had already left a profound impression on all the trainees. Coupled with the celebrity coach, Charles, targeting him, his every action drew considerable attention.

"Wu, what are you doing?"

When Wu struggled to complete one dodging drill, even Floreson couldn’t help but step forward and ask.

Wu stopped, looked down at the weights in his hands, his face alight with mirth, "I’ve found a better training method."

The translator relayed Wu’s words.

"Ha ha!" Before Floreson could speak, Charles, who was also observing Wu, couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

"A training with both hands carrying weights? That’s funny! The current training methods are developed by UFC after collecting extensive data from many fighters, scientifically analyzed and continually improved based on numerous UFC fighters’ personal experiences. Do you think just adding something randomly will make it more effective than the previous methods?"

Charles looked at Wu mockingly, "I’m telling you, training this way will only turn you into a useless person!"

Floreson didn’t speak up for Wu this time but frowned and said, "Wu, we have specialized weight training. Carrying weights like this won’t work well, and it’s ineffective."

Wu smiled and shook his head, "Who said I was going to train with weights?"

"Oh?" Charles sneered, "Then I’m really curious to hear what better training method you’ve come up with."

Wu turned his gaze towards Charles, his eyes growing cold, "The method I’ve thought of suits only me and can take my scores even further."

Charles scoffed disdainfully, "Even further? How much are you talking about? 0.5 second? Or 1 second?"

"Enough to break your record!"

Wu’s words caused Charles’ expression to freeze immediately, then he snapped back, grinding his teeth as he looked at Wu, "What did you say?"

"I said, I can break your record!" Wu stared at him, emphasizing each word.

"Wu..." Floreson frowned, trying to interject, but Wu interrupted him.

"Coach Floreson, I am serious."

"Okay then."

Floreson spread his hands and spoke no further.

But Charles’ face darkened; he stepped forward, his face almost pressing against Wu’s.

He pressed his forehead against Wu’s, speaking venomously, "Listen, I really hate you people from Hua Country because you are hypocritical, selfish, and arrogant! Now, I’ll give you a chance to take back your words, or I promise you’ll pay the price!"

Wu looked straight back at him without any fear, and smiled, "I refuse."

Charles’ eyes turned ice-cold, stepping back and asked, "Do you know what my record is?"

Wu: "53 seconds and 13."

Charles: "And you just said you could break this record?"

Wu: "Exactly."

Charles: "Good, when?"

Wu Li: "In three days, I’ll break your record!"

Charles narrowed his eyes, "What if you can’t?"

Wu Li: "I’ll voluntarily quit TUF."

Charles laughed upon hearing this, "Good, I hope you do as you say!"

Wu Li: "And what if I do break your record?"

Charles grinned sinisterly, "Then I’ll let you have my position as the coach!"

Wu Li also laughed, "Very well!"

The conversation between the two was quick, thanks to the simultaneous translator arranged by the Seeking Martial Arts crew, so there was hardly any pause.

Only then did the onlookers react, and all their expressions changed.

"Wu Li, you..." Chen Gang helplessly looked at Wu Li, thinking he was too impulsive.

Danny, who had just rushed over and heard the content of the bet, had a drastic change in expression.

"No, Mr. Wu Li, you can’t do this!" Danny interjected to stop him.

The reason UFC had agreed to let the Seeking Martial Arts crew live stream the TUF training was because they valued Wu Li’s influence in Hua Country, so they had Wu Li start from TUF in hopes of gradually increasing TUF’s fame in Hua Country.

But now, if Wu Li lost the bet with Charles and withdrew from TUF early, even if he could still sign with UFC later, it would be a loss for TUF. After all, the audience in Hua Country surely came for Wu Li. If Wu Li wasn’t there, who would continue to pay attention to TUF?

Danny was aware of the higher-ups’ intentions, which is why he tried to stop Wu Li at that moment.

However, it was clear that Wu Li was not the type of participant he could control. Wu Li shook his head at him, "I’m sorry, Mr. Danny, I always keep my word, and when I say something, I definitely do it. But don’t worry, I won’t lose."

"How is that possible!" Danny said frustratedly, "Charles’s record hasn’t been broken by anyone in three years, and you have only three days. How could you possibly break his record?"

Wu Li didn’t elaborate further. He nodded at Danny and turned to leave.

He left behind a crowd buzzing with discussions and a disdainful Charles.

That evening in Wu Li’s room, Chen Gang looked at him worriedly.

"How confident are you?"

"Seventy to eighty percent, I guess."

"Ah, you really like to stir things up."

"This Charles keeps provoking me; might as well settle it once and for all."

"Alright, do your best."

"Speaking of which, I should thank Charles."

"Why?"

"If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have increased the intensity of my training this afternoon. Without pushing my body to its limit, I wouldn’t have made a mistake while using the weighted blocks, and I wouldn’t have found the opportunity for a breakthrough."

"I don’t understand what you’re talking about."

"Haha, anyway, it’s a good thing."

...

On the morning of September 9, everyone continued with their dodge training, except for Wu Li.

Following his request, the TUF organizers brought him two large iron barrels filled with water, each barrel weighing around 50 kilograms when filled.

Then Wu Li picked up an empty barbell for weightlifting, without any weights on the sides but with nylon ropes tied to each end, the other ends of the ropes fixed to the two iron barrels.

Wu Li positioned the barbell horizontally on his shoulders and, with a forceful lift, raised both water-filled iron barrels.

"What is Wu Li doing?"

"Is he practicing carrying a shoulder pole?"

"Is this a new training method devised by Wu Li?"

"What new training method?"

"Yesterday, Charles provoked Wu Li again, and Wu Li couldn’t resist making a bet with him."

"Wow, feels like I missed some exciting stuff, what was the bet?"

...

In the live stream channel, many viewers who hadn’t caught the end of yesterday’s session were asking about what was happening today, and soon a viewer posted about the conflict and bet between Wu Li and Charles from yesterday in the chat section.

"What’s Charles’s record?"

"53 seconds and 13 hundredths!"

"That’s not a small margin."

"Can he break it in three days?"

"I believe in Wu Li!"

"So what is Wu Li doing right now?"

...

No one knew what Wu Li was up to, and the other trainees frequently turned their heads to look toward him. He had been specially permitted to skip group training for the next few days.

On the other side of the field, the organizers cleared a space for Wu Li, rearranging the poles and crossbars so he could train in dodging on his own.

As Wu Li lifted the iron barrels with the barbell like a farmer hoisting a load with a shoulder pole, he walked step by step toward one of the poles. Carrying the barbell and iron barrels, he maneuvered himself through the poles, then steadied his body and slowly moved to the other side.

He was practicing dodging while carrying over a hundred kilograms!

This was Wu Li’s new training method he had conceptualized yesterday, tailored just for his training. He intended to use this method to break through to the Realm with a Mercury-like Center of Gravity!

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