CHAPTER 560: CHAPTER 452: NO.1 MUTANT "YIQI" (5K)_3

"Alright, consider it a favor I’m owing you," Phoenix Mountain didn’t insist, replying with a sentence.

Look.

A favor isn’t it owed now?

In society, the more favors you owe, the better the relationship between two people.

Even though Liu Jiale didn’t provide any substantial help, he made every effort to give guidance, so Phoenix Mountain owed him a favor.

In the future, if Liu Jiale has any small favors to ask from Phoenix Mountain, it will be time to return the favor.

Although...

This kind of small favor might never have a chance to be returned in a lifetime.

"How was it? What did Liu Jiale say?" Yan Guang saw that Phoenix Mountain still had a troubled look.

Phoenix Mountain took out a sandbag from the capsule: "He told me to train hard and gave me ten sandbags, saying that when I manage to break through ten sandbags, I would have mastered Boxing Mastery."

"That simple?" Yan Guang clenched her left fist, eager to try.

"It’s that simple." Phoenix Mountain saw her like this, found a place to hang the sandbag, and said: "Do you want to try?"

Yan Guang hesitated for a moment: "Maybe not, this sandbag doesn’t look very sturdy."

"Indeed a little."

Phoenix Mountain nodded; he had already seen the attributes of the sandbag, which was just a Black Iron Level item, and the materials used weren’t really sturdy.

He raised his hand, clenched his fist, and swung hard!

Wham!

Phoenix Mountain’s right hand punched directly through the outer layer of the sandbag into its interior.

Phoenix Mountain: "..."

Is that it?

Pulling his hand out, iron sand scattered all over the floor, and the Boxing Mastery progress didn’t increase one bit.

Did Liu Jiale deceive him?

Is it that Boxing Mastery isn’t practiced like this?

Phoenix Mountain didn’t believe in evil, thinking Liu Jiale had no reason to trick him on this, so he continuously took out the sandbags and punched each one to pieces.

The ten sandbags were smashed, the iron sand piled half a meter high, and Phoenix Mountain looked at the Boxing Mastery progress which hadn’t moved at all, falling into silence.

Perhaps...

It’s not Liu Jiale’s fault, but his own issue?

When Liu Jiale practiced, it should have been in the early days of the game when everyone’s physique was relatively weak.

Using such Black Iron Level sandbags was naturally no problem.

But now his physique has already reached the Platinum Level 1+ limit after continuously consuming Genetic Potions.

If it weren’t for a few types of blood he hadn’t received, his physique would have long been Diamond Level!

Using a Platinum Level physique to punch a Black Iron Level sandbag, not breaking it with one punch would be abnormal, right?

Having no other choice, he had to contact Liu Jiale again, inquiring about making high-tier sandbags.

Upon learning that ten Black Iron Level sandbags could no longer satisfy Phoenix Mountain, Liu Jiale was also utterly speechless, realizing he had overlooked the physique difference.

This made it seem like he intentionally gave those trash sandbags to Phoenix Mountain as a favor.

No choice but to waive the service fee and help Phoenix Mountain make a few sandbags using Diamond Level biological hide, of course, the materials were funded by Phoenix Mountain himself.

Afterward, Phoenix Mountain could finally practice in peace using the new sandbags.

The "bang bang clap clap" sounds echoed throughout the room.

Yan Guang watched for a while and became interested, also hanging up a sandbag, controlling the energy output of her left arm, and practiced boxing with Phoenix Mountain.

Suddenly, the sound of hitting the sandbags became noisier.

After a while, the rhythm of their punches gradually synchronized, and instead of being noisy, the sound of the punches on the sandbags had a peculiar rhythm to it.

When Zhan Zhouzhou sent a private message notifying them they could head to the last mutant’s location, did the two snap out of their boxing practice state.

Phoenix Mountain immediately looked at the Boxing Mastery progress prompt, which indeed showed improvement, but not much.

A progress increase of 0.07% from before.

"Liu Jiale didn’t lie; basic training indeed just requires dedication," Phoenix Mountain sighed with relief. Previously, his Boxing Mastery progress was all accumulated during battles.

Later, he tried shadow boxing and found no effect, thinking it was a skills issue or that improvements could only be made during battle.

"I never noticed boxing was this interesting!" Yan Guang shook her right hand, stretching her hand joints.

After practicing boxing with Phoenix Mountain for a while, she felt her whole body was filled with a sense of refreshment, like the pressure accumulated in her heart had been released through the boxing.

Her whole body seemed to have every pore open, as if cheering, making her feel a bit unfinished, wanting to continue hitting for a while.

"Huh?" Yan Guang glanced at the system prompt that popped up in front of her, surprised: "How do I also have progress in Boxing Mastery?"

It’s quite high, reaching 13.7% in a short time!

To know, twenty minutes ago, her progress in Boxing Mastery was almost zero...

Phoenix Mountain wasn’t too surprised by this: "The first 80% of progress increases rapidly, and it gets harder as you near mastering mastery."

"I see." Yan Guang nodded in understanding, "I thought I had a talent in boxing."

Phoenix Mountain sighed softly: "I used to think that too..."

Yan Guang wasn’t actually concerned about whether she could master what’s called Boxing Mastery; her mechanical left arm was enough, and just upgrading this arm wasn’t a simple task for her.

However, taking boxing as an interest isn’t bad; after all, musical instruments in the Matrix are rare, she didn’t even feel like humming songs these days.

"I’ve decided! To boost your enthusiasm for boxing practice, I’ll train with you for two hours every day!"

Yan Guang naturally occupied a sandbag.

Phoenix Mountain had no objections; with the assistance of Prel’s Eye, their exploration speed was ridiculously fast, leaving plenty of time for practice.

...

"What are you two doing? Why haven’t you accepted the challenge instance invitation?"

Li Zheng, having received Zhan Zhouzhou’s private message, sent out invitations to the group; the others accepted, but Phoenix Mountain and Yan Guang were dawdling, unresponsive.

Urged by Li Zheng, the two quickly accepted the activity instance invitation, the whole team reassembled, and entered the room where the last mutant was located.

A momentary blur in front of their eyes, and everyone was astonished by the scene before them.

The room housing Mutant No. 1 was completely different from all other mutants’ locations!

Especially, there were two Mud Furnace-style houses in the center of the room, with a bright, dazzling sun hanging high among the blue sky and white clouds in the air.

"You’re here."

The door of one house opened, and out walked a fair-skinned, nondescript young man, without too many memorable features.

He seemed to have known for some time that Li Zheng and the others would come, waiting here on purpose.

[Yiqi

Race: Human (Radiation Mutant)

Gender: Male

...

Note, he is different from other mutants and appears to be the actual entity here!]