353 Wild Duel (1/2)

”What the heck is Jin Gang doing?! He's supposed to stop the fight, why is he confronting Mr. Mie instead?”

Watching from the fourth floor of the office building Dongfang Shuoyu was livid, but his reaction was hidden under the gas mask and remained unseen by others.

Fu Yiren chuckled and said, ”Isn't this pretty obvious, that fool wants to test out Mr. Mie.”

”What the heck, what's the point in comparing skills when we're all working for the NSA!”

Dongfang Shuoyu was fuming and turning around to his assistant, he ordered, ”Quick, alert the guards. I want the fight to be stopped immediately!”

”Wait.” Gu Zhanguo raised both his hands at Dongfang Shuoyu.

”Gu?”

Dongfang Shuoyu looked at him quizzically. Those were the NSA's top warriors, and any injuries sustained by any of them would have a considerable impact on the NSA's operational capabilities.

Gu Zhanguo was unable to come up with a good reason and let out a long sigh, but there was a sparkle in his eye when he said, ”Let them spar for a while, shall we?”

”What?! Gu, I hope you are very aware of what you are asking me!”

Gu Zhanguo smiled calmly and replied, ”You know that Jin Gang will not let him off easily. If you stop him now, he will simply find another opportunity to have a go at Mie. Anyway, I too want to know how long can Mie last facing Jin Gang's attack.”

”Hehe, are you looking down on that guy? Don't be surprised he turns out to be way better than that fool, Jin Gang,” Fu Yiren chimed, covered her mouth as she burst out laughing.

”The 'Vajra Body Defending Divine Skill' will render its user invulnerable to bullets and slashes. In a full-on collision, even a heavy armored tank would be disabled. Based on this, Jin Gang is already unbeatable,” Gu Zhanguo opined.

Fu Yiren mused, ”Hmm, you could be right… anyway, let me go and have a look down there. Mie seems quite interesting, and I'd like to get a little more acquainted with him.”

Without another word, Fu Yiren turned toward the door and left the room.

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Xiao Luo and Jin Gang had now moved to the training ground.

The training ground resembled a small patch of the Gobi, a dust bowl by any description, where even a slight breeze would send wisps of fine dust and sand swirling over its dry surface.

Xiao Luo and Jin Gang stood ready, facing off at a distance of more than ten meters. The crowd could already sense both of their auras, even before the fighters had engaged in battle. The air was crackling with rising levels of their internal energy, and the pressure was building up before the fight.

”Are they going to spar? They are both Level-S soldiers, won't this get out of hand?”

”No, I don't think so. It's only sparring and not a life and death duel, so I doubt they would go all out.”

The spectators decided to gather by the road a safe distance away, but they still continued their discussions in whispers, reluctant to draw the two combatants' attention and ire.

Ji Siying was getting very anxious, and knowing that she could not stop this duel if she tried, she wholly depended on the guards to arrive. But it had been a while since she alerted them, yet there was still no sign of the guards. Inwardly, Ji Siying suspected that the chief might have had a hand in arranging this duel. Was there another purpose Jin Gang had been sent down, and could it be that the chief wanted to test Xiao Luo's limit?

”I hope you can surprise me!”

Jin Gang roared and bounded toward Xiao Luo in a fierce charge. His roar reverberated across the field, intimidating the onlookers gathered by the road, and they could even sense his aura surged like energy waves in all directions. Jin Gang advanced swiftly in quick, measured steps, and as he closed in, he twirled his massive arms in an attacking pattern like an unstoppable beast.

POW!

Xiao Luo had remained still and only reacted just before the iron fist struck him, he stopped the incoming punch with his right palm, shifting forward slighted and channeling his internal energy to his right hand. The tremendous force of the impact was deafening, and they were like two ferocious dragons locked in battle; their energy could even be felt by the onlookers afar.