Chapter 108 Gambling
This "Plague Swamp Camp" is not full of idiots like Ryan.
There were also some scavengers who were only assigned to guard the camp.
For example, those extraordinary people in the training room who are working hard to master their professional skills.
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On the fighting training platform, Ryan finished kicking the pole and wiped the sweat off his face. At this moment, a few guys in martial arts uniforms walked over from a distance.
One of them took the initiative to greet Ryan and said, "Doctor Ryan, do you want to play a game today? A small bet of ten contribution points?"
Ten contribution points are worth 100,000 liso. In a fighting competition, the stakes are not small.
Ryan looked at the excited people and readily agreed: "Okay!"
Ryan has not left the camp in the past two months.
He would practice boxing for several hours every day. Almost all the hunters and slackers who often trained in the training hall in the camp knew about this "doctor apprentice" who was not doing his job properly.
He is a registered doctor in the City of Glory, but instead of following the senior doctors to learn professional skills or mixing with the medical circle, he comes to the training hall every day to practice boxing and has developed strong muscles that do not look like those of a doctor at all.
No one had ever seen Ryan hold a scalpel, so they thought he was just a figurehead and no one cared.
But the fighting apprentices in the training hall all have a good relationship with him.
He is a bad guy, but he is addicted to gambling.
He dared to accept any bet involving any contribution points.
The fighting apprentices also like to spar with Ryan because he is polite and has good martial ethics. The key is that he loses more than he wins.
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The extraordinary fighters are relatively rare in the City of Glory, but after fighting back and forth for a month, everyone has become familiar with them.
Ever since Boss Ymir's announcement, the bounty on the Omar Black Market has been said to have been withdrawn, and Sid's people probably won't bother him anymore.
Ryan no longer has to hide in dark corners like a rat all day, and can now have some normal social circles.
Several sturdy men in martial arts uniforms walked up to the training platform. In addition to a few familiar faces, there were also newcomers who had just arrived at the base and didn't know Ryan.
The newcomer asked his companion quietly, "Is this Dr. Ryan famous? It seems like everyone knows him."
Hearing this, the old hands smiled knowingly.
"This is the strongest fighter among the surgeons in our Plague Base."
"He is also the best doctor among fighters."
“…”
Many people started to speak up, most of them making fun of him for not doing his job properly.
Ryan smiled and didn't care.
The newcomer saw Ryan training with a half-face mask on and asked in confusion, "Doctor Ryan, why are you wearing a mask during training? Isn't it suffocating?"
There is a fog removal device indoors, so there is no need to worry about toxins in the fog.
Moreover, fighting is an intense sport that requires very high oxygen consumption, and wearing a mask will affect breathing.
"This is a single-valve oxygen-blocking mask that helps improve cardiopulmonary function."
Ryan responded with a smile, half true and half false.
Wearing a mask is a habit;
Secondly, he didn’t want anyone to know that he was the wanted criminal for whom a reward of 100 million yuan was offered.
After all, there are always curious people who want to know the truth. If they knew that he had been offered a huge reward, they would definitely come to get to the bottom of it.
Hearing this explanation, the man was skeptical and said with a smile: "As expected of a doctor, you are really particular."
At this time, the square-faced man who had spoken earlier patted Ryan on the shoulder and said, "Haha, I just learned the 'Tiger Fist' from my senior brother two days ago. I'm going to beat you up today! Let me tell you, this is a downgraded martial art of the [Secret Artillery Fist]. You'd better be careful..."
"oh?"
Ryan didn't know what to say, so he just smiled.
Speaking of the ultimate and downgraded martial arts...he really doesn't know how to do it.
But he knows the real secret!
Starting with downgraded martial arts, this is also the process for normal fighting apprentices to learn ultimate martial arts.
They will gradually learn some less difficult martial arts with similar power generation methods, and then slowly come into contact with more advanced martial arts.
For example: [Entry-level Punch] → [Tiger Fist] → [Ultimate Cannon Fist].
This is a transcendent in the general fighter sequence, who wants to learn the secret of [Cannon Fist] and advance his martial arts skills.
Start from the simplest and gradually increase the complexity.
Generally speaking, if you follow this path and practice the [Tiger Fist] to perfection, you will also have almost reached the physical fitness and skills required to learn the [Secret Cannon Fist], and everything will come naturally.
The secret is difficult to get started with, it's not just about the skills, it's more about the understanding of the martial arts.
Just like, you have to learn English first, you have to know the 26 letters first, then you can learn to spell words, and finally you can form a proficient sentence. Writing your own story (fist meaning) is even more difficult...
This is also the reason why the two great masters were not afraid of having their skills stolen. To become a fighter, there is no shortcut, only hard work!
Even if I teach you the secret, you still have to practice from the beginning for ten or eight years before you can get started.
To reach the level of a grandmaster, decades of hard practice and good fortune are required.
But Ryan had a "smart brain" and took a shortcut.
Although the copied secret technique has no soul, at least the moves and appearance are almost exactly the same.
It's like a person who has never learned English, but can sing a song in standard English.
Although this approach has the hidden danger of insufficient foundation, at least it significantly improves combat effectiveness in the early stages, making it almost invincible at the same level.
As for the basics, you can buy the ticket after getting on board.
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"Haha, who do you think will win today?"
"I think Dr. Ryan is doomed to fail. Mike has learned the 'Tiger Fist', which can break through cast iron light armor with a powerful punch. One punch will basically be the end."
"I think so... It looks like Dr. Ryan is going to lose money today."
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Ryan and Mike get in the ring.
Fighters were originally a group of warmongers, and as they cheered, all the fighting apprentices in the training ground gathered around them.
There is a hospital in the camp. As long as you are not beaten to death on the spot, you will be fine after recuperating for a period of time.
Therefore, no one needs to stop this kind of competition, as it has strong practical significance.
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Ryan came on stage, set up his fighting stance, and smiled: "Come on!"
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What they didn't know was that it wasn't actually Ryan who had a gambling addiction, but it was because of Bazel's suggestion.
Although this "Ten Legends" was not a fighter, his melee martial arts theory was extraordinary and many of them were universal. Ryan's rapid progress in practice was due to the guidance of this legendary figure, which also saved him a lot of detours.
But this legendary figure had very blunt and direct views, and he often said to Ryan: Any martial arts that have not been honed in actual combat are just fancy stuff, no matter how advanced they are!
Ryan asked him how to quickly improve his fighting skills, and his suggestion was to find someone to practice with every day.
Moreover, there must be stakes involved in the competition, the bigger the better.
This is the only way to activate the opponent's competitive spirit and make him go all out.
Even if you get beaten, it's progress.
Basel's theory is that if you don't actually practice, you will never know the flaws in your martial arts.
Not only do you have to know how to fight, you also have to know how to be beaten.
The speed of reaction in battle, the ability to respond to crises, combat intuition... these are not things that can be learned behind closed doors, but need to be accumulated through actual combat.
Oftentimes, the only difference between masters is just a little bit of reaction ability.
The actual combat situation changes rapidly, and you will definitely not win just because you have strong fighting spirit and high-grade martial arts.
Martial arts are like a musket. If you don’t hone your shooting skills, no matter how good the gun is, it will be useless!
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There have been gambling fights in the past two months.
In the early stage, I lost more than I won.
Before long, the outcome was fifty-fifty.
Now...if Ryan hadn't deliberately concealed his weakness and let the opponent win, there would be no rival among the first-level [Fighters] in the camp.
It’s not that his fighting skills are so great. Not to mention the “Six Secret Styles” that he learned by trickery, his current basic fighting level is only above average.
After all, he has only been practicing martial arts for a short time. Even if he has made great progress in terms of skills, his ability to apply martial arts in a comprehensive manner is still far behind those veteran fighters who have practiced for several years or even more than ten years.
However, Ryan has an overwhelming advantage that is almost like a bug.
That is... his physical strength has increased too much because of the golden magic potion and the [Hercules Technique], reaching a level that a first-level [Awakener] cannot achieve at all!
This also resulted in him not daring to use his full strength during sparring and he could only compete in skills.
Let me give you a very simple example.
He doesn't need to use all his strength when punching, and his opponents can block or avoid it.
But if he used the strange power of [Hercules Technique], the speed would be too fast to avoid; even if he blocked, he might break the arm of the person blocking with just one punch, and the fight would be over.
The absolute crushing power made it difficult for him to find any opponent among fighters of the same level who could fight him with all their strength.
No matter how fancy your martial arts are, I can break them with my force!
But in this case…killing people is good, but there is not much room for improvement, and my shortcomings are becoming more and more obvious.
If you really meet an expert in the future, you will run into big problems.
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"Let the competition begin!"
Hear the referee's order.
Ryan narrowed his eyes slightly.
He was also very interested in seeing Mike's [Tiger Fist].
These veteran hunters who make a living in the wilderness have developed many strange and bizarre "tricks" in their long battles with monsters. They always amaze people and often beat Ryan into a daze.
This is also the biggest reason why he likes to compete with these people.
