Chapter 404 This punch couldn't be dodged; it landed in the center of the training field, and a large open space was quickly cleared.
The trainees automatically formed a huge, irregular circle, turning that patch of yellow earth into a primitive and brutal arena.
The air was thick with tension, anticipation, worry, schadenfreude... a complex mix of emotions that clung to everyone like an invisible net.
Su Tang and Bai Wei, one on the left and one on the right, slowly walked towards the center of the field.
All eyes were focused on the two female soldiers with vastly different body shapes.
Although Bai Wei's figure wasn't exactly burly, she was definitely a strong and sturdy type among female soldiers.
In comparison, Su An seemed far too weak.
She was already slender, and after a week in solitary confinement, she had lost even more weight. The oversized training uniform looked somewhat loose on her. A gust of wind blew by, lifting the stray hairs from her forehead and revealing her pale face.
She looked like a withered branch that would break at the slightest touch, so fragile that she was easily broken.
"It's over, it's over, Sister Su An is definitely going to suffer a great loss this time..." Chen Xiaocao was so anxious that tears welled up in her eyes, and she gripped Liu Landi's arm tightly, as if this could share some of her fear.
Liu Landi didn't speak, but pursed her lips, her weathered eyes filled with solemnity.
"Brother Kai, is this...is this going to work?" Gao Kai's brothers clenched their fists, their palms sweating. They had witnessed Su An's amazing marksmanship, but this was real hand-to-hand combat!
Gao Kai stared intently at Su An's retreating figure in the arena, his Adam's apple bobbing, but he remained silent. He could only choose to believe now, to believe that this woman, who had repeatedly created miracles, could once again overturn his understanding.
But his reason told him that it was too difficult.
Faced with an absolute difference in strength and weight, any technique seems so pale and powerless.
"Hmph, overestimating herself." On the other side of the line, Zhuo Yue pushed up his glasses and whispered to Xu Gaogui beside him, "This Su An is still too young. She's acting rashly now, but she'll be crying later."
Xu Gaogui shook his head, but a hint of uncertainty flickered in his eyes behind his glasses. "It's hard to say. I always felt... she wasn't such an impulsive person."
Among the crowd, Jiang Yan's gaze was the most profound.
Unlike Gao Kai, he didn't wear his worry on his face, nor did he rush to conclusions like the others. He simply watched quietly, like the most composed hunter, observing everything in the arena.
His gaze lingered for a moment on Su An's seemingly relaxed stance.
Something's not right.
Jiang Yan frowned slightly.
A person about to face a fierce battle would never be in this posture. Su An's stance seemed casual, even somewhat lazy, but Jiang Yan could read from the distance between her feet, her slightly bent knees, and her arms, which seemed to hang at her sides but were actually at a subtle angle, a kind of... extreme relaxation and extreme vigilance.
That's not the bewilderment of a novice, but the perfect preparatory stance of a top expert who adjusts all their muscles and nerves to the best explosive state before a battle.
This discovery made Jiang Yan's heart skip a beat.
In the center of the field, the two stood five meters apart.
Bai Wei cracked her neck, producing a series of sharp, popping sounds. She looked at the frail Su An opposite her like a cat eyeing a trembling mouse, her eyes filled with cruel mockery.
She deliberately lowered her voice, speaking in a volume only the two of them could hear, her words dripping with malice, each one seemingly squeezed out from between her teeth:
"Su An, I really should thank you. Thank you for being so stupid as to deliver yourself to my door."
Su Tang looked at her expressionlessly without saying a word.
Bai Wei's smile grew even wider: "You know what? Every night I dream about stomping your face into the mud! Today, it can finally come true."
She leaned forward, lowering her voice even further:
“This time, there’s no Gao Kai, that idiot, protecting you, and no instructor to back you up. I’ll make you cry, scream, and beg for mercy on your knees! Just like… just like that short-lived ghost Wang Xiaoya! Oh, no, she didn’t even have a chance to beg for mercy before she hanged herself from a tree, her tongue sticking out like a mile a minute…”
"Smack!"
Before Bai Wei could finish speaking, a crisp slap landed hard on her face!
The slap was so fast it was like lightning; no one saw how Su An moved!
Bai Wei was completely stunned by the blow, covering her burning face and looking at Su An in disbelief.
The surrounding students were all stunned, and they gasped in shock.
They started fighting before the fight even began?!
Su Tang slowly withdrew her hand, and a monstrous, icy killing intent finally surged in her usually calm eyes.
She retorted in the same tone, only the two of them could hear, word by word:
"You'd better kneel down right now and kowtow to the little girl to admit your mistake."
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