The crowd's murmur grew louder as Ye Shen tried to break free from Bai Ning's deadly rear naked choke. Though her stature was much smaller and weaker compared to Ye Shen, her technique compensated her flaw, giving her the advantage to completely dominated him on top of the canvas.
Nevertheless, Ye Shen was much tougher than she anticipated. Bai Ning might have his neck under control, but he was surprisingly calm whilst running out of oxygen as the time passed by.
As his sight went darker and blurry, Ye Shen rocked his shoulder back and forth, creating a gap between his neck and Bai Ning's inner elbow. At last, Ye Shen found the inner gap, he put two thumbs under there, lifting her arms off his neck.
Once he got out, Ye Shen twisted his body, he quickly slithered around. In a matter of seconds, Ye Shen was already locking his legs around Bai Ning's waist.
He launched a series of punches, slugging her face numerous times. But of course, he held his strength accordingly so as to not hurt Bai Ning in the process.
"Is he really an amateur?! His whole movement is so fluid, just like a pro!" Chimed one of the staff members.
"Not only that, his cardio was unmatched! From my telemetry vision, his heart rate has reached 200 bpm! Can you even imagine how insane his strength as a normal human is to reach that feat?!" Replied another staff member with augmented eyes.
"What a monster!"
Under the relentless onslaught, Bai Ning was simply astonished by his ability to adapt her technique in a brief moment. However, she's not done yet. She still had something else in her disposal.
At this moment, Bai Ning waited for a perfect moment to land an elbow onto his forehead. Once she found it between the interval, she successfully hit him right between the eyes, sending his head bounced against the canvas.
While Ye Shen was disoriented, Bai Ning yanked his arms out, pulling it into the arm bar position.
"Argghh!" Ye Shen grunted in pain, but he wasn't tapping out just yet.
Although it looked very painful to see Ye Shen's shoulder was about to pop off, some of the male gym members were actually jealous that Ye Shen's right arm was in between Bai Ning's bountiful bosoms.
"Damn it! It should've been me! Not him!"
"M-maybe, I will take wrestling training camp next time."
Ye Shen, however, was not planning to lose to this simple lock. He channeled his inner Qi into his arms, giving it the strength of a hydraulic arm that was often augmented to replace their biological arm.
"Stop it! You'll break your arm at this rate."
"Arrrghh! Get off of my arm!"
Bai Ning was taken aback when her body was slightly lifted. A second later, Bai Ning was flying onto the crowd with a loud crashing sound.
Everybody gasped in surprise, they couldn't believe their eyes that somebody was capable of lifting her weight from a deadlock position.
At this moment, Ye Shen's body temperature had risen due to his inner Yang Qi that is being used. It evaporated the moisture in the air, causing his body to look like exerting an invisible aura to these untrained eyes of mortals.
However, for those who can use and see Qi, Ye Shen's Pure Yang Qi was flaring wildly in crimson color.
At this moment, Bai Ning was utterly terrified by his raw physical power. She finally understood why Dr. Wang helped Ye Shen despite him being a normal human. Both of his power and existence couldn't be explained by any science known to mankind! He was akin to Demi-god if not a God who descended from heaven to enlighten this wretched world.
"I forfeit…" Bai Ning lowered her head, accepting her defeat.
To her surprise, the eerie and menacing aura immediately disappeared as he walked closer. He offered a hand with a charming smile.
"Are you okay? Did you get hurt somewhere?"
"I'm fine…" Bai Ning was staggering on her feet as she tried to stand up. "I just need a breather and some water."
Soon enough, one of the staff members brought her a towel and her bidon. Ye Shen propped her up, putting her on a bench.
"Damn it. Just how strong you are, Ye Shen?"
Ye Shen pondered for a bit. As of now, Ye Shen was only a Second Stage Body Transformation Realm. He would need 20 Strands of Pure Yang Qi in order to advance to the Third Stage.
His bones are as dense as a tempered steel, his muscles as strong as steel cable. Therefore, it would give him a capability of exerting 2,000 Pounds of Force if he was being serious.
"Hmm, lemme show you…" Ye Shen walked over to the deadlift area. He stacked the weights, each side weighed around 300 Pounds each.
Granted, everybody gave him a proper respect for trying to get his message across. 600 Pounds deadlift is a respectable weight for somebody who had no body augmentation.
However, what happened next was quite anticlimactic yet also bewildering at the same time.
Instead of lifting the bar with both hands, Ye Shen lifted it with just one hand effortlessly as if using a regular barbel!
"About this much, I guess?" Ye Shen smiled nonchalantly.
"What the fuck! Am I seeing things?!"
"That's impossible! His whole body must be engineered biologically to such extremes! Ain't no way there's a normal human who could perform such a feat without serum or drugs!"
Ye Shen finally put the weight gently. "You see, strength doesn't always come from muscles. It comes from your mind and imagination! Most humans would only use seventy percent of their muscle fibres. But for me, I can manipulate my muscles to their absolute limits! Nevertheless, I'm still a mortal."
Everybody was flummoxed. Though it's scientifically possible to do, it would cause a severe drawback if being used every so often. But again, Ye Shen's presence was an anomaly itself. There's no use of thinking too deep about his capability unless the person himself was willing to open up.
"Superb speech, Ye Shen." Bai Ning said with a pinch of sarcasm. "You have the strength, but not the technique. You still have a lot of things to learn from here on. Why don't you pick up the sand bag and practice the moves that I've shown you?!"
"At once, shifu." Ye Shen cupped his fist and bowed respectfully. He didn't forget that Bai Ning was still his mentor.