Atlas of Heaven and Man

After Senior Brother Yan stood opposite Chen Chuan again, he didn't shrink back because of a single mistake, but instead pressed forward once more.

After probing a few times, he suddenly kicked out sideways, aiming straight for the liver area. When Chen Chuan blocked it in time, he followed up with a back swing, sweeping towards the latter's head and neck.

These two attacks seemed the same as before, but in reality, the previous time was a feint followed by a real attack, while this time, both attacks were real, and the connection between them was extremely fast, with almost no flaws.

If a boxer starts practicing breathing techniques without a foundation, it's like overdrawing their life and potential. Most people can't handle it. Those with a foundation usually start practicing when they're a little older.

Generally speaking, in most boxing gyms, boxers can only truly master it around the age of twenty.

In their opinion, although Chen Chuan was tall, he was at most sixteen or seventeen years old, right? To master the breathing technique at this age, was he a disciple carefully cultivated by some boxing club?

After Senior Brother Yan made these two kicks, he basically understood the situation. Chen Chuan's reaction was fast, he could seize opportunities, and he also mastered the breathing technique, which made him very uncomfortable. However, sometimes the factors of victory or defeat don't completely depend on the strength of both sides.

He secretly glanced at Chen Chuan's feet again. He had noticed one thing during the two previous attacks: Chen Chuan hadn't dodged at all. One time he met the attack head-on, and the other time he chose to block it directly, and there was no follow-up counterattack.

This made him certain that his opponent hadn't adapted to the ring yet, and the elasticity under his feet was affecting his center of gravity and force exertion.

Don't underestimate this slight difference, because in actual combat, even a slight deviation in strength can affect the overall performance. By taking advantage of this weakness, he could keep Chen Chuan on the outside and control the rhythm of the fight.

If the opponent is always in a state where they can only defend and cannot attack, they will inevitably become anxious. It would undoubtedly be more likely to win by attacking at that time.

In the next half minute, Senior Brother Yan kept attacking, but Chen Chuan only parried and didn't counterattack much, as if he was trapped in a predicament.

But in fact, his purpose at this moment was not to knock down his opponent, but to observe and find the rhythm of this person's breathing. He remembered Yu Gang's words: as long as the opponent's breathing rhythm is disrupted, then whether it's the breathing technique or劲力, it won't be able to be used smoothly.

Although he didn't know if this Senior Brother Yan possessed 劲力, it didn't prevent him from treating this person as a training partner, allowing himself to explore and become familiar.

While Chen Chuan and Senior Brother Yan were competing on the stage, Coach Gu and two young men walked in from outside.

If Chen Chuan looked over here, he would recognize that these two young men were Sheng Hai and Liang Tong, whom he had met at the graduation party.

Coach Gu said as he walked, "You two can take a look around here. There are many young people here, and it's no different from your place."

Sheng Hai hurriedly said, "Thank you, Coach Gu."

Coach Gu said with a smile, "It's nothing. Although we belong to different branches, we are all members of the Xiu Jiang Boxing Club. In the old days, we would be considered fellow disciples. In the future, the boxing club will have to rely on you young people to support it… Hmm, it's very lively today. I haven't seen that young man sparring with Xiao Yan before."

At this moment, Liang Tong suddenly exclaimed.

Coach Gu looked at him and saw that his gaze was fixed on the stage, so he gestured towards it with his chin and said, "What's wrong? Do you know this young man?"

Liang Tong said, "It seems to be a classmate who graduated from our No. 1 High School. I even gave him a flyer for our boxing club."

"Is that so? No wonder he came to our boxing club."

Liang Tong suddenly felt a little embarrassed and hurriedly said, "No, Coach Gu, I…"

Coach Gu waved his hand with a smile and said, "No need to explain. We're open for business. As long as they're not here to cause trouble, we welcome all guests."

Xiao Liang also saw Coach Gu at this time and immediately came forward, relieved, and said, "Coach Gu, you're finally here."

Coach Gu said, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Liang pointed to the stage and said, "That young man, is, is the one you told me to let you know about last time."

"Last time?"

Coach Gu recalled for a moment, and suddenly remembered the sandbag incident last time. His expression also became a little serious. He looked at the stage, "Are you saying that this young man is the one who cracked the sandbag last time?"

"It should be, right? There's no one else besides him." Xiao Liang was also a little unsure.

Coach Gu left a few people behind and strode over, all the way to the bottom of the ring. When everyone saw him, they greeted him one after another and made way for him.

Coach Gu also responded to everyone one by one, and then stood still and observed for a while.

He found that Chen Chuan had been passively parrying, and sometimes he clearly had opportunities but didn't launch a counterattack. At first glance, he thought it was a skill issue, but he soon realized that it wasn't.

Judging from his defense alone, Chen Chuan could be said to be watertight, and his feet hardly moved at all, obviously at ease. In fact, defense is much more difficult than offense.

Then why was he fighting so passively?

Could it be that he was being polite? Did he want his opponent to admit defeat on his own? The boxing gym is not a place to be modest. You will only be respected if you defeat your opponent.

But after observing for a while, he vaguely had a guess through Chen Chuan's subtle movements and eyes, and thought to himself: "Is that so…"

At this moment, Chen Chuan had gradually figured out Senior Brother Yan's attack rhythm, which was almost closely connected to the breathing technique. When Senior Brother Yan kicked again, he didn't stand still, but suddenly took a step to the right, while sweeping his left hand across the latter's side ribs.

Although Senior Brother Yan was prepared, he still couldn't react in time due to his inertia and couldn't block it.

Chen Chuan's attack was relatively fast, but the power was not fully unleashed. In fact, it could only be regarded as a graze, but it was this seemingly light touch that seemed to have created a loophole in Senior Brother Yan's originally unified strength. His breathing rhythm suddenly became chaotic, which then affected his movements. The moves in his hands were disconnected halfway, and his movements also stagnated.

Chen Chuan didn't stop. He seized this opportunity and took advantage of the situation to turn around and elbow, hitting Senior Brother Yan's side neck. The latter didn't say a word, and his body fell forward, crashing onto the ring with a thud.

"Old Yan is down, quickly help Old Yan down."

"Splash water, splash water… No need? He also splashed me last time!"

Coach Gu walked out of the crowd at this time and came to the front. The clamoring voices immediately quieted down. He said to Chen Chuan on the ring, "Young man, which boxing club are you from?"

Chen Chuan shook his head and said, "I'm not from any boxing club. I just practice randomly. I came here to learn from each other."

Seeing that he didn't say where he came from, Coach Gu's expression relaxed a little. This showed that Chen Chuan wasn't here to cause trouble, otherwise he would have announced his name.

He said, "So you're here to learn from each other. How about this, young man, I'll fight you, how about that?"

Chen Chuan thought that this should be Coach Gu that Xiao Liang mentioned. He became more serious and replied, "I couldn't ask for more!"

"Coach Gu is going up himself? That's too much respect."

"Young man, you have to be careful, don't get splashed with water too."

Coach Gu went to the side, took off his coat, changed into the Xiu Jiang Boxing Gym's practice uniform, and started warming up below.

In the ring, Sheng Hai whispered to Liang Tong, "He's your classmate? Senior Brother Yan can't beat him, no wonder I thought he was not simple last time."

Liang Tong was also a little confused. Senior Brother Yan was a senior boxer, and they had heard of him. He didn't expect that he was not Chen Chuan's opponent. He remembered that Chen Chuan said last time that he seemed to have some foundation. Is this what he meant by some foundation?

And now he's about to spar with Coach Gu.

It's hard to imagine that someone you used to see often, someone you thought you knew, would suddenly be competing on the same stage with someone you could only look up to. This always gave him a sense of unreality.

He thought about it again, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly, "That's right, I heard that someone from Class Four went to Wu University, maybe it's him!"

"From Wu University? No wonder, no wonder." Sheng Hai suddenly understood.

Liang Tong said, "Don't mention it, I never heard that he was so powerful when he was in school."

Sheng Hai said with emotion, "That must be because he's low-key."

He suddenly admired Chen Chuan a little. To be able to knock down Senior Brother Yan, this skill could not be practiced in a day or two.

At this age, who can resist showing off after learning boxing? That's what he did at the beginning, especially wanting to show off in front of female classmates. But the classmates around him didn't know that he had learned a skill. This self-restraint is not ordinary.

Coach Gu had almost warmed up his muscles and bones. He crossed the ring rope and came to the stage. After a few steps, he stood opposite Chen Chuan.

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