Chapter 99

Ever since the fight when they first met at Bright Billiards Room many years ago, Yang Lei and Fang Yu had not fought each other again. Back then, he chased after Fang Yu to challenge him, wanting to compete with him alone. But later, this pursuit of an opponent turned into such sudden affection. Since then, the two of them never had a chance to really fight.

Until now, aside from Fang Yu, Yang Lei had never met a true opponent. When he and Fang Yu had fought side by side and he was in awe of Fang Yu’s skills, he thought that if one day he and Fang Yu both showed their real skills in a fight, it was unknown whether he could win against him.

The sound of the soldiers’ inciting grew louder.

“…”

Yang Lei looked at Fang Yu, looking for his thoughts.

“Practice.”

Fang Yu could tell that Yang Lei’s heart had moved. Fang Yu gave him one word.

The soldiers cheered and all gathered around.

Yang Lei took off his outer military uniform, and Fang Yu took off his jacket. They stood facing each other in the field.

They once faced each other countless times, but it was the first time in this situation: the only strong one they acknowledged and the opponent they wanted to win over.

Yang Lei looked at Fang Yu, and Fang Yu also looked at him.

Until today, Yang Lei still clearly remembered his excited and enthusiastic mood when he was eager to challenge Fang Yu back then.

In front of him was the person he loved the most, the person he placed in the depths of his heart, and the person he would be willing to give up his life for at any time, no matter if it was in the name of a brother or any other name. At that moment, countless complex emotions rushed into Yang Lei’s heart. But at that moment, he looked at Fang Yu. Facing this contest that was several years late, Yang Lei’s eyes were serious.

He knew that Fang Yu would be equally serious.

This was a contest between men, and no one would underestimate the other.

Fang Yu didn’t move. Yang Lei moved first.

For the entire time that followed, the soldiers watching on the sidelines were completely silent.

The whole process was carried out in a breathless silence. Other than the sound of fists and feet, no other noises could be heard. When Yang Lei and Yu Qiang fought before, there was the excitement of cheers and shouted encouragement. Now, they all seemed to be collectively mute. No one could make a sound, and there was no time to make any sounds. Everyone held their breath, and their hearts were beating rapidly in their chests.

According to the later descriptions from a soldier who was present at that time, he had seen many spectacular wrestling matches, and he trained in fighting every day. However, there had never been a fight like this one before his eyes, which made him watch as though someone were tightly clutching his neck, and even breathing was difficult.

Fast. The movements were too fast.

Between the flying fists and shadows of legs, their movements could hardly be seen clearly. Their eyes could not even keep up with the speed of their fighting.

Once Yang Lei fought with Fang Yu, he was surprised.

At that moment, Yang Lei was already no longer the Yang Lei of the past. Could Yang Lei, who had received standard military training, still have the skills of street level fighting? His number one in individual combat was not fake. He had been in the military camp for so many years, and his fighting level had long since not been the level of fighting when he was in the gangdom in the past. The blade unit practiced killing moves to defeat the enemy, killing them in one blow!

So although Yang Lei engaged seriously, he also knew to control the force and limit. Fang Yu was different from him. Fang Yu had long stopped messing around and had not trained for many years like him. If he used the methods in the army to compete with Fang Yu, then the meaning of the competition would be lost.

But Yang Lei didn’t expect that Fang Yu was completely beyond his expectation!

When experts fought against each other, no one could hide from the other. Once they had made a move, they would know how intense it was. Just like when he had met Fang Yu for the first time, it only took Fang Yu striking him a few times to determine his level. Now, after only a few rounds of fighting, Yang Lei realized not only had Fang Yu’s skills not wasted away, but he also wasn’t even the same Fang Yu as in the past. Neither his boxing approach nor his actual combat level were comparable to those of the Fang Yu he was familiar with before.

Outsiders could only see their dazzling and evenly matched exchange, but Yang Lei was more shocked and excited the more he fought. He didn’t know how Fang Yu had improved, and just like how Yang Lei was careful in controlling himself, he could feel that Fang Yu was also holding back.

“…!”

The more Yang Lei fought, the more his desire to fight was incited. The fighting spirit and hot blood that had not appeared in a long time enveloped him. Yang Lei had not experienced this pleasure in many years. He felt that the blood in his whole body was boiling.

He wanted to force Fang Yu to use all of his strength. He wanted to see how far they could fight!

Yang Lei threw a cunningly slanted fist, and Fang Yu couldn’t dodge it. He was hit in the chest. Fang Yu raised his head and looked at Yang Lei, admiration flashing in his eyes.

Before Yang Lei could react, Fang Yu quickly elbowed Yang Lei’s shoulder, turning over to twist Yang Lei, using a neat and clean locking technique to bring Yang Lei down!

“…”

The people nearby were all tongue-tied and staring in astonishment.

The two of them both had victories and defeats, going back and forth. The more they fought, the less they restricted their hands and feet, becoming free and rigorous. Yang Lei caught Fang Yu’s wrist and turned outwards, but with a clean empty-handed escape, Fang Yu freed himself. Yang Lei then raised his foot and kicked the inside of Fang Yu’s knee, while he suddenly threw a hook and made a converging attack from the left and right. The paths up and down were all blocked. This was the “side-kick and hook” killing move in catching and grappling. Matched with a series of knife hand strikes, ever since Yang Lei used this move, no one could escape his hands. They could only suffer it straight on.

Fang Yu was also forced to retreat two steps. His neck tilted back slightly to dodge Yang Lei’s hook. Yang Lei followed immediately with a knife hand strike. He saw that Fang Yu was about to be hit, but Fang Yu suddenly raised his hand, blocked, and twisted. He caught Yang Lei straight on. He rotated his hand and lifted him, then used his knee to pin his leg, forcing Yang Lei to fall down. Most people would have to fall at this time, but Yang Lei took advantage of the situation and counterattacked by catching and grabbing Fang Yu’s arm to body slam him. But Fang Yu loosened his hand and avoided Yang Lei’s efforts. He hugged Yang Lei, and Yang Lei fell onto the ground from Fang Yu’s hold.

Fang Yu looked down at Yang Lei, who was panting on the ground. Yang Lei propped himself up, raising his head to look at Fang Yu under the sun.

“Do it again?”

Fang Yu was also panting, asking him with a smile.

Fang Yu smiled confidently and energetically, like Fang Yu seven years ago, asking him in Turbulent Times: Are you still going to be crazy??

Yang Lei looked at Fang Yu’s smile fixedly.

“…Yes!”

Yang Lei got up without hesitation.

“…”

Fang Yu followed him with his eyes.

Fang Yu liked seeing Yang Lei’s stubbornness that didn’t admit defeat, just like Yang Lei when he was eighteen or nineteen years old…