Chapter 71

Compared to the fact that Petra was still alive, everyone was surprised, but what surprised them even more was what had just happened in that instant... As the elite of the Survey Corps, they were superior in every aspect, yet even they did not see how Tang Cheng saved Petra. Just how fast was Tang Cheng?

How fast was Tang Cheng?

This question not only occupied the minds of Levi's squad but also left the two challengers in a state of shock and doubt, because even they had not seen clearly. The speed in that instant was not something that could be achieved with the立体机动装置 (three-dimensional maneuvering gear), and it had already surpassed the limits of what the human eye could capture!

But, did Tang Cheng have such speed before?

Take the retreat from Rose a month and a half ago, for example. If Tang Cheng had already had such speed, he wouldn't have needed to endure a blow from a Titan, resulting in a bloody head. Given Tang Cheng's character, it was impossible for him to hide his strength in such a situation.

So, what did he do in the past month?

"Hehe." Tang Cheng smiled slightly, not paying attention to the complex and colorful expressions of the crowd. He casually put Petra down and then looked at Levi, "Hey, 1.6 meters, I saved your wife, ensuring that your second half of life won't be spent alone. Shouldn't you thank me properly? For example, 'Thank you, Brother Cheng, for your great kindness. I will promise our daughter to you in the future.' I believe with your two good looks, you will definitely have a very cute daughter, and I will humbly accept it."

"Tch!" Levi clicked his tongue, not bothering to respond to Tang Cheng's crazy talk. Instead, he said in a deep voice, "Don't be careless, this Female Titan is very strong!"

As for Petra, she blushed and felt very awkward at Tang Cheng's words about her wife and daughter, but she was secretly delighted and didn't want to contradict him. Because of Tang Cheng's few crazy words, the joy and fear of surviving the ordeal were not as intense. Of course, she still said thank you for saving her life.

Tang Cheng waved his hand and focused his gaze on the Female Titan.

The Female Titan was indeed very strong, and he had already seen where her strength lay. One was her body's flexibility, and the other was her body's hardening ability.

In the original story, the Female Titan also possessed these two characteristics, and in terms of flexibility, no Titan could surpass her. However, it wasn't exaggerated to the point where Petra and the other two members of Levi's squad couldn't threaten her. If they hadn't been unfamiliar with her abilities, it wouldn't have been strange for them to eventually kill the Female Titan.

Even if they couldn't kill her, at least they wouldn't have died so helplessly.

But now, according to Tang Cheng's observation, the Female Titan's flexibility was about 30% higher than he had originally calculated... Don't underestimate this 30%. A 30% increase in overall flexibility would result in a qualitative leap. Combined with her expertise in combat techniques, this 30% increase in flexibility would multiply her strength several times over.

The more fatal point was that in the original story, only the back of her neck and her hands could harden, but now she could harden her entire head, both arms, and important parts like her knees and Achilles tendons. What did this mean? It meant that the Survey Corps' attacks couldn't even injure her, let alone restrain her!

That's why, even with the combined strength of Levi's squad, the two challengers, and twenty support soldiers, they couldn't defeat the Female Titan and were instead torn apart. If Tang Cheng hadn't arrived in time, Petra would have been dead for sure.

When Tang Cheng looked at the Female Titan, she also raised her head to look at him, and at the same time, she kicked her foot. The wound on her foot instantly healed, and then she raised her hand and swept it heavily towards Tang Cheng.

It seemed like a casual sweep, but it was like a fierce wind, and even Tang Cheng could feel the danger of this force. He immediately flew away with Petra to the sides.

Petra quickly moved away from the Female Titan, planning to regroup with Levi's squad and make a comeback, but Tang Cheng, in the moment of flying away, suddenly turned back, lightly stepping on the Female Titan's shoulder, pointing the blade in his hand at her face, and smiled, "Hey, let's consider this our first meeting, Female Titan. I'm going to start cutting you."

"What are you doing? This is too dangerous, get away from her quickly!" Seeing this, Petra immediately shouted in panic, and the others also changed their expressions. With the Female Titan's strength, Tang Cheng being so close to her was like courting death!

In the distance, Historia clenched her small hands, her face full of worry at Tang Cheng's reckless actions.

But Tang Cheng was completely unconcerned. After saying this, he even made a gesture of cutting the back of the Female Titan's neck.

Such an extremely provocative act would be unbearable to anyone, let alone the Female Titan. She immediately reached out to swat Tang Cheng away, as if trying to swat a fly.

But just as everyone was worried about Tang Cheng's safety, the next scene left everyone speechless. As the Female Titan's hand swept towards him, a fierce gust of wind hit Tang Cheng first, and using this force, his body lightly floated up, like a piece of paper.

"This..." Everyone was too surprised to speak.

Even the Female Titan's eyes showed a hint of confusion, and she reached out again, but Tang Cheng's body still slipped past her attack, unscathed.

"One of the Six Powers, Paper, which sounds like turning your body into paper, but that's obviously not possible. In fact, it's just about predicting the opponent's attack in advance and unloading all your strength, allowing your body to follow the changes in the air currents produced by the opponent's movements, purely a dodging skill."

While dodging the Female Titan's attacks, Tang Cheng explained, "Learning this skill is actually quite simple; as long as you have absolute correct judgment and 100% body coordination, anyone can master it. Of course, when using this skill, you can't attack, and while in the air, you need to borrow force in advance, otherwise your body will fall. So, the time you can use it in the air is quite limited, and its practicality is not high, it's more like a circus act."

After saying this, the iron chain behind Tang Cheng quickly retracted, immediately pulling his body away, narrowly avoiding the Female Titan's side kick.

"Then, the skill suitable for aerial combat is... Shave!"

As the word "Shave" fell, Tang Cheng's body instantly disappeared from its original position. At the same time, his right foot stomped hard on the Female Titan's face. The Female Titan instinctively reached out to swat him, but as soon as her hand moved, Tang Cheng had already appeared ten meters away in the air.

"One of the Six Powers, Shave, which involves rapidly stomping the ground with both feet to generate a huge propelling force, resulting in ultra-high-speed movement. If practiced to the extreme, you can even generate ultra-high-speed movement in the air by stomping the air... Of course, I've only practiced for a limited time and am far from the extreme, but with the help of the three-dimensional maneuvering gear, I can achieve a similar effect."

While speaking, Tang Cheng's body had already appeared behind the Female Titan, but this time he didn't kick. Instead, he slashed at the back of the Female Titan's neck with his dual blades, and... crack!

The Female Titan's hardened neck directly shattered his two ultra-alloy blades.

At the same time, the Female Titan turned and delivered a powerful elbow strike towards Tang Cheng.

Faced with this powerful attack, Tang Cheng showed no intention of dodging. Instead, he bent his knee and met the Female Titan's elbow head-on. However, the scene of blood and flesh flying did not occur; instead, there was a metallic clang, and the Female Titan's attack was like hitting a piece of steel. Tang Cheng's body only leaned back slightly.

"One of the Six Powers, Iron Block, which involves controlling the cells in your body to make your muscles super-hard and locally numbing your nerve perception, making a part of your body as hard as steel for a fixed period... To be honest, this skill is much simpler than I imagined, almost requiring no experimentation."

After saying this, before the Female Titan could attack again, Tang Cheng had already used the speed of Shave to retreat in a flash.

"..." Watching the battle situation over the past dozen seconds, the surrounding spectators were completely stunned. If this were an anime, their jaws would definitely have hit the ground.

Among them, the two challengers, Ordinary Youth and Auntie Girl, were the most shocked.

The natives of this world might only see the magic of Tang Cheng and not know what he did, but the two of them were very clear that the skills Tang Cheng was displaying were clearly the Marine Six Powers!

They naturally understood the Marine Six Powers. In fact, they could be exchanged in the cycle space, but these skills could not be upgraded, meaning that once exchanged, they were already in their complete form. Therefore, the price was relatively high, with each skill costing 2500 to 3000 survival points and two C-level cycle cards.

Of course, in terms of the characteristics of the skills, this price was not unreasonable.

But the issue now was not the price, but the fact that Tang Cheng, who had just entered the formal scenario, could not possibly have earned enough rewards from the beginner scenario to exchange for any of the Marine Six Powers. Yet, he had indeed used three of them, meaning... he had learned these three skills in the past month!

Regarding this fact, he had even admitted it himself, and perhaps he had learned more than just these three.

Indeed, the effects of the skills Tang Cheng had just displayed were far from the power of the genuine Marine Six Powers, but... for a newcomer to the cycle world, to learn the Marine Six Powers in just one month, wasn't this cheating? Wasn't he the cycle space's favorite son?!

The two looked at each other, truly feeling the urge to kneel... Could they still play together happily? Weren't you just showing off to get our knees? We'll give them to you if you want!

Now, looking back, not offending Tang Cheng back then was truly the wisest decision!

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