Chapter 00108: I'll Ram It!
# I'll Ram It!
Chapter 108
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 108: I'll Ram It!
Yang Yiyi was, at her core, an honest and simple girl from a farming family.
Having been cooped up in her sect for ten years, although she had heard tales of the martial world from her senior martial sisters who went out, she had never seen a demon show up at her door demanding justice.
She was utterly flustered on the spot.
Especially with Great King Shanying's little monkeys stirring up trouble and telling tales, Yang Yiyi couldn't even manage half a word of defense.
"Brother Li, what should we do?"
"Don't panic. They're all monkeys; the monkey demon will surely believe its own kind. Let me ask what it wants."
With a nervous expression, Yang Yiyi held the jade tablet up in front of her.
Great King Shanying looked on with confusion, wondering, Why is this 'hairless monkey' pointing a stone at me?
"You're Great King Shanying, right? Our Yang Yiyi said it was your monkeys who started it, but I doubt you'll listen. I want to know how you plan to get your justice."
Great King Shanying asked doubtfully:
"What kind of demon are you? How come I've never seen you before?"
"Never mind where I'm from for now. Today, let's just talk about the monkeys getting beaten."
"Fair enough. You seem like a reasonable fellow. Fine, we'll do it your way."
Great King Shanying slammed its staff on the ground:
"Come out and fight me one-on-one. If you win, we'll let this matter go. If you lose, you have to formally apologize to my little monkeys."
Li Chengxi had to admit, this monkey was surprisingly sensible.
It seemed much easier to get along with than people.
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Finding a clearing outside the cave, the monkeys, big and small, consciously formed a circle and sat down, chattering away as if to cheer on their great king.
Many monkeys could even be seen passing fruits and other things back and forth, looking for all the world like an audience waiting for a good show to begin.
On Yang Yiyi's side, however, there was naturally only Li Chengxi.
He said to the panicked Yang Yiyi:
"Don't be afraid. Just treat it as a big monkey and fight. Think of it as sparring practice."
"Can I really do it, Brother Li? I'm so nervous."
"If I say you can, you definitely can. Just relax a little and use everything you've learned."
Li Chengxi was so confident because he had right-clicked to open Great King Shanying's attribute panel.
Although he couldn't see its skills, based on its five basic attributes, it wasn't at a level that Yang Yiyi couldn't defeat.
She just had to make good use of her advantage in extraordinarily high strength.
Yang Yiyi now held an almost blind adoration for Li Chengxi.
If he said she could do it, then she probably could.
But she was still definitely nervous.
Trembling slightly, she walked into the clearing.
Across from her, Great King Shanying lifted its staff and gave it a flourish:
"I am the Great King Shanying! All my skill is in this very staff. Hairless monkey, state your name."
"Uh... Yang... Yang Yiyi."
She habitually wanted to announce the name of the Green Robe Sect, but she was no longer a member of the sect.
Compounded by her nervousness, she stuttered as soon as she opened her mouth.
Great King Shanying didn't seem to mind the stutter and announced loudly:
"Today, you and I will determine a winner. My monkeys and that Big Brother Stone of yours are all witnesses. No matter who wins or loses, no going back on our word."
Yang Yiyi assumed her opening stance.
Seeing this, Great King Shanying shouted:
"Ready? Here I come!"
With that, it pushed off with both feet, leaped into the air, and came down with a strike like Splitting Mount Hua.
Yang Yiyi tapped her toes, her whole body shooting out half a meter as if pushed, just enough to evade the staff.
Hunching her shoulders, she reached out with a backhand motion to grab the nape of Great King Shanying's neck.
The latter reacted quickly, bringing its staff up vertically to block Yang Yiyi's hand.
It was unknown what material its staff was made of, but it actually withstood Yang Yiyi's brute-force pull.
Great King Shanying gave a low shout, and the staff in its hand began to spin like a great windmill, forcing Yang Yiyi to let go and retreat.
Seizing the opportunity, Great King Shanying used the rotational force to strike out with its staff again.
Yang Yiyi, truly looking like a monkey that had just stolen fruit, evaded with small, hopping steps.
Though her posture was ungraceful, this was indeed the way of Monkey Boxing.
As an Imitation Fist, Monkey Boxing emphasizes tucking the neck, shrugging the shoulders, hollowing the chest, rounding the back, contracting the body, bending the elbows, dropping the wrists, and bending the knees, all to imitate a monkey's crafty snatches, plucks, grabs, and gouges.
The footwork mainly consists of darting and small hops, making it agile and unpredictable.
Moreover, there are two types of Monkey Boxing.
One is for performance, seen on stage or in martial arts demonstrations.
The other, for practical combat, is actually a form of Back-Through Fist.
Back-Through Fist generates power from relaxed shoulders, channeling it through the elbows.
It requires the toes, fingertips, and the tip of the nose to be aligned on the same straight line.
The fist's power travels through the shoulders and back to emerge from either side, hence the name Back-Through Fist.
Similar to the fantasy script, once the duel began, the camera view switched.
But it didn't change to the style of a fighting game; even in a one-on-one duel, it remained in a tactical grid style.
There was a progress bar at the bottom of the screen.
Whoever's bar filled up first got to act, which was basically a real-time turn-based system.
However, everything was fully automated.
From his perspective, Li Chengxi could see that in every round, Yang Yiyi was selecting 'Attack' or 'Skill' from a menu.
From Li Chengxi's perspective in the tactical grid mode, the fight didn't seem very intense, but in reality, face-to-face, it was another matter entirely.
Great King Shanying wielded its staff with blinding speed.
It looked quite flashy, but Yang Yiyi, who had only recently started learning Monkey Boxing, was not very proficient either.
Relying on the high speed granted by the Incomplete Scroll of the Misty River Technique and her suddenly surging brute strength, she managed to engage in a back-and-forth struggle with Great King Shanying, making them evenly matched opponents.
Meanwhile, Li Chengxi looked at the character artwork for Great King Shanying and commented to himself:
"No wonder they say in Journey to the West that the Great Sage Sun was ugly. This hairy face and thunder god's beak really isn't a good look..."
He wasn't worried in the slightest.
There was no reward for winning, and losing just meant having to apologize.
Although apologizing to a monkey was a bit embarrassing, what was the big deal?
He didn't care, but Yang Yiyi was a nervous wreck.
The staff whizzed past her, and each time it made Yang Yiyi break out in a cold sweat.
Although she wanted to be a heroine, this was her first time in a real fight.
To have her first real fight be against a demon was indeed nerve-wracking.
She became even more nervous when she recalled the stories her parents told her as a child about demons eating people.
The moment she got nervous, Great King Shanying seized the opening.
With a sweep of its staff, it knocked aside Yang Yiyi's outstretched hand, and with her chest now wide open, it went in for a strike.
If that strike had landed squarely, Yang Yiyi's already small cup size...
I mean, the internal injuries from which she had just recovered would probably flare up again.
At the critical moment, Yang Yiyi couldn't be bothered with any techniques.
She basically acted on pure reflex, reaching out with both hands to grab the staff.
And with that grab, she actually caught it.
"Let go!"
Great King Shanying felt as if the other end of its staff weighed a thousand pounds.
Its monkey face turned red with the strain, but it still couldn't pull the staff out of Yang Yiyi's hands.
It gritted its teeth, held onto the staff, and launched a flying side kick, trying to kick Yang Yiyi away.
It was only then that Yang Yiyi realized her own strength was far greater than the monkey demon's.
She gripped the staff and twisted it with all her might.
Great King Shanying, attempting its flying side kick, was using the staff as a point of leverage.
This twist immediately made it lose its balance.
Instead of a flying side kick, it went flying and smashing towards Yang Yiyi.
At this moment, Yang Yiyi had also calmed down a bit.
Seeing Great King Shanying lose its balance, and with her own hands occupied gripping the staff, she unhesitatingly flicked her pigtails back and rammed forward with the top of her head.
From his viewpoint, Li Chengxi could even see a shockwave blast out from Great King Shanying's back.
That was no light impact.
It was as if it had been hit by a truck, flying out with a whoosh.
The view switched back to the overhead perspective.
Great King Shanying flew over the heads of the little monkeys, smashing through two or three peach trees before finally coming to a stop.
Yang Yiyi rubbed her forehead, then looked at the staff in her hands and the group of dumbfounded little monkeys.
"I... won?"
(End of this chapter)