As Henry Clark gathered his energy to the maximum, a faint glow condensed, and a small halo actually formed around his fist. With a clear shout: ‘Watch my fist!’

Henry Clark launched the attack first, believing that a duel between men should be fought openly and honorably. He even let out a shout before making his move.

‘Such incredible speed!!’

All the students from the 416th district watching were inwardly amazed.

Henry Clark, transformed into a golden streak of light, appeared blurry to the naked eye, to the point where their eyes could barely track his movements. But everyone was equipped with ‘Sky Eye’, which allowed them to clearly sense that extraordinary speed.

David Parker countered the attack by rapidly shifting his position. Experience told him that Henry Clark had already reached his top speed, meaning he had no energy left to change his movement within a small range.

Although Henry Clark was several times faster than him, his stopping distance was also several times longer. Reckless charges and calm strategies always counterbalance each other.

The area around the district was open land on the outskirts, so the speed contest between Henry Clark and David Parker didn’t feel cramped at all. Henry Clark was fast, but at critical moments, David Parker would mysteriously vanish, thanks to his signature instant movement.

Instant movement used powerful leg strength applied to the ground. The rebound force allowed David Parker to reach high speeds in the shortest time—a technique for instant acceleration.

On the field, Henry Clark’s figure flashed back and forth like lightning, while David Parker seemed ghostly and elusive. No matter how much Henry Clark increased his speed, he could never catch David Parker’s movements.

‘This guy is really hard to deal with. I’m clearly faster than him, but I just can’t keep up with his movements. It’s so strange.’ Henry Clark finally realized that David Parker wasn’t as easy to handle as he’d thought—just making a move wasn’t enough to settle things.

He had originally relied on the ‘Beast God’ fused into his body. This high-grade bio-parasite beast was different from the mass-produced ones distributed by the school. It was a limited-edition breed made by big companies for huge profits, using cutting-edge technology to maximize the potential of the bio-parasite beast—of course, the price was also maximized.

Henry Clark came from a wealthy family, so he naturally didn’t care for the government-issued bio-parasite beast. Buying a high-end one himself didn’t violate any regulations. Luxury consumption—if you have the money, who’s going to stop you?

The Beast God was the latest product from High Secret Company, said to be able to complete second-level fusion within a year, making it three to five times faster than ordinary ones—and the price was more than ten times higher.

Moreover, Henry Clark had been training hard for the past month. He even bought a Chinese ancient martial arts integration system and uploaded it to the Beast God’s AI core, all to defeat David Parker today.

But this current stalemate was not what he wanted.

With his competitive spirit ignited, Henry Clark secretly input a command to the AI core: ‘Beast God protection mode activated, second-level simulated evolution begin.’

David Parker was also shocked—he had just received his bio-parasite beast, and hadn’t even fused with it for half an hour! His control over his body wasn’t ideal yet. Henry Clark was indeed a real threat to him.

‘Do I have to use my hidden trump card?’

With another burst of speed, using instant movement to dodge Henry Clark’s storm-like attacks, David Parker gradually figured out Henry Clark’s attack patterns. Henry Clark was using the most powerful attack technique among the seven major composite martial arts in the Chinese ancient martial arts integration system: ‘Combo Technique Continuous Activation.’

No matter what the opponent did, it was all-out offense to the end. In David Parker’s opinion: ‘This is basically an amateur technique, with no adaptability—just something to fool beginners.’

However, ‘Combo Technique Continuous Activation’ was very useful for beginners. You didn’t have to think about how to adapt—just follow the prescribed moves to the end, and you could still achieve some results.

David Parker was clearly very familiar with Henry Clark’s crash-course martial arts. At least so far, Henry Clark hadn’t even touched a hair on him.

But after the initial second-level fusion, the super-strong defense made David Parker hesitate to counterattack rashly. What happened next truly opened David Parker’s eyes. After Henry Clark input the command, his body suddenly mutated.

Strange dark red patterns appeared on his skin, glowing faintly. The thin light around his body suddenly became dazzling, and a diamond-shaped energy shield formed on his chest. The transparent shield had a pale golden base, covered with dark red energy ripples, floating about fifteen centimeters in front of his chest, perfectly covering Henry Clark’s body.

As Henry Clark paused, David Parker naturally lost interest in darting around. First, he stared in astonishment at Henry Clark’s transformation, then simply burst out laughing, clutching his stomach, pointing at Henry Clark, tears streaming down his face from laughter.

‘Henry Clark, did you forget to shout “Give me strength!”? Why do you look so much like a hero transforming in a myth?’

‘You!——’

‘Is that shield the legendary top-tier equipment, the Medal of Courage?’

‘I!——David Parker, you’ve gone too far!’

Being mocked as a character from a virtual game, Henry Clark was thoroughly annoyed. His anger at David Parker reached a whole new level.