Chapter 97 85. Watch closely, this is how you punch.
[Name: Lena]
[Age: 20]
[Race: Pureblood Witch (Tiger People Template)]
[Rank: Elite Witch]
[Talent: King of Beasts (ssr), Fierce Beast Intuition (sr), Tiger King Battle Body (sr)....]
[Specialty: Body of a Thousand Hammering (sr), Slaughter Impulse (sr), Strength Amplification (sr)...]
[Skills: Secret Tiger Fist Technique (sr), Combat Technique Enhancement Mastery (sr).....]
[Total Magical Power: 25w Mana]
Then come the three...oops, I mean, six-dimensional data.
[Strength: A]
[Speed: B]
[Physique: B]
[Spirit: B]
[Inspiration: B]
[Precision: C]
As a meticulous witch on the Path of Omniscience, Dorothy was accustomed to organizing the memories in her mind into categories. Hence, once she had confirmed the identity of the visitor, this familiar chart, which she had roughly derived from Alice's descriptions, materialized in her mind.
Since it was based on estimations and not precise like a personal identity card, the data on this character card could not be one hundred percent accurate. However, Alice and this Miss Lena had fought not just once or twice, and the little witch had provided the latest data just two months ago.
Therefore, this character card was likely quite accurate, as it was unlikely that her strength would have made any qualitative leaps in just the span of a short summer vacation—only some minor improvements at most.
However, should I say it is truly befitting of someone from the Armed Society's second seat? This attribute list is really luxurious, especially considering the long list of nearly twenty talents and specialties combined—it makes Dorothy quite envious.
Damn it, these gifted witches really tick me off; they not only are born with more opportunities to draw cards but also can whimsically evolve the specialties they need because of their abundant magical power. Why should I be the one to suffer?
Thinking back on her modest three innate talents and how she dared not waste magical power on evolving her specialties, only managing to scrounge and scrape around everywhere, Dorothy almost burst into tears.
Hmph, think you're all that just because you have good magical aptitude? Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have more magical power. Once I pull off this job and make some money, I'll show you what it truly means to do whatever you want.
High-quality ingredients, come replenish my magic.
Fortuitously, although Dorothy has fewer talents and specialties, their quality is quite decent—about equivalent to a dozen of theirs in terms of capacity. This much is evident from her own luxurious six-dimensional attribute talent chart.
The levels of a witch's six-dimensional attribute talent chart are rated from low to high as follows: E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, EX—nine ratings in total.
However, in reality, for a witch's attribute to reach an A rating is already quite impressive. Ratings of S and above are in the realm of powerhouses, generally only achievable by top Great Witches and above.
After all, these base attribute ratings can only be improved through corresponding talents and specialties, with no other alternatives.
If you stay in the Witch World for long, you'll realize witches seldom go for runs or engage in ordinary exercises because such activities are too inefficient for them.
Witches' physical condition primarily depends on their total magical power and six-dimensional talents. For every mana of magical power that witches gain, this mana of magical power also contributes to their basic attributes according to the levels of their six-dimensional talents.
Generally speaking, each upgrade in attribute level roughly doubles the attribute bonus, something like E1, D2, C4, B8, A16, S32.....
Moreover, these are just base additions and do not hinder further use of enhancement magic; these are all cumulative, which explains why witches, who indulge daily and never exercise, have formidable physiques that other races could hardly achieve even if they trained to death.
Of course, this doesn't mean exercise is utterly useless for witches. In fact, it's quite beneficial, and significantly so, because many specialties can be acquired through training, like the Body of a Thousand Hammering (sr) that this Big Sister Black Tiger possesses.
This is a powerful specialty that provides boosts to all six-dimensional attributes, and its acquisition is quite straightforward—if you train to near death, just keep going.
Once you've trained your body to a certain level, you initially acquire the lower-ranked Hundred Refinements Body (r) specialty, followed by the Body of a Thousand Hammering (sr), and advancing further leads to the Ten-Thousand Refined Body (ssr).
This series of specialties are very powerful and have no acquisition threshold; any witch willing to endure suffering can obtain them. Logically, they should be widespread, but in reality....
Well, the saying goes on that although witches possess immense power, their nature still leans towards human nature, which is inherently lazy and dislikes hardship.
Initially, Dorothy had also contemplated freeloading off this series of specialties, but after a period of rigorous training, she realized this damned process required her to exhaust all her power and continually push her limits—just breaking through limits a hundred times qualifies as Hundred Refinements, a thousand times as a Thousand Hammering, and ten thousand times as Ten-Thousand Forging.
Subsequently, she gave up after a trial.
It wasn't because she feared the pain of draining herself and breaking through.
No, really, it wasn't.
The main reason was that her innate six-dimensional panel was too high—so high that she didn't even know her own limits. After trying to run with physical weights without using magical enhancement, she ran for seven days and nights straight, breaking several treadmills without breaking a sweat or feeling tired, Dorothy had her epiphany.
This series of specialties were probably something she would never attain.
Sigh, sometimes having too strong a physique is really a nuisance.
In any case, Six-Dimensional Attribute Levels and Talent Specialties complement each other; Talent Specialties enhance the levels of Six-Dimensional Attributes, and higher levels of Six-Dimensional Attributes reduce the threshold for those talents that are originally more difficult to develop, essentially the discount that Dorothy enjoyed when she freelanced those two specialties.
So, looking at Miss Lena's attribute panel now, one can tell she is genuinely strong. Such a Six-Dimensional attribute panel of 1A4B1C is not what an ungraduated student should have, especially that Strength A. It clearly shows the terrifying absolute strength of Big Sister Black Tiger.
Furthermore, she is someone who has developed the Body of a Thousand Hammering. There isn't any need to doubt her combat spirit. If she can be that harsh on herself, she must be even more ruthless to her enemies.
There's no doubt that she is a formidable one. That stupid little sister of hers deserved to be fancy-handled by others.
Unfortunately...
"I hear you're good at close combat, especially fond of comparing strengths with others. Hmm, this body is indeed well-built—your muscles are well-trained, truly suited to a strength-focused challenger."
Dorothy took a step forward.
Just a second ago, she was hundreds of meters away from the Black Tiger Witch, but in the next second, the silhouette of the Dragon Witch already appeared beside Lena. She even reached out her hand and gently poked the exposed abs of the scantily dressed savage beauty, commenting as such.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
Truth be told, she was quite envious of those beautiful abs. If possible, she too would want them; in her past life, when she was a homebody male, she was very envious of people with abs. Unfortunately, it seems she might only be envious in this life also.
No choice, still the same old saying, her physique is too strong, exercise has no effect, she simply couldn't develop any abs. No matter how much she trained, that slim waist she could nearly grasp always remained delicate and tender like a white snake, constantly smooth and soft.
Lena: "....."
Thinking to follow the instruction of the rank one holder, the Black Tiger Witch who had planned to mostly defend and buy some time, felt a chill run down her spine due to the touch on her abdomen, and Big Cat Lady instantly bristled.
Damn it, how did she come over here? I didn't see it at all.
The well-built Miss Black Tiger was shocked internally; she had never encountered such a bizarre situation before. She instinctively tried to throw a punch in retaliation, but...
A single fingertip casually blocked her thrown punch, making her full-force punch impossible to advance further.
This bizarre scene made Big Cat Lady narrow her eyes. Although due to a formation's suppression, she could only use about 1,300 Mana, the punch she threw still had the power to instantly demolish a building; how could such a punch be caught by a single finger?
Ah, wait, it seems this scene isn't a first after all. Lena recalled the scene when she first swung a punch at the Club President. That time, the Club President had also caught her full-force punch so easily with a finger and had commented on it too.
"Your punch has strength but is too scattered. It looks like it could break mountains and buildings, yet the force is so dispersed everywhere, at least fifty percent of the strength is wasted."
A voice rang beside Lena's ear, making the Black Tiger Witch nod subconsciously.
Right right right, that's what the Club President had said before, only last time he said seventy percent was wasted, now just fifty percent seems I have improved.
She had just thought this, but then she paused abruptly.
Wait, isn't the President still not here? Then who just spoke?
Lena looked up in shock and stared at the opponent in front of her, covered completely as if embarrassed to show their face.
She clearly saw the formidable opponent who had just blocked her attack with a single finger slowly lift their other idle hand, then clenched it into a fist and smashed it down.
"Watch carefully, this is how you should punch."
This was the last sentence Lena heard while she was still conscious.
Of course, she didn't just watch as she was hit without fighting back; she threw her own punch with all her might too.
However, the moment their punches collided, the Black Tiger Witch's face changed immediately.
She knew she couldn't catch this punch.
An incredibly fearsome power came from the other side, that force was so concentrated, like a rope twisted into a strand, and like a drill spiraling forward, unstoppable.
While Lena's own punch compared to the other's was like a wave crashing against rocks, making a grand show but after the spray, the rock stood unmovably, but the wave was split in two.
So, that punch brutally shattered her finger bones, tore her arm apart, and then heavily hit her astonished face, making her finally hear something cracking.
Boom...
Following that loud sound, the standing Lena suddenly changed race templates, from Big Cat Lady to Headless Knight, the headless torso still maintaining the stance of counterattack, but the head full of wild beauty was nowhere to be seen.
And if one looked past the neck from where not a drop of blood had flowed, on a distant dune several kilometers away at the same height, clearly revealed was a tunnel shaped like a fist.
Soon, the tunnel formed by the punch was buried by collapsing sand, and the headless corpse finally fell, the Arena now silenced as if under a mute spell, only one voice resounded.
"It's a pity, it seems the Strength of the Fierce Tiger is no match for the Great Dragon after all."
"So bring on the next, or if you all are at this level, then come at me together."
Dorothy withdrew her fist calmly, and then said.
"I think I might be able to handle ten of you."
..... Homebody Witch rampant.....