NOVPUB"Come on, let’s have a thrilling fight—I’m frighteningly strong now!"
Inspired by Wu Bin, Xiao Hu was brimming with fighting spirit!
The last time he had felt this way was when he was chased by a stray dog in elementary school.
He had to run five kilometers through the mountains, frantically racing home just to survive.
Feeling invincible with this state of mind, Xiao Hu believed he was unbeatable!
Those damn fragile college kids—I’ll leave you in my dust, you’ll be eating my fumes!
And that black guy, I’ll take care of him too!
Chen Feng, the track and field coach watching from the sidelines, got excited as well.
"I knew it, I knew Xiao Hu had talent!"
"Good lad, just maintain this state! You’re the best, you’ll have a chance to compete in the Olympics in the future!"
When Chen Feng shouted this way, the other teachers were all astonished.
They knew that Chen Feng was a former national second-tier athlete who had stepped down due to a leg injury.
Although his injury meant he could never compete in the Olympics again, Chen Feng, who had been coaching at the Agricultural University for many years, had never given up on discovering new talent.
His dream was to personally coach a student who could make it to the Olympics, preferably representing the country, then he could die with no regrets.
Xiao Hu had great potential, but Chen Feng never knew how to tap into it—until now.
Seeing Xiao Hu in this state, Chen Feng suddenly saw hope!
This is the state!
If Xiao Hu could keep it up, Chen Feng was confident of achieving good results with him at this year’s Universiade!
The referee, holding the starting pistol, shouted loudly, "On your marks!"
All the athletes took their positions at the start, except for Wu Bin.
The others looked at Wu Bin standing there dumbly and began to murmur among themselves.
"What’s with Wu Bin? The race is about to start, why hasn’t he crouched down?"
A track and field student sneered, "Do you think anyone can easily master the starting stance?"
"Although it’s basic, it’s not something a newcomer without any training can just pick up. Forcing it will only make him lose balance and fall the moment he bursts out."
"In a word, an amateur is an amateur. It’s clear he’s going to lose just by his start—the only question is whether it’s by a few seconds or a dozen, and of course, it could be by dozens."
Athletes take pride in being athletes.
Wu Bin, a complete outsider coming to compete and even flirting with the two beauties in front of everyone, had already maxed out his hate level.
Now these athletes and seniors just wanted to see how embarrassingly Wu Bin would perform shortly.
In the exchange students’ rest area, upon seeing that Wu Bin did not even know how to get into starting position, a group of them began to snicker.
"Hendi, looks like you’ve picked a weakling for your opponent."
"And here I thought this fragile college kid actually had some skills—turns out, other than being fragile, he’s utterly useless."
"People from Dragon Country are just a bunch of East Asian Sick Men, full of empty boasts."
Hendi also looked disdainful.
He knew Wu Bin was weak, but he hadn’t expected him to be this weak.
From the time of their bet until now, had this fragile college student not thought of receiving some intense training?
Facing such embarrassment in front of so many people, Hendi felt secondhand embarrassment for him.
On the presidential platform, Jiang Qi, seeing Wu Bin standing out like this, couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
"Old Xu, is this the student you’re most optimistic about?"
"I was wrong before; it’s not that the higher he flies, the harder he falls. Looking at him like this, I don’t think he can take off at all, haha."
Jiang Qi’s words made the other teachers join in the laughter.
Wu Bin was Yang Kang’s student, and with Jiang Qi mocking Wu Bin in front of so many people, how could his advisor not get angry?
Yang Kang looked at Xu Wenyao and noticed that Xu, sipping his tea with an air of composure as if he hadn’t heard a word Jiang Qi said, was utterly unperturbed and self-assured.
Seeing Xu Wenyao so calm, Yang Kang, who was initially very angry, gradually regained his composure.
After all, there’s a reason that man was the principal.
Look at this ability to maintain composure, look at this depth of thought!
Neither swayed by external circumstances nor saddened by personal affairs, that is truly a state of being!
...
On the field.
Wu Bin had no idea that simply by not crouching down, he had sparked so much discussion.
At that moment, Wu Bin was activating his skill.
Ding.
[Call of the Wild has been activated, please select the animal you wish to copy]
Wu Bin closed his eyes to choose.
Wow, the system in his mind actually presented him with tens of thousands of animal options!
This couldn’t possibly include every animal out there!
Wu Bin was somewhat excited.
The skill [Call of the Wild], had a redemption price of two hundred Life Coins.
Before, Wu Bin had thought this skill was a rip-off, lasting only ten minutes and costing two hundred.
But now Wu Bin felt it was an incredible deal!
Because this skill didn’t have a cooldown period, or rather, the cooldown was precisely ten minutes.
For example, after choosing an animal’s skill, that skill would last for ten minutes.
Within those ten minutes, the skill could be either turned off or on, but if one wanted to reset the skill, they would have to wait until after the ten-minute duration had ended.
The ten-minute interval was enough for him to participate in various competitions. 𝔫𝖔𝖛𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
Containing his excitement, Wu Bin started to choose a skill.
"If it’s a sprint, a cheetah should be pretty good, right?"
Ding.
[You have selected the target animal—Cheetah]
[You have copied the special ability of the target animal—Leopard’s Stance]
[Special ability lasts for ten minutes]
As the system’s notification sound rang, a marvelous sensation infiltrated Wu Bin’s mind.
Wu Bin felt something seemed to have changed in his body, yet it also felt like nothing had changed.
Then, under the astonished gazes of everyone, Wu Bin got down on all fours.
That’s right, he got down on all fours.
Although a sprinter’s start also involves both hands and feet touching the ground, with the fingers touching the track and one leg forward, one back.
Wu Bin was different.
He arched his back with both hands and feet touching the ground simultaneously.
This baffled everyone.
What kind of stance was this?
Crawling like a dog?
Before anyone could react, the starter fired the starting pistol.
Bang!
Upon hearing the gunshot, Xiao Hu charged out.
With just one launch, coach Chen Feng and a group of athletes burst into cheers!
Xiao Hu maintained his peak condition with a perfect start!
Xiao Hu also felt exceedingly proud, relishing the lonely sensation of being a top expert.
Feeling incredibly powerful, he thought he had this race in the bag the moment they started running.
However, just as Xiao Hu had this thought, a shadow swiftly passed by him, whipping up a gust of wind that nearly prevented him from opening his eyes.
What in the world was that fast!
Was someone speeding during the race?
