Super Soldier King and Cute CEO
Chapter 606: Stone Breaks White Poplar!

Chapter 606: Chapter 606: Stone Breaks White Poplar!

For every soldier, Tang Zhong instructed in the same way, not making exceptions because you are a woman or giving mercy on that account. In his eyes, only the strong survive. Five soldiers were whipped so severely they couldn’t get up from the ground again, wailing in pain.

Tang Zhong’s aim was straightforward; he beat them so badly today they couldn’t walk. Despite the unbearable pain, the soldiers gained a lot, not being beaten in vain. They bore no grudge against Tang Zhong’s beatings. Some disciples got up from the ground after being beaten, rested for a while, and continued to seek out Tang Zhong for more.

Every beating was a qualitative leap forward.

They had never seen such a training method before; it truly embodied the ancient saying, "Only through countless hammering and tempering can a strong body be forged." The flaws of some were corrected with a single beating; the lessons learned through pain were deeply imprinted in their minds.

Although Tang Zhong’s training method was simple and violent, and each disciple was nearly beaten to death, they didn’t blame Tang Zhong at all. Instead, they believed that Tang Zhong was the best teacher in the world, without a doubt.

Within just one day, their progress was indeed very noticeable.

For disciples like Gu Jin, the improvement was even more apparent. He loved Rushing Punch, and now his fists were like hammers, possessing both power and speed.

After the beating was over.

Tang Zhong began teaching other things.

A soldier, aside from hand-to-hand combat, there’s shooting!

All five went together, watching Tang Zhong ahead and listening to him explain some key points.

When the explanation was over!

"If you have any questions now, you can tell me, and I’ll help you solve them one by one!" Tang Zhong said indifferently.

For him, as the Chief Instructor of Long Wu, all people were his underlings; if they were his people, even if they were fools, he had to teach them a lot.

"By the way, Chief Instructor Tang, we can feel our fighting skills improving, but our shooting is really not up to par!" Gu Jin admitted.

The others were so enraptured by Tang Zhong’s teaching that they almost forgot about something important— the competition between the three forces included not only hand-to-hand combat but also shooting.

Compared to the Dragon Hidden sharpshooters, they were far behind. These days they had only trained in hand-to-hand combat, which was still a long way off from shooting!

"Who says it’s not possible?" Tang Zhong asked.

"Huh?" Gu Jin was stunned.

Tang Zhong didn’t speak further. He simply picked up a rock from the ground and, swirling it in his hand, said, "You should all see the rock in my hand, right?"

"Yes!" Gu Jin and the others nodded.

"Then watch carefully!" Tang Zhong said. He grasped the rock and threw it towards the distant poplar tree.

There were many poplar trees planted in the base, marked with paint.

They were about fifty or so meters away!

They saw Tang Zhong hurl a rock.

The rock flew out like a missile and hit the poplar tree trunk with a bang.

A crack resounded, as the tree trunk was violently shattered, and the large poplar tree snapped in half.

This spectacle stunned Gu Jin and the others; none of them had expected this outcome.

"This... How is this possible?" Gu Jin exclaimed in shock.

Normally throwing a rock, it wouldn’t even fly fifty meters.

The others found it unbelievable too.

Then Tang Zhong turned to look at the people smiling, saying, "Does everyone think this was impressive?"

"Yes!" Almost everyone nodded.

"Actually, it’s quite simple. To be precise, all of you can do it!" Tang Zhong declared.

Over the past few days of his training, he had fully awakened their Blood Power.

For others, stimulating Blood Power might be extremely difficult, but for Tang Zhong, it was simple because he had mastered Blood Soul Transformation. There is power in everyone’s blood; it just needs to be awakened.

He stimulated their blood through beating.

As for shooting, he had trained them as well, believing they would soon notice the difference.

"We?" The five of them were taken aback and then immediately shook their heads, "How could we possibly? We definitely can’t have such tremendous strength!"

"Try and you’ll know!" Tang Zhong said, then picked up a stone from the ground and handed it to the five.

"Now take the stone and start throwing it at the distant poplar tree!"

The five took the stone, with no confidence in their hearts.

"Just throw it!" Gu Jin said.

"Okay!" Gu Jin clenched his teeth, stepped forward, gripped the stone, and threw it ahead.

The moment the stone left his hand, Gu Jin noticed a big problem. He could judge the trajectory of the stone with the focus of his eyes. He suddenly remembered how every time the Chief Instructor whipped them, they always stared at the whip. Could it be a habit developed from frequently watching the whip?

He thought he would fail, but to his complete surprise, the moment the stone left his hand, it flew straight out and hit the poplar tree with a crack. While the trunk didn’t shatter into pieces, it split down the middle.

"Did I... Did I do this?" Gu Jin exclaimed in shock, unable to believe that he could actually bring down a poplar tree.

"Yes!" Tang Zhong nodded.

At this moment, the other four could no longer contain their excitement.

"I want to try!"

"Me too!"

Even Song Yin, who always disliked shooting, stepped up to throw stones, and the result was the same.

They could easily hit the poplar tree, which seemed particularly fragile and was directly knocked down.

At this moment, the five of them were stunned, disbelieving that they had achieved this feat. They knew what had happened; seven days ago, they were indeed the lowest of the low in combat and shooting, but in just a week, they had become so powerful. They knew if not for the Chief Instructor, they would not have reached this day.

They would surely still be the least amongst Dragon Hidden, waiting to be expelled at any time.

But now, everything had changed.

This moment was unprecedentedly thrilling for them.

The beatings they endured before, they felt, were utterly worth it.

The five then looked at Tang Zhong and bowed in unison, "Thank you, Chief Instructor!"

"What’s there to thank for?" Tang Zhong said.

"No... It’s because of the Chief Instructor that we have become so strong, something we will never forget in our lifetime!"

"It’s because you can all take a beating!" Tang Zhong said.

"No... no, if we can still take a beating, we want to continue!" all five said in unison.

"You have all done well, so today, this Willow Whip is no longer needed. Its mission is complete," Tang Zhong said with a smile, then reached out, grabbed the whip, and pulled hard.

In an instant, the whip snapped.

Just as someone suggested keeping the whip as a souvenir, they witnessed the scene, feeling a pang of regret.

The whip had granted them formidable power—how could they bear to part with it?

"Alright, give it your all in tomorrow’s competition, and don’t disgrace me!" Tang Zhong said with a laugh.

Looking at his soldiers, he felt content.

"Don’t worry, Chief Instructor!" the five nodded in unison, looking at Tang Zhong as if they were looking at their reborn parents.

At that moment, from outside the Long Wu base, Chen Dagang walked in, followed by those who had previously left Long Wu and now joined Dragon Hidden. Having heard that Tang Zhong was still beating people on his last day, he wanted to come over and see for himself.

He saw the broken Willow Whip and the distant shattered poplar tree and sneered, "Oh, the Willow Whip has broken. Are you now cutting down the poplar tree to make a new one to beat people?"