Chapter 362 Isabella, How About I Practice With You?
Soon, the news that Delmar had fallen from the third floor spread and most people knew about it.
Kennedy sensed something unusual. She glanced at Isabella, "Did you do it?"
Isabella raised her eyebrows, "That's right."
Kennedy knew it.
Delmar's lab wasn't even on the third floor, so how could he have fallen from there? Most likely he went looking for Isabella and she threw him off the third floor.
Given Isabella's personality, doing something like this wasn't strange at all.
"There's an ancient martial arts class tomorrow morning," Kennedy reminded her.
Isabella had already heard about it.
All the academies in the Northern Ice Empire offered ancient martial arts courses. Some academies even made ancient martial arts their main curriculum, but at this noble academy, ancient martial arts was an elective course that didn't count toward credits.
Its main purpose was just to exercise and strengthen the body.
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The next day.
All the students from the 89th physics class gathered at the ancient martial arts training grounds.
The grounds were large, covering about 9,000 square feet, with some training equipment placed around.
A muscular middle-aged man stood in the center with a whistle hanging around his neck.
He blew the whistle once, and the students immediately moved toward him, automatically arranging themselves in formation.
The boys stood in the back row.
Delmar stood not far from Isabella, staring intently at the back of Isabella's head, his eyes full of yesterday's humiliation.
Yesterday Isabella's move had been so unexpected that he didn't have time to react before she threw him straight off the third floor.
He definitely had to get revenge for this.
Maybe today's ancient martial arts class would be the perfect opportunity.
"I'm Alphonse Baskin, your ancient martial arts teacher. I'll be leading you in learning ancient martial arts!"
Alphonse stood with his back straight, hands clasped behind him, speaking in a strong, resonant voice.
"Today I want to teach you a type of boxing technique. This technique is a secret skill of the Baskin family. If it weren't for the fact that you're my students, I wouldn't easily share it with outsiders!"
"You need to follow me and learn well, understand?"
"If you practice well, it can save your life."
After speaking, Alphonse had all the students spread out at certain distances so they'd have room to practice their moves.
"Let me demonstrate for you."
Alphonse had his assistant Liam bring over a stone slab.
The slab was about twenty centimeters thick and looked very heavy.
Liam held the stone slab steady.
Alphonse's gaze swept around and landed on the most muscular male student. "You, come here. Try and see if you can break this stone slab with your fist."
The boy eagerly stepped forward.
When ancient martial arts is practiced to a certain level, it can unleash very powerful force. Destroying a stone was basic training that many people practiced from childhood.
The boy walked over, looked at the heavy stone slab in front of him, took a deep breath, and swung his fist.
The stone slab didn't budge.
The boy's hand hurt a bit. He frowned and looked at Alphonse in confusion. "Alphonse, what material is this stone slab? Why is it so hard? I can't destroy it at all."
"It's normal that you can't destroy it. Although your strength can destroy an ordinary stone slab, the hardness of this slab far exceeds any stone slab you've ever seen. That's why teaching you this boxing technique is meaningful. The key point of the Baskin family's boxing technique is gathering force, which allows you to use your strength to its fullest. Even an incredibly hard stone slab can be easily broken."
After speaking, Alphonse walked toward the stone slab.
He clenched his right fist.
He took a deep breath, and with a sound of air being split, Alphonse swung his fist out.
The stone slab instantly shattered into pieces.
With this huge impact, some stone fragments even flew out.
The students' eyes widened in amazement.
Next, Alphonse led everyone in practicing this boxing technique. He explained how to use one's strength, the key points of gathering force, and the angle of punching, then let the students practice and understand on their own.
After about an hour of practice, Alphonse said, "Now pair up yourselves, two people per group, and move your bodies."
Hearing this, everyone enthusiastically started looking for practice partners.
Delmar's gaze fell on Isabella.
He walked toward Isabella with a gentle tone, "Isabella, why don't I practice with you?"
Delmar still wore a warm, spring-breeze-like smile on his face, as if yesterday's incident of Isabella throwing him off the third floor of the lab building had never happened.
Seeing Delmar actively approach Isabella and offer to practice with her, the others showed gossipy smiles.
"Looks like the rumors about Isabella and Delmar are true. Could they already be together?"
Some boys even looked at Delmar with envious eyes. After all, Isabella was their acknowledged beauty.
Isabella naturally saw through Delmar's intentions.
Delmar still remembered yesterday when she threw him off the third floor and wanted to use this opportunity to settle the score with her.
Isabella curved her lips into a meaningful smile. "I can practice with you, but I'm warning you, I won't hold back. If you don't have the skills, you'd better not embarrass yourself."
Hearing this, Delmar gritted his teeth slightly.
She was quite arrogant.
Delmar's lips also curved into a cold smile. "Isabella, I'll make you pay for yesterday's actions."
The surroundings were quite noisy, so no one heard their confrontational words. They only saw the two seeming to gaze at each other with affection and smiles.
Everyone became even more convinced that Isabella and Delmar were together.
"Look at them exchanging loving glances. They can even create such a warm, romantic atmosphere during ancient martial arts class."
Everyone looked at Delmar and Isabella with even more envy and jealousy.
Isabella stood in the sunlight, her gaze falling on Delmar. "Come on then," she said flatly.
Delmar smiled. "You first. You're a girl."
Seeing them being so courteous to each other, others wondered if these two could really bear to practice against each other.
Although it was just practice, they still had to actually fight. It wasn't just for fun.
"Can Isabella bear to hit Delmar? If it were me, facing such a handsome face, I'd have trouble bringing myself to do it!" one girl said.
Her words had barely left her mouth.
Isabella's fist was already in front of Delmar.
She was using the boxing technique Alphonse had just taught.
Before Delmar could react, Isabella's punch sent him flying, and he crashed onto the ground in the distance.