Chapter 502: This Time, I Want to Win Fair and Square

Chapter 502: Chapter 502: This Time, I Want to Win Fair and Square

The Divine Doctors from Dragon Country were frantic with worry. They kept shooting glances at Cheng Yuan, hoping he would be more cautious.

The Acupuncture Copper Man was a severe test of one’s familiarity with acupoints. Even a full day of study might not be enough. Why had Divine Doctor Cheng stopped studying it altogether?

’Has he given up on himself?’

The Korean Medicine practitioners, however, were thrilled!

Cui Youzhe, afraid Cheng Yuan would change his mind, couldn’t wait to announce, "Since Dr. Cheng says there’s no need to study it, I declare the competition officially started! Dr. Cheng will go first!"

A playful smile touched the corners of Cheng Yuan’s mouth. "Are you sure you want me to go first?"

What Cheng Yuan meant was that if he went first, Park Hao probably wouldn’t even get the chance—or the qualification—to perform.

However, Cui Youzhe misunderstood. He thought Cheng Yuan was calling him shameless, and even with his thick skin, he found it a bit much to bear.

Cui Youzhe turned to Park Hao with a questioning gaze. "Teacher Pu, why don’t you go first?"

Park Hao nodded magnanimously. "Dr. Cheng, I am more familiar with the Acupuncture Copper Man, so I should go first. You can observe from the side and get to know it a little better."

Cheng Yuan waved his hand dismissively. "That won’t be necessary. There are still so many patients waiting. I’ll treat them first."

With that, Cheng Yuan turned and walked toward the patients who were waiting eagerly for treatment.

PFFT! PFFT!

Cheng Yuan leisurely inserted the needles, and with each one, an ailment was cured.

The patients treated Cheng Yuan like a living Bodhisattva, bowing and thanking him endlessly.

The Divine Doctors from Dragon Country were utterly in awe of Cheng Yuan. ’This is the heart a true Divine Doctor should have. He doesn’t care about winning or losing the competition; the patients are what matter most!’

Meanwhile, Park Hao finished his preparations and signaled for Cui Youzhe to start the timer.

Cui Youzhe had a bit of sportsmanship, but only a tiny bit.

Even though the competition had already been declared started, he waited a good five or six seconds before pressing the timer.

In other words, Park Hao now had one minute and five or six seconds.

Don’t underestimate those five or six seconds. In many situations, a single second can decide the final outcome.

Everyone’s attention was on Park Hao; no one noticed Cui Youzhe’s sly maneuver.

Park Hao once again displayed his mastery of the Qi-Guided Needle technique. His wrist flickered continuously, and with each movement, five or six Silver Needles shot out!

PFFT! PFFT! PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!

Park Hao was incredibly familiar with the Acupuncture Copper Man. One after another, the Silver Needles accurately sank into its acupoints!

The scene was so dazzling that even the Dragon Country netizens couldn’t find any fault with it.

For a rare moment, the bullet comments scrolling across the livestreams in both Dragon Country and Country H were all in unison: "Badass!"

Park Hao circled the Acupuncture Copper Man, his movements getting faster and faster. His sleeves gradually blurred into afterimages, faintly emitting a milky-white glow—this was True Essence, concentrated to its absolute limit!

The netizens couldn’t even see Park Hao’s movements clearly anymore!

Even the Divine Doctors from Dragon Country were finding it hard to keep up, their faces filled with utter shock. They were completely convinced by Park Hao’s Acupuncture Technique!

Even Jiang Daoyue sighed in genuine admiration. "Divine Doctor Pu’s Acupuncture Technique has reached a state of perfection. Even I can only hope to gaze at his back! If we were to compare only our techniques, I would not be his opponent."

Amidst Jiang Daoyue’s praise, Park Hao threw his last handful of Silver Needles!

PFFT! PFFT! PFFT! PFFT!

The Silver Needles landed accurately in their respective acupoints.

Park Hao made an exceptionally cool finishing gesture and gave a slight nod to the crowd. "A humble display."

DING! One minute was up!

Well, it was actually one minute and five seconds.

But the Divine Doctors and the Dragon Country netizens didn’t notice anything amiss.

Cui Youzhe’s face was red with excitement as he roared, "He did it! Teacher Pu did it! Fifty-nine seconds! Teacher Pu completed the Acupuncture Copper Man challenge in just fifty-nine seconds! This will absolutely shatter the Guinness World Record!"

The faces of the Dragon Country’s Divine Doctors fell.

They knew Cui Youzhe wasn’t wrong.

The current Guinness World Record for the Acupuncture Copper Man was a minute and a half, and that was on a model where the acupoints weren’t even covered with gold powder!

Park Hao’s result had drastically smashed the Guinness World Record!

Faced with this result, the Divine Doctors of Dragon Country were in despair, as were the Dragon Country netizens.

Only Cheng Yuan remained perfectly calm.

Cheng Yuan stretched languidly. "Finally, all the patients are treated. I suppose Dr. Park is finished over there?"

Even Divine Doctor Xue, despite his blind faith in Cheng Yuan, sounded a little shaken. "Dr. Park is finished. His time was fifty-nine seconds! The judges just did a careful inspection, and every single acupoint was hit with perfect accuracy..."

’Fifty-nine seconds?’

’This old fellow is pretty good.’

’If my Double Pupil hadn’t upgraded, if I hadn’t broken through to the Martial King realm, if I were still the same person I was just after getting out of prison, I probably would have lost today.’

’Unfortunately, there are no ’what ifs’ in this world.’

Cheng Yuan was countless times stronger than he had been when he first left prison!

Cheng Yuan looked at Park Hao with a grin. "Dr. Park, if you would please remove the needles."

Park Hao didn’t remove them himself, but instructed coolly, "Remove the needles at once, and reapply the gold powder to the acupoints."

"Yes, Teacher Pu!"

The assistant quickly pulled out the densely packed Silver Needles and instinctively moved to apply the gold powder.

Cheng Yuan raised a hand to stop Park Hao’s assistant. "Don’t bother with the gold powder. It’s a waste of time."

Huh?

Everyone was stunned!

’What does Divine Doctor Cheng mean?’

’What’s the point of competing if you don’t use the gold powder?’

’Even if he beats Park Hao’s time, the Korean Medicine side and the Country H netizens will never concede defeat!’

Park Hao rolled his eyes in annoyance. ’Is this Cheng guy an idiot? He was acting so impressive just a moment ago, and now he’s pulling this stunt?’

Cui Youzhe questioned him coldly, "Dr. Cheng, if you can’t handle the competition, then don’t compete. Just admit defeat! If we don’t apply the gold powder, even a recent medical school graduate could do this!"

Cheng Yuan said calmly, "I just think applying the gold powder is too much of a waste of time. Just put clothes on the Acupuncture Copper Man."

Put clothes on it?

Everyone was floored!

With the gold powder, one could at least judge the location of the acupoints based on their knowledge of anatomy.

But with clothes on, all basis for judging the acupoints’ locations would be completely gone!

How could anyone possibly do it then?

Even Park Hao was stunned!

’Never mind that I’m extremely familiar with this Acupuncture Copper Man,’ he thought. ’If it were wearing clothes, forget one minute and five seconds—I couldn’t do it even if you gave me five minutes!’

The Divine Doctors from Dragon Country were beside themselves with anxiety and hurried to dissuade him.

"Divine Doctor Cheng, this is no time for games! You absolutely cannot have the Acupuncture Copper Man wear clothes! If you do, you’ll lose for sure!"

"Divine Doctor Cheng, you’re shouldering the honor of Dragon Country’s Traditional Chinese Medicine! You can’t be so willful! Just let them apply the gold powder! We all have plenty of time!"

Jiang Daoyue also chimed in, "Divine Doctor Cheng, even the great Medical Dao sage Hua Tuo needed his patients to remove their clothes for acupuncture. You mustn’t be overconfident! If you misidentify an acupoint by even a small margin, it will be terribly embarrassing."

Cheng Yuan, possessing the Double Pupil, had ten-thousand-percent confidence in himself. He said with great seriousness, "Thank you for your kind intentions, Divine Doctors, but my mind is made up. I don’t trust the sportsmanship of the Korean Medicine practitioners. Even if we use the gold powder, they’ll just find some excuse, claiming the freshly applied powder looks unnatural and that the acupoint locations are visible. This time, I will win so decisively that they will be left with no excuses whatsoever!"