Chinese Martial Arts: Starting with the Iron Shirt

Go fight in the UFC, fight in some international competitions. What's the point of underground boxing? Winning too much will offend people, the money you earn isn't respectable, and you won't gain any fame.

This novel is highly toxic. First, it claims that underground boxing matches don't earn as much as professional fights—are you crazy? One is about risking your life for money, the other is about performing.

The opening two or three chapters' cliché of a hero rescuing a damsel in distress felt awkward. There was no need to force in such a plot; it will drive away many potential readers. I think the author could revise it, but this is just my personal suggestion!

This is too cruel! The system appeared in the very first chapter to save the protagonist, but it wasn't until the seventh chapter that they remembered it existed. In the tenth chapter, there was a forced "hero saves the damsel in distress" scenario with two silly female characters.

Watch fewer movies and read fewer novels. In reality, individual fighting ability isn't that incredible. Even a boxing champion as powerful as Tyson couldn't possibly fight ten healthy adult men head-on with his bare hands. Even if you're so skilled in martial arts that you can withstand a baseball bat hit without getting hurt, how can someone possibly break through your defenses with bare hands…

The first dozen or so chapters, with the fight with thugs and ending up in the police station, were genuinely awkward. A dozen people wielding clubs and weapons ganging up on the protagonist in broad daylight, followed by the police's handling of the situation, created a particularly uncomfortable feeling. The thugs were playing themselves, and the police and the protagonist... Well, let's just say they were... Well, let's not go there.

That's really well written. Before you even mastered Iron Shirt, a dozen strong men could beat you with baseball bats for two minutes and you wouldn't be hurt at all. But after you mastered it, an ordinary boxer broke your defense with one punch?

I initially thought it would be a pure martial arts story like "Dragon and Snake Chronicles" or "Beast Fist," but it turns out to be another system novel. It seems like these days, protagonists without systems are practically useless and would have died long ago.

I couldn't read past chapter ten. I felt nauseous and wanted to throw up. I even wanted to smash my phone. What kind of outdated trope is that? A poor boy meets a rich girl and happens to be the hero who saves her. It's disgusting.

This book is addictive; the cheat code delayed me for several chapters before I finally saw it. The thug fight scene was even more ridiculous, especially those two mentally challenged women.