Zheng Yichen didn't give the middle-aged man any chance to be startled, as he swiftly pursued him. How could he possibly be at a disadvantage in head-on combat?
It was a joke!
Even if the middle-aged man was adept at close combat, Zheng Yichen's close combat abilities were not inferior. After all, many techniques he used to exert his physical strength and some close combat skills largely came from a world of pure strength levels, where the experts had developed their physical strength to a very high degree.
And in this world, with its high energy levels, the development of close combat techniques was not as pure, due to the influence of the high energy levels.
It even affected the developmental paths of some combat techniques, just like the martial arts in the world of the Battle Maniac Asura.
