I Start with a Mysterious Island-Chapter 136: The Villainous Young Master’s Awakened Superpower
"I never thought you’d be a Second Rank Initial Stage Cultivator. No wonder you dared to be so disrespectful to me earlier," Zhou Tianci said to Lin Li after a moment of thought.
"You idiot, get your facts straight. You were the ones who were rude first; I was just responding."
As Lin Li responded to Zhou Tianci, he scanned his surroundings, looking for an escape route.
While traveling with Miss Zhu Xinru of the Zhu Family earlier, he had learned some things about Dongwu City. One of them was that Cultivators who fought within the city would be fined.
If you couldn’t pay the fine, you’d be arrested by the city’s constables or Guards and thrown in jail.
When it came to Cultivators fighting in public, the laws on Blue Star were clearly much stricter than those in Dongwu City.
Seeing Lin Li remain so brazen, humiliating him in front of everyone, sent a furious rage churning through Zhou Tianci. He felt like a volcano on the verge of erupting.
"I’ll rip that mouth of yours to shreds, you bastard..."
Before the words were even out of his mouth, Zhou Tianci charged at Lin Li.
He stomped his feet on the ground and shot forward like a cannonball, aiming straight for Lin Li’s face.
Faced with Zhou Tianci’s ferocious charge, which was like a tiger pouncing on its prey, Lin Li was completely unafraid. His experience from brutal fights with Mutant Beasts had prepared him well. He didn’t dodge or evade, but met the attack head-on.
BAM.
BAM.
BAM.
Fists and feet flew in a rapid exchange. They went back and forth, neither side giving an inch. A faint golden Spiritual Light began to spread from their fists, enveloping their bodies.
Empowered by Spiritual Energy, their every punch and kick packed astonishing force.
They swung their palms, threw their fists, dodged, and launched side kicks. The dazzling flurry of attacks left the surrounding onlookers dumbfounded, their mouths hanging open.
BAM.
After trading dozens of blows, they threw one final punch at each other and pulled apart.
"Kid, if this is the extent of your strength, then you’re definitely losing today..."
After his exchange with Lin Li, Zhou Tianci said something so brazen that everyone present thought he was being shameless.
Even an ordinary person could see from their fight just now that they were evenly matched. How could he declare that his opponent was bound to lose?
’Is that Villainous Young Master so angry he’s gone stupid? How can he say something so shameless?’
’Exactly! That well-mannered young man is just as strong as he is. How can he say he’s already won?’
’Actually, I think the refined young man who looks so relaxed is stronger than the Villainous Young Master. I bet he’ll be the one to win.’
The surrounding onlookers chattered among themselves, most of them siding with Lin Li.
The servant, Xiaoliu, and his three companions, also afraid of getting caught in the crossfire, stood with the other onlookers to watch the fight.
Hearing the onlookers cheer for Lin Li while disparaging their young master, they immediately started shouting at the crowd.
"All of you, shut your mouths! Our young master hasn’t even gotten serious yet."
"Once our young master uses his full power, that little bastard will be on his knees begging for mercy!"
"And if any of you dare to say another bad word about our young master, don’t blame us for what happens next..."
The onlookers were just ordinary people. Scolded by these vicious servants, they immediately fell silent, though the defiant expressions on their faces showed they were far from convinced.
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"You say I’m doomed to lose? Then hurry up and beat me. Stop just running your mouth. I can’t stand people like you," Lin Li retorted calmly.
"Hmph... I’ll be the one winning in the end. You can act tough for now, but I look forward to seeing you bawling your eyes out later."
An arrogant smile spread across Zhou Tianci’s face as he announced to the crowd and to Lin Li that victory would be his.
"All this chatter is such a waste of time," Lin Li said, lifting his right leg and kicking a small pebble off the ground.
WHOOSH.
The pebble shot through the air, heading straight for the arrogant Zhou Tianci.
A slow-moving pebble like that posed no threat. Zhou Tianci simply tilted his head slightly to dodge it.
"Next, I’m going to break your right hand." After dodging the pebble, Zhou Tianci announced his next move before even attacking.
As his words faded, the crowd watched the faint golden Spiritual Light surrounding Zhou Tianci’s body dissipate completely.
An instant later, his pale skin turned a deep bronze. It seemed to gleam with a metallic luster under the bright streetlights.
’A Superpower! That Villainous Young Master is a Cultivator who’s awakened a Superpower!’
’No wonder he was so sure he’d win! It’s because he has a Superpower!’
’That refined young man is in trouble now. I’m afraid he’s really going to lose to that Villainous Young Master.’
Seeing the obvious change in Zhou Tianci, the onlookers immediately realized he had activated his awakened Superpower.
"Haha! See that? This is our young master’s true power!"
"With his Superpower activated, our young master’s defense is massively boosted! Ordinary blades can’t even scratch him now. He can even block a few hits from a Spiritual Weapon!"
"Now that kid’s going to be on his knees begging our young master for mercy!"
Seeing their master use his Superpower, Zhou Tianci’s servants became incredibly excited, as if they’d been shot up with stimulants. They gloated triumphantly at the onlookers who had been speaking ill of their master.
Annoyed by the servants’ smug gloating, one of the onlookers retorted, "I wouldn’t be so sure. That refined young man doesn’t look the least bit flustered, even after seeing that Superpower. He must have an ace up his sleeve."
"That kid is just scared stiff! He’s only pretending to be brave.
In a moment, our young master will have him crying and begging on his knees..." Zhou Tianci’s servants said with a hearty laugh.
It was as if they expected to see Lin Li defeated by Zhou Tianci in the very next second. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
But in the very next second, the triumphant smiles on their faces froze.
Meanwhile, the onlookers who had been watching Lin Li with worried expressions were now overcome with delighted surprise.
Back at the fight, just as Zhou Tianci activated his awakened Superpower and before he could even launch an attack, a crescent-shaped Cyan Wind Blade—a full twenty centimeters in diameter—shot toward him.
WHOOSH.
The crescent-shaped Cyan Wind Blade was incredibly fast. Caught off guard, Zhou Tianci had no time to dodge and took a direct hit to the chest.
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