piratefiction Chapter 17: Initial Signs of Prominence, Astounding Fortune
Chapter 17: Initial Signs of Prominence, Astounding Fortune
Li Qiang was both shocked and enraged. He reached out and removed the fallen leaves from his eyes, unleashing the full power of his Black Sand Palm technique, slamming it towards Lin Chen's back while shouting, "I'm going to kill you!"
Before the Black Sand Palm's wind even arrived, the chilling, poisonous aura already made Lin Chen's hair stand on end.
Upon hearing the sound, Lin Chen suddenly turned around, took a step with his feet, and spun around to Li Qiang's side like a top. While avoiding the poisonous force of the Black Sand Palm, he slammed his elbow into Li Qiang's ribs.
"Bang!"
The sound of breaking ribs echoed through his body, and Li Qiang immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, staggering backward.
Lin Chen, having gathered his strength in both hands, had no intention of giving Li Qiang any chance to breathe. He lunged forward and delivered a precise punch to Li Qiang's dantian.
The pure stellar energy surged into Li Qiang's dantian with each punch, and the continuous influx of energy had completely shattered Li Qiang's dantian.
"ah--!"
Li Qiang let out a heart-wrenching scream, then collapsed to the ground, his eyes vacant, his spirit completely gone, his blood and energy dissipating, and his hands lying limply on the ground, turning him into a complete cripple.
The dark red aura above his head, representing an infinite future, had collapsed and almost completely disappeared, leaving only a faint wisp of gray aura, indicating that his path in martial arts was completely cut off.
The remaining Zhao Gang and Iron Arm contestant were terrified at the sight. They exchanged a glance and turned to run away.
"Trying to run now? Too late!"
Lin Chen snorted coldly, used the Star Chasing Step, and caught up with Zhao Gang in a flash.
Seeing this, Zhao Gang turned around and threw a Rock-Splitting Fist at Lin Chen's face. However, just as his fist was halfway through, a sharp pain suddenly came from his wrist. It turned out that he had accidentally twisted his tendon during the fight, and the power of his punch was immediately reduced by more than half.
Lin Chen dodged the oncoming fist to the side, while simultaneously forming his hand into a blade, carrying a faint starlight, and precisely slashing at Zhao Gang's wrist.
"Snap!"
Zhao Gang's wrist snapped instantly, rendering him unable to use the Stone-Splitting Fist again.
Then Lin Chen kicked out, hitting Zhao Gang squarely in the chest, sending him flying. Zhao Gang crashed into an ancient tree and lost consciousness.
The fortune that had gathered above Zhao Gang's head also dissipated by more than half, and the remaining wisp of fortune was teetering on the brink of collapse and could dissipate at any moment.
The last remaining iron-armed fighter was terrified. He fell to his knees with a thud, repeatedly kowtowing to Lin Chen and begging for mercy: "Spare me! Lin Chen, spare me! I'll never do it again! Li Qiang forced me to do this! I was just a lackey!"
He kowtowed so hastily that his forehead slammed heavily against a stone on the ground, creating a large gash that bled profusely.
Lin Chen ignored his pleas for mercy, looking down at him with no pity in his eyes. He then said in a low voice, "Where did that arrogance of yours go when you four surrounded me? Didn't you all say you were going to cripple me? Why didn't you think of sparing my life?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he kicked out, accurately hitting the opponent's dantian.
The contestant screamed in agony, clutching his injured dantian and collapsing to the ground. The damage to his dantian meant that his cultivation was completely ruined, and he would never be able to practice martial arts again.
At this point, all four contestants from the fourth middle school had their dantian damaged and their cultivation completely destroyed, collapsing to the ground and groaning in pain.
After this thrilling battle, the silver aura above Lin Chen's head had grown from the size of a fist to the size of a millstone, with starlight flowing around it, becoming increasingly pure.
Lin Chen glanced at them and said indifferently, "This is all your own doing; you have no one to blame but yourself. Those with wicked hearts will see their fortunes crumble. Even if I don't cripple you today, you will surely suffer the consequences in the future. That's all I have to say. Take care of yourselves from now on."
After saying that, he turned around and continued walking in the direction he sensed from the starlight. As he walked, the wind stirred up the fallen leaves on the ground, but he did not linger at all.
He had only taken a few steps when his foot bumped into something hard. Looking down, he saw that it was a hundred-year-old spiritual herb, Green Leaf Grass, which happened to be one of the spiritual herbs he had been looking for.
The commotion from the fight in the dense forest alerted several contestants nearby. Just as they were about to approach the scene to get to the bottom of the situation, they saw four students from the Fourth Middle School lying on the ground groaning in pain, as well as Lin Chen's back as he walked away unharmed. When they saw the dazzling silver aura gathering above Lin Chen's head, they were all dazed, their faces pale, and their hearts filled with horror.
No one expected that this seemingly insignificant boy from No. 3 Middle School would be so ruthless and decisive, crippling the cultivation of four students from No. 4 Middle School with a single move, and also possessing such a strong martial arts aura!
For a moment, all the contestants in the secret realm were secretly on guard, knowing that Lin Chen was not easy to deal with, and no longer dared to provoke him easily.