King Engine! Why Did This Guy Come With His Own Entrance Sound Effects?

"Clang!"

The Sleeve Arrow's bolt had bent from the impact. He picked it up off the ground and crushed it to crumbs with his bare hands.

The sight made Tang San's heart tremble. His Sleeve Arrow was forged from refined iron, after all.

He had never seen a Soul Master, but surely even a Soul Master shouldn't have been able to withstand it.

Let alone bend the Sleeve Arrow's bolt with his chest muscles.

Was he even human?

"Where'd you get this little toy? Lend it to me for a couple of days."

Yu Fan examined the Sleeve Arrow. Although he had long expected Tang San to attack him,

he was still prepared to give Tang San a chance.

If Tang San remained stubbornly unrepentant, he would have no choice but to crush his head.

And bring the double-standard God King's story to an early end.

"..."

"From the look on your face, you seem pretty upset. You weren't just trying to assassinate a handsome man like me, were you?"

"Brother Fan! I actually wanted to give it to you to play with!"

Tang San hastily picked his jaw back up and put away his hostile stare. He became exceptionally friendly, looking like a child who had never seen the wider world.

"Oh, I see!"

A friendly smile appeared on Yu Fan's face.

"Then I really did misjudge you."

"Hehe..."

Tang San grinned foolishly. He didn't know what to do now, either.

If he made a mechanical Hidden Weapon stronger than the Sleeve Arrow, he should be able to hurt Yu Fan, right?

For now, he would just have to endure it, lest this madman really fly off the handle and slaughter all of Holy Soul Village.

"Let's go. We'll head to Nuoding City tomorrow."

Yu Fan grabbed Tang San by the back of his collar and walked off.

Although Tang San felt terribly aggrieved, he had just been about to attack Yu Fan, so he dared not voice his anger.

If this guy thought it over and realized what had happened, wouldn't this madman smash his head open?

Yu Fan suddenly stopped.

He was claiming his reward.

"System, claim the mission reward!"

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the mission and successfully gaining Old Jack's approval of your Brawling Analects!]

[Reward obtained: King Engine!]

The instant he obtained the King Engine,

Yu Fan immediately heard a thumping heartbeat!

The heartbeat roared like an engine, and even Tang San's eyes widened in shock!

"Wh-what's that sound? How can a heartbeat be so intense?"

He looked at Yu Fan in alarm and uncertainty. Could this guy no longer be human?

How could even his heart be this outrageous?!

Yu Fan was shocked too. He hadn't expected the King Engine to bring about this kind of change!

"Thump-thump-thump-!!"

His heart beat faster and faster, and the blood coursed through his body faster and faster.

The King Engine didn't harm his body's functions. Instead, it began strengthening his physique.

Yu Fan clenched a fist.

The incomparably mighty force actually made space twist as his five fingers closed.

Tang San happened to see it.

"Wh-what was that thing that just twisted? Was I imagining it?"

Tang San had cultivated the Purple Demon Eye to the Discerning realm. Even the flapping wings of a dragonfly in the distance or the markings on a falling leaf were perfectly clear to him.

Thus, he noticed that the thing twisting before him seemed to be a very illusory boundary wall.

But because he knew too little about the Douluo Continent, he didn't understand what kind of power lay behind the fist Yu Fan had just clenched.

"Oh, you saw wrong."

Yu Fan brushed him off with a casual remark.

His reason for going to Nuoding City was simple.

If he got characters from the story to approve of his Brawling Analects, he could obtain special types of rewards, not just increases in attribute points.

Otherwise, why would he bother?

"Take me to your house for a visit."

"This..."

"What, you don't want to?"

"All right!"

Tang San brought Yu Fan to the smithy.

As soon as they walked through the door, they saw the old drunkard Tang Hao sitting at the table, drinking cheap liquor.

Suddenly, a heartbeat began to thump!

Its rhythm grew faster and faster!

Tang Hao's grip on his bowl tightened. What was with that strange sound?!

Yu Fan, who came with his own BGM, walked up to Tang Hao.

He said sarcastically,

"Well, your dad must be pretty rich. He's even drinking!"

"Yu Fan, that's my dad! You'd better not be so rude."

"Oh, okay!"

Yu Fan gave a perfunctory reply.

Tang Hao also realized where the sound came from: it was the thumping of that child's heart!

Although this Yu Fan was indeed very rude,

there was an intangible quality about him!

That quality was somewhat overbearing, even making everything around him feel somewhat oppressive!

Now, the whole room was filled with the thumping of the King Engine!

The sense of pressure was incredibly strong!

Tang Hao was startled, and a guess occurred to him!

A nascent domain!!

Could this child have been born with a domain?!

Could this extremely domineering presence be the legendary Domain of Tyranny?!

Of course...

The Domain of Tyranny Tang Hao had in mind was a domain derived from the kingly bearing of a sovereign,

not Yu Fan's Will of Tyranny.

"Dad, his name is Yu Fan. He's a friend from Big Ox Village next door."

Tang San introduced Yu Fan.

Tang Hao nodded to show he understood.

He had heard of Big Ox Village next door. The Martial Souls there happened to all be oxen.

Could it be...

The Martial Soul this child had awakened was an ox?

No wonder he had turned out like this!

It was probably some kind of Mutated Martial Soul!

With that thought, everything made sense.

"Little San, there was a huge bang over by the back mountain just now. Did you see what happened?"

"Uh..."

Tang San instinctively glanced at Yu Fan.

Tang Hao noticed it at once.

Wait, why are you looking at him?

He's just a little brat as strong as an ox...

So what if he really was a little more muscular?

It's not like he could split rocks and shatter mountains with one punch, could he?

"Oh, I did it."

"Little San, stop looking at him. He did..."

Tang Hao's eyes suddenly went wide. He stared at Yu Fan and spoke in a low voice.

"Huh?!"

"What did you just say?!"

Tang San looked at Yu Fan, who had admitted it so frankly, and beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead as he said,

"Dad, he really did do it!"

Hearing Tang San say so too, Tang Hao turned to look at Yu Fan.

If a six-year-old could possess such power, he might as well stop being the Clear Sky Douluo altogether.

But when had Little San learned to lie?

To be safe, Tang Hao asked,

"How did you do it?"

"With my hand, of course."

Yu Fan shrugged, making it look simple.

He held out his qilin arm, his bicep bulging once more as he showed it off to Tang Hao.

The corner of Tang Hao's eye twitched.

What?

You think you're so great because you have muscles?

"Are you sure?"

"If you don't believe me, ask him."

Yu Fan pointed at Tang San, showing no intention of concealing his strength.

Whether Tang Hao believed him was another matter.

Tang San nodded and said,

"Dad, everything he said is true!"

"Hmph. If you really have that kind of ability, what did you come to Holy Soul Village for today?"

"To hitch a ride."

"If you had to hitch a ride, that proves it wasn't you."

Tang Hao thought his reasoning was watertight.

In any case, he would never believe that a mere brat not even ten years old could punch a hole in the back mountain.

So the two of them definitely weren't talking about the same thing!

It seemed Little San didn't know what had happened either...

Yu Fan scratched his head and said,

"Is your dad a fucking idiot?"

"Yu Fan, don't talk nonsense like that!"

Tang San grew anxious.

He didn't want Tang Hao to get involved with Yu Fan. After all, this guy was practically a monster.

One less problem was better than one more. Right now, all he wanted was to see this muscular harbinger of death off as quickly as possible.