Gangzi Loses His Manly Dignity, It Hurts, It Hurts So Much

"A thousand years for the first and second rings, ten thousand years for the third? That's impossible!" At the sight of Lin Chen's Soul Ring Configuration, Yu Xiaogang's mouth fell open, his eyes filled with shock and surprise.

"Heh, that's why I said you're as shortsighted as a mouse. The geniuses of this world aren't something your eyes can see." Lin Chen snorted and beckoned Tang San over with a contemptuous curl of his finger. "Get on with it. Weren't you acting so arrogant just now?"

"No... this isn't right. Didn't Grandmaster say Lin Chen was a Soul Grandmaster at most?" Tang San's face went pale with fright at the presence Lin Chen was giving off. Panicking, he stumbled back more than ten steps.

What do I do? There's no way I can beat him. Even with the Tang Sect Secret Arts, I couldn't, right? Tang San looked at the Yellow Soul Rings beneath his feet, then at the three imposing Soul Rings beneath Lin Chen's. Not a trace of color remained in his face.

"Heh... since neither of you is coming at me, I'll make the first move." Lin Chen sneered and stamped off the ground. Without even using Soul Power, he punched straight at Tang San's face!

"Ghost Shadow Perplexing—" Tang San had just begun to use his movement technique when Lin Chen's fist, as big as a sandbag, came blasting out. It struck him squarely in the face and sent him flying several meters before he finally stopped.

"Is that all?" Without even glancing at Tang San, Lin Chen turned his gaze back to Yu Xiaogang. "Gangzi, this is the disciple you placed such high hopes on? You really must be hungry enough to eat anything. You'd even take a liking to trash like this?"

"Y-you, how can you say something so nasty?" Yu Xiaogang clutched his chest. He was just about to curse back when an angry voice interrupted him.

"First Soul Skill, Entanglement!"

Dozens of strands of Blue Silver Grass instantly sprang from the ground and wound around Lin Chen's legs more than ten times, wrapping them tightly. Snake venom spread along the thorns as they stabbed toward his exposed skin.

"Is that all?" Lin Chen exerted a little force with his legs, and the Blue Silver Grass instantly snapped into more than ten pieces. But before he could do anything else, Tang San rushed him in an instant. More than ten golden needles flashed coldly in his hand as he sent them stabbing toward Lin Chen's limbs, chest, and other vital points.

"Tch..." Lin Chen snorted and slashed horizontally with the Ultimate Armor Sword. A storm of wind instantly swept up, stopping the golden needles, which Lin Chen then caught in one hand.

"Nice things. Let me borrow them." As soon as the words left his mouth, Lin Chen turned his palm slightly, and dozens of golden needles shot toward Yu Xiaogang, stabbing at his limbs.

"You!" Yu Xiaogang's face paled. Soul Power surged around him, forming a thin barrier, but the Dragon Whisker Needles broke through it with ease and plunged into his flesh.

"Aah—!"

Yu Xiaogang let out a wail like a pig being slaughtered. He could clearly feel the golden needles piercing his limbs.

Once inside his flesh, the needle tips gradually began to twist. Combined with the poison coating them taking effect, they crippled half of Yu Xiaogang's bodily functions almost instantly.

Seeing Gangzi collapse from the pain, Lin Chen paid him no further attention and turned his gaze back to Tang San, who was circling around him.

"Your teacher's suffering terribly because of you. Aren't you going to do something about it?" Before Tang San could answer, Lin Chen's figure became an afterimage, and he appeared behind him.

"So fast!" Tang San had just started to turn and attack when Lin Chen reached out and yanked the black belt from his waist. Then he shoved Tang San in the back, blasting him flying once more.

Boom!

Tang San flew more than ten meters, smashing through the wall behind him before finally collapsing limply to the ground, unconscious.

"All I can say is, you're average." Lin Chen waved a hand. Without so much as glancing at Tang San, who lay unconscious in the corner, he walked over to Yu Xiaogang instead.

"Gangzi, we haven't seen each other for a year. How did you get so lousy?" Lin Chen crouched down and slapped Yu Xiaogang across the face with a smack.

Yu Xiaogang glared furiously at Lin Chen and was just about to curse him when another slap landed on his left cheek.

"I told you to speak. Why aren't you saying anything?" Lin Chen slapped him left and right, striking him every time he tried to open his mouth.

"Mmph... glug glug." After more than ten slaps, Lin Chen had had his fill and stood up.

Yu Xiaogang immediately breathed a sigh of relief. With his face beaten into a pig's head, he no longer dared to say a word and merely glared at Lin Chen in anger.

"You still dare glare at me?" Lin Chen kicked out, sending Yu Xiaogang rolling over three times before he stopped.

"Mmph! Wuuugh—"

Yu Xiaogang let out a howl of pain and crawled back several meters. Kneeling on the ground, he wailed, "Lin Chen... I advise you not to go too far. I'm from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon—"

"Do you think I care whether you're blue or not?" Lin Chen appeared in front of Yu Xiaogang in an instant and swung his left palm hard, actually slapping Gangzi off his feet.

Thud...

Yu Xiaogang landed in a stumble. His already ugly face was now black and blue, swollen beyond recognition.

Lin Chen walked slowly forward, smiling at Gangzi. "Are you still going to say you're from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon?"

"N-no, I won't." Yu Xiaogang shook his head and hastened to agree.

Just you wait, Lin Chen... how dare you humiliate me like this. Yu Xiaogang's heart was full of malice, and a vicious look flashed through his eyes as he watched Lin Chen.

Seeing that Gangzi still dared bare his teeth, Lin Chen didn't hit him again. Instead, he smiled. "Gangzi, I heard you wanted to make Uncle Xiao lose his position as city lord?"

With that, Lin Chen swung his hand toward Yu Xiaogang's face again.

Seeing that Lin Chen was going to hit him again, Yu Xiaogang panicked at once. "How could that be? There's no such thing! I have the utmost admiration for City Lord Xiao!"

"Why are you acting like a dog?" Lin Chen cursed him again, his face full of disdain.

Just you wait, you beast with no respect for your elders! Yu Xiaogang's hostility had reached its peak, but he wore an apologetic expression.

Seeing Yu Xiaogang like this, Lin Chen sent his spiritual power into the Twenty-Four Bridge Moonlit Night. After taking out the Dragon Whisker Needles, he slowly crouched down in front of Gangzi.

"Bear with it. I'll only stick you once." Lin Chen sneered, and a Dragon Whisker Needle shot out, stabbing Yu Xiaogang below the waist.

"Mmph—!"

Yu Xiaogang felt the injury to his groin. His eyes nearly popped out from the pain, and he stared at Lin Chen in disbelief.

Lin Chen merely smiled at Yu Xiaogang and slowly turned around. As if by accident, his fingers sent more than ten golden needles shooting at him, stabbing little Yu Xiaogang all over, inside and out.

"Roaaar—!"

Yu Xiaogang roared in agony. Unable to endure the tearing pain any longer, he passed out from it.

Lin Chen didn't even look at him. He turned and walked toward the crowd, and the people around him parted of their own accord to let him through.

Lin Chen paid them no mind. Smiling, he returned to Xiao Chenyu and Xiao Wu. "What are you still standing there for? Let's go back and cultivate."