Lin Yingbin's Riot!

The winter sun shone warmly and gently upon the body, and though it was Sunday, it did not give one the urge to linger in bed.

After a sharp burst of the doorbell, a lazy voice came from within the room. Ryuseki, who had previously suffered severe injuries, had miraculously self-healed, though this had left him severely lacking in energy, and he looked entirely exhausted.

In stark contrast, Ryuu Mufei appeared exceptionally anxious, pacing back and forth by the doorway before the door was even opened. Finally, Ryuseki opened the door, still half-asleep in his pajamas as he looked at Ryuu Mufei and asked unhurriedly, "What is it? So early? Can't a guy even sleep in on a Sunday?"

"Sleep, my foot! Come with me quickly, something's happened to Lin Yingbin." Ryuu Mufei shouted at the top of his lungs, completely unconcerned with his image.

"Lin Yingbin?!" Ryuseki was startled first by that roar, then snapped entirely awake. Afterward, he hurriedly dashed back to his room to change clothes before following Ryuu Mufei and running toward Lin Yingbin's house.

As they ran, Ryuseki asked, "Earlier, when I was hurt so badly, why did I heal so fast?"

"I don't know!" Ryuu Mufei answered quite bluntly.

Yet according to Ryuu Mufei's recollection, when they had brought Ryuseki back at the time, his older brother Kouhi had also been shocked by Ryuseki's injuries. Kouhi had just returned then and was planning to take a bath, but he set that aside to let them carry Ryuseki onto the sofa, and then simply poked Ryuseki's body with his finger, after which the bleeding seemed to stop. Beyond that, he was unclear on the details, nor did he know what method Kouhi had actually used. Still, when seen yesterday, Kouhi had claimed that Ryuseki had recovered on his own.

Thinking of these things, the two had already arrived at the entrance of Lin Yingbin's house.

Lin Yingbin's front door was unlocked. Ryuu Mufei told Ryuseki that he had received a strange scrambled message in the early hours of the morning and had initially thought nothing of it, but when he intended to call Lin Yingbin this morning to ask about it, he discovered that once the call connected, the sound coming through the receiver was actually screams. Ryuu Mufei only knew something was wrong, but because he didn't clear on what had happened exactly, he hadn't dared to act rashly on his own, which was why he came to find Ryuseki.

The two tiptoed into the house, only to see the furnishings in complete disarray, looking as though they had been ransacked by thieves. Moreover, the sound of smashing and crashing could be heard from somewhere. Hearing the noises, the two rushed up to the second floor in quick steps, only to see Lin Yingbin rolling on the floor in extreme agony, constantly kicking over surrounding objects with his feet.

"Lin Yingbin, what's wrong with you?" Ryuseki rushed forward, wanting to help Lin Yingbin up, only to find Lin Yingbin's expression distorted, his gaze unfocused, and the corners of his mouth twitching—looking somewhat like a drug addict suffering from withdrawal.

Lin Yingbin clutched his head with both hands, rolling endlessly on the ground while repeatedly slamming his head against the floor. Seeing this, Ryuseki stepped forward to stop him, but was kicked away by Lin Yingbin. Worried that Lin Yingbin would injure his head, Ryuu Mufei used psychokinesis to protect his skull. Yet right at that moment, a horrifying scene unfolded. Lin Yingbin performed a carp kip to spring back to his feet, then glared at the two friends with both eyes like a beast preparing to hunt its prey.

Ryuu Mufei realized something was wrong at the very first moment, subconsciously taking a step back. He didn't know what had happened to Lin Yingbin, but his instincts told him that the current Lin Yingbin was extremely dangerous.

Rrrr-rrrr-rrr~

Strange sounds issued from Lin Yingbin's mouth, looking more and more like a guarded beast, his pupils emitting a dangerous light.

"Could it be?!" The warning of danger grew increasingly distinct, and Ryuu Mufei's vigilant psychokinesis sensed the hazardous factors radiating through the air. He hurriedly grabbed Ryuseki and dashed downstairs. Ryuseki hadn't figured out what was happening yet when he saw Lin Yingbin actually charging toward the two of them. Ryuu Mufei swept his hand backward, and Lin Yingbin was blown away by psychokinesis, crashing into a bed on the side. After that, the two rushed downstairs.

Just as Ryuseki intended to scold Ryuu Mufei for reckless behavior that might hurt Lin Yingbin, he discovered that Lin Yingbin had smashed through the window from that room, jumped downstairs, and blocked their path ahead.

"What is going on? What's the situation now?" Ryuseki asked, unable to comprehend the state of affairs, "Lin Yingbin, what's wrong with you?"

"I'll explain later, run for now!" Ryuu Mufei patted Ryuseki on the back, and right as he did so, Lin Yingbin leaped up and launched an attack at the two.

Hum~

Following a muffled sound, Lin Yingbin was suspended mid-air as Ryuu Mufei's psychokinesis blocked in front of him, firmly catching Lin Yingbin's assault.

Ryuu Mufei aimed his hand straight at Lin Yingbin and clenched his fist.

"Lock!!!"

Next, Lin Yingbin was controlled by an invisible, powerful force, and his body began to bend backward involuntarily until his hands and feet were pinioned together from behind and locked tightly in place. This was a chain-shaped shackle created by Ryuu Mufei using psychokinesis, with the purpose of locking down the target firmly; it was a basic offensive means of psychokinesis.

"What are you doing? He's Lin Yingbin!" Ryuseki tugged at Ryuu Mufei's sleeve, trying to stop his rough treatment of Lin Yingbin, which also caused Ryuu Mufei to lose his focus.

"Of course I know he's Lin Yingbin, but haven't you noticed he isn't right right now?" Ryuu Mufei sharply scolded Ryuseki, while Ryuseki stared at Lin Yingbin, who was locked mid-air by the psychic chains with an expression of extreme agony.

Crack-snap! With a sound, Lin Yingbin actually used sheer brute strength to break free from the restraint of Ryuu Mufei's psychic chains.

It wasn't merely a matter of breaking free; the chains were shattered directly by brute force. The corners of Lin Yingbin's mouth twisted, his face filled with dissatisfaction toward Ryuu Mufei. At that very instant, he leveraged his advantage in the air to launch an attack on Ryuu Mufei.

Recovering his wits, Ryuu Mufei looked at Lin Yingbin charging an attack at him in great shock. "How is this possible? Breaking free from the constraints of the psychic locks with sheer brute strength alone—what on earth is wrong with you?" Amidst his astonishment, he decisively jumped aside to dodge Lin Yingbin's strike.

"He's no longer the Lin Yingbin we know!"

Ryuu Mufei roared at Ryuseki.

In truth, Ryuseki had noticed it from the very beginning when he first saw Lin Yingbin, only refusing to believe it. Combining the combat stance Lin Yingbin had just displayed toward Ryuu Mufei with what Ryuu Mufei had just said, Ryuseki did not know how to make a choice. His expression appeared very complicated, unsure of what measures to take, yet at the next instant, Lin Yingbin charged right at him.

"Watch out!" Ryuu Mufei hurriedly warned.

Yet Ryuseki showed no intention of dodging the attack, nor even putting up any defense, simply standing there and waiting. Because he did not believe Lin Yingbin would strike him, he stubbornly trusted Lin Yingbin.

Subsequently, Lin Yingbin rushed before Ryuseki, gave a cold smile, and viciously kicked Ryuseki in the abdomen, sending him flying several meters away with a single blow.

"Ryuseki!"

Ryuseki trusted Lin Yingbin so deeply that he had never considered Lin Yingbin would actually bring himself to kick him. Yet Lin Yingbin didn't hesitate in the slightest; by comparison, Ryuseki's actions just then appeared exceptionally laughable.

While Ryuu Mufei was worrying about Ryuseki, Lin Yingbin did not give up on his intention to attack him either. He sprinted at extremely high speed toward a nearby trash can, kicking four trash cans at Ryuu Mufei in one go. Those very trash cans, along with the scattered garbage inside, flew toward Ryuu Mufei. Ryuu Mufei tightly clenched his right fist, and a transparent spherical force field generated from his palm, expanding in an instant to form a see-through protective barrier that bounced away everything flying toward him.

"Psychic Shield!!!"

Lowering his head, Ryuu Mufei peered through the gaps in his hair to survey the surrounding situation, and upon confirming there were no immediate threats, he released his right hand. Following that, the shield created by the psychokinesis vanished into the air in an instant.

Yet right at the moment the protective barrier disappeared, Lin Yingbin rushed behind Ryuu Mufei with unexpected speed. Ryuu Mufei was quite taken aback; he had clearly just surveyed the surroundings, so how had Lin Yingbin appeared so suddenly?

Having lost the advantage of speed, Ryuu Mufei was kicked in the back by Lin Yingbin. Following that, Lin Yingbin darted before Ryuu Mufei with unconventional velocity, striking him squarely in the abdomen with a fist.

"Ugh-argh..."

Ryuu Mufei spat a mouthful of blood from this combo of blows, then was sent flying dozens of meters away by a single punch.

"Ryuu Mufei!!!" Just as Ryuseki was crawling out from the pile of collapsed bricks and masonry, he saw that Ryuu Mufei had also been beaten, and shouted his name at the top of his lungs.

Slowly, Ryuu Mufei prepared to climb back up.

"What kind of evil possesses you guys anyway!"

Without intending to give Ryuu Mufei any breathing room at all, Lin Yingbin sprinted over with lightning speed and kicked at Ryuu Mufei. This time, however, his kick did not take effect; his foot stopped right in front of Ryuu Mufei.

"What?" Lin Yingbin turned his head to look behind him.

Ryuseki was hugging Lin Yingbin tightly, blocking his attack.

"Stop it! Lin Yingbin, what on earth are you trying to do?" Ryuseki strained as he pulled at him.

Lin Yingbin ignored Ryuseki's words, instead turning his body around to forcefully pry away the arms with which Ryuseki was hugging him, and then savagely battered Ryuseki's abdomen with his knees several times before striking his back with a heavy elbow blow, knocking him down to the ground.

Ryuseki, heavily battered by Lin Yingbin, instantly dropped to his knees on the ground, and Lin Yingbin followed up with a vicious kick intended to trample Ryuseki's posture down.

"Get lost!"

Ryuu Mufei attacked Lin Yingbin directly with psychokinesis, blowing him away. Ryuu Mufei stood up, intending to help Ryuseki up, but the one who got back to his feet ahead of them was the blown-away Lin Yingbin. Lin Yingbin twisted his neck, smiled, and charged toward the two once more.

"Psychic Shield"

Panting heavily, Ryuu Mufei could not afford to think further as he violently smashed both hands against the ground, causing a translucent, visible spherical psychic shield to encase the two of them within.

Maintaining this posture and not daring to leave it, Ryuu Mufei squatted on the ground, pressing his hands against the floor as he asked, "Lin Yingbin, what on earth is wrong with you?" Seeing Ryuseki stand up nearby, he asked, "Hey! Ryuseki, are you alright? What should we do next?"

"I don't know what's wrong with him now, but since he's my friend, I can't attack him!"

"Fine, if that's how it is, I won't care about you anymore."

Ryuu Mufei stood up, leaping out of the psychic shield he had created, and then formed a circle with both hands, aiming it squarely at Lin Yingbin.

"Psychic Lance Barrage!"

Next, five psychic battle lances materialized around Ryuu Mufei, and he launched his counterattack.

With several crisp sounds, the five psychic battle lances flew rapidly toward Lin Yingbin like arrows loosed from a bow, the speeding lances drawing sharp piercing sounds through the air.

Bang... bang... bang... pow... pow... With five sounds, those five psychic battle lances failed to pierce Lin Yingbin, instead simply smashing five large craters about half a meter in diameter into the ground.

Dodging left and right with dance-like movements, Lin Yingbin easily evaded Ryuu Mufei's attack and immediately retaliated, leaping high to knock Ryuu Mufei—who had jumped out of the shield—to the ground with a single punch.

"Stop it!!!!!h"

Ryuseki could hold back no longer. The moment he stepped out of the psychic shield, the barrier vanished. Clenching his fists tightly, he swung an angry punch toward Lin Yingbin.