What Happened to Me Just Now?

Gong Shi and the others' expressions changed drastically.

For something like this to happen at a time like this was practically asking for death.

"No. If he loses, we lose our materials. Go!"

Gong Shi made a decisive decision in an instant and charged forward with Zhou Heng, the female teammate, and everyone else.

"We're going too!"

Seeing this, Bearded Uncle was about to rush over as well.

"Wait!"

At that moment, they saw that the Lion Squad members who had rushed over suddenly became sluggish in their movements.

Chen Feng shot forward. In just two seconds—

Bang!

A punch smashed into the woman beside him, sending her flying. Gong Shi was kicked in the chest by Chen Feng and flew away. As for the middle-aged Zhou Heng, Chen Feng punched him in the face, sending his whole body hurtling away.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

They were sent flying exactly as quickly as they had come.

A sharp long blade appeared at Guo Tao's throat.

All of this was completed in an extremely short time.

In that brief instant, Guo Tao had already lost.

He felt his thoughts slow down. By the time he regained clarity, his neck felt cold. A long blade rested beneath his throat, and a faint pain came from there. Several teammates in the distance were somehow already lying on the ground.

The person holding the blade at his side was Chen Feng.

"You lost."

Chen Feng's calm voice reached him, as though everything had gone exactly as he expected.

"You... This... How is that possible? What happened to me just now? When did you get here?" In that short moment, everything had changed.

Guo Tao's face was filled with shock. He could not understand what kind of Mental Attack Chen Feng had used just now, or why he had ended up like this.

He looked at Chen Feng in fear.

Terror and dread welled up in his heart.

He could not imagine such an ability. It was far too powerful!

"Y-Your Martial Soul contains a Mental Attack?... No wonder you got into Wushen University. I really did lose!"

Guo Tao knew that if this had been a life-and-death battle, he would already be lying on the ground without even the right to speak.

He felt somewhat irritated. He had always been admired by others, yet now he suddenly felt as though he had to look up to this young Martial Soul User before him. That feeling humiliated him.

But Chen Feng's ability was too terrifying. The Soul Needles alone had left him shaken, and this attack was even more so.

I underestimated this youth who awakened Nine Divine Tree Martial Souls.

He was not mediocre at all. He was... very strong!!!

Left with no choice, Guo Tao lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I lost. We don't want the things anymore. We'll leave now!"

"If you do this again next time, it won't end so simply!"

Chen Feng hated people like Guo Tao and his group.

"I understand!"

Guo Tao felt deeply humiliated. No one had ever treated him like this before, but he did not hate Chen Feng. Chen Feng was stronger than him; he simply could not compare!

Guo Tao turned to leave.

"Wait!"

"What else is it?"

Guo Tao turned back.

Bang!

A fist came straight at him. Guo Tao's face twisted to the side as he was flung four or five meters away, blood pouring from his nose and mouth.

Damn it!

Guo Tao roared in fury. He wanted to curse at Chen Feng, but as he lay on the ground, countless thoughts ran through his mind. In the end, he silently climbed to his feet and did not dare say a word. When your strength was inferior, nothing you said mattered.

Besides, Chen Feng would become a powerhouse in the future. If Guo Tao had not been unable to swallow his pride, then if it were anyone else, they would probably have gone over with a smile and tried to curry favor with him.

In all his life, when had Guo Tao ever suffered such humiliation? At most, he had been suppressed by some upperclassmen back at school, but those were upperclassmen.

Chen Feng in front of him, damn it! He was only a high school student!

It would be utterly humiliating if word got out.

"Wait!"

Just as Guo Tao started walking away, the voice sounded again. Guo Tao froze. "What else do you want?"

"You can leave. Leave the things behind!"

Although Gong Shi and the others had come for Iron Bull, they had also killed quite a few demon beasts along the way and gathered materials worth over a hundred thousand.

Gong Shi and the others were furious, but they did not dare say anything. After all, this was exactly how they had treated Chen Feng's group earlier.

Damn it!

Gong Shi was unwilling to accept this.

"Leave the things. We're no match for them, so be sensible!"

Guo Tao was furious inside, but there was nothing he could do. Gong Shi and the others left behind all their spoils and everything in their bags.

"That sword of yours is pretty good. Leave it too!"

Chen Feng suddenly fixed his gaze on the sharp, three-foot alloy sword in Zhou Heng's hand. He liked it very much.

"What?" Zhou Heng's expression darkened. He had spent tens of thousands to have that sword made, and it pained him greatly to give it away.

"Hand it over!" Guo Tao took the sword from Zhou Heng's hand and tossed it over.

Chen Feng caught the long sword. It felt good and was extremely sharp.

Just moments ago, they had been imposing and arrogant. Now, each of them hung their heads in dejection as they all retreated.

They had failed to kill Iron Bull, and even their own materials had been left behind.

They were furious beyond belief.

"Brother Guo, how is this guy so strong? Did you go easy on him just now?"

On the way, Gong Shi was extremely depressed as well.

"Go easy on him? You're overthinking it!"

Guo Tao shook his head. "Though I'm unwilling to accept it, that guy really is strong. Forget his physical strength—even those two Soul Needles were exceptionally powerful. He's physically strong and mentally strong. Just now, the Soul Needles nearly disrupted my attack. It was extremely dangerous. And he also possesses some kind of special aura. Just now, I saw all of you lying on the ground. Do you know what happened?"

"We saw that something was strange about you. Your movements slowed as you advanced, which was a huge opening. We were afraid you'd lose, so we rushed in. Who knew that the moment we got close, our minds went blank? It was an awful feeling, but we couldn't explain what it was. When we woke up, our whole bodies hurt. That brat had beaten us up!"

Gong Shi bared his teeth in pain. Chen Feng had hit him pretty hard just now.

"My sword is gone!"

The middle-aged Zhou Heng rubbed his face. "If I'd known this guy was so strong, we never should have provoked him!"

Zhou Heng complained. He did not dare complain about Chen Feng, so he complained about the team instead.

"Enough, stop talking. If I'd known earlier, then I fucking shouldn't have come today at all!!!"

Guo Tao was full of anger.

Gong Shi was even angrier.

Iron Bull was gone, and spoils worth over a hundred thousand had been handed over to someone else. Yet they could not say anything, because they were the ones in the wrong.

"This Chen Feng is so young, yet he already has such strength. We suffered a loss today, but none of you should complain anymore. If you run into him again in the future, you'd better try to curry favor with him. Otherwise, if you anger that brat, you might not survive!"

Guo Tao said, "Just now, we only wanted to take his things. We didn't intend to kill him. Otherwise, we might not even have the chance to be talking here right now."

"Curry favor with him?"

Zhou Heng looked awkward. They were all uncle-aged men, yet they were supposed to curry favor with a teenage boy. That image was simply...

"Forget you all—even I can only smile and ingratiate myself when I see him at Martial God School in the future. What do you know? This society is full of the strong preying on the weak. When he's strong, you can only behave yourself."

As Guo Tao said this, Gong Shi and the others realized that he was right. Forget people their age—in front of truly gifted talents, even some powerful old-timers would not dare speak too recklessly.

After all, some geniuses might be young, but their personal strength was already enough to make many old-timers afraid to act rashly.

"I'm heading back now. The regret over Iron Bull can never be made up for in this lifetime, but forget it. Improving my strength is what matters most. My current strength is still not enough!"

Guo Tao turned around and left by himself.

This location was not far from the exit.

"Guo Tao says his strength isn't enough, then what are we..."

The woman gave a bitter smile.

"You can't compare yourself to him. He's a student of Wushen University, and even among Wushen University students, there are stronger and weaker ones. No matter what, they're stronger than us. But we're in different circles. To us, Guo Tao is already very strong, but there are people stronger than him at Wushen University. Wasn't that Chen Feng we just met stronger than him? That brat hasn't even entered Wushen University yet."

Gong Shi shook his head.

"This Chen Feng seemed to be here for training. Damn it, that Bald Man—if it weren't for him, Old Zhu would never have met Chen Feng. I know this guy is a Martial Soul User because I have some information from the Hunting Alliance.

If it weren't for the Bald Man, Chen Feng would be in my team right now, and Iron Bull would be ours too. We might even have gotten to know this genius and built some rapport with him. He could have become our backer.

But it's too late to say anything now. Not only did we fail to recruit him, we even offended him!"

Gong Shi said angrily, "You lot, if you run into that Bald Man again, slap him a few times for me!"

"Got it!" The female teammate nodded.

After thinking for a moment, Gong Shi added, "Beat him every time you see him!"

"Yes, Captain!"

"Captain, what do we do now?"

Zhou Heng asked.

"What else can we do? Brother Guo has already left. Let's go hunt on our own. We're down one person this time, but we can't come here for nothing. Let's go!"

Gong Shi's team found their vehicle and headed in another direction, not daring to remain in the same area as Chen Feng's group.

Meanwhile, Bearded Uncle and the others looked at the spoils the other side had left behind and found it unbelievable.

The Lion Squad had suffered at Chen Feng's hands. Bearded Uncle and his group did not dare casually provoke the Lion Squad. Their members were somewhat stronger, and every time they went out hunting, their gains were greater, so their overall equipment was better as well.

Their information and resources were naturally superior too.

Bearded Uncle had not wanted to provoke a Lion Squad like this, but he had never expected that when they encountered an expert like Chen Feng, they could only flee in disgrace.

Not only that, they had even left their spoils behind.

To them, this was utterly unbelievable.

It was even more shocking than defeating Iron Bull. They knew Iron Bull was powerful, but over the years, the Lion Squad's dominance and strength had become deeply ingrained in everyone's minds.

The fact that Gong Shi could bring in a Martial Soul User like Guo Tao was enough to show that they had considerable influence.

And now, they had lost.

Their team had gotten to be impressive for once.

As shocked as Bearded Uncle was, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Leaving aside everything else, their harvest alone this time was already astonishing.

They prepared to leave and return to sell all the materials.

In the new year, I wish everyone a happy New Year and great prosperity! Haha.

Also, I sincerely ask all of you to vote more for this book. These numbers are very important.

I hope this book can grow with everyone's support. Thank you...