28 Lychees! What Am I Supposed to Use to Be Reasonable?! (Please Keep Reading)

"Since you're so confident and insist on fighting him, I'll lend it to you. But when you pay me back later, remember to add twenty percent interest."

Xiao Hongchen: "..." You really are my biological sister.

"Fine, I got it. Send it over."

After getting fleeced by his own sister, Xiao Hongchen successfully paid off Xiao Qiang's bill, then strode confidently into the Soul Engineer Arena where Xiao Qiang was.

When he learned that Xiao Hongchen was going to fight Xiao Qiang, Teacher Jingyun appeared and took over as referee. Only then did Xiao Qiang learn that Teacher Jingyun was actually a Seven-Ring Soul Sage. He just did not know what rank of Soul Engineer he was.

"Teacher Jing, please keep an eye on things later. Don't let him die. He's still a pretty decent opponent, and it'd be a pity to lose him."

Xiao Hongchen's words were as arrogant as ever, but Jingyun, who knew him well, knew that he had already toned it down considerably compared to before. As the Mingde Hall Master's grandson, it was no small thing for him to speak this politely.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him," Jingyun agreed immediately. But then he recalled the scene of Xiao Hongchen being defeated by Xiao Qiang before. "Of course, I'll keep an eye on you too."

Xiao Hongchen was fine with the first half, but the second half made him bristle. "What do you mean, keep an eye on me?! Why would you need to watch me?! It's not like I could get beaten up by him again!"

Jingyun looked at Xiao Hongchen, then at Xiao Qiang, before finally uttering three words. "Hard to say."

"What do you mean, hard to say?! I'm definitely going to win!"

"Save those words for after you win."

Xiao Hongchen still wanted to say something, but Jingyun was already preparing to start the match.

At the announcement that the match had begun, Xiao Hongchen immediately switched modes. The Soul Guide Core Arrays on his body appeared in an instant, and thirty-six Soul Cannons rapidly assembled, materializing before him at an utterly unbelievable speed.

Unlike his first exchange with Xiao Qiang, Xiao Hongchen did not dare underestimate his opponent this time. His first three spirit rings lit up in succession as he activated his first soul skill, Metal Control, second soul skill, Boiling Gold, and third soul skill, Gold Condensation, all at once.

"You're missing one Thousand-Year Spirit Ring compared to me, and you're twelve levels short in Soul Power. I won't bully you. I'll only use my first three soul skills against you, and my Soul Power has been suppressed to level thirty-five as well. I'll defeat you using the same level of Soul Power and prove that I'm the number one genius of the Sun Moon Empire."

As Xiao Hongchen spoke, all thirty-six Soul Cannons fired at once, intending to suppress Xiao Qiang in an instant with overwhelming firepower.

Seeing the fierce bombardment from Xiao Hongchen's side, Xiao Qiang immediately chose to widen the distance between them. Within seven steps, cannon fire was fast and accurate, but beyond seven steps, while it was still fast, its accuracy became much less reliable.

Once Xiao Qiang had opened enough distance, Xiao Hongchen's already inaccurate barrage was easily evaded under the dynamic vision of Xiao Qiang's Sharingan.

No matter how ferocious Xiao Hongchen's cannon fire was, as long as he could not hit Xiao Qiang, it was nothing but wasted effort.

"This isn't going to work."

After easily dodging Xiao Hongchen's attacks, Xiao Qiang felt that he could not keep dragging things out like this. While this fighting style consumed more of Xiao Hongchen's energy, his own stamina consumption was no small matter either. At level forty-seven against level thirty-five, if this continued, he might really get hit by one of Xiao Hongchen's cannons and lose the battle.

"In that case..."

Xiao Qiang's Sharingan fixed on Xiao Hongchen. The three tomoe in his eyes began to spin as he activated the Illusion Technique ability of his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Because Xiao Qiang had gone from One-Tomoe to Three-Tomoe in such a short time, he had not had much opportunity to carefully study the abilities of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

He could suddenly use many things simply because his Sharingan had reached the required level. As for proficiency with the Sharingan's abilities, the current Xiao Qiang was almost in the same state Sasuke had been in during his first battle with Naruto at the Valley of the End.

He had gotten fairly used to its dynamic vision, but in other aspects, he could only suddenly use the abilities granted by the Sharingan.

He was still far from proficient, but fortunately, Xiao Qiang did not need much proficiency right now.

Xiao Qiang's Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun. The Illusion Technique he cast on Xiao Hongchen was nothing like Itachi's flawless illusions; it merely caused Xiao Hongchen to misjudge what he saw by a slight margin.

The muzzles of Xiao Hongchen's cannons shifted by the slightest angle. At such a distance, Xiao Qiang barely needed to dodge at all for every shot to miss.

By the time Xiao Hongchen had poured all his firepower around the Xiao Qiang he saw, Xiao Qiang had already used his Soul Guide Thruster to arrive before him.

Suddenly, Xiao Hongchen saw one of his shells strike Xiao Qiang's head dead-on in his field of vision. Xiao Qiang's head was blown apart by the Soul Cannon in an instant, and then his entire body endured Xiao Hongchen's subsequent barrage. For a moment, in Xiao Hongchen's eyes, not even a whole corpse remained.

Just as Xiao Hongchen was about to demand what Jingyun had been doing, Xiao Qiang's fist, as large as a sandbag, was already flying toward his face.

Xiao Hongchen was sent flying by Xiao Qiang's punch. Coupled with a Spirit Shock of precisely the right strength, Xiao Hongchen fell to the ground and immediately went to sleep. The quality of that sleep was anything but ordinary.

Looking at the unconscious Xiao Hongchen, Xiao Qiang sighed helplessly.

As the defeated party, Xiao Hongchen only needed to pass out. But as the victor, Xiao Qiang had much more to consider.

Feeling that stuffing Xiao Hongchen into a Soul Tool would not be appropriate, Xiao Qiang carried him to the hospital on his back. He even thoughtfully paid the fees and got him admitted to a VIP ward.

Two hours later, Xiao Hongchen woke up. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Meng Hongchen peeling an apple.

"Xiao, you're awake."

"Urrgh, urrgh..." Xiao Hongchen wanted to say something, but the sounds he made just after waking were impossible to understand.

"What did you say?"

"How's that bastard?" After taking a punch from Xiao Qiang, Xiao Hongchen's speech was a little slurred. Fortunately, his twin sister Meng Hongchen could still understand what he meant.

"After Xiao Qiang defeated you, he carried you to the hospital and even paid for you. You wanted to beat him up, yet he still covered your medical bills. He's actually pretty nice."

"You can't put it quite like that. Brother Xiao spent money earlier, after all. Well, quite a lot of it," Xiao Qiang said sheepishly.

Hearing Xiao Qiang say that, Xiao Hongchen covered his face. At that moment, he did not want to say a single word.

"Since Brother Xiao is fine, I'll be leaving first."

After seeing that Xiao Hongchen had woken up and confirming that he was truly all right, Xiao Qiang got up and left.

After Xiao Qiang left, Meng Hongchen had finished peeling the apple. She looked at Xiao Hongchen, confirmed that he could not eat an apple, then began eating it herself while comforting Xiao Hongchen, who looked ready to explode with rage.

"Xiao, be reasonable."

"Reasonable?! What am I supposed to use to be reasonable?!"