"Sister-in-law your mother!"
The profanity rang out with perfect diction and force, leaving Qin Shi stunned on the spot.
He never would've guessed that the usually gentle and charming Teacher Lin had such a shocking side to her in private!
"Man, she's brutal!"
he exclaimed.
Lin Yunqing knocked the Red-Haired Kid, Kun, to the ground with one punch, then spun and drove a vicious high kick into a delinquent rushing to his rescue.
Crack!
The kick landed with such force that it fractured the boy's jaw, sending him flying sideways.
Then, as her long hair whipped through the air, Lin Yunqing charged into the crowd like a tiger among sheep.
One punch to the left, one kick to the right—she beat the young punks into wailing and shrieking.
Hook punch! Side kick! Knee strike! Elbow Strike!
The teacher showed no mercy. Her punches and kicks were as fast and vicious as bullets.
Every blow went for a vital spot: the temples, carotid arteries, or vagus nerves. She made sure they'd drop like stones and stay down.
In barely more than ten seconds, the meeting room fell silent.
"She's savage."
Qin Shi grimaced. The least injured of the lot had a concussion.
As for Kun, the Red-Haired Kid, who'd been slammed against the wall and ground into it, his whole face was a bloody mess.
With his head drooping and his arms twisted like pretzels, he'd probably be in the hospital for ten days or half a month.
"You think you can joke around with your big sis? You've got some nerve!"
As if she'd just finished warming up, Lin Yunqing bounced twice, gathered her tied-back hair over her shoulder, and held out her hand to Qin Shi.
"Little Qin Assistant Teacher, could I have my glasses?"
Her voice turned sweet and gentle again.
In an instant, she'd gone from a Siberian tiger to a golden-shaded tabby!
"Oh."
Qin Shi put on a dazed expression, as though he were still in shock.
He really hadn't expected the Youth Palace's Teacher Lin to be so good at fighting.
Just from how effortlessly she'd switched between attack and defense, and how swiftly she'd struck, Lin Yunqing's Life Force Development was surely well advanced.
As a martial artist, Qin Shi knew that without sufficient physical conditioning, attempting many techniques could easily cause muscle tears and strains.
But Teacher Lin's movements had been crisp and clean, and she'd kept her breathing steady. It was clear she trained often.
Nice try, still pretending! As a hidden prodigy of the Old Martial Arts Faction, you could've taken those punks out with one punch each!
Trying to play the pig to eat the tiger? Hmph. I remember the Old Martial Arts Faction loves pulling that trick so they can show off in front of everyone!
A mocking smile stirred in Lin Yunqing's heart as her bright eyes shifted.
If I keep playing the helpless little flower, Little Qin Assistant Teacher will definitely leap in to show off his skills and shock everyone at the Youth Palace... Hah, men!
Qin Shi had no idea what Lin Yunqing was imagining. Scratching his head, he asked,
"Teacher Lin, should we call the police or an ambulance?"
He had a feeling that if they left these people alone, two or three of them might die.
After all, intracranial bleeding, fractured ribs, and damage to the nerves in the ear weren't minor problems.
"Just carry them outside, then call the local police station. We'll say they were causing trouble. They can't pin anything on us."
Lin Yunqing waved it off, completely unruffled.
It was easy to talk tough when you had connections!
Qin Shi thought.
For an ordinary person, even if it counted as self-defense, injuring so many people would mean taking statements, writing reports, and answering questions.
They couldn't just breeze through the whole thing like Teacher Lin, as if the Metropolitan Area's police station belonged to her family.
"Oh, and Little Qin Assistant Teacher, let's keep this between us, okay?
"Later, just say you swooped in to save the day!"
Lin Yunqing blinked mischievously.
How could a young man turn down a chance to be a hero?
Once everyone had praised Qin Shi until he was floating on air, she'd knock him to his knees and make him cry!
She'd shatter another genius youth's confidence all over again!
Just thinking about it felt great!
"How could I volunteer to take the blame?"
Qin Shi's mouth twitched.
She'd fought like a beast, and now she was acting cute and helpless.
That woman was obviously up to no good!
After following Old Liang down the path of Old Martial Arts, Qin Shi's experience and judgment had steadily improved.
Every punch and kick Lin Yunqing had just thrown carried terrifying explosive force and devastating power, like a modern weapon.
Clearly, it was a kind of "force"—a fighting style forged through constant refinement of Military Boxing techniques!
That wicked woman had gotten to blow off steam and enjoy herself.
And now she wanted him to be her shield?
Dream on!
Qin Shi gave her a shy smile.
"Teacher Lin, I'm a model student. I can't lie to the police.
"Besides, there are only the two of us in the meeting room. If you didn't do it, then I must have. I've never fought anyone before. If the police ask me about it, they'll catch me in a lie."
Qin Shi wasn't falling for it.
Those delinquent teenagers had clearly been sent to cause trouble by some powerful gang leader.
If that brought him endless problems, how was he supposed to focus on his part-time job?
"Little Qin Assistant Teacher, please help me out. If my family finds out I got into another fight, I'll get scolded."
Lin Yunqing gritted her teeth, but put on a pitiful expression.
The kid wouldn't give in to threats or pleading. Had her looks really failed to sway him at all?
"My sister says I should be an honest kid."
Qin Shi smiled sheepishly, completely immune to the beautiful teacher's charm.
"Fine, you win! I'm done pretending!"
Lin Yunqing's facade crumbled completely. She'd lost control of her expression.
"You little brat, if you don't confess later, I'll take you down too—"
Before she'd finished speaking, she stomped hard and shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Her feet planted like supports, her hands like twin cannons, she thrust them fiercely toward Qin Shi's shoulders.
The wicked woman's snapped!
Qin Shi went on alert. Every night, he used Combat Rewind to beat Li Yuan and Xie Yucheng in all sorts of ways, building up plenty of sparring experience.
The instant he saw Lin Yunqing shift her front foot and roll her shoulder, the large tendons in his body tightened, pulling him into a retreat.
"Hey! That brat's quick!"
Lin Yunqing had thought her surprise attack would be so fast that she could subdue Qin Shi without a hitch.
She hadn't expected him to move as if he'd anticipated her, slipping out of the way of her grab at just the right moment.
That wicked woman's Life Force shouldn't even be twenty points. How did she temper her spirit and condense "force"?
Qin Shi was just as shocked. The moment Lin Yunqing attacked, he felt the heavy, fierce impact of a cannonball leaving its barrel.
It was as if he weren't facing an ordinary human body at all, but a loaded mortar!
Boom!
Lin Yunqing turned her palm into a fist, stamped on the floor, and smashed it toward Qin Shi's chest!
Again!
A thunderclap seemed to burst beside Qin Shi's ears. Lin Yunqing's punch came at him like an artillery shell, fierce and forceful.
If he hadn't undergone his second rebirth, rapidly increased his Life Force, and greatly strengthened his physical abilities in every area, he might not have been able to beat this teacher whose appearance and behavior were so wildly at odds.
Qin Shi dodged again. The meeting room wasn't very spacious, and at a disadvantage, he was soon pressed against the wall, cornered with nowhere to go.
"Everyone in the Old Martial Arts Faction is known for their fighting style. How come all you do is retreat..."
Lin Yunqing narrowed her eyes. Her two failed attacks had started to irritate her.
After all, Qin Shi was just a kid with less than fifteen points of Life Force.
She was nearly at nineteen and preparing to break through to the seventh level and compete in the Stellar Cup.
How could they be at a stalemate?
Her cannon punch cut through empty air. The tremendous force stirred the air, unleashing a sharp crack like a blasting cap!
Lin Yunqing spread her arms, preparing to use a bear-hug takedown that would limit Qin Shi's movements, leave him nowhere to dodge, and force him to admit defeat!
Don't push it, you wicked woman!
Qin Shi cursed under his breath. With his back against the wall, his spine aligned segment by segment, stirring the boiling sensation of energy circulating through his body.
His blood-red tendons, thickened and lengthened by Golden Elixir, suddenly tightened and straightened, spreading over his limbs and torso.
Power surged through him, filling his ordinary human frame!
Leaning forward, Qin Shi stepped out with one foot ahead of the other, like two great bows firing at once!
The floor screeched beneath him, like a speeding car braking hard, its tires sliding across the asphalt!
His entire body seemed to twist into a single rope, every part of him exerting force as he charged straight at Lin Yunqing!
"How much Life Force do you even have? You think you can take me head-on..."
Lin Yunqing saw what Qin Shi was trying to do, but didn't retreat. Her arms, as if cast from steel, drove straight toward him. She intended to meet force with force and shatter the brat's confidence!
But in the next instant, she realized something was wrong, and her face changed drastically.
The blood-red tendons linked his skin and muscles, making each muscle group swell as if inflated, packed with overpowering strength.
As Qin Shi's shoulder slammed into her, he crushed Lin Yunqing's stance like dry leaves. She had no time to counter before he sent her flying!
It was like being run over head-on by a truck. Pain shot through Lin Yunqing's chest, and she could barely catch her breath. Staggering, she backed into the wall.
Then she heard a cold voice beside her: "Eat my deliberate haymaker!"
A sandbag-sized fist struck her square in the eye, smashing her glasses to pieces.
"So I'm the one who got knocked to my knees?"
Lin Yunqing's mind seemed to crash. Her hair hung loose and disheveled, and none of her former elegance remained.
I'm hungry. I really want to eat Teacher Lin...
Qin Shi had held back most of the force behind his punch. Lin Yunqing's eye was only slightly swollen, and she hadn't suffered much harm.
But streams of information suddenly swept across his retina, and an inexplicable hunger rose from his stomach, changing the look in his eyes—
[Ingredient Type: Living Being]
[Quality: Low]
[Edible Parts: Blood, heart, female mammary glands...]
[Effect: Slightly increases Life Force, grants the "Blood Drinking" trait; causes "Thirst" when hungry]
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