Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions
Chapter 32

A Sailor Soldier Charging Through the Flames

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The person Jiang Nan had dragged out hadn't even had time to react!

They'd been rescued just like that!

The crowd erupted in cheers and whistles!

"Holy crap! This guy's incredible!"

"A merciless rescue machine!"

"He's young, but he sure has guts! The fire must be terrifying!"

"Isn't he... the tough guy who smashed bricks at the Jiang Nan night market?"

"So it really is him? Boss, you're awesome!"

At that very moment, Hu Shuo was giving an impassioned report on the news!

"Let's turn our cameras to this young man who rushed into the fire to rescue people!"

"He looks like a student, but he's also a powerful Spirit Warrior!"

"In just one minute, he's already dragged twenty-seven people out of the fire!"

"Oh! His clothes are on fire!"

Jiang Nan froze, then turned around and frantically slapped at his T-shirt.

Only then did he notice that it had somehow been burned full of holes.

The temperature inside the fire was scorching. Even Jiang Nan was nearly roasted alive.

With no time to think, he casually pulled a bucket of Strength Potion out of the Other Dimension Space and poured it over himself!

He had no choice!

Using a ten-thousand-yuan bottle of Farmer's Three Fists to take a bath!

That was what you called outrageously rich!

The cold water made Jiang Nan shiver violently!

He felt a surge of power well up from inside his body!

He couldn't help but freeze.

Holy crap?

Could Strength Potion be used externally, too?

Jiang Nan hurriedly felt his head...

Thank goodness, he wasn't bald!

Jiang Nan's eyes lit up. It was as if he'd discovered a whole new world.

But he had no time to think about it.

He rushed back into the fire to rescue people!

Before long, he brought two more people out.

The Strength Potion on his body had evaporated in the intense heat, drifting into the night sky as steam.

Hu Shuo said, looking moved, "Everyone, do you see that? The holes burned into this young man's Sailor Soldier T-shirt show just how dangerous the fire is!"

"But he's ignoring his own safety and still risking his life to save people! Such selfless courage! It's enough to bring anyone to tears..."

But quite a few people in the crowd couldn't hold back and burst out laughing!

Couldn't you have just said T-shirt?

What the heck was "Sailor Soldier"...

That was a little too eye-catching, wasn't it?

The Sailor Soldier reference had broken the solemn mood at the fire scene.

Hu Shuo gave an awkward smile. He knew he'd let his mouth run away with him, and stuck out his tongue cutely.

Inside the fire, in a smoke-filled bathroom!

A petite girl with two adorable buns was crouching on the sink.

She was holding up her phone...

Livestreaming!

Her face was smudged black with soot, and streaked with tears.

She asked pitifully, "Am... Am I going to die in here?"

The phone screen was filled with comments!

"Xiaoyu, don't be scared. Stay there and don't go out!"

"Don't breathe in the smoke!"

"Someone's coming to save you! The firefighters are already here!"

"Turn on the faucets! All of them!"

Following the viewers' instructions, Yu Qingqing had managed to hold on until now!

"I'm watching the news livestream! Some badass rushed in to save you!"

"I'm watching, too! He's dragged out more than twenty people already. A Sailor Soldier! Holy crap!"

Yu Qingqing's eyes lit up!

She wiped away her tears.

"Someone's coming to save me? And it's a Sailor Soldier?"

Just then, Yu Qingqing heard someone calling from outside:

"Is anyone else in there? Make some noise!"

"If you don't, I'm leaving!"

Yu Qingqing hurriedly shouted, "Here! Here! Here!"

The comments exploded!

"Holy crap! No wonder you got trapped! What a dummy!"

"Why are you saying 'here'? Tell him where you are!"

"I'm impressed by absolutely no one but you!"

Yu Qingqing wiped her tears and hurriedly called out her location. "Here! The bathroom!"

A few seconds later, there was a loud bang!

The bathroom door was kicked open!

Through the billowing smoke, Yu Qingqing could only make out a tall figure walking in!

She cried out excitedly, "Sailor Soldier! Is that you?"

Jiang Nan rolled his eyes. "I'm Balala the Fairies!"

Only then did Yu Qingqing realize that the Sailor Soldier was the design printed on the front of Jiang Nan's T-shirt...

The livestream comments exploded!

"This guy's a riot! Hahaha!"

"Balala the Fairies! Transform! Goddess of Darkness, Gulnara!"

"There's hope! We're finally saved!"

"'Sailor Soldier, is that you?' 'No! I'm a fairy!' Hahaha!"

Yu Qingqing looked at Jiang Nan, her pretty face turning red!

H-He was kind of handsome!

Even the soot couldn't hide Jiang Nan's stunning good looks!

If anything, it made him look even more masculine!

Without a word, Jiang Nan scooped Yu Qingqing up and teleported outside.

Before Yu Qingqing could react, she'd already been rescued!

She stood there dazed, wanting to thank Jiang Nan.

But Jiang Nan had already rushed back into the fire!

Still too shaken to calm down, she spotted Zhong Yingxue and Xia Yao in the crowd.

She threw herself at them and burst into tears!

"Xiao Xue, Yaoyao! I was so scared! Waaah!"

Only then did the two recognize that the little black smudge was Yu Qingqing. They were all classmates!

Zhong Yingxue patted Yu Qingqing's back and comforted her. "There, there! It's all over now! You're safe!"

Xia Yao looked worried. "I wonder how Jiang Nan's doing! He's only at Black Iron ten stars. Can he keep teleporting when he's running low on spirit energy...?"

Yu Qingqing froze. "Yaoyao! You know the Sailor Soldier?"

Zhong Yingxue smiled. "He's my younger brother. His name's Jiang Nan!"

Yu Qingqing looked delighted!

S-So this was fate!

By now, Jiang Nan had made more than ten trips back and forth.

His face had gone deathly pale. Just as Xia Yao had said, he was running out of spirit energy!

Still, he'd already rescued sixty-three people. Jiang Nan wanted to go back in and make sure there really wasn't anyone left.

He teleported back in once more.

He wandered around and confirmed there was nobody left. Just as he was about to leave...

Something tripped him!

He looked down!

It was a person!

A foreign man with blond hair and blue eyes!

One arm had been torn off, and his remaining arm and both legs were broken beyond recognition!

He was staring fixedly at Jiang Nan...

He was injured that badly, yet still looked so calm?

Interesting!

"Tsk, tsk, tsk! You've really got it rough, buddy!"

"Don't be scared. I'll get you out!"

As he spoke, Jiang Nan reached down to help him up.

The foreign guy: ???

What did he mean, "you've really got it rough"?

Didn't he have even the slightest bit of compassion?

Then, as if he'd gone mad, the man scrambled frantically away!

"I don't want you to save me! Just let me die!"

His fluent Chinese made Jiang Nan pause.

Jiang Nan declared righteously, "How could I? I'm a model young citizen. How could I stand by and let someone die?"

The foreign guy's eyes filled with despair. He lifted his head and slammed it into a nearby pillar!

His face was covered in blood, but even that hadn't killed him!

Jiang Nan looked heartbroken. "Hey! How can you treat yourself like that? Your body, hair, and skin were gifts from your parents!"

As he spoke, he hoisted the foreign guy onto his back.

[Resentment Points +1000 from Alexander Joyevsky!]

Good grief!

That was the first time he'd seen a name that long!

Alexander thrashed wildly on Jiang Nan's back!

"Don't! I'm begging you! Just let me die!"

Jiang Nan said, "No! Life is precious!"

Alexander looked utterly desperate. "Just let me die, damn it!"

"No! If you can survive injuries like this, you're one lucky guy! What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, you know!"

Alexander was really starting to feel the pressure now!

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