Starting with a Street Stall Selling Super Strength Potions
Chapter 5

Did Getting Punched Awaken His Powers?

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"This... this is a straight-up One-Punch Man!"

"What kind of terrifying strength is that? Our school's testing machine may be the basic model, but it should still withstand attacks below Bronze Five Stars!"

"Even a Strength-Type Awakener couldn't send the testing machine flying, could they?"

"Have you guys forgotten? South God is a Space-Type Awakener..."

The whole gymnasium was filled with gasps. The students had completely erupted.

Jiang Nan scratched his head. He hadn't expected to send the testing machine flying with all his strength.

Was the Strength Potion really that terrifying?

Jiang Nan scratched his head innocently. "Teacher... I, uh, don't have to pay for this, do I?"

[Li Xiang's Resentment Points +999!]

[Li Muyan's Resentment Points +999!]

[Wang Tianyi's Resentment Points +999!]

Pay? Pay your sister!

Was that the point?

Heh? The principal had that much resentment?

Was he actually going to make him pay?

The invigilator's eyelids twitched, too!

He'd been standing right beside the machine. Could a high school student really have thrown a punch like that?

He coughed twice to hide his awkwardness. "A few students, go bring the testing machine back from the field!"

"Don't worry, you won't have to pay. Our school failed to do its job properly!"

"Besides, our school was due for a new testing machine anyway!"

Principal Wang's face had gone completely dark.

[Wang Tianyi's Resentment Points +999!]

Jiang Nan grinned to himself.

Teacher, stop talking!

At this rate, the principal's going to hold it against you!

Before long, a few students carried the testing machine back from the sports field.

They couldn't help wondering if they'd imagined things. The thing was so heavy.

It had to weigh at least seven or eight hundred pounds!

How had he blasted it so far?

The students playing basketball on the field were all dumbfounded!

Which senior was that monster?

He'd blasted the testing machine right out of the gymnasium on the third floor?

That scared the crap out of them...

The teachers and students all stared silently at the testing machine, which looked as if it had been blown apart by an Armor Piercing Bullet.

Jiang Nan's punch had gone straight through it!

The display flickered a little, but it was still holding on!

"Black Iron Seven Stars! Attack power: ∞!"

Jiang Nan's name shot straight to the top of the rankings.

"Whoa! Did I read that right? South God has such terrifying attack power, and he's only Black Iron Seven Stars?"

"Attack power: ∞! Maxed out!"

"That's freaking awesome!"

Wang Tianyi looked at the battered testing machine and forced himself to stay calm. "Hmm... It doesn't look too badly damaged. It should still work after a few repairs!"

Then...

"Bang!"

The testing machine fulfilled its final duty, letting out a shower of sparks before shutting down for good...

[Wang Tianyi's Resentment Points +999!]

What was there to repair now?

Principal, is being this frugal really a good idea?

The invigilator asked, "I remember you awakened a Space ability. So how come your strength..."

Jiang Nan replied casually, "Oh, yeah! Yesterday I was selling stuff at Jiangcheng Night Market when someone punched me. It awakened me, and I awakened the Strength Element too..."

The invigilator: "???"

The principal: "???"

Li Muyan: "Wang Defa?"

Jiang Nan had come up with that explanation a long time ago!

"Damn! I knew he looked familiar. That video that blew up on Weibo yesterday—the one where a guy beat up college students with a little folding stool. Wasn't that South God?"

"It really was him! What the heck? A dual awakening?"

"Someone punches him and he awakens? It's that easy..."

Everyone in Spiritual Martial Class One turned to look at Li Muyan.

Their faces suddenly lit up with understanding!

So that's what happened!

Yesterday, Jiang Nan had cracked open Li Muyan's boyfriend's head! That explained their conversation that morning...

The invigilator smiled. "Mm, this is your good fortune. I'll report it to the school. Dual awakenings are one in ten thousand."

"From now on, you'll get an extra Spirit Pearl each month!"

Jiang Nan's eyes lit up. "Thank you, teacher!"

After stepping off the stage, Jiang Nan walked over to Li Muyan.

With an embarrassed smile, he said, "When you go to the hospital later, tell my bro to thank you, okay? If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have awakened two elements!"

Li Muyan gritted her teeth in hatred.

[Li Muyan's Resentment Points +999!]

Being a little shit was so much fun!

The other students looked at Jiang Nan with even more envy.

Someone punches you and you awaken two elements?

Could anything better happen?

He'd gotten so lucky!

Should they get in touch with Li Muyan's boyfriend, too?

Maybe they could get him to punch them once?

The invigilator said, "All right, next up: Liu Wuquan from Class One!"

"Uh..."

"Anyone who hasn't been tested will have their monthly exam postponed. We'll test you once the new machine arrives!"

Only then did the invigilator realize Jiang Nan had punched the testing machine to pieces. How were they supposed to test anyone now?

[Invigilator's Resentment Points +200!]

[Liu Wuquan's Resentment Points +666!]

The system's Resentment Points list refreshed nonstop. All the students who hadn't been tested contributed a wave of Resentment Points to Jiang Nan!

Jiang Nan thought his classmates were simply adorable.

If he got another chance, he'd definitely mend his ways!

Mm...

He'd try to break the testing machine sooner!

What a little menace!

The monthly exam ended early, all thanks to Jiang Nan's punch.

As everyone was leaving, Li Xiang came over and said coldly, "Don't get too happy. So what if you have a trash talent and awakened two elements?"

"You'll only shine for a little while. Sooner or later, we'll leave you in the dust!"

Jiang Nan held up his fist. "What's the matter, human excavator? Is your skull harder than the Titanium-Magnesium Alloy testing machine?"

Li Xiang: "..."

[Li Xiang's Resentment Points +888]

"Hmph! Just you wait!"

Watching Li Xiang walk away, Jiang Nan was over the moon.

After Wang Lin, this guy had become his second big Pixiu. He'd already provided nearly thirty thousand Resentment Points bit by bit! He'd have to keep him around!

After school that evening, Jiang Nan rode his 28-inch Bicycle straight to Jiangcheng Night Market!

As he rode, he began planning out his money-making scheme!

At Jiangcheng Night Market, he would sell Strength Potions from his street stall!

When Jiang Nan arrived, he activated his Space ability, and a Space Gate suddenly split open beside him.

As a Spirit Warrior with the Space Element, there were plenty of things he couldn't do.

But the one perk was that he could open up an Other Dimension Space to store things.

With his current strength, he could only create a space three meters on each side, and it took almost no effort to keep it open.

He stored a lot of his wares in the Other Dimension Space!

Super convenient!

He spread a square Stall Cloth on the ground and neatly arranged socks, underwear, hair ties, and hair clips.

The only difference was that there were ten mineral water bottles on the stall!

The caps had clearly been opened, and the labels had been torn off.

Four crooked characters had been scrawled on the bottles with a marker.

"Farmer's Three Fists!"

This was the Strength Potion Jiang Nan had prepared ahead of time!

"Come on over, take a look!"

"Socks, underwear, hair ties, hair clips! Cheap!"

"And we've got the legendary Farmer's Three Fists! Even has a sweet taste!"

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