"No, boss, calm down! Listen to me!"
"I really just came here to go through the motions."
Though it was the truth, hearing those words only added fuel to Lin Feng's rage!
Go through the motions?
Heh. Did Kazuma Sato really think he would believe that?
"Go to hell!"
Lin Feng completely lost the last shred of his patience. The unstable energy he had gathered transformed into a dark golden shockwave. Though far less overwhelming than at his peak, it still distorted the air, shrieking as it rushed straight at Kazuma Sato!
"You're actually serious?!"
Kazuma Sato let out an exaggerated scream. His survival instincts instantly overwhelmed everything else. Forgetting all about his dignity, he practically scrambled and rolled to the side. At the same time, he thrust a hand forward and shouted:
"Steal!"
This was purely an instinctive reaction born of fright. He had not even expected to steal anything successfully. He was simply trying anything in desperation—or rather, it was the most instinctive skill activation of an adventurer facing danger.
Yet, at the very instant his skill activated—
The dark golden shockwave that had been charging fiercely toward him suddenly froze in midair! At its core, an incredibly tiny, strange fragment that seemed condensed from light vanished into thin air!
Without that tiny core of energy to sustain it, the entire shockwave's structure instantly became wildly unstable. The next moment, it exploded violently in midair!
"Boom!"
The violent energy blast sent Kazuma Sato flying. He tumbled through the air several times like a ragged sack before barely stabilizing himself, leaving him filthy and utterly disheveled.
"Cough, cough. Pfft, pfft!"
"That scared the hell out of me. I thought I was almost done for."
Kazuma Sato patted his chest, still breathing heavily in lingering fear. But soon, he froze.