A small border town.
A crowd of passengers had gathered beside a bus stop, waiting for the bus.
One tall figure among them was exceptionally conspicuous. He had an honest-looking face, yet his body was sturdier than that of some fitness bloggers. Standing over two meters tall, he looked exactly like a human-shaped tank.
He wore a tattered tank top and carried a canvas bag on his back. From time to time, he looked down the road, as if waiting for something.
The others instinctively kept their distance from him, casting strange looks his way as whispers rose now and then.
"Holy shit! Is that even a human? He's built tougher than Raoming, isn't he?"
"Even Tyson would have to kneel if he came here!"
"He looks so safe and dependable. I want to date him."
"Damn! You really are starving!"
"If I fought him, what would my odds be?"
"Thirty-seventy. He gets three punches, and you get a funeral on the seventh day."
"..."
Yet the honest-looking man seemed not to hear the whispered comments at all. He continued gazing into the distance.
"Huh? Didn't Dad say someone would come pick me up? Why haven't they arrived yet?"
"Dad said he was sending me to school, and it won't even cost money. Hehe, I can become an educated person like Cuihua from the village too!"
"But Cuihua said there's lots of campus violence at school. Will I get bullied if I go?"
"Whatever! As long as heads can hit the ground, I'll just endure it and get through!"
"Buddy, the phrase is 'rise above the crowd.'"
A man beside him could not help speaking up.
The burly man turned to look at him, grinned, and flashed a mouthful of big white teeth. "Really? Thanks, classmate."
The man's mouth twitched. "Do I look... that young?"
He was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, clearly an office worker, yet someone had actually called him classmate?
The man could not help asking, "From what you said, you're going to school? Then how old are you?"
The honest-looking man counted on his fingers and answered earnestly, "I just turned eighteen!"
The man instantly turned to stone. "What?"
You fucking look like you're thirty!
The man shut his mouth awkwardly.
Fine, he was probably not right in the head. Better stay farther away from him.
The honest-looking man had no idea why the other person had suddenly stopped talking, and it made him feel a little less confident.
Just then, a commotion suddenly erupted nearby. "Robbery!"
Everyone immediately panicked and descended into chaos. Getting robbed in such a remote wilderness truly meant calling to heaven and getting no answer!
Two fierce-looking men holding knives had surrounded the crowd.
Yes, two people had surrounded seven or eight.
Two or three of them were elderly.
"Hand over all your money! We only want cash. Cooperate, and you'll be spared some physical pain!"
Under the criminals' vicious intimidation, everyone tremblingly took out their valuables.
An old man angrily scolded, "Pah! Robbing people in broad daylight! Instead of getting a job, you young men come rob people? Have you got no ambition at all?"
The criminal immediately flew into a rage. He kicked the old man to the ground, spat with a "ptui," and snarled, "What the hell are you yammering about? How can being a workhorse make money as fast as robbery?! Cut the crap, old man. Hand over your money!"
The old man lay on the ground, wailing, "Ow! You're beating an old man! You beasts! Is there no justice left in this world?!"
The criminal's gaze turned vicious as he abruptly raised his knife to stab down. "Fuck! You trying to scam me now?"
"Boss! Come look! We've struck it rich!"
Fortunately, the other criminal suddenly cried out, drawing his attention away.
The latter walked over and his eyes immediately lit up. His underling was rummaging through a bag, and inside was a stack of bills—at least twenty or thirty thousand!
"Oh my! No wonder magpies were calling today! We're rich, hahaha!"
The criminal leader laughed.
"Th-then, could you please not take my money? It's for my grandpa's medical treatment!"
A little girl spoke up tremblingly.
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But how could ordinary people reason with criminals?
Once the two criminals set their sights on her, their eyes lit up like those of hungry wolves.
"Hehe! There's even such a tender little girl here!"
Panic flashed through the little girl's eyes as she hurriedly said, "Didn't you say you only wanted money?"
The two exchanged glances, and the leader gave a lecherous grin. "Isn't taking a little beauty now and then perfectly reasonable?"
"Boss, leave the men and take the women?"
The underling rubbed his hands excitedly.
A buck-toothed middle-aged woman hurriedly covered her chest and said in panic, "Young men, don't joke around with an old woman like me!"
Everyone: "..."
The criminal leader reached out to grab the little girl.
She hurriedly backed away, only to bump into a "wall."
The criminal leader's gaze landed on that "wall," and his eyes suddenly widened. "Holy shit!"
Where had this giant come from?
The honest-looking man looked at them and said seriously, "Dad said it's wrong to take other people's things."
The two criminals pressed together, the daggers in their hands already raised.
"Big guy! This has nothing to do with you. Seeing as you don't look easy to mess with, we'll let you off. Get lost now!"
The honest-looking man took a step forward and said sincerely, "Then can you stop taking things from people?"
An oppressive pressure emanated from the towering figure, and sweat covered the two men's foreheads.
"Boss, what do we do?"
The underling was getting scared and asked tremblingly.
The leader felt somewhat guilty, but he quickly gritted his teeth. "The timid starve, the bold feast! What are you afraid of? This guy looks like a complete idiot. We have knives; the advantage is ours! Get him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he charged straight at the burly man with his knife. A ferocious gleam filled his eyes. If he took this guy down, he could brag about it for a whole year!
Squelch!
The blade hacked viciously into the burly man's body, yet the latter did not dodge or evade, as still as a block of wood.
The criminal leader's eyes burst with delight. "Hahaha! You think you can fight me? What kind of strength do you have, old—Nani?!"
Then his eyes suddenly widened, his face like he had seen a ghost.
Not just him—everyone else stared at the burly man with eyes full of shock.
The criminal leader's knife had indeed struck him, but a layer of mud armor had appeared where the blade landed, blocking the attack.
"An Earth Element Martial Artist? Interesting."
Not far away, a van was parked, and the two people inside witnessed the scene unfold.
Fang Bai looked at the big man and thought, So this is my classmate? He looks pretty fierce!
At that moment, anger also appeared on the burly man's face. He said in a deep voice, "Dad said that if people do not offend me, I do not offend them. When endurance reaches its limit, there is no need to endure any longer!"
As he spoke, he lightly swung out a slap.
It truly looked light and airy, but in the criminal's eyes, it was like a steel plate hurtling toward him!
It was over!
The moment that thought arose, his body was sent flying several meters away. He collapsed limply on the ground, twitching without end.
Everyone was dumbfounded at the sight!
Whose subordinate was this, to be so ferociously brave?
"Boss!!"
The underling let out a grief-stricken howl. The next moment, he simply... ran off in a puff of smoke!
Fuck! His boss had been one-shot. What the hell was there left for him to rob?
Once the criminal was dealt with, everyone immediately burst into cheers.
They hurriedly thanked the burly man.
He scratched the back of his head somewhat shyly, humble beyond measure.
Then he suddenly sensed something and turned his head to look.
An old van slowly drove over. After it came to a stop, a middle-aged man in a suit stepped out. Smiling, he spoke to the burly man.
"I'm the Director of Personnel at the Martial Academy. Welcome to the Martial Academy, Earth Element Martial Artist Xiao Yuan."
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