Pyro John: If You Have the Guts to Kill Me, Chen Xi: Sure Do

Chen Xi really wondered how someone with such an idiot brain managed to get this far in life. Was it really like the song said?

A real man had to be fearless and undaunted? Or did it all rely on having a hard skull?

Gwen tugged at Chen Xi's hand nervously. You better not kick him to death.

She was genuinely afraid that Chen Xi would kick the guy's guts right out with a single blow...

"Oh ho, I'm so, so scared. Who would've thought your boyfriend was such a tough guy?"

The punk, thick-skinned as a boiled pig, kept making sarcastic, disgusting remarks. He didn't even realize how nauseating his tone and voice were.

Chen Xi patted Gwen's slightly nervous little hand and smiled.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Right as his voice fell, he struck out abruptly. A loud slap rang out in everyone's ears instantly, and the punk's face swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye...

"You're asking for death!!"

The punk flew into a rage. Anyone on the streets knew the unwritten rule that you didn't hit someone in the face; hitting someone in the face meant deep, irreconcilable hatred.

Slap!!

As the words faded, Chen Xi delivered another fierce blow to the left side of his face, completely dazing him...

The other people watching the fun were also somewhat stunned. You play so dirty, launching a sneak attack?

"Mm~ Now it's perfectly symmetrical, haha."

Chen Xi mocked derisively, paying no attention to the fact that the punk's anger had already hit the roof, leaving him just short of wanting to go down together in mutual destruction.

Just as the crowd waited to see how the punk would retaliate, the guy pulled a lighter out of his pocket.

The others were stunned too. Could it be that two slaps beat this guy into submission and he's going to light a cigarette for the big shot?

They burst into loud, mocking laughter one after another...

"Haha, this kid's a coward!"

"Fuck! What a waste of such a big body, and you call yourself a man!"

"Damn it! What a disgrace, totally useless!"

"Hey! Pal! Go get him! Fuck you!"

Everyone else in the bar was mocking the punk, but Chen Xi found the action of him pulling out the lighter awfully familiar...

"Heh heh! Kid! You've offended me, Pyro John. You're a dead man, you know that?"

The punk roared angrily and arrogantly. He was truly about to explode with rage, and he vowed to make Chen Xi wish he were dead!

Chen Xi finally understood why the guy's action of pulling out a lighter looked so familiar. It turned out to be this idiot Pyro John...

Some worthless, garbage level-three mutant, mediocre and good for nothing among mutants, who fancied himself and Iceman as some sort of ice-and-fire duo. God knew where he got his confidence from.

"What? Does Charles send you lot out in public to make trouble for your fellow kin?" Chen Xi asked with disdainful sarcasm.

Sure enough, the moment Chen Xi uttered Charles's name, Pyro John lost his nerve. He knew the professor didn't allow them to use their mutant powers to bully ordinary people. If the professor found out, the punishment would definitely be severe—at the very least, he wouldn't be allowed out the door for a few years.

Still, he couldn't just let it go after getting beaten. Unconvinced, Pyro John stiffened his neck and snorted coldly, "If you're a man, follow me to an empty alley and let's settle this!"

"Heh heh, sure."

Chen Xi agreed readily with a cheerful smile. Wasn't it just great when someone was in a rush to get themselves killed?

"Good! If you've got the guts, follow me!"

Pyro John snorted coldly and headed outside. Chen Xi naturally followed him out with a calm expression. The people around them shook their heads and stopped caring; such things were a common sight.

"Boss, should we step in and stop them?"

"No need. Let them sort it out themselves. Charles is going to take a heavy loss this time, heh."

The stunningly gorgeous woman said faintly, a heart-stirring smile blooming across her face at the same time. The big man hurried to look away upon seeing this...

Pyro John led him through a few turns and soon arrived at a deserted alleyway. Under the moonlight, he actually looked the part.

Coolly pulling out the lighter, he pressed it gently, and a ball of flame soared into the sky. Under his control, it tumbled up and down, projecting an imposing might!

"Oh my god! Is he a mutant?"

Gwen covered her small mouth in shock. No wonder this guy was so emboldened; he really did have a few tricks up his sleeve.

Seeing how shocked Gwen was, Pyro John's battered face seemed to hurt a bit less. He swaggered, "Kid, it's still not too late for you to get on your knees and beg for mercy. Beautiful, what do you think? Don't I measure up? Isn't it much better to follow a powerhouse like me than a weakling like him?"

...Ehhh!!

Gwen was somewhat baffled. Why on earth are you so confident?

Yet right as he was showing off, Chen Xi vanished from before his eyes with lightning speed...

"Fuck!! One of us!!"

Pyro John let out a terrified shriek of sheer alarm, and right after, a wave of intense pain hit him. Even his intestines felt like they were cramping.

Swish!! Thud!!

The guy was already sent flying in an arc from a kick, landing squarely and precisely inside a trash can...

"Fu!!ck!!"

The excruciating pain made the veins on Pyro John's face bulge while cold sweat covered him entirely. Gritting his teeth, he let out a low roar and finally dragged himself out of the overturned trash can, fighting down his nausea.

"You're dead!!"

Boom!!

Roaring furiously, Pyro John channeled all his strength to manipulate a flame serpent that crashed toward Chen Xi, completely desperate.

Yet trash like this was far too weak. Chen Xi didn't even bother to dodge; a sudden ripple shifted across the surface of his body, and a pitch-black combat suit instantly blocked everything.

What harm could the flame of a mere lighter possibly do to him? Raising his hand in a wave, that arm flashed across several meters to grab him firmly by the throat, hauling him right in front of Chen Xi.

"You... you...!!"

Pyro John was dumbfounded. What kind of monster is this? Why did this bizarre combat suit suddenly appear? This sudden twist completely shattered his worldview.

It wasn't like he had never seen transformation abilities—wasn't Colossus one?

Yet he never expected someone like Chen Xi!

"What about me!"

Chen Xi snorted coldly and raised a hand to snap his arm.

"Ah!!"

Piercing pain struck once more, and Pyro John immediately let out a shrill howl. He had never suffered such agony in his entire life, having always lived a smooth sailing existence under Charles's protection.

"If you've got the balls, kill me! Otherwise, sooner or later I'll make you pay a terrible price!!"

The intense pain covered him in cold sweat and left his face pale.

Yet he glared at Chen Xi with venomous hatred, truly courting death...

"Ugh!!"

Even Chen Xi was stunned for a moment. You motherfucker are a real talent!

So for a talent like that, there was nothing to do but grant his wish, right? With a crisp snap, he broke his neck...

Right up until his death, Pyro John kept his eyes wide open in sheer disbelief!!

How dared he kill me?! Isn't he afraid of the professor's retaliation?