Crack, crack-
A sound like interlocking gears, or bones lengthening and grinding against one another, came from within Zhou Chen.
The next instant, before the two men's terrified eyes, Zhou Chen's clothes burst apart. His muscles surged and swelled like waves, and knotted blue-black sinews rapidly spread across his body.
The eyes fixed on them turned blood-red at a speed visible to the naked eye. His black hair grew wildly behind him, floating in midair without a breath of wind, like a mass of black flames.
In a mere instant, Zhou Chen towered over them as they watched in horror.
Where they had once looked him in the eye, they now had to crane their heads upward.
What kind of monster was this?
Shock and terror were all that remained in the minds of the two black-clad men, one tall and one short.
Whoosh!
Before either could react, Zhou Chen abruptly raised his hands. His thick, muscle-knotted arms darted out like roaming dragons, and his enormous, palm-fan-sized hands seized their necks and heads.
"The Scorpion Brothers, right?"
As his deep voice rang out, Zhou Chen slowly drew them before his face by their heads and necks. His blood-red eyes stared into theirs, their noses almost touching.
"Ah... ah... ah!"
At that moment, the two black-clad men could feel the blood-red light in Zhou Chen's eyes as though it truly were fire, scorching them until their entire bodies ached and trembled.
The terrifying pressure rolling off Zhou Chen washed over them like a tide, nearly suffocating them.
"Then do you know...
what I like doing most...
when I come across bugs like you?"
Zhou Chen regarded them calmly, then slammed both men toward the ground.
Boom!
With a tremendous crash, Zhou Chen smashed their bodies into the ground. A deep crater