"Bang!"
After taking Bu Wuchen's fully powered punch square in the face, Lin Zhuliang had blood smeared all over his face and two front teeth knocked out;
The sudden, searing pain left him capable only of muffled whimpers...
Then his body, like a gigantic, bloated toad, smashed through tables, chairs, and stools before slamming into the wall, leaving over a dozen cracks in it!
At that moment, Bu Wuchen felt power surging through his blood, a pleasure beyond words!
Everyone else, however, was utterly stunned by this sudden turn of events-
"Y-young master?"
Wan Xiaoyao was both shocked and delighted.
The old servant A Chun, who had been left spasming in pain and drenched in sweat by Lin Zhuliang's kick, could not help showing a glow of joy on his weathered face when he saw Bu Wuchen strike so fiercely.
As for Lin Zhuliang's two lackeys, they looked just like their master-as though they had seen a ghost-
"H-h-he... wasn't he gravely ill, unable to walk, and bedridden?"
"How could he knock our young master down with one punch?"
"The sheer force of that punch definitely exceeded the strength of four oxen!"
"Exactly."
"A cultivator in the Savage Martial Realm gains the strength of half an ox with each stage."
"By that reckoning... not only has Bu Wuchen recovered from his injuries and illness, but his Mystic Qi cultivation has also reached the eighth or ninth stage of the Savage Martial Realm?!"
Just then, Lin Zhuliang, whose two front teeth had been punched out, spoke to his two household thugs through his gapped teeth. "What the hell are you standing around for? Get him together! Kill him!"
"Huh? But his status as a Blood Dragon City student..."
The two hesitated slightly.
"I'll take responsibility if anything happens! What the hell are you afraid of?!"
Humiliation mingled with raging fury drove Lin Zhuliang utterly mad.
Then came a metallic clang as broad blades left their sheaths.
Both thugs were trusted men who had followed Lin Zhuliang for years, with cultivation at the ninth stage of the Savage Martial Realm.
Now, both of them also had weapons in hand;
Facing two opponents alone, Bu Wuchen, who had just used the [Basic Realm Ascension Token] to raise his mystic cultivation to the peak of the ninth stage of the Savage Martial Realm, was unquestionably at a disadvantage.
"Ding-dong! God-Level Choice System successfully triggered. Host, please choose from the following options-" "Option one: charge ahead despite knowing the danger. A man must not lose his hot-blooded spirit." "Reward for this option: the permanent strength of nine oxen and two tigers, and Cheetah Gale Speed, effective immediately."
"Option two: decisively admit defeat, then try every means to obtain the other party's forgiveness, turning weapons of war into jade and silk." "Reward for this option: one Self-Sacrificing Ambassador of Peace identity badge."
I've got to pick the first one!
Bu Wuchen licked his lips in excitement.
Admit defeat?
Make peace?
Not happening!
Even without the system's reward, Bu Wuchen would have risked everything to fight them to the bitter end.
"Ding-dong! Congratulations, host. You have obtained the strength of nine oxen and two tigers, and Cheetah Gale Speed."
In an instant, Bu Wuchen felt an unprecedented fullness within his body, as though his strength would never run out!
Just then, the two household thugs charged within striking distance, one on his left and one on his right.
Their blades gleamed like frost as they struck without mercy, their killing intent fully roused, clearly intending to kill with a single blow!
"Hehehe, so what if your cultivation has recovered a little?"
"Barehanded, how could you possibly beat two ninth-stage Savage Martial Realm cultivators?"
"Just bare your neck and accept your execution!"
It all happened in the blink of an eye-
Just as the two household thugs' fierce blades were about to slash into Shen Ruochen's neck and waist, he suddenly moved.
The youth pivoted on his feet and turned sideways;
With an instant shift and dodge, he effortlessly evaded their pincer attack.
The Cheetah Gale Speed Bu Wuchen had just obtained from the system's reward let him utterly overwhelm his two ninth-stage Savage Martial Realm opponents in speed!
"Bang! Bang!"
Neither household thug could even see where the punches came from. They felt only a sudden pain at the vital points in their necks;
Then their vision went black. Each spat out a great mouthful of blood before collapsing on the spot, their lives extinguished!
Their cervical vertebrae had both been pulverized by the force of a single punch from Bu Wuchen...
"H-how... how is this possible?!"
The sight before him scared Lin Zhuliang witless.
Bu Wuchen had still been bedridden just a few breaths ago, his Mystic Qi cultivation having steadily fallen to the Savage Martial Realm Fourth Layer over this period...
How had he suddenly unleashed such terrifying mystic might?
He could kill a ninth-stage Savage Martial Realm cultivator with just one punch?
Even a cultivator who had just entered the Qi Observation Realm would find that almost impossible!
Without exception, Qi Observation Realm cultivators can coat their bodies with Mystic Qi. Only with the enhancement of mystic power can they display combat strength far beyond the Savage Martial Realm.
B-but there isn't the slightest glow of mystic power coating Bu Wuchen anywhere, from head to toe;
In other words, he hasn't reached the Qi Observation Realm at all?
Th-then how can his punches carry such terrifying power?!
At that moment, Lin Zhuliang's heart trembled incessantly with fear, just like all the fat on his body.
Naturally, he had no way of knowing that, besides the strength of nearly five oxen granted by the Savage Martial Realm Peak, Bu Wuchen now also possessed the strength of "nine oxen and two tigers" bestowed by the system!
With strength like that, dealing with two ninth-stage Savage Martial Realm opponents was nothing;
Even a first- or second-stage Qi Observation Realm cultivator would most likely be killed instantly if Bu Wuchen struck their neck's vital point at full strength!
H-how did the young master suddenly become so strong?
The same question also rose in the hearts of the old servant A Chun and the maid Wan Xiaoyao.
Unlike Lin Zhuliang, however, their shock was accompanied by joy;
For Lin Zhuliang, apart from horror, all that remained was fear that penetrated to his very marrow!
A crafty gleam blazed in his bean-sprout-like pupils. Damn it, my only option now is to take that old dog hostage first.
Bu Wuchen has always taken good care of that servant and maid who follow him.
As long as I have a hostage, I can force him to negotiate and win myself a chance to survive!
Lin Zhuliang acted as soon as the thought occurred to him.
Enduring the agonizing pain of his caved-in face, he lunged toward the old servant A Chun...
But how could his speed possibly match Bu Wuchen's now?
The corpulent fellow reached out to grab, but instead of pulling A Chun into his grasp, he had his own wrist clamped tight by another large hand.
Then that hand squeezed hard-
"Crack! Crack, crack!"
The sound of bones being crushed rang out at once.
"Urgh... aaah!"
"It's broken! It's broken! Let go! Hurry up and let go!"
After crying out involuntarily in pain, Lin Zhuliang roared, fierce in appearance but cowardly within, "Bu Wuchen, I'm warning you! Let go right now!"
"The ones you just killed were only two dogs of mine. They don't matter;"
"But I'm the Lin Lineage's legitimate second young master!"