Fang Cheng bowed his head deeply, not daring to speak.
Judging by his expression, he was so embarrassed he could have dug out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes.
Only after the female doctor left the ward did Fang Cheng breathe a sigh of relief.
"Phew!"
"That was so embarrassing I could die."
"Don't forget, this is the Divine Power School. Even a janitor could be a Divine Power Master." Duan Ming glanced at Fang Cheng's injured right hand. "The two of us were lucky to survive this time. Even I almost died."
"Mostly, no one expected that woman to have awakened her Power of God with only two Divine Marks." Fang Cheng sighed. "Looks like my secret weapons are completely useless against someone powerful."
Fang Cheng raised his head and looked at Duan Ming. "How exactly did you beat that woman?"
"Because I awakened my second Divine Mark too."
"What!" Fang Cheng's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. "You awakened your second Divine Mark already?"
"Yeah. Not only did I awaken my second Divine Mark, but I also awakened my Power of God. Otherwise, even with my second Divine Mark awakened, I probably wouldn't have been a match for that woman."
"You even awakened your Power of God!" Fang Cheng's breathing quickened. "Then what's your Power of God?"
"This." Duan Ming held out his right hand.
"Electricity!" Fang Cheng's pupils contracted sharply, electric light reflected in them.
"Right. My Power of God lets me fill Qi with electric current." Duan Ming drew his hand back. "As for how strong the current is, I'm guessing it depends on the strength of the Qi."
"What about the trigger condition and restriction?"
"None." Duan Ming shook his head. "There's no trigger condition and no restriction. I can use this ability whenever I want."
"Hiss!"
Fang Cheng sucked in a sharp breath. "It's one thing to awaken your Power of God this quickly, but it doesn't even have a trigger condition or restriction."
"I thought it was strange too. I looked through a lot of information, and it all said that Powers of God basically have a trigger condition and a restriction, but mine doesn't."
Duan Ming now had two Powers of God in total.
One was Endless Thunder, which filled Qi with electric current.
This Power of God had no trigger condition or restriction.
The second Power of God, Demon Cutter, could conjure a blade.
This Power of God did have a trigger condition and a restriction.
But he didn't mention his second Power of God.
"Maybe you're lucky. I've heard people mention before that some Powers of God don't have a trigger condition or restriction." An envious expression appeared on Fang Cheng's face. "We enrolled on the very same day, but now you can already fight someone with two Divine Marks and an awakened Power of God, while I can only hide in the back and take potshots."
"What you lack isn't strength, but experience." Duan Ming looked at Fang Cheng with a serious expression. "When that woman attacked you with her braid, maybe you didn't react when she hit your gun the first time, but you clearly could have dodged the second time, when she hit you."
"I..."
Fang Cheng fell silent.
Yes, Duan Ming was right.
He could have dodged back then.
Even if he couldn't counterattack, after training for so long, dodging that blow wouldn't have been difficult for him.
The real reason was that he'd been so frightened his limbs had stiffened and his mind had gone blank. He hadn't known what to do next at all.
"Are you Duan Ming?" The female doctor who had embarrassed Fang Cheng enough to make him dig with his toes walked in carrying a tray.
Fang Cheng silently stuffed his head under the covers.
"Yes." Duan Ming nodded.
"Lie on the bed, take off your pants, and stick your butt up."
?
Lie on the bed, take off his pants, and stick his butt up?
That sounded so embarrassing.
"What's this for?" Duan Ming asked.
"An anti-inflammatory injection." The female doctor took a syringe from the tray.
After the injection, Duan Ming was in so much pain he couldn't even stand.
"You're not even afraid of enemies, yet you're afraid of an injection." With that, the female doctor picked up the tray and left.
Duan Ming blinked.
Was he afraid?
It really hurt, all right!
Hearing the footsteps recede, Fang Cheng poked his head out from under the covers and looked at Duan Ming. "After a while, my dad's company will launch a new product. Once it does, injections won't hurt anymore."
"I'm not afraid of injections!"
Duan Ming quibbled.
Meanwhile.
In the top-floor conference room of the Jiang City Protection Bureau.
Having learned that the incident at the school had been dealt with, Li Zhengming nodded and slowly turned to the director of the City Protection Bureau, who sat at the head of the table. "Director Li, I firmly reject your proposal!"
The square-faced middle-aged man said, "But if we don't clear them out soon, there'll be more and more monsters outside the city. They reproduce just like we humans do, and no slower than we do."
"That's true, but I don't agree with your plan to have the students of the Divine Power School work alongside you." Li Zhengming shook his head. "From the standpoint of the human race, this is a good thing, and I would agree to it. But as the principal, I have a responsibility to do everything I can to safeguard their growth until they graduate, not send them to their deaths while they're still growing."
The director of the City Protection Bureau fell silent.
The City Protection Bureau alone simply didn't have enough people.
This operation was a joint effort with three neighboring cities, a large-scale clearing of the wilderness stretching for hundreds of li between the three cities.
The goal wasn't to pull the weeds up by the roots, but to reduce the number of monsters.
After all, the wilderness stretched in every direction. Even if they cleared out every last one, monsters from elsewhere would come in after a while.
He knew that an operation on this scale was no less than a small battle.
"Captain Du, can't you discuss it with the Divine Mark Association again?"
Du Qinggang, who sat to the side with his arms crossed, shook his head. "The association can't send anyone over in the short term."
"Not even one squad?"
Du Qinggang slowly shook his head.
"If Director Li insists on clearing out the monsters outside the city immediately, then I will lead all the teachers of the Divine Power School there myself."
Everyone looked at Li Zhengming, who had spoken.
The director of the City Protection Bureau hurriedly said, "Principal Li, I know you were very strong back then, but now you're already ninety..."
"Shut up!" Li Zhengming slowly rose to his feet. "You can say I'm old, but you can't say I'm incapable."
Everyone present was left speechless.
"I hope you understand that, with our current shortage of manpower, what you're doing is a huge gamble! If it succeeds, there will be considerable casualties, but if it fails and the monsters find an opportunity to invade the city, we'll be powerless to defend it. That will only plunge Jiang City's millions of citizens into the abyss!"
"Whether you go or not, weigh it up yourself!"
Li Zhengming left with his hands clasped behind his back, muttering:
"Were the last few City Protection Bureau directors all this brainless?"
The people in the conference room were left with black lines across their foreheads.
Although he had been called brainless in front of everyone, the director of the City Protection Bureau didn't dare speak up in rebuttal.
Because when he was still just a student, that old man had already been the principal of the Divine Power School.