Chapter 2135 - 2136: Looking for Trouble
Chapter 2135 - 2136: Looking for Trouble
"Let me see who's so bold, living in such a nice place."A shout of curses echoed as the bamboo door was kicked open, shattering the tranquility in the pond with the sound.
Lin Chen's gaze was icy, his eyes following the direction of the sound. He saw a young man, about twenty years old, exuding a rogue aura, stepping through the bamboo door from outside the building.
Behind the man, several figures followed, their heads held high, slowly moving inward.
"Hey, kid, you've got some nerve living here. Do you not know this is our usual hangout? By staying here, where do you expect us to go?"
As the young man walked in, he nonchalantly sat on a stone bench to the side, crossing his legs and swaying slightly.
"Why is it that no matter where I go, I encounter people with an overinflated sense of self?"
Lin Chen frowned, extremely disgusted. Even on Earth, he often met such people, who seemed to act as if the world revolved around them, only to flee like cowards once they hit a wall, afraid of being chased down.
"Kid, what did you just say?" The young man, feeling ignored in front of so many people, clearly wanted to regain face. He slapped the stone table with a hint of Spiritual Energy, causing it to tremble.
"I see you've only just entered the Realm of Spiritual Refinement," the young man scanned Lin Chen and, crossing his arms, said haughtily, "I'm at the seventh level of Body Refinement. If you don't want to be crawling on the ground and unable to get up, lie down and roll out of here, and I'll let you go."
"Is that so?"
Lin Chen smirked slightly, his eyes brimming with killing intent.
"I've never lied. If you're ready, then let's begin..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lin Chen was already in motion. He was only a few meters away from the young man, and with a step on the ground, he burst into an incredibly terrifying speed.
The young man didn't react at all; he never expected someone at the mere first level of Spiritual Refinement to dare take him on.
Without even using a trace of Spiritual Energy, he was slapped hard on the right cheek by Lin Chen.
His body flew out like an arrow leaving the string and then crashed heavily into a side pool.
The splashing water shot up, raining down like a shower on the others standing there dumbfounded.
"Damn it, he dared to strike! Han Shou, you guys get him! Capture him for me; I want him to taste real pain!"
The young man spat, a burst of blood trickling from his mouth, and clutched his burning cheek, shouting angrily. His resentful eyes locked onto Lin Chen, as if he wanted to tear him to pieces.
He didn't even know that if Lin Chen hadn't held back, just that one slap could have killed him!
Following the young man's words, the rest of the people present also stared angrily at Lin Chen. As the first person charged forward, the rest followed, their hands illuminating with a faint glow.
After last night's training, Lin Chen clearly sensed the Spiritual Energy fluctuations within them.
But having seen Chen Lin and their powerful Spiritual Energy, the fluctuations from these people didn't stir a ripple on Lin Chen's calm face at all.
Standing still, he let their fists and palms strike every part of his body.
Amid laughter, they believed Lin Chen would be knocked down by the attack, left at their mercy.
"Perfect, I can use them to practice, test out Spiritual Energy attacks," Lin Chen thought calmly, unfazed by fear.
Multiple thuds rang out as their attacks met Lin Chen's skin. Their smirking faces turned to shock. It felt like hitting a boulder, incredibly hard, their hands stung with pain.
They looked up at Lin Chen, seeing his serene expression, and their hearts skipped a beat.
Lin Chen frowned slightly; one particularly despicable person within them attempted a vile move. Failing his initial strike, he changed tactics, swiftly retracting his hand, crouching low, and with a hidden eagle claw strike, aimed between Lin Chen's legs.
"Shameless!"
Lin Chen shouted coldly. Before the attack could reach, his right foot moved through the gap, targeting between the attacker's legs!
A scream followed, and the man's body flew back. Midair, he clutched his lower parts where blood flowed freely, his face twisted with agony.
Seeing this, the others involuntarily shivered. They hurriedly pulled back their attacks, retreating a step, swallowing nervously. The thought of Lin Chen doing the same to them sent chills down their spine.
"You worthless scum!" The young man emerged from the pool, though the rogue demeanor was gone, replaced by a heavily swollen right cheek, blood red, clearly imprinted with Lin Chen's hand.
"I'll make you pay!"
The young man shouted and charged, like an agile monkey, swiftly towards Lin Chen.
Judging from his momentum alone, the young man had some skill, slightly stronger than the others, which explained why he was their leader.
But that was all.
With a calm demeanor, Lin Chen dodged his attacks while extracting Spiritual Energy from his Dantian.
This was his first time using Spiritual Energy in battle, making him quite inexperienced.
Dividing his attention, he evaded the young man's attacks while gathering Spiritual Energy, although the young man couldn't land a hit on him. Lin Chen's energy-gathering speed was too slow, and, distracted, the energy he painstakingly gathered in his hands dissipated with a slight shift in focus.
"Sigh..." Lin Chen sighed; the complexity of using Spiritual Energy in combat exceeded his expectations.
After all, it required a great deal of adaptation.
But with a ready practice target, Lin Chen was eager to seize the time to hone his skills.
However, in others' eyes, Lin Chen seemed like a fish in the air, gracefully avoiding the young man's attacks nonchalantly.
"If you've got balls, stop running!" the young man roared. Clearly, he was getting anxious about the situation as it was.
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