“This kid’s got something!”
The Rat Gang Chief’s gaze sharpened.
Though he’d never received formal education at the Cosmic Academy, years of gang warfare had allowed him to develop his superpower to a decent level. Breaking through to a second-level star power user was proof of that.
But he hadn’t expected this kid to block a solid blow so easily.
“Old Tian, this guy’s tough! Let’s take him together! Go all out!”
The chief suddenly thrust his palm forward. Three massive water dragons, each over three meters in diameter, instantly formed.
They dove down, smashing through the warehouse roof, and came at Anvil with overwhelming force.
Seeing this, the deputy chief waved his hand. Countless black lights shot out right behind the water dragons.
“Pointy hands 233, the translation is very local.”
“Is it possible that the script for this episode was written by our people?”
“Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The water dragons plunged from the sky with such force it seemed to shatter space, emitting rumbles like dragon roars.
Yet facing such a powerful assault, Anvil’s face showed no sign of retreat or fear.
Instead, he maintained his [Full Star Crush] stance and kept unleashing furious blows. Punch after punch. He was like an iron wall, blocking every attack.
Heaven rewards diligence—that’s the true portrayal of a combatant. Every drop of sweat a combatant sheds in daily training becomes nourishment on their path of growth.
And during his four years at the Cosmic Academy, he never slacked off a single day, training hard until late into the night, smashing one small hill after another with his bare fists.
Now. He was no longer the cowardly little fatty he used to be.
He was the four thousand three hundred twenty-second True Disciple of the powerful Thousand Star Martial Arts style. A combat genius in the eyes of his classmates. And a trustworthy companion in Lin Zhen’s eyes.
“My [Full Star Crush] isn’t an ordinary [Full Star Crush]—it’s a perfect second-level arcana!”
Anvil roared, his fists swinging faster and faster. His muscles turned red as a boiled shrimp, and raindrops sizzled the moment they touched his body.
The overwhelming barrage of fist shadows, accompanied by his roar, completely overwhelmed the enemy’s desperate counterattack.
It even managed to suppress the two of them. Fierce blue fist shadows blasted straight at them.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Each fist shadow struck with the force of a bomb, instantly blasting a huge crater outside the warehouse. Forcing the two to hurriedly leap away.
The exchange between star power users was incredibly fast. Anvil and the two traded several blows; it seemed like a long time, but in reality only a few seconds had passed.
The moment Anvil overpowered their attack, Aili’s gentle voice sounded in his ear.
“Well done, big brother. Please help protect the innocent people. Leave the rest to me.”
Swoosh!
The girl, enveloped in red light, flashed past Anvil. She stepped on exquisite blood rings, her feet hovering in the air, gliding like she was rollerblading.
“Xiao Ai, that’s dangerous! Come back!”
As they passed each other, Anvil reached out and shouted. It wasn’t that he didn’t trust Aili.
Although those two were among the weakest of the second-level star power users, no matter how weak, they were still second-level users. What if they had a trump card…?
“Don’t worry, big brother. Even though I don’t like to kill, the reason I let the scene get so bloody is precisely because—”
Aili turned back and smiled. Then she raised her hands from her sides and pressed them down from her waist toward the ground. The blood pooled on the warehouse floor instantly rolled toward her.
It transformed into blood rings that trailed behind her. These rings spun wildly, cutting through the air with sharp, piercing whirs.
“The more blood there is, the stronger I become!”
“Got it, Lao Ai is invincible during her period.”
“You’re invincible.”
“This angle is really something else.”
Swoosh!
Aili shot out of the warehouse. Not far away. The Rat Gang Chief stood on a water step, floating in the air.
He clenched his hands loosely, veins bulging on his forehead, as a hundred-meter-long water dragon coiled beneath him.
Bang!
The water dragon’s tail lashed out, instantly breaking a massive sewer pipe.
A steady stream of wastewater gushed out, making the water dragon grow larger and larger. Seeing Aili charging at him, he gritted his teeth and shouted:
“Old Tian, buy me some time!”
The silent deputy chief flickered and appeared in front of Aili.
Swoosh!
Countless pieces of metal flew in from all directions, instantly arming him into a steel giant over ten meters tall.
‘The same type of superpower as Big Brother Azhen?’
She then let out a scoff.
“But your usage is far too crude. The key to metal manipulation is knowledge. You can’t even compare to one ten-thousandth of him!”
She waved her hand forward. Hundreds of blood rings flew out from behind her, sawing into the deputy chief’s steel battle armor like chainsaws.
These blood rings were not only razor-sharp, instantly leaving deep gouges in the almost meter-thick steel armor, but also would instantly explode if heavily damaged. And… the explosion was extremely powerful.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Rat Gang Deputy Chief, caught in hundreds of consecutive explosions, had his armor blown apart and suffered severe injuries. Clutching his bloody right arm, he frantically retreated.
The blown-off armor on his right arm began absorbing nearby metal to repair itself. Just as he was about to regain combat capability, Aili’s lips curled up slowly.
Her superpower, [Blood Ring]. It could turn blood within her control range into highly impactful blood rings. Though strong in area control, its killing power was too weak.
So for the past five years, she had been thinking about how to solve the weakness in her superpower’s lethality. Although she had many ideas, her control over her ability was only average, so most had to be shelved.
Until… two years ago, she suddenly seemed to have an epiphany. Not only did her control become much more precise, but the plasticity of the power itself seemed to increase.
So she picked up those shelved ideas one by one, tried them, and succeeded greatly.
For example, spinning the blood rings at high speed to use as weapons. Or releasing the impact of the blood rings slowly under her feet to move at high speed.
Or like she just did—remotely turning all the blood at the man’s wounds into tiny blood rings, making them enter the opponent’s body through the wounds and then detonating them.
“It’s over!”
Snap!
She snapped her fingers. The retreating Rat Gang Deputy Chief instantly froze, groaning in agony twice. Then, he exploded inside his armor.
“666, Xiao Ai’s moves are so creepy now?”
“Take a wave of true damage from Lao Ai.”
“Manipulating blood at the wound—really sinister. As long as you’re injured, you’re done for.”
“Xiao Ai’s ability development is pretty good. Using impact to fly fast—pretty imaginative.”