Chapter 17

Such a world naturally breeds evil.

Not to mention some small-time thugs.

It was just that Chen Ang hadn't expected to encounter them himself.

Hearing Chen Ang's words, the leading man was stunned for a moment, then his expression turned ferocious, and without another word, he swung his weapon and roared as he charged at Chen Ang.

"Damn bastard, who gave you the right to talk to me so arrogantly?"

The iron rod whistled through the air.

But the next moment.

Chen Ang abruptly raised his hand and easily caught the iron rod; his immense strength left it unable to move.

The man continuously exerted his strength, yet it remained completely motionless.

By this point, the man had realized something, and the ferocity on his face gradually turned to pallor.

"You, you are a Gifted?"

His voice trembled.

Once these words were out, the subordinates behind him who had originally intended to come over and teach Chen Ang a lesson were all seized with terror.

Chen Ang did not answer; he merely sneered and kicked out.

Bang—

The terrifying force, even though Chen Ang hadn't used his full strength, sent the man flying several meters away, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out.

One could even hear the sound of bones breaking.

Cracking his neck, Chen Ang took a calm step forward.

Before the others could react, Chen Ang's figure had already vanished.

Immediately after, someone's expression changed drastically as they felt a sharp pain in their chest, and then their body was blasted away like a cannonball.

One after another.

Although Chen Ang would not kill, he didn't mind teaching them a lesson.

It took only a moment.

Chen Ang left.

But in the alley, the thugs lay on the ground one by one, emitting painful groans with bloodstains at the corners of their mouths.

Even though each of them had only withstood one strike from Chen Ang, it was estimated that they wouldn't be able to recover for a year or two.

"Once I've earned some money, perhaps I should move."

Chen Ang thought, rubbing his chin.

Although he wasn't afraid of those thugs now, he didn't want the trouble.

While pondering, he had already returned home.

First, he put down his luggage, then took out the dragon blood, poured out a portion, transformed his right hand into a dragon claw, and began to soak it.

"The second characteristic of the dragon claw only requires three days of soaking; it won't take long."

"Then I'll go to school tomorrow."

"I still need to find a way to improve my physical attributes."

While murmuring, Chen Ang suddenly raised an eyebrow, looking at his claw soaking in the dragon blood, and felt a hint of something marvelous.

"Is the dragon claw absorbing the energy contained within the dragon blood?"

"Or is it the dragon bloodline contained in the dragon blood?"

It was a very peculiar feeling.

Most importantly, as he soaked, Chen Ang vaguely felt that his physical attributes were also increasing.

Perhaps it was related to the second characteristic of the dragon claw.

In any case.

After finishing the soak, Chen Ang immediately checked his physical attributes.

【Chen Ang.】

【Body: 38 (Limit: 100).】

【Strength: 40 (Limit: 100).】

【Agility: 38 (Limit: 100).】

【Spirit: 34 (Limit: 100).】

【Talent: Long Zhao (Characteristics: Armor-Piercing,???).】

【Skill: Ripping Claw (Entry Level, to increase proficiency, one must...).】

"There really is an improvement."

Chen Ang's gaze flickered.

Although his physical attributes had already increased due to the snake blood.

It definitely hadn't been this much.

Especially his strength, which had actually reached forty points.

Clearly, while soaking the dragon claw just now, his attributes had also increased slightly.

It was just that the magnitude of the increase wasn't large.

"And the Ripping Claw, I must start practicing that early as well."

Sighing, Chen Ang suddenly felt that he had quite a lot to do in the near future.

Waving his hand to dispose of the useless blood after soaking, Chen Ang went to the bathroom to take a shower, changed his clothes, and went out.

He had quite a lot of materials in his hands that needed to be processed.

In this regard, there were specialized shops that would buy them.

After spending some time, Chen Ang received thirty-seven thousand.

Then he went to a medicinal herb shop and an equipment shop, bought some herbs and a specially made wooden dummy, spending a total of fifteen thousand.

Only then did Chen Ang return home.

Buying the herbs and the wooden dummy was for practicing the Ripping Claw.

【To increase Ripping Claw proficiency, one must use a suitable target, attack daily using the Ripping Claw, familiarize oneself with physical strength and attack rhythm, fully integrate it into oneself, and let the skill become a physical instinct. After exhausting all physical energy through the Ripping Claw, use herbs such as Earth Root, Scale Flower, etc., to brew a medicinal soup and soak the dragon claw.】

This was the method the golden finger provided to Chen Ang for increasing the proficiency level of the Ripping Claw.

Returning home.

He first prepared lunch.

Then Chen Ang set up the wooden dummy.

He began to practice.

The afternoon passed in the blink of an eye.

"I don't feel anything; perhaps it's because I've only just started, so it will take some time before the proficiency level increases?"

Looking at his dragon claw, Chen Ang, having finished today's practice, shook his head, ate dinner, returned to his room, sat at his desk with a pen, and pondered to himself.

"Tomorrow I can contact Li Leyao; taking out the potion directly isn't very good, I'm afraid I don't have enough money to buy the materials."

"Because of that, I can let the other party collect the materials and give them to me. To avoid letting the other party figure out the specific materials, I can mix in some unnecessary materials to confuse the issue."

"But the most important question is what I should ask for from the other party."

"Dragon scales and heart blood are definitely required, but these two things are far from enough for the value of an evolutionary path that has never appeared before; I definitely cannot lose money, so I need other items."

But Chen Ang didn't really need many things right now.

"No, I can ask for heavenly treasures."

Chen Ang's eyes lit up as he thought of the items he needed.

Heavenly treasures are things no one has enough of.

Thinking of this, Chen Ang began to formulate a plan to avoid any omissions.

He even had to think about what could be said and what could not.

The matter was of critical importance, and Chen Ang could not afford to be careless.

After all, disaster comes from the mouth, and one careless mistake could easily lead to a fatal calamity.

This was no joke.

In an era where talent is king, the importance of an evolutionary path goes without saying.

After everything was settled, time had unknowingly reached around twelve o'clock. ===== CHAPTER 18 =====