Chapter 63: Noisy! The Stunning Wang Qian!

In front of the Source Water Supply Base was a spacious square.

Only after crossing the square could one enter the wilderness zone.

Xu Jingming had just left the supply base and stepped onto the square when Zhao Chunlin blocked his path.

Zhao Chunlin was no longer the merchant he had been yesterday.

He had donned battle armor and carried a long blade—clearly prepared in advance.

"You really are disobedient. I told you not to leave the supply base, yet you insisted on coming out."

"Now you're trapped here, aren't you?"

Looking at Xu Jingming before him, Zhao Chunlin wore a smug smile.

He had suspected yesterday that Xu Jingming wouldn't stay obediently inside the supply base, so he'd waited outside early this morning.

As expected, Xu Jingming showed no intention of avoiding him.

"I, Zhao Chunlin, am not someone to be trifled with. Cut off both your arms and pay me one million, and this matter is settled."

Zhao Chunlin drew his long blade and unleashed the full aura of a Second-Rank Mid-Level Ability User.

It drew the attention of many on the square.

At that moment, Wang Qian and her team members stepped out from the entrance of the supply base.

They immediately saw Xu Jingming facing off against Zhao Chunlin not far ahead.

"Damn it! Didn't I tell him not to leave the supply base during this time? Why did he come out?!"

Seeing this, Wang Qian panicked and rushed forward, but was called to a stop by her team leader, Yao Muxi, behind her:

"Xiao Qian, don't rush. Let's watch first."

She was a girl around Wang Qian's age, but taller and more slender.

Her gaze was fixed on the long spear behind Xu Jingming, her expression thoughtful.

"Then... alright..."

As a team member, Wang Qian naturally followed her team leader's orders.

Besides, she was also angry that Xu Jingming had ignored her advice.

'Let him learn a lesson—it'll keep him from being so self-willed and ignoring counsel.'

Wang Qian thought to herself.

On the other side, facing Zhao Chunlin's threat, a flicker of impatience crossed Xu Jingming's resolute face:

"What if I say no?"

"Oh? Then you'll spend the rest of your life in a wheelchair."

"Because I'll cut off both your legs!"

Zhao Chunlin's face twisted into a cruel smile.

He hadn't just been hanging around the supply base for a day or two.

If word got out that he'd been fooled by a newcomer, where would he save face?!

He had to make an example—brutally.

Only then could he intimidate the others.

Thinking this, his exposed skin turned a metallic gray-blue sheen!

Class-C Ability: Metalized Skin!

With Metalized Skin, his defense was extremely formidable—he was nearly impervious to blades and bullets!

"Metalized Skin, plus my Class-D battle armor—you can't even break my defense!"

"Kid, you still dare to challenge me..."

Zhao Chunlin's words were cut off by Xu Jingming's low voice:

"Noisy."

"What?!"

Before Zhao Chunlin could react, a tremendous force struck his waist!

Under that force, his Class-D battle armor and Metalized Skin were as useless as decorations, offering no resistance whatsoever.

Then, he was flung backward as if hit head-on by a speeding truck!

Boom! Boom! Boom!...

He cratered the ground with several small depressions, flying eight or nine meters before stopping—unconscious, possibly dead.

The perpetrator, however, acted as if nothing had happened, not even glancing back, and walked toward the entrance of the wilderness zone.

"Whoa! One-shot kill! That terrifying?!"

"Damn it, how did he strike? I didn't even see it?!"

"Heh, Zhao Chunlin just kicked a steel plate."

"I was worried about that guy yesterday—turns out he's this strong."

"..."

Zhao Chunlin, a Second-Rank Mid-Level Ability User, was somewhat well-known at the Source Water Supply Base.

His crushing defeat naturally sparked heated discussion among the crowd on the square.

Many who had been cheated by him in the past but dared not retaliate felt immense satisfaction.

Some even ran over to check on Zhao Chunlin.

His waist looked as if it had been blown apart by a high-explosive bomb—drenched in blood.

He was still breathing, but barely—his breaths shallow and faint.

On the other side, Wang Qian's eyes at the supply base entrance widened in shock.

Never in a million years had she imagined things would unfold so completely differently from what she'd expected!

Xu Jingming had actually turned the tables and killed Zhao Chunlin! And it was an instant kill at that!

What was more, even she, a second-tier lower-rank ability user, hadn't been able to see how Xu Jingming had struck.

"It was a whip kick." The captain behind her, Yao Muxi, had seen it clearly enough.

Only she hadn't expected that a single whip kick from the other side could carry such terrifying power.

"Zhao Chunlin's pelvis is completely shattered — whether he can even survive is uncertain.

Even if they pull him through, from now on he'll probably be nothing but a cripple stuck in a wheelchair.

Worthy of someone from Magic City Ability University — his strength is formidable, and ruthless to boot."

Yao Muxi's apricot eyes held a note of admiration.

"Someone from Magic City Ability University? How do you know that, Captain?"

Wang Qian paused, slightly startled, and hurriedly pressed on.

The remaining two squad members also turned curious gazes her way.

"His spear bears the school emblem of Magic City Ability University."

This was something Yao Muxi had noticed earlier.

The emblem of crossed blades wreathed in thorns — every weapon produced by Magic City Ability University bears it.

"Besides, apart from students from a top-tier university like this, have you ever seen anyone else with the strength to instant-kill across ranks?"

"Fair point." Wang Qian nodded in sudden understanding, then eagerly proposed:

"Our squad is still short a strong attacker, isn't it? How about we pull him into our squad?"

"Our school is in the Magic City University District anyway, so teaming up later would be very convenient."

"The man has already walked off — how are we supposed to pull him in?

Besides, when our squad was formed, didn't we agree it would only take female members?"

Yao Muxi said unhurriedly.

They were all current students at Linjiang Ability University, within the Magic City University District.

They had come this time hoping to use the summer break to hunt more fierce beasts and accumulate some wealth and resources.

"Haha, Xiao Qian, are you interested in him or something?"

"But that young fellow really is quite handsome — I wouldn't oppose him joining us."

Hearing this, the other two young ladies burst into giggles as well.