Chapter 27: Monster vs Joker

Li Chenchen felt his potion digestion progress break through by a large margin once again; that feeling of potion digestion, of drawing closer to the mysterious, obsessed him.

Perhaps, before long, he could truly become a 【Magician】, a "Transcendental" capable of casting mysterious arts in the modern city at will.

Of course, the prerequisite was that he must take down this fat sheep, Bai Cangshu, so he could have enough resources to continue exchanging for potions.

Li Chenchen was somewhat obsessed with the concept of 【Transcendental】; he always believed that a Reincarnator of his 【Ping】 rank could not be considered transcendental at all.

Even if some extreme Reincarnators came into contact with 【Energy】 at this stage, they could display abilities that seemed miraculous to ordinary people.

But when fighting, most of it was just flashy effects; the low level of 【Energy】 attributes determined that at this stage, Reincarnators mostly still relied on their bodies and weapons to fight.

The most powerful type of Reincarnator at this stage is the 【Archer】.

Sufficiently high Shooting Mastery, combined with a sufficiently powerful weapon, could allow them to kill many powerful Reincarnators and Plot Characters above their rank.

Of course, they are also the most terrifying type of person in reality.

Li Chenchen's thinking was jumpy, but his perception was very keen; he had actually gradually made himself "non-human" during the two processes of consuming and digesting potions.

That sound of metal being pulled out from the fabric sofa was especially distinct in Li Chenchen's ears.

Xiao Ning's back was completely soaked with cold sweat, as if he had returned to that scene of facing Bai Cangshu; in his view, this mysterious person's skills were even more eerie.

Perhaps... Brother Bai was not this person's match either.

Once this thought appeared, his impulse to draw the weapon behind him suddenly dissipated somewhat.

Li Chenchen keenly sensed this scene; he stood on his tiptoes, his figure like a ghost, and in the slightly dark room, he appeared in front of Xiao Ning in an instant.

Xiao Ning's forehead tightened as he was already gripped by a hand; the immense pressure coming from both temples gave him the illusion that he was about to be crushed to death.

"Speak, that Bai Cangshu, where is he now?"

"That woman who put something in the wine, and the woman who came to chat with a selfie, plus you few, are his subordinates?"

Hongmei looked at this young man at this moment, lifting Brother Ning from the sofa bit by bit with one hand; that appearance was no more difficult than lifting a cat.

For the first time, she intuitively felt what is called power.

Hongmei's whole body began to tremble uncontrollably, sitting stiffly on the chair, not even daring to wipe the wine spilled on her legs.

"Brother Bai is at school... he is at Binhai University... ah!"

Xiao Ning cried out in pain; he felt his temples were about to be crushed.

With a looseness in his hand, the polished, gleaming dagger fell to the ground.

Li Chenchen sneered in his heart; he was very cautious, and almost every time he made a new choice, he would perform a divination again.

Therefore, he had long been mentally prepared for the fact that he would encounter a trap tonight.

Even when that mouthful of wine had just entered his mouth, he had sensed something unusual.

Because of drinking the potion, he had completed a special Milestone, 【Poison Apprentice】; the effect of this Milestone gave him additional toxin resistance, allowing him to be immune to poisons with lower toxicity intensity.

That was why he deliberately drank that glass of wine and let the few of them take him away.

And this trap, unsurprisingly, was indeed not very dangerous; they were just a few mortals.

Li Chenchen tapped lightly with his left foot, and the dagger bounced up from the ground; without even looking, his left hand grabbed it steadily, and then he swung it violently.

Pfft!

Hongmei did not react, and it was only after two seconds that she felt the sharp pain coming from her right hand.

"Ah! My hand..."

Li Chenchen already loathed this kind of woman, and finding that she really was part of the plot against him made him feel even more disgusted.

He directly pierced this woman's right hand with the dagger, leaving a large hole.

Seeing all this from the corner of his eye, Xiao Ning became even more terrified.

On the other side, Achao, who was standing stiffly in the room, subconsciously retreated to the doorway; he wanted to run, every cell in his body wanted to run.

Finally, seeing Hongmei's right hand pierced through, he suddenly pulled open the room door and was about to run outside.

Li Chenchen instantly released Xiao Ning, his right hand seeming to disappear, and the next moment, a Tarot card shot out instantly.

Pfft!

Achao, who had pulled open the room door, had his right leg go limp and fell forward directly, his face slamming onto the steps, blood flowing freely. But the basement door had still been unlatched by him, and as Achao fell, it slowly opened.

Li Chenchen looked coldly at Achao, whose Achilles tendon had been severed by him; his left hand was still gripping Xiao Ning, and he was about to continue his interrogation when he suddenly shuddered, catching a figure in the corner of his eye.

He was instantly startled and turned his head; indeed, it was not his imagination.

A man wearing a clean shirt was squatting at the basement entrance at this moment, looking at him with a face full of appreciative smiles.

Clap, clap, clap!

Bai Cangshu walked down naturally while clapping.

With a sweep of his foot, Achao was swept down from the steps.

He took the opportunity to close the basement door again.

"Joker Evans, I'm starting to appreciate you a little."

Bai Cangshu stood on the steps, naturally looking down at Li Chenchen; it was clearer than what he had heard—Hongmei's miserable state, Xiao Ning's despair, Achao's fear.

The emotions revealed by these people already indicated that this 【Joker】 Evans was indeed a qualified Reincarnator.

He had not been taken down by these ordinary hooligan and thug teams.

!

In Bai Cangshu's view, a true Outlier would absolutely not be taken down by these ordinary people, especially since the other party did not even have a gun.

The slight shock Li Chenchen felt due to Bai Cangshu's sudden appearance quickly subsided, and his body became flexible and supple once again.

Hearing the other party speak the name 【Joker Evans】 directly without any avoidance, he knew that this newcomer was indeed not simple.

So when he was in the space, it wasn't just him who had secretly planted a lead to find the other party...

This newcomer had also known his intentions at that time and had been waiting for his appearance.

"Heh, to think there's such a thing..."

"A mere newcomer, yet knowing I intend to hunt you down, you don't go to seek refuge with that hunting dog Song Xian, but instead want to deal with me yourself..."

"Bai Cangshu, has anyone ever told you that there is something very wrong with your brain?"

Li Chenchen's mouth split open, appearing abnormally wide; he sneered, his body fully stretching out, and as Xiao Ning's forehead relaxed, she collapsed to the ground, while two Tarot cards fell into the gaps between Li Chenchen's fingers from his sleeves.

The next moment, *shoo! *

The two playing cards shot out simultaneously, making only a short, sharp sound of breaking air in the dimly lit basement.

Bai Cangshu's pupils trembled, his eyes quite well-adapted to this low-light environment.

He took a step forward, advancing instead of retreating.

*Thud! *

The sound of the two cards embedding into the door was but a single noise; Bai Cangshu had already leaped three meters in one stride, instantly crossing almost the entire distance of the room to appear before Li Chenchen.

He threw a punch.

A gust of wind rushed toward his face.

Li Chenchen's pupils constricted, his neck tilting toward his right shoulder as if it had snapped.

This guy, is he really a newcomer...

This kind of speed, this kind of strength—even a combat athlete would need some degree of enhancement to achieve it.

A strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

Could a newcomer who can obtain such huge gains in the Trial World really be an ordinary newcomer?

Bai Cangshu had not anticipated Li Chenchen's neck-snapping style of dodging; his punch missed, and his chest was instantly struck by a fist.

*Bang! *

Bai Cangshu lowered his center of gravity, his whole body sliding back over a meter across the floor.

He brushed off the clothes on his chest, a grim smile appearing on his face.

"It seems you haven't become a Magician yet... you are just a clown!"

Li Chenchen's heart sank abruptly, and for a moment, he felt a sense of horror.

This guy... what exactly is his background...

(End of this chapter)