Chapter 28: Monster vs. Joker (Part 2)

The origin of one's own abilities has always been the top secret of every Reincarnator.

Most experienced Reincarnators will disguise their abilities.

Li Chenchen is no exception; he benefits from the fact that his abilities originate from high-level Reincarnators, where many Derivative Worlds based on novels exist, offering a wide variety of hidden ability types.

Moreover, because novice Reincarnators mostly haunt anime Derivative Worlds and film/television Derivative Worlds, it is difficult for them to realize the origin of his abilities at first glance.

Li Chenchen set his codename as 【Joker Evans】, and his disguise within the space mimics the classic Joker image from film and television.

On one hand, this is to utilize the acting method to digest the potion, and on the other, it is to confuse the situation and mislead other Reincarnators' guesses about his abilities as much as possible.

But he did not expect that this novice Reincarnator, whom he had only met once, would point out the true nature of his abilities in one breath.

This guy... what exactly is going on? It's too abnormal.

Frowning, Li Chenchen's wariness reached its peak; he wanted to perform a divination on himself again, but the current occasion was not suitable.

"Are you not coming over?"

Bai Cangshu also spread his hands, holding no weapons; he took another step forward, while Joker Evans instead took a step back. In terms of momentum, at first glance, it was Bai Cangshu who held the advantage.

Bai Cangshu's flamboyant posture made Li Chenchen's expression turn gloomy, but he was cautious by nature and not a reckless brute. His eyes flickered, a new Tarot card fell into his hand, and he flicked his wrist.

Pfft!

Xiao Ning, who was lying on the ground, instantly turned pale and cried out in pain.

"Ah!"

His hand was pinned to the ground by a card; the thin card had actually shattered the bones in his hand, and the intense pain made him wail incessantly.

But what puzzled Li Chenchen was that Bai Cangshu still wore a smile, not even making a single move to rescue him, which left him unable to find any flaws.

Bai Cangshu shook his head with a smile; he seemed to have a strong desire to communicate, directed at this person who might be the first "kind" he had met in his life.

"You might have misunderstood, Evans; these people don't have as close a relationship with me as you imagine."

"We are not friends, nor is there any subordinate relationship..."

Bai Cangshu would not feel angry or upset because Xiao Ning and the others were hurt; he knew very well that Xiao Ning was just a thug who had attached himself to him out of fear.

If he were killed by Evans, these people would attach themselves to Evans without hesitation.

Li Chenchen exhaled, his figure sinking slightly, his hands slowly lifting to assume a somewhat strange stance, and he spoke slowly.

"These people ended up in this state because they were working for you; a normal person would at least have some basic pity, right..."

"You guy, you're so cold-blooded you don't even seem human."

Step!

Li Chenchen took a step forward with his left foot; the distance between the two was very close, and he arrived in front of Bai Cangshu almost instantly, raising his right hand to press toward Bai Cangshu's face.

Bai Cangshu stood in place, as if he hadn't reacted at all, and Li Chenchen's palm suddenly transformed into a claw shape to hook down.

Whoosh!

The sound of breaking air rang out, and Li Chenchen's pupils constricted. In his eyes, Bai Cangshu's neck suddenly leaned toward his left shoulder as if it had snapped, causing his grab to land on empty air.

This is...

Li Chenchen was horrified to discover that Bai Cangshu's movement was exactly the same as the one he had just used to dodge attacks, relying on the flexibility of 【Sequence 8·Joker】.

The next moment, a gust of wind appeared before his chest; his thoughts flashed like lightning, and in an instant, he crossed his hands to block his chest.

Bang!

A fist slammed fiercely into his crossed arms. Li Chenchen's upper body could not dissipate the force of nearly a thousand pounds, causing him to lean backward and slide across the smooth floor.

Such great strength; this guy's strength attribute must exceed 10 points!

In East Asia, where the strength attribute of an average adult male is considered to be 5, such a value is basically not naturally possessed by anyone other than professional boxers and those in heavy manual labor. Could it be that the other party's initial trial completion rate was terrifyingly high, granting them many Attribute Points, and they were lucky enough to have them all allocated to strength?

Li Chenchen's mind was agile, but Bai Cangshu's attack did not stop at all. He threw a punch, saw Evans's center of gravity waver as if he were about to fall, and immediately stepped forward, grabbing Evans's arm and pulling with force.

Evans's backward sliding momentum was forcibly terminated, and the two opposing forces nearly tore the muscles in his arm.

Bai Cangshu pulled Evans back with overwhelming force, lowered his right shoulder, and slammed into him sideways.

Eight Extremities Fist·Iron Mountain Lean!

Bai Cangshu would never dare to use this move on ordinary people; with his strength, it would be enough to completely shatter a person's ribcage.

But today was different; he was certain that Evans was not an ordinary person, and besides...

Even if he really killed a Reincarnator like him, he wouldn't face too much risk.

The air exploded like a firecracker, and Li Chenchen's pupils constricted, instantly sobering up.

He hadn't expected this novice to actually want to fight him to the death; no... the other party wanted to kill him!

In an instant, a feeling of utter absurdity rose in Li Chenchen's chest.

!

A novice, who didn't even fully understand the rules of the space, actually held this kind of "hunting" intent toward a malicious senior Reincarnator.

This kid is a complete Outlier, a true Monster.

As his thoughts churned, his breathing instantly became short, and his figure turned abruptly. His center of gravity seemed not to exist; despite appearing as if he were about to fall, he ignored inertia entirely, performing a mid-air flip with his left foot in the back and his right foot inserting into Bai Cangshu's side.

Within his hands, a Force also exceeding 10 points of strength erupted in an instant. He caught the exact moment Bai Cangshu was exerting his full strength in the charge, pushing with both palms against Bai Cangshu's shoulder.

Bai Cangshu's pupils dilated; the terrifying force completely destroyed his balance in an instant. The power he felt at this moment was impossible to resist, because it was not just Evans's power.

Evans's movement was ingenious, using force against force, completely utilizing the momentum of his own Iron Mountain Lean to disrupt his own form.

Bai Cangshu was tripped, instantly losing his balance and flying into the air. Because of the magnitude of the two forces, he flew several meters in an instant and slammed into the wall.

Li Chenchen's eyes were indifferent, his hands hanging calmly in front of him.

【Two Tigers Style·Flowing Form·Willow】

As a Reincarnator, he naturally knew the weakness of the 【Diviner】 sequence having poor combat capability at low levels, but since one is a Reincarnator, there are naturally various means of reinforcement.

The specialty of Sequence 8·Joker is precisely precise body control, outstanding agility and speed, and superior core coordination.

One almost never falls, and at the same time, one possesses excellent intuition for combat.

In the eyes of Li Chenchen, 【Sequence 8·Joker】 was a potion sequence that granted him the aptitude of a genius Martial Artist.

Bang!

Bai Cangshu suddenly twisted his body in the Empty and stepped heavily onto the wall.

The stiff Hongmei's ears were almost pained by the enormous sound.

Watching Bai Cangshu kick off the wall and land without injury, although Li Chenchen felt slightly surprised, he had already concluded by this moment that Bai Cangshu was an Outlier and no longer dwelled on it.

He simply beckoned toward Bai Cangshu.

"Do you think that just because I am a 【Joker】, you can win against me?"

"I am, after all, not just a Joker."

(End of chapter)