Chapter 1 The Night

The streets of Chao Yu were filled with players staggering about, lost in the virtual world of electronic games.

Many of these players struggled to distinguish between the virtual and the real. Disenchanted with reality, they found glory and power in the virtual world.

Their livelihoods depended on earning money from virtual games, so their focus was entirely on the game.

Li Cheng颐 sighed softly.

He quickened his pace along the cold, impersonal black and blue storefronts, heading towards the hotel.

Passing two thin figures huddled motionless by the roadside, he suddenly stopped and looked ahead.

Two men in gray-black tight-fitting suits and sunglasses, each wielding a long staff, stood in his path. Tiny circuits flickered on their faces.

They blocked his way, their gazes fixed on him through their dark lenses.

"Li Cheng頤 of the Long Xu Sect?"

The man in front, his head covered in tight braids, took a drag from his e-cigarette and sized him up.

"Who are you?" Li Cheng颐 knew immediately that they were from the fighting world.

He had barely parted ways with that crazy Zhao Xiaoli when he encountered these two. Clearly, they were either sent by Zhao Xiaoli or by someone connected to the man whose neck he had broken earlier.

"Chao Yu Feng Xi Hall, Nineteenth Road Feng Xi Leg Technique, come to learn." The leader said coldly.

"Reason?" Li Cheng颐 asked.

"You injured my brother and tried to snatch Miss Zhao to join your sect. Did you think this was some small place like your Suiyang Fengnan province?" The leader sneered.

Too lazy to waste words, Li Cheng颐 stepped forward.

*Whoosh!*

Two leg shadows descended on his head.

The leg shadows were like snakes spitting venom, silent and swift.

Li Cheng颐 didn't even bother to raise his hands; he simply accelerated forward, passing between the two men.

His shoulders grazed theirs.

*Bang!*

The tremendous impact instantly traveled through their bodies.

In an instant, the two figures tumbled and flew out, crashing to the ground on either side, wailing in pain.

Judging by the way they clutched their shoulders, they wouldn't be getting up anytime soon.

"How is that possible!?" The leader gritted his teeth, staring at Li Cheng頤.

If he had possessed any exoskeletons or body modules, they should have detected them before coming.

After all, they had scanned him from afar with detection devices for a long time, confirming that he had no modified modules or exoskeletons before they approached.

But now...

"Boring."

Li Cheng颐 walked past them, continuing in the direction he had been heading.

Soon, he left the two men behind.

He strolled slowly, considering which of the targets he had selected best fit the criteria for the Saint Child.

Suddenly, a nimble figure rushed at him from the right.

With a raised hand, a modified silver arm, carrying tremendous explosive force, slammed towards his head.

Li Cheng颐 stood still, his right arm shooting forward.

*Bang!*

Directly into the attacker's chest.

The enormous force was unleashed entirely on the person.

On the spot, the figure flew backward, like a monkey suddenly hit by a rhino, crashing heavily into a parked flyer by the roadside.

The bulletproof flyer dented slightly, just barely catching the figure and embedding them in it.

"Get him!" In the distance, a group of people with varying degrees of body modifications roared, pointing towards him.

Chao Yu prohibited guns and flying instruments, etc. The management here was stricter than outside, so their strongest weapons were all kinds of cold weapons.

Machetes, spiked clubs, hammers, daggers, and so on.

A group of more than a dozen, wielding various weapons, charged towards Li Cheng颐.

The surrounding onlookers, far from being afraid, excitedly pulled out their phones to take pictures and videos.

"Boring." Li Cheng颐 twisted his body, weaving through the crowd like a shadow.

In just one second.

He had completely passed through the crowd, appearing at the rear.

The dozen or so modified humans wielding weapons froze for a moment, then their chests exploded.

*Pfft pfft pfft pfft!!*

The flesh and bones in everyone's chest made cracking sounds, collapsing inward.

One by one, the bodies collapsed to the ground, spitting blood and losing consciousness.

The modified modules on their bodies quickly emitted beeping sounds, initiating emergency injections of hemostatic agents and rescue needles.

Dishing out a dozen attacks in one second was nothing difficult for Li Cheng颐 now.

After all, having been strengthened by the Low-Grade Shadow Dragon bloodline and the Flowery Scale Garment for so long, his strength, speed, and reaction speed far surpassed the limits of the human body.

He had reached a level unimaginable to ordinary people.

Passing through the crowd, he looked up to the very back, where a white-haired man in a black suit stood trembling.

The man held a stun gun, aimed steadily at him.

The stun gun could only fire ordinary currents that stunned people. In Chao Yu, it wasn't a prohibited weapon, but it required a permit.

The fact that this man held one meant that the power behind him was either wealth or influence.

But this normally confident and suave white-haired man, who considered himself someone of importance, had no idea how to face the man approaching him step by step.

Under the night lights, Li Cheng颐's black hair hung over his shoulders, his eyes slightly red. His burly and strong body slowly approached, and his cold, hard face, a head taller than the white-haired man, brought immense pressure just by looking at it.

"Ah!!"

As the distance closed, the white-haired man finally couldn't help but press the firing trigger.

*Chi!*

In an instant, a black shadow shot straight into his face, hitting him squarely on the forehead.

*Bang!*

The white-haired man's head snapped back, and he was briefly suspended in the air before a flash passed across his chest, as if a fist shadow had streaked by.

His sternum immediately collapsed and fractured with a snap, and his body flew backward, crashing heavily to the ground.

A large amount of blood poured from his mouth, flowing down his cheeks and neck onto the ground.

The battle ended in an instant.

Li Cheng颐 picked up the dropped stun gun and gently squeezed it. The gun body exploded, twisted, and was completely scrapped.

After the Su Tan test, he understood his current level.

Seventh level. Any flying instrument master or modified human was already a pivotal figure.

Their every move was followed by countless eyes, making it impossible for them to randomly appear on the streets to target him.

And such big figures wouldn't act casually, even if they did.

Because winning was fine, but losing would be a huge blow to the interest groups behind such strong people.

In short...at the conventional level, no one could stop him from doing anything.

As long as he didn't cause too much trouble, everything would be fine.

Passing the white-haired man, he hadn't walked more than a few steps.

Suddenly, a panting, petite figure blocked his way.

It was Da Zhuang.

She opened her arms, blocking the way, trying to calm her breathing.

"..." Li Cheng颐 watched her quietly, without speaking.

He had noticed this girl who had been eavesdropping on the sidelines all along.

In fact, this person was also one of his selected targets.

This was also the reason why he was willing to stop at this moment.

"I...I want to become your disciple!!" Da Zhuang finally caught her breath, raised her head, and shouted earnestly.

Li Cheng颐 didn't respond, but flashed past her, continuing to walk forward.

He understood one thing: things that were too easily obtained were often not cherished.

This was not personality; it was human nature.

So, he didn't answer.

"Wait, please wait! I really want to become your disciple!!" Da Zhuang was anxious and quickly followed, shouting loudly.

Seeing that Li Cheng颐 still didn't answer, she continued.

"Does learning martial arts depend on looks and figure? I'm not as pretty as her, not as good a figure as her, but I have a stronger will than her!"

"Will?" Li Cheng颐 paused and turned around.

"Why do you want to learn?"

Why?

Da Zhuang's mind went blank. She didn't actually know why.

At first, she was just curious, curiously following to see how confident this person was to dare approach Zhao Xianrou and ask her to become his disciple.

Unexpectedly, along the way, she actually saw the scene of him instantly defeating so many people.

Especially the fact that there were even modified humans among them, which was a bit exaggerated.

Until she saw Li Cheng颐 preparing to leave, she instinctively felt that if she missed this opportunity, it might be a huge regret in her future life.

So, in a moment of impulsive thought, she rushed up and said that she wanted to become his disciple.

When asked why she wanted to learn, she was immediately stumped.

Seeing her stunned in place, Li Cheng頤 walked past her, continuing to leave.

At this time, the sound of sirens was constantly approaching, obviously because the group of people who had just been knocked down had been reported to the police by passersby.

Da Zhuang was awakened by the sound and shuddered. She quickly turned and followed.

"I don't know why, but...but I just want to learn!"

She had a strong feeling that if she missed this person, she might regret it for the rest of her life.

From childhood to adulthood, her feelings had been quite accurate, whether it was pretending to be herself at home, not competing with her older siblings, or deliberately putting on a bad show and giving up on making herself better.

These were all in order to make herself safer.

The infighting within a large noble family was more complex and dangerous than any outsider could imagine.

It was precisely these measures that allowed her to live healthy and stable until now.

As a girl, would anyone really believe that she didn't love beauty, didn't want to become prettier, didn't want to become more excellent?

Everything was just for survival.

"The martial arts I have mastered are very dangerous, but also unimaginably powerful. If you don't have the awareness to face danger, don't come looking for me." Li Cheng颐 finally spoke, looking down at her, and said in a deep voice.

"I'm not afraid!" Da Zhuang thought back to the other schools of martial arts. She had never heard of anyone being able to defeat so many modified humans so quickly and exaggeratedly.

Even if the person in front of her was also a modified human, such a level and force would definitely be a top expert in the fighting world.

Plus, with her strong psychological premonition at this time, Da Zhuang chose to believe her own judgment.

Even if her premonition was wrong, it wouldn't be a loss if she could learn top martial arts.

"Are you really sure you want to become my disciple?" Li Cheng颐 asked again.

"Yes! I'm sure!" Da Zhuang shouted seriously.

"Can you handle what's going to happen later?" Li Cheng颐 said.

He was talking about those people he had just knocked down. Being taken away by the security department would cause trouble.

"..." Da Zhuang hesitated for a moment, then nodded fiercely. "I can!"

As long as the Zhao family didn't interfere, handling this matter was nothing to her.

"Take care of it, and come to my hotel room in an hour." Li Cheng颐 finally left these words, and his figure flashed, suddenly disappearing from the spot.

".!?" Da Zhuang was stunned and quickly adjusted the camera in her eyeball. After slowing down the speed by fifty times, she realized that Li Cheng颐 had simply turned around, walked forward, and left.

She had seen this kind of exaggerated movement speed a few times in the Ji Wu Lie Bao tournament. Even those strongest fighters who finally won the gold medal were not so exaggerated!

"I won't be wrong this time, I definitely won't be wrong!" She murmured a few times in a low voice.

She turned and walked towards the sound of the sirens.

(End of chapter)