Li Yao was still struggling against the steel barbell inside the squat rack. He burst forth with all his energy to complete the final set.
He didnât know that from the start, behind him in the dim corner of the room, an old bastard called the Degenerate of Cultivators and a fiendish bastard expert known as Fiend Blade, were whispering to each other. They were discussing details on strength training for Li Yao, with things escalating the more they discussed.
FinallyâŚâŚ
âI did it! 10 sets of squats!â Li Yao roared like a wild beast. His two eyes turned white, as he fell straight back to create a âbang!â The sweat around his body formed a large human figure on the ground!
With a fuzzy mind, he felt Sun Biao head towards him and feed him a medicinal pill the size of a small babyâs fist. When the pill entered his mouth, he didnât have the chance to chew before it transformed into an incomparably spicy hot liquid that flowed down his throat into his belly.
Irritation. The irritation was too much. It was more irritating than eating an entire bowl of mustard. The spice caused Li Yaoâs eyes to overflow with tears that splattered everywhere. Suddenly he leapt from the ground, jumping a meter high, âWater! Water! Get me water fast!â
âKid. How do you feel at the moment?â Sun Biao asked beaming with smiles.
âHuh?â Li Yao blinked his eyes. He felt his body, from head to toe, and discovered something weird. The exhaustion and spent feeling in his body had actually been swept out, although his mouth still was filled with the incomparably irritable spiciness. Every single part of his body contained an abundance of strength. His physical ability was restored back to his maximum state!
âToday was just the opening appetizer. The true training begins tomorrow. Is there a problem~? Student Li Yao?âSun Biao snapped his fingers lightly, causing the training clothes on Li Yaoâs body to automatically be shed like the molting of a snake.
Li Yao was like a startled bunny, running to the entrance of the warehouse with only three steps. Only then did he look back and answer through gritted teeth, â Of course itâs not a problem. Iâll still come back here tomorrow morning. You just wait!â
âSure~!â Sun Biao laughed nastily. He then spoke to himself in a low voice, âThe only thing is⌠I fear that you wonât even be able to get out of your bed tomorrow morning, you little monster!â
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8 PM. Li Yao arrived at the Militant Wolf Slayers Gym right on the dot. He was overflowing with confidence towards tonightâs three minute spar.
What a joke! He was able to grit through the pain and endure through that sinister, deceitful, despicable, shameless, cruel, and brutal âGive Up.â It canât be that he wouldnât to be able to endure through 3 minutes of the smiling clownâs assault right?
OnlyâŚ. Looking at the strange smiling expressions, covering the smiling clown and bald gym ownerâs faces, caused him to feel a bit of nervousness in his heart.
These two good friends, with their smiling faces, were like two hungry wolves with rumbling stomachs. They looked at Li Yao as if he were a clean washed rabbit slathered with sauce. This look, in the eyes of Li Yao, caused Li Yao to feel that there was a gargantuan conspiracy being covered by their smiling expressions.
âIs your belly hungry? Do you want to first eat a grand buffet? Look and see! Thereâs so many high calorie military MREs. Go ahead and eat to your heartâs content!â laughed the bald gym owner.
âAfter you finish eating, you can also use the strengthening drug bath! And you can also get a massage from a master masseur! This way your stamina will be restored to your peak state!â said the smiling clown.
âYou guysâŚâŚ What are you plotting?â Li Yao had cold sweat trickle down his forehead, feeling his danger senses tingling.
The smiling clown and the bald gym owner glanced at each other. They laughed involuntarily saying, âItâs nothing! Thereâs absolutely nothing going on! How could we ever be plotting something? All we wanted was just to make sure youâre brought to your best condition, so that you can spar for a good five minutes!â
âFive minutes? The contract obviously says three minutes!â Li Yao suddenly jumped up.
The smiling clown raised two fingers as he said, âTwenty grand. All you need to do is endure through 5 minutes and I will give you twenty grand!â
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The nightâŚ.. Felt absolutely endless.
The Ghost Market was a dozen or so kilometers from the surface. The Upper Eastern District extended to include the villas on the artificial lakes. In the basement of one of the luxurious villas wasâŚ.
*Whiplash! Whiplash! Whiplash! Whiplash!*
A lash ripped through the air and deeply embedded itself into someoneâs back. The sound of a whip striking was enough to cause oneâs hair to stand on end.
Helian Lie had his limbs spread such that his body formed a 大. He was tied firmly onto a torture rack.
A giant with exploding muscles and dark hair all over his body gripped a whip that contained special pain-causing drugs. One whip after another lashed out ruthlessly, seemingly seeking to flay the still-living Helian Lie dead.
The wooden bar within Helian Lieâs mouth had already been bitten into a pulp. Surprisingly, Helian Lie had yet to scream even half-a-squeek. His gaze remained fixed ahead.
In front of Helian Lie was an enormous hologram. It played, over and over, the entire fight between Li Yao and Zhao Liang that had happened during the day at the 9th gym.
Helian Lieâs expression was that of a wolf and tiger. He wished with all his hate to be able to jump into the screen and eat Li Yao whole.
âDo you know why youâre receiving this family punishment?â The towering iron giant spoke coldly behind Helian Lie. His voice was both sharp and piercing, a complete contradiction from his thick and buff body. It was a stark contrast.
âAccording to father, itâs my fault. I shouldnât have stirred up trouble in public, causing our Helian family to lose face!â Helian Lie snorted indifferently.
âNonsense!â
Helian Baâs rage flared! A kick flew out that actually caused the torture rack to forcefully split, sending Helian Lie flying into the wall!
This powerful and heavy kick contained absolutely no mercy. Helian Lieâs skull collided directly into the wall, forming a crater in the granite adorned wall. Helian Lie fell to the ground. Blood spurted wildly from his mouth, even bringing three white thick teeth out of his mouth.
Helian Ba didnât even glance at Helian Lie while he walked over with large strides. His leather boots crushed, with strength, onto his sonâs face. He said each word with a stomp, âAlthough itâs true that your father doesnât like you causing trouble in public, itâs because even though you stirred up trouble, you still lost that badly in that manner! I dislike that even more! A lion facing a rabbit still must use all his strength. Even if you were facing a piece of trash from the Common Class, you , a genius of the Important Class, should not have lowered your guard in that fashion. Keep in mind that any person who becomes your enemy is qualified for you to use all your strength. Do you understand yet?â
âUnder. Understand. I wonât underestimate any opponents. I will absolutely get my revenge!â Helian Lieâs skull echoed with creaks under his fatherâs military boots. Helian Lie howled with all his strength.
Helian Ba gave a cold snort, âThink it over before doing anything. That old fart Sun Biao pulled the kid out of trouble. Be peaceful for this period of time. Donât give me any more trouble!â
Helian Lieâs eyes suddenly bulged open as he cried out, âIt canât be that weâre letting it go like this? Dad, youâre a board member of our school. Donât tell me that youâre scared of that dead retired old geezer Sun Biao? True. Iâve heard that in his younger years, he was quite a fierce cultivator in the circle, but heâs made too many enemies. He suffered a critical injury from an attack a dozen years ago. The strength he has left is no more than 1% of his peak, so he was forced to hide in Crimson Nimbus Second and act as an ordinary teacher. And right now heâs so old with many plaguing ailments. He could die any moment now! Do we really need to be this scared of him?â
Helian Ba scowled. The weight of his foot increased by several factors. With a deep shout he said, âWhat do you know? A cultivator, in the end, is still a cultivator. Even if he only has 1% of his strength, even if he only has 1 second left to live, as long as heâs not completely dead, we cannot lower our guard! Whatâs even more is, that this undying old man has said that he wonât dedicate his life protecting the kid. He just wants us to give him a month of time. After a month, he will stand aside and do nothingâŚ.Itâs a far too unspeakable action if I donât show him this tiny bit of face; after all, I am only a board member, not the chairman. Even if I am the chairman, I would still need to follow proper conduct as a cultivator of the circle. Otherwise, hatred may be born between me and another cultivator, one that will last until one of us dies. Death would be looming over my head every minute!â
âA month of timeâŚâŚ Fine! I will wait a month then!â HeLian Lieâs handsome face was warped and twisted under the military boot; it was an expression of incomparable enmity.