“Hey, Martic, don’t go too far. This man is Zhang Wen, the renowned instructor from Casares’ Almace Academy. If anything happens to him, you’ll have all the academy instructors after you,” the blond man sneered with a mocking laugh.
“No problem! Haha! I’m just playing with him,” the burly martial artist said carelessly, glancing at Zhang Wen and deliberately cracking his knuckles. He strode toward Zhang Wen, towering over him with his gorilla-like physique.
“Teacher Zhang Wen, watch out!” The two young maids, cornered by the blond man and the postmodernist man, suddenly screamed.
The blond girl, flushed with anger, shouted again at the blond man after screaming, “Won’t you be punished for your misdeeds aboard the Star Moon?”
“Punished?” The blond man opened his mouth wide as if hearing something amusing, “Who will punish me? You? Hasaan still hopes to employ us for dangerous missions in the future. Why would he bother us over something trivial? Besides, Hasaan invited us on this ship and even arranged for you girls to come out, all to please us, right? Haha!”
He couldn’t help laughing at the end.
“Exactly! Haha! However, if you want us to let that guy go, it’s not hard either…” The postmodernist man also laughed loudly, continuing the blond man’s words. His lecherous eyes kept roving over the three girls, as if trying to strip them bare with his gaze.
“You…” The blond maid, furious at the two martial artists’ lewd remarks, trembled with rage.
“Ah?” At that moment, the blond man, who had been lecherously eyeing the three sexy maids, suddenly let out a delighted and surprised sound.
Regardless of the blond maid’s anger, she still inevitably felt scared facing the two tenth-tier experts, the blond man and the postmodernist man. The other maid, chased into the elevator, felt the same—angry but fearful. However, the third maid, already in the elevator, was completely different from the other two.
The blond man saw no fear or tension on her face. She was calm, as if she didn’t even consider the blond man and his two accomplices worth her attention!
A woman who remains unshaken in the face of two tenth-tier experts either has strong backing or an extremely stubborn nature. In the blond man’s opinion, this sexy woman who almost made him unable to look away clearly belonged to the latter category!
Such stubborn women are like deadly drugs to men—once seen, they can’t help but desire to conquer. In the blond man’s mind, he instantly imagined scenes of her lying beneath him, being wantonly ravaged.
In his imagination, Lalaya’s expression of reluctant submission and helpless humiliation almost made the blond man lose control. His breathing became heavy, and his face flushed with extreme excitement.
“What’s your name?” The blond man’s gaze bypassed the blond maid and fixed on Lalaya.
As the blond man’s voice fell, the elevator fell silent.
“Kid, you’d better mind your own business!” The burly man, resembling an ape, noticing Zhang Wen’s gradually darkening expression, immediately slapped Zhang Wen’s shoulder hard and sneered threateningly.
Zhang Wen frowned and looked at the ape-like man.
“What, you dare to defy me?” the ape-like man sneered coldly, his entire body’s battle energy already fully activated. Countless red glowing spots rapidly emerged around him. These radiant spots, like exploding meteors, erupted outward from his body. As they traveled farther away, the glowing spots gradually dimmed. However, the farthest ones could still reach nearly a meter away from his body.
Zhang Wen naturally knew what these glowing spots meant. Before reaching the super-tier and attaining the peak of martial arts, no martial artist could fully control all the battle energy within their body. When martial artists fully activate their internal battle energy, a significant portion of it isn’t utilized but instead dissipates into the air, wasted uselessly.
However, before martial artists reach the tenth-tier expert level, their internal battle energy isn’t strong enough to react with air molecules. Thus, even if tenth-tier or lower experts activate their battle energy, no visible phenomena appear around their bodies.
Once martial artists reach the tenth-tier expert level, their battle energy becomes powerful enough to stimulate air molecules. When they fully activate their battle energy, some uncontrollable battle energy escapes their bodies, forming glowing spots like meteors. In the empire’s martial arts, these glowing spots were given a nostalgic name by Zhang Wen—”qi.”
For a martial artist, “qi” essentially refers to the portion of their battle energy they possess but cannot control during combat. Many noble families in the empire secretly passed down unique martial arts techniques that could help practitioners minimize qi dissipation during battles. In other words, if two martial artists of equal strength fight, the one with less qi dissipation during the battle is stronger.
However, for most ordinary martial artists, the situation is the opposite. Most martial arts in the empire lack techniques to control qi. Therefore, when a martial artist fully activates their battle energy, the more and brighter the qi, the stronger their battle energy.
Take “the weakest super-tier in history,” Agate, for example. When he fully activated his battle energy, the area within several meters around his body was completely enveloped by his qi!
At this moment, although the ape-like man standing before Zhang Wen didn’t have qi as terrifying as Agate’s, his qi had already reached the “qi like meteors” level. According to imperial records, reaching the “qi like meteors” level meant that the martial artist’s battle energy had reached the peak of the expert level, needing only one final step to transform their battle energy’s nature and break through to the saint level.
Among the competitors boarding Hasaan’s Star Moon, besides Zhang Wen and the group led by Agate, there were only one or two saint-level experts. Martial artists like this ape-like man, whose strength had already reached the edge of the saint level, ranked among the top ten in the group of over a hundred people who boarded the ship.
Once the tenth-tier battle energy was activated, it not only frightened the two pretty maids but also disrupted the floating elevator. Several electric arcs suddenly burst from the central controller, followed by a burnt smell.
“What do you think, kid? I told you not to meddle. Now it’s too late to regret,” the postmodernist man jeered.
“Hmph! Zhang Wen from Almace Academy. Others may fear your reputation on Casares, but I, Nason, don’t care at all. You’re just a teacher with a bit of cunning, barely reaching the expert level. How dare you show off in front of me?”
The ape-like man sneered, further activating his battle energy, making the glowing spots around his body even brighter and denser. He clearly intended to use his near-saint-level strength to pressure Zhang Wen psychologically.
The ape-like man’s actions resembled street thugs showing off their muscular arms before a fight. If Zhang Wen were an ordinary tenth-tier expert, he might indeed be intimidated.
However, the opponent facing the ape-like man was Zhang Wen. Even if the ape-like man’s strength were truly at the saint level, Zhang Wen had once beaten five saint-level experts in a row on the planet Fira. The blond man’s intimidation only amused Zhang Wen. Additionally, Zhang Wen felt a bit puzzled.
“You guys really have guts! After all, the Star Moon is Hasaan’s territory. You’ve only been on the ship for a few hours, yet you’re openly harassing his maids. Don’t you care about the upcoming competition?” Zhang Wen naturally saw no need to play mind games with these ants. He straightforwardly expressed his slight puzzlement.
Although Zhang Wen’s words were merely an expression of simple curiosity, to the ape-like man’s ears, they sounded like a desperate attempt to hide his fear by invoking Hasaan’s name.
“Haha! Hasaan? You want to scare me with Hasaan? You’ve got the wrong idea!” The ape-like man couldn’t help but laugh loudly, “What’s Hasaan? I got on his ship…”
“Nason!” Seeing the ape-like man about to blurt out secrets in his excitement, the blond man behind him immediately roared.
“Ah? Got it, Kyle.” The ape-like man also suddenly realized, hesitated, then touched his lips and sinisterly smiled, “Hmph! Hasaan sent these women to us himself, didn’t he? Zhang Wen, I also advise you, stay out of our business. Otherwise, you won’t save the beauty, and you’ll lose your life too! What can Hasaan do if I kill you? At most, I won’t get the reward money later.”
“Hmph!” Seeing his companion keep his mouth shut, the blond man also calmed down and turned his gaze back to Lalaya.
Lalaya looked toward Zhang Wen, only to see that the gorilla-like Nason completely blocked Zhang Wen from view.
“Juli,” Lalaya gave her false name aboard the Star Moon, her face turning somewhat pale.
Lalaya herself was a saint-level psychic warrior. In terms of combat power, even if Lalaya couldn’t defeat the three tenth-tier martial artists, she certainly wouldn’t be easily subdued by Kyle’s group. However, despite her saint-level psychic power, Lalaya dared not use it at all!
Because Lalaya had infiltrated Hasaan’s Star Moon using a shapeshifting technique, that maid named Juli didn’t possess saint-level strength. If Lalaya used her saint-level psychic energy to fight against Kyle’s group, her identity would be immediately exposed! Even if Hasaan dared not harm her due to her position as deputy commander of the honor guard, the goal she had冒险登上了 (risked everything to achieve) would completely fail.
Moreover, if Hasaan investigated further afterward, the relationship between Zhang Wen and Lalaya might also be exposed. That would mean Lalaya’s mission to the South Boundary completely failed! Lalaya would rather die than see such a result!
As for Zhang Wen, Lalaya had never counted on him from the beginning.
Back in the Ruby Scepter, the saying “Brain Andre, Fist Clasus” was widely known throughout the South Boundary. In Lalaya’s intelligence, Andre Stain’s strength had never exceeded the tenth tier—exactly the same battle energy level Lalaya sensed from Zhang Wen.
Precisely because of this, Lalaya valued Zhang Wen’s talent for “devious schemes” so highly. In Lalaya’s view, Zhang Wen must have used some methods to create a rift between Black Viscount and Leica, thereby relying on his own tenth-tier battle strength to hold off two super-tier experts for over an hour!
Therefore, Lalaya had been patient, hoping that Kyle’s group would finish their verbal harassment and leave quickly. After all, during her time in the honor guard, Lalaya had dealt with many guys like Kyle. Verbal insults and teasing were nothing new to her.
However, Lalaya didn’t expect to miscalculate. That annoying blond man, for some unknown reason, actually intended to lay hands on her!
Lalaya’s glance toward Zhang Wen carried her last sliver of hope, hoping Zhang Wen could think of a way to scare Kyle’s group away. However, the disappointing result wasn’t unexpected.
Indeed! Even if Zhang Wen had some skills, facing three unreasonable thugs, what could he do? Lalaya bitterly smiled inwardly, helplessly watching the blond man approach her with a nauseating smile.
“What are you going to do?” Lalaya clenched her fists. The blond man’s gaze on her felt like a venomous snake continuously flicking its tongue at her. What infuriated Lalaya even more was that she clearly had the power to reduce this nauseating fool to pieces but couldn’t do so.
“Hehe! What I’m going to do, you don’t know?” The blond man sneered excitedly. He didn’t rush to touch Lalaya’s body but instead deliberately advanced slowly toward her. The blond man’s intention was to let Lalaya savor more humiliation. Lalaya’s expression of shame and helplessness excited the blond man to the extreme!
Gulu! Just as the blond man approached Lalaya to within half a step, his hand almost reaching into the gap of her skirt to touch her alluring legs, the postmodernist man couldn’t help but swallow hard in envy.
“Ah… I’m really fed up.” At that moment, Zhang Wen, cornered in the elevator by the ape-like man, suddenly shook his head and sighed with a smile.
“Hmm?” Zhang Wen’s voice was extremely soft, and everyone’s attention in the floating elevator was focused on Lalaya. As a result, only the ape-like man next to Zhang Wen barely caught a few words.
“What did you say?” The ape-like man, Nason, didn’t think the Zhang Wen in their grasp could fly to the sky. He casually glanced back at Zhang Wen, showing no vigilance in his words.
“I said, you guys really haven’t improved at all.” Zhang Wen slowly curled his lips, and as if greeting an old friend, he reached out and patted the ape-like man’s shoulder, “At least you’re tenth-tier experts, prominent figures in your own right. Why are you still using the same old tricks to harass girls? Can’t you be more creative? It’s really hard to watch.”
“What… what exactly are you trying to say?” The ape-like man was obviously confused by Zhang Wen’s nonsensical teasing. He looked at Zhang Wen in bewilderment, not even thinking to tell him to remove his hand from his shoulder.
“Hehe, what I want to say. I want to say, do you want to die? I can help you with that.” Zhang Wen still smiled, softly uttering the words.
“Hmm?” The ape-like man’s eyes widened in an instant, as if he couldn’t believe Zhang Wen dared to say such words!
But immediately, the ape-like man’s vision was filled with a fist seemingly wrapped in blue electric sparks.
Damn! He really dared to attack… The ape-like man’s mind only had time to shout this last thought before his head was struck by Zhang Wen’s full-force punch. The speed of Zhang Wen’s punch was so fast that it even exceeded the ape-like man’s reflexes, leaving him no time to gather sufficient battle energy to protect his head.
Bang! A loud sound, like a boxer’s full-force punch bursting a sandbag, suddenly echoed in the floating elevator.
“What’s going on?” The blond man was startled and hurriedly turned his head. Unfortunately, his movement was half a beat too slow. As the blond man turned his head, the ape-like man’s body had already flown like a cannonball toward him.
“Ah!” The blond man let out a startled cry, instantly activating his battle energy to block the ape-like man’s flying body. But at that moment, the blond man suddenly felt a tremendous force coming from behind!
That force easily shattered the blond man’s near-saint-level protective battle energy, directly hitting his waist.
“Ahh!” The blond man let out a deafening scream. At the same time, the ape-like man’s body collided with him.
Under the pressure of these two tremendous forces, the blond man, already severely injured, spat out a large mouthful of blood. His body spun like a toy person flicked by a finger, crashing heavily into the ceiling of the floating elevator!
Crack!
The crystal ceiling, strong enough to withstand a tenth-tier expert’s full-force attack, actually cracked into countless spider-web-like fractures from the collision between the blond man and the ape-like man! Then, the two fell to the ground with a series of splatting sounds like dead dogs.
“What… what did you do?” The remaining postmodernist man in the floating elevator was completely stunned! He trembled with fear, pointing his finger at Zhang Wen and then at the three pretty maids, shouting in a voice like a duck’s squeezed throat.
“If I said I did nothing, would you believe me?” Zhang Wen smiled and approached the postmodernist man.
“You… you actually dared to attack Nason and Kyle…” The postmodernist man panicked and retreated step by step.
Zhang Wen was clearly just a martial artist barely reaching the tenth tier, yet why could he instantly defeat Nason, who was already near the saint level? And even Kyle, who couldn’t withstand the residual force of Nason being knocked away!
What’s going on here? Who exactly is this Zhang Wen in front of me? In that moment, the postmodernist man felt as if his world were collapsing!
“What’s Nason? Daring to touch my woman, even if he were the heavenly emperor, I’d still beat him without hesitation.” Zhang Wen smiled, his figure moving suddenly and appearing beside the postmodernist man.
The postmodernist man, mentally dazed and physically unprepared, with strength inferior to Nason’s, was naturally no match for Zhang Wen. Zhang Wen’s fist, once again without hesitation, struck him.
Clang! The heavy impact made the psychic floating elevator shake like a temple bell, emitting a low, muffled sound. The postmodernist man, slammed against the wall, naturally fainted without any doubt—this was already the result of Zhang Wen holding back.
Compared to Nason, the ape-like man whose nose was broken and face nearly shattered, and the blond man Kyle, who at least had a dozen broken ribs and a right arm bent into a strange curve, the accomplice’s fate was already very fortunate.
“Are you okay?” Zhang Wen walked to the three girls with a smiling face and asked.
Witnessing Zhang Wen suddenly display his might and instantly defeat Kyle’s group, the red-haired one of the two pretty maids had her mouth open in an “O” shape, completely speechless.
“No… no problem.” The blond pretty maid managed to keep relatively calm. After smiling, she extended her hand to Zhang Wen, letting him help her up.
“You… you really are Teacher Zhang Wen? The Zhang Wen from Almace Academy?” The red-haired pretty maid suddenly regained her senses, jumped up from the ground, and bounced in front of Zhang Wen.
“If there’s no second person named Zhang Wen at Almace Academy, then you’re talking about me.” Zhang Wen instinctively touched his nose.
“Really? But I heard that Teacher Zhang Wen from Almace Academy’s martial arts… weren’t that impressive.” The red-haired maid glanced at Zhang Wen somewhat awkwardly but quickly became excited again, “How did you take them all down so quickly?”
“Hehe, it’s all because they were too preoccupied with the pretty girls in front of them and forgot to be cautious.”
“Haha! Maybe so. But I still think you’re amazing!” Hearing Zhang Wen praise her beauty, the red-haired girl happily flirted with Zhang Wen, then cheerfully ran to the center of the floating elevator, reopening the valve the ape-like man had pressed earlier.
“Hmph!” While heading toward the central controller, the red-haired girl didn’t forget to take the opportunity to stomp on Kyle’s head a few times.
Gurgle! The floating elevator vibrated slightly and began to ascend again. The two pretty maids also cheerfully ran back to the center of the elevator. This time, however, their target of interest became Lalaya.
When Zhang Wen rescued Lalaya and the others, the two pretty maids clearly heard that “my woman.” Since they had just met Zhang Wen, the “my woman” naturally referred to Lalaya beside them. Although they were curious about how Zhang Wen had attracted that sexy and beautiful older sister so quickly, they naturally wanted to show their gratitude since Zhang Wen had just saved them.
“Hehe! Teacher Zhang Wen is now a big name in Casares! Next time, be sure to sign for us!”
As soon as the elevator stopped, the two pretty maids exchanged meaningful glances between Zhang Wen and Lalaya, leaving a string of silver-bell-like laughter as they ran out.
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