Chapter 117 - 116: Ruthless

Chapter 117: Chapter 116: Ruthless

He Xiaotian’s seven-foot-eight frame was undeniably intimidating.

With his body covered in muscles, the effect was magnified infinitely.

Like a phantom, he appeared behind the effeminate man.

’How is this possible? How can someone with such a massive build be so fast?’

KLAK!

A massive hand covered the effeminate man’s skull.

He Xiaotian applied a bit of pressure and lifted him by the head.

SHING!

A massive ice spear shot out from the mouth of the skull in the man’s hand, stabbing viciously toward He Xiaotian’s face.

"Succe—"

Before he could finish, He Xiaotian raised his left hand and caught the ice spear.

With a slight squeeze, he crushed it to bits.

"Enough with the cheap tricks. Who are you? Why did you attack me?"

He Xiaotian was confused. Other than pounding on a few ghosts for fun, he’d never offended any special individuals.

If he had to name someone, there was only Lei Yang, whom he’d slapped until his face swelled up like a pig’s head.

And, of course, there was the Gourmet Kitchen, which Liang Kun and Qilong were always talking about.

The problem was, he’d always been good at hiding. Other than Liu Nan, no one knew his true identity.

"Let me go, and I’ll tell you. Otherwise, you’ll face an endless barrage of assassins."

The effeminate man immediately backed down, choosing to try and bluff his way out.

CRUNCH!

He Xiaotian didn’t have time for his nonsense. Even if this one wouldn’t talk, there were still three others.

One of them was bound to be smart enough to tell him the truth.

[Ding! You have killed the special individual Gao Chunpeng and earned 3000 Experience Points.]

’Just as I thought. The Experience Point system has some kind of penalty.’

’Now that my strength has increased so much, I can’t just reap points unscrupulously like before.’

This guy, Gao Chunpeng, seemed to only have ice powers, which didn’t look like much.

But in reality, he felt stronger than Qilong, the Dual Series special individual.

GULP.

The other three could only watch as He Xiaotian crushed the effeminate man’s head with one hand.

The explosive force of that impact was something few could match.

Even the burly man, who had a face full of menacing flesh and a penchant for dismembering living things when angered, felt a tremor of fear.

’Damn it, this guy’s a living King Yama.’

’The guy was just trying to make a deal! If you didn’t like the terms, you could’ve haggled!’

’What’s the deal with just crushing his head outright?’

’You start killing at the slightest disagreement. How do you look more like the evil villain than we do?!’

"Whoever talks, gets to live."

He Xiaotian casually tossed aside the headless corpse and turned to the remaining three.

’Like hell you will!’

’After watching you crush a man’s skull without a second thought, we’re supposed to believe you’ll spare us?’

’Run! We have to run!’

’Otherwise, we’re all going to end up as corpses here today.’

As this thought crossed their minds, the three exchanged a look and prepared to make a desperate run for it.

"Don’t move. Anyone who moves, dies."

He Xiaotian had, of course, noticed their subtle movements.

"Fuck you!"

The burly man flung the bone cleaver in his hand, sending it hurtling toward He Xiaotian.

Then, he pushed off with his legs and fled madly toward the crossroads.

The remaining man and woman were about to follow.

But a figure flashed past them at incredible speed, making them reconsider.

’You’re that huge, and you’re still that fast? Are you even going to let us ’normal’ people live?’

Twenty points in Speed, nine in Burst Power, six in Lightness, and five in Momentum.

These attributes made He Xiaotian’s speed comparable to that of a typical speed-based special individual.

Adamant Rock Seal!

Two hundred and eighty years’ worth of Inner Strength surged forth, and the phantom of a giant boulder appeared.

It locked the burly man firmly inside, rendering him immobile—a fish on the chopping block.

"Go on, run. Why aren’t you running?"

The man and woman stood frozen, trembling under He Xiaotian’s hungry-tiger gaze, not daring to move.

’With your speed, how the hell are we supposed to escape?’

"Spare me! I’ll talk!!"

"A wise man knows when to yield. Speak."

And so, the burly man readily explained everything.

He also took the opportunity to curse out the effeminate man, the one with the skull—Gao Chunpeng.

He cursed him and eighteen generations of his ancestors buried in the ground.

"Shut up!"

He Xiaotian shot him a vicious glare, and the burly man immediately shut his mouth, not daring to make another peep.

He was terrified this psycho would casually crush his head.

’Who would’ve thought this brutal-looking guy was such a motormouth?’

He even blabbed about Gao Chunpeng’s sordid affairs with ghosts and his preference for being screwed by male spirits.

"Is there a way to break the curse?"

"No. We may be some of the top combatants in the Gourmet Kitchen, but the one who cursed you was the Gluttonous King himself. It’s not just me; even the Food King couldn’t do anything about it."

"Then what use are you?"

A dangerous glint flickered in He Xiaotian’s eyes.

"No, you promised you’d spare—"

The phantom boulder contracted violently, and the trapped burly man could speak no more.

In an instant, his entire body was crushed into a ball.

[Ding! You have killed the special individual Wu Feng and earned 2000 Experience Points.]

’Not bad. A thousand points less than Gao Chunpeng, though.’

’Guess his strength wasn’t anything special.’

?!

The man and woman still standing there instantly had a bad feeling.

"Darlings, I hope you two can give me a nice surprise."

’A surprise? What kind of surprise?’

’Giving me more Experience Points, of course.’

He Xiaotian’s smile was utterly sincere.

If one could ignore his massive frame and the ball of flesh at his feet, it might have even been convincing.

"Kill him!!"

The man threw his chain again, and the air filled with the smell of flames.

’Since I can’t escape, I might as well go down fighting.’

’At least I can die with a little dignity, right?’

SNAP!

He Xiaotian caught the chain with one hand. Before the man’s horrified eyes, he squeezed hard.

He crushed the anomalous object into ’putty’.

With a hard tug of his right hand, the man was irresistibly pulled forward by the immense force.

"Hello there!"

The man with the chain was pulled right into He Xiaotian’s embrace.

’This is not good at all.’

Staring at that mouthful of pearly white teeth as a burning sensation spread across his skin, this was his only final thought.

CRUNCH!

He wrapped his arms around the man, rewarding him with a deadly embrace.

[Ding! You have killed the special individual Liu Chang and earned 2000 Experience Points.]

"Sigh. Business is really slumping. Little darling, where do you think you’re going?"

It turned out that while Liu Chang was making his desperate last stand, the remaining woman had slipped away.

As it turned out, that was the right move.

Her three teammates had each died more miserably than the last.

Gao Chunpeng’s head was popped, Wu Feng was squeezed into a ball, and Liu Chang died in an embrace.

She’d rather commit suicide and leave a whole corpse behind than fall into He Xiaotian’s hands.

’I don’t get it,’ she thought. ’Why would someone like this try to stop the advent of the Gluttonous King?’

’Judging by his brutal methods, there’s no way He Xiaotian is a good person.’

’No, that’s not right. Even villains aren’t as vicious as he is!!’