Chapter 283 - 282: Strength Doesn’t Lie
"Wait for me here."
Tang Yi instructed Tang Piaomiao and the others behind him, then immediately charged toward the Fire Scorpion Giant Frog.
SWISH SWISH SWISH!
Tang Yi’s speed was incredible. Even without using his Formless Divine Shadow Step, he moved so fast he was like an illusion, impossible to follow with the naked eye.
After advancing from a Five-star Battle King to a Six-star Battle King, Tang Yi’s Power, Speed, and Explosive Power had all more than doubled!
’He’s actually coming over? What an idio—huh? How is he so fast! This is impossible!’
Shao Yushan saw that Tang Yi was obediently coming over to help. Just as he was about to sneer and mock how foolish these North District examinees were, everything became a blur. The approaching examinee shot over like a bolt of lightning!
That speed...
Shao Yushan could only see a shadow; his eyes couldn’t keep up with him at all!
’It’s just too fast. How is this possible?’
After all, Shao Yushan himself was at the Battle King Level. His Power and Speed were countless times greater than the examinees’, and his Eye Power was also far superior!
Yet now, there was an examinee with a Movement Speed so fast that even he couldn’t keep up, couldn’t even see him clearly. How could this be!
How could a mere examinee possess such blinding speed?
As for the examinees from the other Three Major Zones? Don’t even mention them!
If even Shao Yushan couldn’t keep up with Tang Yi’s Speed, how could these much weaker examinees possibly follow him?
They couldn’t even see Tang Yi’s shadow. To them, the rapidly moving Tang Yi might as well have been invisible!
This scene made many of the examinees from the Three Major Zones shriek in shock.
Meanwhile, although Tang Piaomiao, Tang Baijie, and Fan Wei also couldn’t see Tang Yi or keep up with his speed, they knew he was charging the Fire Scorpion Giant Frog. So, the three of them simply crossed their arms, looking on with an air of confidence toward the massive beast.
Tang Yi had once defeated a Battle Emperor Powerhouse. A mere Level 5 Demon Beast was a piece of cake for him.
"What’s going on with that examinee? How did he just disappear from my sight?" Jiao Zhiming asked Shao Yushan, who was beside him, in shock.
"He didn’t disappear. He’s just moving so fast that our eyes can’t track his movements, creating the illusion of him ’disappearing’. I can still see a little, but only his shadow!" Shao Yushan explained.
"Even if he didn’t disappear and is just that fast, it’s still incredible. You have to remember our own Level of strength..." Jiao Zhiming trailed off.
But even though Jiao Zhiming didn’t finish his sentence, Shao Yushan knew what he meant. It wasn’t just Jiao Zhiming who couldn’t believe it; Shao Yushan hadn’t believed his own eyes when he first saw it either!
’Could it be...?’
’Is he that examinee who ranked second on the West Mansion Outer Mansion’s leaderboard?’
’Besides him, who else could do this? Who else has speed so fast that even a Battle King can’t keep up?’
Whatever Shao Yushan could think of, Jiao Zhiming naturally thought of as well.
At this moment, Jiao Zhiming turned his head and said uncertainly, "He couldn’t be... he couldn’t be the second-ranked examinee Captain He is looking for, could he?"
"It’s possible, but not certain. Let’s not pass the news to the Captain just yet. Let’s wait and see," Shao Yushan replied after a moment of thought.
"Alright." Jiao Zhiming nodded and looked back in the direction where Tang Yi had vanished, his face still filled with astonishment.
Right then, under everyone’s horrified gazes, Tang Yi’s figure rapidly closed in on the Fire Scorpion Giant Frog. Just as he was about to reach it, he extended a massive fist.
There was nothing special about this fist; it looked completely ordinary. But beneath this ordinary-looking fist hid an earth-shattering power.
BOOM!
Tang Yi threw that punch, striking the side of the Fire Scorpion Giant Frog’s body. A massive, deafening explosion erupted, startling all the examinees.
The Fire Scorpion Giant Frog’s enormous body was sent stumbling. It listed to one side and slid uncontrollably, kicking up a cloud of dust and sending countless bits of rock and foliage tumbling through the air.
Only after sliding for six or seven meters did the Fire Scorpion Giant Frog’s huge body finally fall to the ground and come to a stop.
"Holy shit!"
"What the hell did I just see?"
"Impossible! That’s completely impossible!"
"An examinee did that? Damn it, is he on the Demon Beast’s side? He’s practically a human-shaped Demon Beast!"
"Hundreds of us were fighting for our lives and couldn’t even budge that Demon Beast, but that examinee sent it flying with a single punch? Does he have to be so ridiculously strong? This is just embarrassing for us!"
"This is so fake, it’s unbelievable! That Level 5 Demon Beast must have been exhausted from our long siege, right? That’s why one light punch sent it flying? Could it be that much of a coincidence?"
"Damn it, I must be too tired from the past few days. I’m not fully awake yet. I must still be dreaming about fighting Demon Beasts."
"..."
Although the examinees from the Three Major Zones couldn’t see Tang Yi’s body when he was moving, he had stopped for a moment when he attacked, allowing them to catch a glimpse of him.
Seeing Tang Yi send the Fire Scorpion Giant Frog flying with one punch, all the examinees from the Three Major Zones were utterly stunned. They had never seen such a fierce and courageous powerhouse.
That was a Level 5 Demon Beast! A Level 5 Demon Beast that hundreds of them together could barely shake! And it was one of the most powerful types of Level 5 Demon Beast at that!
But that examinee had sent the massive Level 5 Demon Beast flying with just one punch? A single punch?
Was this for real?!
If the examinees hadn’t seen Tang Yi attack with their own eyes, if they hadn’t personally witnessed the Fire Scorpion Giant Frog go flying, they would never have believed this was something an examinee could achieve with a casual punch.
"It has to be him! It’s definitely him! He must be the examinee who reached second place on the West Mansion’s leaderboard. Seeing as he’s with the North District examinees and wearing their uniform, he must be from the North District! To think such a powerful examinee would come from the most rundown North District!" Jiao Zhiming exclaimed in shock.
If Jiao Zhiming and the others had only been suspicious of Tang Yi before, now they were certain. The examinee before them was definitely the one who had reached second place on the West Mansion’s leaderboard!
High speed could be explained away by the effectiveness of a certain Skill or an exceptional Talent. But sending such a huge Level 5 Demon Beast flying six or seven meters with a single punch had only one explanation: power!
His own power was simply immense, which was the only way he could accomplish such a feat!
Anything else could be a deception, but real, tangible power could not lie!
And among the examinees, besides their own group of undercover agents, the only one who could possess such power was the one who had reached second place on the West Mansion’s leaderboard!
