Ye Fang stood inside his hut, staring at his fists. The energy coursing through his body made him restless. He muttered to himself, "My power has suddenly reached the Qi Refining stage... I should test this new strength and see just how powerful I've become."
With this thought, he headed toward the back of his hut. There, a piece of stone peeked out from the ground. It looked like a small, ordinary fragment embedded in the earth.
Ye Fang approached and reached out to pull it out. He expected to lift it effortlessly with one hand, but as he began to pull, his eyes widened in shock.
The stone wasn't small. As he pulled it upward, its massive form began to emerge from beneath the earth. It was a colossal, heavy boulder, half-buried in the ground.
Ye Fang looked down, astonished, and exclaimed, "Whoa! This stone is huge!"
He couldn't believe he had pulled such a massive boulder out of the ground as easily as if it were a tuft of cotton. He balanced the heavy rock in mid-air, gathered all his strength, and delivered a powerful punch.
BOOM!
Upon impact, the giant boulder shattered into thousands of pieces right in the air. Every bit of the stone turned into dust and pebbles, raining down on the ground. Ye Fang looked at his fist—even after pulverizing such a massive rock, he didn't feel a hint of pain.
As the Qi Refining energy surged through him, the system's blue screen suddenly flickered to life in front of him.
[Ding! Main Mission Activated!]
[Mission: Travel to Sanmiao City.]
[Objective: Demonstrate your strength against the Top 10 most powerful cultivators of Sanmiao City.]
Ye Fang clenched his fists. He knew Sanmiao City was far away and the path was riddled with danger. He asked Little System, "So, do I have to defeat those ten people?"
Floating in the air, Little System replied, "[Host, your God-Demon Physique is the bane of any ordinary cultivator. You also possess five Attack Talismans capable of taking down even Golden Core level masters. Sanmiao City is just your beginning.]"
A calm glow settled on Ye Fang's face. He left his old hut behind and set off on the village path. The villagers watched him, but to them, he was still the same old Ye Fang. They had no inkling that an Unbeatable Power now lay hidden within this boy.
As soon as he crossed the village outskirts, he channeled the full might of his body into his legs. With a thunderous blast, he leaped into the air and vanished toward Sanmiao City with the speed of lightning, leaving behind nothing but a cloud of dust and cracked earth.
With his small bag slung over his shoulder, Ye Fang entered the dense forest that lay on the road to Sanmiao City. Instead of fear, his face wore an expression of strange, playful mischief.
Feeling his 'God-Demon' power, he relaxed his limbs like Luffy. Taking a deep breath, he began to hum to himself in Japanese:
"Minami no shima wa attaka-i... Panya-panya de atama pokapoka... Aho baka~!"
He was lost in his own world. One moment he was jumping from one high branch to another, the next he was sprinting across the ground so fast a whirlwind of dust trailed behind him. Even the terrifying beasts of the forest hid in the bushes, sensing the "crazy" boy's voice and his formidable Qi.
Little System, flying beside him, was bewildered. "[Host, how can you be so happy on such a dangerous path?]"
Ye Fang took another long leap and shouted mid-air, "Ore wa... Ye Fang! And I'm going to make those ten cultivators of Sanmiao City bite the dust!"
He clenched his fists, which concealed those five lethal Attack Talismans and his iron-like strength. He continued singing his tune and soon vanished into the depths of the forest toward Sanmiao City.
As Ye Fang leapt through the heart of the forest, his speed was so great that leaves swirled behind him like a cyclone. He had no idea he had stepped into a very dangerous territory.
Suddenly, a terrifying roar echoed through the woods. The ground shook violently as if hit by an earthquake. Ye Fang stopped on a high branch and turned his head to look down.
A massive Silver Horn Rhino stood there. Its hide was as tough as iron, and the silver horn on its head crackled with blue lightning. This was no ordinary beast; it was a Foundation Establishment level creature, feared even by great cultivators.
"Oh! You look pretty big and angry," Ye Fang said innocently.
The rhino glared at Ye Fang with bloodshot eyes and charged at him with full force. Its collision uprooted massive trees like mere twigs.
* First Attack: The rhino lunged at Ye Fang's chest with its horn. But Ye Fang performed a mid-air somersault and dodged it effortlessly. The rhino slammed into a giant rock, shattering it to pieces.
* Second Attack: Driven mad, the rhino swung its heavy tail. A crackle echoed through the air, but Ye Fang simply stepped back, and the tail whipped right past his nose. "Haha! You're too slow," Ye Fang smirked.
* Third Attack: Now, the rhino gathered all its 'Beast Energy' into its horn and unleashed a blast of blue light. Ye Fang narrowed his eyes and activated his God-Demon Physique. A faint gold-and-black aura shimmered around him. He simply ducked his head, and the lethal beam soared right over him.
The playful smirk vanished from Ye Fang's face, replaced by a different glint in his eyes. He clenched his fists. The 'Demon' side lurking in his veins had now awakened.
"My turn..." Ye Fang whispered.
He lunged at the rhino with lightning speed. The rhino tried to stop him, but Ye Fang was already upon it.
"ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!!!"
Ye Fang's fists moved like a machine gun. Every punch tore through the rhino's iron-like hide as if it were paper. The air was filled with the sound of rapid impacts and the rhino's screams. Within seconds, Ye Fang had rained thousands of blows upon the giant beast.
The final punch was so powerful that the rhino flew backward and became embedded in a mountain wall. Its eyes rolled back, and its breath stopped.
Ye Fang unclenched his fist, brushed off the dust, and ran his fingers through his hair, saying in a cold voice:
"Yare Yare Daze..." (What a pain...)
Just then, the familiar 'Ding' echoed in the air.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host!]
[You have defeated a Foundation Establishment level Silver Horn Rhino.]
[Reward: 500 System Points received!]
[Host's current strength is being updated...]
Ye Fang looked at the screen and smiled. "500 points? Not bad! Little System, shall we move on?"
Leaving the rhino's carcass behind, he resumed humming his tune and headed off toward Sanmiao City.