The sunlight was shining on Yang Zhai. He was covered in blood and there were burn marks on him. His clothes were also half burned. His chest was still bleeding.
"Yang Zhai, how do you feel? I hope you're enjoying it. Do you see the difference in and benefits of a talent higher than you? Hahaha," Ci An laughed and mocked Yang Zhai,
"You were bound to lose from the very start. I wonder what I should do with you after becoming the class leader. Maybe, I will make you do all of my work, what do you think? Now, let's end this, I will defeat you now." Ci An said loudly to let everyone hear it. She wanted to humiliate Yang Zhai in front of the whole audience.
She ran toward Yang Zhai and jumped in the air after getting close to him, then she summoned a wooden hammer in her hand and threw it at Yang Zhai as hard as she could. Of course, her jump was only three feet high; after all, her physical strength was not different from a normal mortal. The hammer struck Yang Zhai's chest, at the same point that he was injured before by the explosion technique of Ci An.
A force traveled through Yang Zhai's body after the hammer struck him. A pain traveled through his body and he spurted a mouthful of blood. He was in extreme pain. "Ahhhhhhh,"
And to not let others become suspicious of him, he screamed; after all, which normal human would not scream after an injury like this and this was true, especially for a kid. Even though he could endure this pain and not scream, he didn't do that and screamed.
If it were someone other than Yang Zhai, then they would have already died, or at least, they would have already fallen unconscious. But Yang Zhai's will and body were strong enough to endure this pain and injury.
"Poor Yang Zhai, he is going to have a hard time from now on."
"Yeah, he did humiliate her in front of us before, and he also angered her many times."
"Do you think that he will be able to rest? After all, I don't think that Ci An is going to let him rest after becoming the class leader."
"Anyway, he did indeed make us do his bidding."¹
All of the kids from the class began to discuss with each other after seeing Yang Zhai being defeated.
"Ha…ha….ha," Yang Zhai suddenly laughed loudly, surprising everyone.
"Why is he laughing?"
"Maybe, he has gone crazy from the thought of losing."
"He is beaten so badly, but he still has the power and time to laugh like this?"
"Do you think he is plotting something again?"
Everyone was perplexed when they heard Yang Zhai laugh. How could someone laugh in a situation like this?
"Why are you laughing? Have you gone mad from the thought of losing your authority as a leader?" Ci An asked Yang Zhai with a mocking smile.
"No, no, cough…cough I was just thinking that even if I lose today… cough… I will consider, cough… the slaps that Hong Mi had given you on… the first day at my command as my revenge." Yang Zhai said to Ci An slowly. He coughed a few times whilst speaking. It seemed that his body had lost all of the strength to even speak properly.
"After all… until now… you never managed to slap me even once…cough. Just know this… your luck is good…cough…otherwise, I would have won today. Now…cough, the whole… audience knows that you were… slapped and this humiliation, cough…can be considered my revenge, you fool, haha, cough, cough, cough." Yang Zhai tried to laugh but could not do that because he began to cough again. It seemed that he was forcing himself to speak. A mocking expression could be seen on his face as if he was not the one who lost but Ci An.
"Hahaha, he still has the power to mock Ci An."
"Whatever, Yang Zhai is also right, she could not do anything when she was slapped and obediently stood there."
"I still remember that day clearly, she tried to stop elder Wang from making Yang Zhai the class leader and was punished by Yang Zhai, I hardly controlled myself from laughing that day after seeing Hong Mi's and Ci An's faces."
"Yang Zhai, you basta*d?" Ci An said with clenched teeth and was fuming with anger. Her expression was extremely distorted because of the anger. It looked like she was extremely annoyed by Yang Zhai's words. How could she stay calm after hearing Yang Zhai? He was humiliating her in front of a whole crowd of people. Not just that, but even the audience began to talk about what Yang Zhai said, making her unable to control her anger even more.
"I know, I will just slap you until your face becomes distorted in front of the whole crowd to punish you for what you did. This way, I will take my revenge as well as show you your place by humiliating you in front of everyone, ehehehe," Ci An laughed with a sinister smile and walked toward Yang Zhai. She wanted to slap Yang Zhai until his face was distorted to quench her anger.
After she came in front of Yang Zhai, she grabbed Yang Zhai by his neck with her right hand and pulled him up in legs straight out sitting position². Then she was about to slap Yang Zhai with her left hand but it stopped in the middle. It was because Yang Zhai had grabbed her hand with his left hand. She felt danger, she hurriedly let go of Yang Zhai's neck and was about to touch Yang Zhai's chest with her right hand, but Yang Zhai struck the wrist of her right hand with the backside of his right hand hard.
Yang Zhai's hands had turned into wooden hands with the help of Wooden Fists Ka. He had saved the last bit of his Essence water for this moment and activated the Wooden Fists Ka with it. He had said that his Essence water ended before because he wanted to make Ci An drop her guard. And after he did not put out the fire with a water path technique and put it out by rolling on the ground, she and the audience truly believed that his Essence water ended.
After this, he pretended that he had lost all strength, and it was even difficult for him to even talk, he did it to make Ci An drop her guard even more. He did not even defend against Ci An's attacks and let her attack him with her hammer which was created by a technique, to show that he was completely out of strength.
These things made others completely believe that he was rendered helpless now.
After everything was done and everyone believed Yang Zhai's act, he spoke of the incident where he had made Hong Mi and Ci An slap each other. Then, he spoke a few words, such as revenge, humiliation, slaps, luck, and more to manipulate Ci An. He knew that with Ci An's personality, she would take revenge on him, no matter what. He completely played with Ci An's psyche. Not just Ci An, even the audience was his puppet this time. Nobody realized that everyone was being used by Yang Zhai. And everything played according to his plan.
He then waited for Ci An to get close to him.
Nobody present here was as experienced as Yang Zhai. He knew a human's heart very clearly. It was filled with emotions, wishes, and feelings. He just needed to grasp their personality from even a little of words, and then manipulate them. He was aware of a person's heart very clearly, he had experienced all kinds of emotions in his previous lives, and he understood everything.
After Ci An grabbed him by his neck, he knew that she would not activate the technique out of fear that his neck would explode, and he would die, if this happened she would be punished no matter what. Therefore, he was not at all worried that she would activate her explosion technique after he grabbed her left hand. The moment she released Yang Zhai's neck and was about to touch his chest was enough for Yang Zhai's right hand to reach her right wrist.
As his hands had turned hard wooden and with the help of his strength, he easily managed to injure Ci An's right wrist, rendering both of her hands helpless to do anything.
He then punched Ci An heavily in the stomach with his right hand. He did not release her left hand and began to punch her hard in the stomach. Ci An spouted blood from her mouth because of Yang Zhai's fierce punches.
Yang Zhai had to end this quickly. His Essence water had ended, his chest was bleeding because of Ci An's earlier attacks, and he might fall unconscious if he lost a lot of blood; therefore, he had to end this battle quickly.
Then he decreased the power behind his punches and struck Ci An's face with his fists. He knew that if he punched Ci An with his full strength on her face, she would surely die, after all, her body was still as weak as a normal mortal.
After punching her in the face, Yang Zhai again punched her in the stomach. He made sure to not release Ci An's left hand. If she got six meters away from him, then he would not be able to see her, and it would be quite troublesome for him.
"What, what just happened?"
"Has he gone crazy? He is beating her like a madman,"
"Someone should stop him before he kills her."
"He is a cheater, he cheated and lured Ci An into his trap."
"I can't believe he would do something so shameless."
The audience was stunned by the sudden turn of events. Their eyes opened wide after seeing Yang Zhai beat Ci An so fiercely. It seemed as if she had taken his money or something.
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1-To do someone's bidding: to do what one is told or ordered to do, especially by one in a position of power or authority.
2-Legs straight out sitting position: Please search this position, for a better understanding of Yang Zhai's position. In this position, the legs are straight whilst touching the ground and the torso is upwards, facing the sky.