"Alright, our noble future knights are coming this way. Good luck!" Jeff suddenly shouted loudly while Han Shuo and Cal were talking.
Following Jeff's announcement, more than ten colourfully dressed knight students with exquisite swords entered through the lobby doors. Most of them were teenage boys, with an extremely small number of young girls.
They cast arrogant glances as they sized up the human targets in the lobby. The warriors in the lobby were the first to be noticed. These guys had much more strength than the average human, and would be the most advantageous in terms of real combat experience. As such, they were naturally the first to attract attention.
The group of warriors led by Cal were the first to be targeted by the students. While the crowd of students haggled over an acceptable price, the group of warriors was led away to train on the training ground. Cal was one of them, casting a regretful glance at Han Shuo from afar as he left.
Warriors were the strongest of all human targets and the most useful to the Knight students in terms of actual combat practice. Of course, if the knight students wanted to hire them, the amount they would have to pay would be far higher than that of an ordinary burly commoner.
After the warrior-human targets scattered throughout the lobby had been hired as the first choice, the remaining targets were all commoners. Of these, those who were brawny and stocky were the first to be selected.
Some of them flexed their huge muscles, striking bodybuilding poses that screamed I'm-so-strong-my-muscles-are-awesome. They wore sycophantic smiles as they looked at the future knights, hoping to be selected and receive a rich reward in return.
Han Shuo's body was inconspicuous to begin with, and being completely hidden by a crowd of tall and strong muscle men, he was taken even less seriously. Han Shuo began to feel secretly anxious as he watched the knight students pick their targets and leave one by one.
The three muscle men next to him stood in three different directions, almost completely covering him. They probably couldn't even see him. As Han Shuo fretted, he also tried to find a way to stand out.
"Hi, big guy, excuse me!" Han Shuo patted the two metre mountain of flesh in front of him and flashed a friendly smile.
The brawny man's skin was copper coloured, and his back was a sturdy frame. Muscles rippled through his two metre height, like a bodybuilder Han Shuo had seen before.
Hearing Han Shuo speak, the man turned and glared at Han Shuo with a vicious look. His right bicep suddenly curled and tensed, forming a small mountain of flesh. He then laughed coldly with pride and turned his head without another word.
What the hell, so what if you have big muscles! Han Shuo also laughed coldly inwardly and reached out with his left hand. He placed it on the man's waist and suddenly pushed forward hard.
Dondondon. The big muscle man stumbled and staggered three steps forward, following the force of Han Shuo's strong push.
The lobby was already extremely crowded thanks to the presence of many mountains of flesh. The people around him were being pushed against their will as this person suddenly burst in. The area in front of Han Shuo immediately became quite chaotic.
"Damn it, Daniel, are you going to break the rules?" The other flesh mountains that had been body-slammed by the flesh mountain named Daniel roared angrily after they steadied themselves.
"It wasn't me! It was the boy behind me!" Daniel protested his innocence to the burly man beside him and immediately glared fiercely at Han Shuo, coldly saying, "Kid, do you want to die early?"
At that moment, Han Shuo had already taken advantage of the situation to slip out and occupy one of the better positions on the other side of the lobby. Upon hearing Daniel's words, Han Shuo gave a cold laugh and also extended his right hand, making the same bodybuilding pose that Daniel had just made. He flexed his biceps and made an I'm-so-strong gesture, cocked an eyebrow and glared at Daniel provocatively.
Suddenly, a few more knight students walked in and started to pick off the human targets in the back. They all stopped and looked over when they realised that something interesting seemed to be going on.
Han Shuo had arrogantly struck such an outrageous pose because he had seen these new knight students come in. Based on Han Shuo's physique, it would be a bit difficult to be picked out of the crowd. Trying to attract attention with his body and bravado would probably not be very effective either. The quickest way was to use his tyrannical strength to crush a mountain of flesh. Only then would the knight students change their minds about him.
Except that even though Han Shuo had struck a cocky, provocative pose, he was still an idiot in the eyes of others. Of course, if a mountain of flesh like Daniel had made such a gesture, it would have been quite intimidating.
But when a 170 cm tall and skinny Han Shuo strutted arrogantly among so many mountains of flesh, one could only say - ridiculous, courting death!
"Ha, boy, since you seek death, I'll send you on your way!" Daniel did not immediately go into a full-blown rage at Han Shuo's provocation, but was rather delighted. He laughed loudly, raised an arm thicker than Han Shuo's thigh and grabbed Han Shuo.
In the lobby, fights would often break out between human targets trying to distinguish themselves and attract the attention of a rich and powerful knight student. It was a common sight. Daniel was naturally happy instead of angry when he saw that Han Shuo's reckless provocation was playing right into his plans. He would be able to use this child to prove his aggressiveness and ferocity in front of the knight students.
Except that muscular and ferocious people were usually all brawn and no brains. Daniel hadn't thought about how much strength Han Shuo would have needed with his physique to push Daniel away from the piles of flesh and even to make those he had bumped into stagger.
The errand boy in charge of registering names, Jeff, couldn't bear to see Daniel reach out to Han Shuo and called out involuntarily, "Daniel, he's an errand boy for the students. You can't seriously hurt him."
"I will!" Daniel smiled in response, not slowing his right hand as it continued to move towards Han Shuo.
A few human targets with good intentions and some of the kinder knight students flinched in anticipation. Some of the young female knight students even screamed in fear.
Just as Daniel's fleshy hand was about to fall on Han Shuo's head, Han Shuo's body suddenly shifted from the position he had been standing in, causing Daniel's incoming hand to grab the air.
Han Shuo also laughed strangely at this moment, as if mocking Daniel's incompetence. He stretched out his left arm again and curled his left bicep with the same posture. His right finger pointed at the small muscle that had flexed on his bicep and nodded at Daniel. His meaning was obvious even though he hadn't said a word. "See, I'm strong!"
"Ah, that boy is really cocky!"
"Provocation, absolute provocation!"
"Hah, interesting guy!"
"...."
A stream of exclamations came out of the mouths of the human targets and knight students. When they saw that Han Shuo hadn't been caught, they went one step further and struck ridiculous poses themselves, further increasing the general interest. Even some of the knight students who had been negotiating prices with some of the other human targets temporarily stopped their conversations and turned their attention to Han Shuo.
"Kid, how dare you insult me. I'll get you today!" Daniel's face burned bright red like a spontaneously enraged bull. The knight students standing around him were his source of happiness. Daniel's anger was completely inflamed by this naked humiliation. Judging by his expression, he had long forgotten Jeff's words of caution.
As Daniel spoke, his eyes spat fire and his hands formed fists of iron as he glared vehemently at Han Shuo. He brought them down on Han Shuo, intending to violently damage Han Shuo's body rather than grab him.
To outsiders, this punch was worlds apart from Daniel's previous actions, whether in terms of speed or strength. This indicated that Daniel was truly angry this time. If Han Shuo was really hit, he would be seriously injured, if not dead.
Those who had been paying attention to what was happening out of the goodness of their hearts began to worry about Han Shuo again.
Seeing that the attack was about to reach him, Han Shuo kicked off his heels and twisted his body, miraculously avoiding Daniel's iron fist attack. As Daniel struck empty air, his body followed through and stumbled forward a good distance. The human targets in his path, who had been watching the show, all scrambled backwards in panic, afraid of getting caught up in the chaos.
Han Shuo, on the other hand, had made circles in front of his chest with both of his arms, his fists pointing upwards and his chest puffing out. With a trace of a contemptuous smile at the corner of his lips, he had once again struck a provocative bodybuilder pose.
Suddenly, a series of astonished murmurs emanated from the crowd. Originally having the attitude of watching a good show, the knight students unconsciously began to take Han Shuo seriously. The first dodge could perhaps be explained as luck, but Han Shuo was still able to successfully dodge Daniel's attacks after Daniel had increased the speed and power of his iron fists. This could no longer be explained by luck.
As everyone watched in amazement, Daniel was like a crazed, violent beast. His eyes bloodshot, his body shot forward again like the wind, accompanied by a roar of rage as he reached out with both hands, trying to crush Han Shuo to a pulp.
Miracles continued to happen as Han Shuo continued to dodge Daniel's attacks. He was as cunning as a fish and his speed was also extremely fast. He even had the breathing space to continuously strike all sorts of bizarre and unique bodybuilding poses.
Han Shuo's actions were nothing short of naked provocation, an outrageous display!
"Wow, he's so strong. Those insulting poses never repeat, I've never seen anything like it!" A female knight exclaimed in surprise.
"That boy is a bit strong!" A male Knight student exclaimed in surprise.
"Daniel's in trouble this time!" A mountain of flesh exclaimed in surprise.
"....."
The whole lobby was in an uproar!