"Is this kid insane? He's openly provoking Wu Feiyu!"
"He's digging his own grave. No one who offends Wu Feiyu has ever had a good ending in Lingyun Academy."
"He's as good as dead!"
The surrounding crowd stared at Jiang Chen with a mix of shock and pity. His bold, unrelenting words had completely stunned them. In their eyes, challenging Wu Feiyu, a well-known beast tamer genius, was tantamount to courting death.
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Wu Feiyu burst into wild laughter, his face filled with mockery.
"Haha… You? Threaten me?"
His arrogant voice boomed as he stepped forward, his eyes filled with disdain.
"Do you even know who I am?" Wu Feiyu's tone sharpened. "In Lingyun Academy, I, Wu Feiyu, am a Third-Rank Beast Trainer! My brother, Wu Feilong, is the number one genius on the Lingyun List! Nobody dares to provoke us—and you think you can?"
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Jiang Chen remained unmoved, his gaze icy and unwavering.
"Who you are means nothing to me."
His voice was calm, but his words were like blades.
"I only know this: you let that reptile hurt my Fire Beast. For that, you must pay."
Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, his tone dropping dangerously low.
"You refused to choose, so I'll choose for you. I'll take the life of your Black Cloud Python!"
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"What did you say?!" Wu Feiyu's expression froze in disbelief.
Before he could react, Jiang Chen's figure disappeared like a phantom, reappearing instantly in front of the massive Black Cloud Python.
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The ten-meter-long python hissed loudly, its giant scales glimmering ominously as it sensed the danger. But Jiang Chen paid it no mind.
He raised his right fist—nothing flashy, no internal energy fluctuations—just a simple, straightforward punch.
"Boom!"
The sound echoed like thunder, shaking the ground beneath them.
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The seemingly ordinary punch collided with the python's head, unleashing an unimaginable force.
The crowd watched in stunned horror as the enormous body of the Black Cloud Python—nearly ten meters long—was lifted clean off the ground and sent flying through the air like a ragdoll.
The python's massive form crashed several meters away, smashing a crater into the ground with a resounding boom. Dust and debris erupted into the air, scattering everywhere.
When the dust finally settled, a grisly scene was revealed.
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The Black Cloud Python, Wu Feiyu's prized beast, lay motionless in the crater. Its head was caved in, blood pooling beneath it. After a few final twitches, the python's massive body fell still.
It was dead.
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The scene froze the entire crowd. The onlookers stared, their jaws agape, unable to believe what they had just witnessed.
"That… that's a Second-Rank Beast! How could he…?"
"He killed it… with one punch?! Is this guy even human?"
"Wu Feiyu's Black Cloud Python could rival someone at the ninth level of Qi Protection. Even geniuses on the Lingyun List couldn't kill it so easily!"
Shock rippled through the crowd like a tidal wave.
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Wu Feiyu's face turned pale as the reality sank in. His prized beast—something that had cost him years of effort—had been killed effortlessly by this unknown boy.
He staggered forward, eyes wide with fury and disbelief.
"You… you killed my Black Cloud Python!"
Wu Feiyu's voice cracked with rage, his fists trembling. He glared at Jiang Chen, hatred burning in his eyes.
"You bastard! Do you have any idea what you've done? I won't forgive you! You're dead! Do you hear me? You're dead!"
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Jiang Chen turned his gaze slowly toward Wu Feiyu, his expression as cold as ice.
"You talk too much."
Jiang Chen pointed to the lifeless body of the Black Cloud Python, his voice calm but filled with deadly intent.
"I gave you two choices, and you ignored them."
"Now I'll repeat myself just once more: either disappear right now, or you'll end up just like it."