Chapter 159 - 120: Wild Extraordinary Being

Chapter 159: Chapter 120: Wild Extraordinary Being

The boss’s sore-loser behavior, a clear sign he could only win but never lose, drew a torrent of criticism from the crowd.

The crowd had long disliked this unscrupulous merchant, and all their suppressed dissatisfaction erupted at this very moment.

Seeing that every single person in the crowd had such strong objections, the boss stopped trying to pull Xia Shuran down.

He retreated to the side with a smile, watching silently.

’Fine, fine, fine. You like hanging, do you?’

’You don’t know when to quit while you’re ahead, is that it?’

’Heh, the moment you get down, I’ll pack up, clear out, and leave immediately. I won’t give you a single dime!’

The boss scoffed inwardly.

As for Xia Shuran, she was feeling an unprecedented wave of confidence.

In the past two days of combat practice with Gu Qing, her confidence had been utterly crushed. She always felt like she was no different from a cripple in front of him.

Now, listening to the continuous gasps of astonishment from the crowd, she finally regained some of her confidence.

Her entire demeanor transformed back into that of the top-tier athlete she once was—face beaming, head held high, and chest out, brimming with confidence.

「Time flew by.」

In the blink of an eye, three minutes had passed.

Xia Shuran easily hung for the full three minutes before letting go of the bar and landing on the ground.

She playfully flashed a peace sign at Gu Qing.

Then, with a happy expression, she walked over to the boss, pulled out her phone, and displayed her payment QR code.

"Boss, I hung for the full three minutes. Go ahead and transfer the one thousand yuan!"

"..."

The boss didn’t say a word. He just silently packed up the props with his two muscle-bound accomplices, swiftly loading them into a van parked on the side.

Clearly, he intended to welch on the one-thousand-yuan prize money.

Then they would just find another spot to continue their scam.

It was a classic scammer’s playbook.

Fortunately, Xia Shuran was no ordinary person. She was a powerful Extraordinary Awakened and wasn’t about to indulge these street scammers.

"A bet’s a bet. Pay up, or none of you are leaving!"

Xia Shuran grabbed hold of the pull-up bar, preventing the scammers from leaving.

The boss didn’t take her seriously at all. He gave the bar a hard yank, trying to wrench it from her grasp.

But with that one pull, he discovered that the young woman’s strength was absurd. He couldn’t budge the bar at all.

The boss: "???"

Seeing this, one of the burly accomplices stepped forward to shove Xia Shuran.

He couldn’t move her an inch.

The thug: "???"

"THUD!"

Xia Shuran suddenly lashed out with a kick. Her delicate foot swept against the thug’s thick leg, unleashing an incredible burst of force that knocked him off his feet. He crashed to the ground, landing flat on his back.

’What the hell?!’

’How can a little girl be such a good fighter?’

’Where did she get so much strength?’

The boss’s eyes widened in disbelief, and he wondered if he was dreaming.

Soon, the other thug charged at Xia Shuran.

He showed no mercy, throwing a punch straight at Xia Shuran’s face, determined to beat her pure, pretty face into a swollen mess.

’This punch is way too slow!’

Xia Shuran simply raised her arm, easily blocking the incoming fist with her elbow.

"THUD!"

The collision of fist against elbow let out a dull thud.

Immediately followed by the sound of a sharp CRACK.

"AHHHH!"

The thug’s knuckles fractured. He screamed in pain, doubling over as he stumbled backward.

The surrounding crowd was stunned.

"Holy shit, this girl can really fight!"

"She’s so petite, and her skin is so fair and smooth. Where does she get that kind of strength? Are they filming a movie or something?"

"Quick, look at what she’s wearing! It’s the Martial Arts Uniform from Jixia Martial Arts Hall!"

"I’ve heard of Jixia Martial Arts Hall! A while back, several influencer boxers, wrestlers, and even professional MMA fighters went there to issue challenges. Without exception, every single one of them lost."

"I heard about that too. I thought the owner of the hall just paid people to put on a show for advertising. But looking at this now, it seems Jixia Martial Arts Hall is the real deal. They weren’t acting at all."

The crowd’s murmurs continued, one after another, all expressing shock at the prowess of both Xia Shuran and Jixia Martial Arts Hall.

Xia Shuran felt a small thrill listening to them.

’No wonder my senior loved showing off so much back at school, always pretending to be a street workout master just to shock everyone.’

’Turns out, showing off feels amazing.’

Just then, a man covered from head to toe in muscle stepped out of the van parked by the road.

The man was a full two meters tall. Every muscle on his body bulged, and as he stood straight by the road, he looked like a mountain, exuding an incredibly oppressive aura.

"Well now, little lady. You’re quite the fighter, aren’t you?" the man said, looking at Xia Shuran with a smirk.

Xia Shuran frowned, sensing that there was more to this man than met the eye.

In the crowd, Gu Qing curiously sized up the hulking man. Above the man’s head, he saw an extremely conspicuous tag:

— [Devil Muscle Man]

Furthermore, he could sense a faint, almost imperceptible Extraordinary aura emanating from the man.

’An Extraordinary tag above his head...’

’An Extraordinary aura emanating from his body...’

’Is this person an Extraordinary Being?’

Gu Qing’s eyebrow twitched as he instantly came to this realization.

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