Chapter 3: Chapter 2: Tang Lian
With a thought, Tang Yi opened his current Attribute Panel.
Player: Tang Yi
Level: 9 (Nine-Star Battle Disciple)
Experience: 1/1000
Battle God Value: 10
Cultivation Technique: Mountain Collapse (Earth Tier Lower Grade)
Skills: Basic Boxing Skill, Basic Saber Technique, Basic Swordsmanship.
Finishing Move: Mountain Shattering Earth Splitting Slash (Level 1)
Secondary Professions: Alchemy, Forging Skill, Puppetry...
Looking at the Attribute Panel before him, Tang Yi felt a surge of pride. ’So what if I can’t cultivate in the usual way?’
’Who says I’m a waste?’
’I have the Battle God System!’
’But what’s this Finishing Move?’
Tang Yi opened the interface for the Finishing Move.
Mountain Shattering Earth Splitting Slash: Player Ultimate Skill (Upgradeable)
Level: 1
Skill Level: 0/10
Activation Requirement: 10 Battle God Value.
Skill Effect: Summons a Blood and Qi Sword and powerfully smashes it into the ground, creating a wide-range shockwave to attack enemies. Moreover, the scorching blood-magma erupting from the ground will inflict burn damage. Attack Range: 10x10. (Skill Power = Player’s Strength x2).
Tang Yi was shocked. He never imagined this Ultimate Skill could be so terrifying!
Not only could the skill itself be upgraded, but its power would also grow along with his own strength!
Most importantly, it was a Range Type skill!
’With this ultimate move in hand, the world is mine!’
’Let the storm rage even more fiercely!’
Tang Yi roared in his heart.
This feeling was absolutely wonderful!
"Brother Tang Yi, Brother Tang Yi, are you there?"
Just as Tang Yi was savoring this wonderful moment, a girl’s voice, as lovely as an oriole’s song, suddenly came from outside the door.
"I’m here," Tang Yi replied, startled for a moment.
"I’m coming in." Hearing Tang Yi’s reply, the young girl spoke softly and then pushed the door open to enter.
’It’s Lian’Er.’ Seeing the girl, Tang Yi recalled her name.
The young girl before him was named Tang Lian, and she was exceptionally beautiful.
She was generally aloof with others, but toward Tang Yi, she was always gentle and graceful. Back when he was considered a waste, she was the only one in the Clan who didn’t look down on him.
"Brother Tang Yi, are you alright?" Tang Lian came to Tang Yi’s side and looked at him with concern.
"Me? I’m fine." Tang Yi scratched his head, a little confused. He even stood up and spun around to prove it.
"But this morning, you were..." Tang Lian glanced at him, puzzled. Seeing that Tang Yi was truly fine, she pulled back the Healing Medicine she was about to offer. "I brought some Healing Medicine for you, Brother, but it looks like you don’t need it anymore."
"This morning..." Tang Yi paused, then understood her reason for coming, and a warmth spread through his heart.
’This girl is so good to me, even remembering to bring me medicine.’
Just this morning, before he had transmigrated, the Tang Family held its annual assessment for the younger generation to test their strength.
This was an annual test for the younger generation of the Tang Family, and Tang Yi, who was unable to cultivate, was no exception.
Every year, everyone else improved, while Tang Yi alone remained stagnant, unable to cultivate.
This inevitably made him the laughingstock of the younger generation—the one they called trash, a good-for-nothing.
Today was no different.
However, he had been mocked and insulted for more than a decade and was long used to it, so he paid them no mind.
But of course, others wouldn’t let him be. A few arrogant disciples of the Tang Family blocked his path, refusing to let him leave.
Their verbal provocations ultimately led to a physical conflict.
Perhaps because he had been suppressing his anger for too long, Tang Yi didn’t back down this time and actually fought them.
The result was predictable.
Powerless, Tang Yi was beaten to a pulp. This was also one of the reasons why the new Tang Yi, who had jumped off a cliff, was able to transmigrate into this body.
"Don’t worry, I’m perfectly fine."
Tang Yi’s gaze was full of tenderness.
Perhaps it was because he had received this world’s memories, or perhaps because Tang Lian was simply too beautiful, or maybe it was the confidence that came with obtaining the system.
At this moment, a strong sense of possessiveness surged within him. He wanted to make Tang Lian his, to hold her tightly in his arms, to kiss her, and to cherish her.
BOOM!
Just then, the closed door was suddenly kicked to pieces.
Amidst a spray of wooden splinters, several young men walked in.
"Well, well, Tang Yi. It seems the lesson we taught you this morning wasn’t enough! How dare you have Miss Lian’Er bring medicine to you? Who is Miss Lian’Er, and who are you? You’re nothing but a waste who can’t cultivate, yet you have the gall to make her run errands for you? I think you’re tired of living!"
His tone was vicious, as if Tang Yi wasn’t the Clan Leader’s son but some stray dog.
"Tang Jiuzhe, what are you trying to do? I came here on my own! Brother Tang Yi didn’t trick me into coming!" Seeing their hostile intentions, Tang Lian quickly stepped in front of Tang Yi.
Tang Jiuzhe was from the Seventh Elder’s branch of the Tang Family, one of the lackeys of the Seventh Elder’s grandson, Tang Fangzhou.
The three young men behind Tang Jiuzhe were also affiliated clansmen from the Seventh Elder’s branch.
They were the ones who had beaten Tang Yi up that morning.
These four didn’t hold high positions, yet they showed absolutely no respect for Tang Yi, the Clan Leader’s son!
’A bit arrogant...’
"Miss Lian’Er, don’t worry. We won’t let this punk Tang Yi deceive you any longer. You go on back now, leave this to us," Tang Jiuzhe said with self-righteous bravado, as if Tang Yi had committed some heinous crime and they were there to deliver heavenly justice.
"No! I won’t let you hurt Brother Tang Yi!"
Tang Lian was not only beautiful but also sharp. She knew exactly what they were thinking. The moment she left, they would surely make a move against her Brother Tang Yi.
"Miss Lian’Er, since that punk Tang Yi can’t cultivate, who knows where he picked up some devious techniques. He knows some kind of bewitching trick. You mustn’t be fooled by his words. It’s best to stay far away from his type," Tang Jiuzhe said, narrowing his eyes as he tried to persuade her again.
"I refuse. Brother Tang Yi would never deceive me," Tang Lian said resolutely, a stubborn expression on her little face.
Seeing that he couldn’t persuade Tang Lian to move, Tang Jiuzhe looked past her to Tang Yi. "Coward! Do you only dare to hide behind a woman? Why don’t you come out and face me? What kind of man hides behind a woman!"
"Brother Tang Yi can’t cultivate, and you have the audacity to challenge him to a fight?"
Tang Lian looked at Tang Jiuzhe with annoyance. Just as she was about to say more, Tang Yi stopped her.
"Who did you just call a coward?" Tang Yi said coldly to Tang Jiuzhe.