Chapter 16 A Group of Legs

Just as Zhou Jing returned to the stands, he noticed that hundreds of people were staring at him in unison, their gazes filled with astonishment, as if they were looking at a celestial being.

"Ahem, excuse me," Zhou Jing coughed.

The crowd parted a path, watching him walk back to the Xihai City team before finally retracting their gazes, their hearts surging with emotion.

Originally, the most outstanding awakened individuals at this gathering point were only Li Xiaoyin, Lin Kun, and the other four, who were the main focus of attention. But now, there was an additional Zhou Jing, who left a deep impression on them.

A C-grade aptitude competing against an S-grade aptitude, forcing the referee to intervene and call it a draw, this guy is a real big shot… Everyone firmly remembered Zhou Jing.

Speaking of which, there are really a lot of impressive people in this batch from Xihai City. They have more big shots to rely on…

Many people secretly cast envious glances.

On the other side, Zhou Jing returned to the Xihai City immigrant group and was immediately treated like a celestial being by many of his fellow townsmen, who crowded around him.

"You were so good at fighting?!"

Zhao He widened his eyes in disbelief, as if he was meeting Zhou Jing for the first time.

"Not bad, I guess," Zhou Jing smiled politely.

Zhao He swallowed secretly, feeling slightly nervous.

He originally didn't think much of Zhou Jing, considering him just a C-grade aptitude. When they first met, he was somewhat indifferent.

It wasn't until he discovered that Zhou Jing was a close friend of the 2S-grade Li Xiaoyin that he slightly changed his attitude, making some polite gestures and being more friendly, but mainly to improve his relationship with Li Xiaoyin. In reality, he only regarded Zhou Jing, Xu Lingyun, and Zhang Xiao as small followers clinging to Li Xiaoyin.

But now, he discovered that Zhou Jing's image was not just far from the weakling he had imagined, but completely unrelated.

Zhao He's feelings immediately changed. He quickly recalled the past, afraid of offending Zhou Jing somewhere.

After thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel a little fortunate. Although he hadn't deliberately flattered Zhou Jing, they were still familiar enough, making it easy to make amends.

Various thoughts swirled in his mind, and the smile on Zhao He's face became much warmer.

Huang Wei next to him also looked at Zhou Jing with new eyes, but she wasn't as happy, feeling a bit sour inside.

Damn it, one of that woman Li Xiaoyin's three followers is actually this strong. It's getting harder and harder to beat her!

There's another person in the Xihai City group who's better than me, my status in the group drops again! Huang Wei felt annoyed!

Having witnessed Zhou Jing's extraordinary abilities, many fellow townsmen became much more enthusiastic and came up to chat warmly.

Zhou Jing had expected this kind of reaction after displaying his strength, so he responded politely.

At this moment, Xu Lingyun and Zhang Xiao pounced on him from the left and right, hooking their arms around Zhou Jing's neck and shaking him repeatedly, filled with excitement.

"Good kid, I was wondering why you never wanted to spar with us. Turns out you were holding back a big surprise!"

"That's right, if we had known you were this good, why would we even bother learning from the instructor? We could have just learned from you!"

"Calm down, calm down," Zhou Jing didn't struggle, making a gesture of surrender, and pretending to explain helplessly, "I didn't have as many opportunities to fight as I did today before. How would I know I was this good?"

Those words were really infuriating… but we like it!

I didn't expect that not only is Sister Yin a big shot, but Jingjing is also a big, thick leg!

Xu Lingyun immediately lowered his body, reached out and hugged Zhou Jing's waist, looking up with a cheeky expression: "Jingjing… no, Brother Jing, do you think I look like your leg hair?"

Although Zhang Xiao was happy, he couldn't bring himself to do something so shameless. He couldn't help but kick Xu Lingyun's butt, saying unhappily:

"Get up, get up, that's my spot! I'm Jingjing's assistant, if anyone's going to cling to Jingjing's leg, it's me!"

"Hey, why are you talking like outsiders when we're brothers? Isn't your leg my leg?"

Xu Lingyun refused to let go.

"… You're going too far."

Zhou Jing's mouth twitched, and he quickly peeled Xu Lingyun off his body.

At this moment, Li Xiaoyin walked up to him, patted Zhou Jing on the shoulder in a carefree manner, with a happy expression that said, "That's my brother."

"Not bad, Jingjing, you've got this move. Not only are you handsome, but you're also good at fighting. I'm really impressed by you."

"The main thing is being handsome. After all these years, only Brother Jing has made me feel threatened in terms of appearance," Xu Lingyun emphasized, smoothly delivering a compliment.

Zhou Jing ignored him and made a muscle-flexing gesture at Li Xiaoyin, teasing, "How is it? Do you feel your big sister's position starting to waver?"

"I'm happy that you're so strong."

Li Xiaoyin put her arm around Zhou Jing's shoulder, feeling very happy.

Zhang Xiao, who was next to her, pinched his double chin and asked curiously, "Speaking of which, Jingjing, since you're so good in actual combat, the Superpower Bureau should increase your aptitude, right?"

Hearing this, Zhou Jing shrugged: "Who knows? It'd be best if they increased it, I'd get more subsidies every month."

The Superpower Bureau's assessment of power aptitude will be adjusted at its discretion based on the ability user's performance, and is not permanently fixed after one test. If the object demonstrates previously undiscovered power characteristics and performs better, then the aptitude will naturally be increased. Conversely, if the power is not developed well, the aptitude will also be lowered.

The few of them chatted and joked for a few words, and suddenly noticed Lin Kun, who was standing alone on the stage, with no one coming up to challenge him.

Seeing this, Zhou Jing nudged his mouth towards the stage: "Xiaoyin, aren't you going up?"

Li Xiaoyin actually hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

The three of them immediately looked surprised.

"Sister Yin, didn't you say you wanted to teach him a lesson? Are you also scared by his destructive power?" Xu Lingyun asked curiously.

"Nonsense, would I be afraid of him?"

Li Xiaoyin snorted, then pointed to Zhou Jing, lowering her voice to explain:

"Jingjing has already beaten Kun Kun like that, why would I still go up? Don't let people say we're ganging up on him."

Zhou Jing was taken aback… How did he become Kun Kun? Are you that close to him?

If anyone's going to call him that, it should be me!

Zhang Xiao, however, deeply agreed, nodding in approval:

"Sister Yin is right this time. Jingjing has already fought him, so there's no need for us to go on stage again, otherwise people will think we're being too aggres…"

However, before he could finish his words, Lin Kun on the stage suddenly roared towards the stands.

"Li Xiaoyin! Are you afraid? How long are you going to dilly-dally? Do you dare to fight me or not? Hurry up and come down to eat my fist!"

Bang!

Before Zhou Jing and the others could react, they heard a muffled sound next to them, and Li Xiaoyin shot out like a cannonball.

In the blink of an eye, Li Xiaoyin had landed heavily on the stage.

"I have such a bad temper… Come, come, you asked for it, let's see who's afraid of who!"

Li Xiaoyin cursed and rolled up her sleeves, completely forgetting what she had said a few seconds ago.

Watching this scene, Zhou Jing, Xu Lingyun, and Zhang Xiao narrowed their eyes and closed their mouths.

Too hasty, we thought you would finally use your brain, it seems we were just being presumptuous…

"Good! I knew you wouldn't be scared by me!"

Lin Kun became excited, clenching his fists together, making a muffled sound, feeling the blood in his whole body start to boil.

After being abused by a "pro gamer" just now, he had already remembered Zhou Jing as a person, and his heart was itching with anger.

Unfortunately, Wang Wu stopped the spar, leaving his anger nowhere to vent.

At this time, seeing the target he wanted to challenge the most finally on stage, Lin Kun's fighting spirit reignited, and he made up his mind.

——The frustration he suffered from Zhou Jing just now will be vented on Li Xiaoyin!

The crowd on the stands suddenly perked up.

The hundreds of people present had not forgotten that the reason for today's arena spar was Lin Kun's challenge to Li Xiaoyin.

Now that the two were finally facing each other, everyone temporarily withdrew their attention from Zhou Jing and focused on the stage, curious and expectant.

It was a good opportunity to see what Li Xiaoyin's power was.

——The S-grade superpower is already so powerful, how awesome would the 2S-grade be?!

Everyone's emotions were stirred, but for a moment they didn't notice that Wang Wu, as the referee, cast a pitying glance towards Lin Kun.

Wang Wu didn't say much, just stepped back a long way, not standing between the two, and waved his hand:

"Begin!"

Lin Kun jumped instantly, drawing an arc in the air and leaping towards Li Xiaoyin.

During the landing process, kinetic energy rapidly accumulated, condensing on the fist, and the power increased sharply section by section.

"Eat my fist!"

Lin Kun roared excitedly, the oncoming violent wind pressure distorted his face into a strange shape, his style above everyone else.

Li Xiaoyin took a deep breath, her chest bulging to a visible extent, her legs standing in a horse stance, her hands clenched into fists and placed at her waist, her arms moving backwards inch by inch as if drawing a bow to gather momentum.

Watching the muscular giant like a falling meteorite rapidly enlarge in her vision, Li Xiaoyin suddenly exhaled and shouted violently, her fists shooting out towards Lin Kun at a distance like crossbow arrows leaving the string.

Boom!!

A thunderous muffled sound, a pale white arc-shaped shockwave covering tens of meters, surged forward.

Like a wall, it slammed straight into Lin Kun, who was unable to dodge in mid-air.

Bang!!

Lin Kun's punch, accumulating kinetic energy, collided with the shockwave, making a loud bang, as if a bomb had exploded in mid-air!

Rumble——The shockwave generated by the collision spread in a ring, and even the high-strength glass on the stands vibrated violently, as if it would shatter at any moment.

The two forces collided fiercely, and Lin Kun's body seemed to be fixed in mid-air.

However, in the next moment, the arc-shaped shockwave broke through the resistance and swept over.

Lin Kun's expression froze, and his whole person was like a small bird swept up by a hurricane, tumbling backwards.

Li Xiaoyin took another deep breath, and aimed at Lin Kun in the air, throwing a rapid series of punches, subconsciously making a sound like a shell leaving the barrel:

"Yada dada dada——"

Clusters of pale white shockwaves shot out like a string of beads, catching up with Lin Kun in mid-air, some hitting the target, some hitting the air.

Bang bang bang bang!

The shockwaves exploded in a series, and several deep dents appeared on Lin Kun's muscles. His whole person was like a rocket propelled by fuel, flying straight out of the ring, flying higher and higher.

Only a loud bang was heard!

Lin Kun crashed into the alloy wall of the exercise field, embedding himself in it in the shape of a large character, without moving.

"Huff, done."

Li Xiaoyin exhaled, a layer of fine sweat oozing from her forehead, slowly lowering her hands, finishing the job.

"It's just a beating…" Wang Wu muttered secretly, quickly running up the wall to check Lin Kun's condition.

On the other side, the stands were silent.

The crowd widened their eyes, looked at Lin Kun, who was embedded in the wall and not moving, and swallowed their saliva quietly.

…Is he still alive?

The crowd stiffly turned their heads and refocused their gaze on Li Xiaoyin, who was fine, and couldn't help but feel shaken, almost thinking that the series of scenes just now were an illusion.

——I thought it would be a battle between dragons and tigers, but I didn't expect it to end so quickly.

Lin Kun's destructive power when fighting Zhou Jing was already surprising, but he was easily defeated head-on by Li Xiaoyin. The crowd was shocked and felt a chill in their hearts.

Is this the superpower that's assessed as 2S-grade? It's unreasonably powerful!

At this moment, Wang Wu finally came to Lin Kun's side, pulled him out of the pit, and brought him to the stage.

The crowd hurried to look, only to see that Lin Kun's transformation had been lifted, restoring his normal human form, his eyes closed and falling into a coma.

Wang Wu checked Lin Kun's vital signs, then summoned the medical team to take Lin Kun away for treatment, before waving his hand to the crowd:

"It's okay, he's not in big trouble, a few muscle tears, a few broken bones, just minor injuries, mainly a concussion and passed out, luckily he's tough."

Saying that, Wang Wu couldn't help but look at Li Xiaoyin.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoyin raised her chin: "Don't look at me like that, I held back."

"Then I hope you hold back more," Wang Wu said unhappily.

Li Xiaoyin said "Oh," then looked at the stands and shouted, "I've already gone up, is there anyone who wants to spar with me?"

However, after she finished speaking, no one responded for more than ten seconds.

The crowd on the stands couldn't help but look at the remaining two S-grades.

He Changqing smiled awkwardly, took out his phone, and pretended to look down and play with it.

Wu Fan was even more amazing, turning his face expressionlessly to the wall, sitting like an old monk, as if he had let go of all worldly affairs.

The crowd could only retract their gazes and pay their respects to Lin Kun, who was being carried onto a stretcher, silently mourning for him in their hearts.

Speaking of which, Lin Kun is really miserable, being beaten by two consecutive opponents without any ability to fight back. Last time, he was tricked around by Zhou Jing's skills, this time it's even worse, he went straight to the hospital.

There's definitely a reason why Li Xiaoyin can be an 2S-grade… The hundreds of people present came up with such an idea.

On the other side, Zhou Jing and the others sighed for Lin Kun.

Why did you provoke her…

At this moment, Xu Lingyun lowered his voice and asked cautiously:

"Brother Jing, although we're still far from the grade test, but with Sister Yin's abilities, even if she goes to the grade test now, she should be able to be ranked as a second or third level superpower user, right?"

"Be bolder, remove the 'should.'"

Zhou Jing rubbed his temples. Facing this kind of indiscriminate AoE, the skills aren't very useful, and the fault tolerance rate is ridiculously low.

Various extraordinary abilities need to be developed and honed to reach their respective peaks, but everyone's starting line is different.

A powerful superpower may have a starting line at the time of awakening that is already the end point of some superpowers.

Learning superpower knowledge the day after tomorrow can make up for some of the gap, but it takes a hundred times the energy and effort. If others also work hard, it is even more difficult to catch up.

Moreover, the growth brought about by acquired learning also has limits depending on each person's superpower, physique, and aptitude. Even the end point is determined to a certain extent.

Therefore, the superpower that a person obtains when he awakens largely determines the person's future, such as the future growth path and the peak level that can be reached, which is difficult to change.

And this is the main reason for the clear hierarchy among superpower users—there are not so many people in this world who can conquer nature, and sometimes they can only accept that others have good lives.

So at this moment, everyone present realized a fact.

Li Xiaoyin is a super big shot who is even thicker than the foundation!

We are lucky to have met her!