Chapter 5

While Shen Daofeng was still in a daze, Shen Lang’s eyes were already fixed on his armor.

Shen Lang redirected the fierce wind of his punch using a powerful technique called "Flower Transplanting and Grafting" from his memory. Although he had resorted to a last-minute effort, it still worked. Using a cannon to swat a mosquito might be a bit excessive, but it was the best technique he could use at the moment.

As for the gale wind of the Sky-Splitting Python, a day ago, he would have had no choice but to dodge such a fierce attack.

However, with the memories from his previous life, he knew the level of the Sky-Splitting Python, including its attacks and the structure of its gale wind.

The Sky-Splitting Python generates its gale wind by inhaling sharply and rapidly compressing the air by tightening the muscles in its neck. The gale wind appears as a pitch-black mass, but it is actually a hollow sphere with patterns that most people would not notice. By following these patterns, it would only take a tiny bit of spiritual energy to completely dismantle the gale wind.

In those memories, Shen Lang was not only familiar with the Sky-Splitting Python; he had even dissected and studied many powerful beasts...

In the memories, the War Emperor was proficient in alchemy, weapon forging, and talisman making, reaching the pinnacle in each field, a level of strength that left people speechless.

Now, Shen Lang focused on the black gold steel armor Shen Daofeng was wearing and couldn’t help but sneer. How could such an inferior magical tool catch his eye? From the defensive light shield that erupted from the previous kick, he had already seen through the armor’s flaws.

The black gold steel armor was forged by forcibly melting black gold and steel together, which was akin to forcing a rooster and a duck to marry. This crudely made armor would almost immediately disintegrate under even a slightly greater force.

This wasn’t the key issue; the key was the spirit array diagram inside the black gold steel armor.

Originally, this armor was just a common magical tool, far from being a spirit tool. However, the weapon forger who crafted this armor might have wanted to enhance its power and forcibly inscribed a simple spirit array diagram inside.

As a result, the black gold steel armor appeared to have greatly increased defensive power, and everyone who saw it showed envy and jealousy...

Unfortunately, they encountered Shen Lang.

In Shen Lang’s view, the spirit array diagram inside this crudely made armor was also very unstable. By infusing a bit of spiritual energy at the starting point of the spirit array diagram, it could be instantly disrupted, causing chaos from the inside out. Using the energy within the spirit array diagram, the armor could be disassembled and rendered useless.

Others didn’t know this, so when they saw Shen Lang walking step by step toward Shen Daofeng, they all watched him intently, thinking he would launch a fierce attack.

Shen Lang didn’t attack. He just brought his right index and middle fingers together, smiling as he walked and said, "Wearing such shoddy armor and showing off, you’re really disgracing the Shen family. Is your family really that poor?"

"Shoddy... shoddy armor? Very well, you really want to use your two fingers to disable my black gold steel armor? Come on, I’ll stand still. See how you can disable my armor! If you can disable my armor with two fingers, I’ll kowtow to you three times!" Shen Daofeng seemed greatly provoked and roared like a madman.

It was no wonder. The black gold steel armor was something he was very proud of, hard to come by, and Shen Lang was just a nobody in his eyes, a complete nobody!

At this moment, as Shen Lang walked over calmly, the crowd began to murmur again.

He had already shocked everyone twice, and now many believed he was telling the truth.

Some thought he was courting death, believing that if he poked with his fingers, the massive backlash would instantly break his fingers!

Others were very curious if he could really break through the armor’s defense...

Indeed, it was breaking through, not destroying.

Destroying it would be too crazy... after all, it was black gold steel armor. Even a fool knew that at least a Third Heaven Qi Martial Realm cultivator would be needed to break through its defense! How could a Second Heaven Force Martial Realm waste, with almost no spiritual energy in his body, hope to disable the armor with just two fingers?

Do you think your fingers are spirit tools?

If you could poke through the black gold steel armor with two fingers, wouldn’t that mean you could also poke through a Ninth Heaven Qi Martial Realm cultivator like Shen Daofeng with two fingers?

Isn’t this a joke? Even arrogance has its limits...

At this moment, Shen Lang, who had already walked close, shook his head helplessly. Although the black gold steel armor was poor, Shen Daofeng, this coward, truly didn’t deserve it.

Unfortunately, he hadn’t started cultivating the techniques from his memories yet, and his strength was too weak. Otherwise, why would he need to resort to such tricks?

He could just kill him with one finger!

Why bother finding the armor’s weakness and going through so much trouble?

"Provoking me is the biggest mistake of your life." Shen Lang smiled faintly, almost without pausing, and casually poked the armor at a spot slightly to the right of the center. If you looked closely, you would notice that the color of this spot was slightly different, about the size of a fingernail, and was grayish-white.

Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Shen Lang’s fingers, and when they saw his fingers touch the armor, a flash of spiritual light appeared!

Then... there was no other reaction!

There was no scene of his fingers being broken by the backlash, nor was there a scene of the armor being disabled.

"Tsk!" The crowd let out a collective tsk.

"Hahaha, you’re just a waste, trying to trick me! Fortunately, I’m smart and didn’t fall for it! You should kowtow to me three times!" Shen Daofeng, who had been quite nervous, laughed wildly again.

"Idiot." Shen Lang cursed, shrugged, and turned to walk away.

Shen Daofeng was furious: "Cunning waste, you dare to curse me, I’ll kill you!"

In a fit of rage, Shen Daofeng swung his right fist at Shen Lang. The air exploded, causing the crowd to scream in shock, as the two were now very close.

However, just as Shen Daofeng’s fist extended a bit, there was a "crack," and the originally intact black gold steel armor split into several cracks. Then, in the crowd’s disbelieving eyes, it cracked again and disintegrated into several large pieces, falling to the ground!

"Ugh!" At this moment, Shen Lang crouched down, turned around quickly, and punched Shen Daofeng’s abdomen, sending his fat body flying through the air!

In the next second, Shen Lang, who was half-squatting, sprang up from the ground like a spring, then caught up and, from a height, raised his right leg to his head and delivered a powerful downward kick to Shen Daofeng’s head!

"Spurt!"

Shen Daofeng spewed blood and crashed to the ground, unconscious.

After all, the Force Martial Realm was no match for the Qi Martial Realm. Qi Martial Realm experts could already condense spiritual energy armor outside their bodies, but once a Force Martial Realm practitioner’s armor was removed, they had little protection, especially on their heads.

"Second Young Master!" Among Shen Daofeng’s lackeys, those who could still move screamed and rushed over.

Shen Lang stepped on Shen Daofeng’s back, causing him to spew more blood, then coldly looked at the approaching crowd, extending his right hand and pointing at them one by one, saying, "If you want to die, I’ll grant you that. If you don’t want to die, stand there and don’t move."

His voice carried no emotion, soft but filled with coldness, making the crowd shiver.

If they didn’t see him, hearing such a voice, most people would subconsciously think it was spoken by a powerful warrior who had emerged from countless battles. The tone was filled with supreme confidence and the coldness of decisive action.

If they defied him, there might be no living thing left!

At this moment, the crowd had even forgotten that Shen Lang was just a Second Heaven Force Martial Realm waste, a well-known waste in Tianfeng City and Tayan Academy...

The group that wanted to rush over subconsciously stopped, and some even took a few steps back!

Shen Lang nodded in satisfaction. Under everyone’s gaze, he bent down, took off the ring on Shen Daofeng’s finger, wiped it on his clothes, and said leisurely, "Many mentors in the academy can’t even get a ring like this. You’re too showy; one should be humble."

He blew on the ring, put it in his pocket, and said, "See, I’m very humble. I want everyone in the academy to know I’m humble."

The crowd looked at each other, no one speaking, the scene was very strange.

He was indeed humble, taking Shen Daofeng’s ring in front of so many people, as if he was just picking up a ring he had dropped.

Was this the same Shen Lang who slept all day, the untrainable waste?

"You... you take out Young Master Feng’s ring! Otherwise, don’t blame us for being unfriendly!" A man mustered the courage to step forward, apparently one of Shen Daofeng’s more loyal lackeys.

"Really?" Shen Lang laughed, obediently took out the ring from his pocket, and beckoned to the sturdy-looking youth.

The man’s face showed a look of triumph, thinking he had intimidated Shen Lang, and walked over in two quick steps, reaching out to grab the ring on Shen Lang’s left hand.

Shen Lang’s hand seemed to slip, and the ring fell back into his pocket. Then he casually grabbed the man’s wrist, pulled him off balance, and slapped him hard with his right hand.

"I’m just showing it to you; who said I was giving it to you?"

The youth was stunned, then screamed hysterically, "You... you dare to hit me? Do you know who my father is?"

"About that... it’s definitely not me. You should ask your mother," Shen Lang said, a bit annoyed, and slapped the fool away with his other hand.

A waste is a waste, but a Second Heaven Force Martial Realm practitioner can deliver a slap with a force of several hundred pounds.

"Ha ha ha..." The crowd burst into laughter.

"Enough, let him go. Why humiliate your own brother like this?" A clear, cold voice rang out, silencing the crowd’s laughter.

Shen Lang glanced over and saw Ye Qinghan walking out from the crowd.

As soon as Ye Qinghan appeared, the entire scene fell silent. It seemed that most people were familiar with this pride of Tayan Academy.

"If I... don’t let him go?" Shen Lang’s lips curled into a wicked smile, his eyes clearly challenging.

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