Chapter 2

"Hey, what were you just spacing out about? Eh? What happened to your forehead? Are you hurt?" It was only then that Shuaiyu noticed a large bump and a bloody wound on Suchang's forehead, though the wound was small, it looked painful.

"It's nothing, I just bumped it." Suchang shook his head.

"Bullshit!" Shuaiyu didn't believe him, "Was it that Xu Feng from the mechanical engineering department who beat you up? Damn, he steals people and then beats them up, that's really going too far. Come on, let's go find him, and I'll beat him until he's crawling on the ground."

Shuaiyu, indignant, grabbed Suchang's hand and dragged him out, like a wild bull in heat, eager to find an outlet for his frustration.

"It really was just a bump."

Suchang quickly pulled Shuaiyu back, "Think about it, if I really fought with Xu Feng, would I just have a small injury like this?"

"Really?" Shuaiyu looked at Suchang skeptically.

Suchang nodded seriously. The Xu Feng Shuaiyu mentioned was a senior in the mechanical engineering department who had a grudge against Suchang, all because of a woman.

In high school, Suchang had a girlfriend named Tan Lili. They both took the college entrance exam, and Tan Lili was admitted to Rongcheng University of Technology, while Suchang failed. This was why Suchang had studied for three more years to get into a second-tier university. However, when he finally got into Rongcheng University of Technology and came to Tan Lili's school, he found out that she already had a boyfriend there.

What was even more infuriating was that Tan Lili had been hiding it from him. For two out of the three years, she had been cheating on him. He had happily applied to Rongcheng University of Technology, thinking they could study at the same school, even though she was a senior and he was a freshman, it would still be a beautiful thing.

But the reality was disheartening. Xu Feng was Tan Lili's boyfriend. A while back, when Suchang tried to talk things out with Tan Lili, Xu Feng saw him and beat him up. Shuaiyu knew about this.

"If he dares to cause you trouble again, don't keep it to yourself. Let me finish my business, and we'll go eat!" Shuaiyu patted Suchang's shoulder. Although he was two years younger, he acted like an older brother.

Hearing Shuaiyu's words, Suchang felt warm inside. Although he had lost the girl, he still had friends. At least, the relationship with his roommates was still good.

"Eh?"

His gaze fell on Shuaiyu, and Suchang suddenly had an idea. This guy was so good at fighting, he must have some special skills.

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Name: Shuaiyu

Age: 21

Level: 1st Rank

Extractable Skill: Two-Finger Zen (F-Rank)

First-time use of skill extraction and refinement does not consume energy points. Do you want to extract and refine?

[Yes] [No]

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"Wow, Two-Finger Zen?"

His eyes scanned, and Shuaiyu's information immediately appeared in his mind. Suchang's eyes lit up; this guy had actually practiced Two-Finger Zen?

"Extract and refine!" Without any hesitation, Suchang chose [Yes].

Then, another message appeared.

"Skill extraction successful. Please choose [Normal Refinement] or [Special Refinement]?"

Suchang was taken aback and immediately asked, "What is normal refinement? What is special refinement?"

As he spoke, a system voice sounded in his mind, "The system's refinement function is divided into normal and special categories. Normal refinement only strengthens the skill, and at the host's 1st Rank, it can only be strengthened by 2 times. Special refinement, on the other hand, causes the extracted skill to undergo a fundamental transformation or mutation, which is essentially an evolution. Both consume the same amount of energy points, but special refinement has a certain failure rate, which depends on the host's level. For the host's first use of special refinement, it does not consume energy points, and the success rate is 100%!"

"Is this a welcome package?" Suchang, though not fully understanding, could tell that special refinement was definitely better than normal refinement. Without hesitation, he said, "I choose special refinement."

"Skill refinement in progress!"

...

"Refinement complete. Two-Finger Zen has mutated into an E-Rank mutated finger technique, 'Secret Technique—Thousand-Year Death Touch'! Do you want to absorb the inheritance? [Yes] [No]"

In his mind, a stone rotated a few times, and a red light flashed. Then, a message appeared in his mind.

"Ugh, what the hell? Thousand-Year Death Touch?" Suchang's face twitched.

"Secret Technique of the Leaf Village, form the tiger seal with both hands, feint to the opponent's back, and attack their vital points, causing both physical and psychological damage, destroying the enemy's will from the depths of their soul..."

"This..."

Seeing this information, Suchang was a bit confused. The high-level and dignified Two-Finger Zen had evolved into such a sleazy skill. He really wondered if the system had also extracted Shuaiyu's sleazy will when extracting his skill, resulting in this kind of finger technique.

"Absorb!" Regardless of how sleazy it was, Suchang chose to absorb it without hesitation. This was a great opportunity to test the system's power.

"Swift as a shooting star, fast as lightning, targeting the source of strength, the most vulnerable point of the human body..."

"Within a ten-meter radius, one finger can strike a target with certainty. At a deeper level, it can strike from a distance, temporarily incapacitating the opponent, a divine skill that nothing can resist..."

...

A series of text and image information appeared in Suchang's mind. He stood still, feeling a warm current flow through his body, quickly spreading to his limbs. The information in his mind was rapidly absorbed and processed by his brain.

"What's wrong?"

Shuaiyu came out of the toilet, feeling satisfied, and saw Suchang standing there in a daze, thinking he had done something silly.

At that moment, the last bit of information was fully absorbed by Suchang's brain. Suchang shivered, feeling something special imprinted deep in his mind. It was like an innate biological instinct, forcing his hands to come together, with his index and middle fingers of both hands touching, forming the tiger seal.

He needed to find someone to test the power of the skill. In the room, there were only Shuaiyu and Suchang. Suchang's gaze naturally fell on Shuaiyu.

"What are you looking at me like that for?" Facing Suchang's sinister gaze, Shuaiyu felt a chill.

"Secret Technique, Thousand-Year Death Touch!"

Suchang's lips curled slightly, slowly repeating a phrase Shuaiyu often said.

The skill activated, and his body moved uncontrollably, swiftly appearing behind Shuaiyu. Shuaiyu didn't even have time to react before Suchang's fingers struck his buttocks at lightning speed.

"Ow!"

A deafening scream echoed.

In the dorm room, Shuaiyu lay on the bed, his face pale.

"Bro, that really hurt?" Suchang hadn't expected the move to be so powerful. Shuaiyu, a tough guy, was completely incapacitated and couldn't get up for a long time.

Shuaiyu weakly waved at Suchang, "I need some peace."

"I didn't use much force, it shouldn't hurt that much, right?" Suchang felt a bit guilty.

Shuaiyu, hearing this, had no energy to argue. As the saying goes, what goes around comes around!

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At the school gate, a small restaurant.

Since it was the weekend, there weren't many customers in the restaurant.

Suchang supported the limping Shuaiyu into the restaurant and found a seat by the wall. Shuaiyu leaned against the wall, occasionally touching his buttocks, still not fully recovered.

"Bro, didn't you go too far? That really hurt. You're buying this meal." Shuaiyu looked at Suchang helplessly, never expecting to be tricked by him.

"I only used half my strength. Was it really that bad?" Suchang shook his head, feeling a bit sorry for Shuaiyu's pained expression. "Alright, I'll buy the meal. What do you want to eat?"

"Pork cutlet rice!" Shuaiyu immediately ordered the most expensive dish on the menu.

Suchang rolled his eyes, "Look at how fat you are. Eating pork cutlet rice, you'll turn into a pork cutlet."

"You don't know anything, this is called being strong." Shuaiyu pouted, "I'll tell you, the number of pork cutlets you encounter in life is fixed. The more you encounter at the dinner table, the fewer you'll encounter in life. Do you understand?"

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At the school gate, a small restaurant.

Since it was the weekend, there weren't many customers in the restaurant.

Suchang supported the limping Shuaiyu into the restaurant and found a seat by the wall. Shuaiyu leaned against the wall, occasionally touching his buttocks, still not fully recovered.

"Bro, didn't you go too far? That really hurt. You're buying this meal." Shuaiyu looked at Suchang helplessly, never expecting to be tricked by him.

"I only used half my strength. Was it really that bad?" Suchang shook his head, feeling a bit sorry for Shuaiyu's pained expression. "Alright, I'll buy the meal. What do you want to eat?"

"Pork cutlet rice!" Shuaiyu immediately ordered the most expensive dish on the menu.

Suchang rolled his eyes, "Look at how fat you are. Eating pork cutlet rice, you'll turn into a pork cutlet."

"You don't know anything, this is called being strong." Shuaiyu pouted, "I'll tell you, the number of pork cutlets you encounter in life is fixed. The more you encounter at the dinner table, the fewer you'll encounter in life. Do you understand?"