Black Book

Chapter 262 Establishing Prestige
Is this still the same timid and useless punching bag as before?

Everyone looked at each other. Although they didn't understand what was going on, the contempt and disdain that was deeply rooted in their hearts quietly dissipated. They subconsciously corrected their attitudes and no longer dared to show obvious disrespect.

Unconsciously, they finally began to regard Li Lin as a superior rather than a coward who was bullied by others.

Noticing the change in the onlookers' attitude, Zhu Haomiao curled the corners of his mouth slightly and looked at Yan Yunsheng, who had a solemn expression.

"Yan Dutou, are you ready?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Yunsheng clasped his fists and saluted respectfully.

"Inspector, I am ready."

"Really? 70% of your martial arts skills are with the sword. Do you want to fight me with your bare hands?"

Yan Yunsheng frowned in embarrassment, glanced at the boy's thin and slender figure, and explained in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

"Swords have no eyes, and I am afraid of hurting the inspector."

"That won't do. If you lose, you'll blame me for bullying the weak and winning unfairly!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed slightly. They couldn't understand where Li Lin got the confidence from, and even his words became so arrogant.

However, at this moment, Zhu Haomiao raised his hand and pointed at the weapons rack on the side of the field, and lightly picked it up with his finger.

Qiang~
A large knife on the shelf instantly bounced up, drew an elegant parabola, and flew accurately towards Yan Yunsheng.

His pupils shrank slightly, and Yan Yunsheng subconsciously took the sword, clenched the handle with his hand, slowly raised his head, and looked at Zhu Haomiao in disbelief.

This ability to teleport objects, regardless of how powerful it is, is a hundred times more sophisticated than his in terms of realm and technique.

In an instant, the jealousy and resentment in Yan Yunsheng's heart rolled like waves.

As a child from a poor family, he had no profound inheritance. He relied on a few basic martial arts and decades of hard training to get to where he is today.

As for the good-for-nothing guy opposite, he was born with countless top-level secret techniques to choose from, and once he showed a little of his skills, they would become mysterious techniques that he couldn't understand!
Over the years, he had endured so much hardship and shed so much blood. He had finally climbed to the position of the head of the police force and was about to be promoted, but this guy suddenly swooped in and snatched his position as inspector!
Why should a young boy who is less than half his age always have the upper hand over him?

Just because of his good family background?!
New hatred and long-standing grudges all surged into his heart, and even with Yan Yunsheng's temperament, he couldn't help but reveal a trace of resentment.

On the other side, Zhu Haomiao nodded with imperceptible satisfaction.

Although the basic strength of the first level has been downgraded and weakened, the intention and realm are still quite profound.

It is equivalent to the skeleton being there but the flesh and blood are not full yet, so it cannot exert its due strength.

However, [Flying Energy·Starfall] possesses some supernatural tricks that are quite intimidating when shown off.

Because this is not something that can be achieved by brute force. Without profound inherited secret techniques, no matter how strong you are, you will not be able to capture objects from a distance.

Then, noticing that Yan Yunsheng was in a state of anxiety, Zhu Haomiao curled the corners of his mouth, raised his hand and made a virtual grab. A long sword on the weapon rack at the sidelines bounced up, turned into a stream of light and fell accurately into his palm.

swoosh~
Zhu Haomiao made a sword flower out of habit, raised his sword and pointed it at Yan Yunsheng, raising the corner of his mouth with a smile.

"Be careful, don't die."

After saying that, staring at Yan Yunsheng's ever-changing resentful eyes, Zhu Haomiao took a step forward and walked towards him slowly.

Unable to suppress his emotions any longer, Yan Yunsheng raised his knife and slashed.

But at least he still had his sanity, and only used 30% of his full strength. He could stop at any time and did not actually kill his boss with one blow.

However, watching the opponent's powerful and sharp slash, Zhu Haomiao's [Telepathy] supernatural combat intuition quietly activated, turning around lightly, flashing past the blade in a leisurely walk, and the long sword in his hand popped out like a venomous snake, accurately hitting the numb tendon in Yan Yunsheng's wrist. Snap~
Even though he was whipping with the back of the sword, the [Penetrating Force] and [Demon Sealing Force] instantly penetrated the skin. The feminine and strange force flowed upstream along the wrist and spread to the internal organs.

In an instant, Yan Yunsheng felt as if struck by lightning. Most of his body became numb and stiff. The internal energy that was originally rushing through his meridians was also blocked by some mysterious force, and he was unable to break free from the confinement!
But in this brief moment of stiffness, a sharp sword was pressed against his throat.

"Tsk tsk, you want to be an inspector?"

"An eighth-rank warrior?"

"I gave you a chance but you didn't use it..."

Faced with the boy's deliberately humiliating teasing, Yan Yunsheng's eyes became bloodshot and he roared in a loud voice.

"I don't agree!"

Knowing that the other party was really careless just now and was hesitant because of his identity, Zhu Haomiao put down his sword, smiled and nodded.

"Okay, I'll give you another chance."

If you want to establish your authority, you have to defeat the person and not give him any excuse to be stubborn.

It would be best to force him to get really angry!

Zhu Haomiao drew his sword lightly, took three steps back, and continued to look at Yan Yunsheng with a teasing smile that could make one's brain hemorrhage.

"If you lose again, there will be no excuse."

Facing the young man's sarcasm and ridicule, Yan Yunsheng did not respond, but simply clenched the long sword in his hand. His whole body was filled with energy, and a faint aura that was invisible to the naked eye emerged.

At the same time, a clearly visible sharp cold light appeared on the blade of his long sword.

It was clearly an unsharpened practice weapon, but in Yan Yunsheng's hand it revealed a sharp edge that could cut through iron like mud.

Putting away all his contempt, Yan Yunsheng stared at Zhu Haomiao, putting himself in the position of a challenger and regarding him as a more powerful mortal enemy!

Realizing that the other party had adjusted his attitude both physically and mentally, and looking at the strong energy emanating from his body, Zhu Haomiao secretly felt that the situation was a bit tricky.

In fact, he just wanted to pull the long sword out of the opponent's hand, but Yan Yunsheng's [physique], [strength], and resistance were far beyond his expectations.

A sword strike on his tendons only made him freeze for a moment, but failed to knock his weapon away.

Just from this brief moment of fighting, Zhu Haomiao knew that there was still a huge gap in hard power between himself and a true eighth-grade warrior.

However... in terms of soft power, the gap between the two sides has reversed.

Although the opponent has a solid foundation in martial arts, the skills he has learned are not profound, and his extraordinary power is far inferior to his eight basic powers, not to mention the power of original sin that he has not yet used.

So... I have nine ways to kill him...

Nine kinds!

After clearing his thoughts, Zhu Haomiao looked at Yan Yunsheng not far away, smiled and hooked his finger.

Faced with the young man's provocation, although Yan Yunsheng was furious, he remained calm and made testing moves instead of launching a reckless attack right away.

From this detail, Zhu Haomiao also realized that the strength of the mental barrier of the second heaven was an order of magnitude higher than that of the first heaven.

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