Gao Wu: I became the minor villain that the protagonist was about to destroy.

No unusual changes were observed in Baki's body; he was completely unaffected by the Lion's Roar.

"Crack!"

Dozens of lightning orbs gathered around Lei Shi's body. He then exerted force with his feet and quickly ran towards Baki. With his control, several lightning orbs rushed towards Baki.

Baki spread his arms wide, his eyes showing no fear as he looked at the Thunder Lion charging towards him. Several lightning balls fell rapidly, and Baki raised his arms to condense his power, swatting away each of the incoming lightning balls.

In an instant, Lei Shi's enormous figure appeared 5 meters in front of Baki, opening its blood-red maw, wanting to swallow Baki whole.

Baki's eyes flashed with a blue-white light. He dodged to the side, and as Lei Shi pounced, Baki grabbed Lei Shi's neck with both hands. Using the force of Lei Shi's charge, he spun around and slammed Lei Shi's massive body to the ground.

"BOOM—!!"

The fierce blow made Lei Shi feel a tightness in his chest, and he was unable to retaliate for a moment. Baki kept tightening his hands, trying to strangle him to death.

The feeling of death brought Lei Shi back to his senses instantly. He frantically twisted his body, but with his legs in the air, he had nowhere to exert force. He tried to grab it down, but suddenly a stronger force locked his neck, and he immediately felt a sharp pain and a feeling of suffocation sweep over his entire body.

At this critical moment, Lei Shi gathered his last bit of strength and his tail, and swung it fiercely at Baki. A whooshing sound came as Baki loosened his neck and dodged to the side, his lion tail lashing out at Lei Shi's neck.

Despite the pain, Lei Shi hurriedly got up and distanced himself from Baki. Blood trickled from his mouth; the previous grab had severed his throat, and he was now unable to make a sound.

Lei Shi looked at Baki with great vigilance and even fear, but he had no way out but to complete the mission.

Thinking of the orders given by the organization's leader before leaving.

(There's no time to delay any longer. If you fail this mission, you'll die. But even if you die, you must protect him; his life is more important than yours!)

Baki SS-class Convergence Type

Inherent Trait [Strongest High School Student on Earth: Ignores 20% defense of land creatures and 10% defense of non-land creatures after activation] (Can be inherited by defeating Yujiro Hanma, the strongest creature on earth)

【Hanma Seijin (Baki version): Ignores any negative status effects, possesses superhuman physical abilities (15 times greater physique), and is extremely agile (10 times more agile)】

Acquired characteristics

[Oni Back (Baki Version: Increases Agility by 15x when activated), Strength by 10x, Constitution by 10x, 50% chance to intimidate enemies (depending on the opponent's mindset), reducing their abilities by 20%, and causing those with weak will to lose their will to fight.]

[Ghost Brain: When activated, it greatly enhances combat thinking, allowing you to quickly see through enemy weaknesses and simulate them in your mind. In a near-death state, endorphins are rapidly secreted, temporarily restoring bodily functions to their peak state for 10 minutes.]

[Martial Artist - Fist - Gold: Proficient in most martial arts, possesses a strong understanding of martial arts principles, and increases the power of fist-type spiritual energy techniques tenfold]

The Formless Body (Tier 4) is endowed with characteristics by the Formless Body Forging Technique (out of 9 tiers).

[Tier 1 - Broken Skin Appearance - Copper Skin (Draws a large amount of spiritual energy to polish the skin, making it tough and unbreakable, increasing physical strength by 2-5)]

[Second Tier - Breaking Through Flesh Form - Iron Flesh (Muscles are like refined iron, as firm as steel, yet can swell and ripple freely like flowing water, increasing strength by 4-6 times and physique by 5-10 times)]

[Third-Tier - Tendon Breaking Stage - Jade Tendon (Refines all the major tendons in the body. Tendons are the strings of power; when stretched, they are like bowstrings; when snapped, they are like thunderbolts; when tough, they are like ancient vines. Increases agility by 5-10 times and strength by 5-8 times.)]

[Fourth Tier - Bone-Breaking Aspect - Golden Bones (Tempers all 206 bones in the body. From the outside in, refines the bones to be as dense and hard as refined gold, while containing vitality like chalcedony. Physical strength increased by 15-30 times, spiritual energy recovery speed increased by 20%-50%, and spiritual energy increased by 20%-50%)]

Nearby, Lin Yue and another man in black wanted to fight, but the residual force from Baki's battle with the leader of the black-clad men made it impossible for them to make a move. Lin Yue could only watch them warily to prevent them from launching a sneak attack on Baki.

Lin Yue SS-Class Convergence Type

Inherent Trait [Golden Crow Body: When activated, all abilities are amplified 10 times in sunlight and 5 times in darkness. It allows the user to harness the power of the sun, granting it armor-piercing Sunfire, purifying all evil, and amplifying fire-based psionic skills 10 times.]

[Martial Arts Prodigy: Increases the speed at which one learns psionic techniques by 100%, and also increases the power of psionic techniques by 30%-60%]

Acquired characteristics

[Martial Artist - Fist - Blue: Fist-type psionic skills are boosted by 2.4 times]

[Yang Gang Body (Tier 2): Xuanyuan Body Forging Technique (Fragment) (Total 8 Tiers)]

[Tier 1 - Fire Seed: Draws midday Yang energy into the body, tempering the entire body, increasing constitution by 0.6-1.0, and ice attribute resistance by 1.1-2.0 times.]

[Tier 2 - Blazing Sun: Can form a Sunfire Garland on the body (reduces psionic damage by 5%-15%), resisting all common icy psionic abilities of the same level. Can also form a scorching field around the body, causing burns to enemies (fire damage increased by 0.8-1.6 times)]

[Tier 3 Fire Core: Draws upon the primordial Yang energy to condense a Yang core within the Qi Sea, transforming spiritual energy into Yang spiritual energy. This continuously generates Yang power, possessing powerful destructive force against Yin and cold (fire attribute damage increased by 1.2-2.0 times, self-healing ability increased by 10%-18%)]

[Fourth-Order Fire Phase: Enhances the user's ability to solidify their external body. Once solidified, the external body's strength is increased by 1-2.5 times.]

Lin Yue's expression gradually turned serious as he looked at the man in black before him: "Just like Baki said, haven't we met somewhere before?"

The man in black remained unmoved: "Perhaps I've seen it, perhaps I haven't, it doesn't matter."

At that very moment, a dark figure swiftly appeared from the wall and instantly appeared beside Chu Yu, without making a sound.

At that moment, Baki roared, "Someone's there!!"

Everyone was stunned and turned to look in Chu Yu's direction. They saw an arm reach out from a dark shadow and grab Chu Yu. Li Bo reacted instantly after being reminded by Baki, gathered his spiritual energy, and threw a punch at the arm.

With a loud "bang!", the black arm shattered instantly, and then another arm emerged from the shadows, holding a small bottle. It crushed the bottle, releasing a cloud of pink smoke. Chu Yu and Uncle Li inadvertently inhaled the smoke and immediately lost consciousness.

Then a black arm reached out and pulled Chu Yu into the shadows. In an instant, a burst of blazing yang fire surged forth. At this moment, Lin Yue was surrounded by yang fire, as if he were wearing a cloak made of golden yang fire.