The Luckiest Man - Chapter 40

Chapter 40: “Excuse Me, I Will be Leaving Now!”

Li Tianqi immediately gathered a large group of people. Similarly, Zhang Yang followed suit and gathered the students of Class 15.

Soon, the two groups convened. Many other students trailed between the two groups as they watched in excitement.

“Zhang Yang, today I will show you something awesome!” Li Tianqi walked in front of Zhang Yang proudly and smiled, “It won’t be long before I take over your spot in the Strengthening System!”

Zhang Yang’s Comprehensive Strengthening Ability was widely recognized as the strongest, but there is a small problem to it. That is, his recovery speed was poor.

To be frank, Zhang Yang was an assassin. He was fast, had sharp hearing, and was strong. No matter who he went up against, he was going to beat them.

On the other hand, Li Tianqi was entirely different. He was a healer—the equivalent to a human beanbag. Dressed head to toe in shields, he would restore energy while getting beaten by his opponents.

Theoretically speaking, the day’s battle was between an assassin and a tanker. Most of the students present had played Honor of Kings, and they were discussing excitedly among themselves.

“Today’s match is interesting. An assassin and a tanker are fighting trouble with a helper…”

“Stop with the nonsense. Can Hong Xiaofu be considered a helper? Putting it bluntly, he is of no help. At best, he is a hollow character with no power, alright?”

“That makes sense. If he is part of the game, he would be the characters who shout 6666 in the background right?”

“Yes, it’s like those freeloaders who hope to succeed by riding on others’ glory!”

As the students fell into a heated discussion, Zhang Yang sneered, “Don’t get too excited about it. I shall see how you perform today.”

Hearing that, Li Tianqi smiled even more, “Do you even know how strong my healing powers are? I did an experiment on purpose. My dad used the family’s heirloom, a meter-long rolling pin, you know that? Those one meter-long rolling pins that are meant to roll out the dough for the layered pancakes. My dad used that large rolling pin to beat me, but it did not hurt a single bit. I totally did not feel a single thing! Hmm, do you know that Hong Xiaofu’s ability has an effect on me? I could use my power to repress his power. You better watch out!”

That child was too pitiful. His father had used a rolling pin to beat him up?

Of course, Zhang Yang asked, “So your Awakening was triggered by your father’s beating?”

Li Tianqi frowned. That was not true! How could he criticize him like that! Was he trying to add salt to his wounds?

“Hong Xiaofu! Just for me!” Li Tianqi was reminded that his misfortunes were all caused by Hong Xiaofu.

The group then rushed to the corner where Hong Xiaofu and Su Ying were. Li Tianqi shouted as he walked over, “Hong Xiaofu, come and have a one-on-one duel with me!”

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“Xiaofu, I feel like my ice power has become slightly stronger,” Su Ying was extremely pleased with the new trick she had just learned. Her excitement was beyond words—it resembled the joy and excitement a child feels when receiving an unexpected gift.

As she basked in joy, Su Ying continued to practice her power using the tree in front of her as a target. In a short while, several ice cones were stuck on the tree. She started looking around the field for a new target after noticing how pitiful the tree looked.

Beside her, Hong Xiaofu laughed, “Su Ying, after you learn more about your power in Tsinghua, you should practice it again. It would definitely be really great! I am really curious to see how your power would be like when you enter Level 2.”

Su Ying replied with a smile, “I am really looking forward to it too. But the index is increasing very slowly. It would take approximately two more months to reach Level 2. Let’s not talk about this now, I want to hit a target…”

Holding an ice cone in her hand, she was extremely excited. She felt like there was nothing she could not hit!

It turned out that Li Tianqi had terrible luck. Just as Su Ying was very excited, she suddenly heard Li Tianqi shouting, “Hong Xiao Fu, come and have a one-on-one duel with me!”

In a moment of excitement, the ice cone in Su Ying’s hand flew forward!

Everyone present at the scene gasped, and all the students watching on the side cried out in unison, “Wah!”

Indeed, Li Tianqi’s power was extremely strong. He firmly believed that he would crush Hong Xiaofu if they had a duel, and win the bet with Zhang Yang. That was, at least, until he got hit in the knee by an arrow.

Li Tianqi knelt down. There is no way he could have avoided that! If one was hit in the knee by an arrow, one wouldn’t be able to avoid kneeling.

Everyone on the field was completely silent for a few seconds. Then chaos ensued.

“What the hell! Hong Xiaofu’s power is terrifying!”

“Now, Hong Xiaofu can make others kneel with an arrow!?”

“Everyone, remember! If Su Ying is present, do not show off in front of Hong Xiaofu! He would fire an arrow at your knee to make you kneel!”

“That’s an unstoppable force! How scary!”

Zhang Yang, who was watching it all unfold from the side, nearly died of shock.

Hong Xiaofu’s ability had once again evolved! In the past, it was a simple kneel, now he shot arrows to make others kneel! Fortunately, Li Tianqi’s power was healing. If it had been him, he would have not been able to recover.

To everyone’s surprise, Li Tianqi, who had been shot in the knee by an arrow, was very calm and composed. Maintaining his cool, he said, “Brother Yang, help me up.”

Zhang Yang helped Li Tianqi up.

Then, Li Tianqi turned his head and left, “Excuse me, I will be leaving now!”

With a puzzled look, Su Ying asked, “What was going on? My ice cone… hit someone?”

Hong Xiaofu titled his head as he stared at Li Tianqi, who was walking away. “What did he say just now? But… is his knee okay?”

It is unlikely for someone to be alright after having an arrow hit their knee. In fact, even Hong Xiaofu himself was unsure of what just happened. All he knew was that Li Tianqi, who was from Year 3 Class 4, had run over with a large group of people.

Speaking of which, had he just come all the way there to be shot in his knee by an arrow? Huh? It looked like Zhang Yang was with him. What was going on?

“Shall we go meet them?” Hong Xiaofu thought to himself before asking, “I think he has been hurt by the arrow…”

Hearing that, Su Ying felt extremely uncomfortable. She hoped she had not caused him permanent damage. It wasn’t pleasant to get an arrow in the knee!

Then, she squinted her eyes at Hong Xiaofu. What was with his ability? How could he borrow someone else’s ability to make one kneel?! It was so unreasonable.

“Let’s go,” Su Ying turned and ran, “Hurry, let’s go take a look! I hope he is okay!”