Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups Chapter 1136 - 554:
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Being a freshly advanced S-Class telekinesis wielder, he had become accustomed to deciding the fates of others, seldom facing a foe of equal caliber.
Merely commanding Big Bear, the ferocious beast, allowed him to rule the hidden underworld without rival.
Never once had he envisioned himself turning into helpless meat on the butcher's slab.
However, on this day, he exposed every last trick in his arsenal.
Ultimately, the adversary didn't even break a sweat, dispatching them sequentially like worthless poultry and hounds.
"This... this can’t be..."
The Masked Guest labored to rise, attempting to flee the scene.
Yet the instant he stirred, the sharp agony from his shattered ribs forced an involuntary groan from him, robbing him of any power to get upright.
All he managed was to stare powerlessly as that fiend drew nearer with deliberate steps.
"Don’t... don’t come closer..."
Bracing himself with palms flat against the floor, the Masked Guest wildly thrashed his legs, striving to drag his frame away backward.
His spine slammed into a jagged shard, sending waves of torment through his nerves, though he paid it no heed.
"Money! I have money!"
The Masked Guest's tone came out raspy and frantic:
"I have three billion in an overseas account! No, five billion!"
"It’s all clean, I swear. Just spare my life, and I’ll give the account password to you right away!"
Fang Cheng's strides continued without pause, his gaze remaining utterly steady.
As if the amount spoken of weren't five billion, but merely five dollars.
The treads of his boots ground over the loose stones, creating a sharp, snapping noise.
Each footfall felt like it stamped directly onto the rhythm of his heartbeat.
Cold perspiration drenched the Masked Guest's back, his thoughts churning at breakneck speed.
He grasped that to sway a powerhouse of such caliber, he needed to present an offer of far greater value.
"Wait! And those goods!"
The Masked Guest abruptly recalled a vital detail, seizing it like a desperate lifeline, jabbing a finger toward the lightning rod's footing:
"Those mutants I hunted, and that Shen Wei, I’ll give them all to you!"
His words tumbled out with heightened urgency, cleverly breaking down the advantages and risks:
"You’re here for this too, right? Shen Wei knows a place, full of young mutants for many years."
"Once you catch them, go to the Xiao Family, and whether it’s genetic agents or other treasures and cultivation resources, they’ll generously offer them."
In his mind, no person existed in this world without greed.
Given the Illuminati's stake, they undoubtedly sought their cut of the rewards as well.
Fang Cheng stayed silent, merely peering down at the Masked Guest, a scornful smirk curling at his lip's edge.
"Fool."
Nearby, Fei Ying slouched against the wall, hacking up a wad of bloodied saliva onto the ground, and scoffed:
"Masked freak, open those dog eyes of yours wider, and take a good look, where’s the bargaining chip you mentioned?"
The Masked Guest went rigid at those words.
He whipped his head aside, his neck emitting a rigid creak.
His stare sliced through the drifting haze, settling at the lightning rod's base below.
One of the metal enclosures bore its sturdy iron rods bent into a knotted twist.
The interior lay utterly barren, its occupants vanished long before.
Witnessing this, the shade beneath the Masked Guest's mask paled to a ghostly pallor.
Had those captives been freed in the midst of the earlier clash?
"Seems like you have nothing left to say."
Fang Cheng intoned coldly, arms folded across his chest, fingers gripped in a firm clasp.
Crack.
The strain from his knuckles compressing yielded a volley of snaps akin to popping kernels.
Those same hands, fresh from felling Big Bear and Black Mamba, now emanated a choking aura of dominance anew.
The presence of doom barreled toward him.
The Masked Guest's pupils narrowed to tiny pinheads, his final mental bulwark shattering utterly.
Casting caution aside, he yelled forth his final ace:
"Wait! Don’t do it, I know a secret!"
"A shocking secret about the Xiao Family and the military! You’ll definitely be interested!"