Chapter 19 Masochism? Awesome!!!

Ethan walked out and wandered aimlessly around this somewhat unfamiliar place. He didn't know where he had walked to. He was a bit confused in his heart. What had just happened was still echoing in his mind, and his thoughts were like a tangled mess. A gust of wind blew, and his drowsiness dissipated a little. When the drowsiness had completely passed, he walked back.

Walking along, suddenly, Ethan tripped over something. "What the hell?" Ethan kicked it angrily, but found that it was hard and couldn't be moved at all. This made him interested. He quickly bent down to take a closer look. It turned out to be a package, tightly wrapped so that it was impossible to see what was inside. Ethan picked up the package and weighed it carefully in his hand. It felt quite heavy.

Then, Ethan opened the package and shone a lighter on it. Inside was a large metal block. Under the faint light of the lighter, the metal block shone silver and had a very smooth surface.

"Gurgle!" After seeing this thing, Ethan's stomach growled again. "No way. Can this thing be eaten?" Ethan knew that he had just got the first place in the exam and gained some Qi Yun from the school, so his appetite had become surprisingly good. But he could never have imagined that he would be interested in such a large metal block. However, the sound from his stomach clearly showed his current hunger.

Looking at this large metal block, Ethan gritted his teeth. "If I'm hungry, just eat it. Anyway, I can't get out of the category of a lunatic in this lifetime." He took a deep breath and blew it out with a whoosh. Then, he felt that the thing had become much lighter. Then he picked up the large metal block and took a bite with a snap. "Damn it! So hard!" Ethan muttered. He took a few more bites and, with great effort, finally ate the metal block.

"Hmm, the taste is not bad. It tastes like beef tendon." If someone else had seen this scene, their jaws would surely have dropped. It was okay to eat this metal block, but he also had a look of great enjoyment. In a short while, the large metal block was completely eaten up by Ethan without leaving a bit. Ethan patted his stomach and felt full. "Now my stomach should be quiet for a long time. Unless I come across something really good."

After eating, Ethan was about to go back to deal with those scraps. Those things were the key to whether he could buy books or not. But halfway there, Ethan suddenly felt something strange. "Strange. After eating this time, why do I feel... itchy?" Ethan said uncertainly. He felt it again and finally determined that he was indeed itchy, and it was the kind of feeling that he wanted to be beaten. "Could it be that eating this thing has given me a masochistic disorder?" Ethan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Bang, bang, bang! He punched the wall a few times. "Hmm, now I feel much better!" Ethan said to himself. Then he walked towards the place where the scraps were concentrated again.

By daybreak, Ethan felt that his back was almost broken. Fortunately, he had finished dealing with those things. He lifted the half - bag of copper sheets and felt a sense of accomplishment. "These can be sold for about three hundred yuan. If I'm thrifty, it should be enough." After saying that, he picked up these things and was about to walk outside.

But just then, footsteps were heard. Then, whoosh! Seven or eight people walked in from outside all at once. Each of them was dressed in a slovenly manner. Some had dyed yellow hair, some had pierced ears, and they were wearing flared pants, looking very slovenly. Their eyes were full of hostility when they looked at Ethan.

"You're so slow, kid!"

"Almost the whole night has passed. Is this all you've achieved?" A guy with his hair dyed completely green, looking like a green - haired turtle, said to Ethan somewhat dissatisfiedly.

Hearing this, Ethan's heart sank. He raised his head and looked at the walls around him. Sure enough, he saw a camera on the high wall not far away. "Damn it! Careless! This almost - bankrupt Powerville can still afford to install a new camera! So these guys have known since I came in. The reason they didn't come to drive me away was that they wanted to wait until I had finished all these things and then they could come and snatch the ready - made fruits."

"Kid, do you know that you've stolen our things?" Another guy with pierced ears and a large iron hoop on his ear said to Ethan. While speaking, he shook the wooden stick in his hand. The threatening meaning was obvious.

"These things are all the factory's unwanted scraps. How can they be yours?" Ethan said.

"I say they are ours, so they are ours. What? Do you have an objection?" The guy fiddled with the large iron hoop on his ear and sneered at Ethan.

"Put the things down, compensate two hundred yuan, and then get out. We can pretend that nothing has happened." The leader said in a low voice. He had long, straight hair that covered half of his face and spoke in what he thought was a cool, low voice.

"Hey! I worked hard all night and finally got so little. You not only want to take it away but also want me to compensate two hundred yuan?" Ethan said, laughing angrily.

"What? Are you not convinced?" The guy with the large iron hoop sneered at Ethan again.

"I..." Before he could finish his words, a voice suddenly rang out from behind.

"Not being convinced is courting death!"

Then, Ethan heard the whistling of the wind in his ears. All of a sudden, something heavily hit Ethan.

"Damn it, a sneak attack!" Ethan cursed in his heart. These guys were so unethical! It seemed that he was going to be defeated here today! The one who attacked him by surprise was the yellow - haired guy who had looked unfriendly as soon as he came in. This guy had somehow circled behind him. Now, as the attack was about to succeed, there was a sneer on his face. The wooden stick was about to land on his back. If such a large wooden stick hit him, even if he wasn't seriously injured, his combat effectiveness would probably be greatly reduced. Then, he would really be at the mercy of others! This was also the result these people wanted.

Ethan's nerves tensed and he gritted his teeth. Now it was impossible to dodge, so he could only endure it.

"Then come on!"

Bang!

Finally, the wooden stick landed heavily. Ethan arched his body, ready to bear the intense pain from this blow. But the result was... not painful at all! Instead... it was awesome! At the same time, Ethan clearly felt that as the blow landed, the large metal block in his body was absorbed a little by his body, and his body also became stronger!

What the hell was this situation?

"Could it be that I've really eaten something wrong and my brain has gone wrong? Have I evolved from a monster who eats everything into a masochist who doesn't get beaten and doesn't enjoy?"

Then, a piece of information rang in his mind.

"The Devouring Heaven Skill... Inheriting the Great Void... Devouring all things, using the body as a vessel, tempered thousands of times, condensed into one!"

"Tempered thousands of times? Does this so - called being tempered thousands of times mean that I need to seek abuse?" Ethan was speechless. It seemed that he was going further and further on the road of being a lunatic.

Looking inside his body again, he found that with the fall of this stick, the unknown metal block he had just devoured was absorbed a little by his body. And there was still a large part in his body that hadn't been absorbed! That is to say, he still needed more tempering?

"This... damn it?"

Tempering, then tempering! Anyway, this feeling... was so awesome!

Then, Ethan suddenly turned his head and looked at the person who had attacked him just now.

"Do it again! Harder!"