Chapter 61: Cut the Crap

Dragon-shaped Fierce Fist.

Momentum like a galloping horse, energy piercing through the rainbow!

A punch landed squarely on Lu Chengwen's chest.

Lu Chengwen didn't budge an inch, just calmly looked at Iron Lump King.

Iron Lump King was utterly shocked!

He slowly raised his head, only to see a face completely devoid of any expression.

Not just Iron Lump King, but his four lackeys, even Long Aotian, were all stunned speechless.

Everyone here, except for Lu Chengwen, was a martial artist. They all knew just how powerful that punch had been.

It's not that Iron Lump King's punch was the pinnacle of strength in the ancient martial arts world.

But rather, using such a punch against an ordinary person who knew no martial arts was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito—one punch would definitely be fatal!

Even for an average martial artist, even someone as skilled as Long Aotian, taking that punch at his peak would likely result in some internal injuries.

At the very least, he'd have to take a few steps back, focus on regulating his breathing, and slowly suppress the powerful force within.

But Lu Chengwen? He just spoke up: "Is that all?"

Then, seemingly a bit disappointed, he nodded encouragingly: "Not bad."

Iron Lump King involuntarily took two steps back.

He suddenly felt that the young man before him was just too bizarre!

He clearly looked like he didn't know any martial arts, but... his body protection skill was so strong! And this was him standing still, letting me hit him. What if he fought back?

Wouldn't he crush me like an ant in an instant!?

Hua Xuening said gravely: "Young Master, Lu Chengwen is a true master! He's actually using the Immovable Vajra Skill, and it seems even more profound than yours, so profound that with our knowledge, we can't even gauge his level! I estimate his Immovable Vajra Skill has reached the sixth layer!"

Long Aotian turned to look at Hua Xuening, his expression extremely unpleasant.

"Are you my guard, or Lu Chengwen's PR manager?"

"Young Master, did you get amnesia from Iron Lump King's punch? I'm your guard!"

Long Aotian felt like dying.

Iron Lump King kept mistaking Lu Chengwen for him, and instead turned against him.

Hua Xuening, this foolish woman, was missing a few screws, repeatedly exposing his trump cards and making him lose face.

And he had just taken a punch from Iron Lump King while injured, and now the aftereffects were showing—his chest felt tight, and he couldn't gather his energy.

And Lu Chengwen!

This bastard turned out to be a hidden master!?

After a lifetime of hunting eagles, was he going to be pecked by an eagle today?

Hua Xuening said earnestly: "Young Master, Lu Chengwen's martial arts are unfathomable. I'm afraid you might die here today!"

Long Aotian glared at Hua Xuening: "Shut up!"

Iron Lump King was still standing there in a daze.

Lu Chengwen looked at him: "Now, do you know who the Young Master is?"

Iron Lump King said in shock: "Impossible! In the world, the strongest practitioner of the Immovable Vajra Skill has only reached the seventh layer, but your Immovable Vajra Skill..."

Lu Chengwen raised an eyebrow: "Definitely above the fourth layer."

Iron Lump King immediately knelt on one knee: "Young Master's divine skill is unparalleled, your subordinate is in awe!"

Hua Xuening saw Long Aotian secretly moving back and said: "Young Master, are you planning to escape? I'll go with you!"

Iron Lump King stood up and pointed commandingly: "Kill them! Leave Long Aotian to me!"

Lu Chengwen breathed a sigh of relief.

Victory.

Damn it! I'm not completely without my own halo!

If I had three or five hundred of these Immovable Vajra Skill experience cards, I could walk sideways in this world, and even Long Aotian wouldn't be able to do anything to me.

Unfortunately, there's only one.

I've already used my verbal skills to maximize the effect of this experience card. I hope things go as I wish from here on out.

Long Aotian and Hua Xuening escaped, and Iron Lump King, seeking to atone for his mistakes, took the Four Great Guardians to chase them.

The factory was now empty except for Lu Chengwen, sitting alone in the vast hall, suddenly feeling his legs go weak.

A wave of fear washed over him.

Every step of the way, if he had made one mistake, he would have been dead.

Every word he said, if he had misspoken, he would have been dead.

Fortunately, that large organization was both bizarre and clumsy, with a bloated structure. The actual working units were few, and this Iron Lump King was just a leader of the Red Clothes faction.

The large organization's structure was extremely complex.

It was divided into: Main, Strategist, Guide, Planner, Red, White, and Black branches.

Main referred to the management. The strategist was at this level, responsible for single-line communication with various departments, issuing specific tasks, and rewarding or punishing based on completion.

Strategist referred to the internal logistics organization, mainly responsible for intelligence gathering and analysis, providing intelligence and plans to the "Main." Simply put, they were like office-based think tanks. Similarly, they only communicated with the "Main."

Guide referred to external intelligence personnel, responsible for gathering intelligence and providing it to the "Strategist," only responsible for providing intelligence and observing the effects of actions.

Planner was responsible for handling the aftermath of assassinations.

Red was the combat department. The Four Great Lump Kings were the elite of this sequence, responsible for specific combat missions. They mostly handled tough, direct combat.

White was another combat department, responsible for support, sometimes turning Red, sometimes turning Black. They turned Red more often, and Black very rarely.

Black was the most important department. All departments revolved around "Black," and this department was the most mysterious. Except for the "Main," no one knew who they were, how many there were, or where they were.

They were responsible for all the covert assassination work.

To ensure that members of each department didn't know each other, couldn't contact each other, and didn't even know of each other's existence, they had no codes, no means of communication, and no knowledge of each other.

You just did your own job, and aside from your work, you didn't need to care about or ask about anything else.

Kill when you need to kill, drink when you need to drink. Everything was orchestrated by the "Main" behind the scenes.

Long Aotian only knew a few "Black Clothes" members, and he didn't know any of the "Black Clothes" members in the Northern Kingdom, let alone the "Red Clothes" members.

Lu Chengwen exploited the loophole in their internal mutual distrust, lack of recognition, and completely closed communication channels, and gambled once.

Luckily, he won the bet.

Ding Dong!

System: "Congratulations, host, on completing your transformation and successfully repelling the main protagonist once! Sending you hearts!"

Lu Chengwen played with a wine glass in his hand, looked up, his eyes fierce: "I've officially declared war on the main protagonist. Aren't you worried?"

System: "Not at all! The higher-ups are all very pleased with your performance!"

"Really?" Lu Chengwen said: "They enjoy watching the show, is that it?"

System: "Mhm! The host is indeed clever. Everyone bet you'd be killed by Long Aotian, but not only did you not die, you even got Iron Lump King to attack Long Aotian. This twist was unexpected! But there's one thing that's not so good!"

"What's not so good?"

System: "We've discovered a major issue!"

Lu Chengwen smiled: "Let's hear it."

System: "From the current situation, the original storyline of this world has completely collapsed!"

Lu Chengwen stood up abruptly, waving his fist: "Didn't it collapse a long time ago?! What are you doing? Say something useful, will you?! Rewards, rewards, rewards! I want rewards!"

System: "Alrighty! This time, we have three rewards for you to choose from."

"Go on."

System: "Reward number one: Peak Experience Card, two Immovable Vajra Skill experience cards! Reward number two: Growth-type reward, Great Sage Subdues the Tiger Fist beginner card! Using this card, you will immediately gain the first level of the Great Sage Subdues the Tiger Fist. This fist technique can grow stronger as the host continues to improve."

"Reward number three: Superpower Holding Card—with this card, from now on, you will randomly gain a superpower."

Lu Chengwen pondered.

The Immovable Vajra Skill card was tempting, but there were only two.

That meant I'd need them to keep giving me life-saving cards, constantly using these rewards to face off against Long Aotian, in exchange for new cards to protect myself.

But there's a problem here!

What if Long Aotian goes crazy and hits me three times?

I can't always engage in verbal battles with him, take one punch each, and then go home, right?

This kind of card could easily backfire.

The growth card was a good thing, but it required time to train and level up, and it was pretty much useless in the early stages.

The first level of the Great Sage Subdues the Tiger Fist...

As for the superpower card... random?

Haha, don't kid me.

Haven't I suffered enough from you guys?

Once during a transmigration, the superpower I got was that my poop would always be spiral-shaped!

Who could I show this superpower to?

How could I show off with this superpower?

When I wanted to show off, should I shout, "Lads! Bring in my toilet, let these fools see what's up!"?

Completely useless.

"I choose the Great Sage Subdues the Tiger Fist!"

"Congratulations, host, on obtaining the Great Sage Subdues the Tiger Fist set. Wishing you lots of fun!"

As soon as Lu Chengwen got the Great Sage Subdues the Tiger Fist, he felt his body grow stronger!

Lu Chengwen happily threw a few punches, feeling really good!

This fist technique was truly something; ordinary people would be no match for him.

Others had to train hard for many years, needing both innate talent and serendipity to step into the ranks of ancient martial arts masters, but he had gained it directly.

It had to be said, it felt pretty awesome.

At that moment, Iron Lump King and his four underlings returned, kneeling on one knee: "Young Master, we chased Long Aotian to the outskirts' cliff. I hit him with a Black Tiger Steals the Heart, and he fell down, dead!"

Lu Chengwen was thrilled: "Are you sure he's dead?"

"He's definitely dead!"

"Not definitely, did you see his head come off?"

"No."

"Where did he fall?"

"A cliff, really high. With his injuries, he must have died from the fall! No doubt!"

Lu Chengwen thought, it's over.

This idiot actually pushed the protagonist off a cliff, isn't that just helping Long Aotian transform and level up?

Haven't you watched any TV shows or movies? Which protagonist ever dies from falling off a cliff?

There's either a beauty waiting below to take care of him, or a cave full of martial arts secrets, or some peerless master trapped below who'll teach him the Nine Yang Divine Skill, and he'll come back to seek revenge on me! Lu Chengwen shouted: "Take me to the cliff, quick!"

"Why go to the cliff?"

"That guy definitely isn't dead. We must go to the bottom of the cliff, catch him, and kill him!"

Iron Lump King laughed heartily: "Young Master, you worry too much. That cliff is really high, falling down is certain death, no chance of survival."

Lu Chengwen said: "I'm telling you, he can't die from a fall! Let's go!"

Lu Chengwen angrily marched towards the cliff, thinking fiercely: Playing this game with me!?

Am I just any ordinary villain?

Meeting a villain like me, Long Aotian, you're out of luck!

Today, even if no one else dies, you will!

Cliff.

Lu Chengwen looked down.

Indeed, it was really high, dizzying just to look at.

Iron Lump King said from the side: "Young Master, don't look. A cliff this high, with rocks at the bottom, falling means certain death."

Lu Chengwen glared at him: "We need to go down and find his body."

"Is that necessary?"

"Absolutely necessary." Lu Chengwen said: "Hold onto me, I want to see if there's a cave or something down there."

Lu Chengwen searched hard, holding onto a sliver of hope.

If he could find him and successfully deliver the final blow, then Long Aotian would be truly dead.

If he could really kill Long Aotian, then this book would have no main protagonist!

Haha! He could do as he pleased then.

Would he still need to reject those main female leads? Would he still need to lose all his family fortune to protect himself? Would he still need to keep a low profile and be humble?

With a fortune of hundreds of billions and no natural enemies in this world, he could do whatever he wanted!

Lu Chengwen stood at the very edge of the cliff, holding onto a crooked tree, straining to look down. He couldn't see the body, not even the rocks below.

Iron Lump King was bored: "Young Master, he's definitely dead. If he could survive a fall from this height, it would be too unreasonable, a real miracle."

Lu Chengwen stepped on a rock, leaning his body out as far as possible.

"Young Master, you're not planning to jump down to find his body, are you? I must remind you, no lightness skill is useful at this height. Don't overestimate yourself."

Lu Chengwen turned to glare at him, about to say something, when the small tree suddenly snapped. Lu Chengwen, holding onto a branch, fell straight down.

Iron Lump King turned back, just lighting a cigarette, while the four underlings all widened their eyes, pointing at the cliff.

Iron Lump King rushed to the cliff, looking down but already unable to see Lu Chengwen's figure. He nodded.

Turning back, he said: "The Young Master is truly a god! His body protection skill today really scared me. I thought his Immovable Vajra Skill was already unmatched in the martial world! I never expected his lightness skill to be at such a level too. This cliff is so high, just looking at it makes my legs weak, but the Young Master jumped down without a second thought. What does this tell us?"

The four underlings all pointed at the broken tree.

Iron Lump King nodded: "Correct! You've understood well! The Young Master is like a tree, and we must cling to this tree! You should be happy, with the Young Master as our tree, we will surely rise to great heights in the future! Hahaha!"

"Being a Red Clothes guard in the big organization is no fun. We earn little money, toiling away every day on missions. The Young Master is a wealthy man; just a little trickle from his fingers is enough for us to live lavishly for the rest of our lives! Hahaha!" One of them said with a grim face: "Iron King, you didn't notice, the Young Master... fell down."

"Huh?"

Iron Lump King looked and laughed: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"The Young Master's divine skills are unparalleled, how could he be clumsier than us? He fell? If he died from the fall, we'd truly be doomed!"

The four underlings were crying: "Iron King, let's go down and look, maybe we can still find the body."

Iron Lump King's legs instantly went weak: "He really... fell?"

"And let out a scream."

Iron Lump King turned and howled in grief:

"Young Master—!"