Chapter 74: There's a Chicken? Is That Legal?
"I'll be the Landlord!" Long Aotian's mouth hooked into a grin.
"Pass." Ling Yue glanced at her cards and shook her head in frustration.
Chen Yu scanned his own hand.
Four twos, two jokers, and a straight. It was a guaranteed "Spring" victory hand.
Having lost the entire night, Chen Yu smirked, his mouth curving into a dragon-like grin. "I'm robbing the Landlord!"
The fatty wasn't backing down. "Double down!"
"I'm robbing it back!"
"Is your hand really that good?" The fatty looked at Chen Yu suspiciously. "Fold, fold. I'm not following."
"Hehehe, then I won't be polite." Chen Yu was just about to slam down his first card.
Suddenly.
Chen Yu and Ling Yue's pupils contracted simultaneously as they both looked toward the floor-to-ceiling window nearby.
"Careful! Someone's coming!"
Hardly had Chen Yu's voice faded.
Crash!!!
The floor-to-ceiling window shattered abruptly. Amidst the flying glass shards, a figure slowly walked in.
A bird-like foot with four toes stepped onto the glass fragments, slicing through the carpet.
The intruder had a pair of colorful feathered wings on his back. He raised his head slightly, revealing a face with a beak-like protrusion.
Chen Yu was stunned. Little Blackie?
He immediately shouted a warning: "Watch out, a chicken got in!"
Hearing this, Long Aotian asked, "A chicken? What kind of chicken?! Is that legal?"
"You're the chicken!" The man, suspected to be a 'Little Blackie', roared in anger. "Your whole family are chickens!"
Then, the man moved. His speed was incredibly fast.
His right hand transformed into a sharp talon and grabbed instantly at Chen Yu! The claws shimmered with a cold, metallic glint.
Chen Yu's gaze sharpened. His Observation Haki was already spread out, and the opponent's movement trajectory appeared clearly in his mind.
He sidestepped to avoid the chicken claw. His right hand transformed into a dragon claw, instantly covered in Armament Haki.
He struck toward the opponent's heart. "Dragon Claw Fist!"
The dragon claw tore through the air, threatening to pierce the man's chest.
Bang!
A flash of surprise crossed the man's eyes. He hadn't expected Chen Yu's reaction to be so fast.
In his haste, he used his wings to block the dragon claw. Feathers were shaken loose and flew into the air as he staggered back two steps.
His assassination attempt having failed, the man's eyes were filled with shock. "You have this kind of power at only the Peak Trainee rank?"
As he spoke, the aura of a Practitioner rank Awakened radiated from his body. "It seems I haven't found the wrong person."
"You are the ones I'm here to kill."
Just then.
Long Aotian abruptly stood up from the floor. However, his figure was no longer bloated like before.
At this moment, he was slender, his body packed with explosive muscle. In the blink of an eye, a layer of rock armor covered his entire body.
Chen Yu raised an eyebrow, recognizing this as the ability of the Munch-Munch Fruit.
Hearing the commotion behind him, the man flapped his wings and soared into the air.
"Sparrow Plume!"
The feathers on his wings turned into sharp projectiles, shooting explosively toward the three of them.
Ling Yue raised her hand and waved. A paw-shaped halo deflected all the feathers.
Seeing this, Long Aotian didn't wait for the man to land. He took a step forward, his fist transforming into a giant boulder as he swung it at the man.
The man vibrated his wings and dodged.
But then, a cold voice rang out: "Ice Block: Serpent."
Ling Yue's eyes turned cold as she raised both hands. The Ice-Ice Fruit ability activated instantly!
The moisture in the air condensed rapidly, forming a venomous snake with bared fangs that snapped at the man.
Unable to dodge in time, one of the man's wings was frozen into ice.
In the next moment, Ling Yue opened her left hand slightly. A paw-shaped pad of light appeared, and she pushed gently in the assassin's direction. "Paw Shock!"
Pop~
An invisible force blasted toward the assassin. Unable to find leverage in the air, he was smashed directly into the wall.
The wall instantly caved in, dust falling like rain.
The man coughed up a mouthful of blood, his gaze becoming even more vicious.
He shook his body violently, shattering the ice on his wing. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. What a bunch of freaks."
The feathers behind him suddenly unfurled, looking just like a peacock's tail.
Under the moonlight, the feathers shimmered with a chilling, rippling light. "Peacock Sword Style: Phantom Light!"
Swish! Swish! Swish!
He brushed his tail forward, sending countless blades of air tearing through the space.
Chen Yu took a step forward. Ace unsheathed. With a wave of his blade, he intercepted every single air blade.
The moment Ace, covered in Armament Haki, collided with the air blades, the sound of clashing metal rang out repeatedly.
"I've got this!"
After his increase in strength, Chen Yu was itching for a fight. He charged straight in.
With a dip of his wrist, he used the recoil force to advance instead of retreat.
His toes tapped the ground, leaving a spiderweb fracture on the floorboards. Ace struck like a silver snake leaving its hole, heading straight for the man's face.
The man gritted his teeth. He hadn't expected Chen Yu to take his attack without even catching his breath. This swordsmanship was incredibly sharp.
He folded his wings, blocking in front of his body.
Clang!
A crisp sound rang out as Ace chopped onto the wings.
A tiny cut was made, and a few feathers gleaming with cold light drifted slowly to the ground.
!!!
Is he really just a Peak Trainee?!
The man's Adam's apple bobbed. The ferocity in his eyes faded slightly, replaced by disbelief.
His feathers were comparable to metal. Was this the gold standard of the Training Camp reservists?!
Chen Yu's sword speed was so fast it almost left afterimages. Every slash landed precisely on the flaws in the man's technique.
Chen Yu remained silent. Suddenly, he infused Conqueror's Haki into the blade.
The entire blade of Ace turned black and red, with black-red arcs of lightning intertwining and flickering with purple electricity.
He stepped forward half a pace with his left foot. The foot led the hips, the hips led the waist, the waist led the shoulder, and the shoulder led the elbow.
Focusing his entire body's strength into a single point, he swung Ace viciously, whipping up a fierce gale as purple lightning snakes tore through the air.
"Thunder Bagua!"
Feeling the terrifying power of this strike, the man panicked.
He was just an ordinary Tier 4 Practitioner with the Bird-Bird Fruit, Model: Peacock.
I can't tank this!
"Damn it!"
The man cursed inwardly, forcibly twisting his body in an attempt to flee.
But Chen Yu was not slow—in fact, he was extremely fast.
The tip of Ace grazed past his wing, splashing a line of blood into the air.
The man felt the wound being torn by thunder, and simultaneously, a majestic wave of spiritual force exploded in his brain like TNT.
Never having seen such an attack, the man, completely defenseless against the mental shock, rolled his eyes back and fainted, crashing to the ground.
Chen Yu sheathed his sword. Ever since his proficiency with Conqueror's Haki reached 99, the total volume of his Haki had increased by more than just a little.
It was Roger's character template after all; the Level 1 Conqueror's Haki already seemed to be affecting physical reality.
Using Ace's characteristics to apply Conqueror's Coating, the power increased exponentially. He could now throw out five or six Divine Departures a day.
Retracting his thoughts, Chen Yu fully sheathed the blade.
Beside him, a dumbfounded Long Aotian exclaimed, "Holy Mother of God!"
"When people said you could go head-to-head with a Tier 7 Master Beast King, I didn't believe it!"
"You just knocked out a Low Practitioner while being a Peak Trainee?!"
"I didn't mean to win against you at cards earlier, Brother Yu, I was wrong."
"Stop yapping." Chen Yu didn't entertain his chatter. He simply kicked the man on the ground, his brow furrowing slightly. "This guy seems to have come specifically to kill us."
"Sairo, lock him in your Door-Door Space."
As soon as his voice fell, a door suddenly opened downward in the floorboards where the man lay, and he fell into it.
Long Aotian was stunned. "Momma! What is that?"
Ling Yue stood to the side and said softly, "The commotion just now was too loud. I've already contacted Instructor Feng Qi."
Just as she finished speaking, a beast's roar echoed through the air.
"Awooo—!"
(To be Continued)