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Chapter 50: Chapter 50: Centered on Myself
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Half an hour later, Huang Wen and the others came out with some simple luggage and met Xiao Zhe and his group.
Huang Wen immediately spotted Qin Yu and Deng Xiao.
"Have you two completed your evolution?"
The two nodded.
Seeing Qin Yu and Deng Xiao with backpacks, Huang Wen asked,
"Are you two going up the mountain?"
The two nodded.
Xiao Zhe urged from the side,
"Huang Wen, let’s go, don’t dawdle, Yang Xiao is still waiting for us on the mountain."
The group then headed towards the Biyun Mountain Pond.
Walking along the concrete road of Biyun Mountain, the stream beside the road surged, roaring as it rushed down.
Huang Wen and the others had been at Kongming Academy for three years and had never seen the stream so powerful.
In about half an hour, Huang Wen once again arrived near the pond and could see from afar that Feifei and others had cut down dozens of big trees to block off both ends of a section of concrete road, surrounding it with large branches, leaving only one entrance and exit.
Xiao Zhe walked straight over to Yang Xiao and said,
"Yang Xiao, are you setting up camp here?"
"That’s right, it’s around 2 PM now. Quickly organize your people to cut down trees and set up tents on the concrete road. You can camp next to us."
Xu Hua laughed and said,
"So you want us to help defend against the mutated creatures at night?"
"Hehe, do you think you can just catch fish from the pond without contributing? But let me be clear, the biggest fish in the pond is mine; the rest can be divided equally. The condition is that we work together to hunt the mutated monster fish and fend off other mutated creatures from the mountain."
Yang Xiao said.
Xiao Zhe sneered,
"What if I don’t agree? This pond isn’t yours."
Yang Xiao gave Xiao Zhe a cold look and said,
"If you’re not willing, you can go down the mountain now. If you dare to steal the fish from the pond without my permission, I’ll be the first to kill you."
The atmosphere immediately turned cold, and the people on both sides began to look around warily, as if swords were drawn and arrows were on the string.
Xu Hua sneered and said,
"Yang Xiao, do you really think you have the ability?"
Among the 30 members Xiao Zhe brought, 25 were males who had all completed their mutations, including more than a dozen who had Beast Souls and strong combat power.
Yang Xiao glanced at Xu Hua, sneered, and said,
"Have your Copper Skin mutation completed? Want to try my sword?"
Xu Hua was provoked and shouted loudly,
"Haha, come on, I’m not afraid of you!"
With a "swoosh," Yang Xiao drew his Golden Short Sword and stabbed directly at Xu Hua.
Yang Xiao’s move was extremely simple, without any unnecessary flashy techniques, just a straightforward stab.
Xu Hua’s heart raced because he could feel the killing aura and threat brought by Yang Xiao’s stab. He instinctively used his Copper Skin and dodged back.
However, as he dodged back, he felt a pain in his throat, like being bitten by a mosquito, and then he froze.
Yang Xiao’s Golden Short Sword was pointing at his throat, the tip right next to his skin, and the pain was indeed from the Golden Short Sword.
"Believe it or not, I can pierce your Copper Skin with one strike?"
Yang Xiao’s voice was cold, sending a chill through Xu Hua.
The Copper Skin that regular people couldn’t pierce was no match for Yang Xiao’s Golden Short Sword.
Yang Xiao’s strength was 8 points, speed 5 points, defense 7 points, and wisdom 5 points, while Xu Hua’s strength was only 2 points, speed 2 points, defense 7 points, and wisdom 1 point.
Compared to their genetic data, Yang Xiao utterly defeated Xu Hua.
With greater strength, faster speed, and the magical Golden Short Sword, Xu Hua’s Copper Skin had no advantage before Yang Xiao.
The whole scene was stunned, especially the people from Xiao Zhe’s team.
During this time, Xu Hua had achieved much in battles with his Copper Skin’s super defense, earning everyone’s admiration. Yet he couldn’t even withstand a single move from Yang Xiao.
Xiao Zhe hurriedly tried to mediate, smiling and saying,
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, Yang Xiao, didn’t you ask Huang Wen to call me up to help? This pond is yours to lead, and we’ll all follow your arrangements. If you say half, then it’s half. We’re listening to you."
"I said the biggest fish is mine, the rest can be divided equally."
Yang Xiao glanced at Xiao Zhe and said calmly.
Xiao Zhe quickly said,
"Okay, we’ll listen to you."
Only then did Yang Xiao put away the Golden Short Sword.
Xu Hua’s forehead was dripping with sweat; he took a long breath, suddenly feeling some numbness in his neck and light-headedness.
"My sword is poisoned..."
Before Yang Xiao finished, Xu Hua’s face turned pale, and he fainted.
Everyone looked at Yang Xiao in surprise, not daring to say anything.
Yang Xiao then laughed and said,
"You didn’t let me finish. Are you that scared? My sword is poisoned but not immediately deadly. Do you have the corpse of a bee? Just feed him one, and he’ll be fine."
Yang Xiao’s Golden Short Sword carried 1 point of poison damage, which Yang Xiao had tested. This 1 point of poison damage wouldn’t be immediately fatal, but those who got hit would experience some dizziness and numbness around the wound.
Ordinarily, after half a day of rest, the poisoned individual could recover on their own.
Nowadays, people are genetically mutated and possess a certain resistance to toxins.
Since the Golden Short Sword was dropped by killing the Bee Queen, the poison is from it, and quick detoxification is easy—just consume some bee honey or bee meat.
Xiao Zhe looked awkwardly at Yang Xiao,
"After we burned the bees that day, we gave the corpses to you. We don’t have any."
Huang Wen, feeling soft-hearted, was about to say she had some when Yang Xiao glared at her, making her quickly shut her mouth.
"Then it’s simple. Let him lie down and rest. He should wake up by evening. It’s a lesson for him not to always think he’s invincible. Well, aren’t you going to cut trees and prepare for the night?"
When knowing that Xu Hua was okay, Xiao Zhe also relaxed inside and immediately told those he brought,
"Everyone, go cut trees, cut more, and set up camp next to Yang Xiao’s people."
So, the group immediately went to the nearby forest to cut down trees.
