CH 24.3

“Doctor.” Lin Yi looks a little more serious after observing Pummel.

As expected of the fourth floor, the last floor before the last floors.

Even a simple guy here is this strong.

Jiang Yiyi observes the walking man closely, until the dissection diagram emerges to inform him of his Vulnerabilities and ways to attack.

This intrigues Jiang Yiyi.

He has seen a similar dissection diagram on Lone Wolf, but of course, Lone Wolf’s wasn’t nearly as flawless——Lion’s was another thing, but with his appearance which might as well plaster the word ‘NPC’ on his face, Jiang Yiyi discounts him from the others.

It makes sense that special or important NPCs are outrageously strong.

So what is interesting, rather than Pummel being strong, is that Pummel is strong, even while only being a regular NPC.

This allows him to gauge the approximate level of difficulty the fourth floor has——Somewhere around being able to beat the crap out of the first three floors combined, perhaps.

If the first three floors are on the level of a street brawl, say, then the fourth floor is like the level of a professional WWE tournament. They are perhaps in different levels of existence.

Therefore, Jiang Yiyi, who has no fighting ability whatsoever, is quite pleased. A silver glint emerges from his fingertips.

Pummel stops a few steps away, cautiously observing Jiang Yiyi, who is about as exposed and undefended as can be in his eyes. When his eyes land on his hand, he warns, “you still have time to beg for mercy. That thing has no use other than make your loss look even worse.”

Jiang Yiyi’s finger pauses. The dance stops.

Lin Yi notices the minute movement, and finds his hair standing on end…

Then he takes a definite step back – not just away from Jiang Yiyi, but from the fight to commence in general.

The mood is tense. All that is needed is a spark.

Jiang Yiyi brushes the little unassuming blade in his hand, mumbling, “this sure feels fresh.”

Having no fighting skills, and with his only noteworthy skill openly mocked, the false feeling that he can only await a pummelling is certainly fresh for him. Yet, even now, Jiang Yiyi feels no fear.

From what he can remember, fear is not an emotion too distant to him pre-transmigration. After he came here, however, he cannot even remember what it feels like to be scared.

He has a yearning for what is to come. Would what is to come help rekindle some long-lost feeling in him?

After a few seconds, the man, seeing no response from Jiang Yiyi, stops waiting. His left foot stamps, and the reaction force propels him forward with gusto. He closes in, homing onto Jiang Yiyi rapidly with zeal in his eyes.

Jiang Yiyi’s only reaction, is to take one step back, adding an insignificant amount of distance between them.

Which, to the others, only resembles one who is shocked senseless. A few boos come out of the silent crowds.

Lin Yi, seeing Pummel engage with heavy fists, very unsympathetically takes a few steps further from Jiang Yiyi, to avoid being involved.

Worrying about Jiang Yiyi…?

It’d be more meaningful worrying for Pummel.

The short distance between Jiang Yiyi and Pummel means a short rush is all that is needed to close that gap.

However, the length of the distance is increasing further and further in Pummel’s eyes.

His onrushing fists have slowed to a trickle.

Pummel’s eyes were originally locked on Jiang Yiyi’s obvious weak point – the throat, but he did not know when his eyes have locked onto Jiang Yiyi’s before he noticed.

They have locked eyes. Jiang Yiyi is watching in silence.

His footsteps slow even further, coming to a complete stop just before Jiang Yiyi.

He slowly lifts his hand up…

“Doctor.” With the atmosphere dying down, there is someone calling out from the entrance of the courtyard.

Jiang Yiyi turns to look at Ye Wang, who is just outside.

“Brought you an old friend.” Ye Wang moves aside a little, revealing the person behind.

Jiang Yiyi’s usual poker face changes visibly when seeing him. He is frowning a little.

“Doctor.” Lin Yi is still wary of Pummel, so he isn’t looking towards Ye Wang or the ‘old friend.’

“Hey, enough is enough.” Lin Yi sees Pummel take Jiang Yiyi’s blade away. Shocked, he says by reflex.

Jiang Yiyi looks back at the imposing man standing before him.

Pummel, with the blade in hand, stares fixedly at Jiang Yiyi with a frigid expression. It appears he will take Jiang Yiyi’s life the next second.

The audience around have begun holding their breath before they knew it. The entire courtyard is so quiet one can hear a needle dropping.

Jiang Yiyi extends his hand and takes his blade back.

Someone has exhaled. It might have been as light as possible, but the silence amplifies it to an obnoxious degree. Everyone has snapped out of the trance.

“What’s going on? Why did Pummel stop?”

“He plans to fight some other way?”

“They know each other?”

After the blade is taken from him, Pummel suddenly makes a move. His fist tightens, and he quickly swings it at Jiang Yiyi——Only to be intercepted.

“Lunatic?” Lin Yi blurts out in astonishment at his appearance, “why are you here?”

Lunatic, holding Pummel’s fist at bay, shows a fierce fighting stance with eyes locked on him.

Pummel is observing Lunatic carefully.

When predators encounter each other, they first circle and look for an opening, before making a sudden move to fight to the death.