"Big brother, you go first, I'll cover you from behind." Before the fight even started, the chubby guy retreated back to the entrance of the cafeteria, since many public places in the academy were not allowed for fighting. The inside of the cafeteria was relatively safer. If necessary, he could stay there. After all, he wouldn't have to worry about food, and he could find a place to hide and sleep.
The chubby guy looked at Han Jin's figure, and remembered his own hot-blooded and naive days. Unfortunately, after suffering many losses, he learned how to better protect himself.
"You guys don't need to intervene, I can handle him by myself," said the long-haired young man, Yang Qian, to his three friends, signaling that they didn't need to help. However, it seemed that the other three didn't intend to make a move either. All four of them were D1 level superpower users. In fact, Yang Qian and Huang Jue had already passed the C-level assessment, but the four of them had a good relationship and agreed to either advance to C-class together or stay in D-class together. In this chaotic world, such brotherly loyalty was rare.
Han Jin didn't even bother to look at the opponents properly. What he was thinking about now was to find a place to learn the world's written language. Although it was difficult to master a language completely, at least it would not be too difficult to learn it if he used a little bit of his ability.
"Kid, you're too conceited," Yang Qian said with a frown as he set up his alloy energy crossbow. "What happened in the cafeteria was just a small warning. Although the academy doesn't allow lethal force, sending you to the hospital for three to five days is still possible."
"Just because of a casual word in an argument, you want to beat someone up?" Han Jin didn't respond to the opponent's arrogance but instead muttered to himself. Then he smiled slightly, "You're just like me in the past, but now my temper has improved a lot."
Drawing his bow, Yang Qian launched the energy arrow, which was made of pure energy. His wrist emitted a "sizzling" sound when he activated the energy crossbow, and the energy arrow naturally carried an electric charge, making it fast and highly aggressive.
This kind of attack would be more effective in sneak attacks. If it was launched blatantly, its suddenness would greatly reduce its effectiveness. Yang Qian knew this, but he thought that dealing with an E-class rookie wouldn't require much effort. He never thought that Han Jin would merely symbolically reach out his right hand as if attempting to catch the energy arrow, which made Yang Qian sneer mentally.
However, Han Jin casually caught the energy arrow that looked like a stream of light with one hand, only feeling his palm tingling slightly, and then nothing happened. He had thought that his arm would be numbed by the electricity, but the power turned out to be so low.
"How... how is this possible?" Yang Qian was somewhat incredulous, while his friends behind him started mocking him, "Hey, Yang Qian, did you forget to charge your precious crossbow? Why is it so weak?" Still, no one thought that Han Jin's strength was extraordinary.
"You all shut up. Just now... there might have been a problem with the power output. I'll adjust it and it will be fine," Yang Qian said, trying to convince himself of the problem. Perhaps the opponent had high resistance to electricity, so switching to another attribute would work. His expensive alloy energy crossbow, which he spent 100,000 world coins on, had four energy attributes: electric, fire, wind, and ice. This time, he would try the fire attribute.
This time, Yang Qian was fully focused. His ability was energy sensing, which allowed him to sense and guide the energy he touched with high precision. This weapon might not be the best, but it was the most suitable for him. He switched the output mode to fire and looked at Han Jin confidently, "This time, let's see what tricks you can come up with."
Fire arrows were not as fast as electric ones, but their destructive power was equally strong. They wouldn't disappear like electricity. Instead, they would explode and burn upon contact with the target, causing continuous damage.Because of his previous defeat, Yang Qian secretly increased the output power from 3 to 7. Although the maximum power was 10, that kind of force was enough to kill a superpower user. Despite his anger, he wasn't completely blinded by it. However, he never expected that the opponent's counterattack would be even more cunning. Han Jin took out a brick from his arms and bounced the flaming arrow away like playing ping pong.
"Hey, what's this thing?! My butt's on fire!" The fat man hiding behind was hit by the stray arrow, and the flaming arrow exploded behind his buttocks, igniting it directly. The pain caused him to jump up and down, howling like a ghost. It took quite a while to put out the fire, but he could already smell the fragrance of his own roasted flesh. He lay exhausted at the entrance of the cafeteria, fearing that he wouldn't dare to sit down for the next few weeks.
"How boring. But I don't really feel like fighting now. Do you guys want to continue?" Han Jin stretched lazily. If it was five years ago, he would have probably leveled the place, but now he had become much calmer and less prone to anger – at least, that's what he thought.
The other three thought that Han Jin was backing down and were not willing to give in, but Yang Qian stopped them: "Forget it, we'll spare you this time. Don't get in our way again." Only he knew that the move Han Jin made just now was something not even his own friends could easily handle. Han Jin was undoubtedly skilled, and continuing to fight would only bring humiliation to himself.
Moreover, seeing that Han Jin appeared confident and fearless, he might even drag his good friends into the fight. Thinking about it, there was no need to take it so far. Since Han Jin offered an olive branch, Yang Qian decided to accept it and save face.
Although Huang Jue and the other two didn't fully understand, they accepted Yang Qian's decision since he was their brother: "Lucky you, punk. Just don't cross us again." They left after mouthing some threats.
Han Jin glanced at the fat man lying on the ground with his ass raised, gasping for breath: "Hey, how long are you planning to stay down?" The fat man's pants had been burnt through, and he was at the entrance of the cafeteria. The students coming out of the cafeteria all avoided him with a look of disgust, and after this incident, it would be hard for him not to gain some infamy.
