Without hesitation, he once again pressed the accelerator to the floor, and with a thunderous roar, the car shot forward like a raging bull—no, more like a soaring airborne bird. At that moment, all earthly resistance seemed to vanish, and Lily felt as if she were not inside a car, but rather in a low-flying aircraft, effortlessly gliding through the air.Lily marveled at Edward’s exceptional command of the vehicle, his driving skills leaving her in awe.“Are you playing a trick on me, Edward? You now resemble a professional race car driver,” Lily teased.“Ha-ha, you’re not the first person to perceive me that way. To tell you the truth, I may very well be the finest driver among all traders,” Edward chuckled.Approximately 10 minutes later, they arrived at the hospital without encountering any issues.Inside the hospital, Edard crossed paths with an acquaintance—the doctor of his adoptive mother. The doctor immediately recognized Edward and spoke with an air of excitement.“I don’t k
"Who did I think it was? Well, it’s you, Samuel! Are you courting your own death here? Why are you causing a ruckus here in the hospital? That's not the lesson I usually teach you. And how dare you bully my girlfriend? Now slap yourself thirty times,” said the middle-aged man angrily."All right,” replied Brian’s father quickly. He seemed very afraid of the middle-aged man.Instantly, he started slapping himself with such force that his face swelled up like a mighty peak.“What are you doing, father? Why are you acting like such a coward in front of the ugly man?” said Brian in great disbelief. “Give him a lesson and beat him black and blue, too.”“You imbecile! This man is my big brother of our Pride Gang, so get down on your knees,” Brian’s father, Samuel bellowed at his son, trying to drag him down at the same time.In an instant, Brian knew he had just invited himself big trouble. He knew very well that his father’s boss was a formidable individual. Crossing him meant signing his
Soon, a light bulb went off in Edward’s mind, and he finally recalled whose voice it was. If he wasn’t wrong, the person who wore a clown mask before him was no one else but the tall, thin man he had crossed paths with within that eerie abandoned hospital at No. 188 Sixth Avenue.To put his suspicions to rest, he swiftly asked his system to verify the identity of the man behind the clown mask. In the blink of an eye, a text message quickly popped up on the screen before him.[Name: Derek][Level: 2, the hitman in the Sloth Gang][Note: He’s as thin as a rail due to his excessive indulgence in lust day and night. If you manage to defeat him, you can lower your own Lust Index. It’ll greatly aid your progression to a higher level as a trader.]Sure enough, it was Edward’s former nemesis, Derek, who stood before him now.“So, it’s you, Derek. I beat you down at No. 188 Sixth Avenue, so how dare you come to me again here? This time, Lady Luck won’t smile at you anymore. I’ll skin you alive
“But you know, their taste is truly out of the world. Care to have a nibble as well?” Edward proposed with a smile, extending the other skewer of stinky tofu to them. “Get it away from us, pervert! Its overpowering stench is killing me. I felt like a grenade is going to explode in my head,” Derek vehemently shook his head. Edward quickly burst into laughter, relishing the stinky tofu in his hands at the same time. He enjoyed it. In the blink of an eye, he devoured the first skewer of the pungent yet delicious delicacy. “You guys truly have no taste buds. I generously share this mouthwatering delight with you, yet you fail to appreciate it. What a pity!” Edward proclaimed, his mouth agape, exhaling heavily. In a flash, the fumes from his breath intensified the thickness of the smell in the air in the hallway. The hitmen felt on the verge of passing out because of the stench, one by one experiencing a sudden loss of strength in their limbs. “All right, since you lot refuse to have a
"No problem, Edward. I'll do my best," Samuel replied promptly.Before long, Samuel and his son Brian departed the hospital."Why are you acting like a servant to Edward now, always obedient to him, my father?" Brian asked, gazing at his father in great surprise."You know nothing at all, Brian. Listen, Brian, from now on, you have to butter up Edward, he's the second-in-command of the Pride Gang. I can't afford to tick him off,“ warned Samuel.Brian racked his brain but couldn't fathom why Edward had suddenly become wealthier and more influential. Nevertheless, he understood that his father had caught on to him, and it seemed he would have to play along with a nod and a wink whenever he saw Edward in the future.He let out a sigh and thought he had to let it be.In the hospital, Edward and Lily bid farewell to Wayne and his girlfriend, deciding to rendezvous again in three days at Eternal Sports Arena. And since Wayne had already arranged for someone to take care of his mother, he de
The scar-faced man was faster than Edward.Every time Edward tried to throw a punch at him, the man would be able to dodge his attack easily.“Stupid!” sneered the scar-faced man, “Do you think you can defeat me by using such silly kicks and punches? You know, I’m a level-five martial artist in my gang. Now I’m going to show your some really cool and powerful punches.”With that, the scar-faced man immediately jumped into the sky and shouted,“Toad Strike!’Suddenly, his face started to puff like a toad and when he landed on the ground, he lunged at Edward like a hopping Toad. Edward immediately let him slide by doing some somersaults backward.Fortunately, the scar-faced man’s attacks were going down the drain because Edward successfully dodged them.“Your Toad Strike looks funny,” mocked Edward, “it’s even more stupid than my ordinary punches.”“There’s more coming. Don’t jump to the conclusion so quickly,” seethed the scar-faced man.Once again, the scar-faced man decided to launch
“Now, I’m one with the Wicked Triangle Dragon,’ said the scar-faced monster, “it’s time for you to go to hell. I’ll tear you to pieces. “Wicked Triangle Dragon? What the hell is that?” said Edward. He quickly drove his car backward again, trying to move away from the transformed scar-faced man. “Now let me show you my new power!” With that, the scar-faced monster suddenly lifted the truck behind him. Now the truck was so small in his hand that it was simply like a toy to him. He grasped it with a little strength and then the truck was soon smashed into pieces, most of which quickly fell to the ground, causing huge noises. The dust on the ground was shaken up into the air. As a gentle breeze blew, it gathered and twirled into a big mocking face as if it was laughing at Edward, implying that it would be a doomed day for Edward. Edward knew he had to get out of the alley as soon as possible. Otherwise, he and Lily, as well as his million-dollar babe would be crashed into pieces if
“Fret not, Lily,” Edward reassured, caressing her back to calm her down, “I’ve got another super weapon.”At that moment, numerous streams of fire from the scarred monster were storming the last layer of the Six-layer Silk Formation. Yet, no matter how hard the monster tried, his streams of fire could not penetrate the last layer.“Holy shit! What’s going on?” bellowed the scarred monster in a coarse voice.“My formation is not that vulnerable, ugly Odie, Ha-ha,” Edward laughed with the swell of insolence. “You have no idea you’ll be defeated soon.”With that, Edward immediately retrieved those two pieces of Amazing Sticky Durian from his item inventory. Instantly, he got them in his hand.A powerful unpleasant smell came from the durian, leaving Lily dumbstruck again. She gazed at the pieces of yellow durian in his hands in disbelief.“Where do you get the durian?” asked Lily, swallowing a mouthful of saliva, “don’t you think it has an overpowering stench? But I have always been into