28: Chapter 28 The Gloves Are Nice

Wang Meng's voice echoed in the silent forest clearing, filled with unquestionable domineeringness.

Everyone's gaze focused on the two of them, the atmosphere instantly becoming tense.

Li Taiping looked at the brawny man in front of him, whose face was distorted by jealousy and greed; instead of getting angry, he grinned.

“Hand it over? Why should I?” he asked back with interest.

“Why should you?” Wang Meng acted as if he had heard a huge joke. He pointed to the spot where the large Green-skinned Monkeys had disappeared, then pointed to himself, “This big guy was crippled by me! If it weren't for me, who among you could get close to it? You just picked up the scraps at the end! What right do you have to take this stone treasure chest?”

“That’s right, Brother Wang Meng is right!”

“Exactly, this stone treasure chest should rightfully belong to Brother Wang Meng!”

In the crowd, two of Wang Meng's close friends chimed in.

In their view, Wang Meng was powerful and also a fire ability user; following him meant having meat to eat.

As for Li Taiping, he had performed mediocrely from beginning to end; apart from being handsome, he had no real skills, yet he dared to offend Wang Meng—it was simply courting death.

Li Jun frowned and subconsciously wanted to step forward, his hand reaching for the pistol at his waist.

But Li Taiping stopped him with a look.

Li Taiping looked at Wang Meng, his smile becoming even brighter: “Picking up scraps? That's my ability too. You guys fought for ages and couldn't kill it, and I finished it with one sword stroke. What does this prove? It proves you are all trash, and your efficiency is too low.”

“You!” Wang Meng was trembling with rage, and flames ignited again on his fists.

“What about me?” Li Taiping continued, “This world is about results. Whoever kills the monster gets the loot. That's the rule. What, do you want to break the rules?”

“Stop talking to me about rules, damn it!” Wang Meng completely tore off his mask and said viciously, “Here, my fists are the rules! I'll say it again, hand over the stone treasure chest! Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!”

He had made up his mind that he had to snatch this stone treasure chest today.

The stone treasure chest had a chance to contain good grade items!

Those were good things that could cause a qualitative change in strength!

He thought Li Taiping was a soft persimmon; if Li Jun hadn't pointed a gun at him on the beach earlier, he would have already made a move.

Now that Li Jun was being watched by others, as long as he was fast enough, he could take down this pretty boy first, and the stone treasure chest would be his!

Perhaps he felt Li Taiping was easy to bully, perhaps greed was at work, or perhaps he felt Li Taiping was just lucky to pick up scraps and didn't deserve the best stone treasure chest at all.

In short, under the temptation of huge profits, Wang Meng's greed had overwhelmed everything.

“Good things are only for the strong!” He found a high-sounding reason for himself.

Hearing this, the smile on Li Taiping's face gradually faded.

There was no need to act anymore; the time was ripe.

Enemies must be left with none.

“Is it those good grade gauntlets of yours that give you courage?” he asked slowly.

Wang Meng was stunned, then sneered: “What? Scared? If you're scared, obediently hand over the stone treasure chest, kneel down and kowtow three times to me, and I might spare your life!”

“Hehe...” Li Taiping laughed in a low voice, “You and I already have conflicts and mutual killing intent, so why use such high-sounding words?”

Everyone thought Li Taiping was going to give in.

After all, the strength Wang Meng displayed was indeed powerful, and those flame gauntlets were even more terrifying in power.

And Li Taiping looked like a weak pretty boy who couldn't even tie a chicken.

Even Li Jun, who knew Li Taiping's strength, frowned, gripped the gun in his hand, and stared closely at the other irrelevant personnel.

But the next second, Li Taiping's actions made everyone's jaws drop.

He bent down, picked up the stone treasure chest from the ground, and then tossed it casually towards Wang Meng.

“Here you go.” His tone was flat.

Wang Meng subconsciously caught the stone treasure chest, feeling its weight in his hands. He was stunned at first, then a look of wild joy appeared on his face.

He really gave it! This coward! Truly a soft-footed shrimp that looks good but is useless!

“Hahaha! You're sensible!” Wang Meng laughed triumphantly. He held up the stone treasure chest and showed it off to the people around him, “See that? I told you he was a cowardly pretty boy! In a place like this, only strength is the hard truth! You guys were just scared...”

Before he could finish his sentence, his voice came to an abrupt halt.

A cold light, fast to the extreme, like lightning cutting through the night sky, flashed past his neck.

“Pfft—” A gush of scalding blood shot into the sky.

The wild joy and triumph on Wang Meng's face froze instantly. His eyes widened, filled with disbelief.

He wanted to look down to see what had happened, but discovered his vision was rapidly rising and spinning. He saw his own headless body still maintaining a standing posture.

He saw the terrified expressions of the people around him. He saw the “pretty boy” who should have been in front of him, who had appeared behind him at some point.

That man was slowly returning a still-dripping long sword to its scabbard. Finally, he saw endless darkness.

Wang Meng's head flew high into the air like a ball, then landed heavily on the ground and rolled several meters away.

The headless corpse swayed, then finally fell straight down with a “thump”.

The stone treasure chest in his hand also fell to the ground.

The whole scene was dead silent. Everyone was scared silly by this sudden, bloody scene.

Too fast! So fast that they couldn't even see what happened! They only saw an afterimage flash by, and then Wang Meng's head flew off.

Only that blonde Foreign Girl's pupils shrank sharply; she had captured Li Taiping's impossibly fast movement, and a trace of horror flashed in her eyes.

This man... so strong!

Li Jun was also stunned; he knew Li Taiping was strong, but he didn't know Li Taiping was this devious! He clearly had overwhelming strength yet was excessively cautious! He even played a trick—was he afraid the opponent had some trump card?

Beheaded with one sword! Instantly killed a powerhouse possessing a good grade weapon! What kind of terrifying strength is this!

Li Taiping slowly turned around, walked forward, picked up the stone treasure chest from beside Wang Meng's corpse, and casually stripped off those flame gauntlets.

He weighed the flame gauntlets in his hand and nodded with satisfaction. “Hmm, looks good.”

He looked around, his gaze sweeping over the face of every shocked person. A vast, oppressive aura erupted from him!

That was the pressure of a “Good-Grade Late Stage” life form!

Under this pressure, everyone else present felt their breathing stagnate, as if pressed by a huge mountain, making it extremely difficult to even move.

They looked at Li Taiping, their eyes filled with fear and awe. This man was not some pretty boy at all! He was a prehistoric beast in sheep's clothing!

Li Taiping played with the stone treasure chest in his hand, a harmless smile returning to his face. “Anyone else have thoughts about this stone treasure chest?” he asked softly.

In the forest clearing, it was dead silent; you could hear a pin drop.