91: Chapter 91 The Fat Guy Receives an Epic Upgrade

In the basement of the Imperial Dragon Residence villa.

This place was originally a storage room used for miscellaneous items.

Now, Lin Fan had temporarily converted it into a secret room for secluded cultivation.

The surrounding walls were covered with high-strength soundproofing cotton.

The floor was even laid with C-rank alloy steel plates scavenged from the black market.

"Brother Fan, it's the middle of the night. What are we, a lone man and a lone woman... bah, two lone men, doing hiding in this basement?"

Fatty Zhang Hao shrunk his neck, looking at Lin Fan with a look of caution.

He had just finished bathing when Lin Fan hurriedly dragged him down here.

He was still wearing that set of yellow pajamas printed with SpongeBob SquarePants.

Lin Fan ignored Fatty's glib tongue.

He walked to the center of the basement and backhandedly locked the heavy alloy door.

With a crisp "clack" sound.

The fat all over Fatty's body trembled along with it.

"Brother Fan, although I owe you a lot of money, I sell my skills, not my body..."

"Shut up."

Lin Fan turned around, his expression terrifyingly serious.

He extracted that SS-rank Talent Card from the system space.

The purple card floated in his palm.

Heart-palpitating lightning arcs flowed across it.

Small electric snakes leaped in the air, making a "sizzle" sound.

The air in the entire basement seemed to instantly become scorched.

Fatty's gaze was instantly attracted by that card.

That sense of trembling originating from the depths of his soul made him instinctively want to retreat.

"This is..."

Fatty swallowed hard, his voice a bit dry.

"The S-Rank Lightning Talent that Qin Feng opened?"

"No."

Lin Fan shook his head, looking at Fatty with burning eyes.

"This is something of a higher level than that."

"An SS-rank Lightning Talent Card."

Fatty was stunned.

His brain stalled for a moment.

SS-rank?

In a small place like Jianghai City, an A-rank Talent was already a top-tier genius.

An S-rank was a configuration that only the young masters in legendary Kyoto had.

SS-rank?

That was a national strategic-level monster that only existed in textbooks!

"Fan... Brother Fan, don't joke around."

Fatty gave a forced laugh and took a step back, "This thing is too precious, I can't take it."

"If it were S-rank, I'd grit my teeth and accept it. At worst, I'd work like a beast for you for a lifetime."

"But this is SS-rank! Even if I sold my whole family plus this hundred or so pounds of flesh, I still couldn't pay it back!"

Although Fatty usually looked simple-minded, his heart was as clear as a mirror.

If a treasure of this level were put up for auction in Kyoto, it could be traded for half of Jianghai City.

Lin Fan was giving it to him?

This favor was too big, so big it could crush a person.

"Who said I wanted you to pay it back?"

Lin Fan rolled his eyes and directly flicked the card over.

A purple stream of light cut through the air.

Fatty caught it in a flurry, as if he were holding a hot potato.

"Take it."

Lin Fan found a chair to sit on and crossed his legs.

"I already have three S-Rank Talents on me. Greed leads to indigestion."

Lin Fan looked at Fatty's conflicted face, his tone softening a bit.

"We are going to Kyoto."

"That is the center of the Dragon Kingdom, but it's also a place that swallows people whole."

"Scum like Qin Feng are only second-rate in Kyoto."

"I need a brother I can completely trust with my back."

"If you still have this B-Rank Talent, once we get to Kyoto, it will be hard for you to keep up with my footsteps."

Lin Fan's words were very blunt, even a bit hurtful.

But Fatty understood.

Yes.

From the awakening until now, Lin Fan had always been carrying him.

Giving blind boxes, giving resources, giving money.

Besides shouting '666' from the side and helping with the accounts, what else could he do?

When Qin Feng trashed the shop this time, he didn't even have the ability to resist. He could only be stepped on and humiliated.

That kind of helplessness, he didn't want to experience it a second time.

"Brother Fan."

Fatty raised his head. In his small eyes, which were usually squinted into a slit, a light like never before was burning.

"How do I use this thing?"

The corner of Lin Fan's mouth hooked into a satisfied arc.

"Press it against your forehead and trigger your spiritual power."

"But I have to warn you."

Lin Fan pointed at the surrounding alloy steel plates.

"The process will be very painful."

"This is reshaping your physical body. It's equivalent to crushing every bone in your body and then reconnecting them."

"If you can't hold on, you will die."

Fatty took a deep breath.

He glanced at the card in his hand that radiated an aura of destruction.

Then he looked at Lin Fan, who was sitting opposite him with a calm expression.

"If I die, then I die."

Fatty grinned, revealing a row of big white teeth.

"It's better than being a piece of trash for a lifetime."

After saying that.

He slammed the card onto his forehead.

Boom!

Purple light erupted instantly.

Terrifying lightning power, like a flood bursting through a dam, frantically poured into Fatty's body.

"Argh!!!"

A shrill scream instantly resounded through the basement.

Fatty's body was directly lifted into the air by the violent lightning.

Countless purple lightning bolts roamed over his body, tearing his skin and drilling into his flesh.

The SpongeBob pajamas he was wearing instantly turned into ashes.

His originally white and chubby body now became charred black.

His skin split open and his flesh was exposed.

As soon as blood flowed out, it was instantly evaporated by the high temperature.

"Hold on!"

Lin Fan suddenly stood up, and his S-rank Eye of True Sight opened.

In his vision.

The meridians inside Fatty's body were being destroyed inch by inch by the lightning power, and then under the reshaping of some mysterious power, they became wider and tougher.

His originally murky bones were bit by bit turning into a crystal-clear purple.

This was a leap in life level.

"Ugh..."

A beast-like low growl came from Fatty's throat.

His consciousness was already blurred.

Only a single obsession was deathly supporting him.

Can't faint.

If I faint, it's really over.

Brother Fan is still watching.

I want to become stronger.

I want to be Brother Fan's strongest shield... no, strongest spear!

Sizzle!

A thick purple lightning pillar shot up from Fatty's body.

It directly struck the ceiling of the basement.

The specially reinforced alloy steel plates were as brittle as paper in front of this lightning.

A large hole was instantly melted through.

The entire villa shook violently along with it.

"Holy crap!"

Lin Fan looked at that large hole, the corners of his eyes twitching frantically.

"My imported alloy plates! My load-bearing wall!"

"Dead fatty, this renovation fee must be counted on your head!"

Although he was cursing, Lin Fan's hands didn't stop.

He pulled out several bottles of Life Essence from the system space and splashed them toward Fatty in the air as if they cost nothing.

Green life energy intertwined with purple destructive lightning.

Forming a strange and spectacular picture.

An unknown amount of time passed.

The lightning gradually subsided.

Fatty in the air slowly descended.

His originally bloated figure had disappeared.

Replacing it was a lean, solid body full of explosive power.

Every muscle was well-defined, and purple light faintly flickered under his skin.

Fatty opened his eyes.

In the depths of his pupils, two purple lightning bolts flashed and vanished.

"Brother Fan..."

Fatty looked down at his own hands.

He casually clenched them.

Sizzle!

A ball of purple lightning condensed in his palm, radiating an aura of destruction.

"I feel..."

Fatty raised his head and looked at Lin Fan, a simple but confident smile appearing on his face.

"I can now kill a hundred of my former self with one punch."

Lin Fan walked over and patted Fatty's solid shoulder.

What he felt was no longer soft fat, but a touch as hard as steel.

There was also a slight sensation of numbness.

"Congratulations."

Lin Fan smiled.

"SS Rank Purple Heaven Divine Thunder Body (Elementary)."

"From today on, you are a true powerhouse."

Fatty just wanted to say a few words of gratitude.

Lin Fan suddenly pointed to the smoking large hole above their heads.

"But before that."

"First settle this five million renovation fee."

Fatty's smile instantly froze on his face.

"Brother Fan, talking about money hurts feelings..."

"Less nonsense, even brothers keep clear accounts."

Lin Fan turned around and walked out.

Although his mouth was unforgiving, the smile at the corner of his lips couldn't be suppressed.

With this SS-rank Lightning Talent, Fatty finally had the foundation to become a powerhouse.

...

Early the next morning.

Lin Fan was still in a dream when he was woken up by a series of urgent doorbells.

He rubbed his sleepy eyes and went downstairs.

Just as he opened the door.

He saw a black off-road vehicle with military plates parked at the entrance.

The car door opened, and General Ye Canglan, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, stepped out.

Although this General Ye Canglan powerhouse had restrained his aura, that majesty of someone long in a high position still made the morning air a few degrees more solemn.

"Old Ye?"

Lin Fan was stunned for a moment, then reacted.

"So early, are you here to rush the goods?"

"I haven't finished those ten blind boxes yet, the raw materials are still on the way..."

"It's not about the blind boxes."

General Ye Canglan waved his hand, his gaze scanning Lin Fan.

That look was like looking at a piece of unpolished jade.

"Lin Fan, pack up."

General Ye Canglan got straight to the point.

"Come with me to Kyoto."

"Ah?"

Lin Fan was completely bewildered.

"What for in Kyoto? My shop is still opening, and Kyoto University hasn't started yet."

"Close the shop for now, or leave it to someone else to manage."

General Ye Canglan kept his hands behind his back, his tone beyond dispute.

"As for Kyoto University..."

A glint flashed in the old man's eyes.

"Before going to the university, you have to go to a certain place first."

"The China Heavenly Pride Training Camp."