28: The law of survival: punish and establish authority.

Seeing the downcast expressions of the few women, Huang Chen put his arm around Chen Yichun and said, "Don't underestimate yourselves. Although our foundation is poor, our comprehension is high. As long as our skill proficiency breaks through Level 20, our bone structure will improve. The gap won't be so large then."

Chen Yichun said, "But if we break through, others will break through too!"

Huang Chen shook his head, "High Martial races have a high foundation, but their comprehension is insufficient. It is extremely difficult for their skills to break through Level 20.

"On the contrary, in our Huaxia, although the foundation is low, there are countless people who can break through Level 20 proficiency."

Suddenly, Xia Qing's eyes lit up and she asked, "Is it like the Dragon Race and Human Race in novels?"

Huang Chen smiled, "It's pretty much like that. So, whether it's skills or basic moves, improve them as quickly as possible."

After speaking, Huang Chen looked at the rankings again. Just like in his previous life, the rankings were activated today.

In two more days, the Vermilion Bird Empress—Feng Wu—should be the first to reach Level 30.

Only then will the true Contest of Ten Thousand Races begin.

The group walked back until they reached the village entrance, where a familiar figure appeared before All the women.

"Chen Miaohua, you have the nerve to call us?" Shu Xi saw clearly who it was, and anger immediately surged up.

"Shu Xi, I was forced! You have to believe me!"

Chen Miaohua's eyes were tearful.

This was genuine crying!

Most of her Potential Points had been added to physique; her Agility and Inner Force were not high to begin with.

But there was nothing she could do; she still had to level up.

So she went alone to fight the Black Snakes. After all, she had farmed them with Bai Zhaoning and the others before and didn't feel it was too difficult.

Moreover, she was Level 10, and her HP was high. As long as she didn't aggro too many monsters, the problem shouldn't be too big.

However, one of her skills could only deal thirty to fifty damage to a Black Snake, and a hit from a Black Snake also dealt thirty to fifty damage to her.

How much HP did the Black Snake have compared to her?

Unable to win, she could only turn tail and run.

But!

She ran faster than the Black Snake before because of the suppression provided by the Frost Domain. Now without the domain, her two legs couldn't outrun it at all.

There was nothing else she could do but buy Heaven Reversal Pills and tank the damage.

By the time the first Black Snake fell, all the copper coins on her were spent.

Helpless, she could only return to the Level 5 zone and compete with new players for Savage Bulls.

Only then did she remember how happy she was when she was with Bai Zhaoning and the others.

"Do you think we would still believe you?" Xia Qing stepped forward, her inner rage seemingly manifesting onto the wooden stick in her hand, causing flames to immediately surge up.

She had long been annoyed by Chen Miaohua. She hid in the back when fighting monsters, rushed ahead to grab money, and worst of all, betrayed her friends to the enemy. Today, she absolutely had to teach her a profound lesson.

Chen Miaohua saw Xia Qing activate her element, backed up a few steps in fright, and loudly said, "Xia Qing, don't be rash! Listen to my explanation!"

Suddenly, upon seeing the 'LV23' above Xia Qing's head, Chen Miaohua gasped, "Y-y-your level is so high?"

Then, her gaze locked directly onto Huang Chen, her mind spinning rapidly.

It must be this man!

Without leaving a trace, Chen Miaohua cast a flirtatious glance at Huang Chen.

But how could such an action deceive the five women?

Xia Qing’s fury soared to the heavens. She let out a soft shout and swung her wooden stick toward Chen Miaohua.

Chen Miaohua wanted to dodge, but the gap between them was too huge; how could she possibly get away?

With a 'thud,' Chen Miaohua was sent flying backward by the strike, and her HP instantly dropped by one-fifth.

Chen Miaohua rolled twice on the ground, then prostrated herself, crying out, "Xia Qing, p-please, spare me, spare me!"

She was truly afraid now; she had genuinely felt Xia Qing's killing intent just moments ago.

Xia Qing looked at Chen Miaohua, who was kowtowing and begging for mercy, and the anger in her heart subsided by more than half.

Just as she was considering whether to give Chen Miaohua another strike,

Huang Chen spoke, his tone indifferent, betraying no emotion whatsoever.

"Xiao Qing'er, what you're doing is wrong!"

"Huh?"

Xia Qing and the others looked at Huang Chen in confusion.

"Exactly! Exactly!"

Chen Miaohua's eyes lit up. Could it be... She scrambled over to Huang Chen in a few steps, grabbed his pant leg, and tearfully complained, "I couldn't help it, Young Master Huang. They kept ostracizing me, kept ostracizing me... boohoohoo..."

Hearing Chen Miaohua's words, Xia Qing's wooden stick burst into flames again with a whoosh.

"Chen Miaohua, you are speaking nonsense, you..."

"Hey~"

Huang Chen raised a hand to stop Xia Qing and said, "You were wrong from the very beginning!"

Chen Miaohua nodded repeatedly, "Exactly, exactly! They shouldn't have ostracized me like that..."

"When dealing with a betrayer!"

Huang Chen's indifferent tone gradually turned cold.

Chen Miaohua realized something was wrong with Huang Chen's words.

Shouting "No!" she scrambled and crawled toward the village.

"If you keep her around, she will only turn around and bite you!"

As soon as his voice fell, Huang Chen struck out a palm mid-air.

While running, Chen Miaohua suddenly found her entire body turning green, and then her HP bar instantly emptied.

Her eyes wide, she turned into a white light and vanished before she could even scream.

After Chen Miaohua died, equipment dropped all over the ground. These were things she had acquired while following Bai Zhaoning and the others.

Currently, there were over 3,000 people in the Novice Village, and many spectators were present, yet none dared to step forward and pick up the items Chen Miaohua had dropped.

They had all heard that there was a Murderous Fiend in the 10086 Novice Village, whom even the Guards had to give way to.

Seeing it today, the rumors were indeed not groundless.

Huang Chen glanced around. They were mostly women, but their eyes were filled with fear when they looked at him.

There were probably quite a few women scoring 80 points, but now that he had supercars at home, he wasn't very interested in bicycles.

Speaking of which, Xia Qing and the five women were completely stunned by Huang Chen.

This...

He just killed her?

Even in her greatest fury, Xia Qing had never intended to take a life.

At most, she wanted to strike harder, hurt Chen Miaohua, and vent her frustration properly.

She never expected Huang Chen to just kill the person outright with one move.

"Is that strange?"

Huang Chen turned around and smiled at the five women.

He decided to teach them a good lesson.

"In the Star Abyss, you must contend with monsters, contend with people, contend with foreign races, and contend with heaven and earth..."

"In this process, if you make even one wrong step, you could be doomed forever!"

"If you want to live better, you must nip all potential threats in the bud!"

"The Star Abyss does not believe in tears; it only believes in fists."

"This is no longer our original world! There are some mindsets you need to change right now."

"The best way to make others afraid to easily attack you is to beat them until they fear you, and kill them until they dread you."

"Do you understand?"

"Oh..."

The women responded mechanically. They needed time to properly digest Huang Chen's words.

Huang Chen thought that his actions over the past two days would make the villagers hold him in awe.

But he had greatly underestimated the self-confidence and strength-worshipping mentality of the women from Abbreviation for Beijing Film Academy.

Ever since he checked into the inn, someone had been knocking on his door every half minute, offering themselves to him.

It was just that his tastes had become refined. With three women scoring 95+ points at hand, those scoring 80-something points could hardly pique his interest.

What frustrated him was that people kept knocking even past midnight.

He spent the whole night taking his pants off and putting them back on, never getting a single complete rest.

Until the morning sun rose outside the window, Chen Yichun giggled mischievously, patted his head, and spoke in the tone of Granny Rong,

"Good!"

"It's dawn!"

"Slept enough!"

"We can start working again!"