57: Chapter 57 A Sudden Increase in Strength, Zhu Tianzheng's Strange Device

Compared to last time...

Li Fan, whose level had skyrocketed again, no longer needed that much time to refine a Transcendent Rank beast core.

Only a few hours had passed.

This Transcendent Rank beast core was completely consumed by Li Fan.

Clenching his fists, Li Fan felt as if his entire body was filled with inexhaustible strength.

Immediately following that, Li Fan opened his attribute panel.

"Name: Li Fan

Level: Lv45 (25350/1200000)

Strength: 97332

Defense: 96509

Spirit: 90520"

Looking at this incredibly magnificent panel,

Li Fan was beyond excited.

Compared to before he went into seclusion,

his current strength could be described as having undergone an exponential surge!

It was no exaggeration to say

that his current physical body was already fully comparable to the Transcendent Rank.

With the enhancement of Jidao Fist,

he could basically complete a clean sweep against any Transcendent Rank as long as they didn't exceed level 110!

However, for Li Fan,

this was still far from enough!

He was facing the He family, which possessed Saint Rank Awakened Ones!

So, immediately, Li Fan began his first round of training since being placed in confinement.

Before coming to the confinement room, he had already prepared enough food and even had Lu Qilai get him some things to eat.

Therefore, he didn't need to worry about consumption or his physical stamina failing to keep up.

There were still three days of confinement left.

If nothing unexpected happened,

his combat power would see another leap forward after these three days of hard training!

...

The three days passed very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the time was up.

Emerging from the confinement room, Li Fan felt refreshed and looked full of vigor, as if a fierce beast was contained within his body.

Gu Ling, Lu Qilai, and the others who came to the entrance to greet Li Fan were all very surprised by his state.

Having not seen him for just a few days, Li Fan's overall strength seemed to have increased by a large margin again; it was simply incredible!

But thinking back to the scene where Li Fan took down a level 70 opponent with a single punch that day, they weren't all that surprised anymore.

Soon,

the group, who hadn't seen each other for a few days, gathered in the small courtyard of Li Fan's villa and leisurely began a barbecue feast.

Because of the matter with He Wenguang these past few days,

everyone's nerves had been in a state of high tension.

Now that this matter had finally come to an end, it was a rare chance to relax.

And after the previous life-and-death crisis,

the friendship between them had become even deeper.

But just as Li Fan, Gu Ling, and the others were drinking and chatting,

a phone call came in that caused Li Fan's expression to change.

"Hello, son. A debt collector just called saying you owe money to loan sharks. Is that true or false? Oh, by the way, that person said his surname is He and he seems to be from Tianlin City."

"If it's true, let's just pay it back early. Don't get involved in these things in the future. If you're short on money, just tell me and your mother."

The call was from his father, Li Daguo.

Li Fan immediately realized what was going on.

He stood up to avoid Gu Ling and the others, walked to a corner of the courtyard, and replied:

"Dad, that's definitely fake. It's a total scam call!

How could I possibly borrow from loan sharks? Don't you know me?

Don't pick up these kinds of unknown numbers in the future. Modern scam methods are too sophisticated. I'm afraid you guys won't be able to handle it and will be tricked."

Hearing Li Fan's answer, Li Daguo on the other end of the phone clearly breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good then. But son, I'll say it again: if you don't have enough money, just come to me and your mother. We're very wealthy; we're not short on money!"

"..."

After hanging up the phone,

Li Fan's expression was quite unsightly.

He hadn't expected the He family to move so quickly, already investigating his family.

It seemed that the trip to the He family was now a matter of extreme urgency.

"Brother Fan, is everything okay?"

At this time, Ma Xiu keenly noticed that Li Fan's expression wasn't right and walked over to show concern.

Li Fan waved his hand and smiled,

"It's nothing, it's nothing. My parents just had something to ask me. Come, let's keep drinking."

Regarding his grudge with the He family,

he didn't want to involve anyone else.

Hearing Li Fan's words, Ma Xiu nodded helplessly.

He could see that Li Fan had something on his mind.

But since Li Fan didn't say anything, it wasn't appropriate for him to ask too much.

Once the morning barbecue feast was over,

according to the agreed time,

in the afternoon,

Li Fan arrived punctually at the manor where Zhu Tianzheng was located.

Over the next three days,

he needed to help Zhu Tianzheng test some new equipment.

The manor was very grand,

but walking inside, it was a complete mess.

Almost everywhere were machines that Li Fan completely couldn't understand.

Many weapons that looked to be of a very high level—swords, spears, staves, clubs, and various other weapons—were all tossed randomly on the ground.

"Teacher?"

"Teacher?"

Li Fan didn't see Zhu Tianzheng's figure and called out several times, but there was no response.

Just as he was about to go further into the main hall to search,

a loud explosion suddenly rang out from ahead.

Li Fan's expression changed, and he rushed over.

Before he even arrived, he saw Zhu Tianzheng walking out calmly with a face blackened from the blast.

"Teacher, are you all right?"

Li Fan's mouth twitched as he asked.

Zhu Tianzheng lightly coughed out two puffs of black smoke and said with slight embarrassment, "I got distracted while forging, which caused the equipment to explode. It's nothing. Come on, I'll take you over."

Upon hearing these words,

Li Fan couldn't help but twitch his mouth again.

Weren't you supposed to be an S-rank Blacksmith?

Can someone like that have a failure rate?

Thinking about the experiment later, he couldn't help but have a faint sense of foreboding.

Following Zhu Tianzheng, Li Fan arrived at the courtyard.

Looking up, a massive device appeared before him.

It was a giant spherical device, and through the transparent cover, one could clearly see a seat inside.

"Come, sit inside."

Zhu Tianzheng opened the spherical device, looked at Li Fan, and said with a smile.

Li Fan didn't dare to hesitate and immediately sat inside.

Once the transparent cover was closed,

Zhu Tianzheng slowly put on a glove with many points of light on it and said with a smile to Li Fan inside,

"Sit tight!"

The next second,

Zhu Tianzheng's fingers inside the glove moved slightly, and the spherical device immediately soared into the air at high speed.

Then, as Zhu Tianzheng's fingers continued to move rhythmically, the spherical device began an extremely exaggerated irregular motion at supersonic speeds, to the point where only afterimages could be seen.

It ran like this for about ten minutes.

After Zhu Tianzheng slowly let out a yawn, he controlled the spherical device to slam into the ground dozens of times.

Finally, seeing that it was about enough,

he brought the spherical device to a stop.

Opening the transparent cover, Zhu Tianzheng couldn't help but ask with a smile, "Kid, how do you feel?"

Li Fan slowly crawled out of the cover, seeing stars.

"I'm okay, just a bit dizzy."

His physical body was terrifyingly strong,

but that didn't mean he wouldn't get dizzy.

With that kind of commotion just now, who could possibly withstand it?

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with Li Fan, Zhu Tianzheng was very satisfied. He then pulled out a red box from under the seat.

"You take a break first; I'm going to see what the situation is."

Zhu Tianzheng clutched the red box and left, leaving Li Fan lying alone on the lawn.

And this kind of operation

was repeated fifteen times in a single afternoon.

Li Fan almost threw up the food he had eaten the day before.

However, towards the end, perhaps because he had adapted, he gradually didn't feel quite so dizzy.

As evening fell,

today's experiment finally came to an end.

For convenience, Zhu Tianzheng just told him to pick any room in the manor to stay in.

Thinking that he still had to cooperate with the experiment for three more days, Li Fan broke into a cold sweat.

Just what kind of thing had been created?

No matter how you looked at it, this thing didn't seem to have any use.

Could it be that he was developing a new type of roller coaster for an amusement park?

But that was clearly impossible; with Zhu Tianzheng's status, how could he possibly manufacture something like that?

...

In a flash,

three days passed.

This experiment was finally completely finished.

Li Fan could finally leave this place.

Before leaving, Li Fan finally couldn't help but ask the question.

"Teacher, what exactly is this thing used for?"

Zhu Tianzheng smiled and said, "I don't know. I just made it for fun, to relax with some simple things."

Hearing this, Li Fan's face was covered in black lines.

Good grief.

So he was called over just to be Zhu Tianzheng's entertainment?!

But then again, the man was the Vice Dean.

Afterward, Li Fan didn't stay any longer and left directly.

After Li Fan left,

Zhu Tianzheng's gaze couldn't help but turn toward the incredibly deep starry sky as he smiled softly.

"Just for fun... but maybe it'll come in handy when the time comes?"

...

Back to Li Fan's side.

After leaving the manor, Li Fan didn't choose to return to the school dormitory.

Instead, he boarded a train heading to Tianlin City overnight.

That's right, he didn't want to wait any longer.

Ever since that phone call from his father, Li Daguo, his heart had become increasingly uneasy these past few days.

He had to go to the He family and kill those who could be killed!