Chapter 26: 026 Invincible Mode
Xie Xiaoluan led his men in pursuit and, upon arriving, saw Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao exchanging palm strikes. He was puzzled as to why they were doing this.
Standing next to Xie Xiaoluan, a blonde youth looked ahead and said with a wicked smile, "Yo, this chick is pretty hot, and she's got a great figure!"
This blonde youth, called A-Long, was the leader among these dozen or so street youths. Two years ago, he was the one who introduced Niu Dawei to join Y City's social organization, the Brotherhood Gang.
"Chen Hao!" Xie Xiaoluan shouted Chen Hao's name, "Where do you think you can run to? Weren't you acting all tough yesterday? Daring to compete with me for business!"
At this moment, Ye Yuqiao lowered her head and tightly pinched Chen Hao's waist, asking, "Do you still have any feeling now?"
Chen Hao forced his eyes open, seeming to want more. He blinked in confusion and said, "You have to hit me before I know if I still have any feeling!"
"I've already been pinching you very hard!" Ye Yuqiao's mouth curled up slightly, "It seems you've temporarily lost feeling. Go on, give them a good lesson!"
Chen Hao nodded repeatedly and then grabbed Ye Yuqiao's left hand with both of his, placing it on his chest, "If anyone gets close to you during the chaos, remember to call me, alright? Don't get hit, it will break my heart!"
Ye Yuqiao first gave Chen Hao a somewhat dazed smile, then nodded.
Chen Hao let go of Ye Yuqiao's hand and took a large stride forward to meet the group of people closing in on him. When he was only a meter away from the gang, he stopped and looked relaxedly at Xie Xiaoluan, asking, "Do we really have to resort to violence?"
"Chen Hao, it's too late for you to beg for mercy now!" Xie Xiaoluan said angrily.
Chen Hao snorted coldly and chuckled, "Then don't blame me for being impolite. I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it."
At that moment, A-Long pulled out a knife from behind him and sneered, "Bro didn't plan to give you a chance!"
"It's already pathetic to gang up on someone, yet you have the audacity to bring weapons. You really have no guts!" Chen Hao said with a look of disdain.
"What are you talking about!" A-Long, displeased, stepped forward with the knife and shouted at Chen Hao, "Say one more word and see, bro will stab you to death!"
Chen Hao walked up to A-Long unafraid and shouted, "Come on! Let's see who's afraid! Whoever is, is a coward!"
Seeing Chen Hao's chest boldly facing his knife, A-Long hurriedly pulled back the knife to behind him, somewhat panicked, and cursed at Chen Hao, "Are you crazy, kid? Are you trying to get me put in jail?"
At that moment, Chen Hao suddenly raised his right palm and slapped A-Long on the face while cursing, "Coward, not daring to stab, who are you trying to scare with that knife?"
"You dare to hit me!" A-Long was dumbfounded! The dozen or so of his followers behind him were also stunned, not understanding what was happening.
"What if I did hit you!" As he spoke, Chen Hao slapped A-Long's face again.
A-Long blinked, now utterly confused. In the past, he would have been the one beating others by now.
Chen Hao activated his Nether Eye Power and transferred the Nether Eye Power to his right palm. Taking advantage of A-Long's daze, he slapped his face again.
"Slap!" A crisp sound! A-Long was knocked out cold by Chen Hao's slap and fell to the ground.
"Brother Long!" A-Long's followers were shocked. After a moment's pause, the group finally came to their senses, and one of them shouted, "Kill this brat!"
As soon as the words were said, the gang from the Brotherhood swarmed towards Chen Hao, surrounding him from all sides, with seven or eight of them holding knives. Although Xie Xiaoluan shouted loudly, "Beat him to death," he quietly slipped to the outskirts of the crowd, waiting for the Brotherhood's men to knock down Chen Hao before he taught him a lesson.
After assessing the situation, Chen Hao let out a loud shout and rushed towards the person closest to him on the left, swinging a fist that knocked the man out cold to the ground.
Immediately after, the gang from the Brotherhood raised their fists to surround Chen Hao. Amidst the flurry of punches, Chen Hao, of course, was unable to fend them all off, and his face and body were hit from all sides. Because he couldn't feel anything, even if his face was distorted by punches, Chen Hao showed no reaction and fought more fiercely, knocking down each person near him one by one.
In the chaos, a knife flashed before Chen Hao's eyes, and soon after, a blade chopped down on his right shoulder.
A minute later, standing outside the crowd, Xie Xiaoluan saw the brawl unfold and turned his head towards Ye Yuqiao. Then, with a malicious grin, he started walking towards her.
Seeing Xie Xiaoluan approaching with ill intentions written on his face, Ye Yuqiao squinted her eyes, paused, and then shouted, "Chen Hao, save me!"
"You're still hoping he'll save you when that loser Chen Hao can't even save himself!" Xie Xiaoluan walked closer while laughing.
About seven seconds later, Xie Xiaoluan walked up to Ye Yuqiao, sneered, and said, "You were present both times Chen Hao messed up my plans, weren't you?"
Ye Yuqiao nodded calmly, her voice cold as she said, "What about it? Are you going to lay a hand on a woman?"
"Why should I hesitate?" Xie Xiaoluan retorted. As soon as the words left his mouth, his expression changed dramatically, and his eyes suddenly shot out flames.
"Too bad for you!" Ye Yuqiao scoffed, "Pity you don't have eyes on the back of your head."
"Why would I need eyes on my back?" Xie Xiaoluan replied with a puzzled look.
Suddenly, Xie Xiaoluan felt a murderous aura attacking from behind. He whirled around to see a tall and terrifying silhouette leaping into the air, blocking the dawn light that shone directly upon him; it took him a moment to recognize Chen Hao's face as the shadow drew near.
Xie Xiaoluan froze, thinking to himself, could it be that Chen Hao took down over a dozen members of the Brotherhood Gang by himself in less than two minutes? Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Before Xie Xiaoluan could come to a conclusion, Chen Hao's fist was already hurtling towards his face and with one punch, he knocked Xie Xiaoluan unconscious to the ground!
"Are you okay?" Chen Hao rushed to Ye Yuqiao and asked anxiously. Behind him at a short distance lay the members of the Brotherhood Gang, all collapsed on the ground.
A few seconds earlier, upon hearing Ye Yuqiao's frantic call for his name, Chen Hao felt a surge of power erupt from within him like never before. Then, as he threw his punch, the air around his arm seemed to ripple; as the ripples spread, the line of men in front of him were simultaneously knocked down. After throwing more punches and kicks, he brought down the rest and quickly came to rescue Ye Yuqiao.
Ye Yuqiao shook her head and silently surveyed Chen Hao. On his school uniform, she saw two large bloodstains soaked in red.
"Are you... are you okay?" Ye Yuqiao furrowed her brows and asked.
Chen Hao smiled, shook his head, and said excitedly, holding Ye Yuqiao's hand, "I got cut on my right shoulder and abdomen. It's just amazing! I didn't feel any pain at all."
As he spoke, Chen Hao lifted his uniform to show Ye Yuqiao his abdominal wound and asked, "Is there a lot of blood?"
Ye Yuqiao shook her head; she saw the wound on Chen Hao's abdomen healing rapidly and the spilled blood flowing back into his body. Under her gaze, the knife wound healed completely, leaving not even a trace behind!
"It's good that there wasn't much blood," Chen Hao dropped the hem of his uniform back into place. Right then, he unexpectedly discovered that the two large bloodstains on his uniform had vanished! He blinked in surprise and looked at Ye Yuqiao, asking, "The bloodstains are gone, too. Is this also the work of the Nether Eye Power?"
Ye Yuqiao nodded expressionlessly.
"Haha!" Chen Hao was delighted, thinking to himself that from now on, wouldn't he, Chen Hao, be invincible?
"Come here, it's time for your senses to be restored!" Ye Yuqiao said.
After that, Ye Yuqiao held Chen Hao's hand and then returned the Yang Energy she had absorbed from him back to Chen Hao.
About two minutes later, Ye Yuqiao let go of Chen Hao's hand and then gently pinched his shoulder, asking, "Do you feel any pain?"
Chen Hao murmured affirmatively and wondered, "Why does this feel the same as when you passed the Mana of Yin and Yang to me before?"
"Just now I actually drained all the Yang Energy from your body, rendering you as insensible as a walking corpse," Ye Yuqiao explained.
"So you mean I was basically dead just now?" Chen Hao exclaimed in surprise.
Ye Yuqiao nodded with a wry smile and said, "You could say that, but it's not entirely accurate. Alright, now that you've regained your senses and become a living person again, it's time to go to school, or else you'll be late!"
Although Ye Yuqiao wanted to leave, her shoulders were firmly pinned against the wall by Chen Hao's hands.
She glared at Chen Hao and asked with no small amount of annoyance, "Chen Hao, what do you think you're doing!"
"Ye Yuqiao, I've really fallen for you!" Chen Hao said, looking at Ye Yuqiao with deep affection.
Ye Yuqiao's eyes were wide open, her brows knitted tightly, and her squinted eyes were filled with confusion.
Yet, inside her heart, she was telling herself: I can't fall for Chen Hao.