What's it like to be stronger than Saitama?

Yang Xi ignored her and focused his attention on the skeletal beast, which was dealing with the metal that was sealing its mouth.

Dozens of tough tentacles kept slapping the metal plate, which had already deformed it somewhat.

Yang Xi muttered, "It seems this beast is a bit stupid. If it wants to eat, why does it have to go through the skull's mouth? There are no ribs in front of its heart to block it!"

Seemingly sensing Yang Xi's mocking gaze, the skeletal beast became ruthless and changed the target of its tentacles' destruction. Instead, it forcibly ripped apart the part of itself that was connected to the metal. With a loud bang, the metal plate connected to the upper and lower rows of teeth of the skeleton fell onto the slime below.

"Roar!!!!!!"

With its mouth finally freed, the Hollow Beast roared to the sky, its tentacles flailing wildly as they lashed out at Yang Xi!

Yang Xi dared not take the attack head-on, and manipulated the metal on the ground to form a protective shield in front of him.

The tentacles slapped the metal shield, causing the thick metal shield to dent inwards.

Yang Xi seized the opportunity and launched a mental attack on the skeletal beast!

An invisible mental shockwave was aimed at the heart, which had a gaping maw.

—But it had no effect.

The tentacles lashed at the metal shield like a torrential downpour. Although the shield held firm and didn't break, it was constantly being driven deeper into the ground, and Yang Xi's living space was being continuously compressed.

"Uncle, could you light this can of gasoline for me?"

Qian Duoduo pulled out gasoline from his storage bag and threw it upwards with all his might!

The gasoline can hurtled towards the skeletal beast with a parabolic trajectory. Yang Xi concentrated his mind and conjured a fireball inside the gasoline!

With a loud bang, the gasoline can exploded instantly, and gasoline with flames rained down on the monster, which began to burn continuously.

The beast's heart emitted a piercing scream!

"So he was afraid of fire!"

Yang Xi secretly regretted that if his Fiery Ability level were a little higher, he might have been able to severely injure the beast without relying on oil.

"Uncle, hurry up and serve! We'll split the profits 60/40, you get 40% and I get 60%!"

Qian Duoduo recklessly ran towards the strange beast, only to be grabbed from behind by Yang Xi.

"Whoosh—" A blade of energy slashed fiercely half a meter in front of Qian Duoduo, leaving a half-meter deep mark on the ground.

An elderly figure appeared at the door of the workshop. His hair was disheveled, but his white coat was exceptionally clean.

The person who arrived was none other than the director of the Beast Corpse Processing Center, who had arrived late.

"So it was you thieves who attacked my men?"

"It seems that after I've been out of the public eye for so many years, some cowardly fellows have forgotten who I am."

Water supply interrupted?

Yang Xi was shocked. Duan Shuiliu was a powerful A-level hero in Lukang City more than ten years ago. In his last battle, he fought alone against the A-level alien beast, the Berserk Giant Ape, and finally killed it.

Why is a dignified A-level hero now stuck working as the director of a monster corpse disposal center?

Yang Xi knew the Hero Association was in deep trouble, but there was no need to waste resources like this.

But Duan Shuiliu should be a middle-aged man in his forties, so why does he look so old now?

Duan Shuiliu noticed the strange beast struggling in the flames. Looking at the mangled corpses of his subordinates around him, he realized who the culprit was, but the stubborn man did not change his mind.

"Hmph, I'll settle accounts with you properly after I deal with this beast!"

Duan Shuiliu snorted coldly, leaped high into the air, and slashed at the strange beast.

Duan Shuiliu's superpower is the inherited [Big Dipper Blade Technique], which has seven moves, each corresponding to one of the seven stars of the Big Dipper. The last move, "Po Jun," is truly capable of cleaving through a thousand armies, and even some S-class superpower users can only temporarily avoid its edge.

"The First Form of the Big Dipper - Greedy Wolf Slash!"

The blade energy transformed into a giant wolf that pounced on the strange beast. The beast had already abandoned part of its burning body, and several tentacles rose up to meet the attack, but were cleanly and decisively severed by the Greedy Wolf Slash.

The tentacles of this strange beast are not actually tough. They were able to carry metal barriers before, but they were easily defeated by the blade energy that cut through the water flow. However, its terrifying aspect lies in its powerful regenerative ability.

"Hmm?" Duan Shuiliu frowned as he watched the sword energy disappear into the pile of tentacles, then slashed out again, "Tianji!"

The blade energy split into three, slashing at the beast from three directions. After all, Duan Shuiliu was once a legendary A-rank hero, and in the first exchange, he discovered the beast's weakness: its heart with its grotesque mouth.

However, the tentacles reacted quickly, splitting into three directions to intercept the blade energy.

Duan Shuiliu had anticipated this, and the three sword energies exploded in the air, directly shattering the tentacles and temporarily exposing the heart from their protection.

"Tianquan!"

A straight blade of energy pierced directly into the monster's heart. This heart, which had remained unharmed from the gasoline fire, was instantly cleaved into a bloody pulp, and all the tentacles fell lifelessly to the ground.

"Tianxuan!"

Duan Shuiliu held the knife vertically upwards, and a vortex of sword energy appeared on the ground, completely pulverizing the remaining tentacles.

"It's all money, money..."

Qian Duoduo said with heartache.

But Yang Xi met Duan Shuiliu's sharp eyes beneath his disheveled hair!

Those were eyes that were decisive and ruthless in their killing.

022 Beast Weapons

The workshop was already surrounded by guards from the alien beast processing center, and Qian Duoduo trembled as she hid behind Yang Xi.

Duan Shuiliu gripped the hilt of the knife, a weapon that had accompanied him through many years of battle, and now showed signs of wear and tear in many places.

The Hero Association has also suggested on several occasions that they directly help him get a new weapon, since as an A-class hero directly under the association, this is the treatment he deserves.

But he refused. This old companion had been with him for many years, and its significance had long surpassed that of a weapon.

It was his best friend and his most trusted partner.

After that battle, Duan Shuiliu chose to return to his hometown and become a small director at the Lukang City Beast Corpse Disposal Center.

In the entire city of Lukang, only the branch chairman of the Hero Association knew of his existence.

One of the reasons he chose to stay at the alien beast corpse processing center was that his injuries wouldn't worsen in a place where alien beast tissues were constantly being burned.

Despite this, his strength has dropped from A-level to the point where he can barely maintain B-level.

However, these are all theoretical strengths. In a real life-or-death battle, he would still dare to fight against an A-level alien beast.

He has been here for almost ten years and has always been safe and sound.

Sometimes, these petty thieves from the Beast Merchant Alliance would also come to patronize this place, and he would always turn a blind eye. After all, no matter which market the materials from the beasts ended up in, they were ultimately used on humans, so from a broader perspective, there was no difference.

Moreover, the equipment department of the truly rare materials association had already reserved them, so it's still necessary to give these private chambers of commerce a little something.

However, because he failed to arrive at the scene in time today, his staff suffered heavy casualties. Although the Hero Association will not hold him accountable for this, he is still very upset about it.

In Duan Shuiliu's view, if he had noticed the anomaly earlier, he might have been able to change the tragedy.

The water cut off the flow and said to the security personnel, "None of you should make a move!"

He pointed the knife at Yang Xi and Qian Duoduo: "I know that none of this has anything to do with you."

“But I’m very unhappy today, and what you did did violate the Superpower Act.”

He slowly moved his knife. "If you want to get out of here alive, defeat me with all your might!"

"If you defeat me, no one here will stop you!"

"Director!" A protest came from the crowd. So many colleagues had died; they didn't want to let Yang Xi and the others go.

"Shut up! My words are not to be questioned!"

The sword energy of the Big Dipper Blade Technique kept spreading outwards. If Yang Xi hadn't been wearing a mask, his face might have been slashed.

The momentum of the broken water flow intensified, and behind his aged voice seemed to emerge a swordsman wielding a blade, so unrestrained and so ruthless.

A wave of murderous intent washed over him, and Yang Xi had no doubt about his determination to kill him.

Is this what a true strong person is like?

Yang Xi suddenly had this realization. Before this, because of the stripping of his superpowers, he had never really taken these superpowered people and heroes seriously. It seemed that even A-level heroes were just objects for him to easily strip of their superpowers.

But now he understands that while he may eventually surpass his opponent in terms of ability, this kind of skill honed through countless life-and-death battles cannot be obtained through shortcuts.

"Since that's the case, then so be it."

When the broken water flow appeared behind him, Yang Xi had a premonition that this battle would come.

In the battle just now, he revealed his fire and metal control abilities.

However, Duan Shuiliu did not see these two abilities because the surveillance equipment here was all damaged due to the resurrection of the alien beasts. The only one who saw Yang Xi's two abilities was Qian Duoduo behind him.

In Yang Xi's plan, the Rooster should have taken the mental attack route, but now it seems that he has to add a metal transformation ability. As for the Fiery Ability, as long as he brainwashes Qian Duoduo later, he can forget all of this.

While dual-powered individuals are few in number, they are not uncommon. Triple-powered individuals are even rarer. In the upcoming battle, Yang Xi will not use any more powers unless absolutely necessary.

"Only mental and metal-transforming abilities can be used."

Among Yang Xi's many superpowers, there are two mental superpowers: C-level Super Brain and C-level Puppet Control. As superpowers of the same type, the two can be fused together.

However, since Yang Xi had a vague understanding of the relationship between the power level and the dark energy content unit, the fusion of two C-level powers could not be upgraded to a B-level power. In addition, the result of power fusion was uncontrollable. Yang Xi was afraid that the puppet control power would lose its current powerful attributes after fusion, so he did not try to fuse them.

With the combined abilities of two C-level and one D-level user, Yang Xi was confident he could survive against Duan Shuiliu, whose strength had clearly declined.

"Uncle Rooster, do you have the confidence to beat this old man?"

Yang Xi didn't understand why, in this environment where sword energy was rampant, the girl who was covering her face to avoid being hurt by the sword energy could still show such a sly look in her eyes, which was obviously only something a greedy person could have.

"It's alright, why don't you go?"

"Uncle, don't say that. As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. Judging from the situation today, we can't leave without beating this old man down. Besides, we're already surrounded, and I can't get out by myself."

"What are you trying to say by saying all this?"

"I have a set of beast armor here. I wonder if you'd be interested, Uncle Rooster?"

Qian Duodu took out a dazzling and imposing beast armor from his storage bag.

"This is armor made from B-grade alien beast materials, it's incredibly expensive. Is it too much for me to rent it to you for 10,000 per hour?"

Yang Xi really wanted to kick this little money-grubber away. What kind of time is this to be thinking about swindling money?

But Yang Xi had never heard of this beast armor before.

However, now that Qian Duoduo and he were in the same boat, Yang Xi wasn't afraid of being tricked and readily put on the beast armor.