"Boom!"
With a deafening explosion, Old Wang was sent flying like a cannonball.
On the hard concrete ground lay a massive fist print over two meters wide.
Horror washed over the faces of everyone watching.
Even the newly arrived survivors were no exception.
Though they knew Ma Feiyun had become a Level 2 ability user, none of them had imagined he possessed such terrifying strength.
This was their first time seeing Ma Feiyun fight.
His ability allowed him to strike the air with his fists, compressing it into lethal blasts of fist qi to strike his enemies from afar!
It was a terrifyingly powerful ability!
If Ma Feiyun hadn't held back out of lingering sentiment for their past ties, that single strike might have turned Old Wang into a bloody paste.
"Pfft!" Old Wang spat out a mouthful of blood, clutching his chest. He collapsed onto the ground, unable to even crawl back up.
A cold sneer touched Ma Feiyun's lips.
"I'm a Level 2 ability user now! All of you put together aren't even a match for me alone. Old Wang, you might have been the first to awaken, but your strength hasn't grown a bit. You really thought you could stand against me?
Because you helped me in the past, I won't hold this against you. Submit to me from now on. I promise you a spot in this base's management!"
Old Wang's eyes burned with fury. He spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm right toward Ma Feiyun and cursed:
"Bah! Damn treacherous bastard! We agreed when we came here that everyone follows this base's rules. But you want to usurp the master of this base?
Who do you think you are? You have no idea who you're messing with! A Level 2 ability user? You think you're strong? You're nothing but an ant!"
Ma Feiyun's face turned icy cold. "Still running your mouth!"
He charged directly at the helpless Old Wang.
He had taken only a few steps when the ground beneath him suddenly collapsed into a deep pit, dragging him straight downward!
Ma Feiyun was caught off guard.
He felt a pair of iron claws firmly gripping his legs, pulling him down with crushing force.
Raising his fist, he smashed it downward with a growl.
"Qi Explosion Punch!"
"Boom!"
The immense force of the blast launched him back out of the hole. On the other side of the crater, intense air pressure forced Scarface Mouse out, catapulting him like a cannonball into a distant wall.
"Pfft!"
Scarface Mouse coughed up blood, struggling to stand.
Ma Feiyun stared at him in disbelief.
Five bloody holes were gouged into each of Ma Feiyun's feet-the brutal marks left by Scarface Mouse's grip.
Blood poured continuously from the deep wounds, exposing the white bone beneath.
Scarface Mouse had also reached Level 2. Capable of tunneling through solid concrete, his fingers were as hard as diamonds.
A full-force grip from him could crush human bone!
Ma Feiyun had never expected this short, greasy-looking guy to possess a burrowing ability-or that his hands could be powerful enough to nearly tear his feet apart.
Ma Feiyun stared at Scarface Mouse in shock.
"You're a Level 2 ability user too?"
Scarface Mouse nodded with grim confidence. "That's right. You think Lord Mouse is an easy target?"
Back when he and Liu Yang fought the Moulter together, Liu Yang had told him that his ability wasn't as useless as it sounded. If developed properly, it could hold its own against other ability users.
At the time, Scarface Mouse had been skeptical. But after clashing with a powerful combat-oriented Level 2 user today, his confidence surged.
His burrowing ability wasn't trash at all!
His opponent was injured now.
With his feet mangled, Ma Feiyun's movements would be severely slowed.
All Scarface Mouse needed to do was keep tunneling and launching ambushes. It wouldn't take long to wear the bastard down!
Seeing Ma Feiyun's feet dripping with blood, the base's original survivors cheered for Scarface Mouse.
"Lord Mouse is awesome! Show him who's boss!"
"Teach these newcomers a lesson! They need to learn some humility!"
"They just got here and already want to replace our leader? Don't they know our leader is a god?"
"A mere ant trying to supplant a deity!"
"Give him hell, Lord Mouse!"
Encouraged by their shouts, Scarface Mouse regained his spirit and instantly dived back underground, vanishing from sight.
Ma Feiyun was no fool. Seeing Scarface Mouse vanish, he knew the enemy had gone subterranean. He leaped back, bounding onto a nearby roof.
When Scarface Mouse emerged from the ground, Ma Feiyun was nowhere to be seen.
Ma Feiyun sneered from above. "You think I'm stupid? You think I'll fall for the same trick twice?"
Standing on the roof, he slammed a fist down toward Scarface Mouse.
"Qi Explosion Punch!"
"Boom!"
Another massive fist print over two meters wide caved in the ground.
Though Scarface Mouse had retreated underground in time, the intense shockwave rattled his organs, inflicting severe internal injuries.
Ma Feiyun scoffed.
"Hiding underground?"
"Let's see if I can't shake you out!"
Ma Feiyun leaped high into the air, falling from the roof with his fist cocked back, slamming it violently into the earth.
He roared:
"Mountain Collapse Strike!"
"Boom!"
A terrifying shockwave reverberated through the ground, causing the entire base to shudder as if struck by an earthquake. Windows shattered in the distant villas.
Scarface Mouse was blasted out of the ground like a cork.
"Pfft!" He spat out a mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale from the crushing impact.
Ma Feiyun laughed triumphantly. "Hahaha! Trying to play tunnel warfare with me? A mere rat dares to challenge me? What a joke!"
The original survivors rushed to Scarface Mouse's side, pulling him up. "Lord Mouse! Are you okay?"
Scarface Mouse shook his head.
There was no fear in his eyes, only disappointment.
It seemed his ability still couldn't bridge the gap against a true combat-focused ability.
Ma Feiyun was simply too strong for him.
Turning toward the crowd, Ma Feiyun yelled arrogantly, "Who else?! Who else dares to oppose me taking over this base?!"
He expected the crowd to be cowed into submission after he defeated two ability users right in front of them. Instead, the base's original survivors stepped forward one after another.
"I oppose!"
"I oppose too!"
"We all oppose!"
Staring at the ordinary survivors defying him, Ma Feiyun's eyes widened in disbelief. "You? A bunch of ordinary, unawakened nobodies dare to oppose me?! Are you seeking death?"
The survivors declared:
"We only have one leader!"
"And that's God Liu!"
"Not a trash like you!"
"Hmph, still talking tough!" Ma Feiyun snorted. Just as he was about to rage and charge into the crowd, a black shadow streaked across the sky at supersonic speed.
"Boom!"
A thunderous impact shook the air.
A young man clad entirely in black was suddenly standing right before him.