Chapter 478 - 378: You Should Also Know When to Stop
A surging tide of humiliation and rage washed over him in an instant.
He felt as if he had been reduced to a comical, laughable clown in front of everyone,
and the intense shame made him lose all reason.
Uzi frantically swung his thick, hammer-like fists again,
shooting toward the Doctor like a cannonball, with enough momentum to destroy anything in his path.
The force of the punch
was so great that the surrounding space couldn’t withstand the pressure.
It began to twist and distort, accompanied by a sharp, ear-piercing sonic boom that sounded like tearing metal.
The sound echoed through the silent night, chilling one to the bone.
However, just as his fist was about to connect with the Doctor’s head,
it was as if it had slammed into an invisible, indestructible barrier,
coming to an abrupt halt.
Uzi felt an unimaginably powerful counterforce press down on him like a mountain.
No matter how he gritted his teeth and strained with all his might,
his fist felt trapped in quicksand,
unable to advance another inch. He was left awkwardly frozen in mid-air, completely immobile.
"I already let you blow off some steam. You should know when to stop.
Otherwise, if I decide to fight back, you won’t be able to handle the consequences."
The Doctor gently swirled the coffee cup in his hand,
the coffee within forming delicate, elegant ripples.
He didn’t even deign to look at Uzi,
but his tone was filled with a condescending confidence and composure.
In his eyes, Uzi was nothing more than an ant he could crush at any moment.
"Alright, alright. We’re allies now.
We can’t fly off the handle over something so trivial and create a rift between us.
After all, Chu He has already arrived in Jinshan City,
but who knows where he’s hiding.
He could pop up like a phantom at any second and deliver a killing blow.
We’re all facing the same, incredibly powerful enemy.
The most important thing right now is to work together, to unite and face this common threat."
Seeing things were about to go south, Florian hurried forward with a plastered-on smile,
trying to defuse the volatile atmosphere.
At that moment, he gained a new, much deeper appreciation for the mysterious Doctor’s strength.
The fact that the Doctor had just been blown to pieces,
only to reassemble himself so quickly and perfectly
and reappear completely unscathed, was already astounding.
But what was truly jaw-dropping
was that the object in his hand had also remained perfectly intact through such a violent assault.
This was undeniable proof that during Uzi’s ferocious attack,
the Doctor hadn’t just protected himself,
but had also perfectly shielded everything he wished to.
Such a display of unparalleled power
was a stunning declaration of his might,
and a chilling, unspoken threat.
It gave Florian an unexpected surge of confidence and belief in victory for the coming life-or-death confrontation with Chu He.
"Making enemies everywhere is hardly a wise move."
The Doctor’s lips curled into a meaningful smile,
one that seemed to hold endless, unfathomable secrets and wisdom.
With that said, he calmly went back to reading his book by the cold moonlight,
as if the surrounding turmoil had nothing to do with him,
still lost in his own serene, profound world of knowledge.
Uzi’s chest heaved violently as he gasped for breath,
looking like a volcano on the verge of eruption.
’But deep down, he knew the Doctor and Florian were right.’
Before he could even sit back down,
the entire ancient castle was enveloped by an invisible, powerful silence,
plunging into a deathly stillness.
The Doctor, who had been focused on his book, slowly closed it.
With a gentle, elegant motion, he placed it back on the table beside him
and then rose unhurriedly to his feet,
his gaze deep and sharp as he looked toward the pitch-black, abyssal passage outside the old castle.
"What’s going on?"
Florian followed his gaze,
and though he couldn’t detect anything out of the ordinary,
a powerful sense of unease inexplicably welled up within him.
It was as if a pair of evil eyes, hidden in the depths of the darkness, was silently watching them,
or as if some terrifying entity from the Hell Abyss was slowly descending,
ready to bring about their utter destruction.
"Perhaps Blue Star’s strongest has arrived."
The Doctor said, still unhurried. His voice echoed through the terribly silent castle,
like the toll of a death knell,
each syllable striking heavily upon everyone’s hearts,
filling them with an unprecedented sense of oppression and fear.