Richest Rag-picker

However, in the next instant, before anyone could react, one person suddenly moved.

This person was none other than Fang Chenyi, who was standing at the very front.

It all happened in a flash. Even Fang Chenyi himself didn't know what was going on.

His body moved before his mind could even process it. Stomping his left foot hard on the ground, he shot toward Poseidon Robton, who stood before Billson.

THUD. Poseidon Robton's claw-like hand had just reached Billson's neck. Before a bloodthirsty expression could even form on his face, he felt an impact like a heavy hammer. With another loud thud, his entire body was sent flying backward.

In the next instant, everyone was dumbfounded, including Fang Chenyi. He didn't even know what he had just done.

Staring at Poseidon Robton lying motionless on the ground more than ten meters away, Fang Chenyi could hardly believe he was the one who had done it.

Billson, however, let out a long sigh of relief.

Still shaken, he made the sign of the cross over his chest with a pious expression, as if thanking God for just saving his life.

SWOOSH. Just then, Liu Yishou and his men rushed forward, forcing all the surrendered men to the ground. He personally ran up to Poseidon Robton and pressed the muzzle of his gun directly against his head.

This was when Fang Chenyi finally snapped back to reality.

He ignored Billson and walked straight over to Poseidon Robton.

Looking at the motionless Poseidon Robton on the ground, he squatted down slightly and reached out to check for his breath.

Finding that he was still breathing, he reached out and rolled him onto his back.

"Brother Fang, was that you just now? My god, that was so fast."

Hearing Liu Yishou's astonished words, Fang Chenyi just smiled. "Heh, it was nothing much."

'Nothing much? Holy hell. You call that "nothing much"? Then what about us? Are you even giving us a chance to live? If what you did was just "nothing much," then our skills don't even qualify as amateurish.'

In truth, Fang Chenyi himself didn't know what had happened or why his skills had suddenly become so incredible.

But he quickly recalled something—that unknown Medicine Pill. He hadn't possessed these kinds of skills just two days ago. It was only after he'd passed out that he'd suddenly become like this. Obviously, besides that unknown Medicine Pill, there was no other explanation.

'Looks like the system is pretty reliable after all. At the very least, my skills now are countless times stronger than before.'

But when he remembered the pain he'd felt after taking the pill, Fang Chenyi couldn't help but shudder.

'Damn it. If I'd known it would be so painful, I would have hesitated to take it, even knowing I'd gain these abilities.'

'After all, that pain was no joke. It was a heart-rending agony. Anyone who hasn't experienced it could never imagine what it was truly like.'

'Of course, that's all in the past now. Feeling the inexhaustible strength flowing through my body, perhaps it was all worth it.'

Argh.

Poseidon Robton, whom Fang Chenyi had rolled over, let out a low, pained groan.

Looking closer, they saw that his entire left arm was twisted into an unnatural shape.

Fang Chenyi remembered that he had struck him from the side. 'Clearly,' he thought, 'that one impact broke his entire left arm.'

Not only that, but seeing the blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, it was obvious his internal organs were injured too.

'My god. I just gave him one light, casual shove, and it had this much power? Just how terrifying has my strength become? Or could it be that he wasn't as strong as I'd imagined and was just putting on a brave front?'

"Cough, cough. Who... who on earth are you? Why are you so strong? Cough, cough."

With another coughing fit, more blood trickled from Poseidon Robton's mouth.

"Someone stronger than me... cough, cough... I should know who you are. Besides, you're a Huaxia person. Cough, cough. How could a Huaxia person possibly be this strong? Cough, cough. Are you... from the Huaxia Ma Family?"

After asking a series of questions, Poseidon Robton managed to prop himself up into a sitting position. He was clearly badly injured.

However, more than his own injuries, he was concerned with who exactly Fang Chenyi was.

'Logically, it's impossible for me not to know of someone this powerful. A person who can defeat me with a single strike has to be more than just one level above me.'

'Forget me; I doubt even that monster back in my clan would be his opponent.'

'Huaxia Ma Family? What does he mean? How did I become one of them? And who is this Ma Family, anyway? The famous ones?'

Previously, through Piersen, Fang Chenyi had learned some things about secret clans. He remembered Piersen saying at the time that Huaxia had hidden clans as well.

It's just that Billson didn't know much, so he hadn't gone into detail with Fang Chenyi.

Now, hearing it again from Poseidon Robton's own mouth, Fang Chenyi was suddenly intrigued.

Clearly, Poseidon Robton knew much more than Billson.

'Perhaps I'll learn about a whole new world from him, one that will shatter my conventional understanding.'

Seeing that Fang Chenyi was just staring blankly instead of answering his question...

...a sliver of doubt crept into Poseidon Robton's mind. 'Who is this person, really? Is he not from the Ma Family?'

'Could what my father said be true? Does Huaxia... actually have many more unknown, hidden clans?'

'As expected, the Huaxia People are masters of concealment.'

"Heh, I'm not from the Ma Family."

Hearing his words, Poseidon Robton spoke in a strange tone. "Cough cough, if you're not from the Ma Family, then why are you making an enemy of our Poseidon Clan?"

At this, Fang Chenyi gestured to their surroundings with open hands and continued in a relaxed tone:

"An enemy of the Poseidon Clan? Heh. I think you might have gotten something wrong. Heh heh. You probably don't recognize me, so allow me to introduce myself. My surname is Fang. You can just call me President Fang. Let's put it this way: you're the one who provoked me first. You see this? This place. This Diamond Mine. I bought it with my own money. But you're the one who came looking for trouble with me. You even had people try to kill me. So you tell me, should I kill you or not?"

Poseidon Robton was stunned. He couldn't quite figure out what was going on, and asked in an uncertain tone:

"Then... cough, cough... you aren't here for the Sea God's Relic?"