"It's my incompetence. I'll go kill him right now!" Cui Hongtai, burning with anger after being slapped twice, directed all his fury at Lu Fan.
Unfazed, Lu Fan slowly stepped out of the shop—he didn't want the fight to happen inside the bun shop, the place he and his aunt had lived in for so many years. If it got damaged, his aunt would surely be upset.
Jin Zhu had already pulled out a staff. This staff was no ordinary weapon—it was crafted from jet-black ebony wood, topped with a human hand bone, emanating a thick dark aura. Compared to Qin Qiu's holy light seal, this staff radiated pure malevolence—a complete opposite.
The staff's quality was at least silver-tier.
Equipping the staff noticeably boosted Jin Zhu's attributes. Her dress fluttered with no wind, dark energy swirling around her, making her furious face even more sinister and terrifying.
Waving the staff, she chanted a spell, and the black aura emitted a piercing shriek as it flew into Cui Hongtai's body.
Cui Hongtai made no attempt to resist. As Jin Zhu's buff took effect, his body began to swell and transform.
Lu Fan narrowed his eyes, observing everything carefully, forming an assessment of Jin Zhu's profession.
It was clear she had a hidden class—most likely a mage or a priest.
Her class specialty was buffing teammates, but this buff was hardly reassuring. Within moments, Cui Hongtai had turned into a grotesque half-man, half-horse monster.
Now resembling a centaur, his skin and face were covered with purple-blue veins, his eyes clouded white, and fangs protruding, drooling continuously.
He looked like a ferocious beast in humanoid form, extremely frightening.
It was obvious his stats had skyrocketed, and with Jin Zhu's buffs, he probably had additional attack traits that made him hard to defend against.
At that moment, Qin Qiu finished a phone call and came downstairs, shocked to see the scene.
"What's going on here?!" Qin Qiu frowned and stepped forward.
But Lu Fan waved him off, "Don't come over. Help watch over Auntie, don't let her get hurt."
"It's not—" Qin Qiu obeyed, quickly going to Han Ke's side and anxiously asking, "Lu Fan, how did things escalate so quickly while I was gone?"
Lu Fan chuckled, "They dared lay hands on me. Why should I hold back?"
"This is the Dragon Kingdom, not their Taiji Kingdom. Who do they think they are?"
Before Qin Qiu could say more, Cui Hongtai drew a bronze dragon spear from his hand. His voice was hoarse and eerie, like a ghost from the underworld.
"My Jin family reached out to you with a future. You don't appreciate it—then you deserve a lesson!"
"This earth dragon has nothing to do with you!"
With that, Cui Hongtai's four legs exploded with power as he leapt high, thrusting the long spear toward Lu Fan's thigh.
It was obvious Cui Hongtai's strength had greatly increased thanks to Jin Zhu's buffs.
And as a level-30 second-class advancement knight, Lu Fan knew he'd have to use his Dragon Claw skill plus add the Dragon's Inspiration buff just to match him.
But Lu Fan didn't want to make it so complicated.
These arrogant fools deserved to be crushed swiftly and decisively.
"Earth dragon? Trash like that? You really think I'd look twice?" Lu Fan smiled faintly, stepping forward as if ignoring the spear aimed at him.
Suddenly, a black lightning bolt burst from Lu Fan's clothes—Little Night.
Though still in its juvenile form, once launched from Lu Fan, a blazing fireball instantly enveloped Little Night, expanding rapidly until it was ten meters wide.
A mighty dragon roar shook the nearby buildings and ground.
Before Cui Hongtai could react, a massive dragon claw burst from the fireball, grabbing him firmly.
The flames faded, revealing Little Night's battle form to Jin Zhu and Cui Hongtai.
Black scales shimmered violently over a powerful, violent body, with the legendary dragon visage that only myths spoke of.
Jin Zhu's eyes widened in shock, frozen on the spot.
She had never seen a dragon before, but the first word flashing through her mind was—"Dragon!"
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