NOVEL NEXT Chapter 3
Chapter 3: This is Enough
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The next morning, when the sky was turning bright in the east, Shu Ke—who had been training for the whole night—slowly opened his eyes.
A bright light flashed in his eyes and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
However, his eyes were not as cloudy as before. Instead, they were as clear and bright as spring water.
‘Mid-tier Dou practitioner1. The system can make an ordinary person like me to become a mid-tier Dou practitioner overnight. Its power is greater than what I expected.’
When Shu Ke felt the abundant Dou Qi in his body, a trace of crystal-clear tear faintly flashed from his eyes.
This was certain. He had finally seen the return of his eighteen years of hard work.
Shu Ke could become a mid-tier Dou practitioner directly, not only because of the assistance from the system, but also his continuous attempts to train all these years.
Although he could not condense Dou Qi, there was still residue left from the Dou Qi that he had cultivated before in his body.
Relying on these remnants, Shu Ke was able to become a mid-tier Dou practitioner overnight.
BANG!
A loud noise suddenly sounded when Shu Ke threw out a backhand punch.
From now on, Shu Ke was already a Dou practitioner. He was totally a different person than what he had been yesterday.
In this world, there were two types of power systems—Dou Qi and magic.
There were hundreds of different races, such as elves, demons, orcs, dwarves, humans, and more.
This was a world where power reigned supreme. A weak person could die at any time.
Therefore, Dou practitioners or mages who could undergo cultivation training were not the same as ordinary civilians.
Even a weak Dou practitioner could easily slaughter over a hundred strong ordinary men.
This was the unbridgeable gap between the two sides. This was also the reason why the Vincent family was so contemptuous of Shu Ke.
In their opinion, Shu Ke—who could not undergo training—was not of the same kind as them. Therefore, it was natural for them to treat him with bad attitudes.
‘Since I have become a Dou practitioner, it’s time for me to choose some of my own Dou techniques.1‘
As one of the three pillars of the kingdom, the Vincent family—the Duke House of Tulip—naturally had its own foundation.
All the descendants in the family could go to the family treasury and choose their preferred Dou techniques. They could practice according to their own ability.
Dou techniques were important for Dou practitioners in combats.
Just like the magic of a mage, a Dou technique was an important way to increase a Dou practitioner’s combat strength.
Shu Ke was still a member of the Vincent family. So, naturally, he could go to the treasury to choose his own Dou techniques.
After making up his mind, Shu Ke did not hesitate and went to the treasury.
However, a slight unpleasantry happened in front of the treasury.
“Yo…”
“Isn’t this the famous trash of our Vincent family? Why did you come to the treasury instead of staying at home and enjoying your last month?”
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Shu Ke only glanced at the man in front of him indifferently, and coldly said, “Kuta, I’m very busy right now, I don’t have time to deal with you.”
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After saying that, Shu Ke wanted to pass by. However, just as he raised his leg, Kuta blocked his way.
“You’re a piece of trash, what’s there to be busy about?”
Kuta looked at Shu Ke with disdain, “Or do you think that you’re going to leave in a month, so you want to steal something from the treasury? That way, your future will be better.”
“Yes!”
“If I were you, I would have left the family long ago. I definitely wouldn’t become a burden to the family.”
The few collateral descendants who followed Kuta also echoed Kuta and mocked Shu Ke.
“Kuta, if you want to curry favor with Dreyer, it’s your business. You’d better not provoke me!” Shu Ke frowned and shouted in a low tone with some displeasure.
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Dreyer was the person who had scolded him the most in the meeting hall previously. He was also the Great Elder’s grandson.
He had always looked down on Shu Ke and bullied Shu Ke in many occasions.
Kuta was one of Dreyer’s followers. Although he was a member of the main family, his lack of talent for years had made him a low-tier Dou practitioner.
If nothing unexpected happened, he would end up as a Dou master1 for the rest of his life.
Because of this, he was considered a low-tier member of the family—only slightly better than Shu Ke.
That was why he actively followed Dreyer and tried to gain some pathetic dignity by humiliating his past self.
Shu Ke didn’t want to bother with such a clown.
Scolding him was a waste of his time and saliva.
But sometimes, even if he did not want to bother with them, they would come and find trouble with him.
This kind of person was usually called an idiot!
“Provoke you? I want to beat you up! How dare a piece of trash act so arrogant!?”
Kuta was furious when he heard that. He raised his hand and slapped Shu Ke’s face.
‘You’re just trash. If the elders didn’t say that I couldn’t kill you, I would have done so long ago!’
Kuta looked at his hand with a fierce and happy expression. He kept coming closer to Shu Ke.
He didn’t dare to offend anyone in the family. It wasn’t easy for him to find a few collateral members of the family to show off. And now, Shu Ke dared to refuse to give him face.
Today, I must teach him a lesson and let these collateral family members know my capability!
“There are flaws everywhere.” Looking at Kuta’s approaching palm, Shu Ke slowly shook his head.
Just now, he had already used the system to check Kuta’s move. It could be said that it was full of flaws, and every part of his body was filled with flaws.
Not to mention himself, even if it was someone on the same level as him, they could easily dodge this attack and then counterattack.
“Let’s see how you’re going to…” Kuta beamed with joy at seeing his slap about to land on Shu Ke. Just as he was about to say something, he was suddenly slapped in the face.
Like a spinning top, he spun 365 degrees on the spot and then sat on the ground.
“That…”
“That’s impossible!”
The collateral family members who had echoed Kuta earlier were all frightened.
‘Didn’t Kuta say that Shu Ke was trash? How could he beat a Dou practitioner to such a state!?’
“What happened?”
Kuta’s face was filled with confusion as he covered his red and swollen face. He sat on the ground and seemed clueless about what had happened.
However, he came to his senses quickly.
‘I have been beaten by a piece of trash!!’
He had actually been beaten by a piece of trash that the entire family knew about?? Didn’t that mean that he himself was now worse than a piece of trash!?
BANG!
A flame of virulent anger surged through Kuta’s head. His was now filled with rage. Immediately, he got back to his feet with a grunt and glared fiercely at Shu Ke.
“I want you dead!”
Kuta roared furiously and charged towards Shu Ke like a violent bear.
A cold glint flickered on his two fists faintly. This was his Dou technique—the Thousand Blade Fist.
When this technique was trained to perfection, the users could unleash thousands of blade lights with a single punch. It was a pretty good Dou technique.
‘System, analyze his flaws.’
‘Analyzing… analysis completed. 20 energy points consumed.’
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Instantly, all the flaws in Kuta’s punch appeared in Shu Ke’s eyes.
“It’s simply a funnel.” Shu Ke snorted in disdain, casually breaking a tree branch and pointing at Kuta, “To deal with you, this is enough.”
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