Chapter 168: The Shocking Young Man

Chapter 168: The Shocked Youth

"I see. You shattered it using the Tremor Fist! I never expected you to be capable of unleashing the Tremor Fist!" The youth in the sports suit was filled with shock.

It seemed as though any words from Shen An were enough to evoke an unimaginable level of astonishment in him.

"As expected of a Count-King of the Grandmaster Council. If we hadn't witnessed it with our own eyes, we wouldn't have believed that a Count-King of the Grandmaster Council had grown to be this powerful," remarked another young man.

"Heh, you will all possess this kind of strength in the future," Shen An said.

"The Count-King is certainly skilled at comforting people. We know our own limitations well enough; naturally, we cannot be mentioned in the same breath as the Count-King."

Shen An's lips curved slightly upward as he asked, "Do you know where in Sucheng there is a gravity chamber with fifty times normal gravity? I wish to go there to cultivate."

"A fifty-times-gravity chamber? Lord Count-King, could it be that the person heading to the fifty-times-gravity chamber for cultivation is you?" A young awakened individual asked, utterly shaken.

Under an environment of fifty times gravity, the number of people capable of withstanding it could be counted on one's fingers. Now, Shen An was actually attempting to cultivate under fifty times gravity—this was simply a mind-boggling notion.

"Is he really that strong? The Count-King is actually going to cultivate under fifty times gravity?"

"Fifty times gravity would flatten us directly. We could never endure such a force."

Shen An nodded. This casual, understated gesture felt like the detonation of a heavy explosive in the eyes of these people.

"Cultivating under fifty times gravity? Is Lord Count-King serious?"

"Lord Count-King, I do know of a place that has a fifty-times-gravity chamber, but if you want to use it, you will likely need to gain their approval first," said the youth in the sports suit.

"Tell me, what place is it?" Shen An was extremely interested in such a location.

"It is the Blade Martial Arts Gym of our Sucheng!" replied the youth in the sports suit.

Shen An began to look forward to the Blade Martial Arts Gym as well. He hoped to arrive there for cultivation as soon as possible.

"The Blade Martial Arts Gym? It sounds quite impressive," Shen An murmured.

***

"However, Lord Count-King, while the Blade Martial Arts Gym sounds remarkable, there is a remarkably formidable powerhouse residing within it. If you cannot satisfy that formidable expert, it is impossible for you to enter the Blade Martial Arts Gym to cultivate," the youth in the sports suit warned.

"Is that so? A formidable expert—I certainly want to see what kind of expert this is," Shen An remarked.

"Since Lord Count-King is so eager to head to the Blade Martial Arts Gym, I will lead you there," said the youth in the sports suit.

By now, the armor of the Type-96 tank had been thoroughly smashed to pieces by Shen An. Under these circumstances, there was simply no way for him to sell the scrap armor for money anymore.

Therefore, he had no choice but to accept reality.

Blade Martial Arts Gym.

Led by the youth in the sports suit, Shen An arrived at this destination.

On Shen An's chest was pinned a diamond-crafted Count-King badge. Although the commotion caused by wearing a Count-King badge in Yincheng wasn't quite as large as it would be in Sucheng, the stir Shen An caused at this moment was by no means small.

"Quick, look... Is that... is that the Count-King? I heard that only powerful Count-Kings of the Grandmaster Council are qualified to wear such a diamond badge."

"Damn, it really is the badge of the Count-King! That person... is truly formidable."

"It's practically terrifying. Such a powerful youth is a rare sight even in our Sucheng. For such a powerhouse to come to the Blade Martial Arts Gym—could he be looking for trouble?"

"There is a formidable expert within the Blade Martial Arts Gym. Surely this Count-King isn't going to provoke that monster, is he?"

The people here had long grown accustomed to the Blade Martial Arts Gym receiving all sorts of challenges; some of them even paid attention to such matters on a daily basis.

There were even those who set up betting pools over these events.

"No way. Even a Count-King of the Grandmaster Council couldn't possibly be bold enough to challenge the Tyrant Blade, right? Challenging the Tyrant Blade is simply courting death."

"Holy shit, they aren't really going to challenge the Tyrant Blade, are they? If he challenges the Tyrant Blade, even if he's a Count-King, the Tyrant Blade won't show any mercy."

"Do you all look down on the Count-King that much? Do you really think the Count-King is bound to lose?"

As Shen An approached the entrance of the Blade Martial Arts Gym, he immediately attracted a great deal of attention. After all, he was a Count-King of the Grandmaster Council; even if he wanted to keep a low profile, it was impossible.

***

At that moment, a man clad in a black-dragon martial robe walked out from the Blade Martial Arts Gym. The man in the black-dragon robe had piercing, brilliant eyes, and at a single glance, he appeared to be a formidable expert.

The gaze of the man in the black-dragon robe swept over Shen An. Under normal circumstances, he might have directly ignored him, but he spotted the glittering Count-King badge pinned to Shen An's chest.

A trace of shock flashed through the heart of the man in the black-dragon robe—it was actually a Count-King of the Grandmaster Council!

While there were no forces belonging to the Grandmaster Council stationed in Sucheng, that did not mean the prestige of the Grandmaster Council could not spread here.

On the contrary, many awakened individuals in Sucheng held the Grandmaster Council in deep respect.

The man in the black-dragon robe addressed Shen An, "Might you be the Count-King of the Grandmaster Council in person?"

The man in the black-dragon robe harbored some doubts. After all, a Count-King couldn't possibly be this young. If he had attained the position of Count-King at such a tender age, the man felt he would surely bury his head in shame out of self-deprecation.

"Indeed, I am the Count-King. I have come to your Blade Martial Arts Gym hoping to borrow your gym's gravity chamber for some cultivation. I wonder what the master of the gym thinks of this?" Shen An said indifferently, his voice neither servile nor overbearing.

"You wish to borrow the gravity chamber of my Blade Martial Arts Gym for cultivation?" The man in the black-dragon robe stared at Shen An, a hint of confusion crossing his eyes.

The Grandmaster Council undoubtedly possessed plenty of fine locations suitable for cultivation. Why on earth would this Count-King travel all the way to the Blade Martial Arts Gym? Sucheng was, after all, quite a distance away from Yincheng.

The man in the black-dragon robe knew that he likely had no authority to make a decision on this matter.

"I cannot make a decision on this momentarily. Only after I go inside and consult with the gym master can a final determination be made," the man in the black-dragon robe stated.

"Then I shall await your good news here," Shen An smiled.

This was the first time these onlookers had ever witnessed someone from the Blade Martial Arts Gym being so polite to an outsider. Knowing the gym's usual temperament, if anyone else had come, escaping a severe beating would already be considered a miracle.

"As expected of the Count-King. Even the hot-tempered awakened ones of the Blade Martial Arts Gym are willing to negotiate terms with him properly. This is simply incredible."

"Just how extraordinary is the identity of the Count-King? Even the people of the Blade Martial Arts Gym cannot afford to ignore it. What they are doing is correct. Even the Blade Martial Arts Gym cannot disregard the formidable power of the Grandmaster Council," a man explained.