The Yellow-Haired Villain in Soaring Phoenix’s Novels Also Desires Happiness

Chapter 17, Fierce Battle

“Could it be… classmate Ryan, that you can’t find a girlfriend, and so you chose to settle for being a male companion instead?”

It was as if a thunderbolt struck, piercing through a great tree.

And like an arrow released from the bow, it hit the bullseye.

At that moment, Mu En clearly heard the sound of his heart shattering.

“Damn it!”

Ryan’s eyes turned red once more.

Nonsense, how dare you tarnish my pure love!

Just watch me tear you apart!

And just as anger filled his mind, Mu En’s long-prepared attack was already upon him.

Shadow Step!

Under the cover of dim light, Mu En even concealed the only dagger capable of reflecting cold light in the inside of his arm, like a beast hidden among the bushes, waiting to strike without making a sound until the fatal blow.

Ryan would never let his guard down against a frontal attack, but anger would briefly destroy his rationality. So, when he came back to his senses, Mu En had already silently crossed the not-so-great distance between them and flicked out the hidden dagger, like a claw, accurately piercing toward Ryan’s throat.

The true sense of impending death washed over Ryan, causing his pupils to constrict.

But.

After their last encounter, he had replayed in his mind countless times the scene of facing an enemy like Mu En again. So even though the dagger was mere inches from his throat, it still… no, it was far from a dead end!

Roar!

Ryan let out a furious roar.

From his strong body came a sound like bones grinding together.

His muscles swelled, his frame expanding, and in less than a breath, his body seemed to grow taller by a notch!

Thus, the dagger that should have pierced his throat merely struck his chest, where the skin shimmered with a metallic sheen. Even though the dagger was wrapped in fighting spirit, it only left a faint trace of blood!

Mu En was momentarily taken aback by this scene.

What the hell?

The Hulk?

Are you also an Avenger?

“Mu En Campbell!”

This small transformation didn’t grant Ryan the same overwhelming boost as the Hulk, yet it still increased his strength by more than thirty percent.

However, strength was not a decisive factor when facing a nimble assassin.

In such close quarters and confined space, he knew his broadsword would be hard to wield, so he directly abandoned it and lunged at Mu En with bare hands.

Mu En deftly withdrew.

But the retreat position he had calculated was still within the reach of Ryan’s suddenly extended arms.

Though he tried his best to evade, Ryan still managed to grab one of his arms!

Mu En’s expression shifted slightly.

Ryan, however, laughed heartily.

“I’ve got you, Mu En Campbell!”

The fragile assassin was entangled by the powerful warrior; it was obvious what fate awaited him!

Did you think you could expose my weaknesses?

Did you think you could stab my heart?

Just watch as I break your limbs, one by one!

Ryan seized Mu En’s arm and yanked him forcefully toward himself.

His arms opened wide, as if he had trained countless times alone in the room, ready to embrace a non-existent girlfriend.

But that embrace was anything but gentle for Mu En.

It was filled with hatred and rage, a hug that could crush bones to dust!

With Mu En’s frail physique, just entering that embrace would mean being crushed, at least a hundred bones would shatter in an instant.

But in the moment before entering that embrace, Mu En’s shoulder jolted, producing a sharp crack of bone against bone.

Then, he suddenly pushed off the nearby wall, his body twisting in an uncanny manner as he spun one hundred eighty degrees in mid-air, evading Ryan’s deadly embrace while flipping back another ninety degrees, his knees bending sharply as he slammed down onto Ryan’s shoulders.

Seeing this, Ryan’s eyes nearly popped out.

A circus act?

But you’ve still got one arm in my grasp!

But he had no time to think too much, because at that moment, Mu En had already raised the dagger in his other hand, stabbing towards the vulnerable eyes of Rein!

With his legs firmly pinned down and unable to dodge, Rein had no choice but to collide diagonally, shattering the wall of the room while shaking off Mu En, temporarily creating some distance.

Yet he still couldn’t help but let out a scream.

Because due to the sudden shift of his body, Mu En’s dagger did not hit his eye, but the sharp blade still grazed his cheek, directly slicing off one of his ears!

Blood gushed forth, staining the white walls red.

Rein covered the wound, horrified as he looked at Mu En, who was slowly standing up:

“What… what exactly are you?”

“What am I? That’s quite an impolite question.”

Mu En stood up, smiling as he reset his dislocated arm:

“Compared to someone like Rein, who is tainted by the evil god, I should resemble a human much more.”

“Nonsense!”

Rein shouted angrily, but such a roar in this situation only revealed his current facade of bravado.

“A human? Was that just now something a human could do? To dislocate one’s own arm without changing expression, and then to return it to its place without batting an eye—tell me, is that something a pampered duke’s son could do?”

“There’s no helping it.”

Mu En moved his recently dislocated left arm, feeling that it would not affect his movements at all, and nodded with satisfaction:

“If you had to fight for your life every day against an enemy who is ten times stronger than you and is also very skilled in close combat, and you were killed hundreds of times by him, the first thing you would learn is definitely to dislocate and reassemble every joint in your body.

Because even if you don’t want to learn it, he will make you do it.”

“What are you talking about?”

Rein felt as if he were looking at a madman:

“This is the academy, who would fight you to the death every day?”

“Well, that involves one of my little secrets, which I can’t tell you, Rein.”

Mu En winked playfully and continued:

“However, there is one thing I can complain about to you, Rein.”

“Actually…”

Mu En lowered his body, like a taut bowstring.

“The last time I fought with you…”

Mu En curled the corners of his mouth, looking at Rein with a smile, but that smile carried a ferocity that even Mu En himself was unaware of…

“I didn’t get to enjoy it either!”

In an instant, it was as if a violent aura, experienced through countless life-and-death encounters, surged forth from this seemingly handsome golden-haired youth.

In a daze, Rein seemed to see countless corpses piled up beneath the feet of this golden-haired boy.

Countless… his own corpses.

“Let’s start the second round, classmate Rayn!”

Mu En charged forward once more.

Taking advantage of the distance that had not yet fully closed, Rayn hooked the battle axe on the ground with his foot, gripped it tightly, and swung it fiercely.

The fierce wind surged like waves.

A thick aura of fighting spirit wrapped around it, causing the blade light of the battle axe to instantly swell, its slashing range nearly enveloping the entire room.

Do you think I would clash head-on with a madman like you?

Die!

But just as the blade light was about to make contact with Mu En, he saw Mu En raise a hand, fingers curled like a beast’s sharp claws.

Huh?

Strange?

Isn’t this move specifically meant to interrupt martial techniques?

But I didn’t use any martial technique.

Why is he using this move?

In the instant that doubt surfaced in his mind.

Rayn heard a loud bang, like thunder.

Immediately followed by a violent tremor.

Shockwaves rippled.

In that moment, it felt as if countless charging rhinos were trampling him, and Rayn sensed the wails from his organs, body, and even his brain.

Consciousness blurred for a moment.

Thus.

When his vision refocused on what lay before him.

Rayn only saw a brilliant blade light bursting forth from the darkness.

PS: Birthday, went out to have fun, that’s all for today.