Chapter 57: Crooked Lion Fist.

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Crooked Lion Fist.

"Cunt?" Derrick turned around and activated his all-seeing eyes and realized the two men before him were both at low-level Enhanced Being Stage level.

Then Derrick finally recalled one more detail he did not think of before.

Anyone who had become an alchemist had to be an Enhanced Stage Being.

Which meant Beth was one as well.

So, the fact that someone can cause trouble for her had to mean they had more than one Enhanced Being Stage of Powerful fighters.

The difference between someone who was in the Physical Strengthening Realm and those who were in the Enhanced Being Stage was not simple.

Their physical prowess alone is like a jug of water being compared to a whole bucket of it.

Not to mention they had access to Enhanced Energy, which could elevate their battle power to an even whole other realm.

But did that mean Derrick would back down?

If he was just a simple Physical Strengthening Realm fighter... he might have.

But Derrick was in no sense normal.

Not only had he taken the most pure pills to break through to this realm, but he also had the system.

"Sorry, Dickhead, but this cunt is not going anywhere." Derrick turned around to fully face him and raised a middle finger.

His reaction clearly caught the two men off guard as they had frozen for a second.

Then, the guy who had spoken before flexed his arm, and a crowbar slid out of his shirt. A devious smirk made its way to his face as he said, "Good. Then I will fuck you up... cunt."

But before he could make a move, Beth leaned over the counter and shouted, "Please Stop!"

"Why are you doing this to me? How will I pay the debt if you don’t allow me to sell anything?" Tears started to form at the corner of her eyes as she seemed to be on the verge of begging for them.

"Do you still not understand it, little girl?" The second lean guy in the back who looked like a frail little kid suddenly laughed hard and said, "We don’t want you to pay your debt on time."

"With each month, your interests will rise, and by the time your last deadline expires, you will not be able to even dream of paying the debt."

He stepped forward and spread his arms like he was explaining some grand plan.

"Then, we will slowly take away everything you own. The shop, your home..." He stared her dead in the eye and said, "Your hope."

Color started draining from her face.

The horrifying reality finally dawned on Betty. She realized how big of a mistake she had made getting in business with such people.

But the man did not seem to be finished.

"When you have nothing to give, we will simply take you and sell you as a whole first, and once you are broken, for parts—"

Before the man could finish the final words, his eyes widened in shock as Derrick, who had been standing all the way at the end of the shop, which was about twenty meters away from him, had appeared before him.

His eyes were colder than the eyes of any beast he had encountered.

Boom!

The man raised an arm, seeing an incoming fist to block it before it could connect to his face, but Derrick opened his palm and jabbed all the fingers straight into his stomach.

The man’s skin caved in along with his organs, and he spat a mouthful of bile.

Woosh!

The first guy did not stand there and watch Derrick attack his partner and closed in with his crowbar.

"Die, cunt!" He screamed and swung the crow bar down at the boy’s head.

Derrick’s excellent control over his body allowed him to twist it at an abnormal angle backwards while he whipped out a kick to send the guy flying backwards.

Clankkkk!!

Thwisssh!

He was sent flying back out of the shop, straight through the glass window, shattering it to pieces.

"Cough... cough!" Derrick turned his attention to the frail guy who was slowly starting to get up. He could not see it without his All Seeing Eyes active, but Derrick could feel it.

The man was surrounded by a powerful aura that sent shivers down his spine.

"He..he..." The man started laughing as he got up. "What a dangerous guy. I did not think someone so powerful would come to such a backwards district to buy a pill."

"Had I not covered my body with Enhanced energy at the last second, your hand would have pierced my body right then, killing me."

"Hhehe. But I won’t let you catch me off guard again. But we are two while you are all alone."

Derrick glanced behind the man and saw his accomplice standing up from the road and picking up his weapon, which had fallen far behind.

His thought went to the main mission he had received. If only I had that reward in my hands.

"Whatever, I will beat the shit out of you two myself." Derrick scowled and walked forward.

"You are not alone." Hearing the voice coming from behind, Derrick looked over and saw Betty walking around the counter.

There was a metal baseball bat in her hands.

Where did she get that? Derrick wondered, but he shook his head. "Are you sure?"

"I may be an alchemist, but I am an Enhanced Being who once aimed to be a hunter." She pushed over the lab coat and threw it on the counter before tying her long red hair in a makeshift bun.

"You take the guy outside; I will handle this guy." Derrick suggested, looking back at the man before him.

Without waiting for him, he made the first move and ran towards him.

The frail man saw Derrick coming this time with his enhanced sight. He took a deep breath and took a weird-looking stance.

His left hand was raised before his face, like a claw, and his right hand was beside his waist, clenched into a fist.

"You are not even using your Enhanced Energy. Are you looking down on me that much?" Staring in Derrick’s eyes, he uttered coldly, "Well, whatever. I will make you pay for such arrogance."

Boom!

The moment he finished speaking, Derrick was already upon, and without missing a single movement, the frail gangster punched his tattoo-covered arm forward while shouting.

"Crooked Lion Fist!"