Chapter 52: Thunderfire Bullets (1/2)

Chapter 52: Thunderfire Bullets

Two hours later.

Team Bright was gathered next to a river located in somewhere in the Falling Eagle Mountain’s forests.

“Look, I caught a fish!”

Yan Fuxing stood on the riverbank with a large-bellied fish in his hands while jumping around excitedly.

Su Chen and Zheng Xia were setting up a campfire for dinner.

Zheng Xia’s palms cleaved through the air like an axe, chopping through many branches that were then stacked on top of each other.

Flames emerged from Su Chen’s palms, lighting the kindling underneath the pile of wood.

After glancing at the large-bellied fish in Yan Fuxing’s hand, Su Chen said, “That’s a mother river fish. It’s just before their mating season, so be careful when you cut it open. The fish eggs are extremely delicious luxuries, so we shouldn’t waste them.”

“How did you know that?” Sun Jizu asked from the side. He was helping Du Qing take care of the ape’s meat.

After the matters with the Giant Adamantine Ape and Team Soaring, Zheng Xia and the others evidently viewed Su Chen in a much different light, their interactions much warmer and friendlier than before.

“I read a lot of books,” Su Chen replied as he pulled out seasonings from his Origin Ring.

“But reading books can’t really make you stronger.” Du Qing struggled to cut the ape meat in her hand. While she was extremely skilled with sword arts, her use of a knife was much clumsier. The meat she was trying to cut into pieces looked like it had been chewed up by a dog.

Iron Cliff couldn’t watch any longer. He took the blade out of her hands and said, “Let me take care of this. You go and look for some more kindling.”

“That depends on how you define ‘strength’,” Su Chen replied while leaning against a tree.

“What do you mean?” everyone asked.

“The strength everyone is trying to achieve is different. To me, strength is something that is relative. Is the Giant Adamantine Ape strong? Very! In terms of pure strength, even two more Su Chen’s are not comparable, but I was still able to kill it. Why? Because I also had Origin Tools, medicine, and Origin Stones to help me recover. Without these items, I wouldn’t be its opponent. So tell me, would you consider that to be considered strength? Knowledge is the same. It can become a component of one’s strength and help one become even stronger.”

Sun Jizu laughed, “You could be right, but that is strength that doesn’t belong to you. I want to possess my own strength. Only with absolute strength can one dominate everything.”

Su Chen snorted. “Don’t speak nonsense. What is ‘absolute strength to dominate everything’? Where would you go to find absolute strength? Zhang Sheng’an is strong, but Ji Hanyan can send him flying with one hand. Even if she is strong, she is fourth on the Dragon Transformation List, meaning that there are three people stronger than her. Is the first-ranked on the Dragon Transformation List strong? Above them are the sixth, seventh, and eighth year students. Above those people are probably geniuses with special Demon Emperor-level bloodlines. Would those people dare to utter the word ‘absolute’? Don’t forget that no matter how strong they are, they are only in the Qi Drawing Realm. There are thousands or even tens of thousands of individuals even stronger than them. Except for the strongest person in the universe, who can dare to say that they possess absolute strength?”

un Jizu was speechless.

Su Chen continued, “Most importantly, when your ‘absolute strength’ is unable to dominate, you can say that your strength was not strong enough, not absolute enough! Based on that logic, I can say that I can control everything with absolute knowledge. If I can’t accomplish it, then I can just say that my knowledge was not absolute enough. Do you think this kind of logic has meaning?”

“……”

Su Chen continued, “How I see it, strength is just strength no matter where it comes from as long as you can use it. Knowledge is a very important kind of strength, and it can bring me a lot of benefits. For instance……”

As Su Chen spoke, he pulled out an item.

He was holding a very unassuming black metal ball in his hand.

“What is that?” Wang Doushan asked.

“Do you remember the wine jugs?” Su Chen replied.

Wang Doushan’s eyes lit up. “This is the improved wine jug? Why is it that small?”

“How could I call it improved otherwise?” Su Chen replied. “I compressed the medicinal attributes inside this ball. Don’t look down on it just because it’s small; it’s actually more powerful than the jugs of wine from before. I call it the Thunderfire Bullet.”

Everyone’s interest was aroused.

“Give it a try!” Wang Doushan excitedly said.

“What do you all think?” Su Chen glanced at the others.

Everyone nodded their heads. They all wanted to see the kind of strength that could come from knowledge.

“Fine!” Su Chen glanced at Cloud Leopard and said, “Leopard, I remember that there was a horde of Stinging Wasps that we passed by on our way here.”

“Yes, there was.” Cloud Leopard nodded.

“Let’s get some honey and use it to glaze our meat. How does that sound?” Su Chen laughed.

Cloud Leopard laughed, “Sounds good to me.”

As soon as he spoke, his figure had already disappeared in a blur.

He quickly returned, holding an extremely large wasp nest in his hands. A swarm of humming Stinging Wasps were chasing closely behind him.