Chapter 38 (1/2)

A few days after giving the Wind-dwelling Egret skills book to the red-haired man, Chen An saw an advancing newcomer on the leaderboard.

At this juncture, Chen An had already defeated more than 30 opponents and was ranked 65th…

Right on his heels, at the 66th ranking, was that person’s name, Duan Pingchao.

This had been a controversial person in De Yuan. Everyone had chided him for hurting people during beast battles in the past, but this had not occurred in his recent battles.

In addition, his beast had become more powerful, and it was unknown as to what skills book it had used. He had also adopted a completely new combat strategy.

No one knew the reason for the change, and everyone was trying to find out his secret formula.

Chen An laughed and brushed this off. They had been calling him the red-haired man all this time. In fact, his real name was Duan Pingchao.

This change had piqued the curiosity of many.

“That Duan Pingchao is too strange. He suddenly became so powerful. I suspect that it has something to do with his skills book. I’ve never seen such a special skills book with such powerful wind-attribute attack. Who knows of it?”

“Who would know? He’s not the only strange one. Liu Ran’s skills book is also very strange.”

“Chen An too. His tactics are getting fancier and fancier in the ranking battle stage. R-right. Aren’t the three of them from the same dormitory? Something is fishy here.”

Upon coming to this sudden realization, everyone began to ponder over this meticulously. It was still logical for Duan Pingchao and Liu Ran’s cases. They had an additional skills book of unknown origins.

However, Chen An’s case was too exaggerated. The tactics he adopted were as countless as stars. In addition, they resembled the skills his opponents had used on the ranking battle stage.

“What? What? Are you saying that Chen An is able to pick up our skills as long as he fights with us? That’s too scary!”

“That’s not right. What about the other two? Since Chen An can do that, so can they? Won’t that be chaotic?”

Chen An had always been regarded as a unique exception. Numerous people were targeting him, but they endured their anger and dared not utter a word. Nonetheless, if everyone was like Chen An, it would pose a huge threat.

“That won’t do! I have to get a line on this!”

Liu Ran was the most big-mouthed one, and he was tricked the moment he heard that someone had information on a precious treasure. In the end, he was led into revealing that Chen An was a powerful Skills Book Creator.

People then came to realize why all of this had come to be.

As long as they could become closer with Chen An or use some means to curry favor with him, they might obtain some special skills books from him.

This was why Skills Book Creators were very much sought after.

It was just that most Skills Book Creators had their limits, and they could not create books that boldly and fearlessly.

Things were different when it came to Chen An, however.

Some people had been scornful with their remarks about Chen An earlier. They had always gossiped and commented negatively about Chen An’s behavior in De Yuan.

They had said he pulled strings to get into De Yuan. Otherwise, Zheng Qing would not have lost to him. During the dormitory arrangements, they had said he was an oddball and refused to stay with him. They had also said that Chen An wanted to make a name for himself during the teacher’s introductory battle and intentionally snatched everyone’s opportunity. During the challenge, he had not dared to fight Zheng Qing and was a coward.