After the True Heiress Travels Back
Chapter 656 I Confessed!

Chapter 656: Chapter 656 I Confessed!

Those with high talent, even without knowing they were cultivating, had already developed their strength.

They even discovered that they possessed the combat power value displayed by the Defenders of the City!

The difference was that the Defenders of the City showed red flames.

Whereas theirs was black mist.

Although they seemed different, both were generated out of thin air.

On that point of similarity, they had confidence in themselves.

Quan Jinbei wasn’t worried at all; after all, he was well-prepared for someone to come and provoke him.

Now, he wasn’t afraid of provocation, he was afraid there would be none.

If there was a provocation, he could just deal with the person.

If not, he had no way to handle them.

"Defender of the City, we’ve heard that your combat power is very high. My brothers and I would like to challenge you."

That day, seven demon-infused people teamed up to confront Quan Jinbei.

Quan Jinbei said that anyone who came to challenge him was on a path to death.

The only way to survive was to defeat him.

But he didn’t say that they couldn’t challenge him seven at a time.

They were exploiting that loophole.

All seven of them had already cultivated Demonic Qi that they could use.

That is to say, in their eyes, their strength was on par with Quan Jinbei’s.

They just didn’t understand why Quan Jinbei produced flames while they produced black mist.

However, they didn’t take this difference to heart.

Now, Quan Jinbei was alone.

And they were seven.

One against seven.

Any way you looked at it, they were going to win.

Consequently, they were full of confidence.

Quan Jinbei looked at them with cold eyes.

The way he looked at them was like looking at dead men.

"Are you sure you want to challenge me?"

An old man among the seven, with a carefree attitude, said, "Of course we’re here to challenge you. Didn’t you say that those who challenge you will die? We brothers would like to see whether the dead will be us or you!"

The meaning behind his words was clear—they planned to gang up on him.

Quan Jinbei checked and found that although they had cultivated Demonic Qi, their foundation was not deep.

He could easily handle them by himself.

However...

They had already taken the first step.

That is to say, they could use Demonic Qi.

This was something he temporarily did not want to reveal in public.

Shi Yaoguang and Shang Minghao were still undergoing the cleansing process for this Demonic Qi, and before it was thoroughly cleansed, the fact that this city and its surroundings were covered with Demonic Qi...

It was best left unexposed.

Quan Jinbei, having his reservations, naturally did not immediately accept their challenge.

This gave them the opportunity to taunt him.

"Sir, you wouldn’t be too afraid to accept our brothers’ challenge, would you?"

"Does the Defender’s rule mean being heartless only to outsiders?"

"Defender of the City, when you killed the first challenger, you should have thought about your own outcome."

"Sir, you probably don’t want to admit your failure, but there’s no helping it..."

"With us brothers here, no matter how powerful the Defender of the City is, it’s a dead end."

"Haha, a dead end!"

"Alright, no more nonsense, let’s get to it!"

The seven brothers, each speaking in turn, clearly arranged their pre-battle taunts.

If it wasn’t for the ill timing, Quan Jinbei would have rolled his eyes.

What kind of talk was that?

Did they really think a challenge was child’s play?

But...

He didn’t have the time to mock anything either.

Before they could make a move, he called out aloud.

"I accept your challenge, but on one condition," he said.

"A condition?" The seven men glanced at each other before asking, "What condition?"

Quan Jinbei pondered for a moment, "You must not use any special abilities."

"Special abilities?" The eldest brother showed a thoughtful expression, "Do you know we possess special abilities?"

Quan Jinbei nodded.

The eldest brother continued to press, "Do you understand what our special abilities are all about?"

Quan Jinbei nodded again, this time with a grave expression, "I think you must have noticed that there’s a very special power within you."

All seven nodded in unison.

Indeed, it was after they had discovered this power within themselves that they started to cultivate independently.

And it was precisely because they cultivated a certain amount of Demonic Qi that they came together and formed a brotherhood.

Hearing Quan Jinbei speak now, could it be he knew something?

Or, perhaps, he had some sort of conspiracy?

The seven of them had different thoughts in their minds.

However, they all became a hundred percent more guarded against Quan Jinbei.

Quan Jinbei had no plans to fight them; the best outcome would be to subdue them without a battle.

He thus spoke to them in a heart-to-heart manner, "Actually, I didn’t come to be the Defender of the City of my own free will."

"You didn’t come willingly?"

The third brother asked skeptically, "If you’re not here voluntarily, then why did you take up the role of Defender of the City?"

The eldest brother also chimed in, "If you’re reluctant to be the Defender, when someone challenges you, you could just naturally pass on the title instead of killing them."

Quan Jinbei knew that these people were not so easily fooled and immediately replied, "Of course, that’s what I would like to do, but I can’t do that."

"Why not?"

Quan Jinbei’s expression grew solemn, "If I were to do that, I would lose my life."

He appeared deeply troubled, "If I had a choice, I wouldn’t want to have any special abilities at all, let alone defend this city."

Upon hearing the word "defend", all seven men showed thoughtful expressions.

What exactly had happened in their city, and why was there a need for defense?

And Quan Jinbei—what did he mean by saying he didn’t come willingly? What was that all about?

Meeting their doubtful gazes, Quan Jinbei, as if he had finally found a savior to succeed him, said to them, "Before I became the Defender of the City, I was just an ordinary person—"

He had only gotten that far when he was interrupted by the second brother, "You, just an ordinary person?"

"Do you think you can fool us so easily?"

Quan Jinbei avoided their eyes at those words.

Seeing this, the seven brothers began to denounce him on the spot, feeling that Quan Jinbei was deliberately deceiving them.

As the situation nearly spiraled out of control, Quan Jinbei finally seemed unable to bear it any longer and spilled his secrets.

"Alright, I’ll be honest," he conceded.

Quan Jinbei hung his head low, as if it was incredibly difficult to confess, and began to reveal his "past."

"One day, I woke up and suddenly realized that something strange was happening to my body... At first, I didn’t notice and carried on as usual, but my body got hotter and hotter, and I couldn’t resist going to the hospital. Right after the examination, I was taken away."

"Those people told me that I was a...," he seemed to struggle to remember for a while before finally continuing, "Yes, they told me they were sent by the president."

"They all had special abilities, the same kind of abilities I had suddenly acquired upon waking up one day..."

Listening to Quan Jinbei’s disjointed explanation, the eldest brother grew impatient, "We didn’t ask you about that; you haven’t said what exactly you did before you discovered you had special abilities!"

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