Little Orange

Firefall stared at Cross with shock wrtiien all over his face. He had been friends with Cross for three years and he knew the callant hardly took offence when he was harassed.

It was like he was staring at another person who had similar looks with Cross.

The short heated conversation had managed to gather a crowd. And those who were able to recognize Cross were also wondering where he got his confidence from.

"You can see it as me teaching you,how a strong cultivator should act. But if you view it as a fight i wouldn't mind to oblige" Orange replied with contempt on his face.

"Young master Little Orange, what about we place bets. If i end up being the stronger cultivator, you would gift me a gold coin and the permission to call you Little Orange anytime I want" Cross uttered with a simple smile on his face.

"This guy has gone nuts" Somebody couldn't but utter loudly in the crowd. A lot of people seemed to agree as they stared at Cross with pity and ridicule on their faces.

"Didn't you say this guy is always obedient" A young man said staring at a pale faced lad who stood beside him.

"Yes, he never argues, i don't understand what's wrong with him. Probably he, hit his head on something" The pale faced lad uttered with confidence in his voice. The individuals beside him nodded their heads in agreement to the lad's words.

"If I'm able to teach you some lessons, you would kotow three times to me and acknowledge that you are weak and stupid!" Orange spoke, as he stared venemously at Cross.

He couldn't wait to tear him apart, he was irked by the constant repetition of 'Little Orange'. He even had the audacity to ask for permission to call him 'Little Orange'.

"Noted. You can kindly hand the gold coin to Firefall!" Cross uttered with no hint of trepidation. He had been looking for ways to test his new strength. The exictment in him when he found one of his bullies could not be explained. Not only would he beat him, he would also rob him in return.

"He must have lost his mind"

"What kind of confidence is this?"

It was quite obvious that Orange was stronger, Cross who was infamous for being the favourite target of bullies was with no doubt the weaker one.

"Cross" Firefall stared at his friend who stood in front of him and was exuding a strange confident aura, it didn't feel like the low-spirited Cross he knew.

"Come get the coin!"Orange yelled at Firefall, he wasn't scared of them playing tricks on him. Although he didn't understand why Cross was so confident, he didn't care, he believed he had the stronger fist.

Firefall collected the coin and then proceeded to stand beside Cross.

"Since you would be trying to prove your strength I advice you give it your all" Cross said. He didn't say it because he was trying to act tough, but he rather, wanted to test the limit of his new strength.

"You are daring!" Orange snorted as a golden sheen of light suddenly covered the skin of his upper body, his neck and his fist were the only visible parts as his robe covered his body.

Orange jerked his arms, and then a dark light covered the top of his clenched fist.

He roared and then charged towards Cross.

"Not only as Orange unlocked his fifth body star he has also successfully comprehended the Middle rank human martial technique 'Iron cleaving fist' to completion"

"He's a genius, what did you expect"

"He is just fourteen and already possesses such strength. His potential is impressive"

Cross had a resolute expression on his face, as he sped towards the incoming attack.

He thrust his fist into the air, and like the sound of an explosion, three sonorous tiger roars filled the air.

"Cross must have lost his senses. Not only is his body cultivation lower than Orange, he's also using a low rank human technique, is this were his confidence lies?" A cultivator spoke among the crowd and he couldn't help but feel Cross was delusional.

Firefall was feeling very nervous, he didn't know what was wrong with Cross or what he was doing, but from the evident, all the stakes were against him.

Boom! The two indomitable fist clashed and the scene they were expecting didn't happen but rather they saw Orange badly tossed into the air.

"Ahhh!!"Orange screamed in pain like a lamb that was about to be slaughtered. His fist that received the attack was mangled and the previous arrogant aura was replaced with trepidation.

Everyone's eyes was abruptly directed towards Cross. They could easily sense his aura and could tell that he had only unlocked four of his body starpoints. He even used a low rank human martial technique and still ended up defeating Orange who had a higher rank and also a better martial technique.

Cross' face was expressionless but a glint of exictment couldn't help but flash across his eyes. He didn't even make use of the Gold searing technique and he was able to still defeat Orange with one blow. If he wasn't in the midst of people he would have screamed out loud.

Fire fall's face was all shades of coulor, from disbelief, to exictment, to shock. He didn't know how well he should feel, he was happy that Cross could finally stand up for himself, but he was wondering how the latter had suddenly grown such terrific body strength.

"It seems I've overestimated you, Little Orange. I doubt you know who a strong expert is" Cross smiled as he glared at Orange who's face had suddenly become pale. Truth be told, he had truly overestimated the lad's strength.

The crowd stared at Cross and they all began to wonder what fortune the latter had struck to suddenly grow such strength.

"Thanks for the gift Little Orange!" Cross said, as he dragged the stupefied Firefall along with him towards another direction, which was different from their previous destination.

Orange felt a mouthful of blood gather in his mouth. He immediately swallowed it, he had already lost too much face, and was not planning to further embarrass himself.

Not only had he lost a gold coin, which was synonymous to his monthly allowance, he had also lost a battle to someone who was meant to be weaker than him.