Chapter 549: 546
Ding Fan looked at the scattered Dragon Hunter scales on the sea surface with joy.
It was known that the Dragon Hunter was a treasure of heaven and earth. Previously, when Ding Fan used the Wind Blade Technique to kill it, the Dragon Hunter's scales remained uncut. Ding Fan's Wind Blade was an extremely powerful force; it could level entire mountains with a single blow.
And yet, that formidable Wind Blade couldn't even slice through the Dragon Hunter's scales, which demonstrated just how impressive those scales were. If those Dragon Hunter scales were used to create a Defensive Artifact, they would undoubtedly be the perfect material.
Without hesitation, Ding Fan collected all the scales floating on the sea surface.
Ding Fan stored all these scales in his storage ring. After storing them, he used Sword Control to return to the island above.
The area where Ding Fan fought the Dragon Hunter was some distance from that small island, but by the time Ding Fan reached the island, he discovered it had been soaked by seawater, obviously because of the waves stirred up during his fierce battle with the Dragon Hunter.
With his Divine Sense fully activated, Ding Fan quickly found traces of Zhou Ruoran and Liu Qingwei on a small hill on the island. It seemed that the large waves had forced the two women up the hill.
Immediately, Ding Fan proceeded with Sword Flight and soon arrived beside the two women.
Earlier, when unpredictable waves appeared on the sea, Zhou Ruoran was quite worried. She rushed over and inquired about them.
Ding Fan naturally didn't mention his intense battle with the Dragon Hunter; he merely said he was practicing Sword Flight at the time.
Zhou Ruoran did not doubt Ding Fan's words at all.
The three of them quickly tidied up, and just then, Liu Qingwei spotted a cruise ship on the sea. Now, they were not too far from the coast.
If Ding Fan used Sword Flight to return to the mainland and was discovered, it could lead to unnecessary trouble, so he decided to start a fire instead.
The thick smoke successfully attracted the cruise ship. Finally, the ship sent a small boat and picked up Ding Fan, Ruoran, and Liu Qingwei.
"Ladies, I am Lin Yuanjie, the son of the chairman of Jiangnan City's Zhengda Group… Looking at your appearance, did you encounter pirates at sea?"
After they boarded the ship and briefly introduced their situation to the captain, a man dressed in white casual clothes, smoking a thick cigar, approached Ding Fan, Ruoran, and Liu Qingwei, escorted by four bodyguards.
Ding Fan had no good impression of this wealthy young man at all. With no capabilities of his own, he relied on his father's influence to commit wrongdoings, utterly useless...
Ding Fan decided to ignore the man in white casual attire and turned to walk away.
Given that Ding Fan did not pay attention to the man, Zhou Ruoran and Liu Qingwei had even less intention to do so. The two women followed Ding Fan to a corner from a distance.
Lin Yuanjie considered himself a charming and wealthy man, confident that no woman would dislike him.
When he first met them, Lin Yuanjie revealed his identity to the two women, expecting that under normal circumstances, they would throw themselves into his arms.
However, what Lin Yuanjie couldn't understand was that the women simply ignored him; instead, they appeared very close to Ding Fan.
This infuriated Lin Yuanjie.
In his view, Ding Fan's plain clothes could be bought from a street stall for less than two hundred bucks.
The fact that the women chose to follow such a man and ignore him greatly annoyed Lin Yuanjie.
"Kid, you look so dark and ordinary. Are you a refugee who escaped from Myanmar?"
At that moment, Lin Yuanjie quickly took a few steps forward and blocked Ding Fan's path.
Ding Fan frowned deeply; the more he disliked someone, the closer that person seemed to get!
"What do you want?" Ding Fan asked, clearly annoyed.
"This deck is meant for rich people. You, looking like a country bumpkin, should probably lie down in the storage area below the deck," Lin Yuanjie said, tilting his chin up with a sense of superiority.
Ding Fan's eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he didn't say much.
Ding Fan did not want to talk much with such people; talking to them made him very uncomfortable.
At that moment, Lin Yuanjie's attention wasn't even on Ding Fan. He had blocked Ding Fan just to show off his superiority in front of Zhou Ruoran and Liu Qingwei.
Lin Yuanjie wanted Liu Qingwei and Zhou Ruoran to understand how pathetic Ding Fan, who had always been very close to them, appeared in front of him, and how much more manly he was.
Lin Yuanjie glanced at Zhou Ruoran and Liu Qingwei standing quietly behind Ding Fan.
At this moment, the two women were standing dutifully behind Ding Fan without any intention to stop or leave.
Seeing this, Lin Yuanjie's heart filled with joy, believing that beautiful women always favored strong men.
As he thought about this, Lin Yuanjie straightened up even more and approached Ding Fan arrogantly, looking full of momentum.
"This is not the place for you. Don't spoil my mood for watching the sea. Now, get back down to the storage area beneath the deck."
Lin Yuanjie felt his words were incredibly powerful, exuding an imposing arrogance.
At that moment, Lin Yuanjie seemed to sense the admiring gazes from the two women already.
"Ladies, I see you both are naturally beautiful and have elegant temperaments. I would like to invite you for a cup of coffee if you are free," Lin Yuanjie said to Zhou Ruoran and Liu Qingwei behind Ding Fan, his face beaming with a smile.
"Scram!"
At that point, Zhou Ruoran and Liu Qingwei hadn't even spoken a word when Ding Fan coldly confronted Lin Yuanjie.
Lin Yuanjie had never dreamed that Ding Fan would dare to curse him.
It should be noted that Lin Yuanjie had four bodyguards behind him, and Lin Yuanjie could have them surge forward and take Ding Fan down in minutes.
Those four bodyguards were large and muscular, while Ding Fan appeared quite frail. Lin Yuanjie believed these men were more than sufficient to handle Ding Fan.
"Boy, you dare talk to the Eldest Young Master of the Lin Family like that? It seems you really don't want to live!"
Lin Yuanjie struck a pose he thought was very suave and snapped his fingers at the four bodyguards behind him. "Go, teach this idiot a lesson, let him understand what kind of man I, the Eldest Young Master of the Lin Family, really am!"
After Lin Yuanjie finished, he looked towards Zhou Ruoran and Liu Qingwei behind Ding Fan.
Yet the two women remained indifferent.
Internally, Lin Yuanjie was grateful for having the fool Ding Fan by these beauties; otherwise, Lin Yuanjie wouldn't know how else to showcase his dominance.
After Lin Yuanjie snapped his fingers, his four bodyguards started walking straight toward Ding Fan.
Watching this scene unfold, Lin Yuanjie felt inexplicably thrilled. He could already foresee the admiring looks from the two beauties as his bodyguards thrashed Ding Fan.
Love always starts with admiration!
The other people on the deck, seeing there was excitement to watch, crowded around. The journey was long, and a bit of excitement could help pass the boring time.
However, just when Lin Yuanjie thought his bodyguards would definitely thrash Ding Fan, Ding Fan suddenly struck, slapping out with his right hand.
The bodyguard at the front immediately lost his balance and was sent flying backward by Ding Fan's blow.
The bodyguard following close behind was unfortunate. The two men collided with each other.
After a scream, the two curled up on the deck, obviously unable to get up again. The other two bodyguards were taken aback.
They were all well-trained, and it shouldn't have been easy to deal with them so effortlessly. However, Ding Fan had taken down two of them with a single move.
This was genuinely shocking.
But while the other two thugs were still in shock, Ding Fan struck again, reaching out with his right hand and grabbing the nearest thug by the hand.
After the thug screamed, Ding Fan forcibly lifted the bodyguard and then threw him hard onto the deck.
Boom... a loud sound followed, and when they looked at the bodyguard again, he had already passed out.
This process, which seems long when described, actually took only a couple of seconds in real time. In such a short time, Ding Fan simply moved his right hand and effectively dealt with three bodyguards.
The last standing bodyguard, seeing this, swallowed hard, genuinely never expecting to encounter such a fierce individual here.
Just by Ding Fan's combat prowess, if he rushed forward, Ding Fan could defeat him in seconds.
The surrounding crowd, after a few seconds of silence, then burst into enthusiastic applause.
Everyone had seen Lin Yuanjie waving his power around, trying to use Ding Fan to establish his authority. Now that Ding Fan had turned the tables, the onlookers were thrilled and satisfied.
"Kid… do you know who I am?" Lin Yuanjie's voice wasn't very confident at this point.
"Jiangnan City, the only son of Zhengda Group…" Ding Fan said calmly.
"Kid, good that you know. Knowing my identity and still daring to act tough, I do start to admire your courage!" Lin Yuanjie told Ding Fan.
Ding Fan pondered for a moment, then finally said, "If you don't want to die, get lost!"