"Great!" Zhou Chao said, then casually spat out his chewing gum—right on target, aimed straight at Gao Liang. The three close friends standing beside Gao Liang had no time to dodge. Gao Liang remained calm, and everyone was astonished to see that, as the gum approached him at just 3 centimeters away, it suddenly reversed direction and shot back toward Zhou Chao. "Risk control! You really have risk control skills?" Zhou Chao realized something was going on and didn't want the gum to stick to him, so he swiftly stepped aside. "Thwack!" The gum struck Liu Qiang on Zhou Chao's side like a rubber bullet. "Ow!" Liu Qiang clutched his face in pain, immediately turning from pale to red, his face swelling up dramatically. "Outstanding! The boss is absolutely amazing!" The three friends, along with the rest of the Fenghuo Hall team, burst into applause and cheers. Zhou Chao, however, was furious, watching Liu Qiang's embarrassment and turned his scornful gaze directly at Gao Liang, saying, "Don't think I'm afraid of you just because you've got risk control. I've got something even better than "Just as he finished speaking, Zhou Chao flipped and tapped his palm in the air, 'plop, plop, plop!' An unusual sound echoed through the air, drawing everyone's attention and sending a cool breeze sweeping over them. 'Whoa! What's going on? What is Zhou Chao doing?' Everyone's eyes turned toward the two small white balls now held in his hands. 'It's water balls!' someone in the crowd gasped. 'Master! Watch out! Zhou Chao's egg-like ability is water-based!' Ying'er reminded Highlight, but Highlight seemed completely unimpressed. With a slight downward curve at the corners of his mouth, he stared calmly at the two water balls rolling and growing steadily in Zhou Chao's palm, saying, 'I simply don't believe there's anything extraordinary about these water balls!' As soon as he finished speaking, the water balls had already expanded into two translucent spheres the size of footballs. Zhou Chao took a deep breath and fixed Highlight with a fierce glare, declaring, 'I'm going to leave you with nothing but bruises today!' Immediately afterward, one of the water balls shot directly toward Highlight. Gao Liang immediately activated his risk-control ability to block the water sphere, only to find it far less manageable than Qiao's electric slash. The more he used his risk-control, the more the water sphere seemed to roll toward his side. "Master! It's not that your risk-control ability is ineffective—it's simply that you haven't absorbed or transformed energy, nor strengthened your mental focus today!" Ying'er reminded him. Gao Liang endured intense pain, carefully extracting something from his eye and holding it up high, leaving everyone in astonishment: "An ice cube! Water has actually frozen!" "Hahahaha!" Zhou Chao laughed heartily, with clear pride and disdain, addressing Gao Liang with a look of contempt: "Gao Liang, you'd better surrender now! As soon as you do—announce the immediate dissolution of the Fenghuo Hall—and I'll save your life!" "Zhou Chao! As far as I know, water-based abilities can only gather water molecules from the air to form a powerful energy. Yet you've not only achieved that, but you've also altered the state of the water molecules..." Gao Liang looked at Zhou Chao, who was now full of confidence and pride, with growing bewilderment. Ying'er, the little girl, quickly busied herself, transmitting the information she had gathered through her brainwave consciousness to Gao Liang: "Master! In our universe, there are no fewer than three individuals capable of altering the state of water molecules!" "Ying'er! Why has Zhou Chao suddenly become so remarkable?" Gao Liang was deeply puzzled. "Truth But still, I firmly believe that the Master is the most outstanding! Yet, Master! You've recently fallen behind on your training!" Ying'er expressed a touch of惋惜. At that moment, Zhou Chao turned to Gao Liang and said, "Gao Liang! Don't think your Jinguan Fist is unbeatable—though, I must thank your Jinguan Fist!" Gao Liang looked at Zhou Chao with growing confusion. Zhou Chao's younger brother Luo Qi and Wang Lei burst into laughter, while Liu Qiang, with his face swollen high with pride, became especially confident. These self-important fellows—Gao Liang had always looked down on them. "How so?" Gao Liang asked. "It's your Jinguan Fist that activated the latent ability I've nurtured inside me for over ten years! Haha!" Zhou Chao's words left everyone astonished. What on earth was going on? It turned out that Zhou Chao had been practicing his special abilities since childhood under his grandfather's guidance, but progress had been slow. His grandfather had grown increasingly disappointed, and Zhou Chao himself had nearly lost all confidence. However, two weeks ago, when Gao Liang publicly demonstrated his Jade Fist and sharply scolded Zhou Chao and his team, Zhou Chao, after going to the hospital, unexpectedly discovered miraculous changes in his body. He immediately rushed to his grandfather's place. Upon seeing a vibrant energy pulsing within his grandson, the grandfather believed that Zhou Chao had been struck by a supernatural illness and promptly used his Fire Cloud Palm to press against the energy inside him. To his surprise, the energy did not yield, and instead, Zhou Chao immediately spat out two water spheres, followed by another. The grandfather, delighted, beamed with joy and exclaimed, "It's a success! Grandson! The latent energy within you has been activated!" In fact, the power of Gao Liang's Jade Fist had broken the blockage in Zhou Chao's Yin Blood, allowing his accumulated energy to flow like a continuous river. Under his grandfather's guidance, Zhou Chao learned to control the two water spheres he emitted—far from ordinary, these spheres represented the energy Zhou Chao had steadily gathered over more than a decade of studying and cultivating his unique abilities under his grandfather's instruction. Ying'er transmitted Zhou Chao's brainwave consciousness to Gao Liang. Upon learning that Zhou Chao's latent abilities had been activated by Gao Liang's Diamond Fist, Gao Liang said with confidence, "Excellent! Excellent! Let's try another round—how about that?" Zhou Chao still held a water ball in his hand and, turning fiercely toward Gao Liang, shouted, "Catch it!" As soon as he finished speaking, the water ball rolled toward Gao Liang. Ying'er immediately cried out, "Master! Step aside!" The three friends stared in stunned silence, their feet frozen, unable to breathe, as they realized the water ball had now transformed into a glass sphere—no, an ice ball! A solid sphere! "You're impressive! I'm even more so!" Gao Liang, though now unable to use his risk control technique to counter Zhou Chao's solid ball, had studied electrical abilities. When Zhou Chao was confident, it was Gao Liang who stepped in. Faster than Zhou Chao. After all, Gao Liang had trained in both meditation and physical prowess at the Shaolin Temple, significantly enhancing his agility. Could act before Zhou Chao made his move, seizing the initiative. When everyone saw Zhou Chao's hand tremble, the water ball began to fall. Zhou Chao felt a powerful electric current surge through his hand, numbing him and sending him into a state of shock. Fortunately, his teammates Luo Qi, Wang Lei, and Liu Qiang managed to jointly catch the water ball.