Editor: Sparrow Translations
Zhao Yao’s kept his eyes shut as he prayed earnestly when he tapped on the upgrade button.
"Please, give a useful ability! You must give a good one!"
While Zhao Yao was still imrsed in his prayers, two ability branches had already appeared before his eyes.
Boiling Part (Upgraded): This is the upgraded version of the power, Boiling Part, that you are familiar with. During the period of tifreeze, the speed of ti would multiply by the current level of Matcha, making it 6X.
Hardening of Ti: This will allow the user to absorb the power of ti, by improving the user’s sensitivity to it.
Hardening of Ti was like the previous powers offered. Its description was sowhat vague, making it impossible for one to truly understand its effects.
On the other hand, Boiling Part (Upgraded) was easily understood. Evidently, this was the sa power that Zhao Yao had chosen previously, just that it got stronger. Also ...
"This power is an upgrade of my current power." Beams of excitent shot out of Zhao Yao’s eyes as he exclaid, "Six tis the current speed! Based on my experience, this would affect the destructive power, the reaction ti during tifreeze and my thought process! I’m gonna grow stronger holistically! Since my power was limited to 12 seconds, this effect would allow to do 72 seconds worth of things within 12 seconds!"
"Currently, this power’s effect is tied to my current level. If I continue upgrading, the effects will grow increasingly more pronounced! Furthermore, there is no cooldown attached to it at all!"
Zhao Yao was overwheld with excitent with the possibilities awaiting him. He did not hesitate and imdiately chose the power, Boiling Point (Upgraded).
"Matcha, I have increased your power once again. This ti around, everything you do during tifreeze will be accelerated. Let’s try it out." Zhao Yao glanced at the irritating superphone in his hand and decided to just switch it off and throw it inside the extradinsional belly.
At the next mont, he had already channeled Matcha’s ability and activated tifreeze.
When the entire world was a standstill, two figures swept across the pavent like a hurricane. All that was left were their shadows. In the blink of an eye, they had gone from the heart of the district to the entrance before making a dash out of the place.
"Haha, it’s too fast, Zhao Yao! I’m too fast!" Matcha scread excitedly as his tiny fra whizzed past. To him, all his weight had evaporated into thin air and he felt weightless. By taking a tiny step forward, the scene surrounding him had already fallen behind.
In his eyes, everything, be it the pedestrians, cars, barriers, rubbish and the remaining obstacles remained crystal clear. Regardless of how fast he went, he still managed to evade them effortlessly.
When ti resud, Zhao Yao and Matcha’s body reacted by giving a soft shudder. They found themselves one kiloter from where they first started.
"Invincible, I’m invincible!" Matcha burst out laughing, "At this rate, no one can even hold a candle to ! Haha! My power has elevated to the pinnacle of supercats!"
However, Zhao Yao remained silent. After waiting for a short while to ensure that the cooldown had already worn off, he began to swing his palm in the air.
Just 0.3 seconds worth of tifreeze allowed Zhao Yao to complete a series of actions which actually required 1.8 seconds. This was all completed when his actions were accelerated six tis.
"I am the most vulnerable during my cooldown. The shorter the cooldown, the better it is."
"During the normal battles, I must maintain the cooldown ti to below one second. This will prevent anyone from exposing my weakness and should be more than sufficient to take down the majority of my opponents."
"Now, I need to get so weapons that I can easily carry around."
Zhao Yao was extrely satisfied with Matcha’s upgrade. This power fitted his needs seamlessly. After slightly more than half an hour of experinting in the garden, Zhao Yao finally returned ho.
His phone started vibrating the mont he took one step out of the shower.
Zhao Yao picked up his phone from his bed and took a look at the display, "Inspector Ho?" He imdiately picked up the call and was greeted by a sowhat hoarse voice.
"Hello, is this Zhao Yao? Are you asleep? It’s ti for your toilet break. It’s bad for your body if you wake up at 4 or 5 am to settle your business."
Zhao Yao stared wide-eyed and could not believe his ears, "I never expected this guy to be so petty." Hence, he just responded with whatever that ca to his head, "It’s okay. I’m as healthy as ever. During my previous health check-up, the doctor said that I was as fit as a bull. I enjoy perfect sleep every night and I’m brimming with energy throughout the entire day."
Zhao Yao let out a sigh before wiping off the sweat accumulated on his forehead, "Alright, other than reminding to go for my toilet break, what do you want from ? You stupid petty man."
Inspector Ho responded with a cackle and said, "Do you know about the cat king competition?"
A glint flashed across Zhao Yao’s head as all sorts of possibilities zood past his head. Finally, he responded with the simplest answer, "What the hell is that? I don’t know."
"It doesn’t matter. Anyway, it’s just a city-wide competition involving all supercats and their apostles. Are you interested in participating?" Inspector Ho asked.
"Not interested." Zhao Yao replied adamantly, "I spend all my ti in the café. I even have to prepare the food for Old Man Zhuang and take care of all the cats. This has already taken a toll on . Where do I find ti to participate in this silly competition?"
Zhao Yao had never planned to participate in this competition using his true identity. Naturally, he was not about to divulge the truth.
"Hmph, in this case," Inspector Ho propped his chin on his hand and hesitated for a while before continuing, "To tell you the truth, we are also involved in the organization of this competition and have sent so of our apostles to represent us. If you’re interested in participating, I can supply you with so insider information."
A hint of hesitation flashed across Zhao Yao’s eyes. However, he managed to compose himself the next mont and reminded himself that this was just a test. He then replied nonchalantly, "I’m not interested. If there’s nothing else, bye."
...
Huddled inside the eting room, Inspector Ho stared furiously at his phone and retorted, "How dare he hang up on ?"
Yue Shan, who sat right next to him answered, "How is it? Is that guy participating?"
"No. It’s just one less troubleso guy on my side." Inspector Ho breathed a sigh of relief.
With the competition about to begin, Inspector Ho decided to contact so of the powerful players in the region in the capacity of an organizer. He did not want any of them to disrupt the flow of this event.
Inspector Ho continued, "Zhao Yao is already one of the more reasonable apostles. The remaining ones are far worse."
A frown crept up Yue Shan’s face as he responded, "There are more and more strong apostles by the day. There’s the golden man who tried to take down Sphynx Cat and the headless horseman who annihilated Muscle Society. Also, there’s the supercat that had managed to subdue tens of cat kings. All of them are thornier than Zhao Yao."
Inspector Ho nodded his head and replied, "That’s why we have to improve our managent. This competition offers us the perfect opportunity. With the superphones, we can collect a massive amount of information regarding the supercats and their apostles. We can even use the competition to gauge their abilities and characters.
Since the awakening of supercats, we have adopted the safer approach – collecting intel secretly while strengthening our powers. Now, it’s finally ti for us to act. Anyway, we have already decided on the top three winners, hence we don’t have to worry about the rewards."
At the sa ti, Inspector Ho’s phone started buzzing on the table. His forehead furrowed slightly when he took a glance at it. He let out a long sigh before comnting, "A pesky fellow is participating."
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