[Arc 6: ???]

Chapter 161

Confusion

Chu Shen and the gang appeared suddenly in a small dirt field. Chu Shen sighed. Another world, another disaster. Looking around he saw a small town not that far away. After pointing it out, everyone decided to go ahead and visit the town.

They weren’t too far away whenever Lucas suddenly perked up. “I can see cars! Cars!” Lucas studied the town with his cybernetic eyes for a little while before sighing. “They aren’t too advanced though, it’s almost like they’re out of my history book. They still travel over the ground and judging from the smoke, they still run on fossil fuel. Disappointing.”

Chu Shen patted his back. “Well, at least that means they have some form of technology.”

Lucas nodded, cheered up by Chu Shen’s optimism. “Thats right! Maybe they have something else to offer.” He immediately went back to staring at the town. Aslo just shook his head. They got weirder and weirder every time he saw them.

“Look out!” Lucas suddenly yelled. Right as he spook, a sonic boom rang out from in front of them. A person clad in a bright red suit shot past them. The person hit the ground, causing dust to shoot up everywhere.

Another person suddenly fell from the sky. He crashed into the ground, causing the earth to crack beneath his fall. Dust billowed around him but he walked out of the new dust cloud, allowing Chu Shen and his group to see what he looked like.

This person had on bright purple shorts with no s.h.i.+rt and purple face mask. His entire body was covered in muscle and he was at least seven foot tall. Painted on his chest was a purple fist.

He glanced at Chu Shen’s group before dismissing them.  The man turned towards the dust cloud that had been raised by the red-suited man. “I told you Crimson Scorcher! You’re fireb.a.l.l.s aren’t a match for my pure body strength! Fairview will be my town to rule!”

The dust cloud settled, revealing this ‘Crimson Scorcher.’ He coughed before standing up. The frightening crash had ripped his red suit and his left arm hung limply at his side. “Wrecker! So long as I am alive, you will never terrorize these people!”

As he said that, Crimson Scorcher pointed his right hand at Wrecker. A red fireball formed in front of him before flying at Wrecker. The target in question smirked before flexing his feet. Cracks spread from around his feet as Wrecker leaped sideways. He skimmed over the ground, barely an inch above it, and avoided the fireball.

“Such little tricks aren’t going to work on me Crimson Scorcher!” Wrecker yelled at the man as the fireball impotently pa.s.sed him. Kicking down at the ground, he surged forward towards Crimson Scorcher.

Crimson Scorcher desperately attempted to defend by sending another fireball at Wrecker. Crossing his arms in front of him, Wrecker endured the fireball and rammed into Crimson Scorcher. Grabbing him by neck he lifted Crimson Scorcher into the air. “To think you would become so weak after I merely broke your arm. I heard you elemental metas would become distracted by pain and couldn’t fight, but I didn’t think it would be this exaggerated.”

Crimson Scorcher glared down at Wrecker. “If you hadn’t ambushed me in my car, none of this would have happened.”

Wrecker smiled. “You’re right. Flying into the air really is effective when fighting muscle heads like me. Luckily, I still have some brains. Tactics are also a part of strength, yes? Now that the talk is over, I remember you saying I couldn’t rule Fairview while you were still alive. Taking that into consideration… you need to die!”

Wrecker threw Crimson Scorcher into the ground, creating a human shaped crater in the ground. Right as he went to punch the p.r.o.ne figure, a hammer suddenly smashed into his back.

He flew quite a distance away before landing face first. Standing up, Wrecker turned around, furious at this interruption right at this most critical part. “WHO DARES!!!” Who? Chu Shen of course!

Chu Shen stood there, his hammer standing tall beside him. Lucas glumly watched from the side. His armored suit would draw too much attention, better to stay back for now. Aslo decided to just watch this time around while Chrissa joined him.

Wrecker saw Chu Shen and became confused. “Kid, I don’t know what stupid idea you got into your head when you gained powers, but you ain’t a hero. Turn around and get back to town. I don’t fancy killin’ kids.”

Chu Shen sighed. This bad guy talked too much! He gripped his hammer with both hands and charged towards the man. In less than a second he appeared before Wrecker, already swinging his hammer at Wrecker’s stomach.

Wrecker immediately panicked. This kid was too fast! A sonic boom could be heard even as the hammer struck his gut. Wrecker folded in half as he was sent flying backwards once more. Chu Shen winced as he heard the crack of bone from when he hit Wrecker.

The first time he hadn’t put a whole lot of strength in his attack. This time he had used fifty percent of his strength and accidentally broke this bad guy’s ribs. Going over to the Crimson Scorcher, Chu Shen pulled him from the crater. Wrecker had apparently lost conscious and so had Crimson Scorcher.

Master Ti Wu scanned Crimson Scorcher since he was already pa.s.sed out. Meanwhile, Chu Shen gave Crimson Scorcher a couple light taps on the cheek. Soon, he woke up. 

“Whaa! What’s going on!” Crimson Scorcher started to immediately panic. 

“Hey, hey. Shhh. It’s alright. I already beat up that Wrecker guy. You’re alright now.”

Crimson Scorcher started to cry. As he did Master Ti Wu started to share his finds with Chu Shen. “These guys somehow awakened their abilities. Their soul can manipulate Qi but can’t sense their meridians. They can’t even cultivate yet somehow they can still manipulate the elements. I would say it’s like Aslo except for that Wrecker fellow over there. He also can’t cultivate or manipulate Qi, but he has the body of a martial artist. It’s really weird.”

Chu Shen shrugged and replied mentally to Master Ti Wu. “I guess other dimensions just have different ways. No help for us.”

Crimson Scorcher looked up at Chu Shen after he stopped crying. “Sorry about that. I just felt so relieved. I thought I was going to die and then suddenly, I was alive still. I was just shocked.”

Chu Shen nodded. “It’s understandable, don’t worry about it.”

Crimson Scorcher c.o.c.ked his head at Chu Shen. “You must be pretty powerful to have taken Wrecker out. He’s a Cla.s.s 3 Strength type Meta. Yet, I’ve never seen a super use a hammer and you don’t even have a costume. Are you new to the hero business?”

As Chu Shen was about to answer, a translucent s.h.i.+eld appeared around him. Suddenly, he disappeared.