Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:45 PM
[martial peak] here's a fun character beat in a comic
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:45 PM
characters of relevance:
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:46 PM
Yang Kai, the protagonist
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:46 PM
who has been super weak for years and has just started to get strong due to finding a mysterious book full of secret cultivation techniques
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:47 PM
Wei Zhuang, a dipshit who's okay at fighting but also has a really powerful armor artifact that massively boosts his defense
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:47 PM
the kind you're supposed to use in real battles but he brings to sparring matches like a tool
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:48 PM
and Su Mu, a guy who was a dick to Kai but then they ended up becoming friends somehow
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:49 PM
the scene is, Su Mu and Wei Zhuang have gotten into a fight that Kai has stumbled across
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:49 PM
Zhuang beats the absolute shit out of him in front of their friends
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:49 PM
and then gives Mu's friends a chance to save him;
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:49 PM
Grovel and beg and he'll spare Mu's life
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:50 PM
They obey immediately
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:50 PM
which is around when Kai steps in to challenge Zhuang
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:51 PM
Kai uses his newfound powers to shred Zhuang's heirloom armor, and threatens to stab him in the heart, leaving him powerless and at Kai's mercy
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:51 PM
Zhuang: "What do you want from me"
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:51 PM
Kai: "I just want to establish that Su Mu is better than you"
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:52 PM
Zhuang: "I beat him AND I have a higher social standing, how does any of this prove he's better than me"
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:52 PM
so, to demonstrate
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:52 PM
Kai turns to Zhuang's friends
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:52 PM
and gives them a chance to save him
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:53 PM
with the exact same offer
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:53 PM
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:53 PM
and they just
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:53 PM
aren't really feeling it
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:53 PM
Kai does not go on to kill Zhuang, but
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:54 PM
he lets him live with the knowledge that none of his 'friends' would raise a finger to save his life
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:54 PM
when he was forcing Su Mu's friends to do the same and they did it without hesitation
ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ
@lastbastion
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 5:55 PM
that rules
skerple
@songofkeys
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 6:08 PM
oh that is EXCELLENT
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 6:21 PM
Hongchen: He's convicted of attempted murder
Su: Sir, this is a murder martial arts temple
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 6:38 PM
yang kai is a practicioner of the GOLDEN SKELETON path
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 6:38 PM
he has skeleton kung fu
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@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 6:48 PM
the martial art of r/neverbrokeabone
dragon time
@MadarFoxfire
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 7:40 PM
If you break a bone they cast you out of the sect
Echo
@EchoDoctor
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 8:14 PM
Okay, that's pretty good.
Echo
@EchoDoctor
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 8:14 PM
Any links to this one? : D
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 8:15 PM
Read Martial Peak online on MangaDex
warning: it's over 1600 chapters long
Quinneapolis
@quinn2win
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 8:15 PM
and sometimes weird about girls
Echo
@EchoDoctor
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 8:41 PM
Noted, thank you.
Love Snake Kaja
@kajarainbow
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 10:49 PM
Huh, that site isn't
MangaDex
Love Snake Kaja
@kajarainbow
Tue, Nov 16, 2021 10:50 PM
...Plurk I didn't want you to turn that into a link
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Hongchen: He's convicted of attempted murder
Su: Sir, this is a murder martial arts temple
warning: it's over 1600 chapters long