Prologue (1/2)

Prologue

The water was like the moonlight, a bit gentle and lovely to touch as it faintly poured down, together with a rainbow of seven colors which extended all the way under his feet, it reflected his appearance. When seeing the world from such a height, the world looked blurred and false. Overlooking the monstrous and multicolored city under him, standing on the top-most floor of a high rise building, he spread both of his arms, as if he was embracing the whole world.

If at this time, somebody saw the position he was in, no doubt they would think that he was going to take a big jump, or rather, believe that he was a madman. Either one or the other, they were going to think that he was a loser who wanted to commit suicide by jumping from a high place due to some kind of frustration. From this high place, every year some people would jump, throwing themselves to the ground.

Gao Yuan was standing above on the cement railing, which was just a foot wide. If it was an ordinary person standing there, let alone standing, only by holding onto the railing and looking down from such a high place, they would end up feeling dizzy.

Gao Yuan was certainly not ordinary, just a moment ago; he won a match worth of 1 Million Dollars. His reward was a Hundred Thousand Dollars, that huge sum of money was enough for him to live a life of luxury for a while.

He was a wrestler; of course, he was not exposed to the spotlight, and his fights didn’t have the type of referee who followed the regulation, rather they fought in the underground matched to their death. Then, only when one of the two couldn’t stand up anymore, the life or death match was declared finished. Being the defeated often means death, or at the very least they would be incapable of putting their feet in the ring anymore.

That type of violent fight that reeked of blood by far surpa.s.ses the imagination of the ordinary people. Surviving in the ring for many years gave one an impressive reputation. Gao Yuan suffered many imaginable hards.h.i.+ps that ordinary people couldn’t even imagine and when he often saw those boxers’ champions fighting on the TV, he couldn’t help but laugh. If these so-called boxers’ champions went up in that kind of death ring, they would be unable to survive.

The Ring of Death was without rules.

The fight 10 days ago, till now left Gao Yuan in a lingering fear. The north-south dispute, that one fight, not only the amount of money was immense. The two big shots of the North and South fought not just for money but for status too; on the surface there was merely a million of dollars, but inside the periphery of the gambling circle, there was involved more than a 100 million.

That was the first time that Gao Yuan felt like death in the ring, even if he somehow survived by pa.s.sing 10 days, he often would recall that last scene, because of that he still woke up from nightmares. The opponent had collapsed in front of him, he had cut the carotid artery of the opponent with a sharp knife, and like a fountain, the blood spurted high. His face was covered with blood as he fell down warily.

3 days later, at last a check of a hundred thousand was delivered to him, and from that day, Gao Yuan decided to retire from the underground circle. For the past several years he earned sufficient money to run an honest business. He was nearly 30 years in age; he already had reached the pinnacle of his body. Every day that he stayed there, he would only be going downhill, if he stays to fight in the ring, then one day, he would end up like his opponents, splas.h.i.+ng his blood in the ring.

Today was his last day in this city.

Farewell, I will never be coming back again. He slowly withdrew his arms, and gave a last look to the bright city, and then he jumped down from above the railing.

Downstairs on the hotel room, he already had packed everything; he would take the last flight leaving this country, he already knew that as long as he stayed in this land, his enemies will end up finding him, because all these years, he ended up making many enemies in the ring. When he was under the control of elder brother, he received his protection but he lost it when he decided to withdraw. He lost his biggest backer, so they would naturally come against him without worrying about revenge.

He had to get out of here as soon as possible after he received the money, if he hadn’t received a heavy injury, he would have left already.

With a bang, the iron door on the top floor flew open; the door collided with the cement wall creating a big sound. Gao Yuan’s heart jumped. In that moment, in his right hand appeared a thin dagger that looked that like a cicada’s wing.

More than a dozen people came out walking in a straight line; they stopped a few steps away in front of Gao Yuan. The one in the front of them, the one who was watching Gao Yuan, he let out a grim laugh “he he”. Gao Yuan’s heart sank. Right now, the person in front of him was the big shot from the north.

“Gao Yuan, we meet again!”