Chapter 38 (1/2)
Chapter 38 – Opposing Forces Like Water and FireTranslated by:Edited by:TLCed by: OMA
Saying which, Long Chen pressed his fingers tightly onto the throat of Bai Shiji. He even used all of his strength doing so. Bai Shiji, who originally had been severely injured, could not breathe smoothly anymore at this point and his eyes widened. Groggily looking at Long Chen, he suddenly shuddered and another mouthful of blackened blood was expelled. With a frightened expression clearly appearing on his face, his whole body had constantly quivered in terror too.
Seeing Bai Shiji act like this, and along with the frosty look on Long Chen, the Bai Family were frightened and immediately withdrawn.
Seeing that his own son was actually in such a miserable state, Bai Zhanxiong’s eyes had almost spewed flames. He gave Long Chen a death stare and demanded: “You had better stop! If Shiji were to die, your Yang Family will all die a horrible death! You too will die miserably, because I will torture you to death!”
Despite this fiery gaze from Bai Zhanxiong, Long Chen was completely fearless of him and he did not loosen his grip on Bai Shiji at all.
“No matter what happens, it will only lead to death. Why would I be afraid of you then? In the worst case scenario, I just have to kill myself. What will you be able to do to me then? However, this injury on your son, Bai Shiji, doesn’t seem like it could be dragged on any further. If left unattended, perhaps in less than half an hour time, he will already be dead……”
Long Chen said all of this nonchalantly, but seeing the miserable state that Bai Shiji was in, Bai Family members were all extremely anxious. The two great future hopes of the family had were both in the hands of Long Chen. Even if it was the Bai Family’s Master, he refrained from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vase.
[TL Note: To not act against an evildoer to prevent harm from befalling the innocent, similar to not shooting a criminal because of a hostage.
What Long Chen said was extremely right, if these four were to die, even if they could exterminate the Yang Family, Bai Family would not have a next generation anymore. The strongest apart from the four of them, was a youth in the fourth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm. He would be completely unable to continue the legacy of the Bai family and replace Bai Zhanxiong and the rest.
At this point, seeing that the Bai Family members were finally frightened by him, Long Chen smirked as he dragged Bai Shiji and Bai Shichen towards Founder Yang.
Bai Zhanxiong was blocking the way between then, Long Chen raised his head and coldly glared at him saying: “Move!”
Bai Zhanxiong naturally would not move, and seeing Long Chen holding both Bai Shiji and Bai Shichen as hostages, he too wanted to follow suit and capture the Yang Family members. However, as he turned around, the Yang Family members had already knew very well what he was up to!
Although they had been poisoned with the Nightmare Flower and if they were to greatly circulate their Qi, the Yang Family members will surely die. However, they could at least achieve a one-time attack. At this moment, Founder Yang suddenly laughed loudly and gave Long Chen an admiring look as he said: “Boy, nicely done! However we won’t be your burden. If the Bai Family would dare to touch us, I will let them taste the might of the [Seal of the High Profound Dragon] from a ninth level of the Dragon Pulse Realm cultivator! I want to see how many of these Bai Family members could withstand such a blow!”
Founder Yang had finally awoken from his delusions about the brotherhood and he viciously gave Bai Family’s Master a death glare and hissed: “Bai Sheng, I, Yang Cangqiong, might be truly useless. As I have truly understood the word ‘vicious’ only today with your help. Let me tell you that if you wish to eradicate my Yang Family without paying a price, that will be impossible!”
Bai Zhanxiong could no longer kidnap the Yang Family members and Bai Shiji and the rest was still in Long Chen’s hands. As such, he did not know whether to move forward or retreat, being stuck in an awkward dilemma.
Seeing Long Chen’s hands had already left a mark on Bai Shiji’s throat, while Bai Shiji had already started to foam, he sent murderous stare towards Long Chen and then let him pa.s.s.
Only then did Long Chen stand in front of the Yang Family who had gathered together. Currently, the Bai Family members had stood together as well, apart from the Bai Family’s Master standing at the front, the other experts of the Bai Family and the eldest son Bai Zhanlong also gave Long Chen death stares.
This Bai Shichen was Bai Zhanlong’s son and had always been his pride, but seeing his own son in such a wretched state, and not knowing if there was any cure for him, his murderous intent towards Long Chen had not been one bit inferior to Bai Zhanxiong’s!
Both families confronted the other, with Long Chen holding the talented youth duo of the Bai Family standing at the forefront. The Yang Family members watched on, thinking that the most insignificant member of the family had gone on and become one of the pillars of support for them. For that instant, they felt like they had stepped into a dream.
Yang Xueqing too was extremely moved, in fact she did not know what to say as she stared at Long Chen’s back blankly. Although she had very much wanted to step forward and apologise and beg for his forgiveness but the current situation did not allow for this.
However, at this point, Long Chen turned and glanced at her.
The truth was that Long Chen harboured only hatred for Yang Xueqing. Everything that he had done was only to prove himself to her. At this point Bai Shiji had already been defeated by him and Bai Zhanxiong too had been forced back miserably. Everything Long Chen did was only to show it to this woman!
When he turned around and gazed at her, he was planning to flaunt to her and let Yang Xueqing realize who was the real trash. Seeing Yang Xueqing eyes br.i.m.m.i.n.g with tears, Long Chen was stumped. Withdrawing his smug expression, he rigidly turned his head away.
He suddenly felt that, at this moment, that woman was so frail. Although Long Chen had always steeled his heart, at this instant, he unexpectedly felt sorry for her.
He felt that he would be able to exert a boundless fighting spirit with the woman behind him looking on. Thus, he turned his sharp and icy gaze once again towards the Bai Family’s members.
At this moment, Yang Yuntian who was beside Yang Xueqing, had also stared blankly at Long Chen. He was conflicted between his son’s death and the fact that Long Chen had just saved the Yang Family members. These conflicting emotions constantly fought within his heart.
Founder Yang stood by Long Chen’s side and looked at the Bai Family’s Master and said: “Bai Sheng, you are also an intelligent man. Your Bai Family could have completely wiped out my Yang Family effortlessly today. It’s just too bad that the younger generation from your Bai Family were too disappointing. With this result now, it is impossible for you to annihilate my Yang Family. Unless you want to forsake the future of the Bai Family, and watch on as these youngsters die!”
If they were to fight to the death, even if the Yang Family were to perish completely, the Bai Family would also not be left with much people.
Although the Bai Family members were all unwilling, the conclusion had already been fixed. No matter how unwilling they were, they still had to give in as they were unable to change this outcome.
Long Chen coldly said: “If you still have brains, you should bring out the antidote! Our Yang Family can afford to wait, but it seems that Bai Shiji isn’t able to wait any longer. From what I see, he shouldn’t be able to hold on for more than a minute……”
Bai Shiji was in a precarious situation. If they didn’t start treating him immediately, they wouldn’t be able to save his life.
Although Bai Zhanxiong was unwilling, especially because of Long Chen’s performance, it made him to recall his indignation back in the past. However, he too could tell that his son’s life was at stake right now. Hence, he became fl.u.s.tered and said: “Father, we had failed today……”