Chapter 10 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The rain fell in crazy chaotic drops from a velvet white sky.

At the same time, the thunder seemed to crack the air, rumbling as if it was going to split the gray sky apart to let the light return.

“You aren’t dead yet, Longhe?” Wutian raised his head and swept the wet hair on his forehead to the side. His eyes were as dark as black tourmaline, filled with endless grief. A strong desire to murder rose within him as he spoke in a bitter, bone-piercing voice.

If it had not been for this person, his grandfather and the villagers would not have died. The village would not have been decimated too. This person was responsible for everything.

Longhe said nothing since Huoshi had taken control of him. He was merely a lifeless puppet with an absent consciousness. All that was left of him was a shell. He would not feel a thing even if Wutian cut his flesh and crushed his bones.

“What kind of benefits did Huoshi promise you? How could you betray the villagers whom you’ve lived with for over ten years? All of them were mutilated and killed! They didn’t deserve that! Have you lost your conscience?”

Anger got the better of Wutian right then, and he did not notice the anomaly in Longhe. Seeing Longhe step toward him with a stony expression, Wutian thought selfishness and stubbornness had consumed him. He would not think twice to kill Longhe now.

Wutian gently placed the skeleton on the ground in the same way a mother would coax her baby to sleep. The bones were the only thing left of his grandfather and the sole proof of his existence. They were so important that they could not be damaged.

“Longhe will be the first person, Grandpa. I’ll kill him and bury him with you. No, he doesn’t deserve to be buried with you. He is only fit to be fed to the beasts!” Wutian inspected the bones and carefully wiped away the rainwater, as well as black ash, on them. He was going to kill the heartless person.

Little Tian rested on his head and glared at Longhe with its narrow eyes. There were filled with hatred and a thirst for blood as it was ready to pounce for a kill. It still remembered how Longhe forced Wutian down the cliff last time; this person had to die.

However, Wutian stopped it. He did not want it to interfere because this was his fight. He wanted to fight for his grandfather and the villagers of Dragon Village. Killing this person would allow him to avenge their deaths.

Boom!

Wutian stepped forward, splashing muddy water under his feet as the rainwater-washed ground cracked. Using his momentum as leverage, Wutian sprang into the air. The Essence energy within him swelled, and as he clenched his fists, while light pervaded his cracking knuckles.

Wutian had summoned his Essence energy. Cupped in his palms, the energy only grew stronger.

He had no choice but to do that because Longhe possessed higher attainment in cultivation. Longhe might have lost an arm, but Wutian was still no match for him in terms of actual combat experience. Hence, Wutian was wary of him. Besides, his grandfather’s death and the dreadful scene in the village had caused him to lose his senses. He just knew that he had to use all his might to kill the person in front of him.

His fist glowed like a little moon and emitted a terrifying burst of energy as he dived in a rage. He was using his power to the maximum, which vaporized the rain in the area.

Longhe stood on the spot without any emotion or a heartbeat. He appeared dead with no signs of life, and his hollow eyes were comparable to a pair of horrible black holes.

The next second, he moved. He was as quick as a phantom, approaching Wutian in a flash. He raised his hand, which was large and greenish, but there was no Essence energy coming from it. Longhe was just using his physical strength to meet the incoming fist.

There was no terrifying shock wave, but Wutian was forced several steps back, leaving behind a trail of inch-deep footprints. His body shook as he gathered his energy and planted his legs in the ground to counter the backward momentum.

Wutian was silently stunned; the gap between the different stages of cultivation was not something that external forces could remedy. Longhe had lost an arm, yet he was still so powerful, and he had not even summoned his Essence energy yet. He could parry Wutian’s punch without budging an inch. That was scary.

He only has one arm left. No fear!

Wutian moved again and charged forward. His legs did not even touch the ground. When he used his hand as a blade, it glowed as though lunar energy had possessed him, and it made him look incredibly divine.

Having struggled with many monster beasts during the past one month, running for his life was an everyday affair. Therefore, he had gained tremendous speed in terms of movement, which proved useful in the current situation.

Longhe’s appearance was reminiscent of a Grim Reaper, and his eyes were deadly cold. “Capture alive!” Longhe uttered in an unnatural voice as he saw the fast approaching figure.

“Capture alive? You want to capture me alive? Just because Huoshi said so? You-You’ve lost your mind, and you’re beyond redemption!” Wutian was furious, and the Essence energy in his Sea of Qi surged in the same fashion as the tide.

His raging hand was aimed straight at Longhe’s face. Wutian’s Essence energy gushed out brilliantly, and it seemed like a thousand heavenly troops were running past them. The place had turned into a void, causing the falling rain to stop in midair.

Longhe took a step back by crossing his legs, and his move left a trail. He easily dodged Wutian’s attack. Spreading his fingers like the claws of an eagle, he headed straight for Wutian’s skull with speed and ferocity.

“The lord has instructed me to capture him alive,” he mumbled to himself before he changed his direction to aim at Wutian’s shoulder. He wanted to seize Wutian alive.

Those who had been turned into puppets no longer possessed their own will. So Longhe would only follow his master’s instruction. However, that had somehow given Wutian time to get away and retaliate too.

In that split second, Wutian turned his body sideways and dodged Longhe’s attack just in time. Concurrently, he struck out his hand, which was filled with penetrating Essence energy.

A loud bang ensued, and Wutian staggered a few steps back. He had hit Longhe’s axilla. His plan was to cripple the remaining arm so that Longhe would lose his combat strength. Then, killing him would be as simple as snapping his fingers.