Chapter 58: Core Against Core (1/2)

”Yong Rui,”

Ah, here we go again. Why is he calling me again?

”Yes, Shelter Leader?” I asked, trying to sound as humble as possible. There was no saying when Shen Rong would just snap and attack me for no reason. That's why I had to appease him in any way I can.

”Although I believe that you have the Blood Element, I still have to test you in front of all these people. If not, then you might get assassinated in your sleep along with me.” Shen Rong said. It was clearly meant as a joke but he said it rather seriously that I was almost forced to believe such would be the case.

wooooosh...

A menacing aura enveloped me as I was brought to my knees with the intense pressure that Shen Rong released from his body. Compared to before, his aura was so heavy that I felt like I was drowning. My chest tightened and I had difficulty breathing, even my eyes turned blood-red as I felt like my brain was about to explode.

”AAAARGHHHHH!!!!” I screamed as the unbearable pain overcame my brain. For a moment, I was almost reduced to transforming into a mindless rabid human once again, but the System helped keep me conscious.

Although the pressure was pressing me from all directions, I decided to calm my breathing and ignore everything happening around me. A few seconds ago, I could hear a distant murmur from the onlookers but I didn't mind them at all.

”Shouldn't somebody stop leader? He's going to kill that kid!”

”Wait, that kid is bitten?!”

”What is our leader doing?”

”Are we welcoming him like this? Isn't this too much?”

”I get that the kid is bitten... but I don't think this is the right approach.”

The constant whispers eventually disappeared from my ears as I completely focused on my breathing. When I finally calmed down, that's when I realized that Shen Rong wasn't actually putting the pressure on me. He was, in fact, applying pressure on my Virus Qi Core.

In other words, Shen Rong was actually attacking me! He was trying to damage my Virus Qi Core!

What insolence! How dare he, a mere Dao Realm, attack me like this when I was reduced to this state.

”System, can you activate the skill Killing Intent without turning me into a mindless rabid human?”I asked in my mind.

”Yes, as long as all the other skills are blocked, do you want me to block the skills Rage and Ferocity?” The System replied. ”If we continue on like this, I'm not confident we'll get out of this situation unscathed, Yongrui.”