Ch9 - Totem (1/2)
General stepped forward, dragged his broad sword behind him and bowed down slightly.
Liu Pengxuan said in a gloomy voice, “Come! I’ve been waiting for this day for far too long!!”
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When Yu Hao heard him say that, he instantly recalled the past. For the past three years, he had always hoped that Liu Pengxuan would come look for him and give him a good beating, then all their past enmities would come to an end. But Liu Pengxuan didn’t do that, so he had always been around in his conscious world and had never left.
“I didn’t do anything wrong!” Yu Hao suddenly shouted, “You’re the one who betrayed me first!’
In the next moment, General had already turned into a streak of silver light as he rushed forward to fight with Liu Pengxuan. Liu Pengxuan uttered a loud shout and a bright light burst forth from the long rod in his hand. All of the golden sculptures within the huge hall began to move!
The eight golden sculptures all looked like his junior high schoolmates. They rushed towards the two people who stood in the middle of the corridor; General brandished his large sword while Liu Pengxuan waved his long rod, and within an instant the both of them had exchanged several blows — they moved so fast that Yu Hao’s eyes couldn’t keep up with their fight. Yu Hao dismantled his staff and turned it into two long knives, then joined the battle.
General relied on his armour to forcefully endure his opponent’s blows as he and Liu Pengxuan fought to gain the upper hand over each other, while the golden sculptures turned their heads together simultaneously and rushed towards Yu Hao!
Yu Hao anxiously called out, “General!”
“Believe in me!” General roared angrily, “No matter who he is! Believe that I can beat him up!”
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“I……” Yu Hao calmed himself down. He wanted to assist General, but the two who were engaged in the fight were just way too fast. They kept changing their positions and moved to and fro like gales of wind in between the innumerable golden sculptures. Yu Hao could only piece his staff together again and release a current of lightning which ran through the golden sculptures.
“I’m going to use this weapon to kill you bastards!” Yu Hao roared angrily.
Within an instant, a scene emerged in his mind of him bringing a laundry fork out of his home and beating up Hua Lun’s followers with it until they were looking for their teeth on the floor. In a split second, his staff had shot out bursts of thunderbolts that exploded with a blast and the eight golden sculptures immediately tumbled in all directions, then they blew up into millions of golden coins that scattered all over the ground.
As of this moment, General was in the midst of an intense struggle with Liu Pengxuan. They fought from behind the huge red pillars to the top of the beams, then the two of them fell down together and landed harshly on the ground.
General shouted, “Yu Hao, help me!”
Yu Hao rushed forward, but Liu Pengxuan took a sudden big stride forward and raced towards General. General raised his broad sword to block the incoming attack, but with a loud “clang” his sword was knocked out of his hand under the huge impact. His back rammed into the huge pillar behind him and the red lacquer wooden pillar instantly broke apart round its middle!
“Not help in that way……give me strength! You are the owner of this world!” General said.
“How do I give you strength?!” Yu Hao couldn’t catch up to them no matter how hard he tried. Liu Pengxuan appeared to be chasing General with all his might, so as not to give General a chance to escape.
General roared angrily, “Believe in me!”
“I believe you!” Yu Hao shouted, “Jiayou1!”
“How the fuck is that believing in me!!” General flipped over and leapt up, then clashed with Liu Pengxuan. But he was immediately thrown up into the air again before he slammed onto the ground harshly.
“You obviously still have lingering feelings for him, that’s helping him!!”
“I don’t!” Yu Hao saw that General was constantly getting beaten up and flew closer, but the two suddenly separated again. Yu Hao released streaks of lightning, but when his lightning burst forth it didn’t seem to be able to get close to Liu Pengxuan at all.
General groaned as he crawled up and said, “I’m going to get beaten to death soon……this is just great……”
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Yu Hao, “I don’t love him!”
“Transfer your affection!” General roared angrily, “Do you know what ‘transfer your affection’ means? Go like someone else! That guy is invincible right now!”
Yu Hao stood in front of General; Liu Pengxuan spun the long knife in his hand to change it from a horizontal sweep to a straight stab. He let out a loud roar and raced towards them so quickly that only his afterimage could be seen, but General managed to exchange positions with Yu Hao within the moment he vanished and blocked in front of Yu Hao; he threw away his broad sword, twisted his left wrist while executing a horizontal chop with his right hand, and with one move he had locked Liu Pengxuan’s blade in place!
When General and Yu Hao collided with Liu Pengxuan, they were hurtled out at the same time like a kite that had its string cut and were flung harshly onto the ground. However, as soon as he had fallen to the ground, General struggled to sit up and his first reaction was to raise his hand to hold Yu Hao in his arms and protect him with his body.
Yu Hao, “……”
Liu Pengxuan picked up General’s broadsword. He wielded a knife in his right hand and the sword in his left and overlapped them. Black fumes burst out of his body as he slowly said, “Accept your retribution.”
Yu Hao was slightly out of breath, but General stretched his hand out and pulled on Yu Hao’s chin, then looked into his eyes through his helmet.
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“Don’t you feel moved by me protecting you like this?”
Yu Hao’s voice trembled, “Yes, I’m very moved.”
General, “So wouldn’t it be better to like me instead of that scum?”
Yu Hao, “……”
Yu Hao felt his heart begin to beat wildly within an instant. But immediately afterwards, Liu Pengxuan let out a crazy roar as he brandished his knife and sword, then turned into an afterimage as he suddenly shot towards General.
Liu Pengxuan was just inches away in the next moment. His swords flashed brightly as he approached, then General murmured.
“Now that’s……better.”
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A loud bang sounded and General’s armour shot out rays of blinding silver light. He stomped on the ground with one foot, tensioned his back and held Yu Hao around his waist with his left hand. Then he stood up sideways and threw out a punch with his right fist; his beautiful uppercut went right past the incoming swords before it ruthlessly landed on Liu Pengxuan’s chin and sent him flying. Immediately afterwards, he turned one more round and made use of the momentum to send Liu Pengxuan careening like a tornado with a roundhouse kick.
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Yu Hao instinctively turned his head as he couldn’t bear to look. Liu Pengxuan’s blood exploded everywhere, but right at the moment his blood spurted out, all the meat, bones and blood in his body morphed into black fumes and rose into the air. Then, it completely disappeared within the corridor.
The corridor sunk into silence. And right then, Yu Hao suddenly left like everything had come to a complete end along with the swing of General’s sword. Liu Pengxuan may still be alive in some part of the world, but from now onwards, he would no longer have any connection with him. He no longer loved him, or hated him. He had no more regrets about Liu Pengxuan, and neither did he miss him anymore.
General slowly stood up with his back facing Yu Hao, then said, “In your reality, you need to find a lover who can teach that guy a lesson on your behalf.”
Yu Hao didn’t say anything in reply. His heart was filled with a mixture of conflicting feelings.
General turned around, walked over to stand in front of Yu Hao and stretched out a hand enclosed in a metal glove to rub Yu Hao’s head, then said, “I’m sorry, just now I was only……”
“I know.” Yu Hao interrupted him and laughed a bit sadly, “You had no other choice then.”
“In reality, you’ll definitely be able to meet the right person for you.” General explained, “But, it won’t be me. I’ll tell you why later.”
“You’ve also promised me before that you would take off your helmet and let me have a look.” Yu Hao said.
“I still remember that.” As General spoke, he walked to the front of the huge door at the end of the corridor.
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General asked again, “Why do you want to keep on living?”
Yu Hao, “Un?”
General said, “I’m asking you seriously.”
Yu Hao, “Is this very important?”
General, “Extremely important. Before you think that question over carefully, we won’t go out.”
Yu Hao stood behind General. He gazed attentively at this back and said, “I’ve figured it out.”
“You need to be absolutely certain of your answer.” General said, “And you must firmly believe in it. Your belief can’t be shaken, because it will be the key to seizing your totem back.”
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“Okay.” Yu Hao answered, “I’ve figured it out.”
General was a bit surprised that Yu Hao didn’t tell him his answer, but after awhile he said, “If you’ve figured it out then that’s fine.” As he spoke, he inched closer to the huge door.
Yu Hao followed along. He felt a sudden upsurge of emotions; he held General’s hand, and General’s metal hand slightly gripped it back in return before it relaxed, then he didn’t say anything as he propped his shoulder against the door to push it open slowly.
Yu Hao went to the other side and pushed the door open with General. He turned sideways to look at General — General’s helmet was coincidentally facing his direction as well.
“If I really like you, will your strength increase?” Yu Hao suddenly said, “As long as you don’t reject me and I upkeep my belief in your strength, you won’t lose it.”
“That depends on you.” General stopped moving, then said, “Not on me.”
“But it wasn’t easy for me to let Liu Pengxuan go.” Yu Hao smiled as he said, “And now I can’t forget about you, that’s not useful at all.”
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“Only those whom you’ve loved in reality can leave a projection in your conscious world.” General said seriously, “I’m only a visitor in your dream. When I leave, I will really leave, and won’t occupy any space in your heart.”
Yu Hao thought, I would rather you stay here forever, and occupy a space here that belongs only to you.
“Jiayou.” General encouraged.
Yu Hao felt his heart jolt for no reason, and thought could it be him?
Yu Hao, “Dad?”
General said, “Ai, good boy. Call me that again?”
Yu Hao, “……”
Yu Hao said in annoyance, “You’re taking advantage of me!”
General seemed like he was laughing, and he laughed so hard that he didn’t even have the strength to push the door open anymore. His whole body bent over as he placed his hands on his knees. Yu Hao gave him a kick, then General said, “You’re the one who wanted to call me Dad.”
Yu Hao muttered to himself, “I was just trying.”
General stayed silent for awhile, then said, “Push the door open! The king is back!”
Yu Hao was a little sad at first, but General’s words immediately made his blood boil. He pushed the door open with General, and within an instant, a bright light shot out from beyond the door that blinded them. In the midst of the blaring noise, the walls that surrounded them collapsed and shattered with a loud rumble before scattering in all directions. Dark clouds loomed overhead, and an open-air altar came into view.
In the middle of the altar, a king’s throne appeared. The black dragon in the skies above roared before it gradually began its descent.
The platform was at least a thousand square metres wide and its entire surface was engraved with strange patterns. The palace constructed from wood was disintegrating rapidly as it fell apart. It was as if they had reached the zenith — as long as they reached out, they would be able to touch the dark clouds that loomed above their heads.