9 Heavenly Thunder Manual by Deng Tian (九转雷神诀 - 邓天)

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Ch 39 - Grinding Before The Battle

"You kiddo really did it!" Lei Yu laughed, "but don’t get too carried away with a bit of progress, you still need to continue working hard on cultivating, got it?"

“I know! Master, today I’m going to be the host, treating you and sister Ying Ying to a meal. The first to welcome sister Ying Ying home, the second to celebrate my rise in rank.”

"Ok, then let’s eat dinner together." Lei Yu smiled, his eyes covertly glancing over Cui Ying Ying’s body, twice.

During lunch, Lei Yu told them about the upcoming battle in a little over a month and how Martial Sect’s reputation was on the line. The two naturally told Lei Yu that they weren’t going to bother him while he was undergoing training and cultivating.

Through his observation, Lei Yu found that Cui Ying Ying had really changed dramatically. Not only did she become quieter than before, but whenever she spoke, she would occasionally blush. Compared to the previous rich princess who did not fear the heavens or the earth, she was currently like a completely different person.

Meeting Lei Yu again, Cui Ying Ying had a new plan. In her heart, she had never given up on the idea of being together with Lei Yu. Perhaps two years ago, she fell in love with Lei Yu for naive and ignorant reasons, but this ignorant fascination with him until now had not diminished one bit, one could say it was even more intense. But deep inside her heart, she was holding onto the remark Lei Yu made that day before leaving. Cui Ying Ying will not become too persistent because that could lead the relationship between the two them into an uncomfortable territory.

Lei Yu returned home and entered another section of the house, the training area.

"My specialty is in speed; inaction to counter an opponent’s action; at the precise moment deliver an instant fatal blow to the opponent and cause a short-term paralysis on them. But only relying on this to beat Cai Zhong, I’m not expecting it to be easy or enough." Inside Lei Yu's heart, Cai Zhong was his rival. Although three years ago his battle with this rival was a draw, there’s no guarantee that some fortuitous event may have happened. It’s possible that his cultivation had improved at a pace much faster than his own, but Lei Yu could not give up.

His feet were continuously shifting around, allowing his body to become more nimble and flexible. Inside his mind, he was constantly thinking about how he could take advantage of his main strengths when it was time to face an opponent in battle.

Inaction in order to counter an action was indeed a relatively good strategy. Catching an opponent off-guard with a surprise attack, in the face of weaker or evenly matched opponents, the effects were not bad. But if your opponent was really strong or much stronger than yourself, then this strategy would not cut it. There’s a possibility that you could not react fast enough and by the time you did, you would be a flattened already.

It’s fortunate for Lei Yu to have experienced the [Body Refining] stage, because his own body had developed to the point where his melee ability was regarded quite high. The [Integration] stage had these abnormal characteristics so Lei Yu was carefully pondering, how could he combine these strengths together in order to produce an extraordinary effect?

Meanwhile in Lei Yu’s heart, he had always been thinking about his mother's enemies and the person that murdered his grandfather. Nuo Yi Long and his grandfather both said that he was still too weak and insignificant to his enemies, so these statements made Lei Yu want to become stronger more and more. Sometimes hatred can blind a person, blocking common sense, and making a person violate human decency. But it could also become a driving force, and this force could drive a person to towards a road of success. Obviously Lei Yu was a person of the latter, and at least he did not ever lose his cool headed reasoning.

In another part of the city, within a huge villa.

"Cai Zhong, you really did not let me down." A person clothed in black with a thin stature said this to Cai Zhong with a smile.

"Thank you for the praise, Sect Leader!" Cai Zhong stood in the main hall of the villa, bowing respectfully.

"Very good, since you have reached the Fourth Stage of the Demonic Realm, I have a treasure as a gift for you." After saying that, the person in black clothing waved one hand slightly shaking it, a black light flashed briefly, then immediately, a small black knife appeared in his hand.

“Wow! Thank you Sect Leader!” Cai Zhong hurriedly bowed in appreciation.

"You must remember, this small knife is named Blood Edge, and it contains a powerful evil force. It will accompany you while you grow stronger so that it may gradually bond with you. If you are able to care for it with all your heart, then it’s possible that you and the short sword will be able to become as one. However, it is necessary to feed it with blood in order for it to show its true abilities, do you remember everything I’ve said?

"Cai Zhong has remembered everything in his heart, thank you Sect Leader for the reward!" Cai Zhong’s eyes brightened up while staring at the lustrous black colored Blood Edge in his hands. "Sect Leader, in a short period of time will be my duel with Lei Yu, have you decided yet?" Asked Cai Zhong as he put away Blood Edge.

"Ah, that’s right; I’ve already arranged it, notifying the other two major forces of this match. I believe on the day of the match, there’ll be unexpected results. As long as you can defeat or even kill this brat called Lei Yu, our Ming Sect's reputation in the Tenglong country will no doubt rise to a whole new level!"

“Your subordinate understands!”

After hearing the instructions from the Sect Leader of Ming Sect, a room was arranged for Cai Zhong within the villa.

Holding Blood Edge, Cai Zhong slowly closed his eyes, concentrating on Blood Edge in his hands. Suddenly, a fearsome force of resentment flowed out from Blood Edge, flooding the entire room. And this force began invading into Cai Zhong’s body bit by bit, and because of this, his personality underwent a complete change. A torrential force of resentment began scouring throughout every corner of Cai Zhong’s body.

From the beginning of Blood Edge’s invasion, Cai Zhong felt a wave of fearsome killing intent, showing how much blood this tiny weapon had encountered in its life.

A short while later, Cai Zhong threw up a mouthful of blood and clutched onto his chest hard. And the Blood Edge in his hand miraculously disappeared. The next moment, Cai Zhong opened his eyes, a look of shock on his face. "I never expected this tiny Blood Edge actually contained such a powerful force. In just a few short hours, my strength had actually increased so much! Already attaining the late-stage of the Fourth Stage Demonic Realm.”

The two of them were both training hard in preparation of the match. While in another area, inside the main hall of the Lei family household.

"There was actually such an event!" A hot energy wavered above Lei Yun Tian’s hand, burning a red invitation in his hands into ashes.

"Master (of the family), I would never have thought little Yu would represent Ming Sect in dueling against the Ming Sect’s main hall leader. This... this was really unpredictable. However, we can see that little Yu has indeed been considered someone of importance within Ming Sect, but unfortunately… *sigh*" The Elder helplessly said this on the side.

"Whatever we say now is too late, but I, Lei Yun Tian will not give up, even though he doesn’t want to return to our family, if we have to, we will forcefully tie him up and take him back!”

"Once the duel starts, we will figure it out and play it by ear right? If we make a move too early, the variables would be too great!"

"What you’ve said is correct, since we’ve missed the chance that day, you cannot mess up a second time. In these short few years, little Yu had actually become so valued by Martial Sect; therefore his genius talent must have been revealed. Our Lei family’s root and lifeline must not be stolen by others for profit!”

Within the forest of a mountain lies a huge mountain villa. Inside the mountain villa, the construction of the building was mostly made up of wood or bamboo, looking like an image you would see in a beautiful painting. The antique ambience was clearly felt throughout every part of the villa. On top of the mountain villa’s main gates, large eye-catching characters revealed those inside each had a special identity, "Celestial Court."

"Elder, the Court Master is currently not here, are we going to attend their dueling match?" An old man with a head full of white hair wore a long white robe politely asked a middle-aged man sitting on top of a high platform, who gave of an artistic feeling of an immortal.

"We’re attending, why would we not attend? We will take a good look at their dogfight, maybe some unexpected surprises may happen" laughed the middle-aged man.

"Yes, this disciple understands" nodded the old man. This seemingly middle-aged person regarded as an elder did not appear more than 40 something years old. But due to him cultivating mystical and immortal-like methods, it made his face look younger than he really was. It’s no wonder that this old man with a head full of white hair would actually claim to be his disciple.

One and a half months went by. But it was actually a month ago that a stadium was taken over. After a whole month of arrangement and preparations, the original huge stadium had completely changed its appearance.

Because it was currently in the hot weather period, several pavilions were setup at the four corners of the stadium seating area. It appears that those pavilions were set up in preparation for the important people from the four major forces of the country.

A 400 meter large sports field becoming the stage of a match would make people feel a bit shocked. In a typical martial arts competition, the largest stage would only be a distance of fifteen steps from one side to the next. Such a large stage was indeed difficult for people to understand. But for cultivators, they clearly knew in their heart that for some practitioners, merely activating or using their powers would create turmoil of ten plus meters. So in their eyes, such a large stage was a normal thing.

For this current match, ordinary people were not qualified to attend. Only the members of the four major forces would be allowed to enter. Even the few people at the doors acting as security were the ranks of a Second Order Warrior. From this, one could see how much emphasis they regarded this important match to be.

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Ch 40 - The Four Major Forces

The stadium was not as lively as one would think. Those that were attending apart from the two main contestants were the pivotal members of the four major forces of Tenglong country. If anyone of those four major forces were to merely stomp their feet, half the country of Tenglong would feel the tremors from their might.

The four major forces were all seated at the four corners of the stage; this was to avoid any unnecessary verbal disputes that may arise.

“Master, looks like Ming Sect really values this duel." The Lei family’s elder said this while stroking his beard.

"That’s right, I’m just not sure if little Yu can win this duel. One need to know that his opponent is a leader of the main hall, his strength would at least be on the rank of a Fourth Order. No matter how talented little Yu is, it’s impossible for him to achieve the rank of the Fourth Order at his age" said Lei Yun Tian with concern.

"Master, in case of a last resort, should we make a move? Maybe when little Yu is in a pinch, that will help change his mind.”

"We’ll see what happens when the times comes." Lei Yun Tian looked all around at the rest of the major forces entering the stadium. Amongst them included the representative of Celestial Court who was known as Elder Qing Feng, and followed behind him was his ten plus Celestial Court disciples.

At another entrance, Martial Sect’s Shangguan Xi Hong and several members of the ancient martial families were seen; this also included Nuo Yi Long and the rest. Ai Er and Nuo Hu were following behind the crowd of Martial Sect members, yet their eyes were scanning the crowd looking for Lei Yu’s whereabouts. Ever since their last meeting about a month and a bit ago, they have not even caught a glimpse of Lei Yu’s shadow all this time. Even finding no one at home when they went to his house, this made these two people closest to him very anxious. And this Xiao Fei also followed behind the crowd, his eyes never leaving the sight of Ai Er.

Near the easternmost entrance, a group of people with dark auras all dressed in black entered. Looking at them, the number of people should be in the one hundred plus range. All of these people respectfully followed behind a middle-aged man that did not look too strong, maybe even a bit frail looking. From the middle-aged man’s deep set of eyes, one could judge that he was not of simple status. The look on his eyes gave people the feeling of an aura of death, as if everything he saw were just corpses in his eyes. Following behind this middle-aged man was one of the main stars of today’s match, Cai Zhong. This entire month and a bit, Cai Zhong was concentrating on bonding with Blood Edge. Although he hasn’t grasped too much of the true essence of Blood Edge, but he at least was able to freely call it forth or store it away, and his strength had reached the late-stage of the Fourth Demonic Realm.

"The strength of Cai Zhong is definitely not weak; I predict little Yu is unlikely to win this duel." Lei Yun Tian softly said.

Within the area where Ming Sect’s forces were gathered.

"Cai Zhong, what do you think of your chances in winning this match?” Asked the thin and frail middle-aged man calmly sitting in the pavilion.

"Responding to the Sect Leader, 120% chance for sure!" Replied Cai Zhong confidently.

“Good, very good.”

Currently at the stadium, those that needed to arrive had already arrived. According to the time on the invitation, it was only half an hour before the match begins, but there was still one person that had not arrived on scene, Lei Yu.

Every second and minute past by, Lei Yu’s figure was still nowhere to be seen. Cai Zhong was already impatient, walking to the middle of the stage quietly waiting.

"What is going on with little Yu? How come he still isn’t here?" Nuo Hu anxiously said this and kept looking all over for him.

"Yeah, brother Yu is usually the most punctual, how come he still hasn’t arrived yet?" Whispered Ai Er on the side.

Xiao Fei walked near those two, "I think he’s probably afraid and doesn’t dare to come to this fight?”

"Shut up! Brother Yu would never be afraid! He will definitely come." Rebutted Ai Er with her pouted cheeks, and angrily staring at the annoying Xiao Fei.

"Really? So why hasn’t he shown up yet? Is that still not considered afraid? If he was scared, he should’ve told us earlier so that the rest of us wouldn’t have to waste our time waiting here.”

"Enough! You guys keep quiet!" Shangguan Xi Hong’s hearing was exceptionally sharp so he natural heard them talking.

They immediately shut their mouths, quietly waiting.

But as time progressed, the people's hearts were all over the place, why has Lei Yu still not shown up on scene? The time and place of this match had already been notified in detail to him, and it was determined that Lei Yu knew about it, yet why is there still no signs of him?

Probably the most anxious person was undoubtedly Shangguan Xi Hong. Hearing about Lei Yu and Cai Zhong agreeing to fight had already made him very angry. If it were one of his Shangguan family members accepting the challenge, he could accept because he puts the most trust in his own family members. But since it was someone that the Lei family had abandoned as useless trash becoming the person to accept the challenge, it was hard to not feel depressed about. But things had already happened, so even if he was filled with worry, he could only patiently wait.

The few dozens of Martial Sect members, Nuo Yi Long and Nuo Yi Feng were also frowning. Everyone was anxiously looking back and forth and all around, but did not see the person they wanted to see emerge. Some of the Dragon Team members that had a good relationship with Lei Yu were also quite anxious. Others did not believe Lei Yu could beat Cai Zhong but they did. In order to fight the instructor of Dragon Team to a standstill without a winner or loser was already an unimaginable thing to them. Perhaps there was something hindering Lei Yu so that he could not arrive at the stadium.

"Master, do you think little Yu was actually afraid, that’s why he still hasn’t arrived?" The time before the duel was only a mere ten minutes away, the Lei family’s elder also felt some anxiety.

"I don’t think so, since he was a child, little Yu was quite stubborn, if he promised something, then he will certainly fulfill it. Maybe there’s something delaying him, let’s continue waiting patiently" said Lei Yun Tian pretending to be calm.

Cai Zhong was standing in the center of the stadium with his hands behind his back, his eyes were slightly closed. He believes Lei Yu would not go back on his words today, moreover, riding on the lines of this match weren’t just exchanging of pointers but the reputation of Ming Sect and Martial Sect. If Lei Yu did not come, it would be certain that Martial Sect would be discredited and their face wiped all over the floor, and they will definitely not forgive him. Therefore Cai Zhong was not worried, worrying was useless, and the only thing to do was to wait patiently.

"It seems that today, we are unable to see a good dogfight show. The representative of Martial Sect was actually a coward, too afraid to fight" sneered Celestial Court’s Elder Qing Feng as he observed the anxiety and anger from the spectators.

Although Celestial Court brought the least amount of people, yet every member of Celestial Court here had extraordinary strength. If one was to show off strength with numbers, then Martial Sect was #1, the soldiers they had weren’t just the two Dragon Group and Eagle Group. But if one wanted to count the number of truly strong people, Celestial Court was undoubtedly the most powerful. Not only was Elder Qing Feng whom had already reached the realm of a Sixth Grade Celestial, the Court Leader of Celestial Court was at the late-stage of being a Sixth Grade Celestial. Between the four major forces, only Celestial Court had two super-strong people in the Sixth rank of martial cultivation. This also happens to make up for the small number of Celestial Court members.

At this point, the time for the match had come, but Lei Yu had still not appeared. The thin middle-aged man shouted out in a voice that everyone in the stadium could hear towards where Shangguan Xi Hong was located: "Does Martial Sect not have the guts to duel with us Ming Sect? Simply a turtle-like coward!”

"Shut up!" Shangguan Xi Hong’s anger was at its limit. With the presence of all four major forces here and this guy wasn’t giving Martial Sect any face. One should know, between the four major forces, face was the most important thing they valued. "If this kid dares to not show up for this fight, I will cut him up into 10,000 pieces!"

"You dare?" Lei Yun Tian’s words suddenly shocked the entire audience. The Lei family’s strength was the most mysterious. Every member of the Lei family cultivated extremely special methods, and very few were shown the public, but Lei Yun Tian’s strength was known to the people of the Fifth rank and up.

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Ch 41 – Representing Martial Sect

“Brother Lei, this issue is between Martial Sect and Ming Sect, it’s best that you don’t interfere” said Shangguan Xi Hong as he looked towards the distant Lei Yun Tian.

As these super-strong people of Tenglong country conversed, simply no one would dare to interrupt. Additionally, this dialogue they were having was ear deafening so it was impossible for someone to do this if they did not have a strong internal energy, how great was the surface area of the stadium? Only they and a few would have such strength.

“Brother Shangguan, you seem to have forgotten that Lei Yu is part of our Lei family household, have you forgotten this point?” Asked Lei Yun Tian in a cold tone.

Once his words came out, the entire audience suddenly exploded. The previous quietness was broken by Lei Yun Tian, suddenly everyone started discussing, but it became quiet soon afterwards.

“Brother Lei, if I remember correctly, a few years ago, it was you that kicked Lei Yu out of the family, how is it now that you are saying he is a member of the Lei family? Such a joke” stated Shangguan Xi Hong in a cold tone as well.

“Today is a match between Martial Sect and Ming Sect, have you guys made up your mind whether Lei Yu is representing the Lei family or Martial Sect? Our Ming Sect does not mind either, but at least give us a clear accountability?” Asked the leader of the Ming Sect.

Indeed, regardless of which major force they were going against did not matter one bit, the goal of this match was to show off their strength. The four major forces had always been at equilibrium in the country, it had never been broken. At least after today, this balance will no longer exist.

Lei Yun Tian gritted his teeth, “he is representing our Lei family household!”

Once Lei Yun Tian said this, the Lei family members behind him all began to rile up. That day, Lei Yu was indeed identified as useless trash and kicked out of the house, but why would today, the master of the family would suddenly say the trash was part of their Lei family? Especially the elder’s grandson Lei Yun, within the Lei family he had always been the most outstanding and prominent person. Apart from the master of the family’s eldest son Lei Long, he would have the highest prestige within his generation of members.

But of course they did not know of the changes Lei Yu underwent, which meant they were clueless on how Lei Yu was now the once in a millennium genius of the Lei family.

“No! I am representing Martial Sect!” Suddenly an extremely strong voice came from the direction of an entrance. The voice actually contained a strong magnetic power, which was a unique property in the power of lightning.

Everyone in the stadium turned their attention to the figure that had just entered. His upper body was bare, his lower body wearing a pair of long black pants, exposing his exquisitely toned muscles that did not give off a sense of explosive power. The perfect lines of his muscles showed off the power it contained, his deep set of profound eyes showed his unfathomable thoughts, causing people to be uncertain at all times. If one was to mention the most special place, it would undoubtedly be the lightning brand on his right arm. That’s right; the appearance of this person is the other star of this match, Lei Yu!

The words Lei Yu said while entering the stadium made Lei Yun Tian’s heart falter a bit, but he did not say anything further, only turning around and sitting back down. The rest of the Lei family members then stared at Lei Yu with hatred in their eyes, this Lei Yu dared to not give any face to the master of the family?

“You’re late!” Cai Zhong opened his eyes wide and slightly smiled.

“No, I’m not late. From the time we agreed back then, we’re still early. The time we agreed on was eight o’clock in the evening, did you forget this?” Lei Yu went to the middle of the field, standing to the side of Cai Zhong.

“Did you not receive our Ming Sect’s notification of the time? Why are you late? Are you actually looking down on our Ming Sect?” Asked the Ming Sect’s leader at the newly arrived person.

“You are the leader of Ming Sect right?” Lei Yu asked politely. Lei Yu gently bowed to show his respect, after all, his identity at this time was not enough to go against this super-strong individual so he naturally had to demonstrate humility with his attitude. Of course, this humble attitude allowed the Ming Sect’s leader to be slightly less disgruntled.

“But you should not forget, three years ago on this day, Cai Zhong and I made an agreement of the date as individuals. Today Ming Sect changed the place; I only changed the time a little bit, is that not okay?”

Once he said these words, Ming Sect’s leader once again got angry, “this is what our Ming Sect had decided, so that means you disagree with it?”

“But you shouldn’t forget that I am representing Martial Sect here in this fight. This duel originally was just between Cai Zhong and me, but since you intervened in this duel and changed it into a duel amongst the major forces, am I in the wrong by wanting to be better prepared for this event?” Lei Yu said in reasonable manner.

“You…!”

“Well spoken, this kid gave us Martial Sect back some face.” Although Shangguan Xi Hong did not say this very loud, but one could hear joy from the tone of his voice. The first reason being the appearance of Lei Yu, the second being Lei Yu’s words won back the face of Martial Sect to allow them to stand back up on this stadium.

The Martial Sect members on the side all nodded in a pleased atmosphere, it seems that Lei Yu’s preparations have been very adequate.

Ai Er pursed her lips and coldly looked at Xiao Fei, “didn’t you say he would not dare to come? Humph, brother Yu is stronger than you; would you dare to go up for this duel?”

Once Ai Er said this to him, Xiao Fei suddenly became angry, but he directed the source of his anger onto Lei Yu standing at the center of the field. Forcefully clenching his fists, he silently promised in his heart that he will one day surpass this love rival.

Amongst all the audience, those that were optimistic about Lei Yu’s performance were only Nuo Yi Long and the dozen or so others. He personally witnessed the fight against Fan Hong Chang while the rest did not know, therefore it was natural to see Lei Yu as the weaker contender.

The Ming Sect’s leader slightly furrowed his brows, thinking: strange, I cannot tell what strength this kid possesses? Is he more powerful than my cultivation? Impossible! He’s just a nobody stinking brat, but why I can’t I see through his strength?

“Enough spouting nonsense, are you guys going to fight or not?” Urged the Elder Qing Feng from the corner of Celestial Court whom had kept silent throughout.

“Come on, let me experience how much you’ve grown in these three years!” Said Cai Zhong as he retreated a few steps back.

Lei Yu faintly smiled, “I too have been looking forward to this.”

No one knew where Lei Yu went or did this past month, but he was very clear, after just over a month’s time, he had already pushed his strength from the late-stage of [Energy Suppression] to the peak condition. So for this match, Lei Yu was filled with complete confidence.

They both instantly stood still in place. The atmosphere of the entire stadium was filled with tension, everyone held their breath waiting, waiting for the exciting duel to open the curtains and begin.

They two seemed like that weren’t stirring, but they were actually continuously circulating their own internal energy. Lei Yu spent a long time thinking and theorizing on how to combine the strengths of [Energy Suppression] stage into his melee expertise, to create a more perfect fusion of his strengths together.

The internal energy appeared to be standing still was actually absorbing and circulating to every part of his body. Compared to before, it was like heaven and earth. Whether it was his arms or legs, the internal energy stayed still there as if it was dead. As long as something happens, Lei Yu would rely on his spiritual strength to skillfully control this internal energy to instantly explode forth, sending out an extremely strong attack.

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Ch 42 – Black Smoke

On the other side, the body of Cai Zhong began to emit a faint black smoke, as if his body was slowly burning. They both did not make any moves first since after three years, they did not know each other’s strength and to what degree they had each achieved. If they hastily made a move, they might suffer for it. So, they just observed each other waiting for an opportunity.

The audience present naturally understood this logic, therefore no one opened their mouths to press the fight on, they just sat quietly watching the two.

They’ve already confronted each other for over two minutes. A faint breeze blew by and the grass on the ground slightly quivered. Cai Zhong took this opportunity to make a move while Lei Yu as always, stood his ground. By using his own principles of fighting, he chose not to act in order to counter his opponent’s move.

Cai Zhong’s figure was very quick, each step he took on the ground, a gust of wind would pick up. Borrowing the wind’s gust to his advantage, it seemed to speed Cai Zhong up more quickly causing a blur of his afterimage being seen.

Lei Yu did not dare to underestimate this opponent of his that he fought to a draw three years ago. His internal energy started condensing while he deliberately abided his time. The moment the figure of Cai Zhong got close, they both struck out at the same time, every fist containing an explosive power. Lei Yu dodged around, punching whenever he saw an opportunity, but was cleverly blocked by Cai Zhong. Lei Yu had to recognize his opponent’s ruthless attacks, each strike his opponent threw had implicit penetration ability. And this penetration ability had an aura of death contained in it, as if attacking Lei Yu’s soul, making him unable to quell his trembling heart.

Cai Zhong was not better off, every time he dodged or attacked, he was deliberately avoiding Lei Yu’s fist. The feeling of paralysis made it somewhat difficult for him to control his own strength and accuracy. The two were currently fighting evenly, not knowing who had the advantage or disadvantage.

“Unbelievable! I’ve never expected little Yu could have reached such strength already!” Lei Yun Tian’s eyes revealed a look of surprise. Included were the clan members behind him, each with their mouths agape. With an opponent like this amongst the younger generation, it would be undoubtedly the most powerful they’ve ever seen. Some of them even began to regret how they had treated Lei Yu in the past. But the fight had just begun, everything was still an unknown.

Each time either of them attacked, their accuracy would be pinpoint. They also did not use their full strength because if they missed, then they would just be waiting for failure to arrive. From what we can see, they were still testing each other.

Their feet were shifting around non-stop, from east to west, from south to north, a rapid “pak pak” sound spread throughout the stadium. From this we can tell how fast their hand strikes were.

Cai Zhong cleverly shifted his hand from the bottom, bypassing Lei Yu’s blocking arm in a flash, aiming directly for Lei Yu’s chin from underneath. The palm speed with fingers of sharp nails caused a sharp whistling sound. Lei Yu’s reaction was considered quite fast, his body leaned back slightly so Cai Zhong clawed nothing but air. Their two bodies backed up a step before charging at each other once again, the collision of momentum instantly started up again.

As Cai Zhong drew close to Lei Yu again, he wanted to rely on his own forces of darkness to penetrate through and hit the chest area, but his flaw was revealed. Cai Zhong’s abdomen area was unguarded which was perceived by Lei Yu. One hand rose to block a series of violent attacks, his right leg was raised up without detection, his knee turned to the side, and then a side-kick directly struck Cai Zhong in the abdominal area. With no time to block, an extremely strong impact combined with waves of paralysis suddenly blew his body outwards.

Cai Zhong tried to stabilize his body but a wave of pain accompanied by sporadic paralysis made his body unstable, a mouthful of blood burst forth. And at this time, Cai Zhong’s gaze at Lei Yu became more vicious.

The audiences in the stadium were all up in a commotion, especially from the Lei family’s area. Wasn’t this the person that was originally considered useless trash? From the present situation, Cai Zhong’s strength was definitely at the late-stage of the Fourth Order rank, while Lei Yu’s strength was still undetermined. Being able to rival his strength and even hurt him meant that this Lei Yu’s strength was definitely not weak.

“I never thought little Yu would be able to reach the strength of a Fourth Order rank at his age!” Lei Yun Tian cried out in excitement while jumping out of his seat in shock.

After slightly gasping for air, Lei Yu slowly restored his calm. Cai Zhong wiped off the blood from the corner of his mouth and said: “You’ve improved a lot, looks like I have to become more serious in order to deal with you!”

Lei Yu did not do answer. Once Cai Zhong ended his words, a thick black smoke started to surround his body, his entire body was slowly wrapped up in this black smoke. Lei Yu stayed still while cautiously observing this black smoke.

Within the black smoke, Cai Zhong condensed his demonic power, his eyes suddenly turned blood-red, and a small black knife inexplicably appeared in his hand. But this entire scene was not seen by Lei Yu due to the thick black smoke, but those up in the spectator seats such as the Ming Sect’s leader and Zhao Han clearly saw it, Cai Zhong was completely filled with rage.

Suddenly, Cai Zhong’s figure with the black smoke disappeared, and the next instant appeared behind Lei Yu. All this is happened in a blink of an eye, no one knew exactly how he accomplished it.

No matter how fast Lei Yu’s reaction speed was, he could not foresee this situation happening. A sudden breath of chilled yin energy was felt on his back. Lei Yu wanted to turn around but it was too late, a cold light flashed by from top to bottom.

“Aghh!”

“Brother Yu!”

“Little Yu!”

The audience spectating suddenly bustled in a commotion; Nuo Yi Long and the rest, including Lei Yun Tian were anxiously looking at Lei Yu.

Cai Zhong’s attack would not be that simple, after slashing with his knife he raised his hand, and then threw a palm strike at Lei Yu’s back. “Agh!” Lei Yu cried out in pain once, his body was blown away a short distance, tumbling onto the grassy field.

First it was the deep wound on his back, followed by a palm strike with penetrating power; Lei Yu suddenly felt that he was unable to continue controlling his own power. The wound on the right side of his shoulder blade emitted a terrible pain. Lei Yu then coughed out a mouthful of blood, his body constantly shaking.

The short knife stained with blood within Cai Zhong’s hand appeared to be in a frenzy, its surface showed a touch of red light followed by the disappearance of the layer of blood belonging to Lei Yu.

“Little Yu!” Nuo Hu forcefully clenched his fist, the situation in front him showed that Lei Yu had been seriously injured. If allowed to continue, then he would most likely lose his life, he did not expect Cai Zhong to be this sinister and vicious.

But this was an impossible situation since before the duel; no one said that weapons weren’t allowed. Besides, the participants in this match knew that life or death had been decreed by fate; this match was no different from a life or death match.

The anxious look on Ai Er’s face was obscured by her hand; she did not dare to continue looking. As to the Xiao Fei on the side, his mouth gently turned upwards in a smile, his eyes filled with satisfaction as if he vented out his frustration.

Large drops of perspiration covered Lei Yu’s forehead; it was getting harder and harder for him to breath. Lei Yu clenched his teeth, keeping a close eye on the Cai Zhong in front of him. Was this the same rival as before? Why had he become so vicious? The previous time they fought could be considered quite vicious, but they were now somehow putting their lives on the line. And within Cai Zhong’s blood-red eyes, Lei Yu could not see any signs of humanity, there was only a frightening thirst for blood.

“Accept your death!” Cai Zhong stuck out his tongue and licked the blood on the corner of his mouth. He got closer to Lei Yu one step at a time, Blood Edge in his hand exuding a flash of chilled light. This aura of death approached Lei Yu one step at a time.

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Ch 43 – Hanging By A Thread

“Since you are no longer the Cai Zhong I know, then I, Lei Yu will have to kill!” At the edge of death, Lei Yu naturally could not care about anything else; saving himself was the most important thing.

During the previous clashes, he did not consume too much internal energy, only some faint amount of output. Although he was seriously injured, Lei Yu was still able to dish out some fatal attacks.

Lei Yu and Cai Zhong were considered evenly matched so an explosive powerful attack should seriously injure Cai Zhong as well. Thinking up to this point, while Lei Yu was under an extreme crisis, he focused all his internal energy into his right arm causing the lightning brand on his right arm to faintly shimmer.

Naturally, most people were unable to see what Lei Yu was doing, including Cai Zhong, there’s no way he could detect it. Most of the spectators in the stadium were frantic for Lei Yu whose life was hanging by a thread. Even though Lei Yun Tian wanted to make a move to rescue him, it was impossible. Ming Sect’s leader was worried of such a situation happening, so from beginning to end, his stares did not leave either Shangguan Xi Hong or Lei Yun Tian.

As Cai Zhong neared, his aura of death became richer and thicker. Lei Yu could not help moving his body backwards. Maybe it was because of this that made Cai Zhong feel that his opponent was in a fragile state, so it further aroused the bloodthirstiness in his mind.

As his foot hit the ground, he explosively dashed forward. Cai Zhong was attempting to finish Lei Yu off with this last move because he had already lost control of his true nature.

“Fu fu” sound of the wind made the audience hold their breath. This blow could be the one that takes Lei Yu’s life away. Ai Er immediately fainted and Xiao Fei wanted to support her, but was immediately pushed away by Nuo Hu so that Ai Er fell into the arms of her brother.

Once Cai Zhong was extremely close to Lei Yu, Lei Yu clenched his teeth and was prepared to throw out a punch, a punch that contained his entire strength. Lei Yu did not think Cai Zhong was capable of such a move back then, able to instantly disappear within the black smoke and appear behind him, or else he would not have suffered such a serious injury. The situation before him was at a critical juncture, suddenly, the yellow energy inside Lei Yu’s brain fluctuated, pulling back Lei Yu’s desire to fight to the death, recovering his sense of being cool and logical.

Cai Zhong’s black demonic internal energy surfaced again, the small knife in his hand started rotating like a drill in a high speed, he then suddenly advanced forward followed by continuous attacks.

“Whoosh!”

“Whoosh!”

Two vibration sounds were heard.

Lei Yu still hadn’t made a move yet since he was still waiting for the best opportunity. Failure was not an option during the most crucial moment.

Cai Zhong could not help having a cold sneer appear on his face, his next move was to use Blood Edge’s aura of death to directly kill Lei Yu. But if he was able to so easily get rid of Lei Yu, then this fight would be too simple. But the Cai Zhong who had lost his true nature would not mind it being so simple. Cai Zhong’s mind invoked a thought; Blood Edge then disappeared from his left-hand and appeared in his right-hand. Like lightning, Cai Zhong stabbed Blood Edge directly where Lei Yu’s heart was, its speed achieving extreme speeds. “CLANG ~~~” sound of metals colliding was heard. Cai Zhong only felt his arm go numb and then he was blown backwards. Lei Yu clenched his teeth, fighting off the pain on his back; he then slammed the ground and spun his whole body back to a standing position. He wiped off the blood on the corner of his mouth while coldly staring at Cai Zhong. Looking closely, under unknown circumstances, Lei Yu appeared to be holding a white knife object in his hand, seemingly very sharp. In reality it was actually a spike, that’s right; this was the spike that he removed from the eye socket of the Ink Beast he defeated. The clash they had just now seemed slow, but it was actually as fast as lightning. From the start to finish, those slightly weaker cultivators in the audience would have only seen a brief flash, and the sudden collision was already over.

The strength that Lei Yu had stored did not explode forth because he suddenly remembered his special weapon. Compared to Blood Edge, the spike was probably a grade or more inferior, but when faced with such a critical moment and unable to throw out the punch, Lei Yu could only take out the spike to withstand the attack. At this time, the spike in his hand showed a series of cracks, Blood Edge’s reputation was indeed justified.

The spectators in the stadium all had their mouths agape, wasn’t Lei Yu supposed to be seriously injured? Why was he still able to resist? The rest of the people could not understand this except for Lei Yu. Although the wounds on his back looked terrible, it was still just a flesh wound. His skeletal bone structure has metallic properties in them, so naturally his bones were not damaged. And through all his training efforts, his skin and muscles have built up some resistance. Since Cai Zhong’s previous attack came too suddenly which led him to receive a serious injury, Lei Yu who was originally distraught with his mind in chaos was stabilized by the yellow energy inside his brain, thus allowing him to react with the collision of weapons.

“Hmph, Cai Zhong, you’ve really surprised me, but… you are too cunning and vicious. Just then you caught me by surprise so I was not fully prepared, but if this is all the strength you have, then it’s still a bit too weak” sneered Lei Yu.

After he said those words, the audience started boiling up. This Lei Yu was clearly seriously injured, why would he still dare to say such a thing? Could it be that everything that had just happened was just Lei Yu testing his opponent? Was he using his injury as an ante for the test?

But inside Lei Yu’s heart, a sensation of fear was left behind. This Cai Zhong in front of him had already lost his senses, and for a brief instance, his heart was able to feel the sense of death emanating from him. And after those two simultaneous attacks, if his disposition was not strong enough to resist, maybe now he would already be a corpse. Appearing as if he ignored Lei Yu’s statement, the black internal energy coming from Cai Zhong’s body became more obvious, his entire body was completely shrouded in black which made Lei Yu surprised once again. “Ha ha ha…” a glint of carnage briefly flashed in Cai Zhong’s eyes.” Lei Yu, if you thought my powers were only at this level, then you are wrong, get ready for your funeral!”

Once again rushing forward, it appears that this time, the black internal energy on the surface enshrouding Cai Zhong had become a protective barrier capable of protecting against attacks. In addition, borrowing the trace connection between him and Blood Edge, this stab he was about to perform would easily make the living become the dead.

“Little Yu, watch out!” Cried out Nuo Yi Feng in her heart while she was wringing her hands. Nuo Yi Long on the side also showed expressions of worry all over his face.

This battle represented Martial Sect’s strength and reputation, so either winning or losing was no mere trivial matter. So Shangguan Xi Hong and some of the elders from the ancient martial clans were extremely nervous of the outcome.

Previously when Lei Yu suffered a serious injury, they thought that everything was over. They never expected a sudden turning point would appear; now everything would depend on this seemingly final clash.

Both of Cai Zhong’s hands grasped onto Blood Edge. Blood Edge was currently similar to a black snake giving off a “hissing” sound that seem to penetrate Lei Yu’s ear. An opportunity?!

Lei Yu could see an unprotected area of Cai Zhong. Cai Zhong was aiming for his chest and his head area was completely exposed. Lei Yu single handedly held onto the spike to block Blood Edge’s attack, his right arm that had been long charged with his internal energy was getting ready, the moment Cai Zhong arrived in front of him…

“Clink!”

“Woosh!”

“Agh!” They both cried out at the same time. Only Blood Edge’s handle was seen sticking out of Lei Yu’s chest while the rest of the blade was stabbed inside.

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Ch 44 – Appearance Of Variables

Cai Zhong’s body flew back in an inverted position, landing on the grass motionless about ten meters away from Lei Yu. At this time, Lei Yu’s body was constantly wobbling side to side, his eyebrows were in a frown and his face filled with pain.

“Master, is this the time we make our move?” Asked the Lei family’s elder in a whisper.

Lei Yun Tian nodded, Lei Yu’s current injuries had become more serious, his chest and his back had suffered a fatal wound, if it weren’t treated immediately, they may not be able to save his life. Lei Yun Tian was about to make a move when a voice that reverberated through the sky came from the Ming Sect area.

“No one is allowed to intervene!” Staring intently, the speaker was clearly Ming Sect’s leader. “Since they are both seriously injured, then we will see who is unable to continue fighting. Anyone that intervenes would mean this fight has become unfair!”

Sure enough, once that statement was made, the people that originally wanted to rush out such as Nuo Yi Long and Lei Yun Tian all hesitated.

The entire audiences were holding their breath, waiting for any changes coming from the two in the center of the field. Lei Yu finally could not keep standing and fell down.

“Little Yu!” Nuo Hu could not tolerate anymore, laying Ai Er against Nuo Yi Feng before readying to rush out.

“Stop right there!” Shangguan Xi Hong coldly eyed Nuo Hu, “what do you think you’re doing?”

“Little Yu has been seriously injured, there’s no way he can stand up anymore! I have to go save him!” Replied Nuo Hu anxiously.

“Nonsense! Is this something you can intervene in? You better stay here and keep quiet; you do not have permission to go!”

“But…”

“No buts. Commander Nuo, keep an eye on your son, or don’t blame me for being ruthless towards him!” Indeed, what Shangguan Xi Hong wanted was the word “fair.” He wanted to see what situation would evolve between those two at the center of the field. Lei Yu was only considered to have joined Dragon Group halfway. Although he may be considered a member of Martial Sect, but ultimately his roots were from the Lei family. So in the eyes of Shangguan Xi Hong, Lei Yu was not even worth a dime, he was nothing more than a pawn in this chess game.

Lei Yu’s existence for the master of the Lei family’s eldest son Lei Long was a great threat, but fortunately he was not present. But there were two people present who hated this useless trash that was kicked out of the family. They did not expect Lei Yu to change from trash to a treasure, becoming someone the master of the family valued.

One of them was Lei Tian. On that day of the exchanging pointers match, he suffered terribly. To this day, he still could not forget the pain he suffered, it could be said that deep in his heart, his hatred for Lei Yu was a bit more than the envy he had. The other person is exactly whom you are thinking of, that is Lei Yun. The day Lei Yu, who had been kicked out and was forced by him to the cliff’s edge, the master of the family and his grandfather the family elder scathingly denounced him for his actions. With his deep hatred and now jealousy as well, seeing how it was unknown if Lei Yu was dead or alive, them two in addition to Xiao Fei could be considered the most happy people out of the entire audience.

Time slowly passed by, the audience were worried for the two people lying down on the field. How are their current conditions? One minute, two minutes, three minutes… it’s already been ten minutes now, yet the two people still had not regained their consciousness. The Ming Sect’s leader began to lose patience, “I think this duel is going to become a tie…”

“Wait a moment!” A wailing cry of resentment suddenly came from the center of the field; everyone was searching for the direction of where the sound was coming from.

“It’s Cai Zhong!”

“That’s right! Everyone look, he’s standing up!”

In an uproar, the entire audience went into a commotion. The sound of intense debates became more intense; they way they were speaking made it seem that they had forgotten that the leaders of each of the four major forces were still present.

“Little Yu, he…” Nuo Hu tightened his fists; his eyes were already a bit watery. Looking at Lei Yu lying on the grass still with a knife stuck in his chest, making Nuo Hu feel like his heart was being stabbed with needles, as if that sharp knife was impaled into his own chest. Fortunately Ai Er had already fainted back then; otherwise she would have ignored the words of Shangguan Xi Hong and rushed onto the field. Even though Nuo Hu wanted to do that exact thing, but in reality he couldn’t since he was a member of Dragon Group, his body was not really his own. Even if it was his own father Nuo Yi Long lying on the field, he still could not rush out.

Shangguan Xi Hong heavily sighed, “looks like we lost?”

Cai Zhong crawled up from the ground, his body swaying side to side. Step by step, faltering towards Lei Yu, his goal was to remove Blood Edge that was sticking out of Lei Yu’s chest. In his eyes, Lei Yu was already a cold corpse.

Inside Cai Zhong’s mind, he was no longer possessed by Blood Edge’s demonic energy; he was just going to retrieve this masterpiece that is Blood Edge since he could not give it up.

Step by step, Cai Zhong was getting closer to Lei Yu. The entire audience’s hearts were beating to the same rhythm as Cai Zhong’s footsteps. If that knife was pulled out and there weren’t any reaction from Lei Yu, then that would mean he had really died. Now the majority of the people present did wish to see this scene happen. But only the master of the Lei family, the Elder of the Lei family, and Martial Sect members; they all hoped to see Lei Yu stand up again.

Cai Zhong was getting closer, ten meters, nine meters…, three meters…, one meter, and finally with great effort, he was next to Lei Yu. He raised his hand and stretched towards the handle of Blood Edge. There was nothing Lei Yun Tian could do, his hands constantly rubbing each other out of anxiety, and even his forehead was covered with sweat. Lei Yu, you better be okay! The Lei family’s lifeline and future rests in your hands, you have to be fine!

When Cai Zhong’s hand grasped onto Blood Edge, Nuo Hu finally could not hold it in anymore as tears streamed down his face. The two siblings Nuo Yi Long and Nuo Yi Feng also sighed while shaking their heads. Shangguan Xi Hong was just restless, he had already stood up from his chair, it seems liked the outcome has already emerged; there was no hope for Lei Yu to have survived this.

At this time, the expressionless Cai Zhong suddenly opened his eyes wide. He could hardly believe what he saw, Lei Yu at this time was staring at him, and it was Lei Yu’s green colored eyes that completely shocked him. And at this exact time when Cai Zhong grasped the handle of the knife, a powerful suction force made his body startled. His body’s only little bit of internal energy left was then absorbed in a hungry manner by Lei Yu’s body.

“You guys look! Lei Yu’s not dead!”

“Wow!”

“Heavens, it’s for real! He actually survived!” The audience once again went into an unprecedented excited manner. In the area of the Lei family, both Lei Yun Tian and the Elder’s eyes were opened wide. With their shocking eyesight ability, they were naturally able to see Lei Yu with his eyes open.

“I’m not seeing things, right? This kiddo actually did not die?” Shangguan Xi Hong’s mouth was slightly curved like he was smiling but not really; he was staring at the center field where Cai Zhong’s body was continuously trembling.

And on the side of the Celestial Court spectators, they looked like they were watching something strange. Elder Qing Feng stood up laughing, “I never thought this would be worth seeing, I thought this was over already. Ah, not bad, not bad, today was not in vain. Even though it was just a duel between two little insignificant kiddos, but it was still quite enjoyable.”

“F*ck!” Zhao Han cursed where the Ming Sect members were seated, “his life is like a cockroach, he just won’t die.”

“I’m afraid this was the unknown variable.” The Ming Sect’s leader narrowed his eyes to a glint; his heart was already in a slump. If it was only because of Lei Yu opening his eyes, then there would be nothing special about it. The key was that he felt the changes to Cai Zhong. Being also a demonic cultivator, he could clearly feel the little bit of demonic energy left inside Cai Zhong was gradually disappearing.

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Ch 45 – Becoming Unconscious

“Little Yu, stand up! Stand up!” Nuo Hu was constantly shouting in his heart, that was what he wanted to see the most. Nuo Yi Long and Nuo Yi Long were suddenly filled with spirit once again.

“Plop!”

“Agh!”

Lei Yu’s body was suddenly shaking on the ground, making Cai Zhong back away in shock. This was due to Cai Zhong grasping onto his most precious treasure reluctant to let go, he then forcefully pulled out Blood Edge from Lei Yu’s chest. Lei Yu sprayed out a mouthful of blood, but the next moment, the two were actually both standing and staring intently at each other.

“This little Yu… he is really beyond my expectations!” Lei Yun Tian could not help saying, and the Elder on the side nodded his head in agreement.

Looking intently, those few powerful people at the rank of Fifth Order or above realized even though Lei Yu had stood up once again, his face was expressionless, as if he was a moving corpse standing still there. But the most unusual thing was his eyes; his pupils had already become the color green, as if he had already turned into a ghost. And there on is his right arm; his original lightning brand had become green as well, becoming even more eye-catching than before.

On the other side, Cai Zhong who had what’s left of his demonic energy absorbed by Lei Yu was barely able to stand. Yet Blood Edge in his hand, who had just sucked up Lei Yu’s blood started boiling up again, a red wavy halo arose on its surface. This strong bloodthirsty aura was becoming one with Cai Zhong, entering his body like crazy allowing Cai Zhong to feel that he was filled with explosive power once again.

“You are very strong, but you still cannot escape the fate of death!” Said Cai Zhong coldly, his eyes becoming red again and glowing a red light.

But Lei Yu appeared like he did not hear what was said to him, still using his horrible lifeless eyes staring at Cai Zhong in front of him.

Cai Zhong whom had already been surrounded in an aura of killing intent could not stop his heart from feeling fear when looking at Lei Yu’s lifeless eyes. Even though his persona that wasn’t under his own control and was filled with bloodthirstiness could not stop trembling.

“I will not let you stand up again, accept your death!” Cai Zhong could not bear with this horrible gaze, both hands clasping onto Blood Edge, an unprecedented force exploded outwards from the center of the field. Cai Zhong’s black energy and the red light emitting from Blood Edge in his hands combined together as one. This resulted in a black and red shimmering aura of death. The whistling sound brought out some sharp wailing cries, and the wailing cry was like what someone would scream out before dying. All of this rushed towards the motionless Lei Yu.

Lei Yu remained expressionless, but his eyes of green suddenly flashed brightly. He simply raised his hand and a “bang” sound of metals colliding was heard. This made everyone in the audience wonder – they did not see any weapons in Lei Yu’s hand, why would there be such a sound?

*Crack!* Suddenly, cracks on Blood Edge held by Cai Zhong started appearing. Gradually, more and more cracks began to cover the blade of Blood Edge. *Ka Cha* Blood Edge become little bits of blade fragments falling onto the ground while Lei Yu’s fist was still raised in the air, not showing the slightest trace of being wounded by the knife.

“Strong! How did this happen?”

“That’s right! After being cut by the sharp knife and stabbed in the chest, how did his punch cause the sharp knife to end up becoming pieces of shattered debris?” The entire audience suddenly cried out in surprise. The eyes of everyone looking at Lei Yu looked like they were staring at a monster.

“Little Yu, he…” Nuo Yi Long’s voice was trembling, “he was actually this strong?”

In the area of the Lei family: “Is this really little Yu? How could he emit such a terrible aura of death? Even I cannot guarantee that I could take him on at his current state if I was his opponent!” Lei Yun Tian eyes were filled with shock. The shock that Lei Yu has given him could not be describable in words. The clan members behind him all had their mouths open agape, not one of them dared to look down on this powerhouse who was once considered useless trash.

“My Blood Edge! My Blood Edge!” Muttered Cai Zhong continuously. It seems like he did not care about what was going on with Lei Yu, his eyes only saw the weapon that supported him and gave him his current strength.

Just when everyone thought the outcome of this battle was very clear, a thick black smoke once again came from Cai Zhong’s body. The black smoke became more and more thick, enshrouding both Lei Yu and Cai Zhong within it. Anyone lower than the Fifth Order rank had absolutely no idea what was going on inside the black smoke. Even Nuo Yi Long and the other Fifth Order rank or stronger powerhouses could only rely on their senses to detect what was going on inside the smoke.

Within the smoke, Cai Zhong’s blood-red eyes looked at Lei Yu with complete hatred. He was staring at Lei Yu like he was the killer of his entire family. Losing Blood Edge, Cai Zhong felt like he lost something he could rely on, thus vowing to render Lei Yu in front of him into four pieces.

With one hand imitating a claw, sharp nails protruded with a flash of white light. Within the thick smoke, people on the outside could not see anything at all. Only those few super-strong individuals knew exactly what was happening inside.

Cai Zhong was aiming for Lei Yu’s head, although this claw attack would not take a person’s life immediately, but it should be enough to take out Lei Yu’s fighting ability.

*Crack*

This strange sound rose up into the air, echoing throughout the stadium, chilling the heart’s of the audience. “This… this is the sound of bones breaking!” It was unknown where these words came from but then, everyone held their breath. The thick black smoke in the center of the field began to dissipate, following the gentle breeze, the two shadowy figures of the contestants once again revealed themselves in front of everyone.

Both of Cai Zhong’s hands were down on the side of his body – one of his hand was constantly dripping blood onto the ground while the other hand was constantly trembling.

Lei Yu remained expressionless, as if everything happening here simply weren’t related to him in the slightest bit. The green in his eyes continued to shimmer slightly, and his eyes continued staring at the Cai Zhong in front of him.

“I… I lost!” Cai Zhong weakly stepped backward a few steps, then suddenly fell on his buttocks before ending up unconscious.

Lei Yu suddenly screamed into the sky.

“Aghh! Aghhh!” Both hands cradling his head, screaming as if his head was about to explode.

Cai Zhong who admitted defeat had determined this duel had come to an end. Lei Yun Tian, the Lei family Elder, Nuo Yi Long and the rest did not bother with anything anymore, rushing to the center field towards Lei Yu screaming up at the sky. They didn’t know what was happening to Lei Yu’s body.

The Ming Sect members seeing Cai Zhong had failed only coldly snorted. Bringing more than a hundred people, they disregarded the unconscious Cai Zhong in the field and left in a hurry. As for Shangguan Xi Hong, he opened his mouth and started laughing out loud. The final outcome of this duel was Martial Sect winning, how could this not make him happy?

Since the show was already over, Celestial Court’s Elder Qing Feng spoke in a voice that allowed everyone in the stadium to hear: “Congratulations to brother Shangguan, your Martial Sect won! Since the duel is now over, we Celestial Court will be taking our leave.”

“Take care!”

“Take care!”

Symbolically, Shangguan Xi Hong also went onto the field; after all, Lei Yu was the one that earned Martial Sect lots of face today. Those elders from the ancient martial clans that had come with Shangguan Xi Hong today all looked at each other, not one of them believed Lei Yu could have actually won this duel.

Lei Yu was still screaming. Lei Yun Tian was the first to arrive at his side, his hand wanted to grab onto Lei Yu’s arm, “aggh!” An unbearable sense of paralysis assaulted Lei Yun Tian forcing him back a few steps. And at this time, the surprise in his eyes became more evident.

“How could there be such a powerful force? Is this the true strength of little Yu?” Lei Yun Tian took in a deep breath, this was already beyond the scope of his imagination.

“Little Yu, how do you feel little Yu!” Nuo Hu wanted to grab onto him but Lei Yun Tian suddenly shouted “don’t touch him!”

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Ch 46 - Breaking Through Again

"Why?" Obviously, not too many people had been paying attention to the prior reaction by Lei Yun Tian; they were all focused on Lei Yu who was still screaming into the sky.

"The lightning power in his body is too strong, even I cannot tolerate it, and you definitely shouldn’t touch him!" Shouted Lei Yun Tian.

"Then... then what should we do?" Nuo Hu and others were anxious. Eyeing Lei Yu cradling his head and screaming in pain, those that truly cared about him were all filled with anxiety.

As the situation become more urgent, a sudden "agghh" sound burst forth from Lei Yu. The layer of light green energy on the surface of his body suddenly disappeared. The green in his eyes also started fading, and even the lightning brand on his arm was restored to its previous color.

His head slumping forward, Lei Yu fell to the ground in front of everyone. Testing the waters, Nuo Hu extended his hand to touch - there was still a slight numbing feeling, but it was already at the level one could tolerate. They hurriedly rushed Lei Yu and Ai Er to a nearby large hospital. As for Cai Zhong, it went against some people's conscience to leave him there so they brought him along as well.

If it were for ordinary people, any hospital encountering such badly injured patients would certainly contact the police for an investigation, but what status did these current people hold? They were members of Dragon Group and the Lei family household, the hospital staff did not dare to ask too many questions, they only had to focus on healing them.

Lei Yu’s consciousness gradually returned to a state under his own control. Since his mind was still in a daze, he continued staying in the state of a deep sleep. However, it was starting to get lively inside his body.

"What’s going on? What happened just now?" Lei Yu carefully monitored his internals to see what was going on. The intricate and complicated meridian paths were circulating a strong energy countercurrent, and this energy did not belong to him.

The green energy was going crazy right now, crashing all over the place. And every time this green energy collided into a meridian, the impact would cause a fracture. "How could this be?" Lei Yu was suddenly anxious; didn’t this energy usually play the role of a repairing force? Why would it suddenly become so violent and start wreaking havoc all over the place? Could it be that its previous actions were all an act?

No, Lei Yu’s thoughts were quickly rejected. Although the unknown green energy was wreaking havoc all over, a soothing energy would arrive after the impacted areas, repairing the previously damaged meridians. And Lei Yu was able to clearly feel his chest and back had some green energy circulating in the area, where each and every single dead cell would at rapid speeds recover its vitality.

The undeniable thing was that Lei Yu’s subconscious mind and spirit was very strong. This strength and his childhood experiences were closely connected; being abused and ridiculed during his childhood years has made Lei Yu possess patience exceeding a normal person. With a tough and an unyielding personality, it allowed Lei Yu to forge a strong physical body along with a strong spiritual strength while persevering through his cultivation.

The violent green energy gradually subsided, and the work of repairing started up. Bit by bit the small fractures were repaired, every inch of damaged skin or cells including his meridians were silently and slowly healing. Lei Yu also reveled in this comfortable feeling and slowly entered into a state of falling asleep again.

Unknown how much time had passed, a familiar voice was heard inside him, causing the asleep Lei Yu to awaken. But he did not actually wake up in reality, his eyes were still shut.

"I really can’t tolerate it anymore; I have to say a few words."

"Ink beast? How could it be you? Didn’t you say that there’s no way for you to appear again?" Asked Lei Yu extremely puzzled.

"Right, there was no way I could have awoken again, but the force inside your body is just too strong, forcefully waking me up from my slumber.”

"A powerful force? Could you be speaking about this green energy?"

"Correct, it’s that force." Hearing the Ink Beast’s tone, it appeared he was in a thrilled and excited state.

"What kind of power is it? Why would it appear inside my body? Would there be any harm?" Lei Yu had not forgotten the previous violent situation with the green energy; his heart could not help feeling a bit fearful.

"I do not know, but you kiddo are very lucky to have such a powerful force. It seems that my time of resurrection will be ahead of schedule! Ha ha ha..." The Ink Beast's voice started fading off into a distance.

"Hey! Don’t go! Don’t go!" Shouted Lei Yu, but the Ink Beast had already disappeared without a trace.

His brain was working hard trying to remember the previous fight. First it was the Spiritual Bead of Longevity that helped him in recovering his impulsiveness, right after that was absorption, and the object of absorption was naturally Cai Zhong. Lei Yu had also carefully inspected and did not find any excess energy left inside his body, which made him filled with many questions without answers. Since he was able to absorb, why wasn’t he able to retain it for his own use?

He will temporarily not consider these things; the most important was the green energy. After it finished restoring a bit of his energy, the green energy suddenly exploded forth. This strong force made Lei Yu blank out so that he did not know what happened next. He only knew that the instance the green energy exploded forth, he could not find a trace of his own power within his body while this force occupied it.

Inside his dantian area had some vibrations. Lei Yu hurriedly monitored inside, he was surprised to find that the energy inside his Sea of Energy had recovered a lot, and at this moment it was constantly churning around, compared to the [Energy Suppression] stage, there was a slight difference. To be in the [Energy Suppression] stage meant silence throughout his body, to be motionless to face the ever changing. So why would it churn without stopping? Could it be…?!”

*Ka cha*

A loud noise was heard. Lei Yu only felt his mind go blank, then a lightning cut across the sky and shot down, its goal was the newly recovered energy inside the Sea of Energy acupuncture point. At the instant the lightning landed, his internal energy dispersed out, and the next moment, this lightning at a very high speed began to gather the dispersed internal energy, combining them together again. The purple internal energy was flowing about very slowly and Lei Yu was able to see that within this internal energy were specks of light that constantly shimmered. According to the information set forth within the cultivating methods etched into his mind, Lei Yu was suddenly overjoyed, "isn’t this the phenomenon when breaking through the [Energy Suppression] stage reaching the [Discharge] stage?"

The ecstatic Lei Yu careful explored the changes within his dantian region; he saw strands of extremely strong energy constantly condensing together. The excitement inside Lei Yu’s heart was indescribable.

He could not believe what he was currently experiencing. This internal energy with layers upon layers of something similar to a net of lightning, it actually contained an unimaginably huge explosive power. Lei Yu began to test it out by concentrating his will, trying to extract a trace of internal energy. And there it was, it was really his own power. The internal energy containing nets of lightning began to circulating according to his will, and the circulation speed was completely in the hands of Lei Yu. Once he was able to really feel the strong power of his new internal energy, Lei Yu swallowed hard. Comparing this to the [Energy Suppression] stage, there was no way they were even remotely near the same level. Lei Yu felt that the improvement in strength he gained could not be so simply described as it being doubled, if one was to say that while he was at the [Energy Suppression] stage fighting against Cai Zhong, he was at a slight disadvantage. Yet now, Lei Yu could say for sure this time that simply raising his hand, Cai Zhong would immediately lose the ability to continue fighting.

"Oh yea! Isn’t the duel over? How were the results?" Lei Yu’s mind suddenly thought of this situation, immediately sitting up, scaring a young nurse that was changing the IV pouch, making her stagger and falling onto her butt.

“You’re awake? You scared me to death!” Said the embarrassed young nurse while straightening her clothes, patting her not quite full chest.

Lei Yu scratched his head, "was I unconscious?" As Lei Yu asked this, he felt his question was kind of silly. If he wasn’t unconscious, then why would he be sent to the hospital and not know what’s going on?

"That’s right; you’ve been unconscious for over twenty days." The young nurse’s blush did not subside at all, her eyes were constantly checking out Lei Yu’s body.

Lei Yu gasped, "over twenty days? How come I’m the only one here? No one else stayed with me?" Looking around the hospital room, it belonged to those high-end type personal rooms¹. Just that apart from the young nurse, there weren’t anyone else here. This made Lei Yu a bit depressed.

"You can’t say that." The young nurse pursed her lips, "little sister Ai Er accompanied you day and night, but she just left to buy some breakfast, let me replace her for a moment.

Listening to what the young nurse said, Lei Yu’s heart suddenly felt sweet to the extreme. Thinking that he had been unconscious for twenty plus days and Ai Er had been here with him all that time, Lei Yu actually felt a bit sorry for her.

On a typical day, he would only care about cultivating; he did not spend a lot of time with his loved ones. Lei Yu quietly vowed that he would treat Ai Er better to make up for his past neglect.

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¹ - In a lot of countries of Asia, multiple people share a hospital room under the government’s healthcare system. One could pay extra money to stay in their own personal room.

[omgitsaray]

Ch 47 - One Husband Many Wives

Carefully observing the young nurse, this girl’s height was about 1.65 meters (5’5”) and was considered not too short. Perhaps because the young nurse was wearing a white button down uniform that only revealed her slender white legs, this gave Lei Yu a feeling that she was taller than she really was. Her face could only be described as cute, giving off an adorable appearance. When one looked at her, they just want to grab her and give her a kiss. Her long hair was tied up and a white angel-like hat was on top of her head. Looking at the young nurse, Lei Yu could not help being in a daze. He also noticed the nurse’s eyes were constantly glancing at him as well, and her flushed face was getting more obvious. Lei Yu thought that he was staring at her too hard making her feel uncomfortable, so he hurriedly looked away. The actual shocking thing was that he found himself naked sitting on the bed, the blanket covering him had slid off when he suddenly sat up prior.

"Oh crap!" Just like a frightened girl that suffered a wardrobe malfunction, he hurriedly grabbed the blanket and wrapped it around his body.

The young nurse found Lei Yu’s reaction quite funny so she started giggling.

"It’s okay, no need to be embarrassed, what haven’t us nurses seen before? No need to be so nervous." Even though her mouth said this, yet the red blush on her face did not subside at all. Unknown why, when the young nurse saw Lei Yu’s strong toned outer body and his deep gaze, her heart could not help but skip a beat, thump thumping fast non-stop.

"Uh... hehe." Pretending to be calm, Lei Yu cleared his throat, "have you known Ai Er from before? What's your name?"

"My name is Fang Yi Ke, you can call me little Ke. Yeah, little sister Ai Er and I have known each other a long time ago, we used to be elementary students at the same school" stated little Ke as she introduced herself.

"Oh." Lei Yu nodded his head. At this time, Ai Er arrived at the door holding two plastic bags in her hand. Seeing Lei Yu sitting up on the bed, the breakfast in her hands fell onto the ground with a “splat.” Upon looking at Ai Er, he could see her eyes were already filled with tears.

"Ai Er, it’s been hard on you." Lei Yu smiled. Originally wanted to stand up and give Ai Er a loving hug, but he remembered he was currently naked so he dropped the idea.

Ai Er quickly came over, "you’re finally awake, I was really worried you’d never wake up." Pouting her lips, Ai Er looked really adorable at this time. Her face carried two crystal tears before she plunged into Lei Yu’s embrace.

Lei Yu’s heart was filled with warmth and guilt. Gently stroking Ai Er’s long hair, "okay, stop crying, I’m fine now right?

The two cozy couple went off into their own little world. Lei Yu used his hand to hold up Ai Er’s chin, using his mouth, he wiped away the tear stains on Ai Er’s face before the two long-awaited lips tightly bonded together. Little Ke did not know why but her heart had a slightly faint reaction. But she still knowingly left the room in a quiet manner, closing the door gently behind her.

They both kissed for a while, then Ai Er's hand seemed to have grabbed onto SOMETHING. "Ahh!" Her whole face flushed red, "nasty, why aren’t you wearing any clothes?”

"I... I just woke up! Besides, I haven’t seen any signs of my clothes anywhere." Lei Yu blinked, recalling the prior scene with little Ke, he suddenly wanted to laugh out loud.

"Wait a bit, I'll go get you some clothing and also let my brother, father and them know you’re awake. They were all worried to death about you, each day they would come by several times to check in on you." Ai Er stood up to organize her clothing and her messy hair; she then turned and left the room.

Lei Yu looked at the white gauze that was taped to his chest. The smell of medicine was especially strong and he could not help but frown, remembering that Cai Zhong’s knife was stabbed in there not too long ago. He did not expect to make it out alive with his little life - he was indeed lucky.

Lei Yu gently touched it but did not feel any pain. He used his nails to grab the edge of the gauze, and then ripped it off. “How come there aren’t any scars?”

Suddenly thinking of something, he noticed there was a bandage in a strange arc extending past his arm to his back. On his back, he was also taped with this white gauze. Little by little, Lei Yu removed the gauze and thoroughly touched the area. It was just like his chest; his back was smooth and did not leave any scars after the injury. He immediately understood the reason - it must have been the green energy’s repairing effect. Otherwise, even if it was some miraculous medicine, it would not have such a fast effect, actually able to make scars disappear without a trace.

“Master!" Lei Yu smiled and sat up as he heard a familiar voice from outside the door.

“Liu Hao.”

"Master, you really scared me to death, I thought you were going to become a vegetable."

Lei Yu slapped Liu Hao in the head, "your dog mouth really spews out horrible words! By the way, how did you know I was awake?”
　　
"Oh, as I walked into the hospital, I ran into master’s wife who was on the phone, she was the one that told me you were awake." Liu Hao's eyes showed excitement seeing his master awake after being in a comatose state, how could he as the disciple not be happy?

"Who’s your master’s wife? So hateful, making someone sound so old!" Ai Er pouted as she came in. "I’ve made a call to them; they’ll be over right away. Huh? Where’s the gauze that was taped to your body? Where are your wounds?" Asked Ai Er completely surprised.

"Wow!" Lei Yu pretended to be surprised, "what miraculous medicines, the wounds on my body are all healed, I can leave the hospital now." After saying that, he grabbed the hospital gown from Ai Er’s hand to put on, of course this was all done under the blanket’s cover.

Hearing the news that Lei Yu was awake, Nuo Hu, his father and his aunt quickly rushed over. As for Lei Yun Tian and family, no one notified them because they knew Lei Yu did not want to see them.

After asking Lei Yu a bunch of questions and insistent demands, Lei Yu went through a thorough examination before everyone agreed he could leave the hospital.

Strange to say, Lei Yu was very clear himself that his bones contained trace metallic properties. Yet when going through instruments of monitoring like X-Rays and MRI’s, nothing unexpected was observed by hospital staff?

Parked in front of the hospital entrance were a few luxury brand-named cars, and with quite a few people surrounding it, giving off an impressive manner. Lei Yu stretched and worked out the kinks in his body, then breathed in a few mouthful of fresh air. This was definitely better than smelling the hospital’s medicine and disinfectants they used.

Suddenly, a "screech" sound of brakes could be heard. A red convertible sports car stopped in front of everyone and an attractive young girl got out of the car. From her appearance, she was the type that men would never tire of looking at, the most attractive points to her was her mesmerizing eyes and the perfectly shaped body.

“Sister Ying Ying!” Liu Hao waved and smiled.

Seeing the arrival of this person, Lei Yu secretly eyed Ai Er on the side. Indeed she had already pouted her little mouth, making her look super cute.

"Lei Yu, you’re okay now right? This is really great!" That’s right; the newly arrived person was Cui Ying Ying. After receiving a phone call from Liu Hao saying Lei Yu had woken up, she immediately dropped everything and drove here non-stop.

"Yea, I’m fine now, thank you for your concern." Although Lei Yu’s tone was a bit indifferent, Cui Ying Ying could tell from Lei Yu’s gaze that he showed a look of gratitude and her heart became super sweet like someone just tipped over a pot of honey. Even though it was just one look, she indulged in that look filled with happiness.

"How come it’s you again? You’ve come to this hospital several times already.” Ai Er could not resist saying this in displeasure.

"Hello Ai Er, you don’t mind me calling you by your name right?" Cui Ying Ying indeed changed quite a bit, even the way she spoke compared to a year ago were like two different people. On the side, Nuo Yi Long and Nuo Yi Feng realized it was some sort of drama amongst the youngsters so they did not want to be involved, immediately getting inside one of the cars first.

"Whatever, anything is fine." Ai Er freely answered, but her hands were deliberately hugging onto Lei Yu’s arm.

"Can I speak privately with you for a bit?" Asked Cui Ying Ying.

Thinking about it, not sure why but Ai Er nodded okay. “Brother Yu, you go into the car first and wait for me.”

Nuo Hu and Liu Hao knew better to leave first as well. Lei Yu paused for a bit, scratched his head and continued stepping into the back of the car.

"Just say whatever you want to say." Said Ai Er in an uncaring attitude.

"Ai Er, I know you hate me, and not willing to give Lei Yu to me. But you should know that I truly do like Lei Yu, and although I cannot be together with him, I do sincerely hope that you do not push me away and deny me of being friends with him. As long as I can chat a bit with him, then I’m already fully satisfied." Cui Ying Ying’s tone sounded like she was begging.

Ai Er did not think she would say this to her and her heart did soften a little. Indeed, ever since she has known about Cui Ying Ying, she has never thought highly of her. Besides her having left for more than a year, and it still had not diluted her feelings of love towards Lei Yu, this showed Ai Er that Cui Ying Ying’s feelings were for real.

"But he is my boyfriend, you cannot..." Ai Er did not know how to make her words sound less cold; after all, she appeared to be a kind-hearted girl.

Cui Ying Ying hurriedly waved her hands, "I’m not asking for much, just treat me as a friend, is that okay? Even though I can’t forget about Lei Yu in my heart, but you don’t have to worry, I’m not going to do anything, I’ve already given up." As Cui Ying Ying said these words, her eyes could not help fluttering.

Perhaps it’s the bond between women, seeing a girl with a similar age as her that could not attain the love they desired, she indeed felt sympathy. If this situation happened to them, there would be no way they could accept it, but since Cui Ying Ying had said those two words “given up”, then if she continued denying her then it would be considered a bit unreasonable. After all, she was close to Liu Hao and his family. "Fine, we can become friends, but you better not have any ideas of stealing Lei Yu from me!" Ai Er pouted her lips unknowingly putting up a cute appearance.

“I understand! You silly girl.”

“He he he…”

Seeing those two laughing with such happiness, Lei Yu who was sitting inside the car and did not hear their conversation just now could not help feeling puzzled. What bewitching magic did this Cui Ying Ying use on Ai Er? How could they suddenly get along so well? Could it be that Ai Er suddenly had a Buddha’s heart, agreeing to allow him to have many wives? Impossible, impossible…

(T/N: The literal translation was One husband, many wives. But the use here seems to be one guy, many girlfriends.)

[omgitsaray]

Ch 48 - Long Hua’s Barbeque

(T/N: Asian bbq places are not like Americans, they don’t do ribs or burgers, they use a variety cuts of sliced meat over an open flame or grill)

Waving to the rest of the people, Cui Ying Ying slowly drove off in her red convertible. Ai Er also got back inside the car.

"What were you two talking about eh?" Asked Lei Yu, pretending to be nonchalant.

Ai Er smiled mysteriously, "I’m not going to tell you, make you fret about it, hmph!"

“Ugh…”

Liu Hao and Nuo Hu sitting in the front laughed. Nuo Hu then thought of something and asked: “Little Yu, before the duel you were missing for half a month, where did you go? We looked all over for you but still couldn’t find you.”

"Yeah, even I went looking for you several times but could not even find a trace of your whereabouts.” Added Liu Hao.

"Oh. Big brother, do you remember they place we went to for our mission?"

“You mean the mission to deal with the Ink Beast?” Asked Nuo Hu.

"Right, that's the one; I went to that place again. Originally, I wanted to cultivate at home but felt my improvement was too slow, so I went to that place. The fruit that I gave you two to eat before also came from that place. I wanted to rely on the special elements of those fruits to improve myself."

“Ah! So that’s what happened.” Everyone then realized.

"Oh right!" Lei Yu then asked: "How’s Cai Zhong? I was only focusing on packing and leaving the hospital so I forgot to ask you guys. What was the result of the match? Did I lose?”

That day, Lei Yu’s body was taken over by the green energy, including his mind. In the case of his ferocious retaliation and the incessant screaming, he could not remember a thing.

"Cai Zhong is very pitiful now." Nuo Hu then continued: "Both his hands have been crippled, and his head suffered some type of impact from his eyes, so he’s still in a coma. I think he might be at a permanent vegetative state.”

"How could this be? Was it..." Lei Yu’s heart suddenly skipped a beat. He remembered that Cai Zhong losing his humanity was closely tied to the small knife, could it be that this power of death was originally intended for him?

"You don’t remember how horrible you were that day; your eyes had become freakishly green. Fortunately, Ai Er had already fainted because of the wound on your back so she did not see how horrible you looked. Cai Zhong cultivated in demonic energy, so with his ability, he once again created a thick black smoke. I could not see what was happening inside the thick smoke but once it dissipated, Cai Zhong’s hand already looked like they had been crippled. *Sigh* Little Yu, what on earth did you do?”

"I... I don’t know." Lei Yu really did not know what happened. If one really had to ask, then it would be best to ask someone of the Fifth Order rank and above, or to ask Cai Zhong who was still in a coma.

Seven o'clock in the evening, everyone was gathered in Lei Yu’s house. But they were just the youngsters including Lei Yu himself, Ai Er, Nuo Hu, Liu Hao and the recently acquainted young nurse, little Ke.

"To celebrate brother Yu’s discharge from the hospital, we’ll eat dinner together!" Ai Er stated while laughing.

"Oh good, where should we go?" Once Lei Yu asked this question, everyone started pondering where they should eat.

"How about..." Little Ke then continued asking, "how about we try this barbeque place at the night market? It’s not bad, I frequently go there.”
(T/N: for those that have forgotten, night markets are where stores and stalls open up in an area to midnight or later with food and random stuff.)

"New type of cuisine sounds good." Lei Yu nodded in agreement and saw the others without any further opinions, the decision was final.

"I’ll give Ying Ying a call; have her come out as well." As these unprecedented words came out of Ai Er’s mouth, Nuo Hu and Lei Yu both stared at her with eyes of bafflement, making her feel a bit embarrassed.

"Good, good, good, I’ll call, let me make the call!" Liu Hao's attitude looked like he was more excited than anyone else.

After setting up the time and location, the all left driving towards the night market. Cui Ying Ying also departed from the other side of the city.

South of the city, this place became extremely lively at night. During the day there weren’t too many people around, but once evening came, sidewalks were filled with lots of chairs and tables, and every table was filled with people.

A flashing sign with red neon lights had the word “Long Hua’s Barbeque City” on it. Looking at the restaurant, it was an impressive large scale barbeque place.

In this place, people came for the lively atmosphere. If you wanted high-end food, it would be best to go to some sort of “X star” rated restaurant instead.

During the weekdays, this place was usually filled with society’s younger crowd or some office workers getting off work with nothing better to do. Whether it be co-workers or friends, they will all flock together at this place. And the fact that the weather was hot, being able to grab a few cans of beer while eating a mouthful of barbequed lamb, this was truly one of life’s most enjoyable moments.

But today was different from a typical day, parked in front of Long Hua’s Barbeque City were two cars - a Mercedes-Benz S600 and an Audi A5 Cabriolet

Getting out of the car were three men and two women. The men were chic and handsome, the women were alluring and beautiful, this drew the attention everyone inside the place. Driving luxury brand-named cars and accompanying beautiful girls, this was what most young men dreamed of doing sometime in their life. But the sudden appearance of these people amongst such a noisy and modest place, it made the restaurant’s atmosphere a bit peculiar.

The boss of the restaurant was a snobby fat man. Seeing them get out of two expensive cars and the expensive clothes they wore, he ran up to them and bowed: "Welcome pretty ladies and handsome men, what would you like to order? Our meats here are guaranteed to be clean and fresh!" Most of the time when rich people came to places like his, the most common thing they were fearful of was the cleanliness of the food preparation, that’s why he greeted them that way.

“Hold on, not all our party has arrived yet, we’ll take two cases of beers for now to quench our thirst” said Lei Yu with a smile.

“What brand of beer would you like?”

“The most expensive kind” said Liu Hao with impatience.

“Okay okay, coming right up!” The boss ran into the kitchen with a huge smile on his face.

"Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep!" Several short car horn beeps were heard, and then a "screech" sound of brakes. Everyone looked at each other wondering what happened, then Liu Hao laughed and spoke up "it seems that sister Ying Ying has arrived since this is her usual method of parking.”

Sure enough, a red convertible sports car parked behind the other two brand named cars. A young and tall girl then got out of the convertible. Although the girl was not dressed in sexy or charming clothing, but her refined aura and her beautiful face was enough to make men daydream thousands of thoughts. Especially captivating were her alluring eyes, becoming deadly weapons capable of taking down countless men.

All the men's gaze were focused on this girl, even a young guy who had just stuffed a piping hot piece of lamb meat into his mouth had burned himself without realizing it.

Ai Er stood up and grabbed Cui Ying Ying to sit down beside her and said: "You're late! Your punishment is to drink twice the amount of beer!"

"That’s fine, I’ll drink, I’ll drink it." Cui Ying Ying smiled and sat down. From her Louis Vuitton purse, she took out a beautiful box and handed it to Lei Yu, "congratulations on your discharge from the hospital, this is a gift for you.”

"Eh? Thank you." Lei Yu did not bother being over polite, immediately opening the box. A pair of exquisite pendants in a heart shape appeared, and in the center was inlaid with a large diamond, it seems like the carat was not a small number so it definitely was quite expensive. But the worth of this gift coming from her own family’s jewelry business should not be considered much for Cui Ying Ying.

The pendant was a pair so Lei Yu gave Cui Ying Ying a puzzled look.

"Don’t look at me, this is for you, don’t you want your heart linked to Ai Er’s? You both have one each so quickly put it on." Cui Ying Ying smiled while sipping her mug of beer.

"Wow, thank you so much." Ai Er took one, brought it up against her neck and said “it’s so pretty!”

Liu Hao pouted on the side, "sister Ying Ying, I’ve known you for so long but you’ve never given me any presents, you are so biased... Agh! I was wrong, I was wrong!"

“Hahaha…”

A short distance away sat a dozen or so youngsters filling two tables, some of them shirtless. Their chest and backs were tattooed with multiple designs, and one look at them would give people the feeling that they were the scum of society.

"You see that? A group of tools are being looked after by several rich girls, what kind of f*cking world is this." Sneered a youngster with small eyes.

"What? You jealous?" Sneered a young man sitting across the table while he was playing with his ring on his middle finger. "If you can’t take it, go play with them for a bit, we have so many fellow brothers here, there’s nothing to be afraid of."

"That’s right, there’s nothing to be afraid of." After the youngster said this, the whole table went into a ruckus; everyone started banging on the table become rambunctious while the youngster had an arrogant look on his face.

"Let’s go, a few of us will get to smell the scent of hot girls today." Four sturdy looking youngsters stood up at the same time, then walked towards where Lei Yu and them were sitting.

[omgitsaray]

Ch 49 - Displaying Their Prowess

Surrounded by his fellow brothers, the youngster with the small eyes went up to Cui Ying Ying and put a single hand on her shoulder, disregarding the other people’s faces of surprise, “miss, looks like you’re quite wealthy right? Giving your lover such a precious pendant, how about you give me one as a present as well?”

Cui Ying Ying frowned, and then looked at Lei Yu. The others did not even have time to say anything before Ai Er openly scolded: “Stinking low lives, don’t ruin our appetite when we’re eating!”

"Ohh? This chick is pretty bold, not bad, not bad, I like it." After saying this, he wanted to get go mess around with her but before he could even get close to Ai Er, he felt a chilled feeling hit his back, he did not even have the chance to turn around and a "crack" sound of a beer bottle breaking and scattering all over the place could be heard. The few surrounding tables of people hurriedly jumped out of their seats and backed away a short distance watching this spectacular show.

"Agh!" The small eyed youth cried out. The back of his head was bleeding, staining the collar of his shirt. The person that made that move was Nuo Hu who was sitting nearby.

"F*cking bastards, scram! Don’t invite trouble to yourselves." Said Nuo Hu in a cold tone, slapping his hand down onto the table.

"F*cker! You dare to hit our boss? Brothers, come on out!" Cried another youth towards the two tables filled with his own people. Those people threw out their cigarette butts and headed over, each of them carrying a beer bottle in their hand.

The owner of the restaurant then hurriedly ran out to settle the commotion. On one side were the people with money, a small business owner like him could not afford to offend. On the other side were the scourges of society, barely any wealth at all, but they brawled and hacked up people with weapons without mercy, so he could not afford to offend them either.

"Please just settle this with words.” The restaurant boss hurriedly took out cigarettes from his pocket and tried handing it out to everyone.

With all his fellow brothers standing behind the youngster, he spoke up in defiance, "f*cker, raising your hand and hitting someone, what else is there to talk about? Fellow brothers, f*ck him up!" Shouted the youngster pointing at Nuo Hu.

Lei Yu calmly stood up, gently scratched his head, "I can’t even enjoy a quiet meal, so disappointing.”

"You! Sit the f*ck down! Damn it, don’t you dare make us even more pissed off!" The youngster shouted at Lei Yu as he saw him standing up.

A crisp "pak" sound rang out and the youngster suddenly felt his head spinning. Shaking his head forcefully, a palm print appeared on his face, but he was unable to see who had actually hit him.

“Who? Who was it?" Looking all around, even his fellow brothers behind him did not see what exactly happened.

Lei Yu smiled and looked at his disciple asking: "Liu Hao, do you want to play a bit?"

"Sure, we’ll just consider this an appetizer before the meal." After saying this, he loosened up his wrist and his hands, and then slowly walked towards the group of people.

"Remember, don’t break anything." Pushing aside the small eyed youngster with the bloody head in an effortless manner, this youngster flew away like a falling meteor hitting another table a distance away, then falling to the ground crying out "ow ow" sounds.

The youngster took a step back, "brothers, we have over a dozen people, would we fear the three of them? Let’s do it!”

After the shout, everyone complied and smashed the bottles they were carrying in their hand. Sounds of glass shattering were heard everywhere, and each youngster was holding the broken bottle pointing at Lei Yu’s group like they were holding a gun.

Liu Hao pretended to roll up his sleeves that did not exist. "Ahhh!" A yellow internal energy was condensed in his hand, then focusing on the floor; he suddenly dropped down and smashed the ground. A loud “BANG” noise could be heard and felt; people in the area could only feel their bodies involuntarily jump up from the impact. A crater with a depth of about ten centimeters and a diameter of twenty centimeters appeared in front of everybody.

The youngster with the smashed beer bottle in his hand dropped it to the floor with a “clang,” his mouth was agape wider than an egg. The ruffians behind him forcefully swallowed hard, each one had their eyes round and wide in shock. Ever since they came from their mother’s womb, they had never witnessed such a scene, was this something humans were capable of?

"Not bad kiddo, upon reaching the Third Order rank, you strength has definitely improved. If you had actually struck a human body, it’s possible the force would go through three or four other people, won’t that mean you would open up a hole in all of them?" As Lei Yu said this, his eyes were looking at all the youngsters in front of him.

Lei Yu did not want to stir up trouble here, simply deterring them would be good enough, no need to make this situation bigger than necessary. It seems that Liu Hao's actions had a certain effect, the dozen plus youngsters were standing there stupidly without moving.

*Cough cough* Liu Hao smiled while quietly coughing a bit. The group of youngsters felt a shiver go through their bodies from fear.

The crowd of people watching had wanted to pay their bills early and leave as soon as possible, but after seeing the move by Liu Hao, their eyes suddenly lit up in worship. Especially the people that were once bullied by those ruffians, their worship of him were to the max.

"Wipe the snot from your nose, take your people with you and scram! Stop disturbing others while they’re eating here!" Lei Yu said this while shaking his head.

The youngster had finally noticed that booger was coming out of his nose and dripped to his mouth already while he was unaware. These ruffians would usually only bully the very weak that could not retaliate, but once they meet someone strong; they will tuck their tails between their legs.

"Cling cling clang clang," the sound of bottles falling on the ground. After seeing the impressive inhuman deed, who would still dare to rush forward to their deaths? One by one they dropped the bottles in their hands.

“That’s enough Liu Hao, come sit back down.”

At this moment, everyone was wondering why such a powerful person would obediently listen to the words of the guy in front of them. Liu Hao’s following words scared the daylights out of everyone present: "Master, if we don’t teach these guys here a lesson, they will continue to corrupt and ruin our society.”

“Wow!”

A burst of noise came from the surrounding onlookers. The disciple was already this powerful, then wouldn’t the master’s strength be out of this world?

The face on those ruffians spoke a thousand words; they immediately tucked their tails between their legs and quickly ran.

Looking around, it looks like things had subsided. The boss ordered his staff to quickly sweep up the glass shards on the ground, then with a face full of smiles, "you pretty ladies and handsome men, you haven’t ordered yet, what would you like to eat?

"Five hundred slices of lamb, two hundred slices of fish, hurry it up, I’m starving!" Carelessly saying this, Liu Hao acted like the entire previous incident had nothing to do with him at all.

On the side, little Ke who had been silent the entire time was the most shocked; she had never seen such a scene in her lifetime. She was originally extremely worried for her group of friends, but did not expect Liu Hao to be so powerful, one punch from him was able to produce a crater in the ground, definitely enough to freak people out. And Liu Hao had called Lei Yu master, which shocked little Ke’s heart even more, why would such a powerful person be hospitalized? But thinking back carefully, the two wounds on Lei Yu’s body were big enough to give people a scare. Yet within the short twenty or so days, the wounds disappeared without a trace, one could see this group of people were not ordinary at all. Deep in her heart, this mysteriousness that surrounded Lei Yu actually made her want to get closer to him.

Perhaps they staff were overawed by Lei Yu’s group, those that came before them did not get their food yet but Lei Yu’s group already had all their dishes come out. Gradually, everyone began to forget the previous show and began eating and drinking, enjoying themselves immensely.

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"Master." Inside Lei Yun Tian’s office, the Elder then said: "Little Yu was released from the hospital today; it seems that he has fully recovered.”

“That fast?” Lei Yun Tian raised his eyebrows.

“That’s right, what are your plans?”

Lei Yun Tian then said: “I want us to reach out to him once more.”

After the match between Lei Yu and Cai Zhong ended, a large wave of calamity had appeared within the four major forces. Lei Yu’s super strength not only shocked Martial Sect’s Shangguan family, it also made them value Lei Yu more.

On the flip side, the Ming Sect was also greatly interested in Lei Yu. Since Cai Zhong had become a cripple in the eyes of Ming Sect, he was already useless trash and had absolutely no value to them at all. Ming Sect had to find ways to draw in Lei Yu to their side, but if they failed, they could not allow such a person to continue to exist. If space was given to Lei Yu allowing him to grow, then it will be too difficult to eliminate him in the future.

(T/N: I think the author forgot to mention what happened to the crater…)

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Ch 50 – Kou country’s Nagasaka

(T/N: The country of Kou is the old name the Chinese gave Japan, “Pirate Country.” In the Ming dynasty 1368-1644, Japanese pirates repeatedly harassed the Chinese on the coast and even along the Yangtze River.)

"Sect Leader, Mr. Nagasaka has arrived." An underling in a black suit respectfully bowed and said this to the skinny middle-aged man.

"Ask him to come in, everyone else stay outside.”

“Yes.”

The Ming Sect Leader’s name was Du Zhang Hai. Although he looked really thin, he was a master that had reached the strength of a Sixth Order rank. He studied the Ming Sect’s unique demonic cultivating methods, already reaching the Sixth Demonic Realm. He was one of the handful of Sixth Order masters inside the country of Tenglong, in charge of all matters relating to the Ming Sect.

The murders his underlings committed were countless, but no one dared to do anything about it. Within the country of Tenglong, whatever his Sect did was pretty much untouchable. The forces of the underworld were extremely strong, so whatever business they were into, no one else would dare to meddle in it. Today was the day another business transaction had to be discussed.

A middle-aged man with a dwarf-like head with a fat body came in. "Boss Du, haven’t seen you in a long time!" The words that came out of his mouth showed his Tenglong language was merely adequate.

“Mr. Nagasaka, you came from the distant Kou Country, you must be very tired, come, please take a seat!”They both shook hands and then sat opposite each other.

"Boss Du, I've brought over a model, please look it over." Mr. Nagasaka opened his briefcase, taking out a small bottle containing some clear water-like liquid.

"Ah, let’s talk about its efficacy and the price." Du Zhang Hai lightly stated as he scrutinized the drug in his hands.

"This is a bacterium, after invading into the human body; it only needs a short one day’s time to infect the entire body without anyone's knowledge, causing the host to fester into blistering sores resulting in their mysterious death. Even if the host had some powerful assistance, it would still be useless. And in order to use this is actually quite simple, you can add it into water or tea, onto food etc, it’s colorless, odorless and tasteless. As for the price..." Mr. Nagasaka deliberately let his words hang, looking at Du Zhang Hai’s expression. Indeed, after hearing the effects, Du Zhang Hai’s eyebrows were raised, he did not expect this little bottle of bacterium could be so powerful.

"Well, can this thing hurt the masters of Tenglong country with the strength of a Sixth Order Warrior?" Asked Du Zhang Hai.

"Please don’t worry!" Mr. Nagasaka said confidently, "my Kou country’s Ultimate Ninjas are the same strength rank as your country’s Sixth Order Warrior, even they could not resist the invasion of these bacteria.

Du Zhang Hai’s eyes suddenly shone, if this thing could be used against his rivals, then wouldn’t that mean he could stand at the top of this country?

"What is the price that you want for this?" Asked Du Zhang Hai.

"The cost of this drug’s agent is really high, and it’s also considered a contraband, if Mr. Du has intentions of purchasing this... $1.5 million per bottle, what do you say?

"Damn, that high?! What contraband drugs have I never played with?" This was what Du Zhang Hai was thinking in his heart but of course he did not say it out loud. Still smiling, "isn’t the price a little too expensive? After all, these things are considered nothing more than poison to us.”

"Poison?" Mr. Nagasaka took the drug back, "ordinary people have ordinary drugs, rat poison is just as useful and can poison someone to death. But what is this? This is a pharmaceutical researched drug that is designed specifically for use against those super strong individuals. Since you don’t seem to appreciate these goods, then there’s really nothing else for us to talk about." After saying this, he got up and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Du Zhang Hai quickly thought through everything in his mind. Indeed, it was not easy to deal with a Sixth Order Warrior, so using this colorless and odorless drug was a good choice. But the price of this product was indeed too high.

"What? Mr. Du wants to think about it some more?" Mr. Nagasaka laughed, "if you are really interested in, I can do you a personal favor, and we’ll call it a deal at $1.2 million."

Clenching his teeth, "we have a deal!" Even though Du Zhang Hai did not care about the money, he still felt like using this amount of money for such a small bottle of poison made his heart ache.

"This was just a sample, how many of these do you want Mr. Du? I will send for someone to bring it over later." Stated Mr. Nagasaka.

"Five bottles. Once the goods arrive, the $6 million will be deposited into Mr. Nagasaka’s account."

"Boss Du is really an easygoing person to do business with, good, very good." Nagasaka negotiated a large business deal, the upper management had set the price of each bottle at $1 million, but since he has negotiated it to $1.2 million, five bottles of potions meant that he would be pocketing $1 million personally, how could he not be happy?

"Everything has been arranged, inside your hotel room are three of Tenglong country’s finest beauties waiting for you to enjoy" laughed Du Zhang Hai.

"Oh?" Nagasaka eyes shone bright. "Then I sincerely thank Boss Du’s warm hospitality, hahaha..."

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Fully satisfied, Lei Yu and the rest left this barbecue city restaurant. Before they left, the boss knew that Lei Yu and company weren’t normal people so he deliberately gave them a 20% discount off their bill. Even though Lei Yu and them did not care about such discounts yet they were still grateful to him.

Nuo Hu and Ai Er drove Lei Yu home while Liu Hao left on his own in a Mercedes. Cui Ying Ying was responsible for taking little Ke home, and consequently, Cui Ying Ying’s driving ability made her quite fearful of her life that night.

Shaking his head, Lei Yu finished taking his comfortable bath and began preparing to cultivate.

He appeared to be very urgent, having just reached the [Discharge] stage; he wanted to see what huge changes his body had undergone. After all, this newly gained strength of Lei Yu was still an unfamiliar power, so he had to get familiar with its ability as soon as possible.

Lei Yu did not dare to slack off. Even though the duel was already over, he was not a fool. The four major forces were able to clearly see his strength, not saying he had suddenly become a valued commodity, but these major forces would more or less start making some moves. In addition, there was still the most important factor...

His enemy. Who were mother’s enemies? Grandpa had already died, and the doctor said that the black chip inside grandpa’s brain was not there for just one or two days. If it was inside there for a long time, then why would it suddenly activate?

Inside Lei Yu’s mind, this was all still a mystery to him. Since my grandpa and Nuo Yi Long both said his strength had not reached the point capable of going against this opponent, then he would just have to strive harder to improve. Lei Yu will not beg Nuo Yi Long to tell him who the murderer was because doing this would not do him any good. Although this hatred for an unknown enemy was more challenging than a known enemy, Lei Yu also wanted to push aside all interfering thoughts and focus on cultivating. If he really knew who his enemy was, then he might be focused on getting revenge instead of focusing on increasing his strength.

Layers of internal energy were circulating in his body. His calm internal body was suddenly surging around like endless waves. The purple energy inside his dantian’s Sea of Energy contained lines of lightning, and every time he circulated it, it gave Lei Yu many surprises.

According to the methods inside his mind, Lei Yu controlled his internal energy to slowly push through his meridians. Since the energy contained traces of lightning in it, every time it passed through a meridian, it will formlessly stimulate it, playing a certain role in improving it. In the past, he had to focus and deliberately control the energy in order to achieve some results, but now he did not have to worry and strain too hard. His meridians, bone structure, skin, and even every minute hair were being formlessly refined. It was inevitable for Lei Yu’s heart to be ecstatic.

Relying on his strong spiritual force, within a very short time, Lei Yu’s internal energy was fully under his control. Without spending too much time, he was able to grasp all the benefits [Discharge] stage brought with it. His whole body was formlessly improved while the power of his lightning had become stronger.

What Lei Yu was unclear on were what effects his power would have after discharging it outside his body. Currently, there weren’t any chances for him to try it out since he was inside his own house.

The sky started getting lighter; Lei Yu began to come back to his senses from cultivating. Seeing the dawn’s early light was usually when Lei Yu would be the most excited because he would feel the slight improvements he had made cultivating the previous night. Even though at times, his improvement would be so slight that he could not detect it, but maintaining a positive attitude about it was the most important thing.

After washing up, he put on some clean clothes. "I haven’t been back to Dragon Group for a long time; I should go back and take a look.”

Gently swiping through his not yet completely dried hair to get rid of some water, he then put on his backpack. Out of habit, Lei Yu began jogging in the direction of Dragon Group Headquarters.

"Little Yu!" A familiar voice was heard behind him. Looking back, Lei Yu’s brow turned into a frown.

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Ch 51 - Challenging The Commander

“You need something?” Asked Lei Yu in a cold tone.

"Can we talk?" Parked beneath a street light was a black car, and sitting inside was Lei Yun Tian.

Sighing softly, Lei Yu walked towards the black car. Because it was still early in the morning, not many people were on the street so Lei Yun Tian got out of the car.

Lei Yu asked impatiently, “quickly say whatever you want, I need to rush back to Dragon Group.”

"Little Yu, I won’t beat around the bush, that day’s mistake was caused by Elder and I. And afterwards, I had solemnly asked for your forgiveness. What do you want me, as your father to do before you will finally agree to return to the Lei family?

"Afterwards? Father? Ha!" Lei Yu felt this was funny. "Have you performed any responsibilities as a father? I suffered ridicule and insults for so long inside the Lei family, have you ever helped protect me from it? Afterwards, you did apologize to me, but what if today I did not have that brand you feel was so important, would you still have come to apologize to me?”

"I do not deny it that I was too cruel back then, but you have to understand, the Lei family has always been like this. You indeed did not manifest any brands; I had no other choice but to do this as a last resort." Lei Yun Tian was a bit emotional, it seems that when it comes to his own pain, he did suffer, but Lei Yu suffered even more.

"I was beaten and abused by the Lei clan, that I can still tolerate. Ever since the baptism ceremony, a full eight years, you had not spoken a single word to me, and you say you are my father?" Lei Yu’s eyes were filled with tears. "Yes, I admit that in order to once again get your fatherly love, I trained day and night, finding a large number of martial arts masters to learn from, wasn’t my goal just so you can look in my direction and acknowledge me? And you? Did you even glance at me? Ever since you and the Lei family kicked me out of the household, I had already promised myself, I will never again walk half a step into the Lei family!”

Lei Yu exhaled heavily and lifted his head up. He was trying his hardest to keep the tears from falling out, but it didn’t seem to be working. Lei Yu suddenly stepped back a few steps, kneeled on the ground, and "boom, boom, boom," three loud kow tow sounds were heard hitting the ground.

"What are you..?!" Lei Yun Tian hurriedly went forward to support Lei Yu, but was pushed away.

"Your son Lei Yu hereby thanks you for these eighteen years of upbringing, if one day the Lei family encounters trouble, I, Lei Yu, will certainly give his life in assistance." After saying these words, Lei Yu made a self-deprecating smile, "I think with the Lei family’s strength, that day will not come, and I certainly don’t wish for it to come."

"You're intending on being this cold? Are you not even considering any familial ties? No matter what, we are still tied together by flesh and blood!" Lei Yun Tian’s voice trembled as he said this.

"The day you kicked me out, if only you understood those same words you just uttered, then we would not have today’s scenario. Anyway, I have to go." Lei Yu exhaled while trembling. Slowly standing up, he turned around to have one last look at the father he used to respect, before jogging away. He left Lei Yun Tian standing there, whose eyes were filled with grief.

Although Lei Yu was jogging, the tears in his eyes would not stop flowing. His tears scattered into the wind from the rhythm of his running. What Lei Yun Tian said was right, blood was always thicker than water, how could Lei Yu be so cold and heartless? It’s because deep in his heart, the resentment towards his father was too great. When he was at his most depressed state or when he jumped off the cliff, no one thought of looking for him. And now that he possessed great strength, they came scrambling to apologize. Doesn’t that mean he was placing the emphasis of power as being more important than his own son?

After returning to Dragon Group, Lei Yu felt much better. When he saw the new members of Wild Wolf Team training hard in the early morning, this also made him more energetic. Making an effort to stop feeling sad, he was going to focus everything he had on increasing his potential with more training; this was his main goal for the time being.

When the soldiers of Wild Wolf Team and Lion Team saw Lei Yu, their eyes looked at him filled with admiration. Even though they did not see Lei Yu’s duel, they heard the elites of Dragon Team talk about it, making their blood boil. This was not only winning glory for Martial Sect, but also for all the different military groups, especially the soldiers of Dragon Group. This halo of glory above Lei Yu’s head was rightfully his. And now, every soldier regarded Lei Yu as their idol, and their goal for intense training was to reach Lei Yu’s level.

After a day of intense training, his entire body was sore all over yet it allowed Lei Yu enjoy that feeling. Pushing one's body to the limit was the purpose of training. At this moment, the green energy would quietly emerge to help him recover. From a sore body recovering back to normal, the green energy made him feel so wonderful that it was hard to describe. Currently, Lei Yu was sitting cross-legged in the villa’s second floor training hall quietly recovering his energy.

"Little Yu." Nuo Yi Long stood at the doorway, his face covered with a smile.

"Eh? Uncle Nuo?!" Lei Yu hurriedly stood up.

"How is it? How’s your recovery going? Your body must have just recovered and you’re already rushing to improve yourself?" Although his mouth said this, but Nuo Yi Long’s heart was very pleased. It looks like this child Lei Yu would not easily become complacent, and geniuses such as him would definitely reach further heights in the future.

"Uncle Nuo, a cultivator’s foundation is built from hard work; comprehension ability and talent are second, plus I cannot forget about my enemy. Since you told me my current strength was not enough to fight against them, then I can only work harder in cultivating." Lei Yu’s eyes revealed a firm resolution, making Nuo Yi Long slightly startled.

"Good! You have not disappointed me, continue recovering for now." After saying this, he smiled and turned to leave.

“Uncle Nuo!”

Stumbling half a step, Nuo Yi Long turned around.

"I... Can I challenge you?" Stuttered Lei Yu as he asked this. Lei Yu understood that currently, he did not have the strength to confront Nuo Yi Long at the same level, but he realized if he went up against a stronger opponent, this would allow him to improve his strength. After the match against Cai Zhong, Lei Yu came to understand that as a warrior, only through constant battles, constantly fighting stronger foes, could he improve his strength at a faster rate.

Nuo Yi Long was slightly startled, “you want to challenge me?”

“Uh, yeah, I… I’m not sure if I’m qualified though.”

"Sure you are, the rules of Dragon Group state that everyone is eligible to challenge anyone, including me." He paused slightly, Nuo Yi Long then said, "I accept your challenge. In one month’s time, everything will be arranged. During this time, you need to recover fully and properly prepare for it; I will not go easy on you. "

Lei Yu was overjoyed. "Great, I understand!”

At this time, Nuo Yi Long began to leave and in his heart, Lei Yu had become someone of greater importance in his life. That day when Lei Yu fought a match with Cai Zhong, without a doubt, everyone could tell that based on his performance, Lei Yu’s strength was at the late-stage of a Fourth Order Warrior. Could it be that after the fight, his strength has once again improved?

Even though it’s just his theory, he wasn’t exactly sure. Everyone had two major bottlenecks they need to get past: The first was advancing from the Third Order to the Fourth Order which Lei Yu clearly had passed; the second was advancing from the Fourth Order to the Fifth Order, which was much harder. Not only did one need to possess innate talent, but also some type of extraordinary encounter in order to breakthrough. Fan Hong Chang has been stuck in the Fourth Order for many years, still without the slightest hint of breaking through. Could it be that Lei Yu who was only in his early twenties had already broken through? This was clearly impossible and he should not even entertain that idea, therefore he decided on the day of the challenge, he should hold back a bit in order to not seriously hurt Lei Yu.

The news spread really quickly throughout Dragon Group and any soldiers that heard it exploded into disarray. Challenging the commander had never happened before ever since the establishment of Dragon Group. No one expected Lei Yu to have this courage, which made everyone overwhelmed with shock. Those especially shocked were Nuo Hu, Nuo Yi Feng and Instructor Fan Hong Chang.

During this period, no one bothered Lei Yu and he like always, continued to train his body and cultivate his internal energy. Everyone could see Lei Yu continued to work hard without ever slacking off.

One month’s time past by really fast, and today was the match between Lei Yu and Nuo Yi Long. But this time, it wasn’t held at the villa’s second floor training hall, it was held in the center of Dragon Group’s large open training ground. For two super strong individuals having a duel, how could the villa’s small area be enough for them to show their true potential?

It was very lively inside Dragon Group headquarters, even Martial Sect’s Shangguan Xi Hong had heard about the duel and expressed he would be attending. This match was indeed an event everyone looked forward to. Lei Yu who had just joined Dragon Group for not too long, and a commander in charge of all the soldiers within Dragon Group, the excitement this match generated was no less than when Lei Yu was going to fight Cai Zhong. Since Wild Wolf Team and Lion Team were unable to witness that match, this time they were finally able feast with their eyes, hoping they could enjoy and learn something from this one.

It was bustling on the training grounds, one to two thousand people were gathered here. Everyone was sitting orderly around the edge of the training ground, and on the top of a nearby small building, Shangguan Xi Hong and several other important individuals were gathered there.

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Ch 52 - Gifting A Treasure

“I did not expect things to be on this grand of a scale!" Exclaimed Lei Yu as he stood at the railings of the building, looking down at the bustling scene.

"You challenged Dragon Group’s commander, how can it not be lively? Little Yu, you are the hottest topic within Martial Sect now.” Smiled Nuo Hu.

"That’s right, my master’s strength is considered top class, so let them discuss about it, there’s no harm in it. But today's match..." Liu Hao had special permission to enter Dragon Group headquarters to see this match, which was Lei Yu’s idea. Although Liu Hao had daily encounters with the high ranking people in society, but as the son of the Governor, those he meets are usually just dignitaries and government officials. Unlike today, this was his first time seeing the Shangguan family members, all these powerful figures were considered heavy hitters within the country of Tenglong, so it wasn’t easy for even an official’s son to encounter them.

However, taking into account of Lei Yu’s opponent, even Liu Hao was worried for him. Even though he knew Nuo Yi Long will not cause any serious harm to Lei Yu, but this time, the opponent was no longer a Fourth Order rank strength like Cai Zhong, but a person with the strength of a Fifth Order Warrior. Within the country, he was considered one of the masters standing all the way at the top.

A mere Cai Zhong had made Lei Yu fall into a coma for twenty plus days, then what would happen when clashing with Commander Nuo Yi Long?

"Little Yu, come here for a bit." Nuo Yi Long waved Lei Yu over, so Lei Yu quickly responded.

“Uncle Nuo, are we starting now?” Asked Lei Yu.

"Just a minute, it will begin soon so don’t worry too much." Nuo Yi Long’s smile looked like normal while Lei Yu’s heart was incredibly anxious. Challenging someone of the higher rank was not uncommon within Dragon Team, but the person being challenged was the Commander, so this was the first time in history.

“Little Yu.” Shangguan Xi Hong patted Lei Yu’s shoulder, “I have some things to say to you.”

"Yes Chief!" Lei Yu stood still, his body upright which showed his respect for the Chief.

"No need to be so stiff." Shangguan Xi Hong smiled, "no need to make our relationship seem so distant, I’d be happy to accept you calling me uncle Shangguan from now on.”

"Then... okay, uncle Shangguan." The words out of Lei Yu’s mouth made it sound like they got closer, but inside his heart, there was nothing but contempt for Shangguan Xi Hong. Lei Yu’s impression of Shangguan Xi Hong was not good at all - the first time was when he was carrying out the mission for the Ink Beast, and the second time was dealing with situation of Cai Zhong’s battle date. These two encounters have made Lei Yu clearly see this supposedly awe-inspiring person on the outside, but a petty and narrow-minded individual on the inside.

"That's more like it, and I’ve already decided, whether you win or lose this match, you will be rewarded for it.”

“Eh? How come?” Asked Lei Yu.

"If you lose, consider it a reward for your courage. In the entire history of Martial Sect, this is the first time I’ve seen someone challenging a commander, shouldn’t that be rewarded?”

"What kind of reward is it?" Although Lei Yu wasn’t that concerned with a reward, his main goal was only pursuing his own growth. But if were something really useful to him, then he would not hesitate to accept the reward. As the saying goes, if it’s free, why not take it.

Shangguan Xi Hong looked at Nuo Yi Long and Nuo Yi Feng, then turned around and said, "if you lose in this match, I will promote you to become Dragon Group’s Deputy Commander, the same rank as little Feng. Do not be surprised about this because compared to all the soldiers, even the elite ones, you are regarded as the strongest out of all of them.

Lei Yu swallowed hard. This wasn’t something he expected at all, but since this was said in the presence of so many people, then it would not be false. In reality, people like Nuo Yi Long and the elites of Dragon Team weren’t that surprised. Lei Yu’s strength was enough to exceed Instructor Fan Hong Chang already, so there’s no big deal in becoming a Deputy Commander. At least in the eyes of all the soldiers inside Dragon Group, Lei Yu had already become their idol.

"If you can actually win this match?!" Shangguan Xi Hong’s voice suddenly became louder, "I will promote you to the rank of a Commander of Dragon Group, alongside with Nuo Yi Long!”

“Woaa!”

A collective voice of people cried out penetrated through the clouds. Shangguan Xi Hong’s voice was quite loud, allowing all the soldiers around the training field to hear very clearly. All the soldiers were staring up wide eyed at the building where the higher-ups were sitting.

"How can that be?! No way no way!" Lei Yu hurriedly waved his hands, but then he realized, wasn’t he being too arrogant right now? Nuo Yi Long was a late-stage Fifth Order Warrior rank, how would he be that easily defeated?

Sure enough, Shangguan Xi Hong laughed, "little Yu, you can not underestimate Nuo Yi Long. Even though his strength cannot be compared to the leaders of the major forces in the country, but inside the country of Tenglong, he is considered one of the top masters.” Without any shame, Shangguan Xi Hong painted himself as one of those supreme masters.

No one would believe that Lei Yu had broken through to the strength of a Fifth Order Warrior. Lei Yu also did not disclose this information, even Nuo Hu and Liu Hao did not know.

Those with the strength of the Fifth Order Warrior would be considered by the major forces as a prized possession, everyone would try to steal and fight over them, and this was happening for Lei Yu. If he was able to reach such strength at such a young age, then his future would be limitless. But in the eyes of everyone, this was something that was simply impossible.

"Little Yu." Fan Hong Chang came over and laughed, "able to serve as the Deputy Commander of Dragon Group is already one of the highest honors for many people, yet you are not satisfied with that?”

“How could I not be satisfied Instructor Fan, stop making fun of me.” Lei Yu scratched his head.

"And now for the main event..." Shangguan Xi Hong interrupted their conversation, smiled and said: "No matter win or loss, I will gift you a treasure.”

"What kind of treasure?" Lei Yu’s spirit immediately perked up. Now this was the most practical thing instead of some position.

After saying this, Shangguan Xi Hong’s palm briefly flashed. From an unknown place, a dark blue box appeared in his hand. "It is this treasure; it’s called a Spiritual Energy Bead." While taking out the bead, Nuo Yi Long, Nuo Yi Feng, Fan Hong Chang and the dozen plus elites were staring straight at it filled with envy.

“Spiritual Energy Bead? What can it do?” Asked Lei Yu.

There’s a reason why Lei Yu did not know about this item. This Spiritual Energy Bead had some history, and it happened before Lei Yu joined the Dragon Group.

It was during a mission that Shangguan Xi Hong attained this bead. To an ordinary person, this bead would just be a decoration to them. But for cultivators, this bead was an absolute priceless treasure.

But unfortunately, Shangguan Xi Hong’s family members were unable to use it, which made them quite depressed. Perhaps their family’s cultivating methods with the Spiritual Energy Bead were mutually inhibited, or else he would not be so generous in giving it to Lei Yu.

"As the name of the Spiritual Energy Bead suggests, it gathers spiritual energy into the bead. When you cultivate with this bead in your possession, you put it between your legs or elsewhere, as long as it’s close to your dantian, the spiritual energy you absorb in the air while cultivating will become more refined and pure. Although it cannot fully purify everything in the air, but at least it will save you the trouble for your body to naturally purify it. “Shangguan Xi Hong looked at Lei Yu, but he did not see the surprised reaction he was expecting.

"Thank you uncle Shangguan!" Lei Yu faintly smiled. If one did not know the power behind Lei Yu, then they would think he did not fully comprehend the words Shangguan Xi Hong said, but does Lei Yu still need such a thing at all?

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Ch 53 - In The Nick Of Time

"What’s wrong? You're not interested?" Shangguan Xi Hong thought this was strange. If this gift was given to someone else, their reaction would probably be jumping out of their seat or at least cheering out in joy, but Lei Yu looked very calm and did not have a face that showed any particular excitement.

"Interested! Of course I’m interested!" Lei Yu realized his face was a bit too stiff, hurriedly grabbing the box, he said: "It’s just that I was momentarily struck dumb, the happiness hasn’t registered yet, thank you uncle Shangguan!" Pretending to have a pleased face, Lei Yu gently opened the box and a blue egg sized bead with a transparent body appeared in front of his eyes. Looking at it gave one a different kind of feeling of beauty, and one was able to feel up close that this bead was able to do what Shangguan Xi Hong had mentioned. Apart from being able to clean out impurities, the current surrounding air had already become cleaner due to the effect of the exposed bead.

Lei Yu’s current expression was what Shangguan Xi Hong wanted to see, and was his purpose only to reward Lei Yu? Nope, it was never this simple. That day of Lei Yu’s duel against Cai Zhong, at the most critical moment, even though both of them were covered in a black smoke, how could this super strong master not see? It was obvious that inside Lei Yu, there was an uncontrollable force. Once that force explodes forth, it’s definitely not something many people could handle.

If such a good seedling did not stay in Martial Sect and was stolen by others, then it would be such a big loss to them. So, Shangguan Xi Hong came up with this show of generosity, but unfortunately he miscalculated. Lei Yu’s face showed many thanks and appreciation, but in fact, this object to him was just a surplus item. Just one of the effects of his Spiritual Bead of Longevity’s efficacy was much stronger than this Spiritual Energy Bead. But since he received this, regardless of giving it to Nuo Hu or his disciple Liu Hao, it’s still a good thing that has happened to him.

"Let’s not waste anymore time with chatting; we are ready for the competition!" Hiding his envious stares, Nuo Yi Long said this to Lei Yu.

"Okay!" The two walked towards the railing where Nuo Hu and Liu Hao were. Nuo Yi Long stomped his foot and leapt off the three-storey building onto the ground of the training field, then slowly moved towards the center.

"Big brother, can you hold onto this for me?" Lei Yu gave the box containing the Spiritual Energy Bead to Nuo Hu. Nuo Hu could not help feel a bit surprised, such a rare treasure and Lei Yu just casually shoved it in his hands? Wasn’t he a bit too trusting with this sworn brother? This action moved Nuo Hu greatly, at least in Nuo Hu’s heart; Lei Yu gave him his absolute trust.

With a gentle leap, Lei Yu also jumped down to the ground.

The two stood in the middle of the training field and began to form their own fighting stance.

Nuo Yi Long’s internal energy was already fluctuating out of his body, giving off a strong pressure that even distorted the air in the surrounding atmosphere. If this incredibly strong power exploded forth outwards, there was no doubt that it could easily destroy a building.

Facing against such an opponent, Lei Yu could not afford to be careless. Inside his body, the surging purple internal energy with threads of lightning shimmering within it was circulated throughout his entire body. This time, Lei Yu was going to demonstrate his new ability.

According to the explanations of his cultivating methods, after reaching the [Discharge] stage, his attack not only had the effect of lightning within it, but he was also able to discharge lightning in order to extend the reach of his attacks to a certain point.

And this force was more powerful compared to before, and can be easily seen by simply looking at the lightning contained within this newly formed internal energy.

The competition was about to start. Everyone was holding their breath, their eyes staring unblinkingly at the two, fearing they’d miss something if they looked away.

Lei Yu was changing his past tactic of not moving and countering, first by modifying his battle stance. The opponent he was facing today was not someone similar to his own strength; he was facing an individual with the power of a late-stage Fifth Order Warrior. If he waited for his opponent to attack first, it’s not certain if he can even block it, let alone counterattack.

Lei Yu’s speed was really fast, with a flash of several steps as if he was the embodiment of lightning, he had arrived in front of Nuo Yi Long. They both threw out a punch at each other.

*Bang Bang!*

As their first travelled through the air, it brought forth the sound of a roaring wind. Their two fists collided at extreme speeds, causing ripples of distorted light. This was Nuo Yi Long using his strength to negate Lei Yu’s power of paralysis.

With more and more number of fists colliding in midair, the surprised expression on Nuo Yi Long’s face was becoming increasingly evident. Lei Yu’s attack speed was very fast - the moment he finished punching, his next punch was already on its way as the process repeated itself. At this time, Nuo Yi Long could only solely concentrate on defense since he was unable to counterattack.

"This kid really has great potential!" Shangguan Xi Hong thought to himself, his head also could not stop nodding. It appears the gift he expended today in return for this good seedling was worth it.

In the training field, Lei Yu’s left fist punched out, while the blur of his kick had already neared Nuo Yi Long’s abdominal area, his leg was like the shadow of a lightning strike. As it got close, Nuo Yi Long threw out a palm strike forcing Lei Yu’s leg to retract. They both felt a numbness come to pass. Nuo Yi Long felt numb because of Lei Yu’s kick contained the lightning paralysis effect, while Lei Yu was slapped by the palm strike; the raw power behind it was like him kicking a solid block of steel. "Ahhhh!" Nuo Yi Long stomped onto the ground and the earth tremored. His eyes glowed red, and his whole body was already in the air, flying in the opposite direction away from Lei Yu. He could not keep entangling himself in the current melee with Lei Yu because he simply could not find a chance to fight back.

Backing away, he once again somersaulted backwards, both hands striking the surface of the ground, allowing him to flip into the air and creating an additional ten plus steps distance between them.

“Peng!”

Lei Yu’s fists became palms, again with lightning speed trying to rush over, but this time, Nuo Yi Long will not give Lei Yu the opportunity. Yellow internal energy suddenly surged, Nuo Yi Long’s face suddenly reddened, focusing his waist as the center, and his back as the pillar, he twisted his waist, his entire body’s strength was almost completely focused into his right fist, enlarging all the muscles in his right fist, veins popping out with a pattern like a slab of granite, the speed was extremely fast, following along a straight line, the attack rushing towards Lei Yu.

"Agh!"

Feeling the incoming fearsome heavy punch, Lei Yu suddenly could not stop his current pace, he could only recklessly continue forward. If this punch landed upon Lei Yu’s head, he would definitely lose the ability to continue fighting.

The situation was at a critical point and he could not worry too much. Lei Yu poured his internal energy into his right arm only to find a bloated feeling from it. "Ahh!" His voice burst out. With his strong power of lightning, he rushed forward to clash with Nuo Yi Long’s super heavy punch. Also at this time, Nuo Yi Long’s fist went slightly off course in an attempt to avoid colliding with Lei Yu’s fist. Cleverly moving half an inch to the left, if Lei Yu continued rushing forward at this trajectory, then Nuo Yi Long’s fist would be the first to reach Lei Yu’s head. Because his physique was more sturdy that Lei Yu’s, and his arm length was also longer, it’s because he saw this minute detail that it was decided that Nuo Yi Long would easily win this competition.

The moment he determined his success in winning easily, everything suddenly changed. In front of Nuo Yi Long’s eyes, he saw a thin purple thread flash and then disappear, and the next moment, his fist involuntarily pulled back, blocking both his eyes tightly. But it appears everything was already too late.

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Ch 54 - Dragon Chanting Method

Lei Yu took this opportunity, the instant Nuo Yi Long pulled back his fist, he did not stop his own attack. A powerful force mixed with "pak pak" sounds of lightning colliding together that made people’s heart shudder, could be heard. Then, a sudden "ROAR!" of a dragon was heard next. Looking at Nuo Yi Long, Lei Yu’s attack had not reached him yet, but behind his back, a 2 meter long yellow dragon rose up. The image of the dragon was slightly blurry, and it suddenly dragged Nuo Yi Long’s body back a few steps, avoiding Lei Yu’s strong attack.

“Woa!”

“This is amazing! What just happened?”

"I have no clue! I only saw a flash of purple lightning; I simply couldn’t see anything clearly!"

Soldiers sitting at the edge of the training field were applauding and cheering. Everyone looked like they were excited to their limit. If it weren’t for Lei Yu taking the initiative to challenge the Commander, these soldiers that have never studied any cultivating methods would never be able to see such a fight.

“Uncle Nuo, you are really very strong!” Lei Yu’s attack missed, so he stood there and said this.

"Little Yu, the surprises you give me are way too much, I really want to know what stage have you actually reached?" Nuo Yi Long slightly exhaled some turbid air, the yellow dragon behind him then disappeared without a trace.

"The martial methods I cultivate in also has six stages, and I’ve just entered the early fifth stage."

“What?!”

“What?!”

Not only was Nuo Yi Long shocked, even Shangguan Xi Hong sitting in the building had his mouth agape and his eyes wide in shock, grabbing the railing in front of him. But these words were only heard by the two of them, one was close by, while the other was a super strong master with uncanny hearing ability.

"Fifth… Fifth Order...!? How is this possible? How long have you been cultivating? How old are you right now? How could you already reach the Fifth rank?" Asked Nuo Yi Long filled with shock.

　　
"I don’t really know so I can only let uncle Nuo test it out and check if I’ve really reached the Fifth Order rank. Uncle Nuo, be careful now!" Once he said this, Lei Yu stepped off and burst forward, "swish!" His body instantly flew through mid-air towards Nuo Yi Long.

As one of the top masters in the late-stage Fifth Order rank, how could his reactions not be quick?

Changing his hands into a claw form, this was what Nuo Yi Long cultivated, the Dragon Chanting Method’s primary means of attack. His dragon claws’ strength was comparable to an artillery bombardment. Lei Yu's body was like a flying bolt of lightning, the heavy punch landed on his chest area without much resistance. Nuo Yi Long’s body trembled from the power of paralysis, that power travelling all the way to his left shoulder. This paralysis feeling was really hard to resist, fortunately he was not seriously injured by it.

His left arm was slightly paralyzed but his right arm was still able to move freely. Bringing forth the howling winds, his dragon claws swept in front of him towards Lei Yu’s body.

“Thump, Thump!”

Eyes with an unbelieving gaze at Lei Yu, Nuo Yi Long’s chest were hit at the same time he struck at Lei Yu. Nuo Yi Long could not believe, with his impenetrable defense, Lei Yu was able to find an unprotected spot and exploit it. Using his right leg, he used the ground as a leveraging point, spun his body around performing a perfect dragon kick. His left leg was like a python striking at the front of Lei Yu.

The length of his leg of course exceeds his arm, but Lei Yu did not show any signs of fearing Nuo Yi Long’s dragon kick. Lei Yu’s mouth actually curved into a smile.

The instant Nuo Yi Long’s heavy leg was about to land, Lei Yu suddenly squatted down, with one hand on the ground for support, he kicked up both feet into the air, aiming for Nuo Yi Long’s right leg that was standing on the ground supporting his body.

*Pak*

*Ping*

These two different sounds went off simultaneously. Both of Lei Yu’s feet collided into Nuo Yi Long’s right leg, which the latter flipped beautifully into the air before standing firmly on the ground. The goal of his left leg did not change, it still being Lei Yu, but his attack just changed its trajectory going downwards.

Lei Yu's body was suddenly smashed down into the ground. A heavy *cough cough* sound could be heard, and a mouthful of blood was spit out. Lei Yu was clutching onto his chest that suffered the attack.

Just then, Nuo Yi Long’s dragon kick cracked Lei Yu’s sternum and the shock wave damaged his internal organs. At this point in time, Lei Yu could barely tolerate the pain. With his strong defense and his special bone structure, his sternum was actually fractured by raw power. This shows how powerful Nuo Yi Long’s blow was.

“Little Yu, are you okay?” Nuo Yi Long immediately stopped attacking and was ready to rush forward to support him.

"No! Don’t come over! We continue the fight!" Lei Yu forcefully spit out a bloody phlegm and stood up again, but this terrible pain caused him to be breathless.

"You're already hurt, we shouldn’t keep fighting." Nuo Yi Long was advising Lei Yu to stop the fight out of the worry for his health.

"No. If I give up this match just because of my injury, then if one day I was really in danger, then I will be giving up my life, this cannot be allowed!" Lei Yu's eyes were filled with an explosive look of determination, as if all his fighting energy had returned to his person.

“Purple!”

One of the soldiers suddenly opened his mouth and cried out. From his angle, he was able to see a net of purple lightning intertwining on Lei Yu’s back, slowly fluctuating.

Indeed, after Lei Yu reached the [Discharge] stage, he was able to materialize the power of lightning to appear on the outside of his body. This allowed his attacks to be extended a short distance away from his body. Not only that, but it could also be used as a defensive net. As long as his opponent doesn’t use a weapon to attack him, then Lei Yu would be advantageous in unarmed fights.

"You still haven’t used your full strength for this fight?" Nuo Yi Long’s shocked appearance was more obvious now.

“The real battle has only now started!" Lei Yu’s body slightly trembled, the surface of his body manifested numerous lightning nets wrapping around itself. Lei Yu looked like he was clothed in a suit of lightning.

"I really have to keep my eyes on you!" Standing against the railings’ edge of the building, Shangguan Xi Hong eyes revealed a trace of determination in it. No one knows what he was thinking, but at least for now he would not hurt Lei Yu who was considered a genius class person.

Sensing Lei Yu was fighting for real now, Nuo Yi Long did not dare to be careless. His internal energy once again rose up and a yellow dragon appeared behind him. The Dragon Chanting Method’s ultimate move was to form an illusory dragon with internal energy, then making the illusion become a real entity. It looks like Nuo Yi Long’s current level; he could only form the illusory dragon. He was still a long way off in making that illusory dragon become a real entity and attacking with it.

But for now, he could use his internal energy to form an illusory dragon, thereby making his attacks more powerful and violent.

Lei Yu moved his body here and there, then stretched a bit, it looked like his previous injury didn’t exist. His feet constantly shifted in a footwork pattern (like boxing), and the lightning net surrounding his body began pulsing in a stronger fashion. With “pak pak” sounds, Lei Yu rushed towards Nuo Yi Long.

"ROAR!" Once again, the voice of a dragon resounded through the sky, causing the hearts of ordinary soldiers to quiver in fear, this domineering pressure was enough to suppress the masses.

Both his claw-like hands raised up high, the illusory dragon behind him began to blur, condensing into his hands. With his claw-like hands, they both came down at the same time, smashing into the ground in front of him. This attack was capable of turning rocks and boulders into pieces of rubble.

Lei Yu was getting closer, and closer...

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Ch 55 - Outcome Of Winning And Losing

Fang Yi Ke = little Ke = the nurse Lei Yu met in the hospital

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“Agh!”

“Ka Cha!”

With those sounds, a dazzling piercing light burst forth as the two clashed together, brightening the entire training ground. This caused most of the soldiers to close their eyes, but they couldn’t completely close them, revealing a slight crack hoping to see the outcome of this final struggle.

In the past high-level duels, the outcome was usually decided with a final ultimate move, and this scenario was also the same.

"Poof!" Nuo Yi Long’s mouth sprayed a mist of blood into the air. His body took a few steps back before standing steady again. His chest area had suffered a heavy attack that contained the fury of lightning.

As for Lei Yu, an "ugh" sound was heard from him. Big mouthfuls of blood came out of his mouth, all of his internal organs were damaged, his internal energy was running amok inside. "Agghh!" Lei Yu fell onto the ground with a heavy thud, the lightning net surrounding his body disappeared without a trace.

The outcome of the match was very obvious, Lei Yu suffered serious injuries and cannot continue. And for Nuo Yi Long, apart from his bodily injuries, he also took a hit to his mental state. Originally this match was just an exchanging of pointers to him; no serious injuries should result from it so he was supposed to hold back his use of internal energy. But because of Lei Yu’s previous statement provoking Nuo Yi Long’s fighting spirit, this tragic outcome appeared.

"Quick, send him to the infirmary!" Nuo Yi Long once again spit out a mouthful of blood, hurriedly shouting towards the group of soldiers frozen in shock.

"Ahh! Okay!" A dozen soldiers rushed over and picked up Lei Yu while several other soldiers went to support Nuo Yi Long, rushing towards the direction of the infirmary.

As for Nuo Hu and the rest of the spectators up on the building, a drop of cold sweat dripped from their forehead. The look of shock in their eyes would not dissipate at all.

“Master, he…”

"Little Yu is way too strong, able to fight against my father and cause such injuries to him, I’m afraid there aren’t many people in existence that can say that. I did not expect this, not at all!" Nuo Hu and several others even forget that the two had been seriously injured and were sent to the infirmary. The shock in Shangguan Xi Hong’s heart was no less than the others, this Lei Yu, he must think of way to firmly hold onto him and not let him leave no matter what.

Shangguan Xi Hong was the first to recover, "let’s quickly rush to the infirmary and see how they’re doing!”

“Ah! Right! Let’s go!” Nuo Hu and the rest finally recovered, rushing down the building and towards the infirmary.

The green energy inside Lei Yu’s body was continuously surging, and at the same time, it was gradually repairing the injured meridians and internal organs.

Fortunately, the degree of injury to Lei Yu was not life threatening. Although Nuo Yi Long’s use of power was ruthless, he still held back about ten percent of his power. After all, his mental state was still rational and was not intending to kill Lei Yu, this was just a challenge match to test each other’s strength.

After some emergency treatment, the pain Lei Yu felt had been reduced by some. After all, the infirmary here was not equipped with as much medical equipment as the large hospitals out there.

Inside a hospital room.

"How come you’re hurt again? How long has it only been?" Fang Yi Ke asked Lei Yu on the hospital bed, blinking her eyes.

Liu Hao wet his lips and said, "it’s good that master is okay, but master, you are truly way too powerful! My admiration to you is like the flowing water of the Yangtze River…”

"Stop with the bullshit!" Lei Yu half scolded and half laughed as a burst of severe pain hit his chest.

"Stop moving around and rest, your injury this time is less compared to last time, but not that much better off. I really don’t understand exactly what kind of job do you do, why are you always getting hurt?" In actuality, little Ke wanted to say this out loud, but could only say this inside her distressed heart. Seeing Lei Yu in this condition where every movement would cause him pain, she felt like her heart was being stabbed with needles.

"Oh yea!" Lei Yu suddenly remembered, "how is uncle Nuo?”

"Him? He’s also in the hospital but his injuries aren’t as serious compared to yours master, he never lost conscious."

There was a "bang" sound and the door was suddenly thrown open, and a naturally attractive girl rushed in, "Lei Yu, are you alright?!"

"Oh, you came! I'm fine, still alive." Lei Yu smiled faintly, shifting his body back while holding a half sitting half lying down position.

"So hateful! You scared me half to death and still say such things? What’s going on with you, always getting hurt, and each time it's so serious!" Cui Ying Ying rushed over to the bed and looked all over Lei Yu’s body, causing him to be slightly embarrassed.

“Sister Ying Ying, how come you’re here?” Asked Liu Hao.

"Ai Er gave me a call crying over the phone. She went to see her father first but will come over here soon." Cui Ying Ying replied.

Sure enough, as Cui Ying Ying finished saying this, another "bang" was heard the door was thrown open again. Ai Er's eyes were still filled with tears as she came in, causing anyone’s heart to ache upon seeing her.

"How could you challenge my father?! How come none of you told me this in advance?" Ai Er’s speed was not slow running over. "Do you know how strong he is? How can you be his opponent?! Always causing people to worry about you, I was worried to death! " Ai Er saw that her father and Lei Yu was okay before throwing such a tantrum, or else she would be voiceless and only crying.

"I know I was wrong okay?" Lei Yu was despondent, "can you all not complain and lecture the first time you lay eyes on me? I'm still in a bad shape... aggh!" After saying this, a wave of pain hit his chest once more.

All three women rushed forward at the same time and asked "how are you feeling?!"

“Still in a lot of pain?”

“You’re okay right? Don’t talk so much.”

"Tsk, tsk." Liu Hao shook his head, "how could master’s fate with women be this good?"

After saying this, the atmosphere in the room suddenly froze. Ai Er was okay, but Cui Ying Ying suddenly felt a bit weird and stood up, half bending down towards Lei Yu and half standing up in an unnatural position.

Now the person that felt the most out of place was Fang Yi Ke; her hands were still resting on top of Lei Yu, still stroking his chest. She suddenly blushed from her face all the way down to her neck, looking particularly cute to others.

"I'm fine, I'm fine! Ai Er, how is uncle Nuo doing?" Lei Yu tried changing the subject while glaring his eyes at Liu Hao. Eyes filled with blame, the receiver of the glare swallowed hard and dared not to say a word anymore.

"My father is okay, but his chest suffered a violent impact so he’s currently being scanned by an X-ray, he should be fine.” Replied Ai Er.

The hospital room was filled with the love of three women towards one man. Liu Hao filled with envy was sitting quietly at the side, slapping his thighs with nothing else to do.

This time, Lei Yu had to stay in the hospital for a longer period. Even though his injury was not as serious as last time, but last time he did not damage his bones, while this time, he fractured quite a bit of his bones. Thus, he had to rest longer so that no accidents would occur in the meantime.

In reality, Ai Er saw through how Cui Ying Ying and Fang Yi Ke tenderly treated Lei Yu. Although seeds of jealousy did sprout in her heart, but no matter what, the man she loved had so many other women attracted to him, she could not help admiring her own choices in picking people.

Three months time passed by very quickly. During this time, Lei Yu was able to thoroughly enjoy being surrounded by three beautiful women taking turns caring for him, but at times he would also feel a bit helpless with this situation.

On the other side of the city, inside a luxurious private hotel room filled with a deep sense of spring, two women and a man in different positions were on the bed. A beautiful sexy girl was lying between the man’s crotch area, sucking up and down vigorously.

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Ch 56 - A Generous Gift

*Boom boom boom*

“Mother f*cker! Who is it?!” Cursed a middle-aged man in the language of the Kou country.

Pushing away the girl at his crotch, the middle-aged man wrapped himself in a towel and walked towards the door. He took a looked through the peep-hole before hastily opening the door for the person.

“Official¹ Otsuka!” Cried the middle-aged man in the towel, looking quite nervous.

“*******!”

“Yes!”

The man outside rushed in but when he saw the two girls on the bed, his brow wrinkled, and cursed at them with a less than fluent Tenglong language, “get out!”

"So annoying, making us come and now screaming for us to get out, what is the meaning of this?!" Complained the two girls getting dressed before leaving hastily.

Waiting until the girls were gone, Otsuka slowly sat down, his hands playing with a golden chain on his neck. His looks were normal, one would guess his age to be in the forties, medium build. But Nagasaka treated this person called Otsuka with extreme respect.

"There’s a directive from up top, so you better pay attention. The next few days, I don’t want to see what I just saw happening." Otsuka lightly said.

“Understood!”

"According to the original plan, we were aiming to gradually spread our influence in Tenglong starting at the central area of the country, but it looks like it won’t be that easy now. The conflicts inside this country are too intense between the four major forces, so it looks like we can only start by getting Ming Sect’s assistance. Let’s see if we can get some benefits out of the chaos. As long as our products are circulated in the market, we won’t be afraid of not making any money.” Otsuka coldly sneered.

"Sounds good, I'll go discuss this matter with boss Du again. Official Otsuka, don’t worry about it, I’ll take care of everything!”

"Good, but no need to be in such a rush. The latest development of our new prototype bacterial agent still needs some time so before this drug gets delivered to us, it’s best not to mention this matter for now.

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Early morning, Lei Yu breathed in a deep mouthful of fresh air, he was finally leaving the hospital. This past year, a third of the time was spent in the hospital causing him a headache, he had wasted so much time that could be used for cultivating instead.

Shangguan Xi Hong was true to his words, although this match could be considered as both parties mutually suffering losses, Lei Yu did fall while Nuo Yi Long continued standing, thus Lei Yu was made a Deputy Commander of Dragon Group.

The halo of glory. After the conclusion of Lei Yu and Nuo Yi Long’s match, everything was focused on this youngster that was only in his early twenties, how many people have actually dreamed of bathing in this glory? For a super existences such as Shangguan Xi Hong, there’s only about five people in the whole country. And for the existence of people like Nuo Yi Long, there would be no more than twenty. And now Lei Yu had entered those ranks while being the youngest of them all, this was definitely an unprecedented event.

To celebrate Lei Yu leaving the hospital, the previous group once again met up at the downtown’s street market barbeque place, Long Hua’s Barbeque City.

Seeing this group of people again, the boss was extremely delighted. Of course, not daring to slight them, he brought out only the freshest meat and the most expensive beer in accordance to their taste.

"Little Yu, that Spiritual Energy Bead of yours, I’ll bring it back tomorrow to Dragon Group and return it to you. These days that you’ve been staying in the hospital, I’ve kept it in my home." Nuo Hu said this while taking a bite of the delicious lamb meat.

“Eh?” Lei Yu blinked, “I had forgotten about that thing already.”

"Forgotten?" Liu Hao wrinkled his nose, "master, you are really hard to decipher. That day, didn’t that Shangguan something make it very clear? The role of this Spiritual Energy Bead is very important for assisting cultivators, it could at least save you half the cultivating time. If it weren’t for the fact that their cultivating methods being incompatible with it, they would never have given it to you.”

"What about it? Do you like it? If you like it, I’ll give it to you since I don’t really need it.” Said Lei Yu in a carefree attitude.

*Clatter* Two beer glasses fell on the table, splashing onto Liu Hao and Nuo Hu. The three girls showed a confused expression while Liu Hao and Nuo Hu had no reaction afterwards, their eyes about to pop out of their heads.

A short while later, Liu Hao asked while stammering, "ma... master, you... you aren’t joking with me right?”

"Right, little Yu, you cannot joke around with this. This item is something that all cultivators in Tenglong dream of having, how can you say that you don’t need it?" Nuo Hu had to forcefully swallow the lamb meat before asking.

"It's a secret." Lei Yu smiled, drank a mouthful of beer and then said: "Anyway, this thing is not much use to me so how about this, since you and Liu Hao both like it so much, then you guys take turn using it.”

“Master!" Liu Hao forcefully sniffed in his snot, "my admiration for you is like the Yangtze River…”

“Enough, enough! Don’t make my hair stand on end, it’s decided then.”

Liu Hao and Nuo Hu’s excitement made them reach for their glass of beer, even their hands were constantly shaking, thus toasting Lei Yu and draining their glass.

Such a bead in the eyes of ordinary people were similar to a decoration, but for cultivators, it was a priceless treasure. Able to purify the energy in their air for their absorption, this was equal to taking a shortcut. You don’t need to waste your own internal energy to do this time-consuming and labor-intensive work, so how can Liu Hao and Nuo Hu not feel excited about it?

But this thing for Lei Yu was really not much use, the Spiritual Energy Bead could only attain a basic purification level, still requiring one’s body to remove some the remaining small amount of impurities. As for the Spiritual Bead of Longevity inside his brain, it could easily purify all the impurities before it entered his body. Just this one effect of the Longevity Bead exceeded the ability of the Spiritual Energy Bead.

This group of people were happily enjoying their food and drinks, the most invigorated being Liu Hao and Nuo Hu. As for the three beautiful women, though they did not know what the guys were talking about, but at least they knew that Lei Yu gave them something precious causing the two to be so excited.

"It’s getting late, it’s past midnight already." Lei Yu stretched his neck, "it’s time for me to go home and cultivate."

They paid their bill and began to leave. The boss was generous like before, giving them a 20% discount. This group of people weren’t ordinary people so the boss wanted to curry their favor so they would return again.

“Let’s go, I’ll take you home.” Nuo Hu patted Lei Yu’s shoulder.

“No need, you go home with Ai Er, I’m going to walk.” Laughed Lei Yu.

“It’s so late already, don’t go off for a one man tour, just come with us.”

"It’s fine, I haven’t exercised at all due to this past three months spent in the hospital. I will feel more comfortable moving around a bit. So just go home first, when you get home, give me a call.” The last sentence was said to Ai Er.

"Fine, then be careful. This place is pretty far from your home, if you don’t feel like walking anymore, get a taxi to go home, don’t stay out too late, okay?" Ai Er said this with concern out of love. In reality, Ai Er was not worried Lei Yu would encounter any danger, rest assured that such a powerful man could take care of himself.

“Then we’re leaving first!” Liu Hao, Cui Ying Ying, and Fang Yi Ke those three were the first to leave. Lei Yu walked in the direction those three left in, while Nuo Hu and Ai Er drove away in the opposite direction.

Lei Yu looked up to the sky and didn’t see any stars. He noticed the street had become empty, only a few night market stalls still had some customers left sitting there.

"Enemies, my enemies, I must become stronger!" There was nothing in Lei Yu’s mind except for these two things. He wanted to know who his enemy was. Until now, the death of his grandfather was still a mystery, and the only way to solve this mystery was to become stronger.

As he was walking, his mind was constantly thinking about all his past memories: there were bitterness; there were resentment; but there were also happy events. But all of these were in the past, the most important thing was to look towards the future.

Walking for about half an hour, he walked by a small dark alley. Lei Yu suddenly heard some screaming noise and some shouts. Narrowing his eyes, he peered inside.

"Agh! Go away! I’m begging you, let me go!" A girl's voice was screaming hysterically, and the next thing you could hear was a man’s excited laughter.

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¹ - Not a government official but used to address a high ranking person in the organization

[omgitsaray]

Ch 57 - Kou Country’s Ninja

“Something’s wrong!” Lei Yu’s heart burst, "this girl's voice is very familiar... little Ke!”

Lei Yu felt his mind became numb as he rapidly rushed over. Lei Yu’s speed was like lightning, instantly arriving where the cries originated from.

Jumping into the air, he kicked out aiming for the man's head.

“Agghh!”

The man's body flew away sideways, landing heavily on the ground and smashing into some trash cans.

"Little Ke! It’s really you!" Lei Yu’s heart was trembling. He observed little Ke’s hair was disheveled; her eyes filled with fear; her clothes were messy; her white skin appeared whiter in the contrast of darkness; and the clothes on her upper body had been ripped to shreds.

That one kick by Lei Yu was enough to take the life of an ordinary person because during the desperate situation, Lei Yu could not accurately judge his target’s distance and the strength to use. But the surprising thing was this man could actually stood back up, and with a poorly accented Tenglong language, “you dare to ruin my good time?!”

"F*ck you, I’m going to f*cking kill you!" Lei Yu stared at the shameless man with blood-red eyes.

"Kill me?" The man sneered. *Clap, clap, clap* The sound of three hand claps was heard. From a side door rushed out four people, all dressed fully in black and with their faces covered. Lei Yu realized that these were Kou country’s most respected fighting elites, ninjas. But why would they appear here?

"Kill him; he dared to ruin my fun!" Once the man gave the order, the four ninjas responded in unison: "Yes, Official Nagasaka!"

Lei Yu readied his stance. He didn’t feel any oppressive atmosphere so it seems that the ninjas in front of him were lower ranked ones. In the eyes of Lei Yu, these people were nothing to him.

Not waiting for the ninjas to act, Lei Yu stepped off like an arrow. With his lightning like speed, his rapid fists were already aiming for their heads.

One could hear four “smack, smack, smack, smack” sounds, and the four ninjas were knocked to the ground.

The man that was previously kicked in the face by Lei Yu was completely shocked, “who are you?!”

At this moment, Lei Yu was only thinking about settling little Ke’s anguish for her. Inside his heart, little Ke was a cute and adorable girl, and her meticulous way of taking care of him in the hospital, Lei Yu had nothing but gratitude for her. Yet for her to suffer such indignity at this moment, Lei Yu was thoroughly enraged - "I will take your life!”

Assuming his lightning stance, a purple lightning net appeared around Lei Yu’s fist. This powerful attack pierced through the silence of the night. A "screeching" sound like the howling of death arrived at this man’s chest.

*THUMP* The man’s eyes were round and wide, a deep crater had formed on his chest. His eyes looked like they were going to fall out of its socket from shock. The man then slowly fell to the ground, no longer able to stand ever again.

Hurriedly turning around, "little Ke, are you okay little Ke?" Lei Yu wanted to reach out and support her, but Fang Yi Ke struggled like she had gone mad. She pushed Lei Yu’s hand away and screamed: "Don’t touch me! Don’t touch me!”

"Little Ke, it’s me little Ke, I’m Lei Yu!" Lei Yu’s mood was a bit emotional, his heart aching upon seeing Fang Yi Ke having a mental breakdown.

"Lei Yu? Lei Yu? Lei Yu... I love Lei Yu... But! No! No! I’ve already been sullied, no! I no longer dare to show my face in front of Lei Yu, I am not worthy of Lei Yu!" Fang Yi Ke’s eyes were wide open filled with fear that could not be eliminated. Lei Yu’s heart was almost shattered by her words. He wrapped his arms around little Ke with the torn up messy clothes, his heart filled with unbearable pain.

Waiting for little Ke to gradually calm down, Lei Yu took off his shirt off and draped it over her. Pulling out his cell phone, “Nuo Hu, I need you to come to my location right now, call Liu Hao as well but don’t disturb Ai Er, also don’t let Liu Hao contact Cui Ying Ying, my current location is…”

Lei Yu's voice was very anxious, so Nuo Hu and Liu Hao did not dare to delay. Within ten minutes or so, they both arrived at the same time, and upon seeing the scene in front of them, they both sucked in a deep breath.

Lying on the ground were four people in black, and a partially unclothed middle-age man with a sunken chest. They noticed Fang Yi Ke sitting in a corner with dull unmoving eyes, tightly wrapping Lei Yu’s shirt in front of her chest.

“Little Yu, what… what is the meaning of this?”

“Master, what on earth happened?”

*Slap!*

Lei Yu heavily slapped Liu Hao in the face, "how did you take little Ke home? She has been sullied! Why didn’t you escort her all the way to the front door?" Lei Yu’s anger made his breathing faster, this was the first time Lei Yu actually hit Liu Hao for real.

Covering his face, for a master to hit their disciple, naturally he could not say anything. But Liu Hao felt aggrieved; his tears could not help itself from dripping down. After hitting Liu Hao, Lei Yu also felt some regret.

"Master, I ...... I did escort little Ke to her front door. Her house is not far from here, so I don’t know why she would come here." Liu Hao explained.

"I'm sorry, I was too impulsive." Lei Yu gradually calmed his emotions. "Big brother, can you help investigate and look around their bodies for their property? If my guess is correct, they are foreigners from the Kou country.”

Turning his head around, "Liu Hao, you contact your circle of friends, I think you as the son of the Governor should have some pull at the police station right? Let’s get some police raids in the surrounding areas under whatever pretense you want, see if anything suspicious crops up. But don’t disclose what happened here, it’s best that word about this doesn’t spread since I’m afraid little Ke won’t be able to handle it.

They all split up and started working; Nuo Hu searched the bodies for clues; Liu Hao started making calls; and Lei Yu went into the door that the four ninjas came out from.

The lighting inside the room was dim but there was a lot of space here. Lei Yu couldn’t understand how such an alley only had one door? And such a big room had such a secretive door, if it weren’t for the four ninjas rushing out, Lei Yu would have had a difficult time finding the door.

In the middle of the room was a table surrounded by four chairs; playing cards were scattered on top of the table. Looks like the four ninjas were playing cards here to pass their time.

"Something’s not right." Lei Yu suddenly turned around and saw a wooden crate in the corner of the room. The crate’s height was about two meters; the four sides were the same, about 1 meter wide. What could be inside the crate? In the entire room, there were only the crate, the table and the chairs… were the ninjas guarding the crate?

Filled with suspicion, Lei Yu walked towards the crate, lightly tapped it, and heard a faint hollow noise. Lei Yu thought this was weird, so relying on his strong wrist strength, he forcefully ripped apart pieces of the wooden crate and created an opening.

“Oh my god!” Lei Yu sucked in a deep breath, then called out: “Big brother, Liu Hao, come quickly!”

The two heard Lei Yu calling out and immediately rushed in. After seeing the scene in front of their eyes, they immediately froze. Liu Hao’s voice stammered a bit, “what… what… what is this thing?”

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Ch 58 - Scheming For Profit

Inside the wooden crate was a glass case, almost the same size as the crate. It looked as if the wooden crate was put together just to protect this glass case.

Inside the glass case were densely covered with insects. The whole insect’s body was black; covered with a sticky ooze that would make someone want to throw up; and they each had two sharp teeth.

"F*cking sickening!" Frowned Liu Hao.

"What were these bunch of bastards doing?" Lei Yu turned his head, "big brother, I have no clue what these things are, I’ve never seen them before in my entire life. Should we contact Dragon Group and have this crate taken away?”

"Sounds good." Nuo Hu nodded and walked outside. One look at these disgusting looking insects made one want to throw up so no one wanted to give it a second glance.

Lei Yu supported Fang Yi Ke and brought her towards a taxi. They hurriedly returned to Lei Yu’s home while the rest of the scene was left for Nuo Hu and Liu Hao to take care of.

As for killing several of the Kou country’s people, Nuo Hu conveyed the situation to his fellow Dragon Group brothers and the police once they arrived on scene. What Dragon Group was involved in, the police here were not qualified nor authorized to interfere in. Nuo Hu only explained to the police that Dragon Group was on a mission.

As for Fang Yi Ke’s incident, this was not disclosed; all the focus was put on the crate of unknown insects. The crate was quickly shipped to the research centers while everyone waited for the results.

Lei Yu supported little Ke and brought her into his house. He grabbed some clean clothes which actually belonged to Ai Er whom had left behind when she stayed over in the past - both their body sizes happened to be similar in stature.

Fang Yi Ke’s gaze were still lifeless and not responding to any stimuli, causing Lei Yu’s head to somewhat ache. Forced to this circumstance, he gave Ai Er a call.

“Can you come to my house for a bit? Little Ke is here with me.”

“It’s 2 o’clock in the morning, why is she at your house?” Asked Ai Er.

"Don’t ask too many questions for now, something happened, oh yea, don’t come over by yourself, it’s best that you have someone drive you here.” Lei Yu was a bit afraid, he could not shake off the paranoia feeling he was experiencing. Looking at little Ke’s lifeless eyes, he could still see a trace of fear in them. Lei Yu felt his heart ache... "Lei Yu, I love you!" These words kept repeating itself in Lei Yu’s mind. Little Ke’s words made him feel like he wanted to go crazy.

Ai Er hurriedly put on a change of clothes, then used cold water to wash away her sleepiness. She hastily called her family’s chauffeur and they drove to Lei Yu’s house.

Lei Yu told Ai Er everything that had happened. For an entire night, Ai Er meticulously took care of little Ke. For a good friend to have suffered such a huge humiliation, how could a friend of hers not feel heartache and sorrow?

Although it was uneventful throughout the night at Lei Yu’s house, and little Ke was finally able to sleep, the outside world was experiencing an earth shattering event.

Liu Hao contacted and influenced the police for large-scale raids; the aim was to find some clues on what’s going on. Coupled with Nuo Hu and Dragon Group’s presence, Liu Hao’s words were more persuasive. Each police officer only knew to look for people acting suspiciously, but they didn’t know who they were specifically looking for.

Outside the research room door, stood a few imposing people. This group included Nuo Yi Long and several other local army commanders.

The results will be out soon so Nuo Yi Long and the others wanted to get the results first hand and immediately report it to their superiors.

A bald old man wearing eye glasses came out from the research room, followed by a young man and woman who were both also research scientists.

"Professor Luo, how was it? What are these creatures?" Asked Nuo Yi Long.

Professor Luo pushed the glasses resting on his nose, "quite frightful, but fortunately it was found early. Inside the insect’s body contains a lot of bacteria, if a human came in contact with it, it will likely cause a serious illness before leading to paralysis. According to my research, this bacterium is not from nature but was somehow injected into it. These insects should have been some common insects. During the larval stage, they were injected with these bacterium causing them to look like what we see now. These insects are extremely interested in any types of flesh, and once they discover that presence, no matter the obstacles, they will be desperately sink their mouths into it. From this we can see how frightful their characteristics are.

“These insects are that horrifying?" Nuo Yi Long’s eyes were wide with shock.

"That’s right; you should quickly report this situation to our superiors, while I would like to conduct further research. It’ll be fine if this were the only case of insects, but if there are others floating around, then things may become really bad. I suspect that someone wants to maliciously release these insects here in Tenglong.

The seriousness of this situation had exceeded everyone’s expectations. Nuo Yi Long and others took the report Professor Luo printed out and left with it, heading in the direction of the main city.

The sky was already getting bright. Lei Yu did not sleep the whole night, just blankly watching over the two girls sleep.

His thoughts were interrupted by the sudden ringing of his cell phone. Lei Yu quickly picked up the phone, “Liu Hao, what’s going on?”

"Master, we haven’t found any clues but Nuo Hu has something to tell you." Then Nuo Hu’s voice came over the phone.

"Little Yu, things are very serious, those insects you discovered actually have some type of bacteria in them. The people up top suspect those sons of *****es from Kou country were intending to release the insects to cause a widespread of disease, and then sell us some curing treatment at a high price.

“Those bastards!”

Lei Yu hung up the phone and found that Ai Er had awoken, "please take care of little Ke, I have to return to Dragon Group, some important things have come up.”

“I will, just be careful yourself.”

Inside a conference room in Dragon Group’s villa.

Nuo Yi Feng and Lei Yu sat across from each other at a large conference table, places next to the Commander’s empty seat. It seems that Lei Yu’s identity as a Deputy Commander has been approved.

Nuo Yi Feng looked at Lei Yu and said: "Little Yu, you should be up-to-date on the current situation, and you were the one that discovered this whole incident so how about you relay this to everyone?

Lei Yu nodded, then explained the state of affairs in detail to the elites of Dragon Team, and emphasized the seriousness of the situation. Everyone's eyes revealed a trace of anger; those people from the Kou country were indeed bastards for such a thing to be schemed.

“The current assignment does not require Wild Wolf Team or Lion Team to take action. My fellow elite brothers of Dragon Team, I wish for everyone to spread out, combine with police efforts to search for clues. If there is even a single insect exposed to society, then the consequences would be disastrous. One thing everyone must be clear on: The reason why this assignment only consists of Dragon Team members is because during this task, you may encounter some troublesome things - and this troublesome thing is likely the ninjas from the country of Kou. Therefore everyone needs to be alert and pay 120% attention to this task. Also, your actions cannot disturb the common civilians to avoid chaos. Does everyone understand?" During the explanation, Lei Yu unconsciously revealed his domineering aura.

“Yes, Deputy Commander!” The cry in unison brought forth an imposing manner.

After the meeting, the elites set out on their assignment. Lei Yu and Nuo Yi Feng sat in the conference room discussing some more things. Coincidentally, Nuo Yi Long at this moment returned to Dragon Group, it appears he was rushing back from the main city.

“Uncle Nuo, what did up top say?” Asked Lei Yu.

Sitting on the sofa, Nuo Yi Long’s face seemed a bit unpleasant, "when we reached the main city and reported our findings to the superiors, those up top directly communicated with the leaders of the Kou country, but they outright denied that it had anything to do with their country.

“Those bastards!" Lei Yu tightened his fist, the thought of little Ke at his house made Lei Yu’s anger flare up.

"Those up top gave some speculations for this situation, but none of the two speculations given had any direct relationship with the leader of the Kou country. First, it’s likely an attempt by the underground forces scheming for profit; and the second being some departments were accepting bribes leading this item to flow into Tenglong.”

“How could this be?" Lei Yu said frowning, "the underground forces scheming to profit from the disease spreading and selling the treatment at a high price; and Customs accepting bribes is an ironclad fact; so how can this have nothing to do with the Kou country?”