Chapter 170
Chapter 170: Light: Part 1 Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Sheng Sheng, why are you still not coming home? It is late and the dinner is ready . ” His mother, Gu Wanqiu, had just served the braised ribs on the table and shot a glance at Lin Zhounian, who was reading a newspaper on the side . “Can’t you show more concern for your son? Don’t you make me more worried than I already am, you old man!”
Lin Zhounian retorted helplessly, “Did he not leave a note? This rascal listens to no one . He is treating his home as merely a hotel!”
Lin Xiao peeked at the sky outside; it was mid-noon . Without an internet connection, the newspaper was the only means of learning news of the outside world . Even then, those news outlets were under the control of Redwin, which would only let the people read what it wanted them to read .
“I wonder when days like this will be over…” Lin Xiao sighed .
“Forget about him . Let us first eat . The rascal has told me that he is working as a trainer in some gym and sports club . I think it is real . Just look at his body shape; he eats like a pig and could wolf down an entire bucket of rice in ten minutes . It would be a waste if he did not work in the gym . ” Lin Zhounian grumbled as he pulled a chair over .
“It is pointless to talk about that when the prices of food have soured again today,” Gu Wanqiu said helplessly as she sat down at the table . “I heard that the supply of goods in the market is dwindling . I’m afraid something is happening again . ”
“This turbulent times…” Lin Zhounian began to mumble with his head lowered, but no one could hear what he was muttering about . He had closed the shutter of his grocery store recently because it had been running out of supply . He needed to reserve what remained in his store for the family . Now, his family was living off their savings . He heard that Redwin was implementing a ‘work in exchange for goods’ program . But he was not so sure . “The war has just broken out all of a sudden . ” Lin Zhounian sighed . “Come and eat, Xiao Xiao,” he called out at Lin Xiao, who was also reading the paper .
“Right away . ” Lin Xiao glanced at the chair where Lin Sheng usually sat, feeling slightly worried . “Have you put aside something for Sheng Sheng?”
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“He has his portion, no worries,” said Gu Wanqiu as she put a large piece of braised rib in her daughter’s bowl . The braised rib was the mother’s favorite dish too . But the family will be running out of meat soon and meats were getting more expensive by the day, she held back her urge and picked the veggie instead .
As Gu Wanqiu pulled back her sight, she saw a piece of braised pork in her bowl . She looked at Lin Zhounian, her husband, who was tucking in the plain rice with his head lowered . She suddenly felt an emotion rise in her; no matter how hard life was, they would be able to sail through the difficult times as a family .
Lin Sheng’s hand and the black-haired woman’s leg collided . Both were forced to bounce a step back before they lunged at each other again . The fire was burning even more fiercely in the surroundings . A rider and a disciple were lying on the floor, leaving five vault guards surrounding and attacking the purple cocoon . The shockwave from the heavy blows of fists and legs stirred the flames dancing back and forth . The blood on Lin Sheng’s mouth and nose had dried up, while the woman’s face was pale with a pair of black wings already spreading open on her back . Both of them had come to the point of no return; they either fought or died .
While sacred power was helping Lin Sheng to heal, the dark energy was healing the woman after she transformed into a Dark Winger . It seemed that they were evenly matched; no one could claim superiority over the other . As the fight went on, Lin Sheng finally sent a heavy blow to the neck of the woman while the woman reciprocated with a brutal kick in his chest . At last, the woman spat blood and passed out .
“It is over . ” He clenched the throat of the woman with his hand, and with the twist of his hand, he crackled her neck . The breath left the woman, and she became motionless . Meanwhile, not far away, the male rider was killed on the spot when a pair of swords penetrated his chest .
Feeling dizzy, Lin Sheng tossed the body on the floor and leaned on the wall . He might have won the battle, but he had also exhausted his energy . The injury he suffered this time was more severe than at any time in the past .
“The club might not be sustainable again…” He glanced at the bodies in the corridor . The Ironfist Society had suffered a heavy casualty in the attack . If there were more such assaults, the club would quickly go belly-up by just paying death gratuity alone .
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“Just hope it all ends here . ” Lin Sheng pulled himself to his feet with a forced smile . “The situation would have been worse had the explosives not removed earlier . ”
Coming out of the corridor into the main hall, he could not have cared less about the fire in the premise . Once he was out in the hall, he saw a tall man standing silently outside the entrance . He could roughly make out his appearance: thirtyish of age, wearing a pale-yellow coat, a round hat of the same color—or maybe slightly darker, and gray-framed glasses with a black scarf on his chest . It seemed like he had just attended a funeral .
Lin Sheng felt goosebumps all over his skin the moment he saw the man . He held his breath and took a step back . What was terrifying about this man was that he looked exactly like Major Dondi, whom Lin Sheng had ripped apart earlier . The only difference between this man and Major Dondi, however, was the pervasive dark energy that spread like wildfire from this man . This dark energy, imperceptible to average humans and twice the strength of the dark energy of the two riders combined, was visible when Lin Sheng was in his half-dragon form .
“I hope he hasn’t seen me . ” Lin Sheng slowly retreated, too scared to even make a sound . But the man took off his hat and walked into the hall after looking up at the weather in the sky . Lin Sheng turned and ran at once . Just then, several plumes of black smoke flew past him, materializing into vault guards to meet the man .
“Where go?” A streak of yellow light flashed past the vault guards and stopped in front of Lin Sheng . The light materialized and transformed back into the shape of the man wearing the yellow coat .
Lin Sheng ground to a halt, his body muscles stiffened, and eyes staring warily at the man . “Who are you?” he asked back .
Apparently, this man was not with the two riders . That explained why he had waited until the two riders had died before he came in . The man’s mouth twitched as he fiddled with the only bundle of yellow hair on his head .
“Let me ask you a question: did you kill my little brother, Dondi?”
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Lin Sheng’s face showed no expression . “Dondi? I don’t’ know . I am merely the chief of a branch, a small potato in the Ironfist Society Headquarters . Do you think I can kill your little brother?”
“You don’t look like you could,” the man nodded in agreement, “and that’s why I have been waiting on the outside . ”
“I don’t—”
“If you say ‘I don’t’ know’ again, I will kill you,” said the man threateningly yet calmly, his back leaning against the wall and not minding the fire spreading toward him at all .
“I have volunteered for this mission just because I want to find out who killed my little brother . You may live if you tell the truth . ”
Lin Sheng was silent . “I really have no idea,” he then said . “There was an explosion just when Major Dondi walked to the door . My men and I tried to stop him, but it was too late . ”
“Lie!” The man’s expression suddenly changed . “Let me ask you again: did you kill my little brother?”
“Of course not!”
“Lie again! Eat this!” The man’s arms suddenly broke up into a swarm of electric yellow snakes, grabbing Lin Sheng . Lin Sheng had no time to dodge . It all happened too fast . He was severely injured, and his body reflexes were slow .
“When the world mourns in sorrow, I gouge the darkness out of my heart and bury it . So light is what is left of me . ”
As a crisp, childish voice was heard before Lin Sheng, a hand suddenly reached from a white shadow, caught the yellow electric snakes .
Holding the passed out Elba in one hand and the yellow electric light in the other, Khadula suddenly emerged out of thin air with a murderous look on his face . As their shadows came into each other, white arms under their feet spread in all directions like a flood .
“Now, what do you want to do with my light?”