" Hey, wake up " The first thing that Dakon heard was Shallot's voice. He opens his eyes slowly and sees Shallot and Fannel standing near him, seeing him with serious expressions
" ...? " Dakon moves his eyes around in confusion, then he tries to stand up but fails miserably. He couldn't even raise his head " Ugh... " He couldn't even speak
Fannel and Shallot looked at him with serious expressions, then Fannel said " You overused your power, you are lucky to be alive, kid, still you are paralysed "
Dakon makes a face of frustration and sadness, then begins to struggle to stand up " Grr... " He grits his teeth, but his body just trembles
Shallot shakes his head and says " Stop whining, it won't be like this forever " Dakon moves his eyes to see him, then Shallot takes a big syringe from his spatial ring. The syringe contains a shiny green liquid
" ...? " Dakon tried to ask what that but Shallot injected the liquid into his neck
Suddenly " Agh! " Dakon makes a pained expression as the black veins begin to slowly disappear " Gah! " He yelled in pain as he clenched his fists and teeth suddenly, he passed out for a second, to wake up again and suffer from the pain once again
The whole process lasted more than five minutes, with Dakon passing out and waking up while Fannel and Shallot looked at him with calm expressions
Dakon lay unconscious on the ground while his body changed once again, the black veins that once covered his entire body vanished without a trace, and his hair had turned pitch black without a trace of his previously light brown hair
Fannel looks at him as he says to Shallot " Now, give him the suppressor "
Shallot rolls his eyes in annoyance saying " Yeah, yeah " Then he pulls another serynge from his spatial ring, but the liquid was different; this liquid was completely golden and was generating a green aura on the serynge
Shallot injects the liquid on Dakon's neck, and as he does so, he says " This suppressor is different from the one I received, right? "
Fannel nods saying " It is, this one was specially made for this Kid, far stronger and more aggressive than any other suppressor, yet it would lose its effectiveness once the Kid receives 50% of the bloodline implementation "
Shallot finishes and stands, then he looks at Fannel with a serious look " At 50% it will be useless? I thought it would last until the full implementation "
Fannel shook his head as he said " The Kid's bloodline would overwhelm the suppressor by the amount of power he would gain. The problem lies that now he has become weaker, and he won't be able to use the power from his bloodline until the next implementation "
Shallot looks at Dakon, saying " His Ki has weakened a lot, but he was weaker a while ago; he needs to find the Kaio-ken if he wants to survive "
Fannel nods saying " Even if he is the one the higher ups have waited he needs to prove he is worthy or we will have to wait until a worthy one appears " Fannel looks at Shallot and says " I will leave now, I still need to discuss this with the White Tiger, join us once you interrogate the Kid " Fannel puts two fingers on his forehead and *SWOOSH* He disappears
Shallot crosses his arms, making a serious expression ' That woman, I'm guessing that she just escaped from me because she knew that Fannel would appear. It means that she only fears him and no one else ' Shallot makes an angered expression, feeling humiliated by what happened today ' B*tch, it's been a while since I have felt like this '
Shallot then turns around to look at Dakon lying in the ground and thinks ' Now when is this brat going to wake up? I hope it doesn't take long '
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Meanwhile, in a Fancy room in the Xuixin Empire *PAM* an old man hits a wall in anger, destroying a huge chunk of it and making the entire place tremble " How dare that old hag! "
" Brother Yong, calm down, we still have trouble ahead. Even if Feng Gengxin betrayed us like that, we still can deal with her anytime " Zhou Jianhong said as he touched Wang Yong's shoulder, then he looked at Lan Zexi, who was standing next to Ying Jie, and said " What happened next, little girl? "
Lan Zexi's face was pale, and her expression was lifeless, yet she responded with pure hatred " She made me leave, I couldn't go after him, I know if I had tried something she would have moved, so I chose to return and tell you about it "
Ren Bao makes a serious expression as he thinks ' Why would she do that? I thought her resentment was too deep to let it go; she never even told me anything '
Then Zhou Jianhong spoke, interrupting Ren Bao's thoughts " Now, we need to think about how to deal with those two little monsters. Shallot won't intervene; he doesn't seem to care about them, first of all. Brother Yong, you need to talk with Ying Shen; he knows something we don't about them, I'm sure of that "
Ying Jie, hearing her father's name, opens her eyes wide with surprise as she says " My father? What do you mean, Elder Jianhong? "
The three elders look at Ying Jie with frowning expressions, even Lan Zexi was in doubt ' Why did they mention the Ying clan's patriarch? '
*SIGH* Zhou Jianhong makes a long sigh then he says with a calm voice " You have the right to know this, after all you and your sister have a deep connection with Chen Kai, do you want it or not " Ying Jie frowns hearing him then Zhou Jianhong continues " Your father seemed to know that Chen Kai was going to be taken by Shallot, he know he was going to appear in the Chen clan compound he even tried to make him take your sister as his disciple "
Lan Zexi and Ying Jie open their eyes wide with surprise " My father... Knew all this time " Ying Jie whispered incredulously
" I have tried to talk with him but he doesn't seem to want to say anything, I didn't insisted for precaution but now we are running out of time, they are getting stronger an at alarming rate, and soon neither one here would have the strength to stop them, even Elder Qiu was the only survivor as he chased one of them " Zhou Jianhong said with a serious expression making everyone tense
Ying Jie bows her head as she clenches her fists and bites her lower lip, then she looks at Wang Yong and, with a resolute expression, she says " Elder Yong, please come with me to talk with my father. I'm sure that I can make him talk about everything "
Wang Yong and Zhou Jiangong smiled slightly, then Wang Yong nodded as he said " Alright, little girl, we will leave in a few hours " Then he turned to see Zhou Jianhong and asked " Brother Zhou, what are you going to do meanwhile? "
Zhou Jianhong makes a serious expression as he says " I will head back towards the Chen clan. Chen Wen is reaching a crucial point in his cultivation, and soon he will have to deal with his first tribulation "
Wang Yong and the others looked surprised. Then Wang Yong said " That's impressive, the boy had quite of talent "
Zhou Jianhong nods, then looks at Ren Bao as he says " Brother Bao, I'm sure that you are going to stay for a while, didn't you? "
Ren Bao nods " Yes, I will keep an eye on Wang Jun until brother Yong returns "
" If you excuse me, elders, I will return to the Lan clan. I need... I need to make some arrangements for my daughter's funeral " Lan Zexi said with an empty expression as she bowed her head slightly. Then she turns around and leaves when suddenly Wang Yong said to her " Little lady, those who wronged your daughter will pay, and when the time comes, I want you on our side "
Lan Zexi turns around, and with a frowning expression, she said " Thanks, Elder Yong, I will be waiting for the day " Then she walks away
Wang Yong nods, and Zhou Jianhong says " I will take my leave as well. I will return once Chen Wen advances " Zhou Jianhong walks away, leaving them in the room
Ying Jie looks at his departing figure with a frowning expression as she thinks ' Father, what are you hiding? '
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Night arrived until Dakon opened his eyes " You took a long time to react, brat " Dakon heard Shallot's annoyed voice, and he noticed him sitting next to a campfire
His eyes open wide with surprise as he says " Take a look around the place " The once dense forest was now devastated, and was replaced by an apocalyptic scenario, with two huge and profound craters surrounded by charred trees ' What happened? ' Dakon thought in amazement
Shallot looks at him with a calm expression, then he looks at the campfire and says " You attract the attention of some very dangerous. Her strength could be even more amazing than mine "
Dakon looks at him in surprise, then he stands feeling different from before. He looked at his arms, and the black veins in his body had vanished, but something was wrong; he felt something was missing
Shallot stood and faced Dakon with crossed arms " The girl, what was her name? "
Dakon looks at him in surprise, then he remembers Lang Lin's mocking expression as she was about to kill him. He frowns, knowing that she wasn't the Lang Lin he remembered, so he said " Her name is Lang Lin " He looks at Shallot and says with a serious expression " Where is she? The one who attacked me couldn't be her "
Shallot looks at Dakon for a couple of seconds, then, with a calm expression, he says " There is no subtle way to say this, but she is dead "
Dakon opens his eyes wide, then Shallot continues " The one who attacked you used a special technique that changes her appearance to the point it could mimic even her scent. She must have crossed paths with the one who attacked you; you were the target, so Lang Lin, being one of the closest to you, had to die for it "
Dakon clenches his fists and teeth as he hears Shallot, then he says with anger " Are you sure that she was killed? "
Shallot nods slightly " Fannel knows that technique, he can't get wrong, I'm sorry but she is dead " Shallot saying turns around and says " I stayed just to tell you that besides you don't have to worry about damaging your body anymore, but you can't relay on that strength for the moment so get stronger quickly, you have a very long way " *SWOOSH* *ZOOM* Shallot aura surged and he disappears into the sky
Dakon falls on his knees and *BOOM* *BOOM* He hits the ground multiple times with anger as his blue aura surged " She died because of me " Lang Lin smiling face surged on his mind and *BOOM* *BOOM* He hits the ground again making the place tremble then with a sad expression he whispered " I'm sorry Lang Lin, it was my fault... it would have been better if we haven't met "