Free Web NovelChapter 123: Chapter 111: Second Sword Disciple, a Hero’s Wish
"What’s wrong?"
Su Xing opened the chat window and typed:
"I did kill him."
"No way... Bro, you can even kill a Tier Five Sequencer now?"
Su Yu said, somewhat surprised.
In truth, when he saw the intense and bloody scene on the national highway, he had already pretty much guessed what happened. But Su Yu still found it a little hard to believe, which was why he had to ask.
After all, Su Xing had been forced to flee from this very Tier Five Sequencer not long ago. How much time had passed since then? Who would’ve thought that Su Xing would just turn around and kill the guy?
Su Xing didn’t react much to his younger brother’s surprise. The praise of others had long lost its ability to excite him.
He grew stronger because he wanted to, not because of others’ praise, the adoration of beautiful women, or any other reason. Su Xing didn’t answer his brother’s question, simply typing:
"Are you at the highway now? What’s the situation?"
Su Yu was in a car, heading toward the organization’s building. Liu Ming was driving, Bailan was in the passenger seat, and he and Shen Ruyun were in the back. They were returning to the organization for a meeting to discuss what had happened.
Su Yu glanced at the other three, then replied silently using his thoughts:
"I was just at the scene, but now I’m heading back to the organization with Brother Ming and Sister Lan."
"As for the situation... I’m not too clear on it either. It’s not our primary jurisdiction. After all, that stretch of highway is in the transitional area between Cang City and Ningshui City, so it’s a pretty messy situation."
"But I did run into a driver and a woman. They managed to survive by hiding under a car. Seems like they’re some of the only survivors."
"They told me about you. No video, just a rough verbal description. But I’ve already helped cover for you. I didn’t report it to the organization."
"Bro, your power is growing, and it’ll be easy for your identity to be exposed. You need to be prepared for the Spiritual Sect to come after you relentlessly once you’re found out."
Indeed,
as Su Xing’s power grew,
he found it was becoming harder to hide himself as easily as before.
Any fight with the Spiritual Sect would cause a huge commotion, attracting crowds of ordinary people and greatly increasing the risk of his identity being discovered.
If it weren’t for his younger brother this time,
his identity would probably have been exposed before long.
Su Xing suddenly recalled the dream he’d had after killing the Corpse High Priest and returning to the Sword Hall.
In the dream, he was besieged by an endless tide of Spiritualist Followers. He slaughtered them madly, killing and killing until his eyes were bloodshot and his limbs grew weak, until he was on the verge of collapse from exhaustion, yet his enemies remained infinite.
The thought always made Su Xing’s brow furrow, as that scene could very well become reality in the future.
With this in mind, Su Xing lay on his bed, took a deep breath, and typed:
"Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing."
"Okay, good. I’ll explain the details after the meeting."
Those were Su Yu’s last words.
Su Xing sighed slowly, staring at the ceiling, a blurry progress bar visible in his eyes.
From Su Yu’s words,
he felt a profound sense of crisis.
He had to become strong enough before his identity was exposed.
At the very least...
he couldn’t be easily crushed, even if he had to face the Spirit Realm!
...
Meanwhile, on the national highway,
the gore and rubble strewn everywhere had already been cleaned up. The entrances and exits were sealed with yellow caution tape, and the highway showed little sign of the brutal battle that had taken place.
Only a few patches of dried blood caked on the ground hinted at what had just happened.
Beside the caution tape,
Li Yu stood with the Tier Five Sequencer, both gazing at the now-quiet highway before them.
"Elder Lu, are you saying... you didn’t even encounter Wrath? That he was already killed by someone else?"
"That’s right. That guy’s Space Sequence made him too fast. By the time I caught up, both of them were already dead."
The middle-aged man known as Elder Lu didn’t seem embarrassed that his help wasn’t needed. At his age, he was unflustered by unexpected developments during a mission.
Instead, he asked with a smile playing on his lips:
"Ah, Li, your generation has experts of this caliber?"
"And here you were, asking me to come out of retirement. It makes me feel a little ashamed. Who was it that made the move?"
Elder Lu pointed toward the spot where Wrath had died. Though he spoke of being "ashamed," he couldn’t hide the smile on his face.
In his mind, anyone willing to kill Wrath must be on their side. And for it to be a powerhouse from the younger generation? That was excellent news for the special organization.
With a new generation to take the baton,
they, the Sequencers of the previous generation, could finally retire and nurse their old wounds in peace.
"..."
Li Yu saw Elder Lu’s smile and knew what he was thinking. He could only say with a helpless sigh:
"Elder Lu, the person who acted wasn’t a member of our organization."
"Ah?"
Hearing Li Yu’s words, Elder Lu’s warm smile vanished. His slightly graying eyebrows knitted together as he asked in a solemn voice:
"Is he an enemy, then?"
"Then why would he attack... the Spiritual Sect? Are they having some kind of internal conflict?"
"Well... not exactly."
Li Yu thought for a moment before saying to Elder Lu:
"You could say he’s an ally. We’ve never communicated, but we both operate according to a certain tacit understanding."
