35. Relief

Although Xia City was the capital of Xia Hai Province and had a thriving economy, there were not many cars, and the roads were not complicated. Tracking Baili Qingfeng was not difficult.

After going forward another 160 meters, a high-end six-story apartment building appeared before him. In the parking lot beneath the apartment building was the vehicle Eddie had ridden earlier.

Baili Qingfeng took one look...

The apartment building was huge. Knocking on every door one by one was not an option.

But Eddie had been gone for a long time. His assistant and driver would certainly return to look for him. Once they did, Baili Qingfeng could ask them and find out.

As it happened, he was a little hungry. Seeing a restaurant with a good view across from the apartment building, he walked inside.

The restaurant was not large. It had ten four-person tables, six of which were currently occupied. Business was doing well. Baili Qingfeng sat down at one of the tables and picked up the menu...

"Your Hand Through My Black Hair, Mother and Son Reunited, A Rose Given Leaves a Fragrant Hand, To the Toon Trees We Eventually Ate... These few."

"Certainly, sir."

The waiter acknowledged him.

While waiting for the dishes, Baili Qingfeng kept glancing outside from time to time.

Soon, a plate of toon sprouts, a plate of fish-fragrant shredded pork, stir-fried soybeans with bean sprouts, and stewed pig's feet with kelp were brought out.

Baili Qingfeng ate slowly. Although the recovery of his injuries did not obey the law of conservation of energy and they could inexplicably heal on their own, eating more to replenish himself could never hurt.

Besides...

At nineteen, he was at the age when his body was still growing.

Growing four centimeters this year was the best proof.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Baili Qingfeng finished his meal and was watching television. A war film was playing, the Mank Islands Battle. But the protagonists of the battle were not merely humans. It was a war between Xia, the Vino Federation, and the Red Flame Country against the Mermen in the southern island chain.

The Mermen had come ashore from the sea and invaded the island territories of Xia, the Vino Federation, and the Red Flame Country. Then the blood-steel bastion woven from artillery fire and bullets rendered the battlefield exceedingly tragic and heroic.

"It feels like watching modern people remake a World War II film..."

Baili Qingfeng gave his assessment.

Officially, this battle was naturally proclaimed a joint operation by Xia, the Vino Federation, and the Red Flame Country, ending in a great victory and expanding Xia's territory by nearly thirty thousand square kilometers. In reality, however, Xia had lost sixty thousand troops in this battle, all of them elite veterans who had seen countless battles. It was said that the supreme commander of this battle was General Melbourne, who had won great military honors during the founding of an independent Xia.

While watching television, Baili Qingfeng soon caught sight of two people walking out of the apartment building and heading toward the abandoned construction site.

One of them...

Was Et.

He had seen Et once at the hospital, so he naturally remembered him.

"Two people..."

Baili Qingfeng rubbed his chest, where his ribs had been broken...

"I'm a severely injured patient. Facing two enemies at once... Forget it! Against such vicious people, I can only be harsher than them. I have to be ruthless toward my enemies and ruthless toward myself as well. Otherwise, from now on, I'll live forever in fear and anxiety!"

A resolute glint flashed through Baili Qingfeng's eyes.

He immediately went forward to pay the bill, then followed the two toward the abandoned construction site.

A hundred and sixty meters was not far. The two soon reached the abandoned construction site.

Then...

Shouts, shock, cries of grief, furious roars...

After a bout of standard procedure, someone soon ran out of the abandoned construction site.

Baili Qingfeng knew this person. He was Eddie's driver...

"Bang!"

The light around them was too dim, leaving everything pitch-black. The man also charged out of the construction site without warning and happened to collide with Baili Qingfeng, who was about to enter.

"Hiss!"

The impact made Baili Qingfeng's chest throb with pain, and his face paled another shade!

"Get out of the way! Don't block the road!"

The man shouted angrily, raising his hand and slapping toward Baili Qingfeng's face.

He was a martial artist.

Although he had never undergone Qi Refinement Blood Exchange, his physique was powerful. He was a formidable martial artist who could rely on his sturdy body to fight a Qi Refinement Blood Exchange-level martial artist head-on. If this slap landed on an ordinary person, it would be enough to send them flying.

"My injuries are too severe. I have to use my strongest methods and finish this quickly. As long as I kill them, I can set down this burden and go to school in peace!"

A sharp glint burst from Baili Qingfeng's eyes.

Spirit Refinement Manifestation!

And...

Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art!

He had already rested for nearly two hours, so the backlash from the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art had naturally passed!

At that moment, in the eyes of the burly man, the young man before him seemed to have lightning bursting from his eyes. Before he could make out what that lightning looked like, it had already erupted completely, forming Nine Heavens Divine Lightning that shook the soul, tore through the firmament, and crashed down upon him.

The intense terror and shadow of death enveloped him, making the burly man's eyes widen. His entire body turned cold and rigid, as though a nightmare had pinned him down. Even though he knew that if he did not resist immediately, this terrifying lightning would blast him into scraps, he was somehow unable to move even a single finger...

"No!"

Summoning all his strength, the man let out a terrified and unwilling roar.

"Bang!"

In the next moment, excruciating pain tore the man apart.

His entire body flew backward, crashed to the ground six meters away, then slid another meter across the rough surface without losing momentum. A mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips, and his eyes...

Lost their focus.

Until death, he never saw how Baili Qingfeng had struck.

"A Hong!"

A voice carrying a trace of grief suddenly rang out from within the abandoned construction site.

Clearly, Et had already heard the commotion from the fight.

As Baili Qingfeng stepped into the construction site, a figure also rushed over from inside. When it saw Baili Qingfeng entering, the figure abruptly stopped, as if facing a great enemy.

"It's you!? I remember you! You're Baili Qingfeng—the grandson of Baili Changkong!?"

Et's face was filled with irrepressible fury. He glared fiercely at Baili Qingfeng, his eyes frantically searching in every direction as though looking for something. After a moment, he suddenly let out a furious roar, his hair standing on end: "Baili Changkong, you really have grown the guts of a bear and the gall of a leopard! You actually dared to kill my father!? Come out and face your death at once! I'll give you ten seconds. If you don't come out, I'll report this matter. When the higher-ups are enraged, your entire Baili Family will be buried with my father!"

The moment Et finished speaking, he suddenly sensed the aura of the young man before him—whose face was slightly pale and clearly did not resemble someone with vigorous Qi and Blood—change.

It was as though a dormant volcano had been completely detonated in an instant. Violent Qi and Blood surged out of him, almost soaring into the heavens.

The pressure and intimidation that followed made Et involuntarily widen his eyes.

"This level of Qi and Blood... It's you!? You killed my father!? How is that possible!?"

Et's eyes were filled with disbelief.

He and his father had carefully investigated everyone in the Baili Family. Although Baili Qingfeng had developed inner strength in only a few days and earned Baili Changkong's high hopes, he had only practiced martial arts for a few months. What ability could someone who had practiced martial arts for a few months possibly possess!?

But now...

The terrifying aura erupting from Baili Qingfeng was something Et had never even sensed from his father. In a daze, he even felt as though he was facing the Guard Captain beside the Prince, a War-level inhuman monster!

"Roar!"

A vicious beast seemed to roar in the void!

Baili Qingfeng charged forward in a single step. A fear stemming from his very life instinct suddenly rose within Et, making his expression change dramatically.

"Not good!"

In the next moment, his right hand trembled, and an exquisite pistol dropped into his palm with inconceivable speed. By distinguishing the sound and locating its source, he locked onto Baili Qingfeng's position precisely without even needing to look carefully.

Gun Kata!

He and his father Eddie had taken entirely different paths.

Physically, he was inferior to his father Eddie, and in martial arts, he was far more inferior to Eddie!

But relying on twenty years of painstakingly trained Gun Kata...

He feared no martial artist below the War-level.

"Die!"

Et roared as the gun in his hand abruptly pointed toward Baili Qingfeng.

However, when he truly aimed the gun at Baili Qingfeng, what he saw was no longer a human.

Instead...

It was a vicious beast!

A ferocious, terrifying legendary creature, with dreadful lightning bursting from every inch of its body—the Ancient Thunder Beast!

No. The monster before him was even more ferocious, more terrifying, more savage, and more domineering than the legendary Ancient Thunder Beast!

The instant he saw such a monster, his pupils widened, losing all focus. His mind was so thoroughly shaken that it nearly stopped functioning.

"Bang!"

Before he had a chance to fire, indescribable pain had already completely swallowed him whole!