Fury

Huo Hai had been carefully nurturing his qi and blood at home when he suddenly sensed something falling from the sky. His spirit was powerful, so his perception was naturally far sharper. Besides, there should not have been any movement inside his own courtyard.

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Opening his eyes and withdrawing his spiritual power, Huo Hai walked over and picked up a stone from the ground. "This is a note." A slip of paper was wrapped around the stone. Huo Hai raised his head in confusion, wondering how this thing had landed in his courtyard. Patrols were watching everywhere around them at the moment; it was impossible for anyone to throw something inside.

The only possibility was that someone outside had tossed it in while the patrollers were not paying attention.

A trace of doubt flashed through Huo Hai's heart, and he slowly unfolded the note. As for whether it might be poisoned, he was not worried in the slightest. If there truly had been poison, Little Gold would have warned him long ago. Gu Insects sensed toxins very differently from ordinary people.

The instant he opened the note, Huo Hai's expression changed. The fury in his eyes nearly burst into flames. The note read: "Huo Yuner is in our hands. If you want her to live, bring the hidden-weapon techniques to the abandoned warehouse by the west city gate. Remember not to let unrelated people know, or the consequences will be severe." This was a threat—an outright threat.

Huo Hai had never imagined that the Lineage would protect him, yet fail to protect Huo Yuner. Or perhaps their protection had been insufficient, allowing others to find an opening. The fury in Huo Hai's heart was easy to imagine.

Since coming into this world, Huo Hai had acknowledged only a handful of people as family. Huo Yuner in particular, he had always regarded her as his own little sister—though she truly was his little sister. Family was Huo Hai's reverse scale.

A dragon had a reverse scale; touch it, and death was certain. Huo Hai's reverse scale had been touched, and the fire and killing intent in his heart could no longer be restrained. "Very good. You dared lay hands on my sister. I'll let you know just how blissful it is to be able to die." Huo Hai had already decided to teach them a lesson they would never forget for the rest of their lives. It was a lesson they would have to repay with their lives.

At this moment, Huo Hai did not care whether slaughter would make him lose himself, nor did he care whether it would harm him. He only wanted to vent, to destroy every last one of these people without leaving a single one behind.

Huo Hai had just intended to leave through the main gate when he suddenly recalled what the note had said: he was not allowed to tell anyone else. Thinking of this, Huo Hai stopped. "Hmph. Don't let me catch you, or you'll be in for it."

Unable to vent his fury, Huo Hai felt unbearably stifled. Not only did he lack hidden-weapon techniques, even if he truly possessed such superb methods, he would not hand them over. Whoever dared touch Huo Yuner, Huo Hai would not let them off easily. Forget hidden-weapon techniques—they should first offer up their lives as compensation. With a thought, Little Gold flew out.

It did not fly far away. Instead, it clung to the wall of his courtyard and secretly peered outside. That stone had just been thrown in from outside, so the best way to get out was through the same place.

Very quickly, through Little Gold, Huo Hai discovered a pattern—a pattern in the gaps between the outside patrols. No one would pay attention to an insect watching them. Huo Hai silently calculated, timing when that gap would appear.

"Good, now." The moment the gap appeared, Huo Hai knew his chance had come. With a flip, he shot over the courtyard wall. After landing, he lightly bent his legs without making a sound. Without even looking around, Huo Hai immediately ran forward. He did not pause in the slightest, and in the blink of an eye, he had reached the shadows nearby.

At the same time, Little Gold followed closely behind. Without Star Gu, Little Gold was the only one Huo Hai had who could protect him.

The moment Huo Hai darted into the shadows, a patrol emerged from the side. Because Huo Hai had moved too quickly, the patrolmen did not notice him. Just like that, Huo Hai silently escaped from his own courtyard.

Pulling a hat over his head, Huo Hai wrapped his entire body in a broad robe. This was to avoid being recognized. Otherwise, before he even arrived, the Huo Family—and perhaps even other Lineages—would learn of his movements.

The killing intent in Huo Hai's eyes deepened further. Along with the note, they had thrown in a map. The map was simple; it only marked the destination. Huo Yan and the others had been tense all along, worried that Huo Hai would reveal the matter. Fortunately, there had been no movement in the house, allowing them to relax slightly.

"Huo Yan, do you think we can really succeed? What if—I mean, what if Huo Hai doesn't care about Huo Yuner's life?" In great Lineages, there were many people whose family ties were thin. That was nothing unusual.

Huo Yan shot him a fierce glare. "Shut up. Don't talk nonsense. We know nothing, understand? From now on, this has nothing to do with us. Whether it succeeds or fails depends on the people over there."

Huo Yan remained extremely nervous inside, though he did not show it. He knew that once this plan began, there would be no road back. All they could do now was hope those people succeeded. If they failed, the consequences would be unimaginable. Fortunately, none of them had shown their faces or personally taken part. Presumably, even if it failed, no one would trace it back to them.

Everything proceeded in silence. Huo Hai's departure, and even his passage through Western Frontier City, went entirely unnoticed. Before long, Huo Hai arrived outside the warehouse marked on the map, but he did not enter directly.

Since these people wanted to deal with him, there was certainly an ambush waiting inside. Huo Hai was no fool. Rather than enter the warehouse, he turned and walked into an abandoned warehouse beside it. A streak of golden light flashed from his sleeve as Little Gold flew out.

"Go take a look. See whether Yun'er is inside, and how many people are lying in ambush there." Huo Hai gave the order softly, and Little Gold flew toward the designated warehouse. Very soon, Little Gold sent back news. After all, Little Gold had spent a long time with Huo Yuner and naturally recognized her. The moment it found her, it sent word that Yun'er was inside.

This finally put Huo Hai slightly at ease, though the fury in his heart continued to rise. Suppressing his impatience, he had Little Gold continue scouting. Little Gold could only send Chu Yuntian extremely simple signals.

Yet from those signals, Huo Hai could still roughly determine the layout inside. From the locations Little Gold described, Chu Yuntian could more or less understand. Those much weaker than Little Gold were Spirit Body Realm experts. Those roughly equal to it were Spirit Blood Realm experts. Those Little Gold found extremely powerful were in the Spirit Bone Realm. As for Spirit Practitioner Realm experts, they likely would not resort to this.

"How strange. Why aren't these people lying in ambush? Why are they all staying in the middle of the warehouse? What exactly are they plotting? Do they really believe that once I arrive, I'll directly hand the item over to them?"

Soon, Little Gold had investigated everyone inside. Though Huo Hai was furious, he did not act immediately. Reason held him back; he needed to understand the situation first. Since these people wanted to deal with him, it was impossible that they had no ambush at all.

Yet the situation inside was exactly that—there was not the slightest ambush, and everyone was out in the open. Huo Hai suddenly recalled that during the trial, Star Gu had not discovered those ambushers either. The fundamental reason was that they had hidden themselves amid disguises. Star Gu had no idea those things were humans, and instinctively ignored them.

With a thought, Huo Hai gave another order. "Little Gold, search more carefully. Crawl through every corner and every protrusion. You must find every hidden person for me." Receiving the command, Little Gold began moving again.

As it crawled, the confusion on Huo Hai's face grew heavier. "What is this? Why are there so many alluring auras, things that attract Little Gold? Wait, they're similar to Spirit Stones, but not as good as my spiritual power. What is going on?"

From the information Little Gold sent back, Huo Hai learned that there were actually many Spirit Stones, or things similar to Spirit Stones, inside the warehouse. But why would such things be in an abandoned warehouse? Huo Hai instinctively sensed danger, sensed a conspiracy. This was definitely aimed at him, but unfortunately, Huo Hai had no idea what these things were.

Explosive Spirit Stones rarely appeared in a place like this. They were probably absent even from Huo Hai's former memories, so naturally he could not recognize them now. Little Gold's intelligence and ability to communicate were still insufficient, making it even more impossible for it to distinguish what these things were.

It merely sensed that the spiritual power contained within would benefit it. Suddenly, Huo Hai frowned again. "The spiritual power is extremely violent and unsuitable for absorption, so it isn't as good as my spiritual power."

Huo Hai finally understood why Little Gold felt that the spiritual power inside was inferior to his own. As someone who raised Gu Insects, his spiritual power was indeed what Gu Insects were best suited to absorb. But compared to his own spiritual power, the power inside Spirit Stones was probably only a little worse. Little Gold simply could not actively absorb it. Why, then, did it say it was not as good as his spiritual power?

Spiritual power was violent, and violent power was difficult to absorb. So that was it. But the spiritual power inside Spirit Stones was always exceptionally stable and gentle, suitable for human absorption. How could it be violent? Unease rose in Huo Hai's heart again.

"Wait. Violent... spiritual power is also a kind of energy. What happens when energy becomes violent?" A flash of light passed through Huo Hai's eyes. When energy became violent, it naturally exploded. Anyone from Earth knew that. Huo Hai finally understood what these things were. These bastards had never intended to let either Yun'er or him leave alive.

"You damned bastards! I'll let you know that in this world, there are some people you cannot afford to offend." The fury in Huo Hai's heart erupted completely. These people had touched Huo Hai's bottom line—his absolute bottom line.