In the pitch-dark sewer!
A thick smell of blood suddenly rose amid the stinking air!
Xiao Fan gritted his teeth against the pain of the three grievous wounds on his body and unleashed his strength once more!
His eyes were already bloodshot. His arm thrust forward furiously, just one inch short of sending Pang Hu's head flying!
Pang Hu, too, reached out with his hand, intent on crushing Xiao Fan's heart outright!
Both of them were madmen.
Neither feared death!
It would all come down to whose move was faster!!
"Ah!!"
The two roared and bellowed together!
At last.
"Pfft!"
Blood sprayed, and a head flew off, landing in the sewer channel before the rushing water swiftly swept it away!
Pang Hu's two subordinates kept attacking, their faces wild as they sought to avenge their boss!
Xiao Fan was already gravely wounded and on the verge of losing consciousness. Their boss had died today, and Xiao Fan had to die too!
But a single glance into his eyes was enough to make both men falter in fear!
Xiao Fan's eyes were filled with blood, and his terrifying visage resembled that of a primeval beast. Coupled with the thick killing intent around him, it struck fear into anyone who looked at him!
Facing the two lackeys, Xiao Fan laboriously raised his hand and shattered their heads with one punch each!
At last.
"Bang! Bang!"
The two Black Tiger Sect men fell.
Then.
"Bang!"
Xiao Fan also fell backward, landing beside the channel. His eyelids seemed to be fighting to stay open; he looked ready to pass out on the spot at any moment.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, on killing an overwhelmingly powerful enemy above your rank. Reward: one fourth-tier martial art of your choice." "Ding! Congratulations, host, on killing a powerful enemy above your rank. Iron Arm cultivation progress has reached perfection. Wind and Lightning Art cultivation progress has reached perfection!"
These were the best rewards Xiao Fan had received in all these years. A fourth-tier martial art of his choice... just thinking about it was exciting.
Unfortunately, he was about to die.
A hole that big had been punched straight through his abdomen, and part of his heart had been crushed. There was no surviving that!
Dog King... I should have kept a lower profile. If I hadn't acknowledged Lin Xianhuo back then, or gone to help Little Dingdong, would any of this have happened today?
The old saying was right. Good people die young...
Blood poured wildly from Xiao Fan's body, soaking his worn school uniform with its warmth. At the corner of his eye, Xiao Fan could see the hem of his uniform pants.
He suddenly froze. Wait, that's not right?
The hems of my pants have always been filthy. Even four or five rounds in the washing machine couldn't get them clean. Why are they so white today?
Was it Little Dingdong?
That's nice...
His consciousness rapidly faded. At last, his eyes closed, and he felt his body lose all its weight.
The last image to surface in his mind was of the red-haired delinquent girl on the playground, clamoring to help him get even.
And there was Shao Yan, who always stood in front of him like a big sister and defended him, and Little Dingdong, holding a piping-hot breakfast with an adorable smile on her face.
Shao Yan and Lin Xianhuo are both important people. They can definitely keep Little Dingdong safe!
Their futures will be wonderful, won't they?
Without me, they'll probably have some regrets, won't they?
Goodbye, everyone. This life was too short, and I still have so many regrets. Thank you for making up for some of them...
But in an instant, surging green light appeared in the depths of his consciousness. Filled with an astonishing vitality, it enveloped his entire being!
I'm not dead? Xiao Fan murmured inwardly.
He discovered that his consciousness was gradually returning?
Was it the system's cheat?
No... no, it wasn't...
He heard it...
That childish, heart-rending scream!
"Don't die!! Don't you die!!"
"Brother Xiao Fan... wake up... wake up!!!"
"You promised we'd go to the ends of the stars and seas together. I've only just started working hard to get stronger, so why have you left already!"
"Sister Shao Yan said my talent is All Things Grow, and that it represents life."
"So I can definitely save you! Activate! Where's my talent!?"
"Activate for me!!!"
At that moment, every Black Tiger Sect disciple in the sewer, Liu Tianguang included, heard the anguished scream!
They hurriedly raced toward the source of the sound.
But suddenly!
Blazing green light swept over them, blotting out the sky and covering the earth as it engulfed the entire sewer!!
A tender green blade of grass burst through the ground, a symbol of filth and murk, and grew wildly!
And that was only the beginning!
On the sunlit street, pedestrians were startled by the green light bursting from the sewer. But then, instinctively, they wanted to approach it, to touch that green light!
It was as if they had been born to embrace this power!
Lin Xianhuo, wielding a seven-meter-long flaming saber, was already covered in wounds. She and Shao Yan fought as they retreated, their faces full of fighting spirit!
But the sudden burst of green light brought the battle to an abrupt halt. Everyone wore a look of shock and suspicion!
What was that?
A trace of fear, however, appeared on Shao Yan's face. "No... no, no, no..."
"What is it?" For some reason, Lin Xianhuo's heart trembled. She had truly never seen Shao Yan so flustered, nor had she ever imagined Shao Yan wearing such an expression.
She was deeply uneasy.
Shao Yan murmured, "Little Dingdong's talent... has gone berserk!"
"What talent?" Lin Xianhuo's brows knitted tightly. She knew very well that this wasn't good. It was bad-an unimaginably bad thing!
Little Dingdong hadn't even reached a cultivation realm; she was nothing more than an ordinary person. If her talent was too powerful, her body absolutely wouldn't be able to withstand that kind of power!
The result would be... she would melt away on the spot!
"All Things Grow," Shao Yan murmured distractedly.
She hesitated no longer and immediately reached into her pants pocket, preparing to call her father!
Beside her, Lin Xianhuo heard the words "All Things Grow" and completely lost control of her expression as well.
"It's over!!"
How could Little Dingdong possibly withstand All Things Grow going berserk!?
But right then!
The green light abruptly vanished. It disappeared so suddenly that both women froze.
No way?
Was she already dead?
But the next second.
"Bang!"
A nearby sewer cover suddenly blasted upward, shooting straight into the sky. A figure in a dark yellow jumpsuit and a Dog King mask leaped out!
He held the unconscious Little Dingdong in his arms!
Shao Yan's expression shifted slightly. For a moment, she couldn't quite understand what was happening.
But Lin Xianhuo, standing beside her, realized what had happened!
She roared, "Elemental Absorption!"
"Xiao Fan's gone mad!"
"He absorbed every bit of Little Dingdong's rampaging power into his own body. Now it's his turn to die!!"
Suddenly.
"Bang!"
Dog King sprang forward, moving a full three times faster than he had at his peak!
The next second, he stopped directly in front of Lin Xianhuo and Shao Yan and said hoarsely, "Look after Little Dingdong. I'm going to release the power inside me!"
"Don't worry. It's perfectly safe. There's no danger at all."
Xiao Fan's voice seemed calm, steady as an old dog, but Lin Xianhuo could clearly hear that it was very different from before.
Xiao Fan seemed to be in a state of extreme rage.
Lin Xianhuo abruptly pointed at Xiao Fan and stared at him. "Don't die!"
"Don't worry." Xiao Fan let out a long breath and turned to look at the dozens of Black Tiger Sect members who were about to kill.
For some reason, Huang Qianfeng's heart trembled. He took a step back and said, "You're Dog King? Xiao Fan, you're Dog King!"
"What are you going to do?"
"If you dare touch me, I'll spread the news!"
The aura inside Xiao Fan was far too terrifying now, surging like a monster. Everyone in the entire neighborhood trembled under its pressure!
Seeing this, the people from the Public Security Bureau changed expression slightly. One of them hurriedly said, "Quick, send someone to help Huang Qianfeng! If he dies, we'll be in trouble!"
But the next second, a subordinate trembled in terror and said, "He's already dead..."
The Public Security Bureau chief whipped his head around and saw Dog King, as though he had lost his mind, turn into a frenzied killing fiend. The green power around him seemed inexhaustible!
Every slap burst another person's head open. The sight made the students watching the spectacle from afar throw up!
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang..."
Xiao Fan didn't waste a single word. He was either killing or on his way to kill!
Green light shot in every direction, and wherever it swept, blood sprayed three feet into the air!
That day, all of Green Leaf City went mad. Everyone hid in their homes, utterly terrified!
It was a massacre, a massacre in the street!
That very night, Dog King was placed at the top of the wanted list and classified as a terrorist!
The evening sun shone on the long street outside Green Leaf High School, lending the blood-soaked ground an even more horrifying air.
In a mere ten minutes, every person pursuing Lin Xianhuo and Shao Yan was dead. But Xiao Fan didn't return. He turned and disappeared into the sewer!
The massacre had only just begun. Tonight, Xiao Fan would make every member of the Black Tiger Sect die!