Chapter 129 - Gluttony
Chapter 129: Gluttony
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
Brother Zhang was not able to continue fighting. Although the wound began to heal and his vital signs stabilized, he was too heavily injured. Besides, he was not Li Xianyu. He needed at least two hours to recover his combat abilities. Thunderbolt Battle Lady let Xia Xiaoxue, who was not good at fighting, stay here and look after him. Then, she led the rest back to the battlefield.
“Battle Lady, take me with you.” Li Xianyu jumped onto her back without saying anything. He wrapped his legs around her small waist and his right arm around her snow-white neck. “You’re fast. Bring me there.”
Battle Lady, who engaged in minimal physical contact with men, was shocked. She turned around to see Li Xianyu’s anxious face, as she thought to herself, He must be worried to death about his great-grandma’s safety. Forget it. It’s not the first time I’ve had such contact.
After all, they had hugged back when they were in Sanliban village. It was the first time that she had been held by a man. At that time, knowing that there was no other way except to die, coupled by the fact that she was a little moved, she said something along the lines of, “Idiot, do you like me?”
Thunderbolt Battle Lady felt that they had not known each other for a long time, yet he was willing to risk his life to save her. She felt that he must have been interested in her. After all, since they were going to die, the truth wouldn’t hurt.
Thinking about it, he should have been very embarrassed at that time, as he didn’t answer her directly.
Thunderbolt Battle Lady’s knees sank as her long legs accumulated strength. After that, she rushed out with a sound, disappearing from You Mingyu and Liu Kongcao’s sights.
As the strong wind blew, it felt like real-knife-cuts. Thunderbolt Battle Lady’s hair strands slapped against Li Xianyu’s face, inflicting thin wounds. Li Xianyu estimated that if it had been a month ago, his eyeballs would have burst under the pressure of the air and that his nose bridge would have been broken.
Thunderbolt Battle Lady said something, but it was inaudible. Her voice was drowned out by the strong wind and could not be heard. The long-legged beauty braked hard and shouted, “Idiot, protect your body with qi.”
Li Xianyu replied, “Oh, oh.”
Thunderbolt Battle Lady disappeared again as the battlefield loomed. On their rampage back to the valley, they saw the mess all around. The mountains were crumbling; the ground was cracked. Sounds of killing, explosions, weapons colliding with each other, guns… These sounds roared at Li Xianyu’s ears, sounding like glass breaking.
There was chaos in the valley. Some people caught and killed each other. Some people took out their guns and shot wildly. Some people manipulated insects. Some people used their talismans to recruit ghosts. Some people used stones as soldiers. All the various special abilities were on display here.
There were two in the main battlefield. They held two narrow and long swords, as long streaks of qi emanated from their weapons. They were Fu Shan, who could block Chen Yu’s flying swords. The other was the God of Apes, who wielded a sword and could fight three enemies at once.
Around the two main battlefields, no scattered cultivators dared to approach. This allowed them to have a large space to themselves.
Li Xianyu saw Great-Grandma with a glance. She was nailed to a big rock, as the blazing Sword of Qi penetrated her chest. Her head was hung, her hair was floating in the wind; her sad figure resembled a failed challenger who had been killed by the enemy general with a single stroke.
Li Peiyun stood on the big rock, admired his work of art, and looked down coldly at the ongoing skirmish.
However, those who approached him were either killed by heavy swords or had their throats slit by weird flying swords. After defeating the Unparalleled War Spirit, his confidence levels were sky-high. There was an aura of invincibility around him.
Li Xianyu lost his cool and shouted, “Battle Lady, kill him!”
Thunderbolt Battle Lady arrived, grabbed Li Xianyu’s arm and threw him out. She followed behind him. The two, one before the other, clenched their fists in unison and cannoned towards Li Peiyun.
If a high multiple SLR had captured this scene, the two’s movements would be synchronized. Their hand gestures and posture were almost the same.
A heavy sword flew towards them as it whirled, blocking both their attacks. Both of their fists made a ear-splitting sound as they clashed with the heavy sword. In addition, the sound of Li Xianyu’s finger bones breaking could be heard.
The three of them stepped back at the same time.
“You’re here at last.” Li Peiyun’s indifference faded, as his urge to fight resurfaced. It was time to avenge his shame.
“I’ll hold him back. You attend to Great-Grandma.” Thunderbolt Battle Lady did not wait for Li Xianyu to answer as she disappeared immediately, appearing behind Li Peiyun. The mixed race beauty delivered a ferocious whirling kick towards his head.
Li Peiyun raised his arm to block and attempted to stab Thunderbolt Battle Lady’s heart with his flying sword. He thought that this woman would dodge with speed, but she intended to perish together with him. She put out a hand to block the flying sword, but still continued to aim her foot at Li Peiyun’s head.
Li Peiyun’s arm bone was broken on the spot, but he did not manage to block the full force of her kick. His head was askew as he stumbled a few steps. His right ear was ringing.
Thunderbolt Battle Lady plucked out the flying sword that pierced her palm, tolerating the pain. She disappeared again, using a different method of combat. Instead of fighting head on, she changed to a style that involved pestering him.
“Hiss, hiss, hiss!”
As Li Xianyu held the Sword of Light with his left hand, green smoke emanated from the blade.
Slime shrieked with cowardice, “I’m going to die… I’m going to die…”
“Useless thing.” Li Xianyu desperately called for Great-Grandma, who looked unconscious with her head down.
Slime retorted indignantly, “The Sword of Qi is not pure qi. Wangchen turned every remnant of qi inside into sword-like qi. As you hold it, it’s equivalent to many swords piercing your heart. It’s not your pain. How about you try for yourself?”
Great-Grandma woke up, but her eyes were only filled with fatigue. “What are you doing here? Run! Wait for the people from the company.”
Li Xianyu’s eyes turned red. “How can I not come? You are my Great-Grandma. You are my Great-Grandma…”
Great-Grandma’s face turned white. “You coming spells trouble.”
Her acute sense of touch allowed her to detect the abnormalities in Li Xianyu’s left arm. Her weak voice sounded out, “This thing! This thing depleted my spiritual essence!”
Slime said, “You are not a dragon. Why are you integrated with the Dragon Pearl? You’re just a human being, yet you sapped decades of my accumulated strength.” It suddenly let out a strange cry. “You are not human. What are you?”
“What is spiritual essence? Is it okay if I don’t have it anymore? What should I do? Will you be okay, Great-Grandma?” Li Xianyu was at a loss as he panicked like a lost child.
Great-Grandma looked at him with a gentle look in her eyes. “I won’t die. If war spirits died so easily, I would have been released from my shackles. It’s okay if I don’t have spiritual essence. Once I suck your sperm and blood, I will recover.”
“Why don’t you do it then? Suck me dry then. You could have done that long ago,” Li Xianyu said loudly.
“I was afraid that I would affect you…” Great-Grandma whispered. “I didn’t know about your situation.”
His voice was stuck in his throat. So, you let others nail you to the stone with their sword instead? You were okay with being literally treated like a stepping stone? Li Xianyu looked at her, dazed. Her beautiful face, which was always ruddy and healthy, finally looked as pale as a normal girl. Her eyes were bloodshot. She was like a withering flower which lacked nutrients.
For a long time, Great-Grandma had been protecting him. She protected him like a young sapling. Twenty years of self-sealing for twenty years of his healthy growth. She went all the way to Lianghua Temple to kill. She had no choice but to make an agreement with the people that killed her ex-grandson, in order to stall time for him to develop properly. After that, she rushed to Chongqing to save her incapable great-grandson.
He took it all for granted as he enjoyed the protection of his great-grandma. Furthermore, he accused her of spending money recklessly. However, he never thought that in this strange era, facing strangers, the only way to satisfy her emptiness and loneliness was for her to spend money on shopping and satisfying her material needs.
His heart beat violently in his chest cavity, like a wild beast trying to break out of its cage. Li Xianyu reached out his right hand and held the hilt of the Sword of Qi, causing his flesh and skin to be cut open, instantly turning his right hand into a bony palm.
Slime said, “Your girl is right. When you come, it’s trouble. Why do ants always think that they can make a change?”
“I must come. Even if I can’t beat them, I will come too. I can’t watch her get nailed to a stone, while I run.” Li Xianyu breathed deeply and muttered, “I can’t do it.”
He remembered his adoptive father once boasting about his brilliant deeds back in those days. He said that in order to claim a territory, some of his brothers were tied up. The other side set up a grand feast for him, waiting for him to step into their trap. Li Xianyu said scornfully that he surely did not turn up there. His adoptive father replied, “No, no, no, no, I went. With just myself and a knife.”.
Li Xianyu asked again if the men were saved. His adoptive father said no, and that he was hacked more than ten times. As he was admitted into the hospital, his territory also disappeared. However, because he went alone, he followed the rules according to the widely recognised code. As a result, the other side also followed the code and didn’t hack him to death.
Li Xianyu said, “Dad, you’re really stupid. You know that you can’t beat them, yet you still tried. Even Xiang Yu knew about making a comeback. So, you were just a gangster when you were young?”
My adoptive father said, “Have you learned your history in vain?”
That was followed up by a beating.
Later, his adoptive father told him that a man could be weak, but when it came to his responsibility, he had to bear it even if he died.
Great-Grandma was his, and saving her was his responsibility. He had to bear it even if he were to die.
“You can’t pull it out. You’re just a weakling. A piece of trash.”
“Shut up!”
“Give up, run away, and leave your girl alone.”
“Shut up.”
As the conversation went on, there was a craziness in his eyes.
Great-Grandma suddenly exclaimed, “Be careful, behind you!”
A loud swoosh sounded out behind him, followed by a ray of bright light. At the next moment, Li Xianyu’s right shoulder cooled. He roared and stepped back, but he found that his right hand was still on the hilt, and his right arm had been cut off.
A big man with a knife grabbed Li Xianyu’s hair, pulled him up, and placed a horse knife across his neck. Then, he said with a wild laugh, “I’ve got the Li family’s descendant! I’ve got the Li family descendant!”
“Where is the descendant of the Li family? Hurry up and ask about the location of the Great Deities Palace.”
“And the treasures that Li Wuxiang brought out of there. Get that information in one sitting.”
“Let’s go and rob him.”
At present, over ten scattered cultivators left the battle group and rushed towards him excitedly.
Great-Grandma’s face was very ferocious. She said in a cold voice, “You dare to kill him?”
“Don’t give me this,” said the big man fearlessly. He said fiercely, “There will be someone who can solve even the most difficult things. I’m not afraid of you breaking the bead. Humans die for wealth, while birds die for food. I’m single. I have no father, no mother and no offspring. I’m not scared of you.”
The blade cuts the skin of Li Xianyu. “I’ll kill him now if you don’t tell me, I’ll break your lineage.”
They killed my father. They want to kill me again. They want me dead. The whole world wants me dead.
His heartbeat became more and more intense as it echoed by his ears.
Slime’s voice sounded in his heart, “I like this kind of anger. It is one of the seven original sins of human beings. Wangchen knew that the more angry he was, the happier I was. However, he still made a deal with me. Anger took his life and destroyed those who wanted to harm him.”
“Li Xianyu, do you want to make a deal with me?”
“What deal?” Li Xianyu said.
The man holding the knife was stunned as he laughed. “Yes, it’s a trade. Your life for the location of the Great Deities Palace and the treasure your dad acquired. It’s a good deal.”
Slime muttered, “Do you know how Wangchen rose to prominence back then? As long as you promise to do business with me, you will know.”
The madness in Li Xianyu’s eyes became more and more intense. “Okay, I agree.”
Slime replied, “Deal done. The name of this deal is Gluttony!”
There was a flood of blood-red light in his pupils, which diluted them and whitened the eyes. His eyes were scarlet. He raised his face, as two scarlet light beams cut through the darkness.