Chapter 7—Bent on Killing.
"Liu Ying, you have to remember that you are going to inherit my position in the future, and you cannot have any tarnish on your name," Le Yang said, explaining so that she could become a proper, fitting grand elder for Holy Sword Sect; "this Mu Chen has to die so that people will believe that Holy Sword Sect nor Liu Ying didn't use their power to break the contract; instead, Mu Chen died."
"Xiao Ying, by killing him, you will also gain sympathy and pity from others, which might be handy in the future," Zhen Jie said, licking his lips, supporting Le Yang's decision.
"You!! Liu Ying, you cannot kill Mu Chen; don't forget those days of playing with him, at least for those happy moments!" Mu Hui shouted, looking sternly at the three people.
"Grand Elder Le..." As they continued, Mu Chen glanced at the entire room: kneeling Mu clan members, cracked floor, the burned side of the room, Mu Hui pleading for him.
Mu Patriarch and elders lowered their heads once he glanced at them; he understood they had givenup on him!
He glanced at Mu Yang, who grinned evilly, looking at him; he was looking forward to his death.
[ Ding! A change has been detected in Mu Chen's status as child of destiny!
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A system panel appeared in front of Zhen Jie, making him stop for a moment.
"Changed? Did his status as child of destiny awaken?" he wondered; though it was costly, he decided to buy, since he has to know the luck of Mu Chen, as he couldn't kill him if his luck is too high.
[ Ding! Thanks for buying! Here is new status:—
Name: Mu Chen
Class: Son of Destiny {Awakened}
Luck Level: Yellow
Luck Points: 11,500 {Increasing}]
"Whoa! Wait, how did his luck skyrocketso much? Shouldn't newly awakened children of destiny start off slow?" Zhen Jie asked the system in shock; he doesn't know how children of destiny's luck work.
He understood that he cannot kill Mu Chen, as the system informed beforehand that he can only kill children of destiny with luck below 1000; and newly awakened children of destiny mostly have 100+ luck points.
"Luck of child of destiny can skyrocket if they… do miracles and people witness that. This Mu Chen seems to have done a… miracle," the system said in a cold tone; its tone carried a hint of disbelief.
Creating miracles is very tough and impossible for ordinary people!
"Remember: you cannot kill him due to his luck; if you try, some random being will pop up and weird things will happen. You have to decreasehis luck first," the system gave instructions, wanting to suppress its host's psycho killing intent.
"I know that," he shouted in his mind; he clenched his fists—he was finally getting excited, as in a sense he met an actual child of destiny with a good amount of luck.
"There you are, the great genius and the wanted man, Trash Mu," Zhen Jie said, silencing Mu Hui and others as he walked over to—he walked toward the skinny man.
Soon, Mu Chen and Zhen Jie stood face to face.
Boom!
Boom!
Lightning roared in the sky as purple lights flashed across; it was so noisy that the entire Xi City could hear it.
"Remember: you are to humiliate him or make him lose control of emotions by stealing his lovers, female relatives, or killing his family to steal his luck," the system reminded its host, believing he forgot the details.
"I have read many novels; I knew that," Zhen Jie growled in his mind.
He looked over the skinny guy and applied his cultivation pressure on Mu Chen, expecting him to kneel.
Due to the pressure, the air thickened; air turned bluish around both.
"Wait, you cannot—" Mu Hui shouted and rushed toward Mu Chen as she felt Zhen Jie was about to kill him.
"Where do you think you are going?" Le Yang asked calmly; he appeared in front of Mu Hui like a flash.
"Get out of the way!" Mu Hui shouted; she took a glowing orb from her phoenix carved beautiful bracelet, which was on her wrist, a storage item.
"It is inscribed with Rank 5 peak cultivator's one full power attack, but I am a Rank 5 cultivator in person; I can handle it," Le Yang said, smiling, looking at Mu Hui's trump card.
"What to do?" Liu Ying fell into trouble; she couldn't decide whether to stop or stay silent.
She did remember her happy days of playing with Mu Chen, but she doesn't want to her name tarnished as someone who broke a marriage contract.
Finally, she decided to stay silent for her future.
On the other side, Mu Chen brushed off the pressure and looked back at Zhen Jie sternly.
Zhen Jie, for the first time in his life, felt a chill on his back.
"What was that? What was that?" He shook as his hands trembled for a second.
Mu Chen felt irritated and disgusted, looking at the handsome man in front of them; he had a huge dark skull on top of his head.
It second and last gift given to him by Heavenly Dao; it doesn't do much, but helps him incredibly, as he can find out who has a villainous system!
Glancing at the dark skull, he understood that Zhen Jie was a villain with a villainous system.
He calmly pushed on Zhen Jie's shoulder, making him move aside.
Zhen Jie was still in a daze, not noticing that Mu Chen walked past him and Le Yang to Liu Ying, who was still sitting.
"I agree to the breaking contract under certain conditions," he said, looking at Liu Ying, who was sitting with eyes closed.
Hearing his words, Liu Ying opened her eyes and stared wide, since he was still alive.
His words also made the kneeling clan get hold of themselves, as they looked at him, who was looking down on Liu Ying.
Meanwhile, Mu Bai and Mu Yang were pissed that he was still alive.
Mu Hui looked at Le Yang, who was still looking calm, unaffected by Mu Chen's words.
He was keeping a watch on Mu Hui, as she is the only one who can save Mu Chen.
Zhen Jie got back to his senses and bellowed, "What conditions? You are a pathetic trash. Your existence is a disgrace, for my cousin. You should be in your place and accept death."
"Who are you?" Mu Chan said sternly, silencing Zhen Jie and everyone in the room.
Everyone was shocked by the stern reply, not understanding whether he really didn't know who Skin Ripper is or was doing it purposefully.
Mu Chan—weak, cowardly, and mocked by everyone—was questioning the young sect master of the Holy Sword Sect!
Mu Yang couldn't tolerate it anymore; he had been kneeling for more than an hour, and he didn't know whether Le Yang would let him.
He believed that if Mu Chen calmly accepted death, Mu Clan would be left alive; but seeing Mu Chen behaving like a high, authoritative man utterly pissed him off.
"You utter imbecile, just stay put and die," Mu Yang roared, and rushed over to him, unsheathing his sword.
The sword emitted purple lightning all over it.
"First sword style of Roaring Thunder: Thunder Slash!" he roared the attack name, as he lunged at Mu Chen and tried to strike his head from the air.
"No, Mu Chen!" Mu Hui tried to rush over, but she was pressed to the ground by the cultivation pressure of Le Yang, almost kneeling down.
She crushed the orb in her hands; a horizontal light sword-energy wave appeared out in the air and rushed towards Le Yang.
He unsheathed his sword and countered with his fire wave.
Boom!
Boom!
The sword-energy wave and fire wave canceled each other out as smoke appeared.
"Damn it," Mu Hui looked pissed at Le Yang, who grinned at her.
On the side, the sword came closer to Mu Chen's head, but it stopped just one centimetre above.
"What are you doing, young master?"
"Kill him to calm Grand Elder."
"…"
Everyone encouraged their young master as Mu Patriarch, and elders—just remained silent.
"What the!" Mu Yang was shocked, as his sword didn't budge after reaching close to Mu Chen.
Mu Yang felt that he was stopped by a hard metal, as his sword didn't move forward.
End of the chapter. _____________________________________________
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