Chapter 10—Life Domain.
"Kkekkeke." Zhen Jie's laughter echoed through the entire room.
Grr!
Something was burning in his hands.
Mu Chen looked at his father. He was bleeding at his empty shoulders; both his arms were chopped off.
He was now a person without four limbs. Mu Ming, with his bit of remaining energy, shouted, "Run, son… run." He believed his son was still powerless.
"Damn you," Mu Chen shouted; his body shook with anger as he looked at the laughing Zhen Jie.
A system panel popped up in front of Zhen Jie.
[ Ding!
You have angered Mu Chen {Son of Destiny}
You have crippled Mu Chen's father!
+200,000 villain points; +2,000 luck points ]
"Whoa! This is a proper Son of Destiny. That Yun Che was trash." Zhen Jie couldn't stop his laughter, even though his throat was sore, as he got more excited looking at the gains.
Mu Chen unfolded his sword domain.
A huge wave of blue-colored sword energy instantly formed and rushed towards Zhen Jie.
Zhen Jie, who was near his death, winked his right eye at Mu Chen and shattered a silver orb he took out from system space, and then—zhip!—he instantly teleported away.
The sword wave disappeared upon touching the end of the domain.
"Damn system!" Mu Chen instantly knew that it was the power of the system.
A hundred miles away, in a random street…
"Damn, it was so close." Zhen Jie patted his chest; it seemed his heart would burst out of his chest.
After calming his speeding heart, he laughed crazily, "Kkekek, interesting,...interesting. I never felt this kind of thrill. As expected, torturing a proper Son of Destiny is quite fun."
A few moments back in Mu Ming's room…
After Zhen Jie spent his points, he was instantly teleported to Mu Ming's room.
"This is the turning point! I think you know who is in front of you? Do what you like," System said in a tired voice, exhausted from teleporting.
"So pathetic; you call this a house? Even my dogs have better living standards than this. And he might be… Mu Ming." Zhen Jie mocked and figured out the identity of the man sleeping on the wooden bed.
His servants had already provided a lot of information on Mu Chen's background.
Looking at Mu Ming, he decided to torture him slowly. Even under these situations, he could not let go of his thrill; he took his sword from his storage ring.
Schlick!
He chopped a finger off Mu Ming, causing him to wake up.
"Who... are.... you?" Mu Ming shouted in pain.
"Ahhh!" He writhed in agony as Zhen Jie continued to chop his fingers off; he didn't bother to answer him.
Zhen Jie smiled, looking at the dark, tired eyes of Mu Ming.
"Mu Chen has noticed your disappearance; finish it quickly," System said, returning to its cold tone.
Zhen Jie knew why the system teleported him to Mu Ming's room: because of the things that he gained from the novice pack.
In the novice pack, he gained a teleportation orb—not just any ordinary teleportation orb, but a third-step Rank 2 teleportation orb. It was higher than Mu Chen's domain power.
In total, he gained three objects in the novice pack: 1 million villain points + 10,000 luck points, a Body Devouring Scripture, and a teleportation orb.
He knew that this teleporting orb would teleport him away from the domain, as it was also a third-step power.
He could have run away directly by teleporting, but he wanted to inflict pain on Mu Chen, and for this, he didn't hesitate to pay all his points to the system.
Upon hearing that Mu Chen was rushing here, he raised his sword and slashed it at Mu Ming's neck, wanting to behead him in one strike!
But his sword was stopped in the middle as a black shield formed on Mu Ming's entire body.
Mu Ming looked on in awe as he was surrounded by a transparent black cover.
Ting! Ting!
'What the,' Zhen Jie kept slashing at the shield with his full force, but not even a scratch formed on the shield.
"What a gentle protection!" System mocked, and continued, "Looks like someone powerful has inscribed a protection on him."
"What kind of things are happening today—the power of a Son of Destiny's luck; it is incredible!" Zhen Jie muttered in awe.
"Care to explain: what is this shield? Who might have inscribed it?" Zhen Jie asked the system, wanting to understand the phenomenon going on in front of him.
System replied in a cold tone, "It's just a ray of law, but very powerful, belonging to a fourth-step cultivator. It's far more powerful than a third-step domain. Looks like you cannot kill him."
"Wait a second here: a powerful practitioner had inscribed a ray of his power to protect, but his legs were chopped off and he was crippled; why didn't that practitioner protect then?" Zhen Jie asked, as he felt that a powerful practitioner had just popped up to toy with him.
System replied, after thinking for a few moments, "Looks like someone wanted to train Mu Ming's Heart Dao. For someone so powerful as fourth step, he can instantly recreate a mortal body; it doesn't matter how deadly the injury is. Even a drop of blood essence would be enough for such a practitioner to recreate the mortal body."
"Is that so? What if I try this?" Zhen Jie muttered, licking his lips after understanding.
He raised his sword and slashed at Mu Ming's right arm.
A slash! Was followed by a thud! And then a pitiful scream sounded, it was a…whisper rather than a scream.
Blood splashed across the room wall and bed!
"I see… I cannot kill him. I like this power; I should master this first to torture my enemies more." Zhen Jie looked fascinated by the power in front of him.
He looked carefully this time and slashed at the other arm. The shield disappeared, and his sword continued, chopping off the arm!
Slash!
He took the arms and started to burn them with fire intent, as grr sounds emitted due to the fire not being able to burn them properly.
He held them and waited for Mu Chen to arrive, but it took some time—enough for most of the arms to burn.
Then he laughed once he heard—thud-thud of footsteps echoing in the courtyard.
Back to the present time…
Mu Chen rushed to his father's body as he bled out. The entire wooden bed was soaked with blood.
Mu Ming, understanding his situation, said in a whisper, as he couldn't muster strength, "I'll be watching over you from the heavens. Don't be sad. I will always be with you. It just seems my time is up. I'll go meet with your mother and sister. Don't ever come to us!"
Mu Chen's eyes turned red as he shouted, "No. You will not die in my presence."
A new type of space started to form with large cracks in it. Unlike the sword domain, which had swords around it, this domain had many types of plants growing in it, exhibiting a huge amount of vitality.
Mu Chen mustered up all his strength in sadness, causing his LifeDomain to expand to the entire Xi City.
"What is this?"
"Is someone—high-realm practitioner—arrived in our world?"
"Is this a new space?"
"All I see is green color, with colorful plants everywhere."
"…"
All the citizens of Xi City were shocked by the Life Domain. Some tried to run; some looked on with interest; some even tried to cut the plants…
End of the chapter. _____________________________________
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