Shanghai, Xuhui Town.
"This asshole is finally down." A red-haired man named Ao Ming stared at the young man lying on the ground.
That young man had interfered with his attempt to kill the target, so a feeling of satisfaction enveloped his heart.
Ao Ming turned around and approached his target slowly. "Li Xuan, it's your turn now."
Li Xuan, who was sitting on the ground with his back leaning against a tree, looked at Ao Ming angrily. "Ao Ming, he has nothing to do with our grudge. Why are you so cruel to him?"
"He brought it on himself." He would not have lost all eight of his underlings if the young man hadn't helped Li Xuan, so Ao Ming showed no sign of pity.
Li Xuan gritted his teeth.
At this moment, he wanted to kill Ao Ming so badly.
But his injuries were so severe, so he could only stare at Ao Ming because he could not fight anymore.
Ao Ming's lips curled up into a smirk as he saw Li Xuan's furious expression. "Don't worry. I will send you to him soon. You two can reunite in the underworld later."
As Ao Ming was grinning evilly, the young man's fingers moved again.
"Ouch!" He cried out in pain as he sat up.
'I…survived?'
His eyes widened in shock.
'Wait! Didn't I die in a sea? Why are there trees here?'
He rose to his feet and skimmed his surroundings.
'These… these are not my hands… this is not my body!'
He was shocked once more as he checked his body.
"Hmm?" Ao Ming stopped his footsteps when he noticed that the young man was standing again. "You are really an annoying bug! Can't you just lie there?"
"He is still alive." Li Xuan let out a sigh of relief.
"An annoying bug?" The young man shifted his attention to Ao Ming.
The moment his gaze fell on Ao Ming's face, memory fragments flashed before his eyes like a slideshow.
'This is…'
He finally knew what had happened to him.
He took over someone else's body!
Not only that, but he also transmigrated into a parallel world.
Even though it was still China, it wasn't the same one from his previous life.
'I see.'
He had read several transmigrated books before and had thought the concept was bullshit.
After all, they were supposed to go to heaven after they died.
Never did he think the same thing would happen to him because he had always believed transmigration existed only in novels, not in real life.
'So, my predecessor's name is Ling Tian.'
He finally learned the name of his predecessor.
"To be spacing out in front of me… it seems I need to hit you harder this time." Ao Ming tightened his grip on his weapons and rushed toward Ling Tian.
"Be careful!" Li Xuan shouted worriedly.
Ling Tian took a step back as Ao Ming's dagger approached his neck.
"Tch!" Ao Ming clicked his tongue in annoyance.
Ao Ming didn't stop the attack.
He wanted to finish Ling Tian quickly, so he kept swinging his daggers.
Despite being injured, Ling Tian could avoid Ao Ming's attacks with ease. His eyes could even follow the strikes as if Ao Ming's attacks were slow.
"Die!" Ao Ming threw one of his daggers toward Ling Tian and dashed forward.
His speed and timing were perfect, so he believed his strike would not miss this time.
But Ling Tian was a powerful martial artist with a lot of fighting experience, so he could still avoid it.
He even managed to kick Ao Ming's head, causing him to fly into the air.
"Leave this place now!" Li Xuan told Ling Tian to run away because he didn't want Ling Tian to die at Ao Ming's hands.
"Hmm?" Ling Tian turned to Li Xuan.
'So, my predecessor died in the process of helping him.'
He returned his attention to Ao Ming.
'And that man was the one who killed him.'
He could see his predecessor's memories, so he knew how his predecessor died.
'My predecessor, don't worry. I will make him pay with his life.'
Blood for blood!
Even though he had never met his predecessor before, he was using his body, so he would show no mercy to Ao Ming.
"You've really made me angry. I will make sure to kill you this time." Ao Ming grabbed his daggers and rose to his feet.
'Die!'
He charged at Ling Tian and swung his dagger.
After dodging his strike, Ling Tian kicked his chin hard, sending him flying into the sky.
Ling Tian didn't stop there.
He wanted to avenge his predecessor, so he caught the falling dagger and launched another strike.
*Burst…
Countless drops of blood sprayed into the air as Ling Tian sliced Ao Ming's neck.
The moment Ao Ming's body fell to the ground, Ling Tian threw his dagger into his heart, ensuring Ao Ming was truly dead.
'It's over.'
There was no change in his expression as he looked at Ao Ming's lifeless body because it was the price for killing his predecessor.
'My predecessor, I've avenged you. You can rest in peace now.'
He turned around and approached Li Xuan.
"Cough… cough…" Li Xuan coughed up blood as he looked at Ling Tian.
'He won?'
Since Ling Tian was injured, he had previously thought Ling Tian would lose the fight, but he was glad he was wrong.
Once he was in front of Li Xuan, Ling Tian dropped to one knee and said, "I will take you to a hospital."
"It's already too late." Li Xuan shook his head.
Ling Tian shifted his gaze to Li Xuan's injuries.
'Blood keeps flowing from his wounds.'
It was already a miracle that Li Xuan was still alive because an ordinary person would have died if they were in his shoes.
Li Xuan took a green token out of his pocket and handed it to Ling Tian. "My friend, I will not survive today. I will leave my brothers in your care. Please treat them well."
"What is this?" Ling Tian was stunned as he saw the token. "And what do you mean by leaving your brothers in my hands?"
"It's a token of authority," Li Xuan answered. "I'm Li Xuan, the leader of the Crimson Sun Gang. I want to pass on my position to you."
"What?!" Ling Tian said in surprise.