NOVEL NEXT 34: The First Step of Revenge
Yuan Xiaoning felt exhilarated.
Since her rebirth, this was the first time she felt so elated, mocking others from such a high position without worrying about facing mugwort punishment.
The feeling of bullying others with borrowed power was truly wonderful.
However, as she tilted her head, she noticed Bai Ling glaring at her.
“Why, why are you looking at me like that,” Yuan Xiaoning instinctively shrank her head, “I’m helping you vent, is that not allowed?”
Bai Ling didn’t want to bother with her.
She had originally wanted to savor the Zhang family’s disgraceful state, but Yuan Xiaoning’s interruption had made Zhang Shengkang too ashamed to continue.
Fine, if that’s the case, let’s be more direct.
Bai Ling slowly walked up to the Zhang family, first examining Zhang Shanshan, whose face had turned the color of a pig’s liver.
“So ugly.”
She couldn’t help but blurt out instinctively.
“Of course,” Yuan Xiaoning said proudly, “You’re with me every day, looking at me all the time. You can’t bear to look at others. After all, ‘once you’ve seen the sea, all other waters pale in comparison.'”
Then she was glared at by Bai Ling again.
“Alright, alright, I get it,” the blonde girl quietly moved to the side, “I’ll be serious.”
Zhang Shengkang raised his head, trying to say, “Bai Ling, Shanshan knows nothing about what I did. Could you not…”
“No, I can’t,” Bai Ling smiled, “Because Aunt Huang didn’t come.”
Zhang Shengkang’s heart sank, filled with doubt and fear: “What did you do to her?”
“Nothing much, just left her a note saying that if she came, she might be able to exchange her life for her daughter’s or husband’s,” Bai Ling said leisurely, “But guess what she did? She drove down the mountain.”
Driving down the mountain meant she was trying to reach the port and escape by sea.
“But it’s quite normal. After all, you were the ones who betrayed your own relatives for profit back then. Now you’re just facing the same choice and making the same decision. Only now, when it’s clear you can’t escape, you’re trying to establish some moral high ground.”
Looking at Zhang Shengkang’s face gradually losing color, Bai Ling thoughtfully added, “Don’t worry, how could I let her leave without doing anything?”
At that moment, on the rain-drenched mountain road, a red sedan was slowly moving forward.
Huang Ling gripped the steering wheel tightly, with a pile of hastily packed valuables in the back seat. The world is vast; as long as she had money to escape, anywhere would do.
The rain was heavy. In this weather, it would be better to slow down a bit. Thinking this, Huang Ling moved to step on the brake.
But instead of slowing down, the car suddenly accelerated forward.
What’s going on!
Huang Ling was sweating profusely, desperately trying to step on the brake, but the more she pressed, the faster the car went.
If someone else were sitting beside her, they would have noticed that she was actually pressing the accelerator, not the brake.
Finally, at a turn, the wheels couldn’t handle the stress and suddenly skidded—
“Ahhhhh!!!”
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“Besides that, there’s one more thing you got wrong. Zhang Shanshan’s fate doesn’t have much to do with your actions. It’s mainly because… she’s too detestable.”
“That’s right, that’s right,” Yuan Xiaoning chimed in, “At school, she even threw balls at the back of people’s heads. If it had been an ordinary person, they’d at least get a concussion, maybe even become vegetative. You tell me, this kind of girl in the future…”
Before she could finish speaking, Bai Ling suddenly raised her hand. Zhang Shanshan was lifted by her neck by an invisible force, and with a crisp “crack,” her neck was broken.
The blonde girl blinked, instinctively shuddering.
Ah, this… was so sudden.
At this moment, she finally remembered, that’s right, Bai Ling was a reborn, dark-turned killing machine, unpredictable and ruthless. This was her true nature.
“Shanshan!”
Zhang Shengkang cried out in anguish, then his neck was also crushed, his last breath leaving him in front of Bai Ling’s parents’ tomb.
Bai Ling walked past the bodies on the ground. As she approached the gray-cloaked man, a drop of cold sweat fell from him.
He could see that the white-haired girl was now enjoying herself, savoring the pleasure of revenge.
And the pleasure of revenge usually requires torturing the opponent to achieve, mostly mental torture.
“So, what do you have to say,” Bai Ling didn’t even look at him, “Speak up.”
The gray-cloaked man hesitated for a moment: “We have no personal grudge, Miss Bai Ling. I was just doing a job for someone. The targeting of your parents back then was also at someone else’s request.”
Bai Ling didn’t speak, just silently staring at him.
“I… can’t say.” The gray-cloaked man said with difficulty.
Bai Ling pursed her lips, beckoning to Yuan Xiaoning: “You come here.”
“Me?” Yuan Xiaoning pointed at herself, “What am I supposed to do, interrogate him?”
She didn’t know how to do that either.
“No, you dispose of him,” Bai Ling walked to the side, “Use your ability.”
“Oh, I see. Alright then.”
That works too. This guy nearly killed her just now, so it’s a good chance for payback.
It was still pouring rain, and the water elements in the air were incredibly dense. Yuan Xiaoning easily reshaped five phantom spirits, and then—
“True Dragon Manifestation!”
The five water elemental constructs stuck together, their structures beginning to dissolve, fusing and kneading together in the process of dissolution. Finally, a slender water dragon emerged from the fusion.
Roar—!
The gray-cloaked man’s face turned extremely ugly.
“How about that? Hmph, cool, right?” Yuan Xiaoning said smugly, “Are you scared now?”
“Perhaps he’s not scared of how powerful you are,” Bai Ling crossed her arms, watching with interest, “But… anyway, you attack first.”
“Kill!”
Yuan Xiaoning pointed with her small hand, and the water dragon, as tall as a five-story building, reared its head high, then dove down to swallow the gray-cloaked man in one bite.
The Water Dragon King’s bite, with hydraulic-level biting force. With this bite, the sound of metal being torn apart was incessant.
…Metal sound?
“Reinforcement Foundation Stone, metal system,” Bai Ling said coolly, “He’s afraid your attack power isn’t high enough, and he’ll die slowly.”
After all, he’s truly at the peak of Level 3, half a level higher than you in spiritual energy.
“Me-metal, so what,” Yuan Xiaoning puffed up her cheeks angrily, “Hydraulic pressure is meant for cutting metal.”
Increasing spiritual energy input, cut!
The grating sound became louder and louder, even sparking. The gray-cloaked man’s face grew increasingly pained as the water dragon tore at him.
Finally, after Yuan Xiaoning’s tireless efforts, an arm came off. The blonde girl’s eyes lit up, directing the water dragon to focus on the wound.
Tear it apart!
“Please, it was the local Tianhai City Chamber of Commerce that asked us to deal with your family. I don’t know anything else… Ah!”
Perhaps this cry deflated him, for as soon as he finished speaking, the water dragon bit through his throat.
“Refusing to reveal his identity even in death,” Bai Ling laughed coldly, “It doesn’t matter, they’ll come to us on their own anyway.”
Yuan Xiaoning hadn’t expected to grind through his neck so quickly. Unable to look away in time, she could only cover her eyes now, letting out a soft “Eek.”
It was a bit sudden; she wasn’t mentally prepared.
The rain continued to fall, pattering on the ground. The downpour seemed set to last for a long time, as if it could wash everything clean directly.
“Time to go.” Bai Ling dropped these words, turning to walk out of the cemetery.
As she left, she clenched her fist towards the small hill. The two ability users who hadn’t died were lifted into the air, then shattered into two mists of blood midair.
Yuan Xiaoning shrank her neck, not daring to speak.
My goodness, how terrifying.
They got into the car Zhang Shengkang had driven. The rain was too heavy for Bai Ling to bother driving home, so she found a nearby hotel.
Yuan Xiaoning looked up and realized, oh no, the pink sign indicated it was a love hotel.