Chapter 29 : Chapter 29
Chapter 29: Car Accident
【Ding! Detected that the Host has slain a Martial Artist at the third level of the Aperture Opening Realm. Reward: 2530 Slaughter Points (Base Slaughter Points: 2300 points + Title Bonus: 230 points)】
【Congratulations, Host. You have additionally obtained Talent Fragment +3, Aperture Opening Pill +1】
【Detected that the Host has completed the mission. Rewarding talent—Veteran Driver】
Fixed Talent: Veteran Driver
Talent Grade: Common
Growth Potential: ★☆☆☆☆
Duration: Permanent
Status: Fixed
【Effect 1: Exceptional Driving Skills】
You are a Veteran Driver. You possess superb driving skills for all conventional vehicles, and can execute all kinds of high-difficulty maneuvers, such as drifting, even under complex road conditions.
【Effect 2: Vehicle Repair】
The Host can rapidly determine faults in conventional vehicles through visual inspection and simple touch alone. Without professional repair equipment, the Host can still repair vehicles using ordinary tools and materials.
Name: Lu Zhan
Identity: Apprentice Demon Exterminator
Realm: Third level of the Aperture Opening Realm
Spirit Root: Mortal Spirit Root
Title: First Showing of One’s Edge (Equipped)
Cultivation Method: Seven Killings Scripture (Upper Grade Spirit Rank)
Martial Arts: Iron-Slaying Saber Art, Entering the Divine (Upper Grade Mortal Rank); Cloud-Crushing Fist, Perfection (Middle Grade Mortal Rank); Glimmering Light Shadow Escape, Entering the Divine (Upper Grade Mortal Rank)
Slaughter Points: 4430
Weapon: Longevity Saber (Middle Grade Spirit Rank)
Fixed Talents: Common: Veteran Driver; Rare: Gluttony, Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers, Immunity to All Poisons, Windshadow Step
Talent Fragments: 10
“As expected, the talents the system gives me have never been disappointing.”
Lu Zhan was extremely satisfied. Although the Veteran Driver talent had only one star of potential, it was very useful to him at present.
He looked in the direction Black Snake had fled and revealed a faint smile.
“When he sees me in a moment, he’ll probably be quite surprised.”
It had seemed as though a lot of time had been wasted just now, but in reality, only three short minutes had passed.
Chen Lin had not even managed to survive a single move from Lu Zhan.
If Black Snake had taken Chen Lin with him just now, Lu Zhan would have had no way of dealing with him.
Because he truly did not know how to drive.
But now things were different. He had directly obtained the Veteran Driver talent.
It was the equivalent of kindly handing Lu Zhan a knife just as he was about to kill him.
When he returned to the alley, Wang Botao and Shangguan Ling were still unconscious.
However, Lu Zhan knew that although Peach Blossom Miasma took effect quickly, its toxicity was not especially strong. It only paralyzed the victim and caused them to faint.
He flicked out two drops of blood.
【Immunity to All Poisons Effect 3: Detoxification Expert】
Your blood, saliva, or bodily fluids may possess the properties needed to neutralize common toxins. You can use a small amount of your own blood to relieve or remove certain toxins in others.
Not long afterward, Wang Botao and Shangguan Ling regained consciousness.
Their bodies were still somewhat weak, however.
After all, Peach Blossom Miasma could affect even Martial Artists in the later stages of the Aperture Opening Realm.
They were only in the Qi Condensation Realm. Without Lu Zhan’s blood, they would have slept for at least three days and two nights.
“Brother Lu, where’s the enemy?”
“He escaped, but he won’t get away.”
Wang Botao and Shangguan Ling had just started to relax when they both froze.
“Huh? What just flew past us?”
When they focused their eyes, the scenery outside the window was rapidly retreating, so fast that afterimages had appeared.
There was also a huge bend up ahead. They both jolted violently, and the relief that had just settled in their stomachs leaped straight back into their throats.
“Holy shit, B-Brother Lu, the brakes... step on the brakes, quickly, quickly, quickly... we’re done, we’re done, there’s no time, we’re dead...”
Could it be that he had not died at the hands of an evil cultivator, only to die now in a car accident instead...?
In the back seat, Shangguan Ling shut her eyes, on the verge of tears.
“Calm down. Sit tight.”
Lu Zhan remained perfectly composed as he violently spun the steering wheel.
Screech, screech— The tires ground madly against the asphalt, smoking as they did, and then he pulled off a beautiful drift around the sharp bend.
It nearly flung Wang Botao’s soul out of his body.
The passing vehicles on the road were utterly stunned when they saw the scene.
“Holy shit, what race car driver came to Linhai City? Quick, quick, quick, post that clip online.”
“Drifting on a bend that wide? He can’t be just any driver. Maybe he’s someone famous. Just look him up online.”
“But we don’t even hold races here. Why would a race car driver come to our city? Besides, he’s charging around on a public road like that. Isn’t he afraid of getting a ticket?”
...
Wang Botao opened his eyes, still shaken.
“I... I’m actually still alive? Old Wang, my great-grandma just told me she missed me...”
Shangguan Ling wiped the sweat from her forehead.
“Brother Lu, the air conditioning in your car is terrible. It scared—heated me up so badly. When we get back, I’ll give you a new one.”
“Recovered now?”
Wang Botao nodded. Shangguan Ling looked embarrassed.
“Call the Public Security Bureau and have them check every traffic surveillance feed in Linhai City. Trace a license plate numbered Lin·H1583 for me.”
Looking at the fork in the road, Lu Zhan had no choice but to stop the car.
Without wasting a word, Wang Botao immediately took out his phone and called an internal rapid-response line.
“Urgent joint investigation. Wang Botao, Jurisdiction Head of Peach Blossom Alley, Demon Extermination Bureau. ID number C56****!”
Wang Botao spoke extremely quickly, stating both his identity and his objective.
“Target vehicle: black G-Class SUV, license plate Lin·H1583. Begin real-time tracking and stay in contact.”
The person on the other end wasted no words either. Only the rapid clatter of keys and a calm response could be heard.
“Target vehicle has been locked. Lin·H1583. Current location: Moon-Reflecting Street. The target is heading west.”
After obtaining Black Snake’s location, Lu Zhan slammed the accelerator to the floor and gave a brief warning.
“Sit tight.”
Then the car’s speed surged again, while the voice on the phone periodically updated the target’s location.
From time to time, Lu Zhan threw in another drift.
It made Wang Botao’s heart rise and fall like he was at a dance club.
Before long, Lu Zhan’s car had latched onto the G-Class SUV far ahead.
In the rearview mirror, Black Snake noticed Lu Zhan closing in, and the tension he had just released came flooding back.
“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!”
Black Snake smashed his fist violently against the steering wheel, and the horn let out a shrill wail.
“That mad dog! How much is the Demon Extermination Bureau even paying him? Why the hell does he insist on fighting me to the death?!”
He had now fully experienced just how difficult Lu Zhan was to deal with. He could not beat him, and he could not escape him. That sense of helplessness was suffocating.
He was even starting to regret provoking him.
Even the last time he had fought an official Demon Exterminator, he had still managed to withdraw calmly. And now someone was telling him this monster was only an Apprentice Demon Exterminator?
“Chen Lin is dead.”
The moment he saw that brand-new SUV, he understood.
He just had not expected that piece of trash to fail to hold Lu Zhan back for even three minutes.
The intelligence had been fake, the strength had been fake, and he had not even been useful as bait to buy time.
Utter trash!
Behind him, a trace of savagery flashed through Lu Zhan’s eyes.
“You slapped me across the face in my own territory and think you can just run? If I don’t kill you, I won’t be able to sleep tonight.”
Faced with Lu Zhan’s relentless pursuit, despair began to drown out Black Snake’s reason.
He swept his gaze across the bustling crowds on both sides of the street, and his eyes gradually turned mad.
“Lu Zhan!!”
Black Snake roared into the rearview mirror, his voice dripping with venom.
“You forced me into this!!”
Screech!
The G-Class suddenly veered off.
Instead of remaining on the relatively open main road, it charged straight toward Mengren Street, where the pedestrian traffic was heaviest, without slowing down in the slightest.
“Damn it, are you blind when you drive?”
One driver stuck his head out and cursed, but the moment he met that sinister gaze,
he shrank back into his car in terror.
He trembled like a quail.
Martial Artist!
That all-too-familiar term sprang into his mind.
This was not someone he could afford to provoke.
At a traffic light intersection, a chubby little boy, about seven or eight years old, was crossing the street hand in hand with his mother.
“Anan, what do you want to eat tonight? Mommy will make it for you.”
“The goose. Grandpa’s goose in the countryside. Hehe... actually, I’ve wanted to stew it for a long time.”
Anan swallowed and secretly glanced up at his mother, hope flickering in his eyes.
“That won’t do. Your grandpa has raised that goose for three years. He can’t even bear to eat it himself, so I can’t let you ruin it. Besides, if we stew that goose, it won’t be able to hatch little goslings anymore.”
“But Grandpa said on the phone that he raised the goose for me to eat.”
The middle-aged woman lowered her head slightly and looked at her son’s innocent expression. Only then did she suddenly come to herself.
Thinking back, she realized that she had not gone home in a whole year.
She could not help but feel a little wistful.
“All right, tonight we’ll go to... Grandpa’s house.”
Before she could finish speaking, a roaring sound reached her ears.
She whipped her head around and saw a G-Class SUV barreling straight at her.
Run!?
No!
My son!
Acting on instinct, she shoved Anan away with all her strength.
Bang!
Agonizing pain swept through her entire body. Heaven and earth flipped upside down, followed by a heavy thud as she hit the ground.
She crashed hard onto the concrete.
Her body flew seven or eight meters away.
Her vision gradually blurred.
“Anan...”
She forced her eyes open with every last ounce of strength, wanting only to make sure her son was safe.
But sadly...
she could not do it.
Anan sat there blankly on the ground, staring at his mother lying in a pool of blood, his face smeared with dirt and filled with bewildered terror.