Ch. 19 - Whom Shall I Start With?

"T-then who the hell are you?!"

"I am uncle Niao's nephew."

"W-what?! According to my information, Jin Niao has no nephew!"

"He has no son either. I am Jin Long's non-biological son."

"What are you trying to say here?!"

"Oh, I am just trying to make you understand that the moment you walked through that door, you had already arrived at your final resting place."

"When did you find out?!"

"The moment you walked into the room I already searched through your head."

"You really are something special…"

"Even if I had not been, it would not have taken me too much time to figure it out. I already knew where my uncle was. First: I mentioned Rosewood City and you got shocked, which meant that you did not expect me to know about it. Second: He would never send someone whom he did not trust to come and get me--"

"--How do you know that he did not trust me?"

"Jin Niao never thought of me as a part of his family. He would not have even looked at me if it were not for the fact that his brother, Jin Long, had asked him to take care of me. If he trusted you, then why did he not tell you the truth?"

Xiong Hu began to frown. He seemed to be extremely angry.

"So what--?!"

"--But do you know what was the most obvious lead?"

"…"

"Ever since you came rushing in through the door, you never mentioned anything about this mess."

"What… mess?"

"Are you blind or just stupid? There is a dead human being on the floor. He is even decapitated! Do not dare to lie and say that you never even saw it since you came in!

He is even a guard who is supposed to know how to fight, yet he was killed by me just like that. Do you expect me to believe that a normal person would not wonder how a five years old little boy whom have never cultivated, could kill a full-grown man?!"

"What does it matter?! You will die soon anyways!"

"I appreciate the Xiong Clan's efforts, but you have truly underestimated my abilities. I might be a kid, but a mere few silver ranked assassins and a soon-to-be dead fighter will not be able to get rid of me."

"You!"

"I already told you that I went through your head as soon as you walked in. You can not possibly believe that I would not notice something like this.

This is your first mission and you are nervous. Therefore it would be strange if I did not find out about all of this when it was all you thought about since you came here. Unlike you, I am not stupid!"

"You--!"

"--What? It is not my fault that I just happen to be way more clever than you."

Xiong Hu clenched his fists. He was mad as hell. He just wanted to crush the little boy in front of him along with the entire building.

"No need to get so worked up. You will die soon anyways, haha."

"… DIE!!!"

He raised both his hands and a scorching hot flame rushed toward Xiao Huoyan. Xiao Huoyan just pointed at Xiong Hu with one finger and said:

"That is my line!"¨

Then a black flame rushed towards Xiong Hu's flame. As soon as their flames came in contact with one another, it seemed as if Xiao Huoyan's flame 'swallowed' Xiong Hu's.

Just as his flame was about to reach Xiong Hu, the flame disappeared into thin air, leaving nothing but an ice-cold gust of wind behind.

At first Xiao Huoyan had used his Demonic Flame to 'swallow' Xiong Hu's flame, then he used Absolute Ice to get rid of the flame.

"W-why did you…?"

"I want you to call your 'friends' here. I do not have a lot of time on my hands, so would you mind calling them here so that I can take care of all of you at the same time? I do not really have the time to go and drag them out of the shadows--…"

"Haha, as I would ever help yo--"

"--Ah, forget it. It seems like they are already here."

Even though Xiao Huoyan could not see them, he felt their spirit essences clearly.

"HA! Good luck trying to take care of all of us at once!"

"Haha, that was my plan from the beginning!"

Before they even had the chance to react, Xiao Huoyan used Vines of Judgement to tie them down. When he saw Xiong Hu and someone else trying to burn off the vines, he just laughed and shook his head lightly.

"Hahaha. These are Vines of Judgement. You could not possibly hope to burn them off, right? Feel free to try though. You will only die faster, but that is not really my problem, haha."

"What do you want from us?!"

A man named Xiong She asked with a voice filled with hatred.

"Nothing much. I will kill every single one of you right away… except for one of you."

"Why?!"

"I want one of you to deliver a message."

"And if we refuse?"

"You can not. If I manipulate your memories, you will not remember anything except for the mission which I will have given you."

"What if I volunteer and then attack you instead? Hahaha, you really are dumb! As expected of a kid!"

"You could not win against me a few moments ago, so what makes you think that anything has changed since then, huh?"

"You--!"

"--Besides, for those of you who have useful spirit essences… I will absorb them and kill you afterwards. Good luck winning against me after becoming a cripple, haha."

"Absorb our spirit essences? Hahaha, you must be joking kid!"

"I will only absorb the useful ones though, so you do not have to worry, haha."

"How dare you?! You arrogant brat!"

"Unlike you, I have the rights to be arrogant. I have yet to meet anyone who can defeat me, while you just got defeated by a five years old kid in a mere few seconds, even though you had so many people to help you."

"…"

"It is not your fault that you are weak like the rest of the people in your useless group… or maybe it is, haha. Now, let me see… Who shall I start with?"