The Law of Heaven

Chapter 102 Execution of the Traitor, Siblings Turn Against Each Other

The torrential rain soaked the hand-drawn map, revealing the intricate network of ruins in the deep mountains, some abandoned for over a hundred years, others renovated and put back into use, becoming the stronghold of the Shi family remnants.

Ruan Yang drew the last red circle on the map. This was the most important experimental base of the Shi family, and also the site developed by the Deep Blue Alliance in cooperation with the Germans a hundred years ago. The legendary forbidden path was hidden nearby.

The walls of the experimental base blocked the path of the combat units, but such a level of fortification was no different from paper in front of the immortal beings. A full hundred fully armed elites, whose strength ranged from the Reincarnation Stage to the Ascension Stage, could destroy a small country without any of their kind within a week if they wanted to.

These thugs, wielding violence, braved the torrential rain. After a night of bloody fighting, not a single one of them was injured or killed. With just one order from their commander, they would raze this place to the ground.

Suddenly, Ruan Yang heard an enraged dragon's roar.

The rain was torrential, and the downpour intensified.

A chilling scream echoed from the experimental base, like a piercing murmur from the depths of hell, sending shivers down one's spine.

Those were the screams of the Shi family's troops.

Thunder and lightning.

The experimental base in the darkness resembled a graveyard.

The Dead Apostles are less a corrupted immortal species and more a state of madness that has lost its reason.

That's the self-destruction of a madman.

It was also the dead end for the madman.

At the cost of rationality and physical deformity, they briefly received divinely granted evolution, even though they risked becoming walking corpses at any moment, yet they were so greedy for that power.

eagerly.

Obsessive and insane.

The Dead Apostles, seemingly transformed into wild beasts, launched an attack on the Shi family's forces. They possessed both exceptional abilities and the agility of wild animals, displaying fearlessness in the face of death.

It was like a pack of wolves rushing into a flock of sheep.

The Shi family's troops were completely powerless to resist.

Hot weapons have become ineffective.

In the clash of abilities, they were at a disadvantage.

In a fistfight, he was beaten so badly he was utterly humiliated.

Amidst the continuous roar of the torrential rain, Ruan Qi trudged through the rain, his trench coat trembling in the wind and rain like a battle flag.

She paid no attention to the battle between the Dead Apostles and the Shi family. Her fierce golden eyes pierced the darkness, reflecting the dying old man in the rain, as if she were looking at a corpse.

"Experimental subject Omega..."

Shi Lian stared at the monster that had fallen from the sky and murmured hoarsely, "You've finally come home."

“My name is Ruan Qi, and this is not my home.”

Ruan Qi raised his golden eyes, his gaze now devoid of the past confusion and bewilderment, only icy coldness remained.

She once thought this was her home.

Because this was the place where she had stayed the longest, and there were people who claimed to be her family accompanying her, she found a new life here and no longer needed to wander.

Of course, there's also my most important older brother here.

But she was not happy here.

Those cruel experiments gave her a new life.

But it killed her past self.

She was afraid of her own power.

She felt inferior because of her ferocious appearance.

She felt anxious about the future because of the changes she had undergone.

Her fate was shrouded in uncertainty.

Until Ruan Qi found the Mirage.

She didn't have much interaction with the owner of Mirage Tower, and the time they spent together was very short.

But that was the only person she trusted besides her brother, even if their relationship was just a transaction.

Although they didn't have much interaction, Ruan Qi gained recognition there. At least there was someone in the world who acknowledged her existence, didn't discriminate against her because of her appearance, and didn't treat her as some kind of terrible alien.

He certainly wouldn't want to eat her.

There was no deception.

It was not utilized.

There was no ulterior motive.

There is no greed.

Regardless of whether it's because of the transaction or not, there is at least one person in this world who genuinely wants her to be happy.

Because she glimpsed her destiny in the Misty Tower, Ruan Qi learned about her origins and finally understood the mission she had been burdened with since birth, as well as the meaning of her existence.

She regained her sense of self as a human being.

She is not a monster.

It has nothing to do with appearance.

It has nothing to do with power.

If she believes she is not, then she is not.

This is probably what the boss wanted to convey to her.

Ruan Qi is Ruan Qi.

Her real home wasn't the laboratory, but that dilapidated little house on the outskirts of the city, simple yet cozy.

The real her wasn't some kind of host of the Heavenly Law, but rather the little girl waiting at home for her brother to come home.

He was physically weak and prone to illness.

Poor and destitute.

My happiest anticipation is waiting for my brother to come home at the bottom of the stairs; my most joyful moment is cooking for him in the kitchen filled with the smell of cooking oil; my best time is eating and watching TV with him; and my biggest wish is to live with him forever and never be separated.

This is the real Ruan Qi.

When she rediscovered herself, she gained boundless courage to confront her unknown destiny.

She wasn't born looking like that monster.

Instead, someone rewrote her fate.

She was certainly not a person of high moral character; she also carried the sins of blood and fire.

Ruan Qi may die, but even if he is reduced to dust, he will send those despicable villains to hell.

Use violence to control violence.

This is her answer to fate.

Ruan Qi clenched his fist.

"Isn't home where your brother is?"

Shi Lian said, getting soaked in the rain.

The elite guards of the Shi family who were protecting him suddenly attacked.

Ruan Qi merely raised his eyes, and a powerful field of intent imprisoned them in mid-air, then crushed them with force.

More than ten long-lived beings at the Reincarnation stage turned into blood mist.

"I'm here... to take him home."

The torrential rain hung suspended in mid-air, and the muddy ground exploded with a deafening roar, leaving behind footprints like those of a giant dragon.

The sonic boom swept through the base, towers collapsed as if swept away by a tsunami, sturdy walls shattered and crumbled, and torrential rain surged into the air like a monstrous wave.

Amidst the flashes of lightning and thunder, a majestic and ancient face seemed to emerge from the deepest part of the dark clouds, like a giant dragon with a bronze mask, overlooking the human world from the clouds.

Accompanied by the sound of a dragon's roar.

Accompanied by a deafening, piercing sound.

Ruan Qi threw a punch.

This punch seemed to shatter the entire opposite side.

The Shi family elites inside the base felt as if the sky had fallen and the earth had cracked, while the Dead Men who were tearing at them became even more bloodthirsty and frenzied.

The combat troops outside the base seemed to witness divine punishment; their pupils were stung by the fleeting lightning, thick blood flowed from their ear canals, and their minds went blank.

Even Ruan Yang, a Grand Long-lived being, felt that terrifying aura, and his soul trembled slightly.

Shi Lian, who faced this punch head-on, felt as if the sky was collapsing in front of him, the dome was falling, and a deafening roar erupted.

Shi Lian is also one of the few crown-rank longevity beings in the Shi family. His title is Great Owl, and the ability he possesses is ultimate poison, capable of poisoning everything in the world.

Not long ago, he was severely injured by Ghost Blade.

The wound is cursed and cannot heal.

The fighting strength was greatly reduced.

But in the face of life and death, he still squeezed out his last bit of potential, dissipating into a cloud of poisonous mist.

The poisonous fog surged like the roar of a demon.

In an instant, the torrential rain was polluted into a thick, oil-like black, the muddy ground was also stained black, and the grass roots in the soil withered and died instantly, without any vitality.

The poisonous mist spread toward Ruan Qi's fist.

Even Chairman Ruan, who is at the Transcendent level, dared not touch this poisonous fog, otherwise he would surely die from the poison.

But Ruan Qi was not afraid at all.

The dragon is enraged!
Dark clouds surged in the sky, and the ancient dragon that was perched in the sky raised its vertical pupils, which shot out golden light that pierced through the wind and rain, like the blazing sun that shattered the darkness!
Boom!
The poisonous fog suddenly dissipated.

Amidst the churning mist, only Shi Lian's terrified voice remained: "You manipulated the power of the Mirage Dragon, so how can you remain so rational? This is impossible!"

Ruan Qi smiled faintly.

She was able to remain rational because she ingested the incense and then swallowed flames to ignite it.

Ordinary people can't do this.

But as the host of Heavenly Principles, she is no longer human.

Of course, more importantly, she now had courage and was no longer afraid of that godlike power.

That power is merely a weapon.

It was her curse.

It was also her blessing.

Since we can't escape it, we might as well make good use of it.

Just like the boss said.

Only by taking control of yourself can you take control of your destiny.

"Die."

The field of consciousness erupted suddenly, like a collapsing, invisible black hole. The poisonous mist that Shi Lian had transformed into was abruptly dispersed, vanishing without a trace like drifting dust.

Shi Lian is dead.

A crown-level immortal has fallen.

"A mere big shot is nothing more than this."

Ruan Qi clenched his fists.

boom.

One after another, the fortresses exploded with a deafening roar. Amidst the countless rubble and debris, members of the Shi family who had been hiding inside floated in mid-air. Among them were high-ranking elders, strong and robust elites, doctors in charge of experiments, as well as security personnel and medical staff.

They witnessed the death of the tycoon, and the fear that had just begun to creep into their hearts was brutally dragged out by him, leaving them like lambs to the slaughter.

“I haven’t read many books, but I know the principle that the grievances must be settled and the debts must be repaid. Back then, the Deep Blue Alliance betrayed you, but in order to get revenge, you chose to harm other innocent people and climb up by stepping on other people’s corpses.”

Ruan Qihan said in a cold voice: "Disgusting trash. I've disliked you for many years, but you still insist on instilling those extremely disgusting values in me."

You are not fighting for your murdered ancestors, nor for revenge. You are simply unwilling to see the five great families flourish while the Shi family can only eke out a living, hiding like rats in a gutter.

You people deserve to wail in hell.

The once confused and lost girl returns, tearing through the facade of the Shi family with her sharpest words.

Then she clenched her hands together.

In the horrified and desperate gazes of the Shi family, the powerful field of consciousness suddenly tightened, and they were shattered like ants in the hands of a giant, exploding into a bloody mist.

Blood mist spread through the wind and rain.

It's like a celebration of this carnage.

"The experimental subject, Omega, has completely gone out of control!"

"How is that possible? She seems to have perfectly mastered the power of the gods. Who taught her that?"

"This is not the woman I know anymore..."

The elders of the Shi family fled from the fortress one after another. Their hunched backs resembled rats in the sewers, climbing up in groups, a pitiful and laughable sight.

Ruan Qi strolled in the downpour, breathing in the bloody smell of the wind and rain. Like a little girl jogging with her grandfather at night, she playfully raised her right hand and made a gun-like gesture: "Grandpa Shi'an, I remember when I had my first surgery, you performed it on me. At that time, you told me that the first step to growing up is not to be afraid of pain."

She paused for a moment: "Then will it hurt?"

boom.

She fired the gun.

A powerful wave of thought pierced through the wind and rain.

It resounded like a thunderclap deep in the mountains.

The ground shook.

Shi An was an old man in his twilight years, with no ability to resist, and was shot dead.

He couldn't even let out a wail.

The elders were terrified.

"Grandpa Shi Hao..."

boom.

Another shot.

Another elderly man exploded into a bloody mist.

Every time Ruan Qi called out a name, an elder died, as if God were judging sinners.

She had no pity whatsoever.

It was as if a dragon had crushed an ant.

Everything seemed so natural and expected.

It's like the story of Lord Ye who loved dragons but was terrified of them.

The Shi family worshipped the ancient dragon.

But when they actually managed to cultivate an ancient dragon, they were filled with fear and even lost their lives because of it.

How ridiculous.

Before the last elder exploded into a bloody mist, he opened the bunker door, and the resurrected test subjects emerged, naked, as if they had just escaped their confinement.

A deep, resounding dragon's roar echoed, sounding like thunder.

The ancient dragon swooped down from the sky, its rugged body, like a mountain ridge, scraping against the clouds, like a shooting star falling and passing over the tomb-like experimental base.

Endless waves of thought overlapped and burst forth in an instant, like thunder shaking the mountains.

Caught off guard, the test subjects exploded into a bloody mist, which was then devoured by the roaring ancient dragon.

Ruan Qi wielded absolute violence as her authority, carrying out a frenzied massacre. Buildings along her path were destroyed, and she finally stopped in front of a pile of ruins.

She arrived at an ancient sacrificial site.

A gaunt old man sat cross-legged in front of the sacrificial site; he was none other than the former patriarch of the Shi family.

Behind the old patriarch.

Ruan Qi finally met the only person she wanted to see.

Her brother.

Ruan Yun.

Ruan Yun, wearing a hood, stood in the matrix of giant rocks, with an antique wind chime hanging on each of the four sides.

Only the very front corner is missing a wind chime.

The ground was covered in blood.

The air was thick with the stench of blood.

Clearly, Ruan Yun had just finished eating, and the blood offering was probably a member of the Shi family. This was a choice made only as a last resort.

"Xiao Qi, you're back."

Ruan Yun said softly.

He raised his head, revealing his scarlet vertical pupils.

Its dragon-like face was terrifying, like that of a demon.

It was like when the brother and sister met many years ago in that dimly lit stairwell covered with flyers, except that the one waiting was the brother, and the one returning was the sister.

Ruan Qi saw her brother again after many days. Although they hadn't been apart for long, it felt like a very long time had passed, as if the world had changed and his hair had turned white.

The people I remember have all become strangers.

Just like that line of poetry.

Years later, we met again.

With tears, with silence.

Or perhaps, with swords.

"Brother, I almost don't recognize you anymore."

Her intense golden eyes flickered slightly.

His eyes were filled with such sorrow.

A light word.

Suddenly, it felt like I had traveled back to many years ago.

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Inside the underground tunnel of the experimental base, Ye Xun, who had lost a leg, was also fleeing in a sorry state, with a couple who looked like lovers chasing after him relentlessly, like a cat chasing a mouse.

long, long ago.

Aihara had heard a legend that some perverted tycoons were addicted to the thrill of hunting, but their prey was not animals, but living, breathing people who had been trafficked.

He used to think that this kind of game was too cruel and perverse.

But what if the prey is Ye Xun?

That would be a lot of fun.

Both Aihara and Jiang Youqing possess the ability to remotely control firearms, and the area is littered with firearms and ammunition left over from battles, so there's no need to search for them intentionally.

Ye Xun ran ahead.

Aihara and Kang Yuqing flew behind.

More than a hundred guns were suspended behind them.

They certainly couldn't catch up with the other side.

But bullets can.

It was as if an army had opened fire, with bullets raining down like a storm. Even with Ye Xun's ghostly movements, he was hit by more than a dozen shots, his body riddled with bullet holes.

The physique of immortal beings can withstand many shots.

In particular, he also possesses the ability to enhance his body.

Even after being shot, Ye Xun still ran very fast. Even after losing a leg, he could run like a lame old dog, taking the concept of valuing life to the extreme.

To stay alive.

He can completely disregard dignity.

Even Ye Xun maintained a certain level of rationality, without any intention of turning back or retaliating, and focused solely on fleeing.

Because he knew he had no chance of winning.

The first insurmountable barrier for the Longevity Clan is the Destiny Stage.

Creation, rotation, transformation.

The differences between these three stages are not significant.

The Creational Rank has the potential to defeat the Cyclic Rank.

The rotating order can also defeat the ascending order.

Only by reaching the level of destiny analysis and integrating the four ancient relics into a coherent principle can the probability of unexpected setbacks be minimized.

But Ye Xun is not a fortune teller.

Jiang Youqing is the kind of long-lived being with super-powerful abilities, possessing the ability to fight across ranks.

Not to mention there was a man next to her.

He was already injured when the extinction-style energy pulse burst out, and then he was ambushed as soon as he landed. His combat power was greatly reduced, so he had no choice but to run away.

boom!
One shot.

Ye Xun's already fractured right leg was shot again, and blood flowed from his thigh, causing him to feel dizzy from the pain.

"Why don't you keep running?"

Aihara hovered in mid-air, sneering.

boom!
Jiang Youqing also twitched her fingers in his arms.

Ye Xun's ear was blown off, and blood gushed out, completely staining his clothes red.

Aihara and Kang Yuqing were like hunters, chasing their prey and enjoying his desperate moments.

The excruciating pain made Ye Xun roar and accelerate, flashing to a metal door and pulling out a key to unlock it.

Boom.

The metal door opened.

Ye Xun scrambled inside.

He burst into loud, unrestrained laughter.

The metal door slowly closed.

He felt as if he had escaped from a deadly situation.

His laughter was tinged with smugness.

It exudes arrogance.

However, when he turned around, he was stunned.

Since Aihara had no intention of speeding up, Jiang Youqing helped him take a set of keys out of his briefcase.

Exactly the same key.

Ye Xun was both shocked and furious, and got up and ran away again.

The metal door, which had been closed, opened again, and Aihara and Jiang Youqing once again rushed in with a large number of firearms, unleashing a barrage of bullets at him.

You run, I chase.

Hard to fly with wings.

Ye Xun was in despair and roared hysterically, "What do you want from me? Can't we talk things over? Do we really have to go down in flames together?"

Aihara sneered, "I think it's more like we're going to perish together, isn't it? Since you old dog like scheming so much, why don't you calculate how much longer you have to live?"

Jiang Youqing also said coldly, "I will let you go when I have reduced you to ashes."

The icy voice sent chills down Ye Xun's spine.

He realized it.

These two people must have paid a heavy price to see through his scheme and chase him all the way here.

They had been investigating him behind his back for years.

Without a deep-seated blood feud, things wouldn't have come to this.

Ye Xun never expected that after so many years in the five major families without any problems, and even betraying the company right under the old chairman's nose, he would suddenly run into trouble because of two young people. He was furious.

However, he did not know.

It is precisely because they are young that they are so terrifying.

Being young means having plenty of time.

Patient, energetic, and driven.

Full of passion.

Lawless.

Ye Xun ran forward at breakneck speed. Ahead was the Shi family's storage room, which contained a large amount of daily necessities, as well as many firearms and ammunition, and sealed research data.

The warehouse ahead was the place he was looking for.

Xiang Chaonan had come to this warehouse before he died and stored something here. He did this very secretly, and neither the Shi family nor the Bliss Society found out.

There was a boom.

The iron gate was kicked open.

Ye Xun plunged into the archive, where documents were stored in cardboard boxes everywhere.

Vast as the sea of smoke.

Even now, Ye Xun is still thinking about this item; it's his only bargaining chip to save his life.

With a thud, Ye Xun, clutching a cardboard box, fell to the ground in a disheveled state, scattering countless documents and a miniature bear doll that fell out.

The teddy bear immediately showed a pained expression.

This is clearly a living being.

"This is what he's looking for."

Aihara landed lightly and released his right hand.

Jiang Youqing broke free from his embrace, the gun hovering behind her trembling angrily, locking onto her.

"Do you know what this is? Do you know Xiang Chaonan? Xiang Chaonan once broke into the Shi family, and this is what he hid here before he died."

Covered in blood and lying like a dead dog, Ye Xun tried to grab the teddy bear, gasping for breath as he said, "I'm his friend. Only I can guess his password. If you kill me, everything will be over..."

There was a click.

Ye Xun let out a scream.

His outstretched right hand was ripped off, and the spurting blood stained the ground red.

Another scream.

Ye Xun's left hand was also dislocated.

The old man looked like a bullfrog, his remaining legs riddled with bullet holes and twitching incessantly.

"Don't kill me..."

The old man's face was covered in blood, his face was twitching violently, and tears and snot were mixed together, in his despair.

"After all that, considering the sacrifice of so many lives, I thought someone as ruthless as you must have a very strong heart, right? I never expected..."

Aihara said softly, "Does death terrify you that much? When you did evil, didn't you ever think about retribution?"

He clenched his fist and pulled hard!
The old man's legs were also violently torn off.

Bleeding.

Aihara showed no pity whatsoever.

If the old man's plan hadn't failed, he would be dead by now, and his sister would have been sold.

This guy has been a mole for so many years, and he's caused the deaths of countless innocent people, including my second uncle...

If it weren't for that shameful betrayal.

My second uncle should still be alive.

On the surface, she still maintained that lewd and despicable appearance.

Behind the scenes, he is a hero who silently protects his family.

Perhaps none of this will happen.

Aihara closed his eyes, recalling the stunned and horrified feeling he had when he first saw his second uncle's body. He thought of Xiaosi, who often hid in her bedroom bed wrapped in a blanket and secretly shed tears during this time. Scenes of their family living together floated in his mind, but those images faded away like reflections in water, gradually becoming distant and unfamiliar.

When he opened his eyes again.

There was no emotion in his eyes.

All that remained was a chilling killing intent.

"What retribution?"

Ye Xun struggled in his death throes, his limbs gone, and writhed as he said, "I just wanted to have the last laugh..."

Jiang Youqing silently raised her right hand, casually summoned a pistol, and pointed it at his head.

But at this moment, her right hand trembled slightly.

"do you know?"

She said softly, "Because of your betrayal, my life has been changed. My destiny should not have been like this."

Aihara grasped her soft, delicate hand.

"Go to hell and wail."

He helped her pull the trigger.