I Have Infinite Skill Points-Chapter 465: Flame Emperor, I Killed Your Son
Sony looked at Wang Lan’s corpse by his feet, a twisted sense of pleasure rising in his heart. He slowly moved near Wang Lan’s head and kicked it away.
"Back then, you chased me like a dog. For ten years, I didn’t dare set foot in Jade Country again. Today, I’m kicking your son’s head around like a ball. You never saw that coming, did you? Hahaha... Next, it’s your sister’s turn to die."
With those words, he abruptly appeared beside Lu Zhao, who was gravely injured and unconscious. Sony slapped Lu Zhao on the head, waking him with the blow.
"Major General, look into my eyes—"
Though Spirit Engraving was a required subject in Jade Country, that was not the case abroad. Particularly for an organization like Paradise Bird, their educational system was inherently warped. Seeking the most formidable combat power was their goal, and things like Spirit Engraving were seen as a pure waste of time.
If needed, wouldn’t it suffice for a few members of the organization to master it? Unfortunately, Sony wasn’t one of those who had. Forget Spirit Engraving; Sony’s grasp of math and science wouldn’t even compare to that of a primary school student from Jade Country. However, Sony had his own exceptional interrogation skills. Hailing from an eastern country, Sony possessed an incomparable innate talent for Illusion Techniques.
His illusions could ensnare and completely hypnotize even a Star Sea realm expert who was actively resisting. Thus, Lu Zhao, his Star Palace already destroyed, naturally couldn’t resist Sony’s Illusion Technique.
"Tell me, where is Wang Qi?"
"I don’t know..."
"Hm?" Sony coldly scrutinized Lu Zhao, noting the confusion in his unfocused eyes. "Then who knows Wang Qi’s whereabouts?"
"Only Wang Lan knows..."
"Shit!" Sony couldn’t help but curse, turning his head to look at the corpse not far away. "Damn it, I should have interrogated him before I killed him... Curses!"
WHOOOOSH—
Suddenly, a piercing shriek of wind cut through the sky. Sony’s body jolted. He instantly dropped Lu Zhao, transformed into a green shadow, and vanished. A few seconds after Sony disappeared, a ripple appeared in the void. Qing Emperor then stepped out, slowly descending from the sky.
At first glance, he saw the surrounding devastation. At second glance, he saw Wang Lan’s body among the ruins.
In an instant, a chill ran down his spine.
Wang Lan is dead? Wang Lan died in battle?
Qing Emperor was stunned for several seconds.
For someone of Qing Emperor’s strength, his state of mind was typically flawless and unshakable. Even the greatest of upheavals would struggle to stir his heart. But Wang Lan... his death sent a chilling premonition through Qing Emperor.
From the moment a Star Martial Warrior awakened, death was their constant companion. Anyone could die. Even those as strong as the Flame Emperor or Qing Emperor had faced many brushes with death.
Those who survived attained their emperorship, while many more perished in the attempt. Anyone could die, anyone might die, but Wang Lan’s death was something Qing Emperor found unacceptable.
After the Five Emperors, Wang Lan alone had shone with such singular brilliance.
Yu Ruoyun was outstanding, and her future achievements might not be lesser than Qing Emperor’s, but she could never become a legend. A legend—that was something profound. It was a matter of destiny, being the protagonist of an era. Yu Ruoyun was not, but Wang Lan definitely was.
One could see from Wang Lan’s experiences since his awakening just how turbulent and grand his few short years had been. With the death of a legend, an era would dim. Yu Qing had anticipated that Suzhou City would suffer heavy losses, but he never imagined Wang Lan would die in this battle.
Qing Emperor slowly approached Wang Lan’s corpse. He carefully picked up Wang Lan’s head and gently walked towards the body.
"Sony... this time, you won’t escape..."
BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ—
Suddenly, a buzzing sound arose, and the corpse before him started to tremble. The scene was terrifying. Any ordinary person witnessing it would have fled, screaming, "He’s coming back to life!"
Suddenly, the Phoenix Saint Cloth detached from the corpse, transformed into a streak of light, and shot towards a collapsed skyscraper nearby. To Yu Qing’s astonishment, it enveloped a figure.
A silver cloak transformed into a pair of wings, flapping as it flew over. The three Star Sea realm Star Martial Warriors protecting Lu Zhao stared in bewilderment as Wang Lan approached.
"Lord Qing Emperor, you’ve arrived..." Wang Lan wore a youthful, sunny smile. "If you had been any later, I might have really had to fight with everything I had."
At this moment, deep inside, Qing Emperor wanted to roar, Demon, face my blade!
Wang Lan’s corpse is right at my feet, and you’re brazenly transforming right in front of me?
Seeing Qing Emperor’s confusion, Wang Lan quickly explained, "Lord Qing Emperor, this is my Inborn Talent of the Bloodline: Clone Rebirth. You know my Innate Ability is Self Healing. I can quickly recover from ordinary injuries, as long as I’m not killed instantly.
"But there’s not much I can do if my head is chopped off. However, I later awakened a new ability. I can condense a Fetus Bead inside my body. When faced with a lethal threat, I can eject it, and the Fetus Bead can then regenerate a completely new me."
"Blood Droplet Rebirth?" Upon hearing this, Qing Emperor’s expression changed drastically.
Blood Droplet Rebirth was a divine ability of the Ancient Gods, specifically the most powerful among them. It was said they could regain life through spilled divine blood, embodying an unending cycle of life and death.
"Not quite there yet, I suppose. For now, it’s more like transferring my vital essence to be reborn, leaving behind an empty shell. There’s still a long way to go before I can achieve true Blood Droplet Rebirth."
You really dare to dream big...
Qing Emperor looked at the young man before him and couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. Blood Droplet Rebirth is a divine ability of the Ancient Gods. If you could truly achieve it, you wouldn’t be far from godhood yourself. However, these were matters for the future. Now that Wang Lan was alive, the gloom that had settled over them naturally dissipated.
"Lord Qing Emperor, Lord Qing Emperor—"
"What is it?"
"Our convoy was attacked by a powerful expert. The entire escort on the Shanghai-Nanjing expressway section was wiped out, and all personnel were killed in action."
"So they really went with that plan? I understand. Which direction is Sony headed now?"
"Modu City!" 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
After ending the call, Qing Emperor patted Wang Lan’s shoulder lightly. "Where’s your aunt?"
"Follow me, Qing Emperor."
Lu Zhao genuinely didn’t know the aunt’s whereabouts. Wang Lan’s strategy this time was to keep superiors in the dark, not subordinates. Conventional wisdom suggested that higher ranks knew more secrets, but Wang Lan did the opposite.
Wang Lan had actually hidden his aunt in the Tianjian Bureau’s underground training facility. Only a few, like Xu Shiyun, knew; not even Lu Zhao or Wang Qianfeng were aware. The aunt was an ordinary person; she couldn’t possibly go to a Different Dimensional Space.
However, Jiang Xinyu’s family company had been researching Star Martial wristbands and already had a prototype. The primary reason it wasn’t mass-produced and launched was its high production cost. The Jiang Group would only release it after reducing costs. Still, it wasn’t a problem for Jiang Xinyu to obtain one.
Before the operation that night, Jiang Xinyu and the others had protected Wang Qi, hiding her in a Different Dimensional Space. Sony could rack his brains all he wanted, but he would never guess.
"Wang Lan... what about this?" A member of the Tianjian Bureau ran over, carrying Wang Lan’s corpse, and asked him.
Well... that sounds a bit creepy, Wang Lan thought.
"Burn it; it’s useless now. Put it on the ground, I’ll do it. If you guys do it, I’ll feel like you’re desecrating my corpse." An Extreme Heat Light Beam shot out, igniting his former shell. Under the beam, burning at tens of thousands of degrees, the body was quickly reduced to ashes.
Back at the Tianjian Bureau, with Qing Emperor present, everyone’s mood lightened considerably. That night, around nine o’clock, an SF Express delivery vehicle slowly arrived at the Tianjian Bureau’s entrance. Curious, Wang Lan followed Qing Emperor. Inside the truck, within a diamond-like energy shield, lay a piece of Raw Jade. It was pristine and flawless, seemingly glowing on its own.
"Lord Qing Emperor, brilliant! Using a specialized escort team for a fake Raw Jade, while hiding the real one in an ordinary express delivery. Unless Sony could inspect every container truck traveling from Modu City to Suzhou City, he would never find the real Raw Jade," Wang Lan exclaimed, instantly understanding their strategy upon seeing the Raw Jade.
"This strategy isn’t particularly brilliant; Sony must have anticipated it too. Sony has his speed, while we have our informational resources. But we really can’t let Sony continue to act so arrogantly." As Qing Emperor mentioned Sony, his face contorted as if he had tasted something foul.
"Once the Raw Jade and Miss Wang Qi are secure, the Ming Emperor and Xuan Emperor should be free to act. Heh, heh, heh!"
"Lord Qing Emperor, I heard you fought Sony over a decade ago?" Wang Lan asked.
"Twelve years ago, Sony swaggered into Jade Country to steal classified data from our Big Dipper System. To get the data, he murdered more than a dozen national treasure-level scientists.
"Your mother and I were ordered to eliminate him. Sony’s actual combat strength was no match for ours. If he hadn’t run, either of us could have killed him within five minutes. But when he decided to flee, even the two of us combined couldn’t stop him.
"His speed allowed him to ignore obstacles. Even if we had trapped him in an iron box, he could have easily phased through it to escape. For an entire month, your mother and I pursued him relentlessly, but he ultimately escaped into the Atlantic Ocean.
"For the next three years, I heard no news of him. For the past twelve years, he hasn’t dared to set foot in Jade Country again."
"You must have really traumatized him," Wang Lan remarked.
"Perhaps. Now that Miss Wang Qi and the Raw Jade are together, I can guard them personally. I imagine Sony wouldn’t dare attempt another ambush."
That night, escorted by the Tianjian Bureau, Wang Lan’s aunt departed in a large convoy for Modu City. This time, they wouldn’t be taking a plane to a safe zone but would travel by convoy.
Indeed, with Qing Emperor overseeing the convoy, the journey was uneventful. They arrived safely at Modu City Star Martial Academy around eleven o’clock that night.
「Elsewhere, in a secret underground chamber somewhere in Modu City.」
A blonde, blue-eyed woman carefully held sutures, stitching the wound on Sony’s neck.
It wasn’t that Sony couldn’t have a medical Star Martial Warrior treat his injuries; rather, being in Jade Country, he couldn’t find one to help. To think that I, the foremost expert of Paradise Bird, have been reduced to using such primitive methods for healing...
After a moment, Sony stood up. Looking at the adhesive bandage on his neck, a hint of grim satisfaction touched his lips.
Flame Emperor, I’ve killed your son. I wonder if you’re so enraged you want to tear me limb from limb? I’d truly love to see you in heart-wrenching, gut-twisting agony... The very thought is exhilarating.
