After two and a half year, the satellite communicator had aged quite a lot after being beaten for a long time. Not only was the battery used up, but the calling efficiency was also very poor. Every word was accompanied by the sound of static, which made it hard to hear. Near Long Snake Island, Gong Lixin spoke into the phone, saying that he was about to arrive. He wanted to ask about his father"s condition and the state of the island, but only heard distorted speech through the phone. In the end, Gong Lixin could only hang up and speed up.
In order to disguise his ident.i.ty, Jin Shanghui was forced to put on a black hoodie. His delicate and handsome cheeks were hidden under the hood and his eyes were hidden behind his long hair. With his head lowered, his excessively pale skin couldn"t be seen and his hands full of black and sharp nails were hidden under long sleeves. In such a hot weather, this kind of get-up was unbearable. Not only that, the outfit made him look mysterious, but also very eye-catching.
In order not to look suspicious, Jin Shangyu also wore the same outfit. At a single glance, this was in line with Gong Xiangyi"s description of the Little Demon that they had heard the first time. It turned out that the Little Demon wasn"t pretending to be mysterious, but was hiding something else.
The car exited the high-speed highway intersection and drove onto the national highway. Long Snake Island, like a giant beast in the middle of the sea, could be seen from afar. Gong Lixin captured Jin Shanghui and went to pull on his hood. He warned him, "Xiaohui, don"t make any move for a while. Just follow me obediently. After entering Long Snake Island, there will be delicious food." Then he used his forefinger to lightly press on Jin Shanghui"s excessively pale but beautifully shaped lips, imitating the action of when he fed him nuclei.
Jin Shanghui was able to understand simple instructions. He stuck out the tip of his tongue and licked the young man"s warm finger. He growled quietly and his tender and soft expression was full of flattery.
Jin Shangyu snorted softly and turned to glance out of the car, not wanting to watch the scene before her, which hurt her self-esteem. Jin Shangyu raised his brother for two and a half years. How had his brother become so obedient towards someone else? He looked like a large, loyal dog with pampering eyes. Lin Wenbo and Song Haoran also felt sour because the teenager touched the other"s lips, but they were embarra.s.sed to feel so about a zombie. They could only calm their hearts and pretend to be indifferent.
The car drove onto Long Snake Island and stopped in the open s.p.a.ce outside the prison building. Gong Xiangyi, Tan Mingyuan, w.a.n.g Tao, Dou Heng and the others were grouped on both sides and waited for them for a long time. Since Bao Long and Kang Zengyuan were gone, all the people had turned to Dou Heng"s men. Due to Dou Heng"s strength, Tan Mingyuan and the others couldn’t kill him. Thus today, both groups of people and their men didn"t fight each other and said nothing to each other, but because of Dou Heng"s silence and low-key att.i.tude, one couldn"t tell if it was a good or bad thing.
As for Gong Lixing being the legendary fourth-level, four system ability user, Dou Heng"s men were still skeptical. They couldn"t imagine such a thing anyway. To think that beautiful and pure looking young man who looked like a harmless little white rabbit would be so scary. Bragging, they must be bragging! They resolutely stood next to the boss to come and greet the other personally. They thought that the boss was going to teach the youth a lesson to establish himself in the ranks on Long Snake Island and they all followed to help the boss.
In this moment, the two factions were standing apart from each other. Their eyes collided in the air as electric current cracked in between them. Only Dou Heng focused on watching the road to the island. There was a hint of eagerness hidden in his purple eyes that could be missed in the moment.
The sound of the car as it came closer, grew louder. Dou Heng"s eyes flickered slightly and he inserted his hands into his pocket, unconsciously holding the lollipop wrapped in layers even as his cold face showed a tense expression.
With a slight smile on his face, the teenager led a tall man wearing a black hoodie out of the car. The others followed him, looking tired, but not injured. Dou Heng couldn"t hide the relief in his eyes as they were firmly locked on the young man"s face but, eventually he reluctantly moved away.
When the young man got closer, he let go of the man in the black robe and his eyes were wide and clear as he looked straight at Dou Heng. His clear eyes only contained Dou Heng"s figure, as if no one else existed. Due to this inexplicable thought, the apex of Dou Heng"s heart trembled and a warm current accompanied by sweetness poured into his body, making him throb.
"Welcome back." Dou Heng said with a hoa.r.s.e voice after taking a step forward. His voice carried a hint of tenderness.
After seeing him grab the lead, Tan Mingyuan and the others knew they couldn"t afford to compete with the other, so they pressed down their heart full of excitement and stood side by side to greet Gong Lixin. Gong Xiangyi looked back and forth between the brother and sister of the Jin family wearing black hoodies and finally locked on the pet.i.te body of Jin Shangyu with warm eyes.
"Hn." Gong Lixin smiled and nodded before he pointed at his eyes and added with a surprised tone, "I didn"t expect you to be a thunder ability user. What level are you? A third-level high-grade?" His ability relied on using his internal force to judge the other"s level accurately, but he was not close to the other person and could only rely on the colour of his eyes to guess.
"Peak of third-level high-grade." Dou Heng said in a flat voice without any intention to demonstrate or show off.
Gong Lixin nodded and looked at him for a while before he said with a admiring tone, "Your eyes are beautiful."
Dou Heng"s heart beat wildly, but his face didn"t show it at all as his cold face still remained expressionless. Only the flash in his purple eyes showed his inner joy.
"Those who have thunder ability are powerful, but the nuclei of their corresponding department are hard to find, so how will you promote yourself in the future?" Lin Wenbo and Song Haoran discussed with him.
When Gong Xiangyi looked at Dou Heng differently, they guessed that Dou Heng would have such a day sooner or later, so they weren"t surprised. Seeing Bao Long and Kang Zhengyuan weren"t present, they could also guess what had happened and was very friendly towards Dou Heng.
"I can cultivate by relying on natural lightning. Thanking Ms. Gong for the enlightenment." Speaking of this, Dou Heng felt reluctant to look away, but still slightly bowed to Gong Xiangyi.
"Ah, like the thunderstorms in Xiuzhen?" Lin Wenbo expressed his interest. "For the next thunderstorm, you must let me follow you to see you practice."
"I want to go too. I didn"t expect such a special cultivation method existed." Song Haoran echoed with a smile.
Dou Heng nodded in agreement and waved his hand to indicate for them to depart. A row of his followers, who stood behind him, were flabbergasted: what was up with this easygoing atmosphere? Weren"t they supposed to give them a taste of their power and a.s.sert their dominance or something?
Gong Lixin smiled at Dou Heng before he hurried to see Father Gong, unconsciously accelerating his pace. The rest tended to follow him. Jin Shanghui suddenly saw and smelled so many people that his emotions gradually became restless and his fingers, covered by the long black sleeves, trembled violent as he wanted to tear these people into pieces.
Keeping watch over him, Jin Shangyu immediately discovered his abnormal reaction, grabbed him and stretched his sleeves out that had almost revealed his claws. But who is Dou Heng? As a top killer, he kept a high degree of vigilance at all time. Almost at the same time that Jin Shanghui moved his claws, he discovered Jin Shanghui"s unusualness. Although it was only a quick glance, less than half a second, but the pale skin of the back of his hand and the flashing cold light of his black fingernails couldn"t be misinterpreted. This man in the black robe was a zombie!
Lightning shot out, pushing the man"s hood away and revealing the man"s pale face and golden, vertical eyes. Dou Heng"s eyes were murderous as he sent out lightning strikes from his hands. Jin Shanghui quickly avoided it with a backflip. His waterfall of long hair covered his teeth and animalistic eyes. At a glance, it did not reveal his ident.i.ty and therefore, didn"t cause everyone to fall into panic.
Dou Heng"s younger brother thought that the boss deliberately took on this man in front of Young Master Gong and quickly withdrew from the circle of battle with an excited look. Tan Mingyuan, w.a.n.g Tao and the others became angry with Dou Heng. This was an intentional confrontation with Young Master Gong. They stepped forward angrily and wanted to help, but were stopped by Gong Lixin.
Because he didn"t explain the situation to his team members in advance, he was afraid that the sudden appearance of Jin Shanghui would cause everyone to panic. Gong Lixin wanted to keep Jin Shanghui away from prying eyes, settle him in before he communicated with everyone to let them slowly adapt, but did not expect Dou Heng"s alertness would be so high and that Jin Shanghui"s abnormality would be discovered immediately.
Watching the two fighting against each other, Gong Lixin turned his head to one side and carefully observed Dou Heng"s fighting style. After he"d seen enough, he walked up to stop them.
Dou Heng was currently not Jin Shanghui"s match and the thick, silver lightning bolts that hit Jin Shanghui were painless and itchy and could, in no way, stop Jin Shanghui"s fierce attack. Fortunately, in addition to his abilities, Dou Heng was very skillful in a fight, avoiding his sharp claws one by one, but his speed in dodging was still one step slower. He was horrified at that moment, not expecting that the other party was a fourth-level low-grade zombie. But because he was too focused on keeping up, he could not think about how this zombie was mixed into Gong Lixin"s team and why no one found out about it.
Judging the zombie"s strength, it could easily kill twenty or thirty ability users. Lightning didn"t pose any threat to this long-haired man. Dou Heng"s men were dumbfounded and immediately realized that this person"s strength was far above Dou Heng and they must have been promoted to fourth-level. Dou Heng"s men stood still for a long time before returning to reality and wanted to come forward to help. Right then, Jin Shanghui bent his knee and jumped abruptly, his black claws could be seen clearly at it aimed straight for Dou Heng"s heart. The long hair was blown back by the wind, revealing his golden eyes with vertical pupils and pale-like-paper cheeks, revealing his ident.i.ty instantly.
"Ah! It"s a zombie! A fourth-level low-grade metal zombie!" One of the people that wanted to come forward and help screamed. Fourth-level low-level zombies were currently the king of zombies and could kill them instantly. Their hearts were filled with fear and their fighting spirit disappeared.
Tan Mingyuan and the others opened their mouths, so shocked that their chins were about to fall off. What"s going on? Why did Young Master Gong bring back a zombie?
Seeing that Dou Heng was about to die under Jin Shanghui"s claws, Gong Lixin suddenly accelerated his speed, teleported to Jin Shanghui with lightning-speed, grabbed his wrist, placed his left hand over his chest and pushed him dozens of meters away before Jin Shanghui hit the ground, spitting out a mouthful of thick, black blood.
When everyone saw Young Master Gong"s strength, they became petrified by fear. It took only one move for him to deal with a fourth-level low-grade zombie, what did that mean? This showed that the rumors about Young Master Gong is true! And even better than that! No wonder Dou Heng"s att.i.tude was so respectful. They guess that he knew it already! They thought that Dou Heng was here today to teach Young Master Gong a lesson, but they could only describe themselves as silly and naïve!
"Why aren"t you being obedient?" The youth glared down at the ground where Jin Shanghui lay, his voice clear and low. When he turned to look at Dou Heng, his expression softened immediately and he asked with guilt, "Are you alright?"
Dou Heng waved his hand to dismiss his concern and pointed at Jin Shanghui who didn"t get up for a long time. "You brought him on purpose?"
"Hn, he"s one of my people. I will take care of him, so I hope you won"t touch him." Gong Lixin nodded.
"Sorry, I was reckless." Dou Heng apologized and bowed. He would accept everything that this young man said and would unconditionally support whatever he does. Even if the young man wanted to destroy the world, he would accept it.
After listening to this conversation, everyone else was dumbfounded. What, what"s going on? Young Master Gong wanted to keep a zombie? Were they hearing this right?