2. Chasing the "Demon"

As soon as Chi Gong ran out of the Academy, he ran away even faster. Because of lack of air, he ran slower to regain the pace of his in-and-out breaths.

Upon reaching the last gate of the Academy, a hint of a smirk appeared on Chi Gong's face. But, soon, he heard a loud, cutting voice. It was so loud that probably the whole city heard it. The voice clearly belonged to the old man who was present at the Blessing Trial:

- Ahem... ahem... Attention, residents of the city. A dangerous criminal is walking the streets of our city. If you see a young man with golden hair running somewhere, don't miss him and try to stop him! You will receive 15 gold coins for the capture of the criminal.

When the voice finally disappeared, all the people in the city were no longer sitting in their homes. Every resident of the main city of the outer courtyard of the Chi Clan has already armed himself with various tools: pitchforks, axes, some even used various combat techniques. The whole city of Shui was on its ears, ready to catch Chi Gong.

"What the hell am I supposed to do?" No... Don't think about it, just run away from this damn city!

It doesn't matter... Whether I have to kill or not!

The flame of anger flared up in Chi Gong again. Completely desperate in this world, he no longer behaved as usual. Now he considered every person living in this world to be his enemy.

---

Along one of the streets, where there were about twenty armed people, the silhouette of a child began to appear closer and closer.

- Come on! Let's catch him!

Chi Gong immediately heard the hum of people shouting something every now and then.

— well... It's time to start...

Having already left dozens of corpses behind, Chi Gong became thoroughly addicted to killing people. Thanks to the Blood Cultivation, people could be killed unnoticed by simply throwing a pair of bloody daggers at their necks.

However, everything has its drawbacks. During the time he ran through many streets, while killing a large number of people, the blood soaked in Qi was running out.

Right now, a small stream of thick, dark red blood was flowing through Chi Gong's body, although before that its amount was much more, about five times.

Therefore, he had to kill fewer and fewer people, leaving a small proportion of them alive. Although now he faced a dangerous enemy.

In this world, it was easy to tell who was a cultivator and who was an ordinary person. Cultivators can sense the flow of Qi in another person's body, so they could identify their own kind.

Looking at the tallest man of all who blocked his path, Chi Gong felt large streams of Qi circulating in his enemy's body.

"Huh... a cultivator?" It won't be easy...

Taking a deep breath, Chi Gong approached the tall figure. Immediately, dozens of eyes looked at him, which looked at the boy as if he were the devil.

- Oh! So it was you, the devil, who killed the examiner?

"How do they know?"

Hearing what he clearly didn't want to hear, Chi Gong nervously shrugged his shoulders.

- Well, yes, it's me.

- What's your name... That's right, Chi Gong! You're Chi Guan'er's son, then... Then it's clear why you're so cruel.

The man's mood changed dramatically when he said these words. At the same moment, he immediately rushed towards Chi Gong, picking up a large axe.

"Remember that name, Chi Gong. Wu Dao, I'll be the one to kill you!

A pale golden glow appeared around Wu Dao, and his height also increased slightly.

Upon seeing this, Chi Gong formed three daggers of blood. He couldn't afford to waste his blood anyhow. The small figure also rushed into battle, picking up one of the daggers in his hands, as if he already knew how to fight with them.

However, this was not the case.

As soon as the two figures entered the battle, several people behind scattered to the sides. It was clear that this was an ambush.

- I can't handle them!

A large halberd screeched towards Chi Gong. Just as she was about to cut the boy in half, Chi Gong stepped to the left. With a loud sound, the axe plunged into the ground without hitting Chi Gong. But, abruptly, a large weapon rose from the ground and flew towards Chi Gong again, but with even greater speed.

Huffing, Goon ran into a dark alley on the left to try to throw a dagger out of the shadows.

- If it works, then the victory is mine!

Wu Dao seemed to be completely calm. Making a strange sign with his left hand, a lot of people who had hidden on the street instantly appeared around him.

Having completely protected the tall man with their bodies, it was impossible to throw a dagger at Wu Dao. He would only hit one of the people protecting him.

- There's no point in fighting. It's better to get out of here as soon as possible.

With that thought in mind, Chi Gong ran away from this place. However, it was also impossible to escape.

There were two people in Chi Gong's path just as quickly. They held swords in their hands, ready to kill Chi Gong. But, they clearly did not expect that as soon as they got in the way of the boy, two red daggers would immediately fly at them.

Without having time to dodge, both daggers reached their target. One dagger is one kill.

With a dull noise, two bodies fell, with daggers in their necks.

- Damn it...

At the sight of what Chi Gong had done, he almost threw up. Before that, while he was running through the streets, he only threw a dagger at the bodies of people who prevented him from moving forward, and without looking at them, ran on.

Now he saw with his own eyes the fruits of his atrocities. A large pool of blood formed around the corpses, which made them look even more gloomy.

* Sue*

Something stabbed into Chi Gong's shoulder. Looking at his right shoulder, he saw an arrow that had sunk deep into his body. A wave of pain instantly ran through Chi Gong's body. He couldn't stand her, so he just writhed in pain and screamed.

- Ahhh!! Fuck... Why do I need all this!

Turning to the side from where the arrow flew at him, he saw a young girl who was looking at him with anger.

- Why! Why did you kill them!

He couldn't make out what she was shouting. In his muddled mind, he tried to sort himself out, to think, why did he really kill these people? Was the boy's family, which he accepted as his own, so important to him? Maybe it was worth accepting the truth that every person in the Chi clan hated her? And accept the zero Rank of Qi Blessing?

He could have reached heights without training, because he had a book about Blood Cultivation - a secret way of cultivation that no one knew about. Why do all these outrages?

Only then did he realize that he had made a huge mistake by taking the path of a murderer.

Although, it was certainly better than if he was humiliated daily because of his "Zero Blessing Rank". Chi Gong's desire to stand up against this world has become even more entrenched.

"Maybe avenging the murder of Chi Gong's family is really a good goal?"

He no longer felt pain. Looking again at the woman standing on the roof of one of the buildings with a bow in her hands, he decided... Kill her.

- It's better to be alone than to assemble a team.

* Whoosh*

In an instant, an arrow and a dagger flew at each other. Both were burning with the desire to kill each other.

When both deadly weapons collided with each other, they lost speed and began to fall. Suddenly...

The woman saw another dagger flying at her, which Chi Gong deliberately threw after a few seconds. The surprise effect worked perfectly.

A bloody dagger plunged into the woman's stomach, blood flowed from the wound. In a second, she was out of sight, probably to run to Wu Dao.

Chi Gong didn't waste any time. He abruptly ran away from the street where the blood had been spilled.

---

Chi Gong reached the exit of the city.

- Finally... I hope I never end up here again.

Looking back, he saw a hundred people holding pitchforks, knives and spears.

- Ordinary residents... Well, goodbye!

They will always remember the boy's face with an evil, like a devilish smile. It was only when Chi Gong had left the city far away that they exhaled and went home. However, the damage done to the city that day was very great. Hundreds of dead people, broken food boxes, broken counters created an atmosphere as if the city was attacked by a terrible monster. However, that's the way it is.

"Damn, if he hadn't run away from me then, I would have killed him!"

Indignantly, Wu Dao was the only one standing on the entrance street to the city. There was no one else.

"I swear, one day I'll find you and kill you!" Damn the devil! You're just like your mother! Both are devils in the flesh!

The figure of a muscular man with long, black hair and a halberd in his hands was seen for a long time near the entrance gate to the city.

To be continued...