novelraw Chapter 409: Uncle Li Was Beheaded
Chapter 409: Uncle Li Was Beheaded
Looking at a mountain is exhausting, thought Li Zerui as he ran dozens of miles to reach the valley where Lin Feng and Uncle Li had fought the night before. Gazing at the ruined valley before him, which barely resembled its former self, Li Zerui was stunned by the sight!
This... is this the aftermath of a battle between S-class masters? Huge trenches several dozen meters long were everywhere, and giant holes from ten to twenty meters in diameter littered the landscape. The valley was almost devoid of any intact trees, with only remnants of branches and shattered trunks strewn about...
It was terrifying!
Li Zerui’s heart was filled with shock, and his curiosity grew. He began hopping up and down the valley, searching for clues of Uncle Li, hoping to suddenly find him in some corner of the valley. But when Li Zerui stumbled upon a headless corpse, he was startled and hurried over to investigate. However, as he approached, Li Zerui froze completely because he recognized a ring on the corpse’s hand as Uncle Li’s...
Could it be that Uncle Li had an accident?
No, it’s not possible, impossible! Uncle Li was an S-class master, how could he possibly be in trouble!
Li Zerui quickly searched the surrounding area and found Uncle Li’s head in a corner by noon. It seemed to have been carried off by some small animal, as it bore several teeth marks. Heavens! The S-class master Uncle Li had met with an accident...
Heaven... heavens!
What on earth happened, how could Uncle Li possibly die!
He was an S-class master, one who was said to be the ultimate among humans. Looking at the scene, one could tell how intense the situation had been. But now that Uncle Li’s corpse had been found, did that mean Lin Feng had defeated Uncle Li? Impossible, impossible!
But Lin Feng, no matter how powerful, couldn’t possibly be a match for Uncle Li! That was utterly impossible, so... where on earth did Lin Feng go? No, he must have gone to fetch his master, it must have been his master who killed Uncle Li. Otherwise, Uncle Li absolutely couldn’t have died!
It must be so, it simply must!
With such an incident occurring, since he had brought Uncle Li out here, and now Uncle Li was dead, he had to inform his family immediately. With these thoughts, Li Zerui dejectedly took out his satellite phone and dialed his father, who was also the Li Family Patriarch, Li Litian.
"Son, why are you calling so early? Weren’t you going to Ding Wan’er’s birthday party? How is everything?" Li Litian receiving the call from Li Zerui felt very strange. Why was his son calling him so early? Was there something wrong?
"Dad, something happened." Li Zerui didn’t know how to explain the situation to his father, because as an S-class master, Uncle Li had a special status in the Li Family. That he had died in Tianhai, Li Zerui really didn’t know how to explain to his father.
"Something happened? What could possibly happen?" Li Litian felt even more puzzled when he heard his son’s words. His son had gone with Uncle Li, and with an S-class master as protection, what could possibly go wrong for his son? It was simply impossible.
"Uncle Li... Uncle Li is dead..." With no other option, Li Zerui had to tell the truth, as such a situation would be impossible to hide anyway.
"What? Uncle Li is dead? How could that be possible!" Li Litian was shocked upon hearing his son Li Zerui’s words. His mind buzzed, but he immediately couldn’t believe it to be true. Uncle Li was an S-class master, how could he possibly be dead? It was like a ridiculous dream. His son and Uncle Li had just gone to attend Ding Wan’er’s birthday banquet, so how could they have encountered a master? His son couldn’t be joking about something like this.
"It’s true, I’m right beside Uncle Li’s corpse..." Li Zerui, hearing his father’s disbelief, wasn’t too surprised, for he too couldn’t believe that Uncle Li, an S-class master, would die in Tianhai. But now, Uncle Li’s corpse was right beside him, unmistakably real.
"What..." Li Litian, hearing his son say this, understood that this was no joke. Uncle Li was truly dead.
Uncle Li was an S-class master! How could he possibly die in Tianhai? What exactly happened? He had just accompanied his son to a banquet, so how could he have died! There were very few in the Secular World capable of killing Uncle Li, countable on one hand, so how did Uncle Li die...
As long as his son was alive, that was what mattered. They would clarify the rest after his return.
"Son, don’t move from where you are, I’ll immediately send a helicopter to pick you up." Li Litian had only one thought, to bring his son back home as soon as possible. When had the outside world become so dangerous? Even an S-class master like Uncle Li had died, and his son was even more at risk. It was better to be safe at home.
Most importantly, now that his son was back, he could find out exactly what had happened. Uncle Li held a special place in the Li Family and his sudden death in Tianhai demanded an explanation. Thinking of this, Li Litian decided to immediately have people near Tianhai dispatch a helicopter to bring his son back. Under these circumstances, bringing his son home was the top priority.
"Okay, I’ll stay right here, but send someone to collect Uncle Li’s body. Someone has beheaded him." Li Zerui, looking at Uncle Li’s body in front of him, was still in disbelief. He couldn’t fathom how Uncle Li had died. But he couldn’t leave Uncle Li abandoned there, which is why he told his father the truth over the phone.
"What! I understand..." Li Litian was now truly at a loss. He hadn’t dreamt that the call from his son early this morning would bring such devastating news. An S-level master like Uncle Li had died, and he had been beheaded at that, which was an affront to the Li Family!
The Li Family had only three S-level masters, and now one had died so mysteriously in Tianhai. The loss was enormous, and no one had ever heard of an S-level master being killed before. The three S-level masters in the family had said it was possible to injure an opponent but to kill an opponent was as difficult as ascending to the heavens. How then did Uncle Li die, and how could he suddenly die in Tianhai!
Li Litian considered every possibility but could not figure it out. In the end, he had to wait for his son to come back to understand exactly what had happened. This incident had surpassed everyone’s comprehension; Uncle Li, an S-level master, had been beheaded, which was shockingly unheard of.
Now Li Litian felt like his heart was on fire, wishing he could immediately bring his son back to understand what had occurred. It was just a birthday party, and it had cost them an S-level master. The thought made his heart bleed.
After hanging up the phone, Li Litian immediately made arrangements for the funeral and then went off to meet with his father and other elders. This was too big of a matter not to explain to them...
After hearing the busy tone on the phone, Li Zerui knew that there was nothing he could do but wait. His phone was a satellite phone with direct positioning capabilities, so it was easy to find him. He needn’t worry about that detail.
But as he sat down, Li Zerui’s mind was in turmoil. All he could think about was Lin Feng. He couldn’t understand how Lin Feng had done it. Uncle Li was an S-level master. During his fight with Lin Feng, he hadn’t felt Lin Feng had the same level of skills as Uncle Li. So how did the valley end up in such a wreck?
Could it be, as he had previously thought, that Lin Feng’s master had appeared?
Yes, it was possible, very possible! Lin Feng was so capable; he must have an extremely skilled master. Otherwise, someone like Uncle Li, an S-level master, wouldn’t have been killed. If it weren’t for a battle with an S-level master, the valley wouldn’t have been destroyed like this!
It had to be this way, it surely was!
Li Zerui hadn’t expected to encounter someone like Lin Feng in Tianhai. Now he was extremely frustrated. Why was his luck so bad to run into such a freak like Lin Feng? A man in his early twenties, more formidable than him, a prodigy of the Cultivation World. If not a freak, then what? Moreover, today Lin Feng had even taken Ding Wan’er away from him. The hatred of having his wife taken was insufferable for any man!
Upon returning home, he’d make a thorough plan to kill Lin Feng and then take Ding Wan’er back...
Li Zerui had never considered that Uncle Li had been killed by Lin Feng, or that Ding Wan’er had fallen for Lin Feng on her own. He was utterly unaware that all his assumptions were just wishful thinking.
...
When Ding Wan’er awoke, it was already nine in the morning. She hurriedly got up to prepare for the new day at work, not knowing what time she had fallen asleep the night before. It was her first time oversleeping. After getting ready, she sat in her office chair, prepared to start work. However, the thoughts from last night kept swirling in her head. She needed to deal with Sister Leng’s matter promptly; otherwise, it could lead to real trouble.
With that in mind, Ding Wan’er walked out of her office and rushed toward the Language Institute, intending to speak with Leng Mei. But to her surprise, Sister Leng wasn’t at work today. Then she tried to find Lin Feng and discovered that he hadn’t come to work either. What in the world was happening?
Since she couldn’t find them, there was nothing she could do. Ding Wan’er decided to go back to her office to work and planned to check on Sister Leng in the evening, hoping nothing ill had befallen her...
However, Ding Wan’er did not expect that the events of last night’s birthday party had spread throughout the entire school. As soon as she stepped out of Leng Mei’s office, she encountered other teachers who all congratulated her.
Although she was uncomfortable with this outcome, she had already considered this last night. After a few brief responses, she quickly returned to her office. But for some reason, her heart felt panicked, a very peculiar sensation.
Even Ding Wan’er was puzzled. She was engaged to Lin Feng after all, a relationship as honorable as can be. So why did she feel panicky and nervous? This was...