The Favored Son of Heaven

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Beep… beep…

The mag-drive flying car rocked even more fiercely as it plummeted to the ground, bit by bit. The digits on the digital instruments of the dashboard were bouncing a few hundred times per second, like runaway horses.

He brought it down? The young good-for-nothing martial artists were caught by an inexplicable surprise. Much to their astonishment, someone had brought down an expensive mag-drive flying car with just a helmet. What kind of strange power is this?

Liang Tao kept pressing the buttons desperately, staring at Qin Fen below, horrified. This guy is even more vicious than those playboys. If he catches me…

Liang Tao shuddered as a chill shot through his spine straight to his brain. He started pressing the buttons even more frequently. Nonetheless, it was still difficult to stop the car from falling.

Qin Fen no longer paid any attention to the plummeting mag-drive car. He bent down and picked up another helmet as he focused his eyes on the other playboy martial artists at the other end of the alley.

As Qin Fen’s gaze swept by the young good-for-nothing martial artists, they instinctively jumped back. Their hearts pounded rapidly as their eyes met that never-before-seen sinistrous gaze.

Normally, everyone did as they pleased by relying on their families’ influence. No one dared to hold them accountable for the fear of offending the families behind them.

But today, they actually encountered someone who dared to go against them with no one backing him. What’s more, he even started crippling them! They had never encountered this kind of thing, ever.

The jet black muzzle of AK47 in Qin Fen’s left hand bloomed with chilling killing intent as he hurled his right hand, cracking the air like a whip!

The playboy martial artists only felt a dark beam blasting a gale of wind on their faces. The rumbling sound of air was like a racing bike was passing by them.

At the other end of the alley, the young martial artist, who just had his arm broken and was convulsing and screaming in pain, heard a muffled bang coming from his chest followed by the sounds of bones breaking. Immediately after, the man fell back as he slid a distance of nearly ten meters on the ground, coughing blood…

The boys who had just gotten up after having been knocked down stared blankly at Qin Fen. They were constantly screaming in their hearts, Madman! This Qin Fen has gone mad! He is not showing even an ounce of mercy.

Another helmed flew out, smashing a distant gun lying on the ground into pieces.

The moment Qin Fen picked up another helmet, all the boys unconsciously took a step back, looking at that helmet that could even knock a mag-drive flying car down, horrified.

“You…” Qin Fen pointed at the boy manipulating the mag-drive flying sword as the helmet in his hand flew straight at him in the next moment. The young man only had time to cross his arms before his chest…

A series of bone-crushing sounds broke the silence of the alley. The young man’s arms that were blocking his chest as well his ribs were broken in the blink of an eye. He didn’t even have the chance to scream. The tremendous blow from the helmet knocked him unconscious.

“What… what do you want to do…” Someone finally recovered from the horror and recalled his identity and family’s influence. “I am telling you, we are people with backgrounds, don’t think that an insignificant lieutenant colonel like you can…”

Qin Fen just sneered. Even after what happened today, these people still wanted to use their identities to oppress others instead of turning over a new leaf!

“What… what are you laughing at…” Another man recovered his courage and straightened out his chest. “Do you know who my father is?”

Qin Fen’s smile turned even colder. If he let these people who were so used to oppressing others using their identity go, they would grow even more conceited, and maybe even concoct a more sinister plan after going back.

“I… don’t know who your father is.” Qin Fen, with a gloomy face, slowly walked forward. “And I don’t care. Today, I only want to let you know who I am.”

“What… what do you want to do?” Terrified, several dozen young men retreated in fear as Qin Fen took a step forward. “Have you considered what will happen to you if you offend us?”

“Yes! Yes…”

“Have you thought it over…”

Several dozen young men retreated bit by bit. Nevertheless, they dared not escape. People in certain small circles of Shengjing knew all about today’s matter. If they retreated, they won’t ever have any foothold among the younger generation of Shengjing again.

Qin Fen’s smile froze. Thought it over? What else do I have to think about? If I fight, I will offend you, and if I don’t, I won’t offend you, huh? It will be useless to be accommodating and care for the overall interests of these people!

“I… have thought it over…”

Qin Fen smiled; his smile was as warm as spring. His ice-cold face was full of smiles at this moment.

Seeing this, smiles also appeared on the faces of several dozen young men. Their eyes were full of triumphant smiles. This lieutenant colonel still knew fear. As long as they escaped from him, they could go back and simply hire an assassin to kill him and save their faces…

Before all kinds of vengeful thoughts could finish flashing in their minds, they felt a tremor under their feet as if several buildings around them had collapsed…

Before everyone even had the chance to react, Qin Fen had already appeared before them under the powerful impetus from his feet. While everyone was still unable to respond, Qin Fen’s shoulders shook fiercely as an endless aura of power erupted from him in the blink of an eye. Just the raising of his palm created a tsunami-like furious howl against the air.

Everything went blurry before everyone’s eyes. The air seemed to be surging with visible shock waves, giving the impression that this wasn’t a quiet alley but a beach in Hawaii on a cloudy day; where huge sea waves were rushing to the shore with a sea breeze.

Raging Berserker Tide!

In the next second, a series of fast-paced clashing sounds of kicks and punches rang in the alley. Qin Fen, who had rushed into the crowd, was like a flood dragon in the sea. His palms mowed down everyone in their paths, separating the crowd into two immediately. His every action was immediately followed by a bone-crushing sound. Each and every victim of his attack was coughing blood, again and again. In the blink of an eye, the entire alley was filled with a nauseating bloody smell, accompanied by groans and shrieks.

Every young man who had fallen on the ground was looking at Qin Fen walking among the crowd in horror while groaning in pain. This man is simply too fierce! He actually challenged an entire group alone!? And why hasn’t he left yet? It seems he is looking for something!

“Tear gas launcher… tear gas grenade…”

Qin Fen reached out and took all the gas masks off everyone’s face, playing with several unused tear gas grenades in his hands. “If there is a next time, I will kill you all.”

Just this simple sentence made everyone forget the pain and groans. That chilling cold intent spread through their entire body through each and every pore.

As Qin Fen threw two tear gas grenades amidst the injured and turned around, a series of coughing mixed with groans sounded behind him. Next, he came to the mag-drive flying car that had already fallen on the ground.

Click… click…

Liang Tao hurriedly locked all the doors and windows. Only then could he heave a long sigh of relief. The flying car was protected by super tempered glass. The car was absolutely safe unless Qin Fen used a gun.

Does he dare to fire a gun? Liang Tao looked at Qin Fen in a carefree manner. Opening fire on someone in Shengjing!? He might be able to justify killing the other young men as self-defense, but can he justify killing a temporarily disabled person as self-defense? Unless he wants to die together!

“You think it’s very safe, right?”

Qin Fen smiled slightly. Liang Tao felt an inexplicable chill raiding his body. In the next moment, he saw Qin Fen grab the edge of the mag-drive flying car and immediately felt the car tilting quickly to one side.

“I can even repair a mobile armor, this car is nothing!”

Qin Fen slowly moved his ten fingers. The nine-star level Dragon Elephant Prajna Art wasn’t being used to fight but to disassemble…

Ding… dong… ding…

To his horror, he saw the mag-drive flying car being dismantled by Qin Fen’s bare hands through the rearview mirror.

“Drive furnace has entered self-protection protocol after having suffered excessive shocks.” Qin Fen, laughing at the car’s programs, modified the car at an amazing speed. At the same time, he took out a blackboard eraser-sized box from his embrace and stuffed it next to the drive furnace.

Beep… beep…

Soon, Liang Tao noticed that the various instruments on the mag-drive flying car were showing normal values. He looked at Qin Fen in disbelief, wondering why Qin Fen had helped him repair the car.

“You think it’s very safe to hide inside, don’t you?” Qin Fen calmly smiled as he slowly raised his right arm over his head.

To Liang Tao’s astonishment, Qin Fen’s arm became like an inflated balloon; his arm swelled to the size of a thigh in the blink of an eye. His blue-black bulging tendons were like cobwebs, covering his fist completely. His fist looked like an iron fist made of pure steel.

BANG!

The entire mag-drive flying car shook with a bang as loud as drums during the Spring Festival. As Liang Tao was shaken by the bang, he was shocked to see that the super tempered glass that was even harder than a rock had cracks appear on it with just one punch of Qin Fen.

BANG…

With another punch, the fine cracks in the glass grew denser.

Qin Fen said with a smile, “When this glass breaks, I will drag you out and smash all of your bones into pieces, even your fingers will not be spared. I will see how you will trouble me then.”

His warm as a spring smile was indeed full of chilling cold threat.

Liang Tao, looking at Qin Fen’s hammer-like arm, recalled the scene when he was seriously injured by Qin Fen that day. He could no longer think about as to why Qin Fen repaired his car.

Escape! I have to escape or I will be beaten to death by him!

Terrified, Liang Tao repeatedly pressed the forced take-off button as a powerful jet of air immediately gushed out from the underneath of the mag-drive flying car. Qin Fen’s military uniform flapped against the wind as the flying car finally rose into the air.

This time, Liang Tao didn’t dare to hover at fifty meters. Qin Fen’s helmet attack was proof in itself that it was not safe to hover at fifty meters.

A hundred meters! No! Three hundred meters! Having risen to three hundred meters, Liang Tao looked at the dot-sized Qin Fen on the ground and rained down curses, sputtering saliva here and there, “Count yourself lucky, you won’t be this lucky next time.”

Having escaped from death, Liang Tao no longer cared why Qin Fen repaired his car. Pleased and at ease, he pressed the button to move forward, afraid that Qin Fen would be able to throw the helmet three hundred meters up in the air.

The groaning young martial artists lying on the ground looked at the speeding Liang Tao and then turned their gazes at Qin Fen in disbelief, wondering why he did this.

“Five… four… three… two…” Qin Fen, raising his index finger, calmly started a countdown, “One… boom…”

BOOM!

A bang that was as loud as a bolt of lightning in the storm rang in the sky as a hot ball of fire swished through the sky before breaking into countless pieces and scattering about under the strong impact.

At the sight of this, the injured young men forgot their pain for the second time and even stopped groaning. They were gawking at that dissipating ball of fire in a daze. Their mind had completely gone blank; their reaction was somewhat slow. Liang Tao is dead.

“I will kill you…”

Not long ago, these ice-cold words of Qin Fen flashed in everyone’s mind once more.

Hit by a chill, every young man knew what it meant. The ball of fire dropped through the air, the corpse destroyed with the explosion. As such, it would be extremely difficult for this case to be investigated.

Qin Fen, with no change in his expression, looked at the balls of fire splitting in the sky. He never expected that the glory bomb he had created that day would be used in such a way to kill someone.

After quite a while, someone finally recovered from the shock. “You… you killed Liang Tao.”

Qin Fen, looking at the injured questioner, replied calmly, “If I didn’t kill him this time, would he let me live next time?”

Everyone sunk into silence. Liang Tao was a narrow-minded man; if he escaped successfully today, he would absolutely not lay down his arms.

“So, I have no reason to let a scourge like him, who would threaten my life sooner or later, live.” Qin Fen nodded. “I am pro when it comes to killing. I hope we can live together in peace in the future.”

Killing the chicken to warn the monkey!? A funny thought flashed past these young men’s minds, but they simply didn’t have the guts to laugh.

Indeed, it was killing the chicken to warn the monkeys. As naive as this method may be, it was often very useful.

“Ah, right, I did hit you, but I hope you are aware who the culprit actually was this time.” Qin Fen raised his finger, pointing at the sky where the ball of fire had already dissipated. “Is it me or him? Who is actually worthy to be your friend?”

By the time the original serenity returned to the alley, Qin Fen had already disappeared. On the other hand, the young men had begun to call for an ambulance. None of them chose to call for help. Everyone seemed to have already forgotten that someone had successfully created a case of a mag-drive flying car explosion.

Roaming around in Shengjing, the young men may be playboys, but they were not stupid. A large part of the reason why they had suffered this time was indeed because of Liang Tao’s instigations. Furthermore, he was already dead! What benefits could they receive by being friends with the dead?

None! Absolutely none! The young playboys naturally knew what choice they had to make. They may have suffered serious injuries this time, but they knew that Qin Fen had shown them mercy; he hadn’t crippled them. He had not ended everyone’s road on the martial dao.

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“Squad Leader Hao, I have killed someone.” Qin Fen calmly made a call. “Liang Tao wanted to kill me, and was killed by me in retaliation.”

“Killed someone?” Squad Leader Hao furrowed his brow as he quickly made a beeline to a remote location. “Was it clean? Can anyone link it up to you?”

“It was clean. It will be very difficult to pin it on me.” Qin Fen added, “I placed my glory bomb next to the drive furnace of his mag-drive flying car and caused a big explosion.”

Squad Leader Hao’s knit eyebrows slowly relaxed as a reassuring smile appeared on his face. “That’s better, we can pin it on terrorists. Go and look for Zhao Huzi. This guy may have a temper but he likes you very much. Furthermore, he has some conflict with the Cao Family, he will absolutely help you cover it up.”

“Understood.”

Qin Fen hung up the phone. He was completely at ease now. In Shengjing, where the public security was superb, killing someone with an explosion was indeed too shocking. Fortunately, Squad Leader Hao had a rich experience and pinned it on the terrorists, making them the scapegoat.

“I wonder how many times the unfortunate terrorists had been made scapegoats in matters like these?” Qin Fen rubbed his chin. Suddenly, he felt that these terrorists didn’t have a very promising future. Not only were they chased by all, like rats running across the street, but they were also very easy to be framed.

Outside a huge shopping mall, the screen playing a music video suddenly distorted and started showing news.

“Breaking news.” A beautiful and dignified female announcer reported with a solemn look on her face. “A mag-drive flying car has suddenly exploded just over Shengjing. According to the reports we have just received, Golden Will, the sixth-largest terrorist group in the Federation has claimed responsibility for this attack. Let’s take a look at the video sent by Golden Will.”

Looking at the weirdo wearing a black hood claiming that this was the free world’s warning to the decaying federation, Qin Fen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Sigh…

Qin Fen heaved a sigh. This world was really crazy. Some people desperately tried to avoid this kind of thing, and someone people liked putting this kind of thing on their own head.

The image on the huge screen changed once more. This time it was the President of the Federation speaking, supporting the fight against terrorism and condemning this terrorist attack of Golden Will.

Qin Fen shook his head and quickened his pace. He wanted to inform General Zhao in advance as soon as possible. The matter of these playboys coming to ambush him today should not be entirely a secret. Even if there was no evidence, it was quite easy to get to the matter through certain associations. Since Squad Leader Hao said it, he believed him. So, it was better to go see him first rather than being caught off guard in the future.

As ambulances whizzed through the sky, Qin Fen simply called a cab. “Take me to Shengjing Military Base.”

“Oh? Such a young lieutenant colonel.” The taxi driver smiled and said, “Kid, you have a great future ahead!”

Great future!? Qin Fen forced a smile. Who has seen a lieutenant colonel that has not been assigned anywhere even after such a long time? Great future!? Ha, it must be a meek future.*

Qin Fen shrugged his shoulder. He didn’t even pay attention to the scenery outside the window*. The future is not bright, the future is not bright! Originally, I didn’t plan to take the military road. The pension for leaving the army after rising to the ranks of lieutenant colonel should be quite good.*

After a silence throughout the journey, the taxi came to a stop at the East Asia military base.

Having opened the door and gotten off the taxi, Qin Fen turned back and thanked the taxi driver.

Noticing Qin Fen, the two soldiers on sentry duty stared at Qin Fen with strange looks as their expression changed. Why did this kid come here today? He is not planning on splashing blood every five steps before the military base, replaying that scene filled with painful groans, is he?