Re:Immortal - Chapter 165

Bai Long was not a prominent figure in Phoenix city, he was born to a poor family in the slums of the capital where they struggled to survive day by day. Although it was harsh, Bai Long still did not mind as long as he had his parents and little sister.

Unfortunately, the heavens were indifferent, when he reached the age of thirteen both of his parents died of a plague that befell the slums, leaving him to care for his ten-year-old sister all by himself.

Since then, Bai Long slowly began to change. In order for them to survive, he stole threatened, and did all sorts of things to provide for his little sister Xiao Ye.

It was in this matter that the siblings survived in the harsh slums for three more years. Bai Long’s plan was to gather enough money for them to move out of this Godless place.

All of that changed however when he took his little sister out with him one day to trade for a little bit of food. Usually, Xiao Ye would remain in the house most of the time, while Bai Long would go out on all sorts of errands.

That day, however, since the duo had already gathered enough money for their objective, the pair of siblings decided to celebrate for the first time in years by eating a good meal at the commoners’ area.

On their way there, the siblings came across a spoiled young master of the Heavenly Phoenix sect, which was considered as one of the powerhouses of the capital.

The young master was shocked by Xiao Ye’s beauty, and seeing how they came from the slums while the young master came from the Heavenly Phoenix meant that their status was as different as the heavens and earth, he simply ordered his guards to bring Bai Long’s little sister back to him thinking nothing of the matter.

Thus started Bai Long and Xiao Ye’s life on the run. The siblings barely managed to run away with their lives intact. While trying to sneak out of the city, however, the duo was spotted by one of the young master’s guards.

This, unfortunately, led them to Xiao Ye getting stabbed by a sword that was meant for her brother. With his little sister mortally wounded in his back, Bai Long once again narrowly managed to escape the guards and ran away from the city.

Bai Long then managed to tag along with a merchant caravan with the use of the money he intended to start a new life with his sister. By the time the caravan group reached the dark forest a distance away from the capital, Xiao Ye had unfortunately passed away in Bai Long’s arms.

The merchants had no medicine that could treat her wounds, and so Bai Long had to watch helplessly as his little sister died within his arms. Life suddenly seemed to lose its color, as rage welled up within his chest.

Why him? Why his little sister? Why his family? Why were the heavens so cruel? They merely wanted to survive in this harsh world, so why did Xiao Ye have to die?!

When his rage reached a boiling point, the merchant’s caravan was suddenly attacked by a group of forest monsters with the guards barely able to hold on. It was nothing but a matter of time before they were unable to stand their ground.

“Heh, do the heavens really want me to die so badly? Do I not deserve to live?” He chuckled bitterly before a cold glint flashed by his eyes as he stared at the monsters defiantly.

“No! I refuse to die when that bastard is still alive and well out there!” Growled Bai Long as he recalled the indifferent face of the Heavenly Phoenix sect’s young master.

“I can’t die until I get my revenge! I Bai Long won’t rest until the entire Heavenly Phoenix, no! The entire capital falls by my hand!” He bellowed to the skies in rage as the final guard fell by the hands of a green wolf-like monster.

Even though he knew that he held no choice against them, Bai Long still grabbed a fallen sword and faced off with his head high against the group of monsters.

By now it seemed like he was the only one left alive as the wolf-like monsters surrounded him, seemingly intending to toy with him before ending his life.

Even so Bai Long was not afraid, no, his heart was full of rage, rage that threatened to envelop the entire world, a rage that burned so high in defiance. And that rage did not go unnoticed…

“Do you wish for revenge?” A majestic voice full of strength and power suddenly rang in his ears shocking him silly.

“Who?!” Bai Long asked, for the first time traces of fear crept between his bones.

“Do you wish for power?” Asked the voice once again.

This time albeit skeptical and afraid, Bai Long managed to reply. “I do!”

“I don’t want to be controlled by the heavens! I don’t want to leave my fate in the hands of someone else! I want to take revenge! And I…I want to live!” He cried out. The injustice of this cruel world was too much, what was wrong with wanting to live free? What was wrong with wanting to survive?

“Good, then I shall lend you a hand.” Replied the voice.

It was then that an abrupt boundless power suddenly rushed through Bai Long’s body filling him with so much strength as his hair whipped about, an entirely different aura, almost celestial surrounded him as he faced the monsters who hurriedly retreated.

“Hmph.” Bai Long calmly raised his sword high before bringing it down like a sovereign of judgment.

A purple sword beam of light rushed forward and decimated the entire area including the monsters leaving nothing behind. Faced with such a scene of destruction as his immediate surroundings were completely flattened, Bai Long was momentarily lost for words.

He knew himself better than anyone, he was not a cultivator but a mere mortal! The power he had just unleashed was enough for him to seek revenge against the Heavenly Phoenix clan and even stand unparalleled!

‘But there must be a catch!’ His eyes hurriedly scanned his surroundings for the owner of the voice, Bai Long had survived in the slums for his entire life, he knew that in life nothing was free.

Sure enough, the boundless power that filled his body moments ago seeped out reverting him to his previous helpless self, a sigh of disappointment unconsciously escaped his lips as he felt himself go back to being a normal mortal.