The Enemy General is a Bondservant - Chapter 2

The man was around nine feet tall. He wore a golden dragon guan inlaid with green jade, a dark cloak with a faint snakeskin pattern embroidered onto it, and under that cloak, he was clad in a navy-coloured long robe with dark-coloured dragons embroidered on it. His stern dressing only served to enhance his powerful, domineering aura.

The air in Yixiang Court seemed to freeze the moment this man appeared. No one dared to raise his head; practically no one dared to even breathe too loudly. Before this man, they could only cower and submit.

“So we meet again, Mr ‘Red Flame General’. I trust you’ve been well?” the man said. His voice was deep and had a magnetic quality to it.

That voice also pierced painfully through Zhan Tianbai’s eardrums.

Duanmu Li’s mouth split open in a wide grin. His smile was seven parts cruel and three parts mocking, and his deep black eyes practically overflowed with a fierce interest in Zhan Tianbai.

Zhan Tianbai’s entire being spasmed as if struck by lightning out of a perfectly clear sky. His whole being felt like it was burning up in the flames of vengeful hate, and his heart and spleen felt like they were about to explode.

The person standing before him…

This was the one man he would absolutely never forgive!

“DUANMU LI!” Zhan Tianbai roared so fiercely that he sounded like he wanted to eat Duanmu Li alive. His dark eyes suddenly turned a gorgeous, mesmerizing red, the same color as the blood that flowed through his veins.

“DUANMU LI. DUANMU LI!!!”

Zhan Tianbai’s hands were still bound with chains, and they clanged wildly as he struggled against them fiercely. It seemed like the chains would break at any moment.

Shen Yulan and the other customers at Yixing Court were all scared out of their wits.

A frighteningly powerful energy was emanating from Zhan Tianbai’s body, the same kind of energy that one felt from a fierce wild beast. It was as if Zhan Tianbai was dying to bite off Duanmu Li’s neck.

The air in Yixiang Court seemed to have sharpened into a thousand knives. The good-for-nothing young noblemen in Yixiang Court had never been on a battlefield before, and they all cowered before Zhan Tianbai’s powerful aura, shaking like leaves in the wind.

Duanmu Li was the only one who remained calm and unshaken, solid as a rock, as if he would be able to hold even the sky up if it fell.

This indomitable, powerful man was not the least bit threatened.

Zhan Tianbai’s teeth were bared, and his arms were flailing wildly at Duanmu Li, but the latter merely beheld him silently, his dark eyes narrowing ever so slightly with interest as he looked Zhan Tianbai up and down.

“How very, very astonishing…” Duanmu Li said, his thin lips parting slightly as he spoke. “I heard tell that Yao Country’s ‘Red Flame General’ had fae blood in him, and that his eyes would turn red when agitated or excited, but I hadn’t thought that it would be… so incredibly beautiful.”

As Duanmu Li’s roughly calloused hand caressed Zhan Tianbai’s cheek, Zhan Tianbai struggled even more violently.

However, no matter how he strived, there was nothing he could do; his two hands were bound, and his body had no strength.

“Hahaha!”

Duanmu Li laughed a deep belly laugh. He was both pleased and amused by this sight.

Zhan Tianbai felt all the small hairs on his body stand.

“I want to kill you! Duanmu Li, I want your blood!!” Zhan Tianbai screamed. He was agitated again, and his eyes turned into brilliant red rubies once more.

The corners of Duanmi Li’s mouth turned upwards slightly as his smile deepened.

“Sure… come kill this Wang then! If you can, that is,” Duanmu Li said, an evil smile spreading across his face. His bitterest enemy on the battlefield could do nothing now as he bullied him. This gave Duanmu Li a deep, twisted sense of satisfaction that words could not describe.

In the very next moment, he was bitten hard by Zhan Tianbai.

“Pei1!”

Duanmu Li’s sharp brows furrowed together. The blood trickling down his fingertips was as red as Zhan Tianbai’s eyes.

“Ha, hahaha!” Zhan Tianbai laughed loudly. At that moment, he saw Duanmu Li raise his huge hand.

Slap!

That harsh blow knocked Zhan Tianbai’s head to the side.

His face burned hotly with pain as he spat out the blood in his mouth. He turned to glare at Duanmu Li, his crimson eyes filled with anger, rage and defiance.

That gaze electrified Duanmu Li.

Zhan Tianbai’s skin was very fair. The droplets of blood on his skin and the spreading redness from that last blow looked like red spider lilies blossoming on his face, breathtaking and captivating all at once.

“Zhan Tianbai, at this juncture, you really think you have the ability to refuse being made use of by my Nanchu Country? Actually, you have always had the choice of choosing to seek refuge with me… this Wang will give you a chance. Say you’ll work for me, say you’ll be loyal to me, and I’ll get Boss Shen to let you go.”

That magnetic voice spoke sonorously, forcefully. Zhan Tianbai knew that Duanmu Li was serious.

And that was also why he also gave a serious response.

Pei!

Zhan Tianbai spat roundly on Duanmu Li’s handsome face.

Beansprout: Ha, one thing I really love about Zhan Tianbai is his sass and attitude, no matter how terrible his circumstances are.