NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 193: The Second Protagonist
Feng Fan felt the energy in the domain gathering behind him, his instincts screaming danger. He turned and saw a massive figure staring at him, a mix of disdain and anger etched on its face.
"A brat like you dares to kill my servants and ruin my plans?"
The man had a prominent nose and thick eyebrows. The air around him made it clear he was used to looking down on others, never up.
Feng Fan felt a powerful force pressing down on his body. He tried to circulate his spiritual qi to resist, but he had already used up most of his energy, and the little he recovered was far from enough.
'Damn it, just when I thought I could save some energy…'
The Suppression Relic hummed in his hand, reminding him there was no time to waste. Feng Fan nodded and willed the Suppression Relic to absorb all the stored energy he had gathered in the village.
The figure watched Feng Fan struggling to resist. "Hmph, you think you stand a chance against me? You're nothing but a frog in a well!"
The figure raised his hand, and a vortex of dark spiritual qi formed in his palm. Feng Fan knew if that palm struck him, he'd be dead. Yet, he showed no fear.
With his spiritual qi vision activated, Feng Fan had already pinpointed the figure's weakness—the core of the domain. If he destroyed it, he could take down both the domain and the figure at the same time.
"DIE!"
As the giant figure hurled a palm filled with dark energy toward Feng Fan, Feng Fan threw the Suppression Relic, aiming straight at the ground beneath the figure.
The figure was fast, but the Suppression Relic was faster! It tore through the ground as if it were air, nothing able to stop it.
When it finally reached the underground chamber—a small room with a circle made of candles at its center—its energy exploded, destroying everything around it.
The dark energy that had threatened to kill Feng Fan suddenly vanished, and the figure began to blur.
"You… You better pray I never find you again, brat!"
With those final words, the figure disappeared completely, and the Dao laws that had trapped Feng Fan within the village dissolved along with it.
"Fanfan!" Xue Qiang rushed to his side, her face filled with concern. "Are you okay?"
Feng Fan nodded with a reassuring smile, glancing at her and then at the others. All four of them had been clearly worried about him.
They had watched him fight with everything he had, yet they had been powerless to help. The feeling of helplessness weighed on them like a heavy burden.
"Brother Feng, I'm glad you're safe… I'm sorry I couldn't do more," said Mao Shun, his hammer once again resting on his back.
Feng Fan approached him and patted his right shoulder warmly. "Don't fret, Bother Mao, I'm glad we all managed to escape in one piece."
Mao Shun smiled wryly, but the worry on his face didn't fade in the slightest.
"Brother Feng, it seems you've caught the attention of someone truly powerful. I doubt even a Return To Void realm expert could create a domain like that."
Thinking about the giant figure that appeared at the end, Feng Fan let out a hearty laugh.
"Hmph! If he could kill us, he would've done it already. Since he can't come here now, he better never come at all—because if he does, I'll slap him to death!"
Mao Shun chuckled at Feng Fan's boldness. "Thanks, Brother Feng. May I ask where the four of you are headed now?"
"We're actually on the run from some bastards from the Qian Empire. We plan to head to the Mao Empire first, then make our way to the Dao Seeking School. What about you, Brother Mao?"
At the mention of the Mao Empire, Mao Shun's expression darkened briefly. "I… don't really have anywhere to go."
Seeing his troubled look, Su Xiaoli felt a pang of sympathy. His situation reminded her too much of her own.
'Nowhere to go…' she thought, tears welling up in her eyes.
Sensing the tension building up in the air, Feng Fan quickly spoke up. "Brother Mao, if you don't have anywhere to go, why not come with us? You might even be able to enter the Dao Seeking School alongside us."
Mao Shun fell silent for a moment, a thoughtful expression crossing his face.
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'If I can get into the Dao Seeking School, I can grow stronger… and finally kill that bastard, Mao Hu.'
No matter his circumstances, there was one thing Mao Shun would never give up on—killing Mao Hu, his uncle, and the current Mao Emperor.
Until Mao Hu was dead, the souls of his family would never rest in peace.
"Alright, Brother Feng. But I should warn you… I'm a wanted man in the Mao Empire. Traveling with me could bring you trouble."
Feng Fan laughed. "Brother Mao, if there's one thing I'm not afraid of, it's trouble. Who exactly is after you?"
Then, something clicked in his mind.
Wait… Mao Shun… Mao Hu… family conflict… wanted across the entire Mao Empire…
His laughter cut off abruptly, and he turned to Mao Shun with wide eyes, as if he had seen a ghost.
"Brother Mao… don't tell me… Are you part of the Mao Empire's royal family?"
Mao Shun nodded, his face serious. "That's right, Brother Feng. My father was the late emperor. His own brother killed him and stole the throne."
Feng Fan gulped. "Don't tell me… the one hunting you is your uncle, the emperor of the strongest empire in the Dao Seeking School's territory?!"
Mao Shun gave a firm nod.
'Dammit!' Feng Fan thought, laughing inside. 'This guy is a full-blown protagonist!'
Feng Fan looked at Mao Shun with a warm smile, as if looking at a precious gem. 'I already have Tan Wei, my future god-tier alchemist. If I help this guy take down his uncle… won't I have another protagonist by my side?'
He was so caught up in his excitement that he overlooked one tiny problem—he couldn't even handle the people from the Qian Empire and was already on the run.
How the hell was he supposed to deal with the entire Mao Empire?