"You asked for it!"Just as they finished, the four punks' smiles stiffened as they dropped to the floor!The entire building was silent right then—those four were no pushovers, but the dwarf wiped them out instantly anyway.They were really special!"Bloody Mary? What's that supposed to be? I am the White Raven, an undisputed elite!" And after announcing himself, the dwarf leapt toward Frank."White Raven?!"Everyone remembered with a start—White Raven was an assassin who earned his name with over a dozen kills under his belt. Even when attacked by two elders of the Martial Alliance, he escaped unscathed while killing one, more than proving his ferocity!The crowd cheered, once again confident. "Go, White Raven! Show that brat that we're not to be messed with!"White Raven smiled, completely dismissive of Frank as he studied Frank from head to toe without moving. "You have good form in martial arts, and you would rise to new heights in time. Why seek your doom prematurely?"
Frank was not about to show mercy, however, "Which of you hasn't shed blood? Jump down if you know what's good for you!""Fine! You asked for this! You don't get to blame us!"Bob Cut whipped out a remote control and was ready to press the button when a long-haired girl in a school uniform snatched it out of her hands and slapped Bob Cut across the face!"Are you killing us just to take him down?!" Schoolgirl then bellowed."He asked for this!" Bob Cut shot back. "Can't you see the hills of corpses down below?! He's not going to let us off, so let's just take him down with us instead of dying tragically!"Schoolgirl hardly shared the same radical sentiment, ignoring Bob Cut and dropping to her knees, bowing her head and holding up the remote with both hands."We surrender!" she cried.The others all knelt like she did, leaving Bob Cut stunned."Just look at you! What did we say when we joined?! We will not give in no matter who we face… But here you all are, already forgetting
"Really!" Alda huffed, but there was no confidence in her voice at all."I believe you!" Frank smiled and nodded. "Don't worry—I threatened Sally that I'll make her suffer if she messes with you again!"Alda was at once emotional but puzzled. "Mr. Frankton, why would you play along with her when you're so strong?""I told you—we're just partners." Frank shrugged. "It's not just her either—no one in this world gets to order me around!"Alda nodded, clearly believing him."Who's there?!" Frank suddenly snapped.He had heard footsteps and promptly leapt outside to find two familiar figures.It was Bob Cut and Schoolgirl, whom he had cornered at that abandoned building earlier.And with them was a pudgy youth in his twenties."You want some?" Frank growled, his presence murderous.Though the ladies were not faltering, they were still more or less terrified, with the Schoolgirl quickly explaining, "No, it's a misunderstanding! We have nowhere to go, and we're afraid that people wi
Alda understood what Frank was getting at right then and whispered, "Thank you!""Just words aren't enough!" Frank grinned, gently lifting her chin.Having had a similar experience before, Alda knew what he was going for.However, as she closed her eyes shyly, she waited for a long while but nothing ever came.Then, she opened her eyes, steeled herself, and kissed him instead!Frank smiled in wry amusement. "After all that, I'm the one getting exploited!"Alda giggled but said nothing.-Early next morning, Frank woke up to an appetizing scent, and he stepped out to see that Sadie's younger brother, Rain Godot, was cooking in the kitchen!"You can cook?" He asked.Rain chuckled. "I may look young, but I have a Grade 2 chef cert!" "Not bad!"Frank nodded and sat down at the dining table.It was several simple homemade dishes, and Frank was surprised by the culinary skill despite having eaten tons of gourmet food. The taste was truly savory, and not even the average person
Ida giggled. "That's not the way. Just giving him your body is much better!"Sadie ignored her and kept staring at Frank.Frank nodded. He was actually fine with the idea.In fact, he was really curious and wanted an apprentice who went through those alterations to see if they had potential for cultivation. "Is that a yes?!"Ida almost choked on her food—she knew Frank was casual about things, but not this casual!Not about to let Sadie win, she exclaimed, "Me too!""Go away. Why do you have to be everywhere?" Sadie scowled. "What, are you turning your back on me already?!" Ida snapped. "If it wasn't for me, you would've blown yourself up with Lugh! And I was also the one who suggested we come to Lugh, so how could you do this to me?!"Annoyed, Sadie was ready to argue when someone crashed through the window!Everyone turned to look and found a tall masked man with a sword on his back and a kunai on his hip.He looked just like a ninja!Drawing his sword and pointing it a
Frank was really not interested in having too much to do with Farek. "You've done nothing terrible, so leave right now. It won't do to lose your life here.""Insolence!"Farek, however, mistook Frank's kind advice for provocation.Incensed, he drew his cleaver and leapt forward, slashing at Frank.Frank started to turn his head aside to avoid it, but in response, Farek angled his cleaver horizontally toward his neck.As such, Frank dropped to a crouch and launched a kick aimed at Farek's stomach. Farek dodged it, however, and was left frowning.He laughed—amazing, as one would expect of the martial elite who had slain White Raven!"I definitely have the right place. And you can still fight… So let's do this!"Holding his cleaver with both hands, Farek swung it at Frank's brow, and Frank sidestepped it.Then, Farek barely parried an oncoming punch from Frank. But the punches kept coming, and he had to use all the training he had in this life just to not get hit.However, surpr
"Thanks!"While Alda was refusing, she was really hoping that Frank would go with her.It went without saying that she was overjoyed that he agreed to it.Getting into a Panamera, she adjusted her seat as she blurted, "Who are you really, Mr. Frankton?"She was really curious because he seemed at once familiar yet mysterious."Don't worry about it." Frank shrugged. "You just have to understand that I'm not a bad man."Alda nodded—Frank would not harm her, and that was enough for her.She started the car and drove home to Ingram Mansion, though they both heard a loud crash as if something was colliding with the steel gates.They looked out to find over a dozen security guards carrying over a dozen Kawasaki H2.Alda stopped the car and went up with Frank to see a burly man riding on one of the motorbikes, accelerating it and leaping off just before it collided with the gate, totalling it like the other wrecks around it."What's going on here?" Frank asked one of the security gu
Turning to Frank, Alda said, "Sorry, Mr. Frankton. We're really close, so we tend not to hold back. Don't worry about it.""Don't worry," Jouri chuckled. "I know you don't like pretty boys!"As Alda blushed harder, Jouri could see that there was something between those two. "So, it's like that, huh?""No!" Alda rolled her eyes at Jouri."Whatever. Just go in. I'll be done soon.""Okay."Both Alda and Frank headed into the cottage, whose furnishings were quite old, just like the farmer cottage it appeared to be on the outside.Still, Alda sighed as she remembered how Jouri had wrecked over a dozen Kawasaki bikes just to get to her. "She was very poor back in college. It's been a few years, but I guess she's now dirt rich.""Hey, who were you mocking?" Jouri asked, carrying a large pot of food."You, obviously!" Alda quickly helped her.Everyone soon took their seats, and Alda started wolfing down her food once Jouri told them to eat up.Seeing that Frank was not moving, Jouri
Frank snorted. "Alright, I'm hanging up. I'm getting started over here soon.""Yeah. Good luck," Jouri replied.Hanging up, Frank looked up at the waterfall overhead, and then at Skyler, who was standing beside him. "So? Is it time yet?""Almost… Now!" Skyler's eyes were glowing even as she stared at her watch."Alright."Frank looked up just as the skies abruptly darkened. "Ah, there it is—the eclipse."The sun seemed to disappear, and the world was suddenly shrouded in darknesses.And beside him, a stone door imbued with the power of the spiritron vein also rumbled as it parted."Got it!" Frank rushed inside without another word as soon as he saw it."Hmph. I'm surprised that you could reach this place." A cold, wrathful voice resounded inside even before Frank got a hold of his surroundings.Looking up, Frank found a youth in a black cossack and sporting grey-white hair, standing upon a cliff as he looked down on him.Frank chuckled. "Hehe. Like I said, I've come to kill
Frank narrowed his eyes. "Is that so?'Crane shrugged. "I don't mind giving it to you straight—members of Torrent are actually… Ahem. A part of Torrent himself."Frank paused. "What's that supposed to mean?""You don't get it, do you?" Crane grinned. "Then let me put it to you this way—every member is a clone of Torrent.""A clone?" Frank gasped in realization."Yes," Crane nodded. "That's why I believe that challenging Crane is just suicide. You have no idea how powerful he is—only death awaits you down that path."Frank smirked. "Oh, but I don't think so."Crane rolled his eyes. "Fine, whatever—now listen closely. You will find Torrent in the Mystic Trail, but you would only find that place when the sun and moon coincide, and the entrance is beneath the waterfall south of Horton."As he finished, he snorted coldly. "I have no idea if you can actually do it, but I'm hoping you do kill him… Heh. I'm getting tired of being stuck under his control for so long."Then, waving off
Frank abruptly turned, immediately noticing one of the Cranes crouching, ready to spring forward and blindside him."Got you!" He laughed."Hah! You fell for it!"Just as Frank swung a punch to pulverize that Crane, he suddenly burst into pus that splashed at Frank's face."Damn it!" Frank took a step back, surprised that the clone's presence was identical to the real Crane, and a trap on top of that!"Die!"The Cranes around him each whipped out a dagger, all of them stabbing at Frank at the same time."Get off!" Frank bellowed, unleashing a shockwave that sent all the Cranes flying across all directions."Frank! Above you!" Skyler suddenly shrieked."Yes! I'm right here!" A strange laughter sounded above Frank just as he wiped the pus off his face.Crane was suddenly directly above him, launching an aerial kick straight at Frank's head, and Frank had no time to dodge!"Die!" Crane's smile curled into a twisted angle as he saw that too.He was very confident with this kick
"Disgusting…" Skyler murmured through her hand.Despite being skinned and scalped, the women were all still alive and singing to the music that was playing despite their anguish."Talk about a terrible fetish."Frank was scowling too—why were all the members of Torrent such sick deviants? It seemed like his plan to wipe them out was absolutely correct!"So, you killed my clone?"The lanky man on the couch slowly turned to level his bloodshot eyes at Frank.His lips were wet with bed as they curled upward into an eerie smile."Clone?" Frank narrowed his eyes."Hehe. It's a sage art."Crane shrugged as he stood up and wiped the blood off his lips. "It's only natural that you don't understand… Still, you deserve praise. If you can kill my clone, that means you're not just slightly stronger than Ghost."Naturally, the man was none other than the real Crane.Still, as Skyler studied him from a corner, even she could notice the strange twitch of his fingers, and his veins were pro
Even as Crane ran, he was looking over his shoulder, his heart pounding. "No… I won't win in a one-on-one!"No, as long as I get back to my real body… we can do this together!" He frowned, having seen how Frank sliced off the pinkies of those hood rats. It hence quickly dawned on him that Frank was not just slightly stronger than Ghost, as Torrent had put it!"Almost there!" He gasped when he saw the signboard of Pegasus Showtown in the distance. "As long as I get there and rendezvous with my real body, that brat will lose—"That was when he turned and saw that a shadow had caught up with impossible speed."What?!" Crane's eyes almost popped out in bewilderment. "What speed is that?! Are you kidding—"Even as he spotted the shadow, the shadow turned into a youth with an impassive visage.His fist outstretched, he was clearly punching toward Crane's forehead!"Argh…"Even as Crane looked on, the youth's punch slowed down by tenfold, but his fist kept closing in.Then, whe
Seeing Skyler sigh, the tattooed thug presumed that his extortion worked.He strode up, grabbing Frank's shoulder. "No one's gonna help you, boy. Pay up, or you're not leaving.""Exactly! You're not getting away!" the crowd of hood rats hollered. "Last chance."Frank's eyes were cold and fixed on Dani, however. "Are you going to intervene? If you do, you can keep that check. If you don't…""Ugh. Fuck off! I don't care!" Dani spat, her expression smug as she folded her arms before her chest. "Who do you think you are to threaten me?!""Exactly! Pay up, and you can leave!""Yeah! Ten grand, at least!""You probably don't know my boss Wyvern, but when he's here, you won't get away with just ten grand!"Even as the crowd closed in, Frank shook his head. "Well, you had your chance. Don't blame me for what happens next.""You're giving us a chance?! Hah! Who—argh!"Even before Dani could finish gloating, Frank was suddenly in front of her, grabbing her viciously by the wrist."Arg
"Five grand?! Did you hear that?! He just threw five grand!""Must be a rich kid coming here for a secret rendezvous, out of prying eyes? Those types are the easiest mark!""Fuck! And Dani got one of us… It hurts me more than losing at the races!"Frank could hear the buzz around him but ignored it as he strode past the men flanking him and headed toward the street that stank of blood."Stop!" A big tattooed man grinned sinisterly as he intercepted Frank.As his buddies encircled Frank as well, Frank snorted—it seemed that they took his reaction for a sign of weakness and thought that he could be cowed.The tattooed man rubbed his chin as he leered at Skyler's voluptuous figure, chuckling. "Look, boy. I'm short on cash, so let me take a loan. I'll pay you back some other day, how about that?"His friend laughed. "Exactly! You just gave Dani five grand, and we won't ask for more… just four, how about that?"Skyler scowled in turn and glanced worriedly at Frank beside her—was he
Frank himself had just stepped out of the nightclub when his eyes narrowed."Blood," he murmured, his nostrils twitching."Blood?"Skyler sniffed the air, puzzled. "I can't smell it.""It's from the opposite street… I smell the blood of over a dozen people.""A dozen?!" Skyler did a double take.He could identify the number of people who were killed?! That was just ridiculous!"Come on, let's take a look."Just as Frank led the way toward the source of the stench, a woman suddenly came up, catching Frank off guard and throwing herself into his arms."Hmmm?" He looked down to see that she had thick makeup, average looks, and a rather pudgy belly."Argh! He touched me!" she pointed at Frank and shrieked even before he realized what was happening."What?!" Skyler was staring at the woman too, mystified."Oh, sister! You just didn't see it!"The woman kept hollering, pointing at Frank's face. "Your boyfriend grabbed my ass! Is that how you teach him manners?!""Teach him ma
Wyvern screamed even as he clutched the stump that was his hand, screaming so shrilly one might mistake his voice as inhuman."Oh, just shut up." The lanky man glowered and launched a kick, reducing Wyvern into puddles of blood and pieces of innards, splattering all around the lobby. "Argh!!!" the devilish lady screamed as she watched the carnage unfolded."Another sound, and you'd end up just like him." The lanky man turned and frowned at her impatiently."Hngh…" The devilish lady promptly clasped a hand over her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes as she trembled."What the hell?!"Outside, Wyvern's lackeys heard the screams and ran inside, looking for him. "Hey, where's Wyvern?!"However, the lobby was too dimly lit for them to notice the blood and guts scattered around the walls, and they only sensed that terrible stench."Hngh…" The devilish lady was too scared to speak, and tears trickled out of her eyes."Fuck!"One of the lackeys strode up and seized the lanky man