Chapter 14: Hunter and Prey

Ye Xuan found his sister last night and told Ye Xue to fire Zhou Yang, but he didn’t give a reason.

Although Ye Xue was curious about how Zhou Yang had any connection with her younger brother, Zhou Yang was just a new employee at the law firm and performed averagely in all aspects.

Even if Ye Xuan didn’t speak up, it wasn’t certain that Zhou Yang would successfully pass his probationary period. Since his younger brother spoke up, Ye Xue naturally let Zhou Yang go without hesitation.

Zhou Yang left the law firm in a daze and went home. He lay quietly on the bed for two hours before going to a nearby bar to drink. This was his main outlet for venting.

And not far from the bar, Ye Xuan was looking at his phone. As expected, just like what he knew from his previous life, this guy would come to the bar to drink when something happened.

Later on, after becoming an A-class Awakener himself, he also came here to drink. But at that time, it wasn’t for venting or relieving frustration; it was purely for picking up girls.

On the day Ye Xue had an accident, Zhou Yang brought two beautiful women home from this bar and wanted to play with them at home. The two women even invited Ye Xue to join them in pleasing Zhou Yang together.

Naturally, Ye Xue was very angry and slapped those two women before kicking them out.

But Zhou Yang directly turned Ye Xue into an ice sculpture and shattered her.

It’s worth noting that the house where the incident occurred is the same house Su Mengli currently lives in. It originally belonged entirely to Ye Xue.

Zhou Yang lived in Ye Xue’s house and shamelessly brought women back. He could be described as scum. Even if the incident hadn’t happened yet, Ye Xuan had no intention of letting him off.

At this moment, Ye Xuan wore a duckbill cap, sunglasses, and even a mask. He covered himself tightly while searching for an opportunity to strike.

In modern society, the law is sound and surveillance cameras are everywhere. If Ye Xuan were to kill someone, there would be considerable concerns. In a normal society, the case would be solved within two months. By then, Ye Xuan would also be eating prison food.

But now was different. In a little over a month, the government would publicly announce the return of spiritual energy. Why would they make this announcement? Because more and more abnormal events were occurring, not giving everyone an explanation would cause panic and be detrimental to social stability.

And according to what Ye Xuan knew, in three days at most, an astonishing abnormal event would occur in Jiangcheng.

By then, most of Jiangcheng’s police force would focus on that abnormal event. Afterward, abnormal events would continue to happen one after another.

A mere Zhou Yang death case didn’t have much social impact; the police didn’t have the energy to investigate it thoroughly. Therefore, Ye Xuan didn’t need to worry about being discovered.

Time passed slowly as the sky gradually darkened. Ye Xuan still waited near the bar with great patience. He was a hunter who could wait for his prey.

Finally, after nine o’clock in the evening, Ye Xuan finally saw Zhou Yang.

At this moment, Zhou Yang appeared drunk and was muttering curses under his breath: “Ye Xue you bitch! You actually fired me! Just wait until I become successful; I’ll make you pay back tenfold! You bitch! I’ll f*cking kill you…”

Listening to Zhou Yang’s drunken ramblings only intensified the killing intent in Ye Xuan’s eyes. The things from his past life, combined with the vulgar language coming out of Zhou Yang’s mouth, made it clear that he deserved to die!

Drunk Zhou Yang staggered towards his home, and Ye Xuan quickly followed.

Finally, when passing through a secluded and deserted alley, Ye Xuan swiftly approached Zhou Yang from behind and took control of his body.

Next, Ye Xuan held a dagger in his hand and ruthlessly slashed Zhou Yang’s throat.

Fresh blood gushed out from Zhou Yang’s throat. He widened his eyes, trying to stop the blood loss by covering his throat with both hands.

Ye Xuan showed no mercy. With the dagger in hand, he fiercely stabbed Zhou Yang’s heart multiple times, hitting vital points with each strike.

Zhou Yang lost all strength in his body and knelt on the ground. He turned his head to look at Ye Xuan with a face full of confusion as if asking why he was being killed.

Ye Xuan stared at Zhou Yang intently. He could see that the blood around Zhou Yang’s neck had already frozen into ice, preventing further blood loss. This guy had awakened!

As mentioned before, Awakeners not only awakened their abilities by awakening spiritual orbs within their bodies but also awakened their potential by stimulating it during life-or-death situations.

Zhou Yang was an A-class Awakener with great potential. It was normal for him to awaken at this moment.

However, an Awakener’s abilities were specialized. Although A-class Ice World had strong offensive power, it wasn’t defensive or healing in nature.

Even though Zhou Yang had awakened and could use his ability to freeze the bleeding in his neck area and prevent further blood loss, he couldn’t repair the damage to his heart. Moreover, he had just awakened and only developed about one percent of his ability. Even if he was A-rank, there were limits to what he could do.

At this moment, the wound on Zhou Yang’s neck was frozen by his ability. He barely managed to speak, “We have no grudges or grievances between us. Why… are you killing me?”

Ye Xuan looked at Zhou Yang and said calmly, “Perhaps you are innocent now, but unfortunately, I’m not a good person.”

Killing someone for something they haven’t done yet might be considered too much by many people.

Some people might choose to try to change the situation or simply keep Ye Xue away from Zhou Yang.

However, Ye Xuan wasn’t a good person. He couldn’t be sure that keeping Ye Xue away from Zhou Yang would change her original fate. Killing Zhou Yang was the safest option.

And because Ye Xuan had personally witnessed his sister turning into a pile of broken ice corpses, he wouldn’t use his sympathy on Zhou Yang.

Ye Xuan continued to watch Zhou Yang as he gradually lost strength and went from kneeling to lying face down on the ground.

Once a person died, their abilities naturally dissipated as well.

The blood in Zhou Yang’s neck began to melt and flow normally again. At this moment, he looked like an ordinary victim without any trace of being an Awakener.

This was what Ye Xuan wanted to see after all. If this body were related to abnormal events, then the investigation by relevant departments would be much more intense. That would cause trouble for Ye Xuan. With things like this now, there shouldn’t be any problems later on.

Although Zhou Yang was dead, his eyes were still wide open as if unwilling to accept his fate while looking in Ye Xuan’s direction.

Ye Xuan stared at Zhou Yang coldly and said, “In your next life, be a good person!”

Then Ye Xuan approached and searched Zhou Yang’s body thoroughly, taking everything valuable with him.

Ye Xuan wasn’t after his money but rather wanted to create the illusion of a robbery and murder to confuse others.

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