Global Superpower: Getting Stronger through Reading

Along the way, many people in Maple Bridge Town noticed Lin Bai’s appearance. They all began to talk about the young man who had not appeared for a long time.

“Isn’t that Lin Bai? Why is he back at this time? The Lin family home is currently occupied by those people!”

“Wait, look where he’s going. He seems to be heading in the direction of the Lin family home!”

“Those two Hunters are still there. If Lin Bai barges in like this, nothing will happen, right?”

“Report this to the mayor!”

“…”

Lin Bai heard some of the chatter, but he ignored them.

No matter who those two uninvited guests were, they would die if they dared to touch his family!

Right now, he simply wanted to see the situation in the Lin family home.

“Isn’t this the piece of trash from the Lin family?” Suddenly, a person in front of him spoke with an extremely mocking tone.

Lin Bai focused his gaze. The person who came was the leader of the gangsters in Maple Bridge Town, Zhang Long.

“Don’t block the way.” Lin Bai tried his best to control his anger. After all, he did not want to vent his anger on others.

Even though Zhang Long was ignorant for blocking Lin Bai and finding trouble with him, Lin Bai could only bear with it. After all, he wanted to return to the Lin family house as soon as possible.

Zhang Long noticed that the veins on Lin Bai’s forehead were twitching. Thus, he became even fiercer and said, “I’m going to block your way today. Can you stop me?”

Zhang Long was able to dominate the gangsters in Maple Bridge Town because he had some capabilities.

It was naturally not a problem for Lin Bai to deal with him. However, he did not have that much time to waste.

“Let’s finish this quickly,” said Lin Bai softly, circulating his energy at a high speed!

Suddenly, a wooden arrow flew out from behind Lin Bai and shot straight at Zhang Long’s shoulder. Zhang Long didn’t react in time and suffered heavily from the attack. He looked a little pathetic.

“Brother Lin Bai, leave this to me. The Lin family is in trouble. I know you’re impatient, so go first.”

Lin Bai turned his head and saw that it was Wang Hu. He secretly remembered this favor.

Some of the friends he had made during his naive childhood had now become his strongest support.

Even though Wang Hu hadn’t become a Hunter, he was still an archer with a high rating. His strength was already comparable to Zhang Long.

Lin Bai thanked him. Then, he turned around and ran towards the Lin family.

…

At the Lin family home.

Two men in black were rummaging through the Lin family house like crazy. The entire house was in chaos.

Even the Lin family’s backyard had been dug up by them.

Meanwhile, Lin Bai’s parents had collapsed in a corner of the room, covered in blood. They could not move, but they were still alive.

One of the men was called Zhu Ni, while the other was Leo.

Zhu Ni had already occupied the Lin family home and treated the Lin family home as his temporary stronghold.

However, after days and nights of searching, they still could not find what they wanted.

Thus, Zhu Ni could not help but wonder if the information they had obtained was wrong.

After all, from the very beginning, he did not think that such a treasure would be hidden in this seemingly ordinary Lin family.

It was a secret treasure that was rumored to be able to allow an Ordinary Level-9 Hunter to directly ascend to an Earth-Rank Hunter.

Now, as Zhu Ni leaned against the windowsill, he keenly sensed an unusual elemental fluctuation in the east.

He used his spiritual power to probe around and quickly guessed the identity of the newcomer from the chaotic elemental fluctuation.

“He… Why would he appear here at this time…?”

“I didn’t expect him to come knocking on my door!”

Zhu Ni left the windowsill and woke Leo up.

“Lin Bai is here,” said Zhu Ni.

Leo was shocked. “Isn’t he in Sorcha College? Why did he suddenly…”

“I’m not sure. We’ll capture him alive and interrogate him. Maybe he knows some clues about the secret treasure.” Zhu Ni glanced at the two dying people in the corner. “At most, we’ll use their son to pry open their mouths.”

When two Level-9 Hunters worked together, they did not believe that Lin Bai could still escape.

Furthermore, they were all highly-rated Mages who were the cream of the crop!

It was simply impossible to escape from them.

The two figures used their magic power to fly into the air. Then, they charged towards the street where Lin Bai was at an extremely great speed.

…

Upon sensing an extremely powerful magical wave in front of him, Lin Bai stopped and stared ahead.

From very far away, Lin Bai discovered that it was from two figures, who were both wearing black robes.

Lin Bai’s eyes narrowed. He had some memories of that attire!

It was the attire of the Netherworld Palace!

Fear appeared in Lin Bai’s eyes as his pupils dilated.

The Netherworld Palace was a terrorist organization that shocked the entire Eastern Empire and even the entire continent. It committed all kinds of crimes, but the intention and purpose of its establishment was still unknown.

Lin Bai instantly realized that he was in danger.

Moreover, this was a situation of certain death.

There was no doubt that the first five seals of the Nine-Colored Yanluo Seal would simply feel like gua sha[1] to the Level-9 Hunters. It would not cause any pain to them.

Furthermore, when two Level-9 Hunters worked together, he had no chance of even fighting back.

At the same time, the faces of Lin Bai’s parents flashed through his mind.

Was there no way to take revenge?

Even if he became a ghost in Hell, he would climb up… and drag them down!

At this point, Lin Bai was already not afraid of death.

…

No!

How could he have forgotten!

He still had a trump card!

Suddenly, a smile appeared on Lin Bai’s lips. With a flip of his right hand, a black tile appeared.

Meanwhile, Zhu Ni and Leo landed on the ground. Then, they looked at Lin Bai coldly.

“I’m sure you know what happened to your family.” Zhu Ni’s tone was filled with hatred.

Beside him, Leo was smiling like a wolf in sheep’s clothing. “If you surrender, your fate won’t be too sad. We don’t want your life. We just want some information.”

Unexpectedly, Lin Bai shrugged his shoulders in a relaxed manner. “I’ll be a bit more efficient, so that you guys won’t feel anything when you go to hell.”

“How stubborn,” said Leo, humiliated. Then, he instantly stopped smiling.

At the same time, purple flames rose from Zhu Ni’s palm. His killing intent surged as he flew towards Lin Bai.

Its ferocity was on a completely different level from Han Bin’s green flames.

“You’re playing dirty tricks. I really don’t know how these stinky lackeys of the Netherworld Palace managed to survive until now.” Lin Bai shook his head.

Then, Zhu Ni snapped his fingers.

The flames struck Lin Bai, but they did not hit him. Instead, they struck a figure that had appeared out of nowhere.

The figure took the blow, but did not react.

Zhu Ni and Leo’s eyes narrowed. They could feel a terrifying pressure coming from that figure.

“Are Level-9 Hunters… very powerful?”

“When you play with fire… This is how it should be!”

With that said, a red flame rose from behind the figure.

Zhu Ni’s eyes were filled with fear. As a fire-type mage, he was naturally an expert in playing with fire.

Therefore, the moment he saw this flame, he lost all his fighting spirit.

This red flame looked like the most ordinary flame on the surface. It was even inferior to the slightly higher-leveled blue flame.

However… that aura… there was no mistaking it.

That was the Origin Fire.

[1] a traditional Chinese medicine practice