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Lin Bao's blood boiled high. A huge shout of agony and pain was heard. His only son, the one he doted most on, his future inheritor and the most talented member of the Lin family was killed by someone. The message on the wall was for him. He knew who had the vengeance capable enough for him to kill his son. It was none other than the one he was plotting about. Long Tao had already returned to the city and killed his son as an act of repayment for his actions. "I will kill you and everyone related to you" Lin Bao screamed with bloodshot eyes. He dashed through the wall, running towards the stronghold where the Black-buck squad was being held. Lin Hao followed him, but when they reached the scene, a drastic change occurred on their faces. In front of them lied piles of bodies of those who guarded these cells. Long Tao massacred everyone related to the cell where Black-buck squad was being kept.

The scene was too bloody. Lin Hao wanted to puke after seeing at the scene, but he controlled it. They rushed into the cells to find all the soldiers present here killed mercilessly. All the criminals detained here were set free. Not a single one of them could be found. Lin Hao was starting to get nervous. Long Tao challenged Lin Bao for a life-death match at the arena. This was a bad sign. It meant that he was prepared for what was going to come next. Lin Bao's attitude took a turn to the worse, but the scene in front let him come back to his senses. He needed to think and analyze the situation.

Long Tao managed to dodge the guards and surveillance and free all the members of the squad who remained loyal. " How could he take out all of them without alerting anyone else?". " He didn't do it alone. From what I presume, he killed the ones who were guarding the cells of the black-buck squad. They must have managed to gather up some of their strength from the healing elixirs and helped him in releasing the prisoners in the other jails. This work is the combined doing of all of them. I also presume he must have taken some of the important jailers, included the head keeper here, to interrogate him. That is dangerous for our position. We must get him back."

"What can the head keeper do?". Lin Hao sighed. His uncle, although an incredible practitioner, didn't have a common sense regarding the normal working of the world." Think about the scenario properly. You have filed a case of betrayal against him. He would require something as a backup for forcing you to play in his game. This is where the head keeper comes in. The Head-keeper has been a member of this jail for a very long time and knows about all the dark secrets of this place. If motivated to a good extent, he would inform about the events to Long Tao."

"He would then have sweet leverage on you. If you don't agree on the fight and went to court, he would present the testimony of the head-keeper, which would result in shifting you to the position of a corrupted officer and betrayer and would have all the cases filed by you become invalid. He would win the situation and you would be executed under military law. The only option now is to follow his instruction and take your chances in the arena. Only if you manage to cut the head of the snake, would it stop moving? Even if they present the keeper after tomorrow, you could still pressure the situation into your favor by politics, but if Long Tao remains alive, the situation would remain inconceivable."

Lin Bao banged his fists against the wall and spoke" I will accept that brat's challenge. How dare he challenge me to a duel. I will kill him on the stage and use his blood as a farewell to my dear son. I want you to gather my favors from the other generals and prepare for the political warfare that is going to follow up on this event. I will take care of Long Tao. Send all our spies in search of the Black-buck squad. We will try our best to let the witness reach the testimonial grounds and even if he reaches, I will still be the ultimate winner. Prepare my battle suit and spear, tomorrow is the last day for vice-captain Long." Lin Hao bowed and took his leave. Lin Bao was still murmuring on spot " I would not let them have a chance to even show a witness."

The next day-

The news of the vicar-general's fight with the vice-captain of the black-buck squad was quite famous. The audience that managed to gather was quite large. Soon enough the convoy of judges arrived. The whole military tribunal was present on the scene of. All of the vice-generals took their seats one after another. The audience was growing impatient to see the action of the clash and soon enough the first participant arrived. It was none other than Long Tao. " I thank all the senior leaders of the military to have taken out some time off their busy schedule to come to watch the match of life-death between me and vice-general Lin. May you enjoy the match to the fullest."

" I decline the offer vice-captain Long." Lin Bao made his appearance. His eyes were blood-red from rage, but his words were spoken with a calm breath. "On what grounds vice-general.". Lin Bao looked ta him" You are charged with treason and felony against the military, involving in a conspiracy against the Jiao country. Your action is punishable by death if proved true and I don't need to have a one-sided match with a dead person." He handed a case file to the tribunal. The evidence was judged and the tribunal did inform Long Tao that his situation was unfavorable. Long Tao laughed out loud. "I would like to present someone else in front of you as by defense."

The head-keeper appeared with a figure accompanying him. Looking at the figure, Lin Bao got a huge shock. It was none other than Lin Hao. He was accompanying the head-keeper." This is the Head-keeper of the jail under the charge of vice-general Lin Bao. IF you may" The Head-keeper started telling the tale of all the illegal activities carried out within the jail and how Lin Bao manipulated the whole scene into his favor. All the evidence was provided to the tribunal by Lin Hao. Lin Bao still looked shocked at the event. Long Tao walked up to him and said" Maybe you consulted with the wrong person. He left laughing.

The tribunal verified the whole evidence lot and the faces of the vice-generals and the rest of the military changed instantly. The whole group supporting and in-charge of the jail were corrupted to its core. They instantly declared all the cases filed by Lin Bao as invalid and all the evidence to be forged. Lin Bao was charged with felony, treason, corruption, and undisciplined military behavior which violated the bottom line of the military code. He was sentenced to the death penalty. Lin Bao was shocked speechless. " Did you expect that I would not dare to play this card so soon. I never let my enemies go. You will die a very improper death and now it is even justified by the court. You should have agreed on the advice of your strategist. You might have got a chance to prevent the whole matter from coming into life and he wouldn't have betrayed you. But alas, the vice-general has to die now."

The tribunal ordered on the arrest of the vice-leader and was about to take him into custody when a certain voice stopped them all. "I didn't expect you to perform like this vice-general Lin." The man who spoke was one of great built. The aura surrounding him was majestic and dominating. The amount of bloodthirst that extruded from this guy in a natural manner could be obtained only with the help of a great number of battles. All the vice-leader stood up and bowed" We greet the North-east General." So, this was the in charge of the whole north-eastern region of Jiao country. "Careful boy. This guy's cultivation is equivalent to your master's in thunder god hall. He is an 8th level Qi general practitioner." The title was well deserved.

The man looked towards Lin Bao then to the tribunal and finally, his eyes stopped on Long Tao. He gave out a curious expression from the behavior of Long Tao. He was not bowing. This was disrespectful to him, but he disregarded it. He looked ta Lin Bao again" How about I take into consideration your long years of dedication to the north-eastern military and let you have a chance at life. Fight vice-captain of the Black-buck squad. If you win you go out free. If you lose, he claims your head and everything you own."