Unfortunate Hero's Retirement Life

"... Let's fight for the last time, Old Friend!"

Su Yan had a slight smile and a nostalgic look was reflected on his half charred face. They were best friends and they always started their day with a spar.

Bai Xian Ming looked at his best friend with an unbelievable look on his face. He blinked his eyes a few times to make sure he was not seeing things.

Su Yan was like a brother to him, he knew Su Yan in and out. Righteous, upright, and benevolent, Bai Xian Ming would choose these words if he had to describe his best friend with three words.

But how could he turn into a monster now? Even though his best friend told him not to feel guilty, it only deepened his guilt. If only he did not make that stupid idea ten years back then, Su Yan would be alive and enjoying his retirement with his family.

Hah!

Su Yan seemed to be able to predict this and let out another sigh.

"Do you want to know what happened to me back then?" All out of sudden, Su Yan asked in a flat tone.

Bai Xian Ming certainly wanted to know what happened to him and Shi Zhongxian. He put all the blame into himself from losing two Emperor Class Heroes.

Even though no one blamed him for the failure, Bai Xian Ming blamed himself for the failure. He dedicated his life to the Hero League, raising the hero's power to eradicate the dangers in the north.

Now his best friend was back, but not as one of them, as an enemy. Bai Xian Ming badly wanted to know what happened to his best friend. If it was the secret operation that caused the change of his best friend, he was willing to redeem it with his life.

Looking at the eager look on Bai Xian Ming's face, Su Yan opened his mouth.

"Back then, me and Shi Zhongxian fought with three Zombie Kings with all we have. But the Zombie King was too strong for us, they subdued us within ten minutes!"

Bai Xian Ming caught the keyword in Su Yan's words. "Subdue", yes, the zombie kings did not kill them but caught them alive. This meant Shi Zhongxian was also still alive. However, his happiness did not last long as his best friend's appearance came into his sight.

If Su Yan had turned into a specter, then Shi Zhongxian also suffered the same fate.

It was as if Su Yan could read his best friend's thought and continued, "Shi Zhongxian committed suicide after he saw what Zombie King did to me! He was not willing to be a monster like me and suicided!"

"Look at this thing!" Su Yan took out the Seed from his cloak and showed it to Bai Xian Ming, "As long as this seed enters the human's body, they will be turned into a specter just like me!"

"Maybe you are wondering why I turned my back against humanity? Just like I told you earlier, I am no longer human. The moment my body turned like this, everything changed including my feeling! It's as if I am being reborn!"

As he said those words out, he looked at the fallen heroes and continued, "Looking at these heroes fall, not only I feel saddened, instead I feel joy! The moment I turned into a specter, everything about me changed!"

"If you want to stop me, you have to fight and kill me! Moreover, if you defeat me, I will tell you a big secret about the Shadow Fang… No! In fact, Shadow Fang is only an empty shell! Behind the Shadow Fang, there is a terrifying force behind the Shadow Fang!"

"Come, Old Friend! Let's fight for the last time and please kill me! This is the only way to stop me and let me have a peaceful rest!"

After Su Yan finished his words, a long white bone protruded out from his back. Su Yan pulled out the bone with his right hand.

As soon as his hand touched the bone, it turned into a pitch-black color. After getting a clear look, Bai Xian Ming noticed the two meters of black bone's shape was similar to a spear.

Bai Xian Ming took a deep breath as he tightened his grip on his spear. Just like Su Yan said, he had to fight if he wanted to stop his best friend.

His guilty look turned sharp and cold air emitted out from his body. He raised his spear and Su Yan also smiled at him.

"Be careful, Old Friend! The current me is different from the old me!" As Su Yan said that out, his body fused into his shadow.

It caught Bai Xian Ming off guard, but he could still the shadow rushed toward him. In a flash, the shadow arrived before him and the black spear shot up from the shadow.

The spear shot toward his chest, but soon, the spear stopped as ice froze the spear. The ice spread to the spear and Su Yan's voice rang from the shadow, "You have gotten stronger, Old Friend!"

"However, you have to be careful! The specter's body is far stronger than a human body!"

Along with the voice, the ice cracked and Su Yan pulled the bone spear back. The shadow made a turnaround to Bai Xian Ming's back.

Su Yan flashed out from the shadow. He thrust the spear forward and the spear blurred. He only had one spear in his hand, but the spear gave out dozens of afterimages.

Bai Xian Ming turned around and revolved the spear in his hand.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

A series of sound metal clashed resounded. At the same time, Bai Xian Ming's eyes widened as he muttered in a low voice, "...hundred"

He distanced himself and looked down at his shoulder. He failed to block two spears out of a hundred spears which resulted in two deep wounds on his shoulder.

His wrinkled hands trembled slightly. He looked up with a shocked look plastered on his face.

"Finally you achieved your dream, a hundred spears in one strike!" Exclaimed Bai Xian Ming.

"Haha!" Su Yan let out a hearty laugh as a nostalgic expression reflected on his face, but then he continued with a saddened look, "It is thanks to this body if it was the old body of mine…"

Bai Xian Ming smiled as he was not affected by his old friend's dejection. He felt he was back to the olden days, but he knew he was not.

"I also have something new to show you!" Bai Xian Ming smiled and rushed toward Su Yan.

This time, Su Yan did not hide in his shadow. He was prepared to meet his Old Friend's attack head-on.

To his surprise, half-way to reaching him, Bai Xian Ming threw his spear toward him. What surprised him was that Bai Xian Ming's aim was off.

Su Yan did not move from his spot and Bai Xian Ming's spear landed right next to him. This time, he was shocked as the ice burst out from the spear.

It spread all over and reached his ground. The ice spread to his feet. Before he could make a move to break free from the ice, two hands landed on his shoulder.

He looked up and saw Bai Xian Ming was smiling at him.

"Old Friend, rest up! I swear, I will find a way to turn you back into a human!"

Along with his words, the ice spread to Su Yan's body. The ice froze Su Yan's body, not only Su Yan but Bai Xian Ming's body also covered in ice. Both bodies were sealed in ice.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

However, soon, many racks appeared on Bai Xian Ming. The ice cracked and soon, the ice crumbled, and Bai Xian Ming was freed from the ice.

With a complicated gaze, Bai Xian Ming looked at Su Yan's face. His plan was to seal his old friend in his ice and find a way to turn his friend back into a human.

Hahhhh!

Releasing out a long sigh, he turned around. He had to take care of the other specters.

Crank!

However, in his third step, the ice behind him crumbled. He turned around and he was greeted with a black spear.

The black spear was aiming at his head. At the same time, he heard Su Yan's familiar voice.

"Old Friend! You are too careless! You should never show your back to your enemy! This will cost you your life!"

The distance between the spearhead and his head was only 20 centimeters.

Death!

It was what in Bai Xian Ming's thought in the face of the spear.