Chapter 2

**************************************************************************************************************

"In a situation like this, I really wish I had the power to protect others..." Wang Dong muttered. At this moment, his heart was filled with a sense of powerlessness, and for the first time, he yearned so desperately for strength.

"Ha ha ha, power? Indeed, power is the best!" The man heard Wang Dong's voice and burst into laughter. As he laughed, he suddenly raised his hands high above his head, his face filled with fanaticism, and roared loudly: "With power, with just power, I will obtain everything!!"

"Obtain everything?" Hearing this almost pathological declaration, Wang Dong looked at the man floating in mid-air with a look of disbelief. Having lived a peaceful life for over a decade, he felt as if everything that was happening today was a dream.

"Idiot!" Just as Wang Dong was in a daze, a young girl's voice came from behind him, "Don't let his words affect you. Power can indeed bring you many things, but if you try to use power to obtain everything, you will ultimately lose everything you have."

As she said the last sentence, the young girl's face was filled with deep sorrow. This sorrow made Wang Dong want to hold her tightly in his arms—not out of desire, but from a simple, deep-seated human emotion, perhaps described as heartache.

"Lose everything?" The man laughed and shook his head, then looked at the young girl and said, "What are you talking about, Fourth Star Demon Hunter? Don't forget, everything you have now, you obtained through your power!"

"But I have already given up all of that." The young girl shook her head, took two steps back, and looked at the man, saying, "Can't you just let me die in peace?"

"What a joke." The man looked at the young girl with shock and said with a pained expression, "How can you say such things? The blood in your body is coveted by every member of our vampire race, the blood of the progenitor! With such blood, you actually want to die? How is that possible? Just let me drain all your blood, honestly."

The man spoke to the young girl as if he were discussing "going to the movies tonight" with a close lover, but the desire in his words made the hair on Wang Dong's body stand on end.

"Sorry, only that, I cannot do." The young girl shook her head, opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by the agitated man.

The man waved his hands excitedly and roared angrily, "Refuse? You actually refuse! Having lost all your power and now being just an ordinary person, you refuse the proposal of a Second Star Demon Hunter? Do you think that's possible?"

Although he still addressed her as "you," the contempt in his voice never disappeared. He shook his finger, completely ignoring Wang Dong, who was looking down, and took a step toward the young girl, who looked heartbroken. He opened his mouth excitedly, revealing the sharp fangs at the corners of his lips, and said, "Now, everything you once had will belong to me!"

"Listen, I..." Suddenly, Wang Dong, who had been silent and looking down, slowly raised his head, smiled coldly, and said, "Didn't you hear that she doesn't want to?"

"Tsk tsk tsk." The man frowned and shook his head, looking at Wang Dong with displeasure and said, "You no longer have the right to speak!"

After saying that, the man turned without even glancing at Wang Dong and continued walking toward the young girl. At this moment, Wang Dong, who had been silent, suddenly raised the wooden stick in his hand and struck the man's head forcefully.

"Ridiculous!" The man roared in anger, turned, and grabbed the wooden stick Wang Dong was swinging, shouting angrily, "Who gave you the right to—"

"Run, damn it!" Suddenly, Wang Dong shouted at the young girl, "Move! You have legs, right? You have a will, right? Use your will to control your legs and run!"

"Defiant to the end!" The man sneered, grabbed Wang Dong, and threw him over his shoulder, landing him between himself and the young girl.

"Ugh!" Wang Dong opened his eyes and let out a muffled groan, a sense of suffocation immediately overwhelming him, and the pain that spread through his body made him curl up in agony.

Looking at Wang Dong, who was trembling in pain, the man sneered and said, "How long can you block me? Half a second? Or one second?"

"How long I can block you is one thing, but..." Wang Dong gritted his teeth, supported himself on his trembling knees, and slowly stood up, leaning against the wall, panting, and said, "Whether to act or not is another matter!"

"Beautiful words, but..." The man chuckled and said, "The person you want to protect doesn't seem to have any intention of moving."

Wang Dong pursed his lips. He naturally knew that the young girl behind him was not moving, which made him anxious—why isn't she running? Even if the hope is slim, you should still try!

"Hey, I ask you." At this moment, the young girl suddenly spoke, "Have you ever experienced loneliness?"

"Not just a few days or months, but years, decades, centuries of loneliness."

"I think it might be called solitude, where no one can talk to you because everyone fears you."

"When you don't realize it, you rule everything with your power, but when you look back, you find that everything you once ruled is no longer yours, and everyone is rebelling against you."

"At that moment, you are enveloped by a feeling called loneliness."

"Even those who once smiled and laughed with you reveal their ugly faces and speak the most venomous words to hurt you."

"Have you ever experienced that?"

"No." Wang Dong answered without hesitation, not a moment of doubt, and said, "And I don't want to experience it at all, because I fear loneliness, even though I am an orphan."

"I am not lonely. Although I don't have parents, I often visit the orphanages around me. The kids there are my family."

Wang Dong turned, looked at the young girl, and smiled lightly, saying, "If you can run away, be my sister. Having someone with you won't make you lonely, right?"

"What are you saying, you fool? You don't understand what I'm saying! I'm not a child!" The young girl was taken aback, seemingly irritated by the word "sister," and said with red eyes, "Talking about being a sister, really, I am already—"

"Can we end this melodrama?" The man yawned, looking at Wang Dong and the young girl with boredom, then twisted his neck and said, "Alright, let me send you to your deaths. May you become siblings in the afterlife."

"Hey, Wang Dong." The young girl suddenly spoke, looking at Wang Dong and said, "My name is Aisibei, remember it well."

"Ah, I got it, Aisibei, I'll be waiting for you below." Wang Dong was taken aback, then smiled and said.

At this point, the last bit of hope in Wang Dong's heart had vanished. It seemed there was no chance.

Aisibei took two light steps forward, tightly hugged Wang Dong, and then looked at the greedy man, smiling lightly.

With a "whoosh," Wang Dong and Aisibei disappeared in front of the man.

His face froze, and he roared in anger, then began to凝聚一颗又一颗黑红色的能量球，朝周围的建筑物乱扔，能量球像炸弹一样，碰到建筑物后就“嘭”的一声炸裂开来，将那一块的建筑炸毁。

疯狂发泄了一阵后，男子大口大口地喘着气，咬牙切齿地说道：“等着，十分钟内找到你们！”

——————————————————————————————————

“唔……唔呕……”王动捂着嘴，趴在路边呕吐，到现在为止，他的大脑里充斥着一种让人恶心到极点的眩晕感。

“没事吧。”看着王动吐得那么惨，爱茜蓓尔捂着胸口，看着王动，担心地小声问道。

“没，没事。”王动摆了摆手，用衣摆擦了擦嘴，随手将身上的T恤扔到一旁，赤裸着上半身走到爱茜蓓尔身边，说道：“我们现在，安全了？”

“怎么可能？”爱茜蓓尔苦笑了一下，说道：“刚才的那一股能量只够我们移动一小段距离，恐怕十分钟就会被追上吧。”

“那还等什么！”王动猛地站起来，然后把爱茜蓓尔往自己的怀里一抱，说道：“赶紧跑才是王道啊！”

“跑不掉的，只要他找到我们这个位置，就可以顺着你的气味，在一分钟内追上你。”爱茜蓓尔笑了笑，在王动的耳边解释道。

“也就是说我们多出了十分钟聊天的时间咯？”王动耸了耸肩，然后十分干脆地向后一靠，坐到了地上。

**************************************************************************************************************

翻页上AD开始

翻页上AD结束

(Translation continues from the previous part)

He began to form one black-red energy ball after another, throwing them randomly at the surrounding buildings. The energy balls exploded like bombs upon contact, destroying the buildings in their path.

After a bout of frenzied venting, the man panted heavily, gritted his teeth, and said with a fierce expression, "Wait, I'll find you in ten minutes!"

——————————————————————————————————

"Ugh... ugh..." Wang Dong covered his mouth and vomited on the side of the road. His brain was still filled with an extreme dizziness that made him feel nauseous.

"Are you okay?" Aisibei, seeing Wang Dong in such a state, clutched her chest and asked worriedly.

"Fine, fine." Wang Dong waved his hand, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and threw his T-shirt to the side, walking to Aisibei's side with his upper body bare, saying, "Are we safe now?"

"How could we be?" Aisibei smiled bitterly and said, "The energy we used only allowed us to move a short distance. We'll probably be caught in ten minutes."

"Then what are we waiting for!" Wang Dong stood up abruptly, picked up Aisibei, and said, "Running is the only way!"

"We can't run. As soon as he finds our location, he can track us by your scent and catch up in a minute." Aisibei smiled and explained in Wang Dong's ear.

"So, we have ten more minutes to chat, right?" Wang Dong shrugged and leaned back, sitting on the ground.

**************************************************************************************************************

Page Flip AD Start

Page Flip AD End