Chapter 304: Chapter 213 - Big Stick and Giant Lollipop
Finally, Long Yi slowly walked over.
"Brother Long, we’ve taken count," a voice rang out.
The chef handed over the list to Long Yi, who took it and skimmed over the names and estimated power levels. Wesley was indeed meticulous in his work.
"All right, for those of you who have recently reunited with us, a significant mission is now placed on your shoulders." Long Yi turned to face his team, all of whom were left stunned.
"Now, I need you to demonstrate your loyalty through your actions. Let me believe that you are truly siding with the second prince."
With that, Long Yi began to recite the names one by one.
"If your name was not listed, step back!"
A group of individuals retreated, while those who had just joined remained. Some tried to take advantage of the chaos, but they were soon pushed out by the crowd.
"Brother Long, we don’t understand," a voice stuttered in nervous anticipation.
"Isn’t it simple? You initially chose to stand with the third prince, and then you switched sides to the second prince while I wasn’t looking. Such behavior leaves me in a tough spot. During a time like this, you should either remain neutral or steadfastly support the prince you’ve chosen. If you keep switching sides, it’s hard for me to believe in your sincerity."
"So..."
"So, fight for your faith, Dragon Knights of the Empire," Long Yi pointed at Mus’ team.
"Brother Long, are you joking?" Another person spoke, looking significantly older and in the same grade as Long Yi, yet he called Long Yi ’Brother’.
"Of course not. People make mistakes, but not everyone is given a chance to rectify them. Now, I am offering you this opportunity; you should be thanking me." Long Yi smiled and said.
Wait a minute, why do I feel like a villain?
"Hey Fatty, why do I feel like the villain is Brother Long?"
The Mosquito asked the chef.
"Sister Ai Lin, why do I feel like Brother Long is the villain?"
Little Zi quietly asked Ai Lin.
Long Yi’s response dashed the hope of those who initially thought they might be safe.
With one person making the first move, the crowd began to slowly approach Mus. However, as they were passing Long Yi, Mus gave a furtive signal!
"Kill Long Yi!"
One person roared, two Dragon Marks burst, and they charged at Long Yi from behind. Simultaneously, two others bounded to his left and right, grabbed his arms, and restrained him with their respective Fighting Aura. Simultaneously, a special pair of metallic shackles was locked on Long Yi’s wrists, causing his Fighting Aura circulation to stagnate almost instantly. Moreover, two others rushed at his legs, holding on to his ankles from each side!
"Today is your death day!"
The attacker roared confidently!
Mus’s heart pounded with anxiety! Yes, this was the trap designed for Long Yi! Everyone knew about Long Yi’s formidable Fighting Aura - he could crush a single opponent or hold his ground against a group. However, what if Long Yi couldn’t use his Fighting Aura?
The shackles, designed to restrain the Fighting Aura, were taken from the Dragon Knight prison and were specifically tailored to contain Dragon Knights. They compress all auras of those with five Dragon Marks, making them inoperable!
This was their ace against Long Yi!
"Why can’t you understand that if you don’t court death, you won’t die?" Long Yi sighed and shook his head. Suddenly, he made a swift turn and repelled the two men holding his arms!
Yes, you’ve succeeded, and I am indeed out of Fighting Aura, but your weight simply isn’t enough to hold me down!
Bang!
One of them was thrown onto the sneaky attacker, causing them to rebound away. One of Long Yi’s hands was now free. He raised his arm, made a fist, and punched the Dragon Knight holding his other arm. Bang! His other arm was now free.
Their Fighting Aura did nothing to protect them!
Because the current Long Yi was no longer the Long Yi they had known!
A hefty sum of ten million credits brought Long Yi the complete awakening of his Giant Bloodline, and the Giant Bloodline naturally had a higher rank than ordinary humans! With just a single Dragon Mark, their Fighting Aura was utterly insignificant before the Giant Bloodline.
But the most crucial benefit was yet to come!
When Long Yi got his first golden Giant Sword, he didn’t realize the purpose behind such an elongated weapon. Despite its acceptance of its new master, the golden Giant Sword offered no benefits to Long Yi, for his Bloodline had not been fully awakened. However, now that his Bloodline was fully awakened, he naturally received a new skill.
This skill was called the ’First Son of God’.
The holder of the golden Giant Sword would inflict actual damage on their enemies, completely disregarding any differences in rank.
Meanwhile, the black Giant Sword brought Long Yi yet another skill called ’Giant’s Disdain’.
The carrier of the black Giant Sword could disperse all the Fighting Aura in a designated area just by touching. The degree of dispersion was proportional to the Fighting Aura possessed by the carrier of the sword.
In other words, even though Long Yi was merely using brute force, his enemy could offer no resistance at all!
"Both of you, get up yourselves." Long Yi looked down at the two still prostrate at his feet. With their heads while still clinging onto his ankles, they were completely unaware that their would-be assailant had already been eliminated.
Long Yi couldn’t help but smile. He bent over, lifted them both up by their heads. They were both fifth graders, and were looking at Long Yi’s face as if they were staring into the face of death. They glanced at each other in mid-air, then suddenly punched each other unconscious.
These two are really interesting.
Long Yi dropped them, flexed his wrist, and then forcefully pulled.
With two crispy sounds, the metal cuffs on his wrists shattered into two pieces and were tossed onto the ground by Long Yi.
"A commendable attempt, after all, you are more successful than a brute."
Long Yi nodded approvingly at Mus.
Mus was at loss for tears, his ultimate move, devised with everything he had, was easily dismissed! The shackles weren’t useless, he could see that Long Yi really didn’t have any Fighting Aura left at that time. However, Long Yi was able to break free just by relying on brute force! Even the Fighting Aura of the Dragon Knights couldn’t resist Long Yi’s brute force!
This is simply a nightmare!
And even more horrifying was the fact that Long Yi actually praised Mus!
Damn it! Nobody wants your frigging praise, you bastard!
The mood became awkward for a while, and the field divided itself into three groups.
On one side there was Long Yi’s group, centered around Long Yi. On the opposite side was Mus’s group, and in the middle there was another group around Long Yi.
Everyone seemed uncertain about what to do next, and Long Yi also didn’t seem to know what was the best thing to do.
Logically speaking, now there should be someone coming forward to break the stalemate.
As he was thinking, the figure of Kirei, the second Crown Prince, finally appeared.
"Everyone, please stop!"
The Second Prince shouted as he came forward.
Excellent, this was exactly what Long Yi had been waiting for.
Long Yi smiled and retreated behind the second prince.
The second prince, Kirei, took a deep breath and spoke emotionally to everyone present.
"My classmates, I was shocked and upset about what happened in the Imperial City. I am grieved over my father’s death and shocked because my younger brother falsely accused me."
"Among you, I was once also a student at the Dragon Rider Academy. Although I am no longer at the academy, I have classmates and friends among you. I’d like to ask you, do you really think I’d do such a thing?"
"Do you think that not long after my father decided to pass the throne to me, I became so impatient that I poisoned him? Any one with normal judgment would not believe such a stupid lie."
"But, classmates, I also know that maybe you won’t believe my words, maybe you would even scoff at my words, that doesn’t matter, time will reveal the truth. Meanwhile, I hope everyone will stop being so militant. I believe the lie will soon be exposed, and then, the innocent will be vindicated, and the guilty will be disgraced."
"At that time, I will avenge my father with my own hands!"
"Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!"
People behind him followed suit in shouting those words, stirring up others behind the Second Prince to join in.
Long Yi felt goosebumps all over his body.
If it were just text, people would hardly feel anything. But being on the scene and hearing the second crown prince, Kirei, speak out those words in such a passionate manner, Long Yi couldn’t help but shudder.
Long Yi had always been a tough and proud person, even his verbal spats were quite straightforward. This kind of emotional influence is definitely more than what he could handle.
However, Long Yi, being a warrior, could easily endure it.
Of course, the only one who felt uncomfortable was probably only Long Yi. Whether it was Long Yi’s side or Mus’s side, the people were more or less moved. Especially those who supported the second crown prince, they were absolutely indignant.
Honestly speaking, the second crown prince, Kirei, had always had a very good reputation in the empire. Although his personal strength wasn’t strong, he was approachable. Moreover, he was extremely intelligent. The word ’intelligent’ was always mentioned whenever people talked about the Second Prince. It was simply beyond belief that such an intelligent person would leave such obvious evidence behind.
According to Long Yi’s understanding, the majority should support the Second Prince. However, the current situation was that the Third Prince had the majority of supporters. This wasn’t reasonable, this was not reasonable at all.
There must have been some unknown reasons behind this. The most likely possibility was that the Third Prince had laid out his plans in the academy before everything happened. That meant among the members of the academy, whether students or instructors, some must have known about the Third Prince poisoning the Emperor.
That didn’t matter, now that Long Yi was back and the Second Prince was here, things would not proceed according to the enemy’s script.
"Long Yi, let’s just let it go. Look at my face, let’s stop. Enough people have been hurt," said the second prince.
"Let it go? Are you joking? These fools, only a punch can wake them up!" Since you want to play the good guy, Long Yi decided to continue playing the bad guy.
"There’s no need, some people are really asleep, you can wake them up, but you can never wake up a bunch of people who are pretending to sleep."
The second prince said. (To be continued. If you like this novel, you are welcome to come here (qidian.com) to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
