Chapter 677: 677

Chapter 677: The Little Witch

While he was still thinking, the cheers rising and falling around him gradually calmed down.

In its place was a stern and somber atmosphere.

Meng Chao looked over, and he saw the dozens of square formations standing still at the center of the square.

Meanwhile, ahead of the square was a memorial that had just been erected.

It was to commemorate the heroic people who were sacrificed during the pitched battle.

The memorial was nearly one hundred meters tall, and it was created with a superalloy that had monster powder. The angles were clear, and it shone brightly. It was like a sharp blade from Earth that stabbed deep into the Other World.

The base was carved into the shape of countless monster carcasses, symbolizing humanity’s strength in destroying the monster civilization.

A dense group of names was carved into the surface of the memorial, so much so that the memorial was hollowed out.

When the afternoon sun shone on the top of the memorial, through the light’s amazing reflection, refraction, and diffraction, these names that hollowed out the memorial shone and formed a beautiful rainbow.

No matter which angle they looked at the memorial, it would still be encased by the rainbow, as if they were being protected by the spirits of the martyrs.

This scene caused Meng Chao to feel a little dazed.

He could not help but remember a similar experience in the same spot in his previous life.

At that time, there was also a memorial in the square.

But it was not a victory memorial used to boast about their strength.

It was a memorial to remember the ones who were sacrificed, and the number was ten times greater than what it was now.

The blood on the memorial symbolized the battles Dragon City went through in the Monster War, and each one was more devastating than the last.

At that time, when the citizens came to the square, they were not as passionate and filled with fighting spirit as they were now.

Instead, they were sad, filled with fear, confusion, and anger.

This comparison made Meng Chao heave a long sigh.

No matter what, the most difficult moment was already over.

Even if the road ahead was long and there were dangers and challenges that were one hundred times more difficult waiting for him and all the Dragon Citizens, at the very least, it would not be worse than being destroyed like what they went through in his previous life, no?

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On the night after the victory parade was over, Meng Chao was finally able to go back home and eat his mother’s home-cooked food, which was something he had not eaten for half a month… no, he had not eaten her home-cooked food for nearly half a year.

Soon after reaching Heaven Realm, he went into the wild to cultivate for three months, and after he returned to Dragon City, the Deification Capsule accident happened. His company’s warehouse was robbed, and after that, he immediately went into the lair to fight against the Vortex.

After the battle of the lair ended, he went to Burning Island to chase and harvest monsters all over the place. He was so busy that he could no longer tell night from day, so there was simply no time for him to go home and eat.

In truth, his body had become much sturdier compared to nearly half a year ago.

His muscles and tendons looked as sturdy as steel rebars that were bound together with steel ropes.

However, in Bai Suxin’s eyes, he had become dark and thin. Clearly, he had suffered under the hands of those accursed monsters.

Her heart ached so much that she cradled his head and stroked his hair for a long time. Once she repeatedly confirmed that he did not have any horrifying wounds on his body, she sighed in relief.

Then, she started nagging him. She told him to be careful and not work so hard that he risked his health. She said that Dragon City was getting better now, so there was no need for him to go alone into dangerous places all the time. Meanwhile, she also kept piling good food into his bowl and looked like she wanted to stuff an entire Demonic Halberd Pig down his throat without even cutting it up.

His ears might be bleeding from all the nagging, but Meng Chao still felt happy.

He fought hard outside just so that his family could be in one piece, be happy, and sit down to eat a warm meal.

Now, their lives were getting better.

Superstar was becoming larger, and their businesses were leaning to the high-end spectrum of the market, his father gradually found himself to be unable to handle matters in the company.

So he decided to hand over most of the operations to Xie Xiaofeng and a professional manager. Meanwhile, he still brought his friends to dwell in the harvesting industry. He was also in charge of a canning factory that specifically provided food for the Red Dragon Army.

Meng Yishan was a retired soldier from the Red Dragon Army. He had the skills and connections for it, so he could still handle this job with ease.

He felt satisfied with this job. Whenever he went, people called him Mr. Meng, so he naturally looked younger. He was completely different compared to the bald, withered old man in Meng Chao’s previous life.

After Bai Suxin had a biochemical joint transplant and had a lot of cell regeneration fluid injected into her, she could now move her legs smoothly.

In truth, she was only in her forties, and she was not at the age where she could only buy groceries, cook, and play mahjong. She did not want to stay at home all day and do nothing.

So Meng Chao decided to ask Nie Chenglong for help and got his mother the job as a nurse in a hospital affiliated with the Abnormal Beast Research Department.

In the past, Bai Suxin was someone who went through proper education to get herself the license of a caretaker. She did not want to embarrass her son either, so she worked hard to adapt to the environment once again. Now, she felt really happy with her job. It might be a little hard and tiring, but every day, she smiled and had a really good complexion. She was now a completely different person compared to the Bai Suxin before Meng Chao took his national college examination.

Bai Jiacao had changed even more so.

Even though girls changed completely once they grew up and would grow up like they were bamboo shoots, after not seeing her for a few months, she shot up so much that she was becoming increasingly like the Dark Witch Meng Chao remembered.

Despite that fact, she was happy, enthusiastic, and full of energy. She was just like a shining little sun.

She shouldn’t have… continued being corrupted, right?

Of course, the girl was a little clingy.

She just had to get to the bottom of things and understand all the details about Meng Chao’s training in the wild and the battle of the lair. She also wanted to learn how he managed to get the legendary blood medal.

She then swung her little fist and challenged her brother, swearing that she would definitely reach Heaven Realm earlier than Meng Chao so that she would win the title of being the youngest Heaven Realm superhuman in Dragon City.

She even wanted to play with her older brother’s Golden Tooth Saber. But was this something a girl who had not awakened to supernatural abilities could play around with?

She was even more curious about Meng Chao’s current strength and just how strong he was. While Meng Chao was wolfing down his food, she actually kicked out under the table to ambush her older brother.

When the tip of her foot kicked Meng Chao’s fibula, she felt like she had kicked a steel plate and nearly fractured her foot. In an instant, her eyes turned red, and tears flowed down her cheeks like raindrops. She rubbed her toes and grimaced while she complained to Bai Suxin about it. “Mom, Big Brother bullied me!”

Meng Chao did not know what he should do with all his sister’s pestering.

Of course, he could not handle all the bowls of meat his mother kept bringing out too, so Meng Chao placed the bowl by the side, wiped his mouth, grabbed his sister’s collar, and dragged her back to her room.

“Mom, I finished eating! Since I haven’t seen Jiacao for so long, we’re going to have a nice, long bonding session!”

The moment he shut the door, Meng Chao beckoned Bai Jiacao over. “Come, didn’t you want to know how strong I am now? I’ll give you a chance to challenge me!”

Bai Jiacao’s eyes roved about, and she puffed out her cheeks. “I don’t want to. You’re a Heaven Realm superhuman, but I haven’t even awakened to superhuman powers. Me, challenge you? You’re just going to end up bullying me!”

“How could I bear bullying you?” Meng Chao grinned, showing off his pearly white teeth. “The teachers in your school and the experts I hired with a high pay assessed you before, and with your strength, you can awaken to supernatural abilities a long time ago. It’s just that you’ve been suppressing your power to solidify your foundation.

“Of course I won’t be using supernatural abilities. I’ll just use my physical body and basic martial arts to spar with you.

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“So? This is a rare chance. If you miss this chance, I won’t know when you can get your next chance?”

Bai Jiacao’s cunning eyes sparkled repeatedly.

“Forget it. You’re still my beloved brother and a hero who intimidated Dragon City. I’m not your opponent, okay? I’m going to help Mom wash the dishes!”

With that said, Bai Jiacao went to the door.

But when she moved past Meng Chao, she suddenly brought her leg up to kick Meng Chao. “Take this!”

Meng Chao definitely did not mind his sister’s tricks, but he did not want to use his sturdy bone to hurt his sister’s toes.

He kept his promise and kept away his spirit energy. He slowed down, restrained his vitality magnetic field, and used only 5% of his fighting strength to fight against Bai Jiacao.

Bang bang bang bang!

Both of them moved around, and in an instant, they exchanged more than one hundred moves in the narrow space.

But under Meng Chao’s careful control, they did not destroy any of the things in the room.

While he relaxedly negated Bai Jiacao’s seemingly fierce attacks, he assessed his sister’s strength.

Just as he expected, he was different from normal high school students.

It was not a problem in her speed, strength, and density of her spirit energy.

These on-paper data could be built through resources.

Yet, the more Meng Chao fought on the battlefield, the more he understood something. On-paper data and real fighting were two different matters.

A person might not necessarily survive through a hellish nightmare just because their cultivation realm was high.

Some people were natural-born predators. The further they sank into a sea of blood, the more excited they became, and the more they could bring out their maximum fighting strength.

Meng Chao was this sort of person, and clearly, Bai Jiacao was too.

Her technique might still be fully polished yet, but her gaze was fierce and intense.

Every move she made was full of a determination to destroy him together with herself, and it was also filled with never-ending variations.

Her realization that she had to give everything she had for the sake of victory and survival was not something every high-school student had.

Just as he expected, the Night Demon Blood in her was not gone yet, and perhaps, he might never be able to get rid of it.

With this thought in mind, his gaze turned profound.

He bent his back and avoided Bai Jiacao’s roundhouse kick. When he shot back, his eyes were already filled with the bloodlust from his apocalyptic self.

A fierce mind attack stabbed into Bai Jiacao’s brain.

The girl felt her vision blur, and it was as if she saw a monster horde formed by thousands of Hell Beasts among burning ruins charging at him.

She was so terrified that she went pale, and with a gasp, she fell to the floor.

Despite that, she climbed to her feet, and it was as if there were purple flames in her eyes. She clenched her fists tightly and swung them while she said angrily, “You cheated! Cheated! You said that you won’t use any supernatural abilities!”

“That’s not supernatural abilities. I just accidentally let a bit of my killing intent leak out.” Meng Chao quickly pulled his sister up and carefully checked whether her pupils were scattering as well as whether her spirit was injured heavily. “Little Cao, are you okay?”

“Of course I’m not okay! What’s with your gaze?! It’s scary!” Bai Jiacao slapped her chest and said, “When you go out later, don’t ever put on such a fierce gaze in front of other girls, otherwise, that girl will be terrified and run away!”

When he saw that his sister was still full of energy, Meng Chao sighed a little in relief.

But he grabbed Bai Jiacao’s palm and rubbed the back of her hand vigorously. Then, he wrapped a few wisps of spirit energy on his optic nerves to observe her like she was under a microscope.

“Big Brother, you’re really weird today. Is there something on the back of my hand?” Bai Jiacao could not figure out what was going on.

‘Still not around…’ Meng Chao sank into deep thought.

In his previous life, after his sister turned into the Dark Witch, the X-shaped eye appeared on the back of her hand.

Based on what A’Ji said, the X-shaped eye would usually be hidden in the blood of the bearers, and only when they faced great stimulations, faced danger, or were like A’Ji and could not control his strength properly would it appear.

When Meng Chao sparred with Bai Jiacao, he also wanted to make sure that when she was caught off guard and faced great stimulation, would the X-shaped eye appear on the back of her hand and even turn into the Dark Witch.

If turning into the Dark Witch was Bai Jiacao’s fate, then it would be for the best if she turned into a just witch that had ideals, was polite, cultured, moral, loved Dragon City and her comrades, and was willing to contribute to her home and civilization.