The Creatures That We Are

Chapter 552: Secret

Creak. Without the driver’s control, the speeding car swirled sharply and slammed through the railing of the road, hitting a thick wall on the side. The head of the car ended up crushed in half, the hood flying open and emitting smoke.

Beep—beep—beep—

Piercing alerts rang at the silent crossroad late at night. Inside the car, Gao Yang’s eyes were widened in disbelief, his skull shattered and the gray matter splattering as he lay on the steering wheel, dead.

Three bullet holes were left in the backseat, smoking, but Qing Ling wasn’t dead.

She had been ready for it. The moment Officer Huang drew his gun to make a sudden attack at Gao Yang, she had dove out of the window and escaped narrowly.

Landing at the center of the road, she rolled to a stand.

“Metal!”

With her shout, six Black Gold weapons appeared to shield Qing Ling, joined by two metal manhole covers nearby that had sprung up and hovered before Qing Ling.

It was to defend against further firing from Officer Huang. She was confident that she would secure a win in a melee fight, but at long range, she was greatly disadvantaged.

Thud! A few seconds later, Officer Huang kicked the door open from the passenger seat. Holding a Black Gold gun in each hand, he looked tortured with reddened eyes and face covered in tears.

“Why?!” Officer Huang cried out. “Why couldn’t you two be a little more ignorant? Why couldn’t you turn a blind eye?!”

Qing Ling’s expression turned frosty, and her icy voice belied a hint of reluctance. “It’s not too late to stop now, Huang Qi. Gao Yang and I won’t blame you.”

Officer Huang was surprised to find another person appearing behind her: Gao Yang, who was wholly unhurt.

“Gao Yang!”

He was both surprised and glad. For a moment, he wasn’t sure if he should feel happy or frustrated.

—Thank God, I didn’t kill him.

—Dammit, why haven’t I killed him?

“Brat, you used Double beforehand.” Officer Huang laughed bitterly. “You had your guard up against even me? For real?”

“Officer Huang.” Gao Yang’s voice trembled a little, his expression pained. “It’s not too late to stop. Neither Qing Ling nor I want to lose you. You’re our closest friends.”

“And you two are my closest friends.” Officer Huang lifted his head slightly, preventing his tears from falling from the corners of his eyes. “But there’s no turning back. Ever since I shot at you...no, since Su Xi told me everything, there’s no turning back...”

“Wake up!” Gao Yang shouted. “Su Xi’s using you...”

“No! She loves me!” Officer Huang growled. “She loves me and wants to have a child with me, she wants to give me a home! What’s wrong with that?!”

“She’s not giving birth to a normal child or even a Spectre. She...” Gao Yang couldn’t continue.

“You’re talking about the Cursed Offspring?” Officer Huang huffed.

Gao Yang was taken aback. So he knew.

“How did you know?” Officer Huang asked Gao Yang.

“We found an obelisk with murals depicting the three creatures a life monster could give birth to, back in the temple ruin under a Ni Nation desert.”

Gao Yang lied. The murals were important clues, but he had another more important source of information.

Officer Huang shouted, “Then you should know that Su Xi can give birth to a Blessed Child too! A real human!”

Gao Yang’s gaze was tortured. He knew that they couldn’t drag this on further, and Officer Huang was simply buying time.

He glanced at Qing Ling. “Go. You must stop Su Xi.”

Qing Ling shot Officer Huang a complicated look before glancing at Gao Yang. “Be careful.”

She turned around and ran.

Bang, bang, bang bang bang!

Six or seven bullets shot at Qing Ling. She shielded herself with the manhole covers and her Black Gold weapons, succeeding in making an escape.

“Stop!” Officer Huang aimed at Qing Ling with both guns, quickly charging them with light elements.

Whoosh. Gao Yang teleported to him with brilliant flames wrapping around his fists.

“Fire Punch!”

“Sacred Shield!”

A second later, Gao Yang made an all-in punch, and Officer Huang was forced to let Qing Ling go in order to conjure a light element bulwark, blocking Gao Yang’s fist and fire.

Clang! Hitting the shining light shield, the fierce flames split to the sides and left two charred trenches on the road behind Officer Huang.

Officer Huang’s light was only level 4. Of course he wouldn’t be able to withstand Gao Yang’s level 6 Fire. His arms went numb, and the light shield was close to crumbling.

“Unbridled Light!”

The moment the light shield shattered, Officer Huang conjured a golden cloud above him, shooting out countless arrows of light.

Gao Yang retracted his fire and teleported out of the range of attacks. Then he rolled to a stand and threw two fireballs at Officer Huang.

Officer Huang clenched one fist and raised it.

Countless light arrows that had buried into the ground were pulled out, sent flying toward Gao Yang in a dense pack to scatter the two fireballs and attack Gao Yang.

“Fire Punch!”

Without pulling back, Gao Yang swung his fist, and a fire dragon flew out of his arm, growling and melting the arrows instantly.

Instead of trying to tank the attack, Officer Huang jumped to the side to dodge the charging fire dragon. A second later, the fire dragon hit the house behind him, blowing it up.

With the fire lighting his figure from the back, Officer Huang looked around at high alert, looking for Gao Yang with his two guns ready.

Whoosh! A few seconds later, Gao Yang reappeared by Officer Huang’s side.

Having been prepared for it, Officer Huang twisted his wrist at an incredible speed with level 6 God of Firearms, making two shots at Gao Yang’s heart and forehead.

Bang, bang!

They missed the targets!

One bullet ended up brushing past Gao Yang’s hair, and the other hit Gao Yang in the left side. Gao Yang had grabbed Officer Huang’s wrists at the same speed to twist them away.

Officer Huang was shocked!

He hadn’t expected Gao Yang to secretly replicate his God of Firearms before getting into the car. With level 6 God of Firearms, Gao Yang moved as quickly as Officer Huang did.

Having grabbed both of Officer Huang’s hands, Gao Yang could’ve shot a pillar of fire to burn Officer Huang to death from close range, but he didn’t. Instead, he quickly lifted his feet to kick Officer Huang’s injured abdomen—he had been stabbed by Zhong He’s Phantom, and Gao Yang had long noticed it.

Gao Yang could picture that Officer Huang had ambushed Zhong He and Hong Xiaoxiao while Mischievous Monkey wasn’t around, making it seem like Su Xi had been taken with the Tails bringing explosion and chaos.

Officer Huang hadn’t killed the two awakeners. His only goal was to allow Su Xi to give birth at the altar.

Bam! Like a bullet fired at high speed, Officer Huang slammed into a billboard at a shop by the road, falling to the ground.

He was going to pick himself up quickly, but failed. With one knee on the ground, he threw up blood.

Gao Yang went up to him.

“It’s time to stop! Huang Qi!”

It was the first time Gao Yang called him by his name. “Su Xi is going to give birth to a Cursed Offspring!”

“Ha, you...you’re no God. Who gives you the right to determine what my child will be...” Huang Qi threw up more blood.

“It’s not decided by anyone, but fate.”

“I don’t believe in fate!” Huang Qi growled in fury. “I don’t!”

Gao Yang’s eyes were red, and his lips trembled. He didn’t want to lose the man as a friend, and he couldn’t.

“Listen to me, Huang Qi.” Gao Yang revealed his secret, one that he had only told Qing Ling before, and now he was telling his friend.

“My mother...is a life monster.”