DLWAV CH128

As the saying goes, “To cut weeds without removing the roots allows them to grow again when the spring breeze blows.”

The Chinese people have understood this truth deeply for generations.

Therefore, upon learning that Prince Brujah had merely drawn away the elites of each clan and that they still left behind considerable military forces in their homelands to guard against the Holy See, Deputy Director Li took the Imperial Seal and the elites of the Special Services Department that very afternoon and charged straight toward the territories of the Thirteen Vampire Clans.

Although the dragon qi within that Imperial Seal had already been completely exhausted—meaning it was actually no longer of any use—the European countries, including the Holy See, could not help but be entirely ignorant of this fact.

Thus, when Deputy Director Li led his people to launch a massive slaughter within the territories of the Thirteen Vampire Clans, even killing the spies they had planted inside various national governments, let alone those developed nations, even the Holy See only dared to utter a few harsh words with their mouths. They simply did not dare to make any other movements—after all, the territories of the Thirteen Clans were all located on the soil of their nations.

Because they all feared the Heirloom Seal of the Realm in Deputy Director Li’s hands, terrified that they would follow in the footsteps of Prince Brujah.

Just like that, two days later, Deputy Director Li returned to the capital carrying the wealth accumulated by the Thirteen Vampire Clans over thousands of years.

Five days later, the government held a grand, vampire-themed exhibition in the central square of the capital.

The exhibits displayed at this exhibition not only included over a hundred vampires, dozens of scepters inlaid with gemstones the size of chicken eggs, and thousands of pure gold coffins… the government even opened an activity where one only needed to spend an additional fifty yuan to purchase an experience ticket to lie inside those pure gold coffins for one minute and take a photo.

It was said that on that day alone, these thousands of pure gold coffins brought the government a net income exceeding fifteen million yuan.

Most importantly, there was also a succession of vampire heads—hanging right on the flagpoles in the center of the square. The organizer, the Special Services Department, had even specially placed several colorful LED lights beneath the flagpoles, the exact kind found in KTVs.

And those vampire heads, by pure coincidence, happened to be the spies planted by the Thirteen Clans within the governments of various European nations, with the lowest position among them being that of a department minister.

Regrettably, Prince Brujah had been directly blasted into shattered debris by Deputy Director Li.

Therefore, the people responsible for this matter had no choice but to print a black-and-white photograph of Prince Brujah and hang it at the very top of the flagpole…

Although those heads were taken down that afternoon—mainly out of fear of frightening the elderly and children—one could well imagine how ecstatic the masses of Chinese netizens became upon seeing this.

【Although Wang Shan wasn’t any good thing either, no matter what is said, when he was killed by the vampires, he was still the Vice Premier of China, and he was killed on his way to express sympathy to military veterans, with his head hung on the national flagpole of the central square. This was slapping the face of our China.】

【So when I saw the heads of Wang Shan and the others back then, I wished in my dreams that the state could ruthlessly return this slap. I didn’t expect that today, my dream would actually come true.】

【This is far more than just ruthlessly returning that slap; this is smoothly giving those so-called developed countries of Europe a slap in the face along with it.】

【After all, although Wang Shan was a corrupt official, he at least did not betray the country, and which country in this world doesn’t have corrupt officials? But what about their ministers? They were all spies planted by the vampire race—what does this show? This shows that the truly incompetent ones are them, with even their government pierced into a sieve by vampires.】

【Hahahahaha.】

【@Quinn··Yerkes…, don’t play dead! I remember back when Wang Shan and the others were hung on the flagpole, you guys jumped around the most joyfully. One moment you said our global superpower was entirely made of water, and the next you said if you were Chinese, you would have committed suicide out of shame long ago. Why don’t you speak now… no, why don’t you commit suicide now!】

【Halalalahahaha!】

“Delightful!”

Seeing this, Sun Jianhong and the others could not help but clap their hands and laugh out loud as well.

However, very quickly, the joy in their hearts suffered a major discount.

Because news suddenly arrived from Geng Province, saying that Qian Shanjing had been rescued by Zongzheng Ge.

Only then did they remember that although the Special Services Department had successfully executed Prince Brujah, they had also allowed Zongzheng Ge to escape once again.

Coupled with the fact that Deputy Director Li subsequently led his people to charge off to Europe, it actually allowed Zongzheng Ge to find an opportunity to rescue Qian Shanjing.

If it weren’t for Zongzheng Ge escaping, the Special Services Department had originally intended to hang Zongzheng Ge’s head on the flagpole as well.

After all, if he hadn’t stolen the Imperial Seal, Prince Brujah would not have resurrected.

Although they made a massive fortune from the war because of this, all of this was built upon the Heirloom Seal of the Realm that they had obtained through Ao Ruize’s assistance.

If there were no such Heirloom Seal of the Realm, China would have already become a living hell by this time.

Therefore, the government did not hesitate in the slightest and directly began a global manhunt for Zongzheng Ge.

Coupled with the fact that the wounds on Zongzheng Ge’s body had fundamentally not healed yet, one could well imagine how difficult the escape journey was for Zongzheng Ge and Qian Shanjing.

Yet, he still looked after Qian Shanjing in every possible way along the road.

Including when Qian Shanjing could run no further, he carried Qian Shanjing on his back and ran for two days and two nights.

After finding food, he would always let Qian Shanjing eat her fill first before he would eat; if the food was insufficient, he simply would not eat…

Of course, this was not because of how much he liked Qian Shanjing.

He did this entirely to curry favor with Qian Shanjing, so as to make her willingly offer her heart to him.

But what he could never have imagined was that even though he had already done things to this extent, while Qian Shanjing enjoyed his fawning, she remained dissatisfied.

Because in Qian Shanjing’s view, if it weren’t for Zongzheng Ge, she would not have fallen to her present state; most importantly, although she had escaped, her parents and younger brother were still in the hands of the Chinese government.

—She completely forgot how excited she had been earlier when the Qian family, relying on Zongzheng Ge’s power and influence, surpassed the Yan family in one fell swoop to become the top wealthy family in Qian City.

Fortunately, a few days later, they finally escaped back to Zongzheng Ge’s secret base.

Zongzheng Ge did not want to look at Qian Shanjing even one more time.

Therefore, as soon as he entered the door, he directly used the excuse of needing to discuss a counter-attack with his subordinates and went into the study.

Qian Shanjing did not suspect him; most importantly, she had not taken a bath for several days, and she could not wait to first take a bath and then enjoy a beautiful, grand feast.

Where did Zongzheng Ge have any subordinates left? Thus, his going to the study was merely to ponder over how to trick Qian Shanjing out of her heart next.

—He could not wait for even a single moment.

Right now, he only wanted to return the wretchedness and humiliation inflicted upon his body by China a thousand times over.

But looking at it now, it was fundamentally impossible for Qian Shanjing to willingly give her heart to him.

After all, she was such a selfish person—take just when he went to break into the prison; clearly, the pursuers had not caught up yet, but when her parents and younger brother cried out to her for help, she pretended not to hear and urged him to leave directly.

Although he could also directly snatch Qian Shanjing’s heart away, a heart obtained in that manner would be mixed with Qian Shanjing’s resentment. Even if he could successfully advance to a Prince, he would be tormented by that resentment for a lifetime, never finding peace.

Therefore, how could Zongzheng Ge dare not to hesitate?

But what he could never have imagined was that precisely at this moment, Qian Shanjing held a parchment scroll, pushed past the servants trying to block her, and burst inside: “A-Ge, is what is written on this true?”

Seeing that parchment scroll, Zongzheng Ge’s pupils contracted.

Because that parchment scroll was precisely the scroll that recorded the usage of the heart of a person possessing great destiny.

Only then did he recall that the last time he was looking through this scroll, he suddenly received an emergency summons from Prince Brujah, so he directly forgot to put this scroll away.

Because this was his secret base and he would fundamentally never bring other people here in the past, he had not kept this matter in his heart afterward.

Therefore, he could never have imagined that Qian Shanjing would see this scroll by a bizarre twist of fate.

Qian Shanjing must have already guessed his purpose for approaching her—

He had no choices left now.

Thinking up to this point, his right hand, placed behind his back, directly extended sharp, long fingernails, prepared to immediately kill Qian Shanjing and seize her heart.

Who would have thought that in the next second, he would hear Qian Shanjing say, “Is what is written on this scroll true? The heart of a person with great destiny can directly allow an ordinary vampire to advance to a Prince?”

“A-Ge, since you could resurrect Prince Brujah, you can definitely resurrect other people too, right?”

Hearing these words, the sharp claws Zongzheng Ge was just about to extend were directly pulled back again.

A dark gleam flashed in his eyes: “Of course I can.”

Qian Shanjing was incomparably excited: “A-Ge, you might not know, but I am precisely the person with great destiny written about on this scroll.”

If she weren’t the legendary person with great destiny, could she have been reborn?

Could she have seen this scroll, thereby obtaining this opportunity to turn things around?

Zongzheng Ge smiled as well.

He had seen many fools, but he truly had never seen a fool as foolish as this.

However, in the next second, the intent to smile in the depths of his eyes was directly suppressed by him.

To the extent that Qian Shanjing only thought she had mistaken what she saw.

Zongzheng Ge subsequently said, “You are the legendary person with great destiny?”

“Th-this, how is this possible?”

“Even if you are the legendary person with great destiny—”

“No, what if even after I become a Prince, I am still not China’s match?”

“Impossible—”

Qian Shanjing immediately said, “The Imperial Seal that China used to deal with Prince Brujah is ten to one the legendary Heirloom Seal of the Realm, and this Heirloom Seal of the Realm is absolutely something they only found recently. Otherwise, before this, could they have tolerated Prince Brujah killing so many of their high-ranking officials?”

“Most importantly, the Heirloom Seal of the Realm is one of a kind, which means there is only that one piece in this world. The dragon qi within the Heirloom Seal of the Realm should also be limited, otherwise Prince Brujah would have been invincible long ago. Which is to say, that Heirloom Seal of the Realm is already of no use; China is a paper tiger right now.”

If even Qian Shanjing could think of this, how could Zongzheng Ge not think of it? This was also the primary reason why he had still not abandoned his wild ambition to become a Vampire Prince up until now.

She only heard Qian Shanjing say again, “Most importantly, I believe you will definitely resurrect me.”

Because she believed Zongzheng Ge truly loved her; after all, along this road of escape, Zongzheng Ge’s kindness toward her could not be faked.

Most importantly, if it could be said that she felt a bit of regret after finishing that utterance, upon seeing that Zongzheng Ge’s first reaction was to reject this suggestion she offered, the worry in the depths of her heart completely dissolved away.

She did not want to be a fugitive for the rest of her life.

She wanted to become a master over people; she wanted everyone to kneel at her feet and submit to her.

She also wanted to take revenge on China, and rescue her parents and younger brother…

What is meant by obtaining something entirely without effort?

This was it.

Zongzheng Ge could never have imagined that with matters having reached this point, he could actually still get his wish fulfilled.

Thinking up to this point, he stroked the back of Qian Shanjing’s neck, red light flashing within his eyes.

“Alright.”

Two minutes later, he kicked Qian Shanjing’s corpse to the side with full satisfaction.

Just as he reached out to wipe away the bloodstains beside his mouth, streaks of golden light violently erupted out from within his abdomen, instantly enveloping his entire body and carrying him into mid-air.

He could not help but let out breaths of comfort one after another.

And precisely at the final moment as the golden light slowly dispersed once more, he fiercely waved his sleeve.

Countless dark mists instantly broke through the walls and flew out, and after flying for several thousand meters, directly sliced several experts from the Special Services Department who were charging toward this place into fragments.

Immediately following that, his raspy voice resounded directly through the clouds: “China, I, Zongzheng Ge, have returned—”

Zongzheng Ge had returned.

And he had advanced into a Prince.

Seeing the images transmitted back by the recorders carried on the bodies of those few Special Services Department experts, the expressions of Deputy Director Li and the others instantly changed.

Not only because the Heirloom Seal of the Realm in their hands was already useless, but even more so because the reason the Heirloom Seal of the Realm could deal with Prince Brujah was that Prince Brujah was resurrected by relying on the dragon qi within the Heirloom Seal of the Realm; however, Zongzheng Ge did not have this weakness.

Which was to say, they could fundamentally do nothing at all right now against Zongzheng Ge, who had advanced to become a Vampire Prince.

Precisely at this time, Deputy Director Li’s phone rang.

“Deputy Director Li, something disastrous has happened.”

“Zongzheng Ge has returned.”

“He launched a surprise attack on the provincial governments and Special Services Departments of Bian Province and Li Province; both locations have suffered heavy casualties…”

Hearing the speech, Deputy Director Li’s eyes nearly split with rage.

He said hysterically, “Quick, quickly go find Mr. Zhang—”

But it was already too late—

Because Ao Ruize was currently teaching Sun Xiuji archery at an archery club.

Of course, learning archery was secondary; mainly, Sun Xiuji wanted to experience the joy of being a student once more.

Precisely at this moment, Sun Xiuji discovered that a small black dot had suddenly appeared high in the sky, and that black dot was getting closer and closer to them.

“What is that?”

That happened to be none other than Zongzheng Ge, who was passing by.

Zongzheng Ge saw Ao Ruize on the ground with a single glance.

“Zhang Ruize—”

He remembered clearly that if it hadn’t been for Zhang Ruize telling the Special Services Department about the matter of him being a spy for the Brujah clan, the people under his hand would not have been completely rounded up and annihilated by the Special Services Department.

And the last time, when he brought people to rescue Qian Shanjing, his face would not have been ruthlessly slapped by the Special Services Department once again.

Therefore, he immediately decided to kill Ao Ruize first.

Thus, Zongzheng Ge, who was originally heading toward the capital, directly turned his direction and charged toward the two of them.

Ao Ruize raised an eyebrow. He said with a smile, “It is nothing, just a ready-made moving target.”

“Come, I will teach you how to shoot a moving target now.”

Sun Xiuji immediately pulled his right hand out from inside Ao Ruize’s clothes.

Then, following his hand, he drew the bow and nocked an arrow, aiming at the black dot drawing closer and closer high in the sky.

“A bit lower…”

“Alright, let go.”

The moment the words fell from Ao Ruize’s mouth, Sun Xiuji in his embrace let go of his hand decisively.

In the next second, the arrow left the string and flew out, carrying a momentum that could break mountains and displace seas, charging straight toward the black dot in the sky.

Seeing the oncoming arrow, Zongzheng Ge was fundamentally dismissive.

In his view, it was merely a tiny bow and arrow; how could it possibly wound him?

Almost at the exact same time, he violently accelerated his speed, saying with a distorted face, “Go die—”

However, before the words could finish leaving his mouth, the arrow directly pierced through his head, leaving a bloody hole in his forehead.

Immediately following that, before the expression on his face could completely freeze, his body exploded directly apart.

Exactly like the scene when Prince Brujah was struck by the dragon qi that day.

Violent and gorgeous.

Immediately following that, Ao Ruize’s light chuckle rang out: “Nice shot!”

Deputy Director Li and the others, who arrived precisely at this moment and did not even have time to shout out the words ‘be careful’: “…”

Foreign netizens and high-ranking government officials, who likewise had not even had time to rejoice upon learning this news: “…”