All Chapters of The Prison Dragon: Unrivaled Medical God: Chapter 11
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The Price of a Country
The words "One Hundred Million" hung in the air like a guillotine blade.Still, the silent auction hall itself felt as if even one could hear the last pin drop into the carpet. The expert auctioneer, who had worked for thirty years, also stood with his mouth partly agape, with a gavel above his head.Lucas Vance gazed at the Sky Box. His face turned pale before bursting into a throbbing red.Young Master of the Vance Family! Imperial Capital knows no one bows when his car passes. He was here, in this river city, to collect an artifact at a cheap price, and this local jerk was supposed to humiliate him!"One hundred million?" Lucas called with a voice that sounded a little too much like a raucous bark. "You think numbers can scare me? I happen to be the heir to the Vance Empire!"He pulled out his phone and raced across the screen with his fingers."Father," he strained into the phone. "Authorize the emergency war chest. Yes. Right now. Someone is challenging our family's honor."He hu
The Secret of the Necklace
Location: Sky Garden Villa, the Master Study.The moon hung above River City, shining like a pale coin through the bulletproof glass windows of the villa.The din of the auction house felt like a distant memory. The silence here was complete.I sat at my mahogany desk. On a velvet cushion in front of me lay the Heart of the Ocean.The huge blue gem sparkled under the desk lamp. It was flawless. Deep. Mesmerizing. It cost a billion dollars. This was the GDP of an entire country.Sarah was standing beside me, staring at it. She was frightened to touch it."Ethan," she muttered. "We really... we really spent a billion dollars on this? It's beautiful, but... that's a lot of money.""Money is just paper," I said, peering into the depths of the blue stone. "This necklace is worth something beyond its monetary value. It cost my mother her life."One could almost feel Sarah's shock in the silence. She placed her hand gently on my shoulder. "Your mother... was she wearing it when...?""Yes."I
The Night of Blood
I jumped from the second-floor balcony like a world champion gymnast.The wind was racing past my ears; I was landed, not with respect-thumping like a superhero but without noise; the leather shoes had stolen every dew drop upon the grass in silence.I was standing right in the center of a lawn, well groomed.Twenty meters away, the darkness of the forest churning. There it was. The "Berserker Puppets" appeared in the moonlight, drooling chemical foam and having their eyes burning red. Once men, now they were turned into biological weapons by Shadow Sect."ROAR!"The leader was a monstrosity, hulking with bulging veins resembling ropes, for although he's first to charge as he covered the distance within 2 seconds, faster than an Olympic sprinter, raised a fist size of a sledgehammer, aiming to create a paste from my head.I didn't move my feet. Just raised my right hand.Between my fingers, the shimmer of three silver needles."You have too much yang fire in your liver," I said calmly
The General’s Gift
Location: The Vance Family Estate in the Imperial Capital.The Vance Estate had its old-world charm, but it was a fortress of wealth. The capital sprawled across fifty acres-the densest yet germane in its expensive district-and so an emblem of old money-infested and ruthless power.Yet the main hall presented the scene far gloomier than that of a grave at this time.Lord Julian Vance-the Patriarch of the clan-strolled ceaselessly on the short Persian rug. He was a most terrifying man with hair like silver and eyes that pierced like a hawk. He held an ebony cane topped with a golden cobra.His son, Lucas Vance, lay on the center of a stretch in the room.Lucas was a mess. His face was wrapped in bandages. His jaw was wired shut. His ribs were in a cast. He was whimpering softly, unable to speak because of the missing teeth."They hit my son in that trash city?" Lord Vance hissed, gripping his cane until the wood creaked. It sounded like a country bumpkin in some trash city dared to touc
The Alliance of Snakes
Location: The Onyx Club, Imperial Capital.The Onyx Club was an underground fortress disguised as a gentleman's lounge. It was where the true rulers of the province met to decide the fate of millions.Tonight, the atmosphere in the private VIP room was laden with cigar smoke and anxiety.Lord Julian Vance sat panting at the head of the black-hued table. He was a shadow of a man; his other arm was slung in a sling, bruises covered his face from whatever riot had transpired at his estate, and his eyes seemed to burn in a chaotic, unstable rage.On the other side of the table sat four other powerful men. Four members of the Great Families of the Capital—the titans in real estate, banking, and shipping.In usual times, they would have been rivals against one another. However, fear had bound them into one on this particular night."He sent the monsters back" came the blood-chilling whisper from below. "Twenty genetically modified beasts. He packed them in a box like toys. My entire estate
The Capital's Laughingstock
The Grand Medical Pavilion of the Capital was an imposing emblem. Heavy marble pillars as old as an oak forest, high ceilings that absorbed all sound but the half-dreaming whispers of the nation's medical elite.The mood changed the minute Ethan and Sarah entered through the gilt doors. Not very steady as she ordinarily was, Sarah tugged at her blazer's hem, surveying the crowd: men in bespoke suits, women in designer dresses, and doctors with white coats that cost more than their cars."Ethan," she whispered, drawing closer to him. "Everyone here is either a department chairman or a specialist from the top hospitals. Perhaps we should have prepared a fake resume or something?"Ethan's hands were shoved deeply into his pockets, and his face showed mild indifference. "Why bother? Real skill doesn't need a piece of paper."Rounding the registration booth, a bespectacled clerk glanced up from his clipboard, the pen held in a motionless hovering position."Name and affiliation?""Ethan Sm
The Trembling Dragon
The stillness that had fallen upon the Grand Medical Pavilion after the herb identification round was not the calm before a storm; it was an atmospheric imposition as if a storm upon the ground had just held its breath.Ethan Smith stood with the utmost calm at the long table, brushing away imaginary particles of dried root from his hands. Around him, whispers began to rise like steam. The term "barefoot doctor" was no longer being used with mockery but rather with confusion and suspicion.Overhead, in the shadowy VIP room with one-way glass, the ambiance was utterly poisonous.Heirs of the Vance family, Victor Vance crushed a crystal wineglass in his palm. The red fluid dripped onto the expensive carpet, much like blood."Explain this," he hissed, his gaze trained on the figure of Ethan down below. "You told me he was a nobody. You told me he was a soft-rice man living off the River City hospital director. Since when can a nobody identify twenty herbs by smell in thirty seconds?"A m
The Invitation from the Jade Phoenix
The aftermath of the second round was chaotic. As soon as the judges declared the session over for the day, the audience surged forward like a tidal wave."Dr. Smith! Just a moment of your time!""My hospital is ready to pay you five million a year!""Dr. Smith, please; my daughter is suffering from a rare ailment..."At the outer stage, Ethan freezing cold with no expression on his face. Sarah, beside him, was almost in shock, using her briefcase to shield herself from reporters and headhunters."We will not take any questions!" she shouted, trying to exercise authority, although her voice shook slightly. "Please, step back!"Ethan gently grabbed Sarah's arm. "Let's go."He moved through the crowd with uncanny grace, smooth as liquid. Whenever an individual tried to block his passage, he would glide effortlessly past them, like smoke slipping through fingers. And before anyone in the crowd knew it, Ethan and Sarah were at the exit of the Grand Medical Pavilion.Just as they stepped o
Surgery on the Street
The assassin leader’s serrated blade was a blur of cold steel aimed directly at Ethan’s carotid artery. It was a killing blow, executed with the speed of a striking cobra.Inside the ruined Rolls-Royce, Lin Yuna flinched, her hands flying to her mouth. She had seen violence before in the Capital's underworld, but Ethan was just a doctor. He was unarmed, unarmored, and outnumbered.Blood was expected. A corpse was expected.Instead, a ghost appeared.Ethan did not retract. He stepped into the path of the attack.In an instant, the distance between them was obliterated. Ethan's left hand flew like an arrow before the assassin's eyes could register it, locking onto the man's wrist just as the blade aligned with his neck.CRACK!The sickening sound of bone shattering echoed sickeningly in the quiet street.The leader never even had time to scream. With a flick of his wrist, twisting the now-broken wrist, Ethan had forced the assassin to drop the knife. In an almost fluid motion, the heel
The Dragon Enters the Phoenix Nest
The steam rising from the teacup was the only thing moving inside the shattered Rolls-Royce. Lin Yuna sat frozen, her porcelain skin pale against the dark leather seats. She stared at Ethan Smith, who was casually sipping his tea as if he were sitting in a quiet café, not surrounded by groaning, broken bodies on a dark street in the Capital."You..." Yuna started, her voice trembling before she cleared her throat, forcing the steel back into her tone. "You are a Grandmaster."Ethan set the cup down. "I am a doctor, Miss Lin. I just know a little bit about anatomy. Knowing where to hit is just as important as knowing where to heal."Outside, headlights flooded the scene. A convoy of three armored SUVs screeched to a halt. Twelve men in suits jumped out—the Lin Family's elite security team. They had arrived too late.The captain of the guard rushed to the window, his gun drawn, panic in his eyes. "Miss Lin! We lost the signal! Are you hurt? Where are the assassins?"Yuna slowly lowered