Villain Awakening: Chronicles Of The God Of War

Lu Zheng

Lu Zheng hid behind a wall, concealing him with the shadow of the burning torch ahead, sticking into the wall. 

He was staring at the two patrolling external members with predatory eyes, grinding his teeth, growling. 

One of them said, raising his voice, “The Azure Tide Clan had finally been annihilated! Our Scorching Blade Clan can finally rule Ebonshade City!”

The other hummed in delight, replying, seemingly raising his voice, “Right? Those bastards finally ceased to exist. They had been a headache, and their dumb sword techniques, claiming to be stronger than ours, had been proven wrong.

Who says theirs is much better than ours? It never has been!

Pathetic clan! Nothing but just a group of chickens trying to be a phoenix!”

Lu Zheng was furious when he heard their insults.

His frail body trembled in rage.

He was supposed to lie in wait and try to get closer behind their back to kill them in an instant, but the rage clouded his mind. 

Without hesitation, he pounced at them forward like a tiger.

The patrolling external members, on the other hand, did not expect that Lu Zheng would lose his patience, for they were purposely taunting him. 

Nevertheless, they were on guard, for they had long been aware of his presence due to his shadow frequently revealed by the dancing shadow from the torch and forewarning by the elders of their clan, and quickly unsheathed their swords. 

Lu Zheng only had a low-quality dagger and wore no protection but shabby clothes. 

Seeing his appearance, they sneered, expecting to behead the kid in a single motion. 

However, they didn’t expect him to suddenly grab a handful of dust while he was leaping and throw it in their line of vision. 

Before they could even wipe the dust out of their eyes, one of them screamed in terror. 

The other faced the direction of the scream hastily, his body trembling, panicking, as he soon followed his fellow comrade. 

“Argghhh!!! You puny brat!!!”

His howl even surpassed his fellow external members.

“You will not leave here alive! For the Clan!”

A resounding thud echoed two times before the only noise that resonated was Lu Zheng catching his breath. 

Lu Zheng was standing behind them, faced them, and his eyes flashed with killing intent. 

Despite his frail physique, he managed to kill two adults in a span of seconds. 

This was after he consumed the unknown pills by his benefactor, boosting his dopamine in exchange for a five-hour disabled body once half an hour passed.

Furthermore, it was not the only reason he had the capability to conquer them. 

After all, he learned fundamental techniques from his clan and was even regarded as a genius in martial arts. 

However, as though the Clan Head foresaw their clan’s annihilation, he was sent away under the pretext of a mission, together with other disciples. Now, seven days later, he came back to exact revenge on his clan. 

Standing before him was a normal wall in the underground parts of the clan’s manor, which heavily hid the three treasures that could aid him avenge his clan. 

The legacy sword, the Azure Tide Sword Art, which was known to help him attain the Rank of Master, and the Necklace of Inheritance from his Ancestors who left behind to venture into the Murim World.

The Scorching Blade Clan had a slight idea about this, as they spread their members underground, wanting to find the treasures of the clan.

However, they would never be able to find it.

Regardless, Lu Zheng only had limited time to open the treasury and obtained the three treasures before he would be discovered.

Hence, without hesitation, he cut his wrist, and blood poured out. 

He rubbed the cut wrist on his other palm with a twisted expression, ignoring the excruciating pain until his palm was all red. 

He then inserted his open palm in the wall with a conspicuous hand mark. 

It did not fit totally, but the blood spread throughout the handmark and to the wall. 

The place rumbled, and there was a sudden opening in the wall. 

He smiled in delight, but then something assaulted his body, causing him to cough out blood.

It struck him out of the blue, leaving him no room to react, as he simply fell to the floor, almost fainting from the collision of his head and the cold ground. 

Suddenly, he heard someone guffawing. 

“Gullible brat. Similar to your Clan Head. Out of all the disciples he sent away, only you, an external disciple, really thought of avenging your clan,” mocked someone behind him.

He arduously turned his head and was stunned to see it was his benefactor who promised him that the pill they gave would aid him in killing the guards.

He was enraged once more, veins jagged on his forehead.

Seeing Lu Zheng’s reaction, the benefactor stopped in front of him and sneered.

“Even the core disciples were aware of their clan’s annihilation, so they did not think twice but to escape from this place and hide from the Scorching Blade Clan, even most of the internal and core disciples did. Only you, who had just entered the clan for a year, really thought of taking revenge. What drove you to become this insane?”

He smirked.

“Of course, other external disciples were also killed, especially others who came back, thinking of getting revenge, too. Only that, only you have lasted this long.”

He giggled.

He then directed his gaze to the opened wall in front of him, and Lu Zheng could see his eyes sparkling, even though his eyes were blurring, too.

“So, these are the treasures of a middle-grade clan? I wonder how it will help my society. I’m sure Uncle will reward me handsomely.”

He licked his lips and continued to walk forward, even stepping on the body of Lu Zheng, who grunted in pain.

“Oh, right.” He halted, turned his head, and gave Lu Zheng a mocking remark, “I forgot to say that the pills you have gotten from me contained a venomous poison. You will die slowly from the excruciating pain. Forgive me for not giving you a quick death.”

Lu Zheng ground his teeth as his blood seethed in anger.

He helplessly watched his supposed benefactor, entering the place where his clan contained the treasures known to everyone.

His heart ached. He couldn’t believe he was betrayed. 

He was consumed by rage, and unknowingly, his blood boiled as if it was alive. 

The blood, seemingly coming from the unknown, roared with extreme bloodlust. 

Lu Zheng fainted, but his consciousness filled with rage remained, controlling his body and mind. He entered the berserk state, and like a beast that only moved with instinct and desire, he pounced at his benefactor with the intent to kill him.