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Heaven Defying Dark Empress - Volume 1 - Chapter Prologue

Published at 30th of November 2018 10:42:19 PM


Chapter Prologue

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Prologue : Turmoil and Betrayal

 

The vast night sky was sprinkled with countless stars as they silently illuminate the dark, yet a faint mist partly veiled the night. As the night lingered on, the tranquility in the Downtown Hospital was disrupted as a series of footsteps echoed through the dimly lit corridor.

“Thud… thud…thud..thud…”

These steps were not rushed, they were steady and gentle.

A pair of well polished black military boots stopped right in front of a VIP ward, the only ward on this level.

The hand that opened the door was slender and the light that shone revealed thin layer of callus on the hands, showing that the person’s age was not very old, with a ramrod back, the figure beneath the green military uniform was exquisite.

“Beep…beep…beep..beep…”

In the ward, the sound of the medical instruments were very distinct in the deep of the night.

“Mum.”

After Mu Tianyin called out in habit, she then proceeded to switched the lights on.

Suddenly, she froze in place.

There was someone!

She immediately turned to her side,raised her arms and reached behind!

Mu Tianyin accurately grasped an ice cold metallic object from her back and struck out heavily. A loud crack of bones followed by a man’s abrupt and shrill scream of agony resounded out.

Her body swiftly slid backwards as she used her elbows to jab out and with a knife in one hand, she slit his neck.

“Ahhh!”

That person screamed out and slammed onto the white wall as he grasped for air in agony.

Lowering her stance, she kicked out immediately and a silhouette that came from the left went flying away.

As she spun around and evaded, she jumped up and gave a clean roundhouse kick.

The figure who came from the front was sent flying back as he slammed back on a few others behind him and they all fell to the ground and rolled about while they groaned in pain.

Glass bottles flew across, the sofa and table were turned over, as various apparatus and instruments covered the floor as the fight ensued.

Then, all was silent as the light through the window illuminated the remaining figure.

“Clap..clap ..clap.”

In the darkness, a resounding round of applause echoed through the ward.

“Worthy to be West Point Military School’s elite student, good skills.” The figure opposite was smiling and the voice clearly belonged to a woman.

“Clap.”

The lights immediately came on and revealed the messy ward that had many things broken and scattered all over the floor. There were also six to seven people lying on the floor on their sides. Their faces were contorted in pain as they writhed about in pain while groaning out, several guns were also scattered about.

There was a pale woman lying in the hospital bed, her body had many tubes inserted in and it looked as if she was no longer breathing.

She looked as if all her life had withered away as both of her eyes were shut tight.

Standing at the doorstep was a young lady who looked to be about fifteen to sixteen, with exquisite facial features, donning on a green military uniform that made her look sharp and valiant. Her gaze rested at the person before her as she coldly said, “Mu Chang Ge, what are you doing?”

Mu Chang Ge sat at the edge of the bed as her wavy hair added a touch of charm as she lifted up her chin and looked back arrogantly, “What am I doing? Can’t you see it for yourself?”

She held a gun in one hand and a knife in the other.

On both sides of the bed, five bodyguards in black suits stood in a row.

When Mu Tianyin saw the row of bodyguards, her fists tightened as she raspily called out, “Xiao Ye?”

A glint of guilt flashed by Xiao Ye’s eyes but it disappeared as quick as it came. “Sorry, Miss.”

“Mu Tianyin, what would you say? Do you think that you’re faster or my hands are faster? Hmm?” Mu Chang Ge smiled as she lightly traced the knife along the face of the woman in the bed, as beads of crimson blood spilled out as she moved it and she finally traced in down all the way and positioned it above her heart.

Mu Tianyin’s heart skipped a beat as she took in a deep breath as she spat out coldy, “Are you crazy, that is your own aunt!”

“Hahaha.” Mu Chang Ge seemed to have heard a joke as she giggled, “She’s been lying here for over a decade, I think it’s better for her to just die by this knife, that may just ease her suffering. For all you know, she might even thank this niece of hers.”

“What do you want?” Mu Tianyin stood rooted to the ground as she looked at the knife that was above her mother’s heart in trepidation.

Mu Chang Ge said in a faint voice, “Nothing? What can I do?”

She then picked up the newspaper next to her and looked at it. With an envious tone, she said out wistfully as if talking to herself: “A genius has appeared in the Mu Family. Only fifteen year old, she has won the Western League Shooting Championship, the All Asian Sanda Championship….”

“Attained the first in rank for both military and political examinations, broke the precedence and entered the West Point Military School, it is reported that the Mu family has secretly designated Mu Tianyin as the successor.”

“Mu Family’s successor?” Mu Chang Ge slammed the newspaper on the bed and screamed, “Not me? Ah, it doesn’t matter.”

Mu Tianyin furrowed her brows, she had already figured out a few things now.

What family successor? She did not really care about it!

“But Mu Tianyin, do you know something? You do not even have the qualifications to be the Mu Family’s successor.” Mu Chang Ge said in a very sarcastic tone as she suddenly changed her tone and spoke fiercely, “Anyone else in the Mu family can be its successor, only you can’t!”

She pointed the knife in her hand at the girl opposite her aggressively.

 

“Mu Chang Ge, I don’t have time to listen to all these nonsense of yours.” Mu Tianyin said expressionlessly.

“Alright…” Mu Chang Ge laughed and nodded her head, “Then we shall talk about the serious things, don’t be impulsive now.”

The knife in her hand was once again positioned on top of the heart of the woman lying in the bed as she pressed it against her chest.

The woman lying in the bed was extremely weak. Just a bit of movements could easily snuff out her life, her face was as white as sheet and now trails of blood was marked. How could she withstand a stab with a knife?

“Mu Chang Ge, just say what you want, I’ll give it to you, alright?” Mu Tianyin’s hand was jittery but she didn’t dare to make any moves.

If not for the person in the bed, she would have a way to get herself out of this. But that was her mother, as long as there was a sliver of hope for her to regain consciousness, she would never give up, she could never give up!

What should she do now?

“Hey, let’s play a game now.” Mu Chang Ge said in high spirits.

She fiddled with the knife in her hand and even reminded , “It’s best that you move carefully, or else I might not be able to guarantee that this hand might tremble and …accidentally make a hole here.”

After speaking, she turned her head to the side and signalled.

The two bodyguards at her side acknowledged and immediately stepped forward, where two loud metallic clicks of guns being cocked and loaded sounded before two jet black hand pistols were raised up, to point straight towards Mu Tianyin, a cold steely glint reflecting upon the long shiny barrels of the silencers attached in front.

“Pew, pew.”

Mu Tianyin was shot in each leg as she felt her body go limp.

Mu Chang Ge’s lips curved up as she said, “Tsk tsk..It hurts, doesn’t it?”

Once again, she tilted her head to the side and signalled to the bodyguards. The two stepped forward and they then kicked the back of her knees, one on each side.

“Ugh!”

Fresh blood started to gush out as the girl in the military uniform was forced onto her knees and her entire surroundings was dyed crimson.

Mu Chang Ge felt very satisfied as she continued, “How does it feel now?”

Such an awkward Mu Tianyin was a really refreshing and gratifying sight!

“Have you played enough?” Mu Tianyin’s forehead was drenched in a layer of sweat, however, there was no change in her expression. The light shone directly onto the lady opposite her who was dressed in red, her finger reached towards the side of her military boots and she touched a cold metallic object.

“Pew!”

Another muffled gunshot was heard as the bullet shot directly towards the chest of Mu Tianyin!

With this bullet in her chest, her hands trembled before she crumbled onto the floor.

“Cough!” A bright scarlet flower seemingly bloomed on the chest of Mu Tianyin as she felt a sweet sensation rise up her throat, forcing her to cough out violently. She immediately coughed out bouts of blood as fresh blood gushed down her chin, flowed down her neck and covered the entire white jade pendant that was tied around her neck.

No one had noticed that the originally white piece of jade had instantly turned red like a blood red agate.

“What are you doing?!” Mu Chang Ge stood up immediately and walked towards Xiao Ye and kicked him. “Damn it! Who asked you to kill her?!”

As long as Mu Tianyin was crippled, the rights to be the successor would no longer be hers, she had never intended to take a life.

Xiao Ye furrowed his brows and did not have on any other expression. “Second Miss, I am just acting under orders.”

“Acting under whose orders?” Mu Chang Ge felt as if she was going to go crazy.

Xiao Ye did not pay any heed to Mu Chang Ge’s questioning and he only lifted his gun one more time and aimed it at Mu Tianyin. In a cold voice, he said: “ Miss, for the sake of the entire Mu Family, Xiao Ye can only be sorry to you.”

“Whoosh!”

A sharp knife seemingly flew out at the same moment Xiao Ye pulled the trigger.

“Bzzz!”

The knife spun in the air and split it in two!

Mu Tianyin’s blood kept flowing out, at this moment, she looked up and her dark obsidian eyes looked at Xiao Ye and Mu Chang Ge.

Xiao Ye’s eyes trembled for a moment, he had still taken things too lightly!

“Bzzz!”

Just at this critical moment of life and death, an outworldly screeching whistle resounded and everything around seemed to have frozen in place. The bullets flying in the air, pieces of broken blade, the posture of dodging, Xiao Ye who was bending over towards the direction of the hospital bed and a terrified Mu Chang Ge.

Mu Tianyin’s hand that threw the knife was still in the air.

There was a strange ripple on the ground as dilutions on the ground continued ripple after ripple. The blood red line was like a vine that grew very quickly and finally formed an ancient seal. There was a faint melody of divine music as it reverberated throughout.

The sky was moving!

The ground was spinning!

Space was twisting!

People were drifting!

“Bzzz.”

A resplendent red light suddenly rose as huge beams of light passed through the multitude of levels and rushed towards the heavens!

“Boom!”

Thunderstorms began as lightning flashed and thunder clapped and the star studded universe started to spin and twist,eventually, a black hole appeared.

“Sis?”

The door of the ward was pushed open and the voice of a youth was heard.

“Sis, what happened to you?”

The pupils of the youth contracted and his frightened voice was instantly heard throughout the room. He was shocked by the scene in front of him. He saw that Mu Tianyin had fallen to the ground and she was soaked in blood. Immediately, he dashed towards her.

“Bump!”

When the youth first came into contact with the light, he was sent bouncing back by an invisible force and he was smashed into the white walls of the room. His bones were immediately displaced and the fierce force pulsated through him as he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The sky and earth seemed to be spinning…

“Li…Little Feng.” Mu Tianyin was sprawled onto the ground and her red lips were murmuring as her eyelids felt heavy and her consciousness was somewhat unclear She suddenly felt her entire body go limp and directly fell into the endless darkness.

The black hole swallowed that blinding beam of light!

The winds in the sky scattered and the red lights dissipated.

“Sis…Sis!”

The youth who was covered in blood was twitching in pain and yet he desperately tried to reach out to the sky where the light had disappeared into.

Two muffled gunshots sounded out and the bullets in the air as well as the broken blades landed on the floor.

Other than the pool of blood, Mu Tianyin had completely vanished into thin air. Mu Chang Ge as well as the Xiao Ye with the dozen other bodyguards all disappeared as well. Only the lady on the hospital bed was was left in the entire room.

“Sis! …Ahhhh!!!”

The youth screamed out in anguish as his voice reverberated throughout towards the night sky.

 





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