Zhipeng’s parents died early on, reportedly sacrificed in the calamity caused by the source beasts.
Since childhood, he had been deeply self-conscious due to the loss of his parents, but he always firmly believed in justice and light in the world. Once, he saw a child falling from a height, mouth bleeding, without hesitation he rushed to carry the person and ran to the town’s clinic, successfully saving the child’s life.
However, when the child’s parents arrived, they didn’t hesitate to slap him, swelling his face, accusing him of pushing their child from a height, demanding his life in return.
A child without parents is so despicable, even though his parents died protecting others.
He doesn’t remember how he spent that long time. But he knows, even if he understands that saving people will be misunderstood, he will still rush to help without hesitation!
However, over time, he became a person with a weak and solitary character. Although he deeply desired to have friends to play with, he was afraid of being looked down upon and rejected.
Until one day, he suddenly awakened as a origin mage, an extremely rare illusionist origin mage. After the association evaluation, he was named ‘Let’s Be Friends’.
With no attack power, his combat ability was not even as good as a novice origin mage. But he found that everyone, after learning about his abilities, looked at him with extreme fear.
After the town leader reported his abilities, he was transferred to a higher-level city, where he was imprisoned for a full eight years. Until everyone in the entire prison estate became his friend, he escaped and gained the freedom he had longed for.
During the dark days of imprisonment, a hint of darkness grew in his bright heart. This darkness urged him every day during his escape to kill all those who had bullied him, but was suppressed by his sense of justice.
Later, he met that kind woman in Chaonan City and decided to marry her, to live an ordinary life like an ordinary person.
The good times didn’t last long. His wife was abducted, he foolishly waited at home, searched everywhere, begged for help, but to no avail. Two days later, his wife returned, told him everything that had happened, and then committed suicide.
He was overwhelmed with grief, suddenly hating the world that his parents had sacrificed their lives to protect.
Then he spent half a year wandering the world, making many powerful trusted friends. After hearing his story, these friends expressed their willingness to avenge him.
Finally, he avenged himself, massacring the entire Chaowang Mansion.
But his hatred did not diminish because of this; instead, with the death of Chaowang, it transferred to all the royal families.
Now, in the abandoned tower in the wilderness, he thought a lot and made a crazy decision.
Zhipeng said, “Friends, we have killed the unforgivable evil like Chaowang, my revenge has been taken. But there are still many scum like Chaowang in the world. I can’t imagine how many people are harmed by these scum every day. My own liberation is not enough; I still want to save those who are persecuted. So, I want to kill all the royal families in every city, let the sunlight shine on every piece of land. Will you help me?”
After hearing Zhipeng’s words, his friends were all stunned by this crazy idea.
Kill all the royal families? This is simply impossible! The power accumulated by the royal families over the years is beyond imagination, only second to the origin mage Association.
The various source devices collected by the royal families are not something they can contend with, let alone the large number of powerful origin mages recruited and supported by the royal families.
It’s easy to slaughter the royal families in a small city, but dreaming of fighting the entire world, in their opinion, is impossible.
The girl with a high ponytail didn’t want Zhipeng to be sad and quickly said, “Zhipeng, we will definitely help you, but to kill all the royal families, it’s simply not feasible with just us, and besides, the Mage Association won’t let us act recklessly.”
Others also echoed, “Yes! Although we are strong, we are also limited. The mutual restraint among mages is very serious, and if we’re not careful, we could lose our lives.”
Zhipeng firmly said, “But if even we don’t do this, no one else will. Then every day there will be more unfortunate people like me. From oneself to others, I don’t want more people to endure my pain. I want to end all this. And you believe me, I can do it. In the future, there will be more people willing to join us, willing to work with us to rid the world of these scum…”
Affected by Zhipeng’s determination, the people around came forward one after another, expressing their willingness to accompany Zhipeng in clearing out the royal families.
Although they still felt that this matter was still unattainable, isn’t friendship about the word ‘righteousness’? Whether it succeeds or not can be discussed later, but they couldn’t disappoint their good friends now.
Zhipeng took a deep breath and raised his fist, “From today on, we shall be called the Radiance Society, let the light shine on the entire land, dispelling all darkness.”
The crowd was filled with passion, extending their fists and putting them together, chanting in unison, “Let the light shine on the earth!”
Just as they were filled with passion for their righteous cause, a clear voice sounded from the side, “The Radiance Society, perhaps I can offer you some help.”
“Who???”
This unfamiliar voice startled everyone, extinguishing the passion in their hearts like a bucket of cold water poured over them. They all turned to see a tall figure standing beside them, towering at three meters tall, clad in dazzling armor, exuding an aura of majesty.
Their first reaction was that people from the Mage Association had caught up to them. Subconsciously, they moved to shield Zhipeng in the middle, with the ponytailed girl leaning closest, protecting Zhipeng closely.
‘Aerogel Immobilization’ ‘Iron Coffin’!
A origin mage of air and a origin mage of metal coordinated, suddenly unleashing their abilities. The air around Su Hao almost instantly solidified, and then two huge iron coffins rose from the ground on both sides, closing in towards the middle, attempting to trap him and immobilize his movements.
“Boom!”
The two iron plates slammed together fiercely, emitting a deafening roar.
‘Lightning Flash’!
“Sizzle~”
A blue-purple electric light shot out from the hand of a lightning origin mage, striking the thick iron coffin.
The metal origin mage reached out his hand.
“Puff puff puff!”
A large number of spikes shot out from the ground, fiercely piercing into the iron coffin. If there were someone inside the coffin, they would probably be turned into a hedgehog at this moment.
The ponytailed girl asked, “Is it settled?”
The male origin mage of metal, a burly man, laughed heartily, “Under normal circumstances, it’s settled. There aren’t many who can escape our joint ambush. This armored man is also formidable, able to appear beside us without a sound, and none of us noticed him. It’s terrifying, truly terrifying.”
Zhipeng’s heart, which had been in his throat, finally fell back.
At this moment, someone suddenly expressed doubt, “Didn’t he seem to say he would help us just now?”
“Heh! Sneaking up on us like that, serves him right to be taken down.”
“This armor looks somewhat familiar, like I’ve seen it somewhere.”
“Now that you mention it… Could it be the ‘Kai of Scraping Ground’ hanging in the Association Hall?”
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While they were discussing vigorously, a voice rang out from the iron coffin, “Don’t be so angry, everyone! Stay calm. I heard you say you want to exterminate the royal families, and I’m very interested in your proposal! Perhaps I can help.”
Then, to the astonishment of all, the ‘Kai of Scraping Ground’ regarded the iron coffin as nothing, stepping out from it step by step, emitting an oppressive aura.
Everyone was shocked, and the origin mage of air and the origin mage of metal launched another attack. Countless air blades and steel needles shot out, but the ‘Kai of Scraping Ground’ didn’t dodge, all the attacks hitting him, but unable to cause him any harm. It was as if they were hitting air, passing through him effortlessly and piercing through the wall behind him.
The origin mage of metal’s expression changed, “This ‘Kai of Scraping Ground’ is just like the legends, a spatial type of eerie origin mage. Ordinary attacks are ineffective. Xiaohui, Ming!”
The ponytailed girl Xiaohui covered her face with both hands, ‘Inconsolable Tears’!
The long-haired man Ming produced a small wooden hammer in his hand and fiercely struck his own forehead, ‘Stars in Eyes’!
