DB Chapter 64

Chapter 64 – True Rivalry 

Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)

Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)

*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*

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At the very moment his fist landed, a dark shadow suddenly rushed onto the ring. It rushed towards House with the momentum of thunder.

House threw Shan Ming to the ground and stepped aside.

A punch with a powerful force hit House’s chest, knocking House back a few steps until he hit the rope of the ring. If he hadn’t strengthened his muscles in a hurry, he would have been knocked down immediately.

He took a closer look and it turned out to be the pure-blooded Dragon Blood Man; Shen Changze. He was the kid that they had been tracking and investigating all this time.

After the child hit him with one blow, he didn’t continue to attack. Instead, he rushed to Shan Ming’s side, screaming in a crying voice, “Baba! Baba!”

The whole audience was shocked by this sudden accident. Someone then reacted. The bodyguards in the fighting arena rushed up with guns in their hands, “Who are you?!”

Shan Ming opened his swollen eyes and glanced at Shen Changze. The warm hands and the fresh smell on his body made him feel familiar and at ease. His eyes became clear again and he said softly, “You’re fucking too slow.”

Shen Changze lowered his head and kissed Shan Ming’s forehead and cheek. He said in a trembling voice, “Baba, I’m sorry. Are you okay? Baba…”

Shan Ming shook his head. He was too lazy to speak.

House stopped the armed security guards who were about to rush up while the host shouted loudly: “What’s going on? Suddenly an Asian boy appeared on the field. He was very powerful. Is he here to save his friend or his brother? He actually got to hit ‘Wild Beast’! God! He is two heads shorter than ‘Wild Beast’!”

Kafar, the ‘owner’ of ‘Wild Beast’/House, ran over and said sharply, “What’s going on? Who are you?”

Shen Changze raised his head, staring at Kafar viciously with his angry eyes. Kafar’s heart trembled violently with fright and his legs went limp.

House said to Kafar: “It’s okay. I’ll take care of it. Leave them be.”

Kafar said: “This is against the rules. He can’t just enter the ring like that. Your opponent is ‘Beauty’ and he has already lost.”

House turned his head and stared at Kafar unblinkingly with his deep blue eyes. He articulated his words one by one sternly, “I told you that I will deal with it.”

Kafar’s heart trembled. Sweat broke out on his forehead. He looked at Shen Changze and then at House. He then turned his head and sat back down.

“Kafar allowed the young man who entered the ring halfway to replace ‘Beauty’ as ‘Wild Beast’’s opponent! Let me hear the voices of the audience. Do you all want this?!” The host shouted loudly.

The audience shouted at the top of their voices, “Kill him! Kill him!” Although the ‘him’ in their mouths may not refer to the same person, most of them hope that this fight will continue. This is because Shen Changze just gave one blow that made them filled with curiosity about the strength of this kid. They couldn’t wait to see how strong this beautiful Asian boy was who dared to rush into the ring impulsively.

Shen Changze whispered in Shan Ming’s ear, “Baba, Ayer and the others have arrived. They are preparing to attack from outside the tavern. Can you move by yourself? You go hide in a safe place.”

Shan Ming patted his face, “I’m okay.” Nesis has already sent someone over to carry him away. Shan Ming looked into Shen Changze’s eyes and reassured him again, “I’m fine. Do what you should do.”

They carried Shan Ming out of the arena. Two doctors surrounded him to treat him.

Shen Changze still had the lingering warm touch of Shan Ming’s cheek in his hands. He clenched his hands tightly, vowing in his heart to bury this place to the ground forever!

He stood up and turned to look at House. He was very surprised to see House here but he was not interested in finding out the reason. He only knew that House had hurt Shan Ming and he wanted House to pay the price!

House regulated the blood in his body and mobilised all the energy in his body to make full preparations for this battle.

They both know the true identity of one another. This is a true rivalry.

House said: “I don’t want to fight him and I don’t want to fight you. But you obviously have different ideas from me.”

Shen Changze didn’t have time to talk nonsense with him. He had to delay enough time before Ayer and the others were ready.

He took a deep breath of the bloody air in the arena and slowly moved his waist. He felt the flow of his blood and allowed his muscles to tremble slowly according to a strange rhythm.

He once read a book of traditional Chinese martial arts secrets. Although Shan Ming told him it was nonsense, Shen Changze read it with enthusiasm. A master in it said with a smile that when human beings exert force, they can also achieve two to three times more power than wolves. The lethality in actual combat will reach an unbelievable level. The ability to predict a battle would be even more accurate. Although it was not taken seriously by others, Shen Changze slowly figured out such a method of using the short-term tremor of the muscles to quickly knock down the opponent during a long period of actual combat all by himself.

The only flaw is that this force mode cannot be sustained for a long time. But if combined with the instant strengthening of parts of the body by the dragon’s blood, this force can cause an extremely powerful attack effect. It is a powerful move to defeat the enemy with only one blow.

He closed his eyes and felt the blood and muscles in his body. Without using his eyes to see, let alone the so-called flaws of observing the opponent, Shen Changze felt that House was about to move forward and attack purely out of a hunting animal instinct!

House rushed towards him at a speed that normal humans simply could not achieve.

Suddenly, Shen Changze’s feet pushed off from the ground violently and his whole body seemed to be unstable. He stumbled and fell to House’s feet as he firmly grasped House’s ankle with both of his hands!

The strength of Caucasian men is significantly higher than that of Asians of the same height and weight. But Shen Changze is nearly 30 centimetres shorter than House. At least in terms of human physique, Shen Changze is not as excellent as House. When it comes to the regulation of dragon blood in his body, he is also not as experienced as House. So he knows that he can’t take advantage of that. If he uses an ordinary attack mode, it will not only waste time but he may also transform uncontrollably in front of so many people due to his inner impatience. After all, his current state is not stable yet.

In order to avoid a series of troubles, he must defeat House as soon as possible!

And the only way he could think of was the joint technique created by combining the ‘Systema’ created by Russian fighters and the twisting technique created by Chinese martial artists!

The joint technique was taught to him by Shan Ming. It is an excellent move to make the opponent incapacitated in a short period of time. However, using it requires a high level of accuracy. Even Shan Ming himself needs to consider the situation before using it.

Relying on his superior physical fitness, Shen Changze took advantage of his own weight and the impact of the fall. He firmly pressed his entire weight on House’s ankle.

House has never been in contact with Chinese martial arts and he has never seen such a weird style of fighting. The current situation forces House to face a difficult choice – to break the opponent’s ankle or to take a step back and shake the opponent off of him before counterattacking.

Without allowing House to think even for a moment, Shen Changze’s hands had already clasped House’s tendons tightly. All the blood was concentrated on his arms and he tore at them with all his strength.

The severe pain is unbearable even for the professional fighters who are somewhat numb to pain!

Before House could open his mouth to cry out in pain, Shen Changze had suddenly raised his right hand and hit the side of House’s knee powerfully with the tip of his elbow.

The crisp sound of shattering kneecaps immediately made the entire noisy fighting arena completely quiet!

In such a deadly game, the ending of having a broken leg almost sentenced House to death!

Shen Changze jumped up from the ground and was about to give House a fatal blow. At this moment, the sounds of a series of gunshots can be heard. The LED display hanging from the ceiling crashed down, hitting the auditorium near the ring.

The whole scene suddenly became chaotic!

The spectators screamed and fled everywhere. The originally spacious fighting arena was in chaos. Spectators scurrying like brow flies all over the place. The security guards of the fighting arena and the bodyguards of the honoured guests tried to maintain order but their weak voices were ignored. The scene has gotten out of control.

At the moment he heard the gunshot, Shen Changze had rushed down the ring and picked Shan Ming, who was lying on the stretcher, up. He didn’t want to rush to the exit like the spectators. He instead hid behind a huge sound equipment, waiting for the riot to pass. He didn’t want to be trampled to death by the crazy crowd.

Shan Ming grabbed his shoulders and said sharply, “Don’t let Nesis and Rody get away. I’m going to kill them.”

Shen Changze held onto Shan Ming tightly, “Baba, don’t worry about that. I won’t let them run away. You don’t move around. Do you want your arm to be useless?” After speaking, his nose felt sour and he almost shed tears.

Shan Ming frowned understandingly, “What do you mean by this? I have lived a good life. So you should just laugh along with me. Is this the first time I’ve been hurt?”

Shen Changze sniffed, “It’s not. But it is the first time… you were hurt where I couldn’t see you. I was very afraid. I was afraid I would never see you again.” The child sobbed and buried his head in Shan Ming’s arms. “Baba, I’m so scared. It’s a good thing you’re alive. Thank God you’re alive.”

Shan Ming raised his arm and touched his head, “Okay, I am destined to be alive so that I can burn this damn place down.”

Shen Changze raised his head and looked at Shan Ming’s face carefully. He stroked Shan Ming’s bruised eyes, “Okay. Let’s burn it down. We must burn it down.”

“Ayer and the others are here already? Who else is here?”

“I don’t know yet. I only contacted Ayer. But why is that guy House here?”

“I heard from him that he has a task. He said that the drugs used by the fighters here may contain dragon blood. So he came here to investigate.”

Shen Changze said sternly, “I’m going to kill him.”

Shan Ming said: “Don’t bother. He knows a lot of things that we don’t know-… Be careful!” Shan Ming rolled to the ground with Shen Changze in his arms. A bullet hit the sound system where they were hiding just now.

Shen Changze jumped up from the ground all of a sudden and pulled out his sabre. He threw it at Kafar’s bodyguard who was shooting at them. The tip of the sabre sank directly into the bodyguard’s chest. He then used his dead body as a shield as he swept several rounds of bullets and smashed the several bodyguards who rushed up into pieces of meat.

Shen Changze threw down his gun and ran around the ring with Shan Ming on his back as bullets chased after them from behind him.

Suddenly, the sound of heavy machine guns roared above their heads. The target was not them.

The two looked up together. They saw Jushi standing in the arena. He smiled and gave them a thumbs up. Ayer stood by the side as a cover and after seeing them, he shouted: “Go backstage. Tiger Shark and Pell are there! “

Shan Ming only felt that his anxiety had finally eased down.

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*Translator’s Note: SCZ was like…”no one messes with my Baba” hahahaha -K

*GLOSSARY: 

• ‘Systema’ or known as ‘the system’ is “a little-known combat method that can be traced back to the Cossacks of mediaeval times and was later used by KGB agents and Soviet Spetsnaz (special forces). Some Russian spy units are said to still draw on the practice today. It focuses on hand-to-hand grappling and weapon disarmament, emphasising the importance of intense Zen-like calm to turn an attacker’s strike against him, coolly and effortlessly.” (source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/systema-the-secretive-martial-art-of-the-soviet-union-is-making-a-comeback.html)

Next update: 2023.06.18

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