CHAPTER 5 – First Hunt
754 Words
Dark • Action • Revenge • Power Awakening – Dreame Style
The night air outside the cavern was cold—
but Lin Xuan felt nothing except the quiet burn of hatred.
Leaves rustled under his feet as he stepped into the forest, Yueyin following silently behind him, her presence like a faint silver glow in the dark.
“Master,” she whispered,
“Are you certain you wish to do this now? Your power is newly awakened—”
“That’s why I must do it now.”
Lin Xuan’s eyes narrowed.
“They hunted me. They burned my home. They laughed as my family died.”
The Blood Pearl pulsed once—
Hot.
Hungry.
Yueyin fell silent.
Bloodsense Veins Activates
Lin Xuan closed his eyes.
Instantly—
Crimson lines spread across his vision like a web.
Heartbeat detected…
Northwest. Three men.
Their qi is unstable. They’re tired… careless… perfect targets.
A cold smile touched his lips.
“They’re close.”
Without warning—
WHOOSH—!
Crimson wings burst from his back, forming arcs of sharp, translucent blood-energy.
Yueyin gasped softly.
“Master… the Bloodburst Wings—”
Lin Xuan stepped forward—
—and vanished.
The Hunt Begins
The three pursuers sat around a dying campfire.
One poked the embers with his dagger.
“Tch. That brat fell off the cliff. Why are we still searching?”
“Orders from the thôn trưởng,” another grumbled. “The boy’s body earns ten gold.”
“He’s dead already.”
“No,” a voice whispered behind them.
“He survived.”
The three men froze.
A cold wind brushed their necks.
Then—
SHRRK—!
A streak of red light flashed behind the first man.
He choked, eyes bulging, before collapsing with his throat sliced open cleanly.
The other two spun around.
Nothing.
No movement.
No footsteps.
No breath.
Then a faint whisper:
“You shouldn’t have chased me.”
Bloodburst Wings – Killing Speed
SWOOSH—!
Lin Xuan descended from the branches like a crimson phantom, wings trailing behind him like falling shards of moonlit blood.
The second man barely raised his sword.
Lin Xuan didn’t give him the chance.
CRACK—!
A single wing strike shattered the man’s ribcage, sending him crashing into a tree with a wet crunch.
The third man dropped his dagger, falling to his knees.
“S–spare me! I was just following orders—”
“Then you chose the wrong master.”
Lin Xuan appeared in front of him—
—not by strength,
—but with absolute, overwhelming speed.
Bloodburst Wings hummed softly behind his back.
The man trembled. “W-wait, I can help you! I know who killed your familie—”
“I already know.”
Lin Xuan’s voice was calm.
Too calm.
The man’s heart spiked in terror.
Bloodsense Veins made it impossible to lie—
Lin Xuan could feel every beat, every tremor, every fear.
“You have nothing I need.”
SHHH—
Lin Xuan’s hand sliced across the man’s neck with surgical precision.
The body fell forward.
Silence returned to the forest.
After the Kill
Yueyin appeared beside him, her silver hair glowing softly in the dark.
She studied the corpses with emotionless eyes—
but when she looked at Lin Xuan, her voice grew gentle.
“Master… your first hunt is complete.”
Lin Xuan exhaled slowly.
“I thought I would feel fear,” he murmured.
“But all I feel is clarity.”
“Because,” Yueyin whispered, “this is the path you were forced to walk.”
He turned to her.
“You’re not afraid of me?”
Her silver eyes softened—
not with fear,
but with something like devotion.
“I chose you. Even if the world fears you… I will not.”
Lin Xuan’s heart stirred—
but only for a moment.
Because in the distance—
Bloodsense Veins pulsed again.
Another heartbeat.
Stronger.
Moving toward the forest.
A cultivator.
A new target.
A new threat.
A new opportunity.
Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes.
“Yueyin. Someone is coming.”
Yueyin’s voice grew tense.
“A pursuer?”
“No…”
Lin Xuan’s lips curved slowly.
“A cultivator from Huyền Thiên Tông. One rank above these worms.”
His wings expanded behind him—
crimson, cold, lethal.
“Perfect.”
His voice dropped to a chilling whisper.
“I need a stronger test.”
He stepped forward—
—and the hunt began again.
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