Apocalypse: My Apartment Has Traits - Chapter 112 - 103: Making a Name

Chapter 112: Chapter 103: Making a Name

After the rain, the sky was clear and blue.

The wooden wheels rolled over the muddy and slippery dirt road, splashing up muddy water, slowly entering the territory of Wuyin Village.

Xu Zhong walked at the forefront of the team, covered in a coir raincoat, followed by a few strong men pushing carts behind him.

A burly man clad in thick leather armor surveyed the somewhat desolate village scenery around and couldn’t help but spit, grumbling in a muffled voice:

“Bah! Is this Wuyin Village? Doesn’t look like much! They dared to bring Zhao Jie’s corpse to our Quanzhou Village to demand justice, really don’t take us seriously!”

“Exactly! Our Quanzhou Village now has as many as eight experts in the Tendon Lock Realm, and what about Wuyin? With Su Ming and Chang Sanheng dead, they barely have four, not even half of ours! Where do they get the guts to be so arrogant?” A tall, thin man beside him echoed disdainfully.

“Hmph, they’re just taking advantage of us not being able to spare the time to deal with them right now. Once we get the schematics, we’ll make that Su family pay…” another person retorted angrily, unconsciously raising his voice.

“Enough!”

Xu Zhong suddenly turned around, lowering his voice to scold, his sharp gaze sweeping over his subordinates.

There were already a few strange gazes cast towards them on the village road.

“Yelling on others’ turf, do you think you’re living too long? All of you shut your mouths!”

“Yes, leader…” Everyone shrank their necks and fell silent reluctantly under his glare.

As the leader of Quanzhou Village and the Hunting Squad Leader, Xu Zhong’s purpose for personally visiting this time was very clear:

One was to procure food from the Shunfeng Travel Group, and the other was to scout the situation of surrounding villages.

After being reprimanded by their leader, the group fell silent, following the makeshift road signs towards the direction of the market.

However, the closer they got to their destination, the more peculiar the atmosphere became.

Xu Zhong keenly noticed several groups of people hurrying away from the direction of the market, their faces filled with either excitement or suspicion.

The further they walked, the clearer the noise of discussions became, almost everyone was talking about the same thing—

“Wuyin Village declared war on Black Scale Village!”

“Su Lin of the Su Family! Publicly rebuked Zhang Shuo, even questioned their own village leader, Zhong Wubin! Declared they would flatten Black Scale within seven days!”

The people from Quanzhou Village heard it clearly, their steps involuntarily slowed, exchanging incredulous glances.

Question Zhong Wubin?!

Flatten Black Scale in seven days?!

The Su Family!

But who is Su Lin?

The name sounds unfamiliar…

Is this kid really so insolent?!

“Hiss—” Several people took a collective sharp intake of breath.

Xu Zhong’s expression also grew solemn, a gleam flashed in his eyes.

Wuyin Village, such a turn of events?

The news was like a massive stone thrown into still water, causing a great uproar throughout Wuyin Village and the entire Wilderness East District.

Everywhere in the village, whether local villagers or visitors from other villages, were heatedly debating and recounting the thrilling scene in the market.

Some eager ones had already raced out of Wuyin to spread the intelligence to their own villages.

“Su Lin? The young master of the Su Family? Can he really speak for the Su Family?”

Some doubted, feeling the declaration of war was too frivolous.

“Absolutely true! You should have seen it! That Hou Yong picked up an AK and started shooting at Zhang Shuo and Li Zongxin, things almost got disastrous! It was Su Lin who drew his saber, swish, swish, swish! He sliced all three bullets mid-air! That saber light was as fast as lightning!”

A bystander recounted passionately, gesticulating wildly, drawing gasps of amazement.

“Slashing bullets? Consecutive shots?! Blowing hot air, right? What kind of ability is that?”

Doubts still persisted.

“Blowing hot air? I saw it with my own eyes! After cutting down the bullets, Su Lin pointed at Zhang Shuo’s nose and started scolding him, leaving that beast speechless! Finally, he declared war on behalf of the Su Family! That momentum, tsk tsk…”

The eyewitness spoke with confidence:

“You say he can’t speak for the Su Family? Just that ability to slash bullets, at least he’s in the Tendon Lock Realm! How could his words not carry weight in the Su Family?”

“But if the Su Family can’t achieve it… they’ll lose a lot of face!”

“Isn’t that so, let’s wait and see, if the Su Family really questions Zhong Wubin, then this matter is probably true!”

Regardless, after today, Su Lin was about to become famous in this half of the wilderness.

…

Su Lin was hurriedly dragged back to the Su Family’s old mansion by his second uncle, Su Qi, receiving much attention along the way.

The looks from outsiders were complex and indistinguishable, with suspicion, ridicule, and disbelief;

The glances from the villagers were mostly admiration and excitement, occasionally mixed with a hint of worry.

All the discussions pointed towards him—the Su Lin who slashed bullets at the market, rebuked Zhang Shuo, questioned the leader, and declared war on Black Scale!

It seemed the news had spread like wildfire, fully spread out.

Su Lin’s heart stirred slightly.

Hou Yong’s reckless shooting indeed was as he expected, overshadowed by the shocking news of declaring war on Black Scale, almost no one dug deeper.

But this meant they were officially breaking with Zhong Wubin and Black Scale.

But that’s not really a cost.

Because that was the path the Su Family had to take.

“Grandpa! Little Uncle! You’re back!”

In the old mansion’s main hall, Su Yingying’s crisp voice rang out.

Zhao Yaxin and Su Tongxi were there too.

However, at this moment, they seemed unaware of the storm brewing outside.

Su Tongxi spoke with confusion:

“Did something happen? Earlier, Grandpa Su rushed back home, tossed out a phrase not to disturb him for now, and then ran upstairs to the Martial Arts Training Room.”

“It’s a good thing, don’t worry.” Su Lin reassured her, then asked, “By the way, why are you here?”

Before Su Tongxi could answer, Zhao Yaxin calmly said:

“Yingying was clamoring to play at your house, so I brought her over. After the rain stopped, I pulled Tongxi along.”

Su Yingying hugged Su Tongxi’s leg, giggling at Su Lin:

“Little Uncle’s courtyard is so fun, I want to go play there again!”

No wonder there was no one downstairs earlier. Su Lin suddenly understood.

“Alright, let’s not talk about this now.” Su Qi said sternly, his eyes piercingly fixed on Su Lin, “Linzi, go get another saber and see if you can re-enter that strange flow state, replicate that Three Blades in an Instant.”

Zhao Yaxin and Su Tongxi were full of confusion upon hearing this.

But neither Su Qi nor Su Lin had the time to explain it slowly to them now.

Su Lin took a deep breath, walked to the weapon rack by the door, picked up a similar standard long saber, and weighed it:

“I’ll give it a try.”

He couldn’t promise anything.

That state was so elusive, recalling it now, it even felt dreamlike and blurred, like being separated by a fog.

Su Qi saw through his hesitation, a flash of combat desire in his eyes:

“If you can’t find the feeling, then force it out with real combat! Come, have a real fight with me!”

“Real combat?” Su Lin’s eyes suddenly lit up, a flame of eagerness burning in his eyes.

“Yes!” Su Qi said decisively.

“Alright!” Su Lin gripped the saber handle tightly, a surge of enthusiasm welled up in his heart.

At the initial stage of unlocking the Skin Lock, he had exchanged a few punches with his second uncle.

At that time, he and his second uncle were like a child and an adult.

But now, both in the Tendon Lock Realm, he was eager to know how much the gap between him and his famous second uncle had closed!

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