Night Without End
Chapter 49 - 49 33 Fighting for a Future 2

49: Chapter 33: Fighting for a Future (2) 49: Chapter 33: Fighting for a Future (2) Editor: Henyee Translations The second rebirther, whose halberd had been knocked away by Qin Ming, was now his primary target.

Qin Ming’s body blurred like a phantom, dodging the incoming longswords, iron maces, and sharp blades with ease, as though he were teleporting.

With a boom, he swung his warhammer toward the retreating second rebirther, whose ten fingers were still dripping blood.

The man did everything he could to dodge.

Even with a companion helping him, he couldn’t fully evade.

The hammer smashed into the lower right side of his shoulder with crushing force.

The area instantly collapsed, bones shattered, piercing into his internal organs.

He let out a shriek and was hurled through the air.

Though he wasn’t dead, he was completely incapacitated, gasping for breath on the ground, unable to get up.

His entire right shoulder was gone, his entire arm had been blown off and flung away.

Such brutal, terrifying strength and ruthless technique left the remaining attackers pale with fear.

What kind of monster had they run into?

Even though they were loyal to the Qi family, and their own families lived in that great city, they were now scared.

They realized they were facing an opponent they could not defeat and desperately wanted to retreat.

What kind of golden foundation had he built during his first rebirth?

Now that he had undergone a second, his strength and speed were in a league of their own.

“Don’t be afraid!

I can handle him.

Just support me and hold him off!” Qi Huaien commanded, stepping forward with his longsword.

Not only was his face flushed and glowing, but his exposed skin shimmered red, radiating a bloody mist.

Qin Ming stared at him, completely unafraid.

Qi Huaien might have undergone a second rebirth and taken some kind of mysterious elixir, but was it going to give him “heavenlight” and push him straight into a third rebirth?

That was impossible.

Even if the transformation had begun, it would take a day or two to complete.

“Such immense, extraordinary power… It’s intoxicating,” Qi Huaien murmured.

He looked at Qin Ming and said, “I admit, greed has clouded my judgment.

My eyes are no longer clear, my heart is muddied.

But even if I had to choose again, I’d likely make the same decision.” Even now, on the brink of life and death, he felt the need to vent his emotions.

Qi Huaien’s glowing red form radiated ambition and bitterness.

His youthful face carried both frustration and a deep hunger for power.

He continued, “You know, I come from a much smaller city than Chixia.

But during my first rebirth, I could already lift seven hundred and twenty pounds.

I was unmatched in my region, far ahead of my peers.

And yet, when the noble passed through, I still wasn’t even selected as a candidate.

That devastated me.”

Qin Ming didn’t move, quietly listening.

Qi Huaien gazed into the night sky.

“Now, I finally have a chance.

My family gave up a mine just to acquire a rare spiritual item, one that can change my bone structure and enhance my aptitude.

It gave me a chance to study beside the noble’s teacher for five to ten years.

Do you know what that means?

It would change my life.

It’s my path to a brilliant future.”

“But you… Your appearance has blocked my way.

You’ll become the candidate, and I’ll lose my place.

If I fall back, I’ll become just a tagalong, a listener on the sidelines for one to four years.

That won’t change my fate.

I’ll remain a nobody.

I have no other choice!”

Qin Ming calmly replied, “You’re fighting to rise, to enter a bigger world and see a more radiant future.

But I… I’m just trying to survive.”

Qi Huaien raised his longsword.

“That’s right.

We’re on different paths.

Our meeting here was a mistake.

But I have no way back.

Either I kill you and rise like a fish leaping into a golden sea of destiny, or I die here and end it all.

Kill!”

He shouted the word and leapt forward.

His blade slashed forth, emitting a blinding light that shattered nearby branches and trees.

The others charged in as well, attacking from all sides.

In the split second of chaos, Qin Ming calmly faced four attackers alone, showing no panic.

He engaged each of them head-on.

“How is this possible?” Qi Huaien couldn’t believe it.

Even after drinking a red elixir with side effects—one that greatly boosted his strength—he still couldn’t overpower Qin Ming?

At first rebirth, he could lift seven hundred and twenty pounds.

After the second, his strength had doubled.

Now, thanks to the elixir, he had reached a thousand and eight hundred pounds.

And yet, he still couldn’t suppress the youth.

His right hand was going numb, and Qin Ming’s warhammer was utterly immovable.

“Is this guy even human?” one of the others gasped, pale with shock.

They knew Qi Huaien’s abilities well, and even after drinking the red elixir, he still wasn’t winning.

This youth was terrifying.

Qin Ming spoke coldly, “Unless that red elixir triggers a ‘heavenlight’ breakthrough and you achieve a third rebirth, everything you’re doing is pointless.”

At that moment, he struck mercilessly.

His spear pierced one man’s heart, tossing the body into a tree.

Boom!

In the next instant, his warhammer shattered another man’s longsword and caved in his chest.

Though he did not die immediately, survival was impossible.

Qi Huaien, now frenzied, clashed repeatedly with Qin Ming, but his sword hand began to tremble.

He couldn’t block the hammer anymore.

Then, Qin Ming hurled his spear, and Qi Huaien’s last ally was run through.

The man collapsed in the snow, gasping, utterly stunned that their whole group had failed, that they were all going to die here.

Qin Ming continued fighting with precise mastery, not using rigid forms from manuals, but adapting techniques based on his understanding.

It was fluid, unpredictable, and brilliant.

After many exchanges, Qi Huaien fell into despair.

Even with all his skills, special moves, and tricks, he was completely outclassed.

Bang!

Qin Ming’s hammer smashed into Qi Huaien’s right shoulder, blasting it apart in a spray of blood.

“What level have you reached?

How much strength do you have?” Qi Huaien asked, unwilling to accept defeat.

Qin Ming said nothing, stepping forward to finish him off.

Qi Huaien gave a bitter laugh.

“You don’t need to tell me.

If you can suppress me in this state, then your first rebirth must’ve given you a thousand pounds of strength.

After your second… You can lift two thousand pounds.

Am I right?”

The survivors, though coughing blood and barely clinging to life, all raised their heads to look at the youth.

They were utterly stunned.

Even as they died, they had learned something unbelievable: someone had reached that level!

“Let me send you all on your way,” Qin Ming said calmly.

He walked over and delivered final blows with a hammer or blade, putting an end to them.

He meticulously cleaned the battlefield, erased all traces, and finally turned away, heading toward the crevice from the past.

“Hm?” Qin Ming felt something strange.

The special node that had once left him seriously ill now seemed… comforting.

His fatigue began to vanish just by approaching it.

After scanning the area carefully, he stepped into the crevice again and saw strands of silver light weaving through the underground shadows.

After carefully scanning the nearby mountains and forests, he entered the crevice without hesitation, once again seeing strands of silver light intertwining underground.