Metropolitan System - Chapter 23

Chapter 23: War God of the Human World Card

After dropping off Lin Wanru, Jiang Bai and the others headed toward a dilapidated factory at the suburban district of the city. Along the way, he did not stop racking his brain for a solution. He was fully aware that he was in a crisis. Zhang Changgeng was not an easy opponent. That much was clear from Xu Jie’s reaction.

A martial arts Grandmaster was exceptionally powerful and was akin to a humanoid weapon that had reached the limits of the human body. But at the end of the day, he was still human. And so long as one was a human, one would have limits. Even Cheng Tinhua, the Eight Trigram Palm Grandmaster, had died to a bullet back then.

Jiang Bai might be powerful, but Zhang Changgeng was no pushover. In fact, none of the people that could be called a tyrant at Tiandu were pushovers. To be frank, apart from his fighting prowess, Jiang Bai was basically worthless in all other aspects. His only option was to start slaughtering wantonly and ensure both parties would suffer. Otherwise, he had to think of a way to end this conflict as soon as possible. That was why he had decided to kidnap Zhang Tian’ang in the first place. Zhang Tian’ang might be an arrogant and despotic individual, but he had the kind of background qualifying him to act that way.

“I need to think of something.”

A Grandmaster was powerful but not invincible. Sure, Jiang Bai wouldn’t have a problem defeating 100 opponents alone. But what about 200 opponents? Or even 300 opponents? Even if the 300 opponents decided to stand still taking his blows, he would be completely exhausted before he could go through all of them. Apart from their pure number, he still to worry about the fact that his opponents would be equipped with firearms as well.

Jiang Bai kept trying to think of a solution but failed to come up with anything. Apart from fighting it out, he really had no other options.

“I still have about 700 prestige points left from last time and have also earned about 1,000 prestige points during the past half month. In total, I have 2,000 prestige points right now, enough for two low-tier lucky draws. I was planning to save up the prestige points, but I don’t think I have any other options right now.”

The only thing Jiang Bai could rely on right now was the system. Although the low-tier lucky draw was as good as a scam, it was still better than buying directly with prestige points. The things he could buy with only 2,000 prestige points really wouldn’t be of much help to him. He could only rely on luck right now.

“Spin!”

With his command, the slot machine started spinning rapidly before him. After a few dozen seconds, the slot machine stopped spinning, stopping at a black slot. Jiang Bai’s face fell when he saw that. A black slot meant zero rewards. He felt like he was suffering one calamity after another.

“The old saying is indeed correct. Blessings never come in pairs and misfortune does not come singly. Looks like I’m having bad luck today.” Jiang Bai smiled bitterly and activated the slot machine once again. He was already on the path of no return. At this point, his only choice was to brace himself and accept whatever he was going to get. This time, the best reward possible was still a blue reward. No purple slots were in sight.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

As Jiang Bai stared at the slot machine with bloodshot eyes, the slot machine started spinning. After a while, it slowed down before finally stopping at a blue slot.

“Congratulations, young man. You have obtained one War God of the Human World Card. With this card, you can activate the War God Possession ability for 30 seconds. During the active duration, you are invincible in the human world, impervious to all weapons, immune to the elements, fast as wind, wild as lightning, possessing the strength of the boundless ocean, transforming into a lonely expert at the top of existence. After 30 seconds, the ability will end. No side effects.”

The system notification rang out in Jiang Bai’s mind, causing his eyes to lit up.

That was definitely a top tier reward. The description was so sensational Jiang Bai’s eyes twinkled when he heard it. The “strength of the boundless ocean, transforming into a lonely expert at the top of existence” part of the description filled him with confidence.

Half an hour later, they arrived at their destination. The moment they got off the car, Jiang Bai spoke to Xu Jie.

“Give Zhang Changgeng a call and tell him to come get his son. Also warn him to not call the police. I will be waiting for him here. He can bring however many people he wishes. If he can defeat me today, I will submit my fate to him.”

Xu Jie looked at Jiang Bai in disbelief with his eyes opened wide.

“This…”

He had already thought of many possibilities on their way here, but this was the only possibility he had never thought of. Calling Zhang Changgeng telling him to bring as many people as he wanted here?

Bro, this did not seem right? Shouldn’t they be threatening Zhang Changgeng using Zhang Tian’ang and force him to come alone? And when he arrived, they would kill both the father and son before fleeing far away, living a nomadic life from then on?

Or they could also take a milder approach by inviting someone of respectable status to host a negotiation between them while they still had a hostage at hand. After apologizing and paying some compensation, the conflict would be resolved. Xu Jie had even thought of asking for his master’s help. All they needed to do was apologize and pay some compensation.

Or they could also start a war, a war that would shake the heavens… Of the many possibilities he had imagined, this was not one of them. This…wasn’t this the same as suicide? Yes, Xu Jie was fearless and unafraid of death. But wasn’t it stupid to actively seek death?

“Boss, this…” Xu Jie hesitated.

“Don’t worry. I have my way of dealing with this.” Jiang Bai interrupted Xu Jie’s words and declared calmly.

Xu Jie was not given a chance to say anything else so he decided to do as told. He got a middleman to call Zhang Changgeng and made it known that Jiang Bai had no intention of getting the police force involved. He only wanted to have a clash with Zhang Changgeng. They were currently waiting at the abandoned factory at the suburban district and Zhang Changgeng was free to gather as many people as he wanted before going.

It wasn’t that Jiang Bai did not want to get the police involved. Rather, he saw himself as a good law abiding citizen that would never be able to stand against the law and country. In fact, he would much prefer to deal with this through the law, but the current him was not capable of that. If he was really influential enough he could crush Zhang Changgeng with a single phone call, he wouldn’t have bothered to fight Zhang Changgeng personally.

On the other hand, Zhang Changgeng was a person with a wide network of connections. He could plant numerous criminal charges on Jiang Bai at any time. That was why Jiang Bai was forced to take this route instead.

Xu Jie did not think too much about this. Since they had decided to have a clash with Zhang Changgeng, he decided that he might as well create as much chaos as he could. And thus the middleman Xu Jie had called was a renowned information peddler in Tiandu. Simply put, this incident was going be spread all over the city.

By the time Zhang Changgeng was notified of this, every individual of worth in Tiandu had gotten news of this as well. Instantly, the tranquil lake that was Tiandu boiled.

Who was Zhang Changgeng? A tyrant of Tiandu! In the entirety of Tiandu, even after adding up the people from both sides of the law, there were less than 10 people capable of putting up a fight against him. All of them were extremely influential individuals capable of creating a metaphorical earthquake with a single stamp of their feet.

It had been many years since someone had last challenged Zhang Changgeng. A few years ago, a so-called Crown Prince came from the north to challenge him. But it ended with the Crown Prince’s total defeat, causing him a great embarrassment.

Of course, over the years, many other ambitious and ruthless individuals had offended him as well. But all of them ended up at the bottom of the river. And now, Jiang Bai, a person previously unheard of was challenging Zhang Changgeng? And he had even kidnapped Zhang Changgeng’s beloved son? He even told Zhang Changgeng he wanted a clash of force and allowed Zhang Changgeng to gather as many men as he wanted?

This piece of news created a massive sensation thorough Tiandu. What were Jiang Bai and Xu Jie thinking? Were they sick in the head? How many underlings did Zhang Changgeng have? How many mobsters did he have running his criminal activities for him? In Tiandu and its peripheral regions, there were no less than 1,000 mobsters working for him, capable fighters included. And someone was challenging him like this? Why else would the person do that if he wasn’t crazy?