It's Not Easy to Be a Man After Travelling to the Future - Chapter 283

Chapter 283: The Target Appears!

Following the emergence of Luo Lang’s new personality, a wave of blood-tinged killing intent swept down on Ling Lan. Ling Lan was extremely familiar with this killing intent — it was the bloody intent accumulated after killing over hundreds of thousands of people … could it be that the personality that Luo Lang had activated this time was a Killing Dao personality?

Sure enough, when Luo Lang lifted his head to look up with half-lidded eyes, a sharp and cold bolt of killing intent shot towards Ling Lan. At the same time, Luo Lang’s hands shifted into an attack stance — it was the One-Inch Punch that Luo Lang was so proficient in.

“Looks like the rational ones are harder to deal with than those irrational ones.” Observing Luo Lang’s current stance which appeared to be without any notable weaknesses, Ling Lan could feel that things were now a little troublesome. This personality was giving Ling Lan a vague sense of pressure.

D*mmit, no wonder Instructor Number One had said that she would be able to subdue these personalities with her strength at half step to Domain. If she did not have those 10 seconds or so of Domain ability, up against this Killing Dao personality, even if she was already at the optimal peak of Qi-Jin, she would still have to expend quite a considerable amount of effort to defeat him.

As expected, when a follower was too powerful, the pressure upon a boss was great! Heaven knows what other personalities Luo Lang possessed … in particular, that Transcendent Cold personality mentioned by Instructor Number One, was very likely not an easy one to get along with either. At this thought, Ling Lan felt her teeth begin to ache inexplicably. It really wasn’t easy for her to be a boss …

Ling Lan’s somewhat emotional musings made her initially seamless aura ease a little — anyhow, the Killing Dao personality felt that his chance had arrived. And so, Luo Lang could be seen dashing forwards like an arrow to arrive before Ling Lan’s face, his long prepared One-Inch Punch striking out at Ling Lan from the most uncomfortable angle for her.

This angle made it extremely hard for Ling Lan to block. If she chose to dodge, the Killing Dao Luo Lang would gain the upper hand. Then, even someone as powerful as Ling Lan would have a very hard time snatching back the flow of the fight anytime soon unless she immediately brought her Domain into play.

Just as the Killing Dao Luo Lang thought he had succeeded at his ploy, an extremely bizarre scene occurred. Ling Lan’s waist twisted abruptly, evading this killing move of Luo Lang’s with an extremely exaggerated snake-like flexible move.

Her supple and flexible body, which made Instructor Number Four salivate, had completely displayed its prowess here. Ling Lan, who was brimming with masculine strength, had still kept the physical flexibility and suppleness unique to women under Instructor Number Nine’s careful tutelage. She had even learned how to utilise this suppleness to its maximum effect.

Having avoided Luo Lang’s killing move, Ling Lan charged forwards to meet Luo Lang, sweeping out both her elbows to attack the other’s chest.

Luo Lang reacted swiftly — the moment his blow met air, he knew that things were bad for him. He rapidly retreated, but he still was not quicker than Ling Lan’s attack.

A ‘bam’ rang out — Ling Lan’s elbows had struck Luo Lang’s chest, pushing him back several paces. As a vital point had been hit directly, even though Ling Lan had already held back on her power, it was still enough to injure Luo Lang. A trickle of blood flowed out from the corner of Luo Lang’s lips.

“Killing Dao personality? I’m someone who has fought my way out of the Killing Dao. Trying to beat me with the Killing Dao? In your dreams!” A cold smirk graced Ling Lan’s lips.

Perhaps the other powerful personalities would cause Ling Lan to hesitate and harbour reservations, but the Killing Dao personality was not among their ranks. Ling Lan, who could be considered an old hat at the Killing Dao, naturally knew everything there was to know about the Killing Dao. Not to mention that the killing intent emanating from Luo Lang’s body right now was truly no match for the killing intent hidden deep within Ling Lan’s body. In other words, Luo Lang’s Killing Dao personality was still rather immature right now. Perhaps after Luo Lang has been through several battlefields and killed a few more people — perhaps then this Killing Dao personality would be much more developed.

“Let me show you what a real Killing Dao is like!” An idea tumbled through Ling Lan’s mind, and the blood-soaked killing intent deep within her body poured out in a torrent. The sheer thickness of it caused the temperature of the sealed room to plummet, also causing the expression of the Killing Dao personality opposite her to shift slightly, a trace of unconcealable greed revealed in its eyes.

As the Killing Dao personality was nourished by bloody killing intent, even as Ling Lan’s substantial blood-soaked killing intent frightened it, it was also deeply attracted by it. Uncontrollably, it began to absorb Ling Lan’s bloody killing intent, its expression carrying a trace of intoxication. Right then, even if he knew very well that consuming this blood-soaked killing intent might put him under the control of the other, the Killing Dao personality just could not resist in the face of this temptation.

Seeing this, Ling Lan’s brow quirked — she had caught on to the weakness of the Killing Dao personality. The corner of her lips tilted up, and she abruptly retracted all the blood-soaked killing intent she had released. The Killing Dao personality who had been blissfully absorbing the blood-soaked killing intent suddenly found that the killing intent was gone and could not help but blink blankly. After realising what had happened, he turned a dejected gaze upon Ling Lan, a type of speechless complaint contained within it.

That look actually reminded Ling Lan of those adorable puppies in the photos she had seen in her previous life. It was the look when those puppies had had their favourite toy snatched away — unbelievably moe no matter how you looked at it[1].

Suppressing the laughter in her heart, Ling Lan stared coldly at the Killing Dao personality. Her entire demeanour screamed — I’m not going to give it to you. What can you do about it?

Motivation to kill flashed across the Killing Dao personality’s eyes. He really wanted to kill the other, snatch the other’s bewitching blood-soaked killing intent for himself, and absorb it completely. But very quickly, he calmed down. Just based on the other’s blood-soaked killing intent which was a hundred times more potent than his own, as well as the other’s previous bizarre evasion skills and efficient attack, he was still no match for him right now, much less talk of killing the other.

Still, that thick and beguiling blood-soaked killing intent — he could not simply give up on it just like that … the Killing Dao personality looked at Ling Lan with a complicated gaze, and finally opened his mouth to speak, “Unexpectedly, you are like me. And stronger than me!” A trace of yearning flashed through the Killing Dao personality’s eyes.

“Do you want to advance?” asked Ling Lan with a quirked brow.

“Yes!” replied the Killing Dao personality resolutely. If he could just continue to absorb that killing intent, he would definitely become much stronger.

“If you’re willing to submit to your primary identity, I’ll allow you to fight with me once a week.” Ling Lan offered her conditions.

The Killing Dao personality’s eyes revealed a trace of disdain — he felt that his primary identity was just too weak, not at all worthy of commanding them, the secondary personalities. A weak primary and strong secondaries — this was the true reason why Luo Lang was unable to control his alter egos.

“Are you unwilling? Then I will make it so your primary identity never ever activates his innate talent.” A smirk hung on Ling Lan’s lips. “Let you train your so-called Killing Dao on your own forever in that spiritual realm inside him. Perhaps you can also become strong that way,” said Ling Lan sarcastically. Hells, these secondary personalities actually dared to look down on their primary identity. Did they not consider that they still needed the primary identity to activate his innate talent? What a bunch of simple-minded fools.

Ling Lan’s words made the Killing Dao personality’s complexion pale — this was something he was truly afraid of. Although a large part of why they, the alter egos, were unwilling to submit to the primary identity was because the primary identity was too weak, at the same time, they were also very afraid that once the primary identity took control and had a choice, some of the more unsavoury personalities would no longer have a chance to come out. Thus, they collectively decided not to submit to the primary identity, choosing instead to fight for that one out of several tens or so chances[2] of coming out when the primary identity activated his innate talent.

“Think carefully about it. A chance every week to get some fresh air, or to be trapped forever in the spiritual realm. Any smart person would know the right choice.” Ling Lan was extremely calm. Right now, she had the initiative and power, so she was not afraid that the other would disagree. Since the alter ego wanted to become stronger, and it also knew that she, who was proficient with the Killing Dao, was an extremely great rival, the Killing Dao personality must know that it would require sparring with her to obtain experience in the Killing Dao.

Furthermore, she still had an ultimate move up her sleeve … that killing intent of hers was excellent nourishment for the Killing Dao personality. If the other was willing to accept her conditions, she would not mind feeding it once a week as well. After all, she could always gain more blood-soaked killing intent from the learning space, so she did not mind wasting this little bit of it[3].

Seeing the gaze of the Killing Dao personality begin to waver, Ling Lan decided to up the ante. She offered up her ultimate killing move. “Also, every week, if you behave well, I can give you some of my blood-soaked killing intent.”

The Killing Dao personality’s eyes sparkled, “You’re speaking honestly?”

“Of course! A gentleman never goes back on his word — once a promise has been made, even a team of four horses cannot take it back[4]!” stated Ling Lan proudly, her chin lifted high. Would she, Ling Lan, lie to her own follower?

“Deal!” replied the Killing Dao personality firmly. That final lure was too much for him, and besides, being able to get some fresh air once a week, it was worth it even if he had to submit to the primary identity.

“Then let your primary identity out now,” said Ling Lan.

Very soon, Luo Lang’s primary identity had emerged once again. This time, due to the Killing Dao personality’s willing cooperation, it was extremely easy for Luo Lang to take control. It only took several seconds to succeed.

The moment Luo Lang took back his body, he could feel the fearsome power of the aphrodisiac. This time, he did not need Ling Lan to remind him — with the final bit of his rationality, he immediately activated the next alter ego.

Just like that, Luo Lang activated his innate talent again and again, channelling his alter egos, while again and again, Ling Lan beat them into submission, tempted them with benefits, tricked them … anything, as long as she could get these secondary personalities to agree to submit to their primary identity. Ling Lan could be said to have used up her bag of tricks. Again and again she redefined the baseline of her ethics, leading Ling Lan to silently sigh at how she really was not a good person …

Just like that, heaven knows how many alter egos she had helped Luo Lang conquer; Ling Lan was feeling rather numb by now. Faint traces of sunlight had begun to peek out from within the dark sky — it was getting ever closer to dawn. Observing from the side, Little Four could not help but become anxious.

This was because, even with Little Four’s help, it would be extremely difficult to sneak back to their living quarters without any trace during broad daylight. Little Four did not know whether he should manipulate things to create the illusion that Boss and Luo Lang had left the villa early this morning to come train in the combat hall …

Alright, there was still that final bit of time. Little Four decided to wait a little longer in patience. If daylight truly broke, then he would ask his boss whether he should carry out his plan.

In the meantime, Luo Lang had activated yet another new personality. The emergence of the personality brought along a surge of ice-cold air, causing the temperature within the private room to drop noticeably.

The arrival of this chill made Ling Lan’s spirits rally — could it be that the Transcendent Cold personality she had been waiting for all this while had finally appeared?

Luo Lang’s cold and unfeeling gaze swept over, and when he saw Ling Lan, his brow furrowed and he said “So it’s you.”

Ling Lan was taken aback — she had met this personality before? She abruptly recalled that this personality had appeared before not too long ago on the stage during the wagered fight with Leiting. He had been extreme in his cold rationality — paying the price of his own arm to perfectly ensnare the opponent, achieving an upset by defeating his stronger opponent from a weaker position. Undoubtedly, this was a personality who could be extremely cruel to himself for the sake of victory.

“Severing one’s seven emotions and six desires, only allowing oneself to retain endlessly cold rationality, and taking everything into consideration without qualms that could lead to victory … you should be that Transcendent Cold personality.” Ling Lan believed that the other was certainly the target she had been seeking. As expected, a tough opponent.

“That’s right. It’s unexpected that you actually know all those details about me. Not simple at all … no wonder the primary identity is willing to recognise you as boss,” responded the Transcendent Cold personality dispassionately. Of course, a hint of contempt could still be discerned from his tone.

[1] T/C: Such a sadistic thought. Ling Lan, careful, your #5 side is showing.

[2] The author’s phrasing is ambiguous, so I’m not sure if this is truly indicative of how many alter egos Luo Lang has.

[3] T/C: It’s amazing how blasé Ling Lan is about gaining more blood-soaked killing intent now. It’s like — sure thing! I’ll just pop off to the learning space and torture myself with more insane mind-breaking training and get more killing intent. Easy peasy! <.<

[4] 君子一言,驷马难追: A Chinese saying, literally ‘one word from a gentleman cannot be chased up to by a team of four horses’, i.e. a promise given cannot be reclaimed.