I’m Someone Else

Quincy comforted Thomas, patting him on the shoulder as he read the young man’s mind. “Alright, don’t be so hard on yourself. Come on, give me a cigarette,” he said, extending a hand out to Thomas, seemingly not wanting to dwell too much on the topic.

At that, Thomas pulled out two Marlboro cigarettes from his pocket, put one in Quincy’s mouth, and lit it for him before taking a drag with the other one himself.

“You failed your retreat, haven’t you, Thomas?” Quincy took a puff of his cigarette and asked.

He was almost certain of this fact, for Thomas’ pulse was in complete disarray. Even if he was injured, he wouldn’t be in this state. The only explanation was that he had failed in his retreat.

Thomas nodded, admitting it directly. Now that it was just the two of them, there was no need for him to hide anything.

“Is the consequence severe?” An ominous feeling that the consequences of the failed seclusion would be severe lingered within Quincy from the moment he noticed the young man’s abnormal pulse.

“My meridians are damaged, and my energy is in disorder. In other words, my strength will be greatly diminished. I might even become no different from a defenseless woman,” Thomas explained plainly as if he were narrating a passer-by’s misfortune.

Gasp! Quincy took a sharp breath in response. His expression, too, turned beyond grim, for he knew the result was too cruel for Thomas. Wouldn’t this mean that a generation’s peerless genius had officially fallen?!

Unbeknownst to Quincy, it was fortunate that Thomas hadn’t succeeded, for the cost of a successful body toning was far more painful than failing.

Even if Thomas successfully toned up his body, he could only maintain peak strength for three days. After that, he would become an invalid due to the side effects of the body toning; he’d be immobile, having to live the rest of his life in bed.

elder deemed body toning a forbidden technique, for its side effects were too

strength before the body toning was completely successful, or one’s meridians would immediately rupture, resulting in death! But at

Samuel, and Raymond would also meet their demise! Meanwhile, he wouldn’t be able to escape either. After Cordan killed the people outside the

to take action sooner or later, why not act sooner?! That way, everyone would live.

of the Blazing Sun came into play once more. All the blood

suspected the Blood of the Blazing Sun in his body was cultivated through the crazy old man making him consume strange and rare medicinal herbs and soaking himself in medicinal

now. Not only had he failed to tone up his body, but he also suffered from the backlash of the medicine. If the six old monsters really came knocking on his door, he could only fight them to the death. Even at his peak, he was no match for the six of them, let alone when his strength had greatly diminished.

to the rental house, please.

to the apartment complex and only ordered his

arms, unable to

within Chloe lately. She couldn’t shake off the feeling that Thomas was behaving strangely, and the more she pondered about it, the more she believed the words Thomas said to her some time ago were his last words. The foreboding feeling grew even more

the days when I wasn’t around, Chloe. You’ve been through a

ago. At that, she quickly shook her head and said, “Don’t worry about it, Thomas. Look at me. I’m fine,

sense was particularly accurate. He didn’t believe it before, but now, he had to, even if

he was grateful for John and the others’ aid, or there would’ve been nothing left but the Hahns’ ashes

a walk, leaving only Chloe alone