The Urban Dao Child. Chapter 237
Advertisement
Yang Dao was dancing on his bike with Alex right behind him and now the distance to the peak was less than two hundred meters. A few seconds ago when Yang Dao sped up. Alex was still in a state of shock. He only woke up when the boy had already moved past him.
The distance was closing up between the two when Alex heard a click sound. His heart skipped a beat and the bike in front of him was five meters away and still rushing forward at full speed. He wanted to curse Yang Dao for having that bike, but he looked at the muscles on his legs and saw how much power it was needed to push the pedal forward at this combination.
Yang Dao was still doing it at such a high cadence. His competition spirit was ignited by such a display. Alex clenched his jaw and pushed his legs to move over their normal limit. He also sped up fast but still fell short of a meter to catch up with the kid in front of him.
The summit was now only a hundred meters away. Yang Dao was dancing faster on the bike as if a greedy dog rushing forward for food. His chase and his climb had made the commentators speechless and mesmerized. They were now only reporting the distance from the summit. Yang Dao ignored it and lowered his shoulders closer to the bike handle even more and he shot forward.
Alex did not give up and followed Yang Dao's line. He could feel that the wind behind force was not too hard here, and this was also his best shot to win the checkpoint. He was intending to slipstream behind Yang Dao and fling himself over to the side when he was close enough.
Advertisement
How could it be so easy to pass this monster riding in front of him, who only took himself as a competition? His only motive was to improve himself and nothing more. If the other people knew that Yang Dao was single-tracked about his growth, will they feel offended? Who knows?
Yang Dao respected his opponents, but that did not mean he will hold back his own skills. Thus, he charged straight for the summit with nothing else in his vision. Alex behind him was trying his best to catch up, but he could just not. He was thrilled when he was in lead.
He was craving for competition but not this one-sided abuse by Yang Dao. This boy did not once look at him and rushed forward. While Alex was pondering over the thoughts in his mind, Yang Dao crossed the summit check-post and looked up at the sky whilst he panted.
Alex was just a few seconds behind him, but he looked down on the road. He was panting hard as well. The speakers installed on the route all echoed, "Rider number 018, Feng Yang Dao representing the national university, has taken the first mountain checkpoint of the event."
This same announcement was announced three times and the commentators once again reminded the people about how Yang Dao chased his way to the first from the last. The people cheered. No one does not like such a turnover.
While there were some people who liked Yang Dao, some accused him of using a bike better than the others.
...
Feng Yun sat in her office and was looking at the live telecast with a smile on her face. However, reading the negative comments targeted on Yang Dao made her frown. She called a number on her phone and said, "I want this mess to be cleared. teach these ignorant people about the reality of that bike." her voice was cold, and she was furious.
Advertisement
A calm voice sounded in her office. "Sister Yun, calm down, please. This is just the start. Reacting too fast will mean that we are defending him. That is not the truth. Let him think of a way around this."
Feng Yun sighed and said, "Well, okay, if you think so. Also, what did you do about his security?"
Laohu Bai smiled and said, "My squad broke through level three because of his guidance. Now four elemental contractors are protecting him. Don't worry."
Feng Yun nodded and said, "So, what sacred realm are you going to take him?"
Laohu Bai was lost in thought and said, "Almost all of them are on the verge of unbalance. I am confused about which one to take him to."
Feng Yun said, "You should ask Eldest and Ryu after they come out of seclusion."
Laohu Bai shook her head. "Ryu and Eldest have been sealed for the longest time because of their ages. They will take a long time to undo the seals. We cannot afford so much time. The movements of the new dawn are getting faster. Well, I think I should take him to the realm of light and dark."
Feng Yun raised an eyebrow and said, "That place has now become a chaotic mess. What do you intend to do?"
"It is time the Dao child dabbled with his first two laws and take the test of heaven," said Laohu Bai
The room descended in silence for a few seconds. Feng Yun said, "Very well, then. Since you were the first person to undo your seals, we will follow your command this time. But I hope you do not push him too hard, XiaoBai. He has yet to grasp his own skills completely."
The white-haired girl nodded and said, "Do not worry, "I am aware of his limits. The laws of light and dark will definitely help him counter the new dawn. You also prepare to tell him the identity of those who killed his parents. After he returns from this event. The heavenly trial will begin."
Feng Yun nodded and her gaze focused back on the screen where Yang Dao was regrouping with his team and they came to the highway where one yellow car was driving in front of them, and the support crew vans were on their right-hand side in a separate lane.
Advertisement
Viceroy's Pride
This story could be about the Tellask Empire, ruler of a thousand suns and faced with imminent peril at the hands of the Orakh hordes. It could be about Paltai Amberell, the scion of a noble elven House, fallen upon hard times and seeking to find the key that will restore his family's name and save the Empire itself. It could be the story of his voidship, The Viceroy's Pride, powered by magic and crewed by a team of crack marines as they search for adventure and the solution to the Empire's myriad problems. Instead, this is the story of Daniel Thrush, human electrical engineer, befuddled researcher and survivor of the debacle that was first contact with a spacefaring civilization. Due to a combination of luck, magic, hard work, and more luck he is thrust into the center of events as Earth is shoved onto a much larger stage rife with semi-immortal elves and magical kingdoms that predate the Earthly invention of agriculture. Earth is outnumbered, and we have precisely one wizard. Dan. He's not very good at it, but he's going to have to learn in a hurry or watch everything he knows get torn apart by massive spacefaring empires straight from the pages of a fantasy novel. ---------- Some readers have noted that the MC tends to be weak willed and pushed around a bit. A significant portion of the story is his character growth into not being a pushover (i.e. him being passive is in the early chapters on purpose). I'm just including this caveat/warning to make sure that readers aren't surprised/upset and that they stick with it until he learns to stand up for himself. His arc begins to crystallize around chapters 25-27. If that's too long to wait, I get it, I'm just trying to do my due diligence and warn you that the character development is a bit of a slow burn. This is NOT a harem novel. Nothing against them, just not what it is. --------- Updates Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday Feel free to bother me on our discord- Discord!
8 167Laria - A LitRPG
Welcome to Laria, where Transports from different planets find themselves living under RPG-like mechanics, with no memories of their past lives. Follow our MC, Vince, as he navigates this new world in a school life/slice of life adventure as he tries to negotitate with different races and gods to figure out how to return home. This will be a crunchy LitRPG with stats, classes, hitpoints, etc. It will be a strong-lead. If you don't like OP characters, this book is not for you. He WILL struggle, but he will be OP given his level. Cover credit - https://www.fiverr.com/onesketchman Book editing credit (through chapter 11) - https://www.fiverr.com/beyondfrontier
8 144When destiny calls
A call for action has been cried out. Men of all ages and stature now have no choice but to defend Ranvar Joseph Tutt was retired as a soldier in the ranvarian military but as war looks iminent for Ranvar the soldiers are called to fight. The endless bullying and soldier dickery makes lives a living hell for the less fortunate soldiers.The battle that ensues is a show of strength and persistence from boths sides with no way out.Or so it seems. This story includes the characters and names of the places used in the story 'the good student'(with permision of course) proof of permision is in this email mooderino sent me: mooderino Chaos Monkey Posts: 57 Threads: 9 Joined: Nov 2015 Reputation: 883 Monday, September 4th, 2017, 11:00 AM To: Squad_Fam I said it was fine as long as you mentioned the original somewhere (in the intro or synopsis or something like that).
8 145To String Together ( Huaze Lei )
Faye Calinao is a 20 year old musician who is well known for being one of the top cellist at Juilliard. Faye returns to Shanghai for her senior year to accompany the newest student to the Masters program the following fall. Not only is Faye returning to where she spent most of her life, she is reuniting with her closest childhood friend, Ximen. Disclamer: I don't own Meteor Garden or the original cast in this story except for the creation of my own characters, dialogue, and my made up storyline. This will follow the time frame of the 2018 version of Meteor Garden with some before and after the time frame.
8 138Bleeding Ink
(Book 1 in the Of Darkness and Light Trilogy, spinoff of the Crowns series)A princess struggling get a hold of her magic.A queen trying to keep hold of her crown and protect her kingdom. An assassin with a heart of gold. And a hundred and fifty years before them, a sorceress's thirst for knowledge will turn her toward dark magic that will one day ravage the lands. Four females, four fates intertwined by time and magic, both light and dark. But within the darkness that creeped along through every world laid a threat greater than any one of them, one that would take all of them to destroy before it cast the worlds into an eternal night, including their own.
8 140Rebirth, but not quite.
A boy is born in a fantasy world with knowledge of modern earth, however he does not have personal memories of living or dying before. Good news is he was born in militaristic branch of the royal family and the variety of forms and uses of magic in this world are great fun, bad news is with status come expectations. Follow him as he makes his place in the world all the while escaping boredom with all his might. This is a story without a big baddie trying to destroy the world, without gods choosing heroes to give powers to and without systems that determine what you can and can't do. This is my first fiction and i'm open to suggestions. I plan on using a few cliches while putting my own spin on things, if i write something that feels too much like every other fictions, please say so.
8 148