C39 Returning the Favor

King Xiaoshan lay in the hospital bed, swathed in bandages from head to toe, resembling a mummy.

His breaths were labored and filled with agony; each inhalation tugged at the skin on his chest, the pain so intense it made him see stars.

He had awakened just two hours earlier. Despite severe burns covering his body, his head had miraculously suffered less damage