Chapter Twenty-Nine: Nine Deaths and One Life
In the unit building opposite the Yin Building, a masked man in tight black clothes stood with his hands on his chest, standing motionless on the rooftop. If you look a little closer, you can see that he is not really standing on the concrete floor, but floating in the air half a meter from the rooftop.
The man kept staring at the position of the window sill on the eighteenth floor opposite, without saying a word or making any further movements.
He was staring at his prey, which was the Order's assassination warrant issued in the afternoon. As soon as he saw the reason for the assassination on the assassination order, he took the initiative to take it without saying a word. If nothing else, just because this prey killed his most iron-clad brother.
Killing people as a daily killer never blinks when assassinating, this is to prevent the prey from leaving his sight in the blink of an eye.
But why didn't he blink this time, and the prey disappeared silently?
Although his brother is a middle- and lower-level member of the organization, he is not a bully. This prey can be killed by himself, proving that his strength is not simple. The man did not intend to underestimate his enemy, because he knew that his prey was already aware of his presence.
"Are you looking for me?"
A demonic voice sounded from behind him, and the man didn't have to turn around to guess who was standing behind him. However, the prey was able to teleport behind him right under his nose, and it seemed that he really couldn't handle it at will this time.
Shi Shen stood behind him, the corners of his mouth curled up with a strange evil smile, and the tone of his voice made it even more difficult to figure out whether he was mocking or praising him: "You are also very powerful, at least your courage is commendable." After all, there is no first one who dares to come to the Wutong community at midnight in this White Dance City to assassinate him. β
When the man heard this, he also sneered. He was still a little surprised by Shi Ash's movement speed ability, but after so many years of being a killer, it was the first time he had encountered an opponent who moved so fast. In a flash, he was already standing behind his opponent before he could blink.
However, when he heard Shi Ash's first words, he knew that this was by no means a very powerful character. Being able to blow a dilapidated apartment in an old town like this, he now wondered if Shi Ember had reluctantly killed his brother with all his might last night.
The man sneered again and said sarcastically, "None of us are human, what is there to pretend." You killed my brother, do you want to scare me with a ghost building that scares humans?"
"I killed your brother?" Ember was stunned, he didn't even know who this assassin was, why did he want to kill his brother?
"You want to pretend to be stupid now? My brother was wiped out by you, and you want to clear up the relationship now? Tell you, there is no door!" The more the man spoke, the more excited he became, he had lost all his reason at the moment, and he wanted to tear the ember to pieces in the next second to pay tribute to his brother's spirit in the sky.
The man really couldn't figure it out, the prey in front of him looked young, and his brother was also a demon clan who had cultivated for hundreds of years, how could he be defeated by such an opponent?!
Shi Ember thought of what he said about "no bones", and carefully remembered it for a long time before remembering that he was indeed the assassin who killed the Clown Army last night.
"Don't try to quibble, the photo given by the organization is you!" The man was furious, and his tone could not be calm.
Shi Ember let out an understated "oh" and shrugged speechlessly. He didn't say that he didn't kill him, I really don't know what this man was excited about.
His left pupil rolled a blood-lotus-like red, trying to see the man's race. The man was not verbose, and before his left pupil was fully ignited, he struck Shi Ember with a backhand palm. Shi Shen saw the white hidden blade on the man's wrist at a glance, he grabbed the man's wrist, and his eyes flashed at the man's five fingers. I just wanted to break the man's arm, but the man turned his hand around and took it back.
Shi Ember took a step back, putting a relatively safe distance from the man. Judging from the information he had noticed by grabbing the man's wrist just now, the man was wearing a Hidden Blade but his five fingers were intact, and his move was not enough to kill. This shows that this man is not a Seibu Assassin, and many Guild Assassins will cut off their ring finger on their own before joining the Guild. Because the Hidden Blade is a very dangerous weapon, it is extremely lethal, but the price of the shot is also very high, and if you don't pay attention, it is easy to cut off your fingers when you take out the knife.
But since this man is not a real guild assassin, what is his identity behind it, and why is he deliberately disguising himself like this?
There is a mystery in this person, and Shi Shen was ready to leave him alive and not to kill him, but he didn't expect it......
The man probably had just revealed his identity, and he also jumped to the side, stretched out his hand and pinched a trick, his eyes closed slightly, and he muttered something in his mouth.
Shi Shen frowned: "Is this going to be beastly again?"
He was most annoyed by these bells and whistles, just like the killer last night, turned into a spider with teeth and claws, and his momentum was quite good, and in the end it was not a second.
Fortunately, this man did not grow a few spider feet as expected, but ......
Dozens of clones identical to the main body were quickly extracted from the body!
"Damn, ninja!"
Shi Ember was startled, and then subconsciously summoned the Illusion Key, and a spiral blue vortex opened the door slowly enlarged from the air, slowly approaching them. When it dragged dozens of doppelgangers of Shi Ember and the man into the door, the whirlpool opened the door and instantly became smaller, so small that it disappeared.
In front of you is the world of illusion, an independent distorted space created by several ancient gods in ancient times. On Planet V, there are often some extremely destructive battles. They can destroy a house or even an entire building at will. If these battles were allowed to take place on the plane, Planet V would have been reduced to a pile of ruins long ago. In order to prevent the battle from causing material property damage, this independent world known as "Illusion" was created.
The illusion is blue, and there are spiral marks all around. It's like a large, empty room stained with paint, and you can't find a side when you look around.
"Even the illusion can be easily summoned, and the strength is not bad. The man's voice echoed around the illusion, but Shi Shen didn't know exactly from which direction.
Around him were dozens of doppelgangers of men, each of whom would open their mouths when they spoke, and their mouths would be exactly the same, and they would even make sounds! A bunch of doppelgangers were wandering around like this, and Shi Ember couldn't tell who was the main body at all.
The ninja's clone is the most disgusting, and people like Shi Ash, who rarely fight against ninjas, have little experience in defeating ninjas. If you rush into a mess and put all your output on the score, then all your output may become useless. Because the ninja itself won't take a little damage.
Shi Ember didn't want to spend time with him here, and the pupil of his left eye focused again, and a beam of blood-red flames burst out from the red pupil. Seeing that the situation was wrong, the man immediately drew a short knife and gathered his clone and rushed forward. Dozens of clones all jumped up, holding daggers and stabbing at Shi Ember in unison with the force of the impact.
All around were bladed attacks, neither retreating, nor jumping, and there was no gap large enough to dodge. Shi Ember quickly glanced around at the man's attack, and in an instant, his body turned into a wisp of blood mist and drifted away, and the man's clone was all in the air.
The blood mist drifted to the side, and then condensed into the form of ash. However, when Ember reappeared in the man's field of vision, his left arm had completely turned blood-red in his combat form.
"Hmm, is it a blood magic demon?" The man's eyes were full of disdain, and his tone of voice became more and more disdainful: "I thought it was a righteous man and a gentleman, but it turned out that it was not a crooked evil way that could not be put on the stage!"
Shi Shen didn't mind letting out an "oh", evil magic is evil magic, he was used to being scolded. Speaking of which, it seems that the spider spirit scolded him with blood last night.
Blood magic is a forbidden evil art, and its strength is indeed very strong, but most blood practitioners will eventually be consumed by their own spells, so it is banned by the entire V planet. But Shi Ash, as a mandarin duck physique, not only will not be counterattacked, but also can get more strength through blood methods. Therefore, in the face of those who constantly scold themselves for learning forbidden arts, Shi Shen will only think that they can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour.
The man was completely enraged by his understatement of indifference, which was clearly a naked mockery! In a fit of rage, he raised his hand and pinched a trick, and directly used his clone to set up a formation and rushed forward.
Dozens of clones followed the consciousness of the main body, their anger value skyrocketed, and the speed of their charge increased a lot. Within two seconds, the clones all rushed in front of Shi Shen with knives. This powerful offensive and shadow-like speed are not something ordinary people can do, and they are so fast that Shi Shen is also surprised.
Shi Shen has been doing tasks for so many years, and he has rarely encountered an opponent of this level. It's nothing if you're fast, but it's definitely not a simple character like this that can give the clone the ability to walk quickly.
It stands to reason that he had come to avenge his dead brother, so it was very likely that he belonged to the same clown army as the spider spirit. It's just that this ability, at least it's also the upper echelon of the clown.
The man's doppelganger was already in sight, and Shi Shen didn't have time to think about these questions. Hurriedly jumped up, drew a long blade and held it in his right hand to resist the man's attack. When the blades were fighting, there was no gap in the man's attack, and Shi Ember kept retreating to resist, but he couldn't find any chance to fight back.
Rarely would he have encountered such a tricky situation.
When the man saw that Ember was so passive, his momentum became even stronger. He rushed forward, ramping up his attack again, and laughed maniacally, followed by all the doppelgangers. Dozens of high-pitched, jumble laughter pressed to his ears, and the embers tingled their scalps when they heard them. He didn't even have a chance to stuff a sponge into his ears, so he could only endure the arrogance of his opponent.
With this wild laugh, dozens of daggers swung even faster, and Shi Yan's hands couldn't parry such a fast and deadly attack at all. After fighting for more than ten minutes, his arms, chest, and thighs were full of knife marks, and he had to resist dozens of attacks every second, and his physical strength was quickly exhausted.
"Poof!!"
A mouthful of purple-black poisonous blood spurted out of Shi Yan's mouth, and his lips gradually lost their blood, slowly turning black as if poisoned. Immediately afterward, there was a sudden sharp pain in his heart, and the pain was so painful that he reflexively covered his heaving left chest. He breathed heavily, and before his brain could react, another stab stabbed him in the chest, piercing him directly through the chest.
"What the are you...... Play Yin with me!" Shi Ember glared at the man in front of him with extreme anger, and the anger in his eyes could literally burn him alive.
The dagger that stabbed him was poisonous, and if it weren't for Shi Ash's toughness, the first stab would have killed him.
The man stopped his fierce attack and drew the dagger that pierced through Shishen's body. With an arrogant and sarcastic smile, he watched Shi Ember being tortured by the poison as if watching a play, struggling painfully in place.
"I thought you were so good, but that's it. I really feel worthless for my brother, and I actually lost in the hands of a commodity like you. β
All the doppelgangers invariably gave way to a way, and a man who was exactly the same as the doppelganger walked slowly from the source of the sound, which was the man's body. He kicked Shi Ember in the abdomen, and Shi Ember, who was weakened by the poison, was already unsteady, and when he stepped down, he was directly kicked to the ground. The man stomped on Shi Ash's body proudly, and the pleasure of avenging his brother quickly swept through his body, he laughed arrogantly twice, bent down to grab Shi Ash's collar, and just as he was about to raise Shi Ember with one hand and humiliate him, the next second......
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A blood-red hand passed directly through his body, and in an instant, a stream of hot blood gushed out of his chest.
The man looked at Shi Shen lying on the ground in disbelief, with a big blank look written on his face. The prey was in pain one second, but the next it was so proud.
"Soldiers don't get tired of cheating, you know, I don't pretend like this, how can I lure your body out?" Shi Shen stood up from the ground, grabbed the man's neck with his right hand and lifted him into the air, and then slammed him to the ground with a frightened expression on the man's face.
"Bang ββ"
Don't look at Shi Yan's lean body, but his strength is extremely great. The man was hurt by the fall, and his chest was also cut by a claw of Shi Yan's left hand. The sharp pain came from all over his body, and he threw up his head and vomited a mouthful of blood.
Shi Ember clapped his hands when he was done, and the painful expression of being tortured by the poison before disappeared in a blink of an eye, and his face was replaced by a relaxed face: "Do you think that a person who learns blood will die because of such a little blood?"
The man was startled, and then he realized that everything just now was indeed illogical. His brother is also a character with thousands of combat powers, how could he be killed in seconds so easily? The opponent will definitely not be a simple commodity, it is he who is eager to take revenge on the enemy.
However, by the time he came to his senses, he was already paralyzed on the ground and could not stand up.
"You and me...... Poof!" The man vomited another mouthful of blood before he could finish his sentence. He was very weak now, and Shi Yan's claw pierced his chest directly. If it was just an ordinary claw attack, it would be slightly injured at most, but it was very unfortunate that what passed through his body was a red claw who had practiced blood techniques. He is now struggling to even gather a trick, and there is no chance to fight back.
The clones around them slowly became transparent, and the body was hit hard, and the clones couldn't last long. Gradually, all the doppelgangers turned to ash and disappeared into thin air. The whole illusion finally cleared up, leaving only Shi Ember covered in injuries and the ninja man lying on the ground dying.
"You don't have the right to blame me for using tricks, after all, you played Yin first. Shi Yan's left hand was in the shape of a tiger's claw, flat on the man's face, and continued: "Now, you can go and see your brother. β
As soon as the words fell, Shi Yan's left hand pressed on his face and pressed hard, and there was a loud "boom", and in an instant, blood was shining, and dozens of blood-red cold lights burst out from the man's body, and with a violent death scream, the blood directly dyed the faint blue illusion red. The man's body instantly burst into a white withered skeleton as if it was hidden*, and no blood was left.
Shi Ember stood up with a tired face, in order to give the opponent a psychological violent blow, Shi Ember only dared to show a tired expression when the opponent was really defeated.
Although the little blood left was nothing to him, it didn't mean that the dagger wouldn't hurt when it struck him. Moreover, the poison on the blade is also unbearable, and the whole body is paralyzed. The understatement expression just now was completely forced. Now that the battle is over, he has a chance to leave with his wounds covered.
In the distance, a large dark blue vortex slowly appeared in his sight. Shi Ember gasped for a few breaths of discomfort and dragged out of the illusion with heavy steps.
Outside of the illusion, it is back to the real world. It was past one o'clock in the morning, and the carnival in the Yin Mansion had long since ended. The cool breeze of the night blew on his cheeks, tearing his wounds painfully.
Shi Shen returned to his bedroom, and Mu Yu was still sleeping peacefully. The small mouth was slightly open, the breathing was even, and the tiger teeth were biting up and down, probably because of a good dream of some kind of food.
Shi Shen just wanted to rub its head, only to find that he still had blood stains on his hands that he hadn't had time to clean. He smiled bitterly, took a poison pill and went into the bedroom.
He grew up eating herbs, and his body became more and more self-healing after being reborn several times. The poison remained in his body, and he only needed a few days of rest and recuperation to completely heal himself. However, if there is poison in the body, the combat effectiveness will plummet during the self-healing period. There is no clear rule on his working hours, and new tasks may come at any time. Therefore, just in case, he still chose to take the poison pill that he brought down from the mountain.
After taking a hot bath, the heat of the water temperature accelerated and catalyzed the curative effect of the poison removal pill. When he came out of the bathroom, he only felt refreshed, and the pores of his whole body were stretched, but the knife wounds on his body had not completely healed on their own.
He lay on the bed, rubbed his head against the big fox's neck, and a pair of hooligan "groping pig hands" put his arms around its waist again. It has a peculiar fragrance, not strong or light, with a fresh fragrance. Shi Shen unconsciously rubbed the tip of his nose against its ear, and holding it like this, he actually lowered his head and smiled secretly.
When the battle is over, he returns home exhausted and sees his beloved still lying soundly asleep in bed. This feeling,
That's nice.