CH.275 The Faceless One
Don Ke lowered his waist and ran wildly around his enemy, swift as a leopard, his eyes squinting and sharp as an eagle, catching the enemy's imperceptible flaws. Among these flaws of truth and falsehood, there are also deliberately set traps, which will be frustrated when attacked, so you have to be extremely careful. One of the flaws seems to be worth trying. The Shadow Evil Sword he wore on his wrist emitted a purple light, and three sword qi condensed, suddenly shooting towards the enemy.
The three sword qi flashed by, and their strength was extraordinary, but they were all shattered by a pair of double swords. The scattered energy blew the weeds in the cracks of the rocks on the ground to dance wildly.
It was an empty courtyard with heavy stone slabs on the floor, and there was no furnishings around it, except for a stone table and four stone chairs in the distance. Tang Ke struggled with another big man, and he surrounded him in the center, wandering in all directions, waiting for an opportunity to attack. The two fought together, like a whirlwind that was difficult to visualize, leaving only the afterimage of the Dao.
"Your sword works pretty well. When you face an enemy of equal strength, you can unleash a large amount of sword qi with all your strength to defeat you by numbers. If you're facing an enemy stronger than you, you can use one or two sword qi to sneak attack. For this treasure, you have to know how to use it flexibly. ”
The little pirate city admiral Kilo spoke with ease as he dealt with Donk's attack.
If it was actual combat, Donk didn't know how many times he died.
With a wave of his big arm, Kilo slashed his two knives on the ground, swinging like a thousand waves, wave after wave, and rushed towards Tang Ke with the momentum of the waves crashing on the shore.
"Lost, lost." Donk laughed, put away his sword and jumped back, spun around in mid-air a few times, landed on the stone chair, picked up the kettle on the table and poured a few sips.
As a seventh-order swordsman, Kilo was free to send and receive energy, and when the two swords retreated, the wave-like energy was withdrawn, but a cold wind remained on the field.
After the two finished the discussion, they sat down at the stone table to rest for a while, holding the tea and drinking it.
Donk came to the Little Pirate City this time to repair the Sky and take over Turtle Island, but neither of these things was in a hurry. While waiting, he sent people around for useful information, including Zela's whereabouts and the movements of the Sicamun family.
The First Battle of the Turbulent Sea was the largest sea robbery in five years, involving a huge amount of money and complex forces involved. After the aftermath of the battle, the cannibal pirates broke with the Dragon's Tooth Nation, Sicamon and the Wave Taunter Knights disappeared, and the Greenland Empire was furious and sent its navy to fight against several pirate groups in the war.
At that time, Donk accidentally grabbed the Wave Treading Knight and got a great benefit, but after that, he was tricked by fate and teleported to the sea of clouds. After One-Eyed took over the pirate group, he refused to share the spoils before Donk returned, and in order to keep a low profile, he brought both the Wave Treader and Sicamon to Dragon's Nest Island. This boat is still confined to Dragon's Nest Island, and it can't go anywhere.
No one in the outside world knows the exact whereabouts of Sicamon, and they all suspect that it is the hand of the Ghost Pirate Group or the Flower Language Pirate Group, and the voice of the Evil Dragon Pirate Group is smaller, because among the pirate groups involved in that robbery, the Evil Dragon Pirate Group has the least ships.
Sicamun is a big fat sheep who can make a windfall if he gets a ransom. If it weren't for the fact that he was entangled in other things, Donk would have been happy to exchange Sicamon for money sooner.
In addition to finding out the news, Tang Ke soaked in the Hao Slash Kendo Hall every day, saying that he was doing penance, and occasionally asked Kilo for advice. As his strength increases, the reward points required to level up will also decrease, and even if he is promoted through the system in the future, these efforts will not be wasted.
After resting almost, Tang Ke planned to devote himself to a new cultivation, but as soon as he stood up, someone outside came to report that someone from the Evil Dragon Pirate Group had come to look for him, and it seemed that he was in a hurry. Donk said goodbye to Kilo and immediately went to the outer courtyard, and walked quickly to the door.
The person who came was very familiar, a very senior pirate in the dragon pirate group. This man looked panicked and sweated profusely, as if something big had happened. On his left arm, there was still a wound, and blood was dripping down.
"Commander, something is wrong, our people got into a quarrel with another pirate group on the street, and there was a fight, and we suffered a loss, and people died. If you don't help, the rest of the brothers will have to be there! ”
"Which pirate group is the other party?"
"It's the old guns, the pirate group."
Donk felt a little relieved, the old gun pirate group was a new pirate group that was only established last year, and it was not well-known, and he had only heard people mention it once. It's strange that there is often friction between pirate groups. He followed the subordinate to the place of the incident, and asked about the incident as he ran, which turned out to be a fight over the trivial matter of a woman being jealous. At this point, the cause of the contradiction is not important, but how to deal with the aftermath.
After running two streets and turning another corner, we arrived at the place of the fight. The two sides were still fighting, there were more than 30 people in total, the scene was very chaotic, and some people were hiding behind to load bullets and release cold guns. There were several pools of blood on the ground, and seven or eight people were lying on the ground, some of whom seemed to be dead.
Tonk glanced through the crowd and found that five or six of his sailors had died, and several had been wounded in the battle. He suppressed his anger and used the investigation technique on the best of his enemies, a habit he had cultivated over a long period of time.
Name: Moon Rat (Codename Kana in the Thousand Faces Knife Organization) Class: Swordsman (1st Order) Assassin (4th Order) Race: Human.
Title: Faceless (is a collective title, all people in the Thousand Faces Knife organization, are called Faceless, the assassins of this organization, have to shave off the excess flesh and bones of the face, so that they can wear various human skin masks, deterrence +3, latent ability +2) Special: Deadly (each attack is aimed at the enemy's vital point, the first hit rate of the kill +2) Waiting for the opportunity (the first hit rate in a surprise attack +2) Imitation (highly imitates someone's movements and voice, Used to deceive the enemy) Physical Attack: Physical Strength: ★★★★ ★★★★★★ Latent Ability: One of the ★★★★★★★ Equipment: Phantom Mist Powder (wrapped in a cloth, after spreading, it will mentally confuse the people around you, produce illusions, and maintain the duration for 30 seconds) Strongest Skill: Lock Throat (shoots a thin wire from the cuff to wrap around the enemy's neck to deal a fatal blow, or tighten up and chase the attack, combat power +3, physical strength -1) Ghost Flash (dodge the attack with a ghostly body, speed +1, evasion rate +). 3) Human skin mask (made of human flesh and skin, which can imitate anyone's face, and can be used to deceive enemies with falsetto ventriloquism) Language: The lingua franca of the Light Alliance. Orc language. Goblin language. Elvish.
Physical condition: Healthy.
Affiliation: Thousand-Faced Knife (a secret assassin organization, little is known about it by the outside world, and in recent years, he has only loved to assassinate pirate leaders with extremely high bounties) Bounty amount: 1000 gold coins (the uniform price of the Faceless) Thousand-Faced Knife!
A flash of lightning flashed through Donk's mind, and he realized that it was a trap, and he glanced at the person next to him, and found that although the man looked exactly like his own, there was a slight difference in hair color and hair quality, and his facial muscles were slightly stiff. It seems that everything is fake, the messenger is an assassin with a human skin mask, the two gangs of people fighting are only pretending, and even the corpse lying on the ground is a silent assassin, ready to put people to death at any time.
It's so dangerous!
Tang Ke was so shocked that he was dripping with cold sweat, if he didn't use the investigation technique, he would blindly rush over, and he would definitely be ambushed, this group of assassins is very strong, and he is very likely to die here.
"Without my protection, the Navy and the bounty hunters will soon find your ......"
Goldbeard's warning the other day came true so quickly!
Tang Ke's mind was racing, turning around and fleeing now was of course the safest thing to do, but it would leave a legacy in the future, and these faceless people would not give up. If you want to eradicate the trouble, you must kill these people! He made up his mind, walked over slowly and quietly, and secretly used investigation techniques to find out the details of the assassin who was acting.
Among them were one fourth-order, two third-order, and more than thirty first-order assassins, and none of them were ordinary people! The Thousand Faces Knife Organization really took great pains to kill Tang Ke. So many masters were dispatched to plan this foolproof killing.
Donk's heart was pounding, he was alone, but it was more difficult than ever to kill so many assassins. If he didn't do it, he would have to use the power of the Thunder Scroll a second time. He exhaled lightly, discarding distractions, and stepping into the trap he had designed for him. The assassin beside him, constantly urging him forward, fanning the flames there, obviously wanting Donk to panic a little more.
"Old guns, pirate men! You don't weigh your own weight, and you actually start a war with my people, you really don't know whether you live or die! Trick pretended to be screaming, and angrily rushed into the crowd of fighters, threatening to cut down the fourth-order assassin.
"What! The Oriental Dragon Tangke is here! We are not opponents! "The assassin named Moon Rat pretended to be defeated and retreated, attracting Donk to chase him down, and his acting skills were very superb, as if he were really a member of the old gun pirate group.
Donk rushed forward like this, revealing many flaws behind him.
The assassins behind them all showed fierce eyes, stared at Tang Ke's back, and stabbed Tang Ke's heart with their weapons. The corpse lying on the ground also raised its head, revealing the dagger in its hand. Even the assassin with the gun in the back pointed his gun at Donk!
Tang Ke pretended to reveal his flaws, deliberately walked into the middle of the crowd, and secretly urged the Shadow Evil Sword on his wrist to stimulate all the remaining energy, creating more than thirty sword qi, and the sword qi was humming in all directions. He turned around quickly, and every time he caught the position of a person, he shot out a sword aura.
With a sharp roar, the sword qi stabbed at the enemy, easily penetrating the enemy's body, some were killed by a single sword, some were hit by the vital point, and only a few powerful assassins dodged in time. Because the assassins of the first order were too slow, all of them were hit by the sword, and none of them were caught.
Donk's movements were extremely fast, and as he finished turning around, there were more than twenty corpses on the ground, and more than a dozen wounded! He didn't stop for a moment, and then slashed at the fourth-order assassin with his sword, killing this person would seal the victory.
"Mission failed! Remove! The leading assassin made an instant decision, and ran forward without looking back, and his speed was more than ten times higher than before.
The other assassins, who were not injured, also scattered and fled in all directions, and some threw a signal flare into the sky. The red-glowing flare screamed a warning and dragged a long tail through the air that could be seen by anyone for miles. Obviously, there are still many people from the Thousand Faces Knife Organization lurking in the small pirate city, and after getting this signal, I am afraid that they will lurk even deeper.
Tang Ke was surprised, he didn't expect this group of assassins to be so decisive, and they fled immediately after their deeds were revealed. You must know that there are more than a dozen assassins present who are not completely dead, and those powerful assassins are even more intact! He chased forward and killed two more assassins, but the fourth-order assassin had already escaped over the wall and was nowhere to be seen. The assassins were scattered and fled, and it was impossible to kill them all. He gave up the pursuit and quickly returned to the place where the incident occurred, intending to catch a live mouth for questioning.
But the assassins who fell to the ground with their injuries were foaming at the mouth and rolling their eyes. It turned out that these wounded assassins, knowing that they could not escape, had already committed suicide by taking medicine!
The assassins of the Thousand Faces Knife organization, every time they carry out their mission, they will have the poison in the shell in their mouths, and if they are captured or unable to escape, they will immediately commit suicide. The assassins did not do so out of loyalty to the Order. They understood that after being captured, they would be treated as if they were worse than dead, and that they would be better off dead.
Tonk walked among the dozen or so corpses, looking for a living, but he was disappointed that there was not a single gasp left. He leaned down and tore off the mask of one of the deceased, revealing the true face of the assassin. The excess flesh and bones of the deceased's face were shaved flat, revealing a reddish-brown scar, so that the lines of the face were smoothed out, and no matter what kind of mask was worn, it could be well camouflaged.
He looked through the human skin masks in his hand, which were made from the flesh of fresh corpses, which could only be used for the day and would rot overnight. Every time the Thousand-Faced Knife Organization kills someone, it will plan and then act, or if it doesn't make a move, it will kill someone! This time, if it weren't for his systematic body, there would be a chance that he would have died here.
From now on, another name will be added to his list of enemies - the Thousand Faces Knife!
Although Donk didn't want to let go of this organization, his system didn't have the ability to investigate the location of this organization, and even if he sent someone to search the Little Pirate City, the possibility of finding these assassins was extremely low, not to mention that the Little Pirate City was not a place where he could turn over the clouds.
"The cruelty of the sea is much more than that. This time it's a thousand-faced knife, next time it might be another group of bounty hunters, and next time it's the Imperial Navy, and it will never end. ”
Donk muttered and walked out of the pile of corpses, a kick of blood sticking to it. He walked in the direction of the hotel to inform everyone of the incident and organize the aftermath by the way. He walked to the corner of the street, and when he looked up, he found that there was a vendor selling gadgets on the side of the road who was not scared away by the battle just now, it seems that this little pirate city is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, even the hawkers are so bold. Curious about the peddler, he paced in front of the peddler and stopped.
"You're quite bold, aren't you afraid to see so many dead people?"
The peddler was a shrewd-looking young man, tanned and shiny, with a floppy hat and a single-breasted red sleeveless shirt. He tilted his head and calmly stared at the murderer who had just killed more than twenty people.
"Life and death are fixed, since even life and death are within a fixed number, what else is there to be afraid of in the world?"
Tang Ke raised his eyebrows, and his original unhappy mood was diluted by this bold peddler, he stretched out an olive branch and said, "I like bold people, are you interested in joining my pirate group?" ”
The vendor said with a smile: "I still prefer to set up a stall to sell things. ”
Tang Ke only asked on a whim, since the other party did not agree immediately, he did not continue to entangle, and walked away.
The peddler stared at the back of Tang Ke who had just walked not far, and showed a strange smile, but it disappeared in an instant, and he said, "Sir, please stay." It is also a kind of fate that you and I can meet in the vast sea of people, so why not buy something from me? ”
Donk stopped, glanced back at the vendor, and said, "I don't like to talk about fate with a big man, and I'm not interested in the gadgets you sell." ”
"Hey, I'll tell you the truth. I've been a bit strapped for money lately......"
Tang Ke didn't say a word, took out a handful of yellow cancan coins from his pocket and threw them on the stall.
"Hehe, thank you for your kindness, but I never receive favors in vain, so I'll give you this book. I think this book will definitely help you. The peddler said, tossing a thin pamphlet over.
Donk took it and looked at it, the booklet was very old, yellowed, pinched in his hand, as if it was going to be broken at any moment, and the handwriting in the center was difficult to read.
"Re-...... Live...... Spring...... The Resurrection Spring? ”
Tang Ke was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that the book that the vendor casually threw over turned out to be an ancient book related to the supremacy of this old god. However, it may also be that this is just a wild history made up based on the resurrection spring. He shrugged and said, "Maybe this book will really help me, thanks." ”
"No thanks, you deserve it."
Tang Ke always felt that the hawker's smile was very strange, unlike a man's smile, he was suspicious and used investigative techniques on the hawker, but the hawker had no special identity, just an ordinary person. Feeling overwhelmed, he shook his head and left.
After Donk left, a mutation suddenly appeared!
The peddler's head suddenly drooped down, and he fainted, and then a black gas came out of his body, and the black gas blew into the middle of the road like a dark wind blowing from a cemetery, and a figure stood up from the black air. This person was dressed in a concealed black robe, and the hood that was lowered covered his head and face, but judging from his figure, it was certain that she was a slender woman. On her shoulder, crawling a black crow.
The woman turned out to be Ivy, a soothsayer who had met Donk twice.
When they first met, Donk's investigative skills did nothing for Ivy, showing that this woman had unfathomable powers.
In the shadows, Ivy's gaze was like the gaze of an owl in the night, and she said meaningfully, "Donk, you are a crucial figure in the tsunami. Go ahead and move towards the end of power, that tsunami needs you! ”