Yue Shi whipped his head around, staring directly at the front door.
The person who wanted to attack him was right outside!
He silently hung up on Ling Xun.
Given Ling Xun’s intelligence, he would naturally know what to do next without needing a reminder.
What Yue Shi needed to do now was handle it himself, try to capture the target alive, hand him over to the Investigation Bureau, and pry his mouth open.
After some thought, Yue Shi decided to catch the opponent off guard; the other party likely hadn't realized they were exposed yet.
He initially wanted to activate invisibility for an ambush, but on second thought, he should keep his invisibility as a trump card and not let others know about it easily.
After all, he wanted to capture the target alive. Once news of his invisibility got out, he would likely end up like Zhu Qunqing—relied upon but also suspected and feared.
The shadows beneath his feet writhed, turning into several ravens that hid silently in the corners. Then, Yue Shi turned and went into the bedroom, leaving the door slightly ajar. He hid behind the door, keeping a close eye on the entrance.
Just then, the lock on the front door turned silently, and the door opened.
Yue Shi couldn't bear to look at the flimsy door. What surprised him even more was that as the door was pushed open, a dark shadow streaked past, infiltrating the room like teleportation.
Through the crack in the door, Yue Shi saw a man wearing a hat and a mask, dressed in a black jacket with a very burly and sturdy build.
The brim of the hat and the mask covered most of the man's face. Yue Shi couldn't see his features clearly, only noting that he had only one intact eye. The other eye was tightly shut, leaving a deep scar that seemed to silently proclaim his past combat experience.
Despite losing an eye, his gaze remained sharp, carrying a hint of ruthlessness and coldness.
The one-eyed man's speed truly took Yue Shi by surprise. It was hard for a normal person to display such speed, showing that the opponent's strength was not simple.
Suddenly, the one-eyed man outside the bedroom turned his head and stared straight at the bedroom, as if making eye contact with Yue Shi, and grinned with a strange smile.
Crash!
Before Yue Shi could even see the one-eyed man's movements, the bedroom door was struck heavily. The entire door was smashed, and the shattered door panels flew straight at him at a speed that made them impossible to dodge.
Yue Shi instinctively reached out and caught a fragment of the door panel heading for his face.
Pop!
He crushed the fragment with one hand, but the other pieces continued unabated, slamming into him.
Fortunately, he activated the 【Demon Feather Barrier】 in time. After a series of crackling sounds, the door fragments all hit the barrier. Wood chips and debris flew everywhere, but Yue Shi remained motionless and unharmed.
He looked toward the doorway, but no one was in sight.
In an instant, an extreme sense of crisis rose in his heart.
Rippp—
A strange sound, like silk tearing, rang out.
Yue Shi spun around and saw the one-eyed man standing behind him at some point, holding a strange short sword and slashing it directly at his neck.
The sudden attack was intended to decapitate him, but it was blocked by the barrier.
However, this single strike actually broke one layer of the 【Demon Feather Barrier】!
Yue Shi was incredibly shocked.
The one-eyed man, whose sneak attack failed, was also incredibly shocked.
Yue Shi reacted quickly, immediately using 【Raven's Secret Whispers】 to hypnotize the opponent: "Stop!"
The one-eyed man frowned slightly, dazed for less than a second, then sneered and raised his short sword. It blurred into afterimages as he fiercely slashed at Yue Shi's neck again.
Yue Shi hadn't expected 【Raven's Secret Whispers】 to be completely ineffective. He could only activate the 【Demon Feather Barrier】 again.
With a clang, the short sword struck him but only pierced through one layer of the barrier.
"Put down your weapon!" Yue Shi activated 【Raven's Secret Whispers】 a second time.
But the result was no different from before. The hypnotic manipulation of 【Raven's Secret Whispers】 seemed to have no effect on the one-eyed man; he didn't even daze for a moment.
Yue Shi had never encountered this situation before, but he didn't panic. He took the opportunity to raise his leg and kicked hard at the opponent.
However, the one-eyed man's combat skills far surpassed Yue Shi's. He scooped his arm down and caught Yue Shi's calf with one hand, while the short sword in his other hand stabbed downward toward Yue Shi's abdomen.
Clang—
Another strange sound of impact. The short sword hit the barrier and was blocked yet again.
A hint of panic finally appeared in the one-eyed man's eyes. He hadn't expected Yue Shi to be so difficult to deal with. If it were an ordinary transcendent, he would have killed them three times over by now.
But he regained his composure in an instant. He swept his foot out with force, trying to kick the leg Yue Shi was standing on, which would knock him down and temporarily immobilize him.
However, Yue Shi had plenty of strength and tricks. He pulled his leg back desperately while grabbing a water cup from the table with his right hand and hurling it at the one-eyed man's head.
Yue Shi had never studied any school of martial arts. He had always followed the principle of overwhelming the master with chaotic strikes. With his basic physical attributes and various supernatural abilities, he was usually quite a good fighter.
But as the cup he threw reached mid-air, the man slapped it away with one hand. Simultaneously, he turned his short sword and stabbed toward Yue Shi's eye.
The one-eyed man was too fast. Yue Shi could even clearly see the sharp tip of the short sword magnifying in his vision.
Clang—
Unsurprisingly, it was another ineffective attack.
The one-eyed man's face turned ashen. Yue Shi's defense seemed to have no blind spots.
One of his hands still gripped Yue Shi's leg tightly, while the other began to slash and stab in an irregular pattern, repeatedly attacking Yue Shi.
The strange sounds of the strikes hitting the barrier pulsed through the room like musical notes.
By the end, the one-eyed man's movements were so fast they were indistinguishable to the naked eye.
In his view, Yue Shi's supernatural power should be a passive defense type, and the short sword in his hand was a supernatural item specifically designed to break defenses. As long as he attacked enough times, he could definitely defeat Yue Shi!
Yue Shi appeared calm on the surface, but in reality, he was constantly activating the 【Demon Feather Barrier】. Continuing this stalemate was clearly not the solution.
His greedy gaze couldn't help but fall on the weapon in the one-eyed man's hand.
A short sword that could break defenses—he wanted it.
This item is destined for me!
However... taking a weapon from the opponent's hand was no simple task.
"How about... we stop fighting?" Yue Shi said with a smile.
Hearing this, the one-eyed man paused, his expression full of suspicion and uncertainty. After fighting for so long, he hadn't even touched a single hair on Yue Shi's head. He had never been so frustrated before.
His mental state began to crumble, giving Yue Shi an opportunity. Yue Shi said persuasively, "Since you can't hit me anyway, why waste your energy? Why don't we sit down and talk?"
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