300: Nemesis of Spirit Masters

"You've come."

"I've come."

"Please, have a seat."

"No need. I'll leave after I kill you."

Xu Le looked at the calm middle-aged man before him, finding it hard to believe that this was the person who had framed him for colluding with the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit and plotting the deaths of Gu Guanhai and the others.

Wen Zhijie clapped his hands, and a curvaceous Qipao Miss came out carrying a tray. Looking at her appearance, she was at most a junior or senior in college.

Wen Zhijie lifted the red cloth. The tray held ten bottles of Medicinal Pills, a three-hundred-year-old Jasper Lotus, and a card.

"There are 8,000 contribution points in the card. All these things together are worth more than 20,000 contribution points. Especially the Jasper Lotus; it's a priceless rarity."

"We had no real enmity to begin with. I only said a few words as a favor. Take these things, and we'll call it even."

Xu Le sneered. "Those 'two words' of yours weren't so simple."

Plotting to kill the Third Squad and colluding with evil spirits—the former meant the death penalty, and the latter meant social suicide. He would have been as dead as one could be.

Yet it was casually summarized as 'two words,' showing the other party's shamelessness.

Wen Zhijie countered, "Weren't they killed by you?"

"Self-defense. Is that the same as colluding with evil spirits and setting an ambush?"

Wen Zhijie's pupils suddenly dilated. He had always thought his fabricated lies were reasonable deductions, but he hadn't expected the other party to state so bluntly that it was an open and honest fight. His heart couldn't help but feel a bit unsettled.

"To what level has your strength reached?"

Xu Le smiled. "According to your testimony, you were three meters away when you eavesdropped on my conversation with the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit. Now, you can try. If you can really hide from my eyes at three meters, I'll turn around and leave, and our grievances will be settled."

As for what would happen if he couldn't hide, Xu Le didn't say, and Wen Zhijie didn't ask; there was no need to ask.

"Fine, I hope you're a man of your word!"

Wen Zhijie was extremely confident in his ancestral spirit. He had once hidden from the perception of the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit to scout for information, with a limit distance of one meter.

Now that the distance was three meters, he was confident that even if he made some provocative gestures, the other party wouldn't notice.

Wen Zhijie pushed open the door, summoned his ancestral spirit in a hidden spot, and let it envelop his body.

Not a single trace of Qi was emitted.

Xu Le couldn't help but open his eyes. The other party had been within his sensing range just now, but suddenly vanished.

"Interesting."

Xu Le focused his perception in the direction where the sensation had disappeared. Finally, he sensed a faint figure again, sneaking toward the street.

"To think you'd just run away. Is this an admission of defeat?"

Wen Zhijie's figure froze. He had originally planned to go outside, buy some snacks, enjoy them, and then slowly appear before Xu Le to tell him he had been waiting for half an hour or some such.

He didn't expect to be called out right at the start.

"This is at least fifteen meters away!"

It's a bluff.

"He must be bluffing me!"

Wen Zhijie kept comforting himself, forcibly suppressing the fear in his heart to avoid being exposed by his heartbeat.

"Not speaking? It seems you've admitted it by default!"

Xu Le stood up and quickly walked out of the room. After getting within seven meters of Wen Zhijie, he could see the other's movements clearly.

Seeing the other party trying to slip away, Xu Le pointed a finger. A bolt of lightning struck, and Wen Zhijie's figure was thrown out from the dark mist.

"Spare me! I'll pay more! 100,000 contribution points! I'll give you all my savings!"

"My life is worth more than 100,000 contribution points!" Xu Le snapped his fingers, and a thunderclap completely charred Wen Zhijie... "One last one!"

This person was Ji Feng, the captain of the Xuanwu Legion's Imperial Guard Squad.

He had falsely accused Xu Le of selling out Xuanwu City's core secrets.

Just as he reached the door of Ji Feng's house, a burly figure blocked his path.

"I am He Yang of the First Squad. Give me some Face and let this matter go."

Xu Le scoffed. "On what grounds? Because your donkey Face is long enough?"

He Yang's expression turned ugly. He had been mocked for his long Face since he was a child, but the mockery had lessened after he joined the Xuanwu Legion.

After joining the First Squad, those who had mocked him all lined up to apologize.

Now, a nameless little brat dared to disparage his looks. Who gave him the nerve?!

Was it Ye Beixuan?

Others feared Ye Beixuan, but he didn't! Not just because he was from the First Squad, but because he was strong enough!

Even Ye Beixuan wouldn't have a falling out with him over a pretty boy!

"Out in the world, Face is given by others, but it's lost by oneself. Don't think that by kissing someone's ass to keep the Law Enforcement Bureau in check, you can keep everyone in check."

Xu Le: "Are you saying you kissed your captain's ass to keep the Law Enforcement Bureau in check?"

He Yang's eyes turned cold, his voice icy. "You're looking for death! Kneel, kowtow, and for the sake of your master, I'll spare your life."

Xu Le's eyes were full of pity. "When will I finish killing idiots like you? It's been over six hours, and you haven't received a shred of intel, yet you dare to come out and act big. Do you even know how to write the word 'death'?"

He Yang was slightly startled. In the First Squad, he indeed wasn't very well-liked. However, he was strong enough that no one could do without him, so he got by well enough.

But how did this pretty boy know?

"Are you bluffing me?"

"Bluffing you? I'm just letting you be a well-informed Ghost before you die. Tell me, who sent you? Maybe I can do you a favor and send him along to keep you company."

"I came on my own. Ji Feng is my brother. Anyone who kills him is crossing me." He Yang thumped his chest loudly.

"Then he didn't treat you like a brother. If he did, he wouldn't have sent you here to die! Move aside, I don't want to kill you." As his enemies were about to be wiped out, the anger in Xu Le's heart had mostly dissipated.

He Yang, however, misunderstood and grinned savagely. "Good lad, as expected of someone who often sells his backside, you almost bluffed your grandpa! Take off your pants and let me see how precious your backside is! Hahaha..."

Seeking death!

Xu Le reached out, and a bolt of lightning shot toward He Yang's Face, but a brown bear paw blocked the strike, crushing the lightning.

Roar!

A Violent Giant Bear leaped out of the Ancestral Spirit Space, automatically protecting its master and blocking the strike.

He Yang felt a lingering fear. "You dog, you actually launched a sneak attack! Kill him!"

"Your mouth is so foul, you definitely have no friends. I bet no one will collect your body after you die; it'll just be a hassle for the sanitation workers."

As Xu Le spoke, he had already summoned A Piaos Alternate Account to fight the Violent Giant Bear.

A Piaos Alternate Account swung its whip like rain, a whip that could even burn the Soul; the Violent Giant Bear was thick-skinned and possessed immense strength; it roared repeatedly and actually caught the whip in the chaos.

"You're dead!" Cruelty flashed in He Yang's eyes as he imagined the scene to follow:

The other's ancestral spirit would be dragged over by the whip, its limbs grabbed, and then torn into pieces by the Violent Giant Bear, turning into pure Spiritual Qi to be absorbed completely.

Xu Le wasn't panicked at all; having the whip caught was exactly what he had instructed A Piaos Alternate Account to do.

Seeing the other party's smugness, he snapped his fingers, and a bolt of lightning struck.

"Haha, at your wit's end, aren't you! This move is useless against me!" He Yang laughed wildly, directing the Violent Giant Bear to use its paw to block the lightning. Just as he was about to continue his boasting, his eye twitched as he saw the lightning had already transferred through.

"Save me!" He Yang screamed in terror.

The Violent Giant Bear was in a tug-of-war with Ghost, its body stiffening for half a second before it immediately let go and teleported to He Yang's side to block the lightning again.

Snap!

The lightning jumped again, landing on He Yang and turning him into charcoal.

It had to be said, Chain Lightning was the nemesis of Spirit Tamers.

Under this move, almost no Spirit Tamer was his match for even a single round.

The Violent Giant Bear roared in anger, but without its master, it had nothing to rely on and soon dissipated into the purest Spiritual Qi.