116: Chapter 116 Luring the Thieves Out of the City

After enslaving the two Mid-stage Marrow Refining Realm cultivators, Chen Hu stealthily burrowed underground to the location of Princess Yang Xianer's room.

The next moment, a card appeared in his hand.

This card was called the Thousand-Hand Card; he had drawn it a long time ago but had never used it.

The function of this Thousand-Hand Card was simple: once a target was locked, it could randomly steal an item from that target.

Thus, Chen Hu activated the Thousand-Hand Card and locked onto Princess Yang Xianer.

"Activate!"

Princess Yang Xianer, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed to Cultivate, suddenly felt a chill on her chest. To her horror, she discovered that the dudou she was wearing had vanished.

A chill immediately spread through her, and her eyes scanned the room in every direction.

Yet, she found nothing.

Consequently, she jumped off the bed and searched the entire room from top to bottom, but still, she found nothing.

As for Chen Hu, he was left feeling somewhat between laughter and tears.

He hadn't expected that the first time he used the Thousand-Hand Card, he would steal a dudou—and one that Princess Yang Xianer had been wearing, at that.

He tossed the dudou aside; although he was lecherous, he wasn't a pervert.

Therefore, he had no intention of keeping it.

After searching the entire room, Princess Yang Xianer returned to the bed, though she felt a sense of unease in her heart.

She was, after all, a powerhouse at the Late Stage Marrow Refining, and furthermore, she was an assassin who was extremely sensitive to all kinds of Qi and auras. Yet, the other party had managed to steal the dudou from her person without her even noticing.

Either the other party possessed some kind of miraculous secret technique, or their cultivation had reached an unimaginable level.

After a moment of thought, she deemed the former more likely.

If it were the latter, the other party's strength would be so immense that they shouldn't need to resort to such means to toy with her.

Just then.

Princess Yang Xianer's expression shifted slightly.

Her figure suddenly shot outward, leaving the bed.

At the very moment she moved away, a gleaming blade tip suddenly emerged from the spot where she had been sitting cross-legged.

Seeing this, the chill in Princess Yang Xianer's eyes intensified, and she raised her hand to strike with a palm.

"Boom!"

The entire bed was shattered by Princess Yang Xianer's palm strike, and the force of the blow landed on the floor beneath the bed.

However, when Princess Yang Xianer looked closely, she discovered that the blade which had pierced the bed was gone, and there was no one present on the ground.

Chen Hu, having burrowed back underground, sighed; Princess Yang Xianer was truly worthy of being at the Late Stage Marrow Refining. Her perception was incredibly powerful, and she had actually managed to evade his sneak attack.

The commotion in the room had alarmed the Grey-Robed Elder, who was hiding in the shadows.

He flashed rapidly to the door and asked with a concerned tone, "Young Miss, are you alright?"

"Uncle Fu, I am fine!"

Princess Yang Xianer flashed to the front of the door, slid the bolt, and opened it.

The Grey-Robed Elder's sharp gaze swept quickly across the room, and seeing the shattered bed, he couldn't help but ask, "Young Miss, what is this?"

Princess Yang Xianer frowned and said, "Just now, someone used a blade to sneak attack me from under the bed. After I shattered the bed, the blade disappeared, and I didn't find the person who attacked me!"

Upon hearing this, the Grey-Robed Elder immediately pushed his perception to the limit, then shook his head in confusion, "Young Miss, this old servant has not discovered anyone either!"

At this moment, Princess Yang Xianer walked to the side of the bed, picked up a piece of wood, and handed it to the Grey-Robed Elder, "Uncle Fu, look!"

Immediately, the Grey-Robed Elder's expression turned incomparably grim, "This was indeed pierced by a blade. It seems someone truly daring has snuck in!"

Suddenly, a thought occurred to Princess Yang Xianer, "Uncle Fu, do you think that person can burrow underground?"

"It is not impossible!" The Grey-Robed Elder said thoughtfully, "When this old servant was still a child, I heard elders speak of how there exist certain eccentric individuals in this world. These eccentric individuals might not have powerful strength, but they possess certain special abilities."

"Because they themselves are not strong, even if they possess special abilities, they will deliberately hide them to avoid attracting powerhouses who might covet their abilities. Therefore, very few people know of the existence of such people."

Having said this, the Grey-Robed Elder scanned his surroundings and shouted, "Your Excellency, why not come out and talk? While your earth-burrowing ability is miraculous, this old servant and my Young Miss are not weaklings. Now that we are on guard, if you wish to assassinate my Young Miss again, it will be very difficult to succeed!"

Underground, hearing the exchange between Princess Yang Xianer and the elder, Chen Hu sighed; this Princess Yang Xianer was a smart person indeed, to have guessed so quickly that he possessed the ability to burrow underground.

Suddenly, a plan appeared in Chen Hu's mind. Thus, he burrowed directly outside the room.

He surfaced in the courtyard, then exerted his full strength to execute the Inverted Feather Flowing Light Steps, shooting into mid-air. He flew over ten meters in one breath, and as his figure began to descend, he tapped his right foot against a wall, causing his figure to shoot out once more.

"Where are you running!" Seeing Chen Hu surface, a cold sneer appeared on the Grey-Robed Elder's face. His figure shot out, and he chased after Chen Hu.

Princess Yang Xianer had originally wanted to follow, but she suddenly remembered something. She first closed the door, found a new dudou to put on, and only then opened the door to chase in the direction where the two had disappeared.

On the other side, the two—one chasing and one fleeing—had already arrived several hundred meters away.

Although Chen Hu had pushed the Inverted Feather Flowing Light Steps to the limit, there was still a gap compared to the Grey-Robed Elder, and the distance between the two had been closed to seven or eight meters.

At this moment, Chen Hu's figure suddenly descended and landed on the ground, but he immediately sank into the earth and vanished.

Seeing this, the Grey-Robed Elder couldn't help but frown, expanding his perception to do his best to sense Chen Hu's presence.

Suddenly, he sensed Chen Hu's aura appearing several hundred meters ahead. He immediately unleashed his movement technique and chased after him.

Chen Hu, having surfaced again, once more executed the Inverted Feather Flowing Light Steps to fly forward. Then, under the Grey-Robed Elder's pursuit, the distance between the two was closed once again.

Then, Chen Hu burrowed into the ground once more. Before long, he surfaced from another direction and continued to execute his movement technique to flee.

Upon discovering Chen Hu, the Grey-Robed Elder immediately changed direction and chased after him again.

After doing this several times in a row, the Grey-Robed Elder couldn't help but feel a bit impatient, and his mood became irritable.

Just then, a voice rang out, "Uncle Fu, although that fellow possesses the ability to burrow underground, he cannot stay underground for long. Every time he burrows out a certain distance, he has to come up for air!"

It was Princess Yang Xianer, who had caught up.

"This old servant knows!" The Grey-Robed Elder said with a helpless tone, "The terrain inside this city is complex, and there are many buildings; it is truly too difficult to catch him."

Suddenly, the Grey-Robed Elder exclaimed, "That fellow has appeared again!"

They saw Chen Hu appear in an alley, and then he executed his movement technique to fly toward the outside of the city.

"Chase!" Princess Yang Xianer gave a light shout, transforming into a streak of light as she pursued him first. The Grey-Robed Elder hurriedly followed.

To the pleasant surprise of the two, this time Chen Hu did not continue to burrow underground. They couldn't help but wonder: was there a limit to how many times he could use this burrowing ability?

Very quickly, Chen Hu flew to the city wall. Under the gaze of the Grey-Robed Elder and Princess Yang Xianer, he once again burrowed into the ground and vanished.

"Uncle Fu, you go outside the city, and I will stay inside the city!" Princess Yang Xianer immediately made a decision.

"Then Young Miss, take care!"

The Grey-Robed Elder's figure soared into the air, leaping directly over the ten-meter-high city wall to appear outside the city. He then discovered, to his pleasant surprise, that Chen Hu had surfaced several hundred meters away and was executing his movement technique, dashing in the direction of the docks.