24: You make me feel sick

Whoosh!

Xiao Shi struck out with another sword.

Xu Feng could only parry with the long saber in his hand.

Although he could barely block, the astonishing power from each of Xiao Shi’s sword strikes sent his body reeling backward, causing him to vomit blood repeatedly and sustain continuous injuries!

If it weren't for the chaotic blood in his body, he wouldn't be in such a state.

But Xiao Shi’s Blood Seal detonation… it was as if it sealed his power, leaving him completely unable to retaliate.

The intense sensation of impending death made him deeply understand the meaning of 'dying from talking too much'… At this moment, he was covered in blood, his aura dispirited as he slumped to the ground, his saber-wielding hand split open from two collisions, blood flowing freely.

Xiao Shi raised the black gold sword in his hand.

Killing intent flashed in his eyes.

In Xu Feng’s current condition, he was no longer capable of blocking this sword.

It was time to end it.

Just as the black gold sword in Xiao Shi’s hand was about to fall.

Three sharp, silver-white needles suddenly swept in from behind him, moving extremely fast.

On the needle tips, there were dark green specks of light, indicating they were highly poisonous!

Whoosh!

The silver-white needles shot forward continuously.

Behind Xiao Shi.

Stood a beautiful and voluptuous woman, the fragility and panic on her face now transformed into an icy coldness.

She held a small, slender bamboo tube in her hand.

Aiming at Xiao Shi, she shot out three silver-white needles.

This was originally a special kind of sleeve dart, powerful enough that, if used correctly, even an ordinary person could use it to kill a Martial Warrior of the Entrance to Martial Realm!

After all, the needles within the bamboo tube were themselves sharp weapons designed to kill a Martial Warrior of the Entrance to Martial Realm, capable of easily piercing through the body of a Martial Warrior of the Entrance to Martial Realm.

Coupled with the potent poison on the needle tips, it could instantly kill most Martial Warriors of the Entrance to Martial Realm.

In an instant.

These three silver-white needles had already reached Xiao Shi.

They directly pierced into Xiao Shi’s back and emerged from his chest!

They shot into the ground in front of Xiao Shi, embedding themselves in the earth, creating three holes.

A cold sneer appeared at the corner of the beautiful woman’s mouth.

If it had been when she was first abducted, she would have wished for someone to rescue her.

But now… she didn't want to leave here at all!

Over these past three years, she had truly experienced the joy of being a woman, something she had never felt with her previous husband.

She loved her current life and enjoyed it immensely.

Although Xu Feng was the Kuangfeng Stronghold Lord, he was handsome, powerful, and doted on her even more.

He was far better than her previous husband.

Even if she were told to leave now, she wouldn't.

“No one will ruin my happiness!!”

The beautiful woman’s eyes were filled with ruthlessness.

And triumph.

She believed that the Night Watch in front of her would never have expected her to attack at this moment.

However… when she saw Xiao Shi, whose body had been pierced by the long needles, neither fall nor bleed, but instead gradually blur and dissipate, the smile on her face suddenly froze.

What she had hit… was merely the afterimage of Xiao Shi’s high-speed movement.

“No… impossible!!”

The beautiful woman cried out in disbelief.

How did he know I would attack??

There’s no reason!

This is impossible!

Equally shocked was Xu Feng, who was slumped on the ground.

He understood more clearly than the beautiful woman that Xiao Shi’s dodge was not a reaction made only when he sensed danger.

Instead, the moment the beautiful woman picked up the bamboo tube, he had already prepared to dodge.

It was as if he had eyes on his back, able to see every move of the person behind him.

Whoosh!

Xiao Shi’s figure flashed quickly, slowly solidifying behind the beautiful woman.

A cold glint flickered in his eyes.

From the moment he arrived at this detached courtyard and found no mechanisms or traps within, a question lingered in his mind.

How did the previous Night Watch fail?

Since there were no mechanisms or traps in this detached courtyard, it should not have been difficult for them to rescue people from here.

But everyone had failed.

This was very strange.

Until he met this beautiful woman.

The first time he saw the beautiful woman, or rather, the moment he saw what she was wearing, Xiao Shi had a suspicion.

As a woman forcibly abducted into the stronghold, if she truly longed to escape her suffering, why would she wear such a revealing, alluring outfit?

Although Xiao Shi couldn’t be completely certain based solely on this, it put him on guard.

So, the first thing he did upon entering the room.

He placed a Blood Seal on this beautiful woman!

Ensuring that her every move was under his control.

Even though he never thought this woman had the ability to harm him, his cautious nature still made him willing to expend some of his own blood to keep her every action in check.

Now, with the woman’s attack, Xiao Shi’s suspicions were completely confirmed.

“You killed all those previous Night Watch, didn’t you!”

The cold voice from behind made the beautiful woman’s body tremble.

“You two conspired, deliberately leaving a hidden agent, using her to lure one Night Watch after another to their deaths…”

“Poor Night Watch, they only realized at their dying breath… that the target they were meant to rescue was the greatest danger!”

Xiao Shi gazed at the beautiful woman’s graceful back, his mind recalling the Huihai Restaurant Owner’s bitter plea to him.

This made him despise this woman even more.

“Your husband sacrificed his entire fortune over these three years to rescue you, yet you used him…”

The beautiful woman’s body trembled even more violently.

The icy killing intent from behind her, and the last shred of guilt she felt towards her husband, made her unable to bear it at this moment, and she cried out hysterically.

“Enough!!”

“I’m just pursuing the happiness I want, what have I done wrong!!”

“Before, I thought I was happy, but after coming here, I realized what true happiness is!!”

“I don’t want to go back to my old life, I hate that life!”

“I just want to live a better life, what have I done wrong!!”

“I…”

Bang!

Xiao Shi chopped her neck with his palm.

He didn’t want to hear any more of her nonsense.

“You disgust me.”

He said coldly.

There is nothing wrong with a person pursuing the happiness they desire.

But to betray and harm someone who deeply loves them, to use them, to make them lose everything repeatedly in search of rescue, while oneself uses this method to hunt down and kill the Night Watch who come to rescue, thus profiting.

Such a person… deserves to die!

If it weren’t for this woman being tied to his mission, and that he had to bring her back alive to complete the mission.

That palm just now would not have been as simple as just knocking her unconscious.

However, with her crime of conspiring with Kuangfeng Stronghold Lord to kill the Night Watch.

He believed that after bringing her back, she would not have a chance to live.

“Good, such a person would only dirty my hands if I killed her.”

Xiao Shi turned his head to look at Xu Feng, who had fallen to the ground and was no longer capable of resisting.

Killing intent flickered.