31: Chapter 31 Perfect Assassination! You didn't even see my "hidden weapon"!
Chapter Thirty-One: Perfect Assassination! You Didn't Even See My "Hidden Weapon"!
Clang—!
The piercing sound of the gong exploded like thunder, instantly drowning out all the noise in the Underground Transfer Hall.
The iron cage door creaked shut behind me, completely isolating this small arena from the outside world.
One side was a human world filled with bloodthirsty revelry.
The other was a hell where a life-and-death struggle was about to unfold.
"Iron Fist! Ruin her for me! Don't damage that face; I still want to 'pamper' her properly later!"
Below the arena, Wang Teng's tyrannical roar came through clearly, drawing a burst of lewd laughter from the crowd.
The bodyguard named "Iron Fist" cracked his neck, which was thicker than my thigh, with a sinister grin. His bell-sized eyes flickered with bloodthirsty light, as if he could already see Lin Qingzhi crying and begging for mercy at his feet.
"Little girl, don't blame me for being ruthless." His voice was hoarse, carrying a strong scent of blood. "If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for provoking someone you shouldn't have!"
Before his words even faded, he moved!
Boom!
The iron plate beneath his feet groaned as his burly body charged toward Lin Qingzhi like an out-of-control heavy truck, carrying an incomparably violent momentum!
His fist, the size of a clay pot, was enveloped in earthy-yellow Blood-Qi Energy. Before the punch even landed, the fierce wind from it already forced my eyes shut.
Late Stage Essence Rank! A pure power-type Awakened Ones!
A morbid cheer erupted from below the stage.
However, Lin Qingzhi was terrifyingly calm.
Perched on her shoulder and clutching her hair, I could clearly feel that her heartbeat hadn't quickened in the slightest.
She was waiting.
The moment the fist was about to strike her body, she moved.
Her body drifted half a step to the left as light as willow catkins.
This simple half-step was timed to perfection, just barely dodging the fist.
The whistling fist grazed her clothes and smashed into the iron cage behind her with a loud bang! The cage shook violently, even deforming slightly.
"Iron Fist" flashed a look of surprise and immediately changed his move, delivering a powerful sweeping kick that lashed toward Lin Qingzhi's lower body like a steel whip!
Lin Qingzhi tapped her toes and drifted back like a white butterfly, easily avoiding it once again by a mere millimeter.
For a moment, a dance of "Beauty and the Beast" played out on the arena.
Iron Fist's movements were wide and sweeping, violent and fierce.
Lin Qingzhi, on the other hand, strolled leisurely through the storm, every dodge calm and elegant, without wasting a shred of energy.
The audience below gradually went from excitement to confusion.
The smugness on Wang Teng's face also began to freeze as he stared intently at the arena.
Only I knew best.
Showing weakness to the enemy.
She was lulling the opponent into a false sense of security and wearing him down, while simultaneously searching for that one-hit kill... the perfect flaw.
She was the most patient assassin, waiting for the prey to expose its own throat.
And I was the sharpest, most lethal... invisible blade she kept hidden in her scabbard!
It was another seemingly perilous dodge.
"Iron Fist's" straight punch almost grazed Lin Qingzhi's cheek, the force of the wind blowing back a few strands of her hair.
Now!
In Lin Qingzhi's eyes, calm as water, two startling flashes of cold light suddenly erupted!
The opportunity had arrived!
At the instant those strands of hair were about to sweep across "Iron Fist's" neck, I received a concise command from her through the Bond System—
Do it!
Without hesitation, I aimed my long-starved mouthparts at the violently pulsing artery in his neck and launched my strongest post-evolution sneak attack!
[Deep Paralysis (Enhanced Version)], maximum injection!
The bodyguard didn't even feel a sting; he only felt as if his neck had been lightly touched by a cold Little Bug.
In the next second, a paralyzing sensation strong enough to freeze the soul erupted from his neck like a bursting dam, instantly sweeping through his entire body!
His body experienced a fatal, 0.1-second stiffness!
His continuous offensive revealed a massive flaw sufficient to bury him!
This was the moment Lin Qingzhi had been waiting for!
Her ethereal figure instantly solidified and became sharp, like a peerless divine weapon unsheathed!
Her figure cut into the bodyguard's wide-open center like a ghost. Her right hand, transformed into a palm blade carrying a bone-chilling cold that froze the air, struck with unerring precision against the bodyguard's Dantian Qi Sea!
"Ugh..."
The sinister grin on the bodyguard's face instantly froze.
A bone-chilling, destructive True Essence rushed into his body like a tidal wave, instantly scattering the Blood-Qi Energy he had painstakingly cultivated for over a decade!
As if struck by lightning, his strength was instantly drained. His burly body collapsed to the ground like a pile of mud, foaming at the mouth and twitching uncontrollably.
He was ruined.
The entire process happened in a flash.
It was so fast that no one present could clearly see what had happened.
They only saw that one second Lin Qingzhi was being suppressed, and the next, she appeared before her opponent in an inconceivable manner and delivered a light palm strike.
Then, that arrogant Late Stage Essence Rank expert, "Iron Fist," just... fell.
One move, an instant kill!