39: I'm actually an assassin!

Jiang Ruolai pulled her aunt along as she hurriedly packed some important items.

Preparing for their upcoming escape plan.

Jiang Lin, who was urged by her niece to save someone before she could even finish her melon seeds, felt somewhat helpless.

"Ruolai, is it really that exaggerated?"

"With the regular combat strength of Tianhai City, even if two or three super Exotic Beasts raided..."

"...they should be able to hold them off, right?"

Although Exotic Beasts aren't very smart, after failing to take a target for a long time...

...they will run away too!

"But little brother Shen Pan definitely should be saved!"

"A Physical Body comparable to a Rank 5 Martial Artist... if I had this talent, I would have become a Martial Saint long ago!"

"..."

Jiang Ruolai really wanted to tell her aunt...

...that Shen Pan's martial arts talent was only three points during the Awakening ceremony!

The reason his Physical Body was so strong...

...was definitely not because of good martial arts talent, but some other reason!

However, she would still need her aunt's help to escape later.

So Jiang Ruolai went against her conscience and comforted her:

"It's okay, Auntie. You've only been practicing martial arts for seven years, and your progress is already very fast."

Jiang Lin's expression immediately collapsed:

"Seven years!"

"In the Professional, even an Epic-rank Profession could reach Rank 9 by now!"

"Not to mention your Legendary-rank Profession, Ruolai."

"I bet you could catch up to me in three years, right?"

Even though she had no complaints about the path of a Martial Artist she had chosen...

...Jiang Lin was still very envious of the Professional, and its advantage of being able to level up by killing monsters!

Listening to the alarms sounding everywhere...

...Jiang Lin paused her steps and looked forward with an extremely solemn expression.

There stood a handsome young man holding a rose in his hand.

He was wearing a tuxedo that was only seen at large balls.

He was smiling politely at them.

Very elegant.

He looked pleasing to the eye and inspired goodwill.

...If his pupils weren't gold and glowing.

"This is trouble."

Her perception as a Martial Artist told her...

...that this suspected Foreign Race powerhouse was at least Rank 9!

Jiang Lin drew the longsword from her waist.

Red blood Qi emerged from her body, forming an armor of blood Qi.

"Ruolai, remember to run toward the outskirts in a moment."

She wasn't sure what the opponent specialized in...

...or how long she could hold him off.

But as an elder...

...she had to set an example!

"Heh!"

"Instead of running away, you actually chose to draw your sword against me?"

Laigu's right hand holding the rose was instantly covered in fine grey scales.

Against a Martial Artist who had just entered Rank 8...

...even if he couldn't use his specialty, mental attacks...

...he could still rely on his Dragon Bone State to kill her decisively!

So... he couldn't help himself and started his favorite part: teasing his prey.

"A Rank 8 and a Rank 1."

"What fresh bodies!"

"The true carnival has only just begun!"

"Especially you, Jiang, who caused me to lose a stepping stone—huh?"

Looking at the empty ground...

...his brain suddenly slowed down.

"Where is she?"

Laigu stopped mid-sentence and looked at the equally bewildered Jiang Lin in confusion.

Jiang Ruolai, who was trembling just a second ago...

...had actually vanished right under their noses!

Gone!!!

"It seems your plan to stifle a Prodigy has failed."

"How about you pretend you didn't see us and let me go too?"

A relieved Jiang Lin smiled at Laigu.

"I can't detect her... what on earth is going on?"

This caused Laigu, who was originally planning to show off...

...and then watch the opponent die in despair, to have a bit of a mental breakdown.

Before he left, he had vowed to make Jiang Ruolai pay in blood.

As a result...

...the opponent had actually run away, and even he couldn't sense her!

"Hmph! She must have used an invisibility item to hide."

"As long as I catch you and brutally torture you to death, I don't believe she won't come out!"

Feeling that he had lost Face...

...and needing to reclaim his dignity, Laigu immediately activated Dragon Bone Mode.

His bones crackled and popped throughout his body.

His figure instantly swelled to over three meters tall.

Pitch-black, hideous scales covered his entire body.

"I want you dead!!!"

Laigu extended his Dragon claws and lunged at Jiang Lin.

The flesh and blood of a Rank 8 Martial Artist was just as nourishing!

"Luckily there's only one Foreign Race member."

Jiang Ruolai hid behind a streetlight.

She watched nervously as her aunt was completely overwhelmed.

She had activated a stealth item given by her best friend.

After activating two Epic-Rank Talents, Breath Concealment and Presence Reduction...

...she had completely erased her presence right under the eyes of two high-rank experts!

She had vanished!

Unfortunately, as a high-rank Martial Artist...

...her aunt's blood Qi was too vigorous.

Even she couldn't completely suppress it, otherwise she would have just left that Foreign Race member behind and run away!

"I hope this thing Qingshu gave me works..."

Jiang Ruolai took out a grey bead that was said to be able to insta-kill Rank 9 beings.

She cautiously and slowly walked toward the laughing...

...arrogant Foreign Race member, stopping not far behind him.

"Go!"

The grey bead, looking very plain like a ball of mud...

...was thrown like that toward the back of the Foreign Race member.

And before it hit the target after being thrown...

...it couldn't be sensed by him!

"Hiss~ this move is a bit underhanded!"

Jiang Ruolai felt like she had opened the door to a new world.

The Epic-Rank Talents given by the System...

...really did fully exert personal stealth at the Epic level!

She would never look down on "Camper" talents again!

The moment the grey bead touched Laigu's back...

...a sense of danger that almost made Laigu's brain freeze kept refreshing in his mind.

"What's happening?"

Why did he smell the scent of death?

Clearly, this Rank 8 human was about to give in!

"Snap!"

The grey bead immediately shattered, releasing some grey gas.

"Sizzle!"

A sound like the air was being corroded rang out.

"Ah!!!"

A large chunk of Laigu's back was instantly gouged out!

The wound was entwined with dense Power of Death, and it was still spreading on its own!

Under the dumbfounded gazes of Jiang Ruolai and Jiang Lin...

...this Rank 9 Foreign Race member, who had been exerting full pressure...

...was directly swallowed by that grey gas and collapsed completely!

Then, bit by bit, he turned into dust.

"Is this... both the Physical Body and the Soul being killed by that Power of Death just now?"

With a broken arm, bruises all over her body, and her abdomen pierced...

...Jiang Lin, who spat out a few mouthfuls of blood, moved back.

She retreated a few steps in wariness.

She was afraid that the eerie grey gas wouldn't be satisfied after devouring the Foreign Race member.

Fortunately, that didn't happen.

Jiang Lin was just about to ask her niece what that item was...

...when she heard very easily misunderstood words coming from not far away.

She saw Jiang Ruolai, who had suddenly appeared...

...with a flushed Face and in high spirits, holding her hands high.

"This is! Unexpectedly..."

"Ugh! So much!"

"Ah~~~"

"More, give me more, even if it stuffs me to death!!!"

"..."

Has Little Ruolai's condition worsened?

And it's heading in a rather improper direction!