Chapter 168: Dare to Touch My Master!

Chapter 168: Dare to Touch My Master!

The Poison Bee was hit repeatedly by an inexplicable wave of energy penetrating through walls, knocked back several dozen meters. Although the damage from these continuous attacks was minimal, the humiliation was off the charts.

As a seasoned assassin, being hit multiple times by such sneaky tricks from the opponent was far too disgraceful.

Moreover, he had no clue what kind of underhanded tactic this was, attacking the enemy across multiple barriers that remained utterly unharmed.

It was incredibly bizarre; in countless missions, he had never encountered such a devilishly strange technique.

The Poison Bee’s advantages had been completely turned into disadvantages. He initially thought he could dodge behind an obstacle to avoid the hidden weapons and launch a barrage of ten flying darts at the opponent.

Instead, he was on the receiving end of a mysterious wave of energy using multiple barriers to attack him.

He couldn’t predict the direction of the opponent’s wave; after all, he couldn’t see them, and as for the energy, he only sensed Lin Nuo’s presence—how could he perceive the aura of this ghostly wave, or rather, it didn’t have an aura at all?

“You really got me good.”

The Poison Bee gritted his teeth; after being hit by the ghostly wave multiple times, he lost control of the flying darts and had to concentrate on dodging the ghostly attacks, which distracted him from restraining Lin Nuo, forcing him to change tactics.

Now ranged combat was a disadvantage; he needed to quickly switch to close combat.

Bang!

While he was deep in thought, another ghostly wave hit him, sending him stumbling back several steps.

As for Lin Nuo, although the initial few moves were satisfying to land against the Poison Bee, his own power hadn’t fully ramped up yet; the strength of his attacks wasn’t enough to take out the opponent, and the continuous energy drain was hefty.

So, close combat was a must.

Close combat was risky, but it was also the best way to completely annihilate the opponent.

The Poison Bee recalled his darts, but Lin Nuo’s waves of energy didn’t cease, continuously assaulting him. However, as the attacks increased in frequency, the seasoned Poison Bee gradually figured out the pattern of Lin Nuo’s waves and was able to dodge them.

Closing in, he sensed Lin Nuo’s presence and rapidly approached him.

Getting up close will catch you off guard!

But just as he was about to close the distance, Lin Nuo leaped out from behind a building, wielding a sharp blade and charging at the Poison Bee.

Both the villain and the protagonist chose to engage in close combat.

Lin Nuo’s sudden move caught the Poison Bee off guard, but that was fine—let’s get straight to the action!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The two men darted across the rooftops, with flashes of blades followed by the sounds of clashing weapons echoing out into the streets.

The unexpected brawl sent the townsfolk into a frenzy, thinking something disastrous had happened, causing everyone to scramble for safety, and the streets fell into chaos.

Meanwhile, Ling Meng at the clothing store had just finished trying on a dress.

“Is Master still not back?”

While she was puzzled, in the next moment, she noticed the townspeople rushing out in panic and realized that the boss seemed to be closing shop.

“Boss, what happened?”

“There’s a gang fight outside, causing buildings to crumble; little girl, you better hurry home to avoid getting caught up in it.”

“A gang fight? So sudden?”

“It’s not entirely unexpected; there have been a lot of outsiders lately, and many powerful individuals. Who knows what grudges they’ve accumulated? Recently there have been quite a few disputes, and this one escalated into full-blown violence, with that pastry shop suffering severe losses. By the way, the young man you came with seems to have gone over there.”

“Ah, Master went there?!”

Ling Meng’s heart sank, worrying about her Master not returning and fearing something might have happened.

Although her Master was powerful, being caught in a gang fight could lead to serious consequences.

She quickly set out to find her Master’s whereabouts.

Ling Meng tossed aside the carefully chosen dress; how could she focus on buying clothes when her Master was missing?

She rushed to the pastry shop as directed by the store owner and found bloodstains scattered across the floor, with a group of corpses lying around.

Observing the knife marks and broken walls, it seemed a fierce battle had taken place earlier.

“Master! Master! Where are you?!”

Ling Meng searched all around the pastry shop but couldn’t find Lin Nuo.

This is bad; it couldn’t be…

Her heart tightened with overwhelming fear; if something happened to her Master, what would she do?

Hearing the constant clashing of weapons from the rooftop, Ling Meng looked up.

She spotted two men jumping across the rooftops, their rapid movements impressive.

The man in a light gray robe…

That’s Master! Master is there!

So the so-called gang fight was actually a feud connected to her Master.

The opponent is?

She clearly recognized him as the rude man whom she had previously seen crash into her Master at the notice board, and the same guy who had gnashed his teeth at her Master in the inn.

She had long held a grudge against that man; if it weren’t for her Master telling her not to bother with him, she would have scattered his ashes by now.

Now, her Master showed mercy and didn’t hold a grudge, but the man turned around and created trouble for her Master.

A person like him deserves to die a thousand times!

Rage ignited within Ling Meng; at this moment, all she could think about was killing that man!

As for Lin Nuo, he and the Poison Bee fought back and forth, momentarily in a stalemate.

“Not bad, not bad! Come on, let’s see how long a little brat like you can last!”

The Poison Bee was getting more and more excited; it had been a long time since he fought a man who could hold his ground so long in close combat.

His combat spirit ignited, the speed of his blade increased, and he kept spouting various taunts and jibes.

Lin Nuo remained silent, fully aware of one thing: as a top-notch villain, he mustn’t engage in excessive trash talk.

In a flash, Lin Nuo dodged an attack and created a phantom, attacking the Poison Bee from both the front and back.

“Useless, useless!”

The Poison Bee cackled, immediately using a technique to dispel the illusion in an attempt to break through Lin Nuo’s duplicate.

However, just as he executed the dispel technique, Lin Nuo retracted the phantom, causing the dispel light to vanish. The phantom reappeared; once again, the dispel light flashed, and the phantom was pulled back. After more than ten back-and-forth exchanges, the Poison Bee became agitated, and Lin Nuo seized the opening to strike.

Yet he reacted quickly enough to parry with his blade, but Lin Nuo ruthlessly followed up with a left jab straight to the Poison Bee’s face.

The Poison Bee was sent flying from the punch, flipping several rolls upon landing, kicking up a cloud of dust.

“Damn it.”

The Poison Bee quickly got up, only to find a woman standing in front of him who looked just like Lin Nuo.

“Get lost if you don’t want to die.”

“How dare you touch my Master!”

“Then you can die, woman.”

Fueled with rage, the Poison Bee swung his blade at the woman, but she didn’t dodge at all—she met his attack head-on with a forceful palm strike.

The Poison Bee’s blade was instantly shattered by the overwhelming energy.

“What?!”

Boom!

In an instant, the Poison Bee’s insides were crushed, spewing blood as he was sent flying a hundred meters away.