Shen Youling's address was far too easy to find. In contrast, Zhu Yingning and Mo Pinglan adhered to the principle of having multiple bolt-holes, frequently changing where they slept. It required more ti to track them down.
Therefore, upon arriving in Central Earth, Angry first sought out Shen Youling. In his mind, this mission was as simple as eating and drinking. It was completely without challenge, and he was one hundred percent certain of his success.
However, just as Angry was about to go upstairs, an inadvertent glance revealed a ramrod-straight figure standing in a nearby corner, also looking in his direction. Their gazes t. Angry froze.
Why can he see ? Under normal circumstances, humans should ignore my presence!
This wasn't invisibility, but a special form of hypnotism. With this technique, Angry could move in and out of even the most tightly secured banks with ease. Even if people were watching him through security caras, they would unwittingly overlook him. It was just that incredible.
And… why can't I see any emotion in his eyes? He feels like a rock, a piece of wood…
Angry's pupils constricted, and his confusion deepened. After a mont's thought, he tried to use another form of hypnotism on the straight figure. "Submit to , submit to ..."
The next mont, brilliant lasers burst from the figure's eyes, piercing Angry's eyes in a flash.
"Ah!"
Angry scread as he fell, rolling on the ground and clutching his eyes. Bloody tears stread down his face; the pain was unbearable.
Who on earth is he? What kind of power is this?! No, I must retreat imdiately. This place is too dangerous!
Angry wasn't just skilled in hypnotism; his physical abilities were also quite impressive. Even temporarily blinded, he could determine his position by the sound of the wind. He flipped to his feet and ran with surprising speed.
The ramrod-straight figure did not pursue... After all, as a puppet without self-consciousness, Martial Saint Number Seven failed to discern that Angry had co with ill intentions toward Shen Youling.
「The next morning.」
Shen Youling looked exhausted, as if she hadn't slept well the night before. On her way to work, she remained completely unaware that she was being followed.
Angry, wearing sunglasses, glanced her way as if by chance and once again noticed Martial Saint Number Seven. His heart went cold.
Damn it, this guy really is secretly protecting Shen Youling! This complicates things. But that just makes it more interesting, right?
He imdiately retreated, planning to hypnotize Shen Youling remotely.
Thus, as Shen Youling returned ho from work, she happened to see a large bunch of balloons rising into the sky. The balloons themselves were colorful and covered in various patterns, so bearing the images of cartoon smiley faces. Afterward, she noticed so seemingly aningless logos on the clothes of passersby, stickers on rapidly passing cars, the occasional honk of a horn, the cheerful laughter of children chasing each other... and so on.
Everything seed the sa as usual. Naturally, Shen Youling paid it no mind and quickly forgot.
However, as she passed a residential complex, she noticed the community bulletin board. Where it should have been plastered with nurous rental ads, it had, at so point, been covered with a large number of posters. The chaotic lines on each one imdiately captured her attention.
She couldn't help but stop in front of the board, staring blankly at the line drawings. The chaotic sights and sounds she had experienced earlier surged back into her mind like a tidal wave, flashing like slides or a turning kaleidoscope. Shen Youling's brain buzzed, and her entire body went numb. By the ti she realized sothing was wrong, she found she was completely unable to move.
The lines on the posters began to swim and change before her eyes, like a swarm of tadpoles. Finally, they coalesced into a sketch of Angry's face, smiling at her.
Shen Youling: "!!!"
She was terrified and helpless. She wanted to scream for help but couldn't open her mouth. She could only watch as Angry's face began to distort and enlarge. When his mouth grew as large as a door, she felt herself swallowed into darkness.
In reality, her expression turned chanical, and her gaze went vacant. She began walking forward again, but not toward ho. She was autonomously heading sowhere else. None of the passersby noticed any of this, nor did they spot anything unusual about Shen Youling. This was the terrifying power of Angry's hypnotism.
Even Martial Saint Number Seven failed to notice anything amiss. But he still dutifully continued to follow.
A short while later, Shen Youling hailed a cab. With a natural expression, she said she needed to leave the city for the suburbs. The driver complied.
"Please hurry, I'm in a rush. I can pay extra," Shen Youling added.
"You got it!" The driver floored the accelerator, and the taxi sped up dramatically.
However, trying to shake off a Martial Saint this way was nothing but a pipe dream. When Angry realized this from a distance, he frowned. "What a nuisance."
He pulled out his phone and called Jian Hansheng of the Sandalwood Association.
"Oh? It must be her adoptive father, Xiao Xuanye, who secretly sent soone to protect her. Simple. I'll just have soone intercept him," Jian Hansheng said nonchalantly. He casually ordered a few of his n to deal with Martial Saint Number Seven.
Heh heh, I'll get to play with this Shen Youling myself soon. The thought is actually a little exciting!
He humd a tune and loosened his tie. Given his status, he certainly didn't lack for won, but a beauty on par with Shen Youling was a truly rare find. He greatly looked forward to spending a romantic evening with her.
"Dear Jian, don't be careless. This person is very strange; I can't hypnotize him. His running speed is no less than a car's, which shows his martial arts are also very powerful," Angry warned.
Jian Hansheng just shrugged. How could he possibly be stronger than Long Tianji? He's just one man. I have plenty of ways to deal with him!
Although he said this, he still dispatched a few more n. The result was obvious.
When these n drove several cars and tried to ram Martial Saint Number Seven...
CRACK!
Number Seven chanically turned his head and let one car crash into him. The front of the vehicle caved in and then disintegrated. The people inside didn't even have ti to grunt before they burst into a bloody mist. Seeing this, the other cars quickly swerved, their occupants sticking guns out the windows.
RAT-A-TAT-TAT—
BOOM!
The vehicles exploded one after another. In the midst of the towering flas, Number Seven leaped into the air, tracing a parabola. When he landed, he was near the taxi again.
"What was that sound?" The driver was startled. He looked around but saw nothing, so he kept driving.
"What? Completely wiped out? How is that possible?" When Jian Hansheng heard the news, his expression turned grim.
「Elsewhere, at the Heavenly chanism Martial Alliance.」
Lin Tang was eating with Wei Zichu and Ning Yuexi. Wei Zichu was acting smug, practically wanting to sit in Lin Tang's lap. They looked like a pair of love-struck newlyweds. Ning Yuexi could tell with a single glance that Wei Zichu had lost her virginity. A bitter feeling washed over her, but she couldn't say anything.
"Tch—" Lord Minor curled her lip. Is that sothing to brag about? An illicit union without a matchmaker, completely indecent.
Wei Zichu retorted, "What, are you jealous?"
", jealous of you? What a joke!"
"Of course, you're jealous, because you like Uncle Long, too. Why else won't you leave even when we try to shoo you away? Uncle Long already agreed to let you go, but you're still shalessly hanging around here, freeloading."
"My sister already said we just want to learn about the Formation. Your man agreed, didn't he? It's not like we're eating your food, so why are you so upset?"
"I'm Uncle Long's wife. What's his is mine, right?"
Watching them glare at each other, Lord Major said helplessly, "Ruoruo, that's enough!" When you're under soone else's roof, you have to bow your head. If they angered Long Tianji again, they might not be able to leave.
Lin Tang was about to join Wei Zichu in scolding Lord Minor when he suddenly paused.
Why is Shen Youling leaving the city at this ti? And soone attacked Number Seven... Sothing's definitely fishy!
He put down his chopsticks, said he had to step out for a mont, and then vanished on the spot.
Once they were sure he was really gone, Lord Major lightly tapped Ning Yuexi's foot with her toe and gave her a aningful glance. Ning Yuexi froze for a mont, then nodded.
Soon, the two of them were alone in a separate room.
"Lord Major, what are your instructions?"
"It's not easy to get Long Tianji out of the way, so I'll be brief…"
They spoke in secret for a while. After they ca out, Lord Major said, "Ruoruo, let's go."
"Oh, okay."
Lord Minor quickly shoveled the last few bites of her favorite dishes into her mouth. Then, after throwing a glare at Wei Zichu, she stood up and left.
Wei Zichu sniffed in disgust. So rude. Freeloading and not even washing her bowl. Then she noticed Ning Yuexi seed lost in thought. "Sister Ning, what's wrong?"
"Ah? No, I'm fine." Ning Yuexi, who had been weighing her options, was startled and forced a smile.
After the two sisters, Lord Major and Lord Minor, were a good distance away from the Heavenly chanism Martial Alliance, Lord Minor asked in confusion, "Sister, isn't Ning Yuexi willing to return to the Heavenly Palace with us?"
Lord Major shook her head. "For the sake of all the people in the world, she naturally agreed."
"Then why…"
"Are you dense? If she leaves with us right now, Long Tianji will surely pursue us when he returns. When he gets angry, do you think we'll co out of it unscathed? We have to wait until he leaves Jiangbei for so other place. Only then will Ning Yuexi have a chance to slip away."
"Oh," Lord Minor nodded. Her eyes glead, and she clapped her hands. "When she reaches the Heavenly Mountains, very close to our Heavenly Palace, we'll find a way to inform that lecher Long Tianji! If he dares to chase her there, the Empress can deal with him!"
Lord Major said, "He wouldn't be so foolish."
"When it cos to won, n aren't always so smart," Lord Minor snorted.
"You're just a child. You speak as if you know more about n than I do," Lord Major said, affectionately ruffling her hair.
Lord Minor said bitterly, "Of course I know more than you. Don't forget, I've already been defiled by Long Tianji, but you... you haven't."
Lord Major was speechless. What does she an, 'you haven't'?
「In the suburbs, on the winding mountain road.」
The taxi continued on its way, surrounded by forest. A few kiloters away, as soon as Martial Saint Number Seven entered a certain area, he was engulfed by explosions from nurous landmines laid in ambush. Flas raged and thick smoke billowed.
However, he erged unscathed. With a single sprint, he reached the demolitions expert hiding five hundred ters away and tore him to pieces.
BANG!
Another sniper bullet from a thousand ters away struck him precisely between the eyebrows. Unfortunately, his head only tilted back for a mont before righting itself. With another leap, he was beside the sniper, killing him instantly.
"Face my blade! Asura's Three Forms!"
SWOOSH!
A long saber, carrying an aura of indomitable, tragic finality, hacked viciously toward Number Seven's neck. Number Seven casually raised a hand and caught the blade between two fingers, shattering it.
Blood sprayed for ten feet. The swordsman's head fell to the ground, his eyes still wide in disbelief.
SMACK!
Jian Hansheng slamd his palm on the office desk, shattering it. He nearly crushed the phone in his hand as well.
Who the hell is this bastard? Why is he so strong? A master of this caliber is secretly protecting a nobody like Shen Youling?!
A chill ran down his spine. He never imagined that after sending so many elite masters, they wouldn't even manage to touch a single hair on their target's head.
Jian Hansheng steeled himself and imdiately contacted Angry. "Since we can't capture her alive, kill her now!"
"Good," Angry replied with a snap of his fingers.
A device placed in the taxi then played back the sound of that snap. Long before this, the driver had, at so point, beco just as numb and puppet-like, operating the car chanically. Upon hearing the snap, he didn't hesitate for a mont. He wrenched the steering wheel and stomped on the accelerator.
And just like that, the taxi crashed through the guardrail and plunged straight off the cliff on the side of the road!
At the sa ti, the driver and Shen Youling awoke as if from a dream.
"Where am I..."
"Ahhh!!!"
One mont they were confused, the next they were both screaming in terror. Just as they were about to be dashed to pieces... Number Seven was already beneath the car. With his hands raised high, he executed the Overlord Lifts the Tripod! His feet dug directly into the rock of the cliff face as he forcefully held the car up.
Just as he was about to leap upward...
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
One, two... dozens of rockets were launched in unison. They exploded imdiately!
While the blast couldn't harm Number Seven, it was more than enough to destroy the car and kill Shen Youling and the driver.
Shen Youling's face was deathly pale, her vision completely filled by the scorching light of the explosion.
If only I had power... if only I could beco as strong as Long Tianji, then I wouldn't have to face death so helplessly...
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