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Chapter 253 The murderous intent hidden in the scabbard

Linglu, who was originally just planning to tell Fang Yi that the [Minister] would be coming here tomorrow and give a price for the 'exchange' of the [Imperial Tool] [Perfect Hand of God], suddenly became furious when she saw Disma standing at the second-floor door with a gun aimed at her.

[You dare to point a gun at me?]

[I want to see how strong Fang Yi's talent is, despite being so boastful!]

Judging from his attitude towards Izo during the day, he would definitely attack me if his friends were targeted. Therefore, my counterattack wouldn't be considered a violation of the [Minister's] 'rules'.

Seeing that the person walking out of the door was not Fang Yi, but the other party's friend whose fighting ability was not as good as Yi Zang, Ling Lu, who had made up her mind, immediately launched a deliberate provocation.

"I admire your courage to raise your gun, but have you considered the price you'll pay for pointing it at me?

"If you point a gun at me, I'm going to kill you.

"You are Fang Yi's friend, right? But I think you are more suitable to be a servant or follower. After all, it's not a big deal for me to kill a servant or follower with my bare hands."

Linglu, one of the four Rakshasa ghosts, changed her previous polite sitting posture, and lay on the sofa with her arms outstretched, looking at Disma who was standing at the door on the second floor with a gun aimed at her.

The whole person spoke threatening words to the robber in a somewhat lazy manner.

As the female warrior spoke, her head was raised high like a crowing rooster, with an air of incomparable arrogance.

The face with a horizontal scar showed not only a hint of madness but also obvious sarcasm.

It was obvious that the advice of the Four Rakshasa Ghosts, Ji, and the "boasting" of Fang Yi had greatly aroused the rebellious heart of this female warrior.

What answered her was the robber's low and murderous voice and a face twisted and ferocious with anger.

"Another 'guest' who came uninvited like those two, radiating strong malice.

"I'll count to three! Get up!

"You are a woman with a foul breath that is disgusting!

"Don't lean your dirty, bloody hands on the sofa here!"

The robber's hand holding the flintlock rifle did not tremble or deform, and he did not let go because of Linglu's intimidation.

The flintlock rifle, which looked a bit 'worn', was still pointed stubbornly and steadily at the relaxed Linglu.

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In response to the robber's harsh rebuke, Linglu simply glanced at the muzzle of Disma's gun and continued to provoke him in a nonchalant tone.

"How did you discover my ill intentions? I thought I hid them well.

"Your perception is pretty good too. You can actually see the blood on my hands from when I dealt with the guards stalking here. It seems you're even better than I thought.

"Also, although your hands were steady, your demeanor betrayed you. If you wanted to shoot, you should have fired the bullet the moment you saw me, your 'enemy', raise my gun.

"I suppose you don't have the courage to shoot, so I'll give you a piece of advice. Don't treat 'guests' as roughly as you treated that samurai and the fashionable doctor."

What answered Linglu was the roar of the flintlock in Disma's hand, the smoke and dust raised, and the silver bullet that was attached with the aura of destroying evil.

Looking at the worn flintlock rifle in the robber's hand, he saw that in just a moment it fired several bullets that he felt were dangerous.

Ling Lu's eyes lit up and her interest increased greatly.

[Interesting, this attack is surprisingly not weak.]

Faced with the bullet that he knew was somewhat powerful, this Rakshasa Four Ghosts did not dodge or evade, but simply raised his hand and examined his right hand like a woman who was raising her hand to admire the exquisite and expensive manicure after having done it, and examined it.

It was not until Disma's bullet flew close to her that her arms softened and her extremely skillful [Body Control] was activated.

In an instant, the entire arm began to dance rhythmically like the noodles in the hands of a ramen chef.

As his arms danced, the nails of this Rakshasa Four Ghosts also grew wildly, extending dozens of centimeters long like Wolverine's claws.

After using the [superpower] of her nails to separate and scatter all the robbers' bullets, Linglu slowly began to criticize Disma's bullets.

"It's amazing. The firearm in your hand is clearly a single-shot flintlock rifle, but it has a capacity far exceeding that of a firearm loaded with lead bullets.

"Is this your Imperial Tool? I remember you haven't mastered the power yet."

As Linglu spoke, she looked at Disma who was running towards her without saying a word, holding a dagger, and the madness on her face became even stronger.

The female warrior's smile was accompanied by several malicious words squeezed out from between her teeth.

“Refusing to communicate, not answering?

“Interesting, I’m free to play with you today.

"Although I can't kill you, it's reasonable that the toy is missing arms and legs after playing with it."

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But Linglu, who said it jokingly, was not arrogant.

Looking at the robber's dagger, the female warrior, sensing that this dagger was not simple, stood up and stretched out two fingers towards the attacking weapon without knowing her own limitations.

The momentum that was about to reach the state of [mastery], with the intention of becoming stronger despite setbacks, also began to expand slightly.

As always, sarcastic words echoed in the empty living room.

"Let me give you an idea of ​​the huge gulf between you and me.

"Look here, you ignorant man!

"To prevent you from being unable to reach me, I used a 'momentum' that was only 30% powerful after suppression, and also used some techniques that only I could master.

"But even this tiny 'light' that penetrates the wall is enough for you to realize how powerful I am!"

As soon as Ling Lu finished speaking, the sharp dagger followed the robber's body and pierced into her chest like a long dragon.

The response of the four Rakshasa ghosts was simply to put the two fingers they extended together.

When the robber's dagger was about to touch her body, she instantly collapsed her entire arm like flowing water.

Using only two fingers, she held the robber's dagger directly against him without taking a step back, and easily resolved the attack.

The robber's strong body was unable to move due to the loss of kinetic energy and the influence of "potential".

Looking at the robber whose left hand holding the dagger was trembling slightly and whose right hand was trying to raise to pull the trigger but was unable to move, Linglu smiled indifferently.

"See? Even though your body is incredibly strong, the outcome of this competition has already been determined.

"You don't have the 'power' to counter my 'power'."

After saying this, Linglu turned her eyes and began to catch Fang Yi's whereabouts.

[I think Fang Yi has gained Ji's approval. This shows that I have some ability to fight his friends. In this case, he should take action.]

Before Linglu could finish her thoughts, she sensed a sudden surge of condensed and unyielding momentum around her.

What followed was the low roar of the nearby guns and the evil wind stirred up by the enemy's fists.

The fear of impending death made Linglu's body move faster than her mind, and she took the initiative to make an instinctive survival reaction.

While activating [Flesh Control] to dodge the enemy's ominous bullets, she rapidly expanded her Momentum to its full potential to delay the enemy's attack. She turned her head and looked at the face of the handsome man approaching her, a look of disbelief on her face.

【When did he come here! 】

[Even though I was careless and didn't use my full strength at the beginning, how could he avoid my perception! ]

[How can he move freely within my 'power' without deploying his 'power'?]

Before Linglu could blurt out the question in her mind, Fang Yi's malicious words uttered with a standard smile on his face also reached her ears.

"Your next sentence was about how I could move freely within your 'shi' without deploying my 'shi', right?"
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Following the words that revealed his true thoughts, the bullet began to turn and accelerate again in front of his incredulous gaze, and the opponent's fist accelerated like a staged rocket, not affected by his "momentum" at all, and rushed straight towards his head.

[The other party just used the [Condensation] technique that I spent so much time thinking about and then using in battle? How is this possible? Did I see it wrong?]

Ling Lu, who had suppressed her fear, no longer cared about maintaining the demeanor she had created before and continued to pretend to be cool.

She quickly loosened the two fingers holding Disma's dagger as if she had touched a hot potato.

The unyielding momentum within his body instantly reached its maximum power, and the [body manipulation] that he had mastered over the past few years was activated again.

But this time it is not for attacking, but for avoiding the enemy's attack.

But in a moment, Ling Lu's entire body seemed to have lost all its bones, and turned into liquid and "flowed" behind her to deal with Fang Yi's attack.

While dodging Fang Yi's attacks, this Rakshasa Four Ghost Mouth was not idle either, and chose to attack on two fronts.

She also quickly reported her purpose.

"The [Minister] will personally recruit you into the camp tomorrow and offer you a huge sum of gold.

"I've received orders to come and deliver a message in advance. By the way, I want to tell you not to exchange Dr. Fashion's [Imperial Tool], but to keep it in your possession!"

Looking at Ling Lu who dodged his sneak attack, kept a distance from him, said words of cowardice, and only dared to gather her "force" in front of herself to prevent him from attacking again, the smile on Fang Yi's face did not change at all.

He just sighed a few times in his heart.

"This sneak attack to suppress our strength has indeed failed, but it's still acceptable for completing the mission and getting the reward.

"After all, I just saw her use that technique of concentrating 'momentum' once, and it would be difficult to master it in this second and use it to kill the opponent.

"As expected, suppressing his strength and using only the character of [Imperial Youth Fang Yi], without using a knife, it's a bit difficult to kill the opponent in one blow."

Just a few seconds ago, when Fang Yi walked out of the room and was about to take action, the reminder sound of the reincarnation space rang in his ears, and the task that appeared afterwards prompted him to change his mind of killing the other party directly.

[The optional quest for [Warrior's Path] has been triggered]
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Using barbarians to control barbarians

[Quest Requirements: Master the technique of the 'momentum' used by [Linglu], and defeat [Linglu] in battle using a method that does not exceed the power of the skill [King of Fists Temple Hundred Split Fist].]

[Basic Mission Reward: 2000 points, 1 B-level plot point.]

[Performance Mission Reward: Knowledge about the Warrior's Momentum.]

[The knowledge of the warrior's power in the performance quest reward will be reduced or increased depending on the number of rounds used to complete the quest.]

[Countdown: 4 minutes and 59 seconds]
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With the goal of acquiring more knowledge about "momentum" and combining the two "moments" in the body into one as soon as possible.

Fang Yi gave up on killing the opponent with a knife in this sneak attack, and instead observed and imitated the techniques used by the opponent, using the [Fist King Temple Hundred Ripping Fist] to deliver a low-powered attack.

And now I hear the prompt sound in my ears, "You have observed and understood the techniques used by your opponent. Influenced by your talents [Extraordinary Gravity] and [Diligent Study and Improvement], you have mastered the derivative skill [Condensed Momentum] of the skill related to 'Momentum'."

Looking at Linglu who was concentrating her momentum and being on guard against a sneak attack.

He wasn't going to throw any more punches.

If he punches again, the reward for the task will be reduced. Now, as long as he forces the other party to choose to admit defeat, even if he defeats the other party in one round, the reward for the task will naturally reach the highest.

At the same time, before he was absolutely sure of killing his way through the [Minister's Camp] and clearing out the hunters, he was not prepared to kill Ling Lu in this capacity and chose to cut off his own arm and make enemies with the [Minister] for no reason.

He hasn't gotten enough gold coins from the [Minister].

[I'll kill you tomorrow when I put on the [Death in the Mist] vest.]

After arranging the opponent's death, Fang Yi slowly put away his empty fist, touched the unsheathed [California Kiyomitsu] at his waist, and began to force the opponent to admit defeat with nonchalant words.

"The punch was too loud, I couldn't hear what you were saying.

"Are you going to continue challenging me?

"Let me make it clear first, if I were to face you, I would only unsheathe this sword once."

Hearing Fang Yi's words with implicit murderous intent and faintly sensing the ominous aura from the other party's scabbard, Ling Lu's muscles tensed up instantly.

For some reason, Linglu felt that if she accepted the other party's challenge at this moment, she would most likely die.

Although Fang Yi's "momentum" was only about to enter the realm of "familiarity" at this moment, and he had just launched a sneak attack when his "momentum" had not yet fully unfolded, and theoretically posed no threat to her, this Rakshasa Four Ghosts decided to trust her intuition once.

【You only have one life.】

She lowered her head and decisively admitted defeat to Fang Yi.

"I'm so sorry, my punch was too loud just now, so I couldn't hear what you said!
"The Minister asked me to come and invite you."

Ling Lu's whispered words were interrupted by Fang Yi's loud voice before she could finish.

“No spirit!
“I can’t hear you!

“What were you just saying?
"louder please!"
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Hearing Fang Yi's "roar", Ling Lu had to take a deep breath and suppress the anger in her heart.

[Just wait, you're a bit weird and I can't handle you. I don't believe I can't handle your companions.]

[There is still a long way to go, let’s wait and see! ]

Ling Lu, who had prepared herself mentally, was on guard against Fang Yi's sneak attack, and raised her voice to give a "confusing right and wrong" response.

"My punch was too loud and I didn't hear what you said!!!
"Minister, please come."

"The mission [Using barbarians to control barbarians] has been completed, earning 2000 points and 1 B-level plot point."

"Your performance mission reward bonus has reached its maximum. The knowledge related to the warrior's 'momentum' will be distributed later."

Listening to the prompt sound of completing the task, looking at Linglu who was like a frightened bird.

Satisfied, Fang Yi waved his hand and temporarily let go of the opponent who was on the "selection list" of [Death in the Mist] tomorrow, and turned his attention to the robber whose breath had returned to normal.

Now is a good time to find out the robber's natural abilities, and he believes that the other party will not refuse to reveal this information to him.

Fang Yi plans to take this opportunity to quickly understand his companions' abilities so that he can make the best use of them in the next mission.

He was also very curious about how the robbers discovered Linglu's whereabouts before him.

　I deleted some unfinished drafts and will continue to update tomorrow until this volume is finished.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)