NOVEL WEB chapter 168
168. Dare to Touch My Master!
“Poison Wasp” was repeatedly hit by the mysterious energy waves that passed through walls, pushed back dozens of meters. Although the waves weren’t strongly harmful, they were highly insulting.
For a veteran assassin like him, it was a great humiliation to be hit repeatedly by the opponent’s covert strikes.
Moreover, he was clueless about this sinister technique—attacking the enemy through multiple barriers without damaging them.
It was extremely eerie; he had never encountered such a bizarre and ghostly technique in countless missions.
“Poison Wasp’s” advantage had been completely turned into a disadvantage by his opponent. He had intended to hide behind barriers to dodge hidden weapons and then attack with over a dozen darts.
Instead, he was now being attacked by an unknown ghostly energy wave utilized by his opponent through multiple barriers.
Furthermore, he couldn’t predict the direction of the energy waves. He couldn’t see his opponent, and as for sensing the energy, he only detected Lin Nuo’s presence, not the ghostly energy waves—or perhaps they had no presence at all.
“You’ve really outplayed me.”
“Poison Wasp” gritted his teeth. As he was hit by the ghostly energy waves multiple times, his control over the darts became chaotic. He had to focus on dodging the ghostly energy waves, which distracted him from controlling the darts, unable to restrain Lin Nuo. He had no choice but to change tactics.
Now at a disadvantage in long-range combat, he had to switch to close-quarters combat quickly.
Bang!
While contemplating, “Poison Wasp” was hit by another ghostly energy wave, pushed back several steps.
As for Lin Nuo, although the initial few moves of attacking through barriers had satisfyingly hit “Poison Wasp,” his own strength hadn’t fully increased yet. The intensity of the barrier-penetrating attacks wasn’t enough to kill his opponent. On the contrary, the continuous use also consumed a lot of energy.
Therefore, close combat was a must.
Close combat was risky, but it was also a sound strategy to completely crush the opponent.
The “Hornet” retracted his darts, but Lino’s energy waves through objects continued unabated, relentlessly assaulting the “Hornet.” However, as the attacks increased, the experienced “Hornet” gradually figured out Lino’s energy wave patterns and was able to dodge them.
Closing in, he sensed Lino’s presence, rapidly approaching him.
A close-range strike to catch you off guard!
Yet, as he was about to close in, Lino, without a word, leaped out from behind the house, brandishing his blade and charging at the “Hornet.”
The villains, it seemed, had similar thoughts and chose close combat.
Lino’s actions were unexpected for the “Hornet,” but this was good; direct close combat would be a thrilling fight.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The two men weaved across the rooftops, the clash of weapons following the flashes of blades, echoing through the streets.
The sudden fight sent the townspeople into a panic, thinking something terrible had happened, and they hurriedly ran away, plunging the street into chaos.
Meanwhile, Ling Meng had just finished trying on clothes in the clothing store.
“Has Master not returned yet?”
In her confusion, the next second she saw the townspeople hurriedly scattering outside and realized the shopkeeper seemed to be closing up. “Shopkeeper, what happened?”
“There’s a martial feud outside, it’s destroyed houses and tiles. You better hurry home, young lady, to avoid getting involved.”
“A martial feud? So sudden?”
“It’s not that sudden. There’s been an influx of outsiders recently, and many of them are masters. Who knows what grudges they’ve accumulated in the past. There have been quite a few disputes lately, but they were all minor scuffles. This time it’s escalated, and they’ve started killing. Many people died at that seasonal canned pastry shop. Oh, and that young man who came with you, he seems to have gone that way.”
“Ah, Master went there?!”
Ling Meng’s heart skipped a beat, worried about her master who had not yet returned.
Although her master was powerful, getting accidentally involved in a martial feud was not good.
She hurried to find her master’s whereabouts.
Ling Meng left the carefully chosen dress aside; how could she be in the mood to buy clothes when her master was missing?
She ran to the pastry shop mentioned by the shopkeeper and saw bloodstains and a group of bodies on the ground.
Observing the knife marks and breaches on the walls, it must have been a fierce battle.
“Master, where are you? Master, where are you?!”
Ling Meng searched everywhere near the pastry shop but couldn’t find Lino.
This was bad, could it be…
Her heart tensed, filled with fear. What if something had happened to her master?
Hearing the continuous clashing of weapons on the rooftop, Ling Meng looked up.
She saw two men leaping back and forth on the rooftop, battling with such speed that it was admirable.
The man in the pale grey cloak…
It’s Master, Master is there!
So the so-called vendetta of the martial world was a grudge borne by Master.
Who is the opponent?
She saw clearly, it was the same man who had rudely bumped into Master in front of the notice board, and the one who had glared at Master with clenched teeth at the inn.
She had taken issue with that man long ago; had it not been for Master’s advice to let it go, she would have turned him to ashes.
Now, look at this, Master’s mercy has led to him being troubled by that man.
Such a person deserves to die ten thousand times!
Rage ignited within Ling Meng’s heart, with only one thought now: to kill that man!
As for Lin Nuo, he was evenly matched with “Poison Bee,” neither gaining the upper hand.
“Not bad, not bad, keep it coming! Let’s see how long you, a mere junior, can last!”
“Poison Bee” was increasingly excited, having not encountered a man who could last so long in close combat for ages.
His fighting spirit was aroused, the blade swinging faster, his mouth spouting various exhilarating taunts.
Lin Nuo remained silent, well aware that as an excellent villain, one must never speak too much trash talk.
In the moment the blade swung down, Lin Nuo swiftly dodged, creating an illusion to strike “Poison Bee” from front and back.
“Useless, useless!”
“Poison Bee” laughed maniacally, immediately using a disillusionment technique to break Lin Nuo’s illusion.
However, as soon as the disillusionment technique was cast, Lin Nuo retracted the illusion, the light of disillusionment vanished, the illusion reappeared, the light reemerged, and the illusion was retracted again. After more than a dozen cycles of light and shadow, “Poison Bee” grew irritated, and Lin Nuo, seizing the opportunity, swung his blade.
But he was quick to react, parrying with his sword, yet Lin Nuo, disregarding martial honor, followed up with a left jab, punching directly at “Poison Bee’s” face.
“Poison Bee” was struck by the punch and fell from the sky, rolling several times upon landing, stirring up clouds of dust.
“Damnable creature.”
“Poison Bee” hurriedly stood up, only to find a woman dressed like Lin Nuo standing before him.
“If you don’t want to die, get out of the way.”
“How dare you touch my Master!”
“Then die, woman.”
Enraged, “Poison Bee” swung his blade at the woman before him, but she didn’t dodge, meeting the attack with a palm strike.
“Poison Bee’s” blade shattered instantly under the powerful energy.
“What?!”
Boom!
In an instant, “Poison Bee’s” internal organs were shattered, blood spewing from his mouth as he was thrown a hundred meters away.