Chapter 30 - 28: One Against Two, Who is the Fisherman?

Chapter 30: Chapter 28: One Against Two, Who is the Fisherman?

SWISH.

A strange sound echoed.

Before Domidi could react, a familiar voice rang out, "Enhancement!"

Hearing the voice, Domidi’s expression changed drastically, and he roared, "Look out!"

Alarm bells screamed in Yisuti’s mind. The threat of death made her hair stand on end, and she tried to react instantly.

But it was too late.

In her peripheral vision, she saw a fluttering butterfly approach at extreme speed and bury itself in her left chest, not even leaving the hilt exposed.

"Urgh..."

A tremor ran through her body.

Yisuti felt a sharp pang in her heart. The boundless strength, once fueled by hatred, instantly drained away. She could clearly feel her own vitality fading fast.

’I’m going to die!’

The heart was a vital spot for the Long-tongued Clan. A direct hit was certain death.

Yisuti was filled with despair.

She hadn’t gotten her revenge yet, and she still clung to life. To die here like this... she truly couldn’t accept it.

"Avenge... avenge me... I beg you..."

THUD.

After using her last ounce of strength to speak, Yisuti collapsed. Her body convulsed twice more, then fell still.

"Her Spiritual Heart is a high level. It will take nearly a minute to refine."

Xia Yu’s eyes flickered. She chose to temporarily abandon using the Butterfly Knife. She shrugged off her somewhat restrictive suit jacket, tossed it on the ground, and gripped her machete, her gaze fixed on Domidi.

’I never would have thought that even with my past life’s experience, I could have missed a Long-tongued Monster.’

’If I hadn’t been careful enough, I really might have been tripped up by this unexpected snag. Although I was still confident I could handle it, it would have been nowhere near this easy. I might have even been seriously injured.’

’If I got seriously injured now, Zhao Guohui would definitely have me in his sights the moment I left the Mist Event!’

The chain reaction would have had a massive impact on her future plans.

SQUELCH.

Xie Shaokun, who had just arrived, didn’t know Yisuti was already dead and opted for a finishing blow, splitting her head open with a fire axe.

Because he was already getting used to the gory scenes, and knowing the woman before him was a monster, Xie Shaokun only felt slightly nauseous and didn’t have a stronger reaction.

"Yu, don’t let it get the gun!"

He glanced at the handgun inside the room and shouted a hasty reminder.

"Don’t worry."

How could Xia Yu not know this?

Without any nonsense, she unleashed her full Power. Combined with a perfect stance for generating force, her instantaneous speed was no less than Domidi’s.

SWISH.

Domidi clearly knew the woman before him was no easy opponent. He shot out his crimson tongue.

It was incredibly fast.

Xia Yu’s pupils constricted. She saw a flash of red, and a thick, coppery scent of blood washed over her.

THWACK.

Her rich combat experience allowed her to make the correct split-second decision: she held the machete with both hands, blade facing forward.

The crimson tongue slammed right into the blade’s edge.

The enhanced machete was incomparably sharp, easily slicing the crimson tongue in two.

BAM.

The two halves of the severed tongue slammed into Xia Yu’s shoulders from either side of the machete.

A faint crack of bone sounded.

She was thrown backward like a kite with its string cut.

However, she didn’t hit the ground.

Instead, the back of her head slammed hard into Xie Shaokun’s chest.

"Ah!"

Caught completely off guard, Xie Shaokun had no time to react. The impact sent him staggering back two steps.

For a normal person, without using a superpower to enhance their own body, taking a hard blow from another person’s head was unbearable.

For a moment, he couldn’t even catch his breath.

Xia Yu, on the other hand, used Xie Shaokun’s body as a cushion. She immediately reached back, grabbed the doorframe, and with a sudden exertion of force, steadied herself and charged forward once more.

The injury and pain in her shoulders seemed to have no effect on her at all, as if they didn’t exist.

"Aaaargh!"

As for Domidi, with his most powerful Weapon destroyed, the pain and despair instantly broke his will to fight. With a wretched scream, he turned to flee.

’How foolish.’

Xia Yu’s eyes grew cold.

She was blocking the doorway. Where could he possibly run?

This kind of avoidant mentality was an absolute taboo in a duel between experts, especially when the opponent willingly exposed his back to her.

It was utterly idiotic.

He was clearly someone with extremely limited combat experience.

But since the enemy was willing to expose a weakness, it was for the best. It saved her the effort.

WHOOSH! The machete was thrown horizontally. Xia Yu used all her strength and shouted at the same time, "Enhance the blade!"

Hearing her, Xie Shaokun didn’t even bother trying to catch his breath. He immediately used his ’Enhancement’ superpower.

The two of them were in perfect sync.

And so...

SQUELCH.

Domidi’s head flew high into the air as blood gushed out, his body stumbling to the ground.

He wasn’t dead yet, but his combat ability was decimated.

He was no longer a threat.

Xia Yu didn’t let her guard down. She immediately picked up the handgun, only then letting out a slight sigh of relief.

The situation was decided.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Xie Shaokun finally caught his breath. Coughing, he pointed at Brother Li and said, "Yu, that’s Brother Li! He’s the one who told me to beat up Xia Tian."

’Xia Tian’s older sister?’

Brother Li was instantly filled with despair. His mind completely broke.

Just now, his mood had been on a rollercoaster. He’d finally seen that the survivors were human and thought he was saved, but it turned out he had a grudge with them?

Xia Yu’s fingers danced. She spun the handgun, aiming the muzzle at Brother Li.

"Don’t—don’t be hasty. We can talk about this."

Brother Li wore a sycophantic smile.

"Why did you go after my little brother?"

Xia Yu asked the question she had harbored for two lifetimes.

"I... I..."

Brother Li’s eyes darted around as he tried to weave a lie.

"Don’t make me kill you."

Xia Yu’s tone was laced with icy killing intent.

Brother Li shuddered. Especially when he saw Xia Yu’s profound eyes, he knew she was definitely someone ruthless enough to act on her threats. How could he dare to lie now? He told the truth: "There was a guaranteed admission spot for XX University at school. Director Liu’s son and Xia Tian both wanted it, but Director Liu’s son’s math olympiad and academic scores were a bit worse than Xia Tian’s, so... so Director Liu asked me to help him out."

"Right, this Director Liu’s name is Liu Daqing, and his son is Liu Zhi Xiong."

He had originally thought Xia Tian was a nobody, that just finding someone to beat him up would solve the problem. He never imagined it would cause so much trouble. He was full of bitter regret.

"Listen to this guy. Is he even human?"

Xie Shaokun cursed, "What a fucking shameless bastard."

Although his grades were poor, unlike others, he had actually tried to study hard. He only gave up after realizing he just couldn’t get it. Because of this, he knew how difficult studying was and greatly admired students with good grades.

On a normal day, he never caused trouble or talked out of turn in class, afraid of disturbing the good students.

So, if he had known the reason for the job, he would have never agreed to it, no matter what.

"It’s all Liu Daqing’s fault. That guy is full of crooked ideas."

Brother Li gave a dry cough. While cursing, he looked at Xia Yu with a fawning expression and said, "Miss, luckily your little brother wasn’t hurt."

"I promise, Liu Daqing will never dare to touch Xia Tian again. I can even find people to rough up him and his son to let you vent your anger."

"As long as you let me go."

Before Xia Yu could speak, Xie Shaokun asked with practiced ease, "Do you have cash or gold bars? Tell me the address."

’They like money?’

’That’s the one thing I don’t lack.’

’Later on, I’ll have plenty of chances to make you spit it all back out.’

Brother Li quickly formed a plan in his mind. He cooperatively gave them the address, "The safe’s combination is... As long as you get me out of here, I’ll open the safe for you myself."

Xia Yu’s brow twitched. She didn’t expose Brother Li’s intentions. Instead, she threw the machete down in front of him and said, "Since you’re being so cooperative, then..."

"Do it yourself."