Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Xiaoshuai’s heart lurched. Only now did he realize that someone had appeared behind him, holding a dagger to his throat.

“Bait?”

Xiaoshuai suddenly understood. No wonder Liu Ye had exposed his own information so readily. It turned out this was very likely a trap Liu Ye had set up specifically to lure them in.

“How despicable.”

Even they had never thought of using something like this in reverse to fish for people.

After all, for the bait, this sort of thing was simply far too dangerous.

He looked at Liu Ye, who was still asleep. Clearly, that had to be a stand-in. The real one was probably hidden somewhere, laughing at him for walking into the trap.

At that thought, anger flared in his chest. He had always prided himself on being a modern-day Sleeping Dragon, yet he had actually fallen for someone else’s scheme. The humiliation stung.

Gritting his teeth, he dragged his neck across the driver’s dagger. Blood sprayed out.

The driver was a little startled. He had not expected the other party to be so unyielding. The man had been taken hostage, yet he had chosen to commit suicide on the spot.

But in the next second, Xiaoshuai’s corpse turned into a scarecrow.

[Fiendish Item: Substitute Scarecrow]

[Type: Support]

[Quality: Fierce Ghost]

[Effect: Can help the holder become immune to one fatal attack. After the immunity takes effect, the Fiendish Item awakens.]

[Remark: I’ll show you all… what fear really means!]

Xiaoshuai’s figure appeared up ahead. He quickly took out a mirror and hid inside it.

His Fiendish Mirror had fragments placed back at the base. He could enter from this side and exit from the other, and this had always been his trump card.

However, the more fragmented the Fiendish Mirror became, the more severe its awakening would be.

It was still manageable in a mission world, but in the real world, long-distance teleportation like this would greatly accelerate the awakening of the Fiendish Item.

But right now, he could no longer afford to care about that.

At that moment, in front of the driver, the two Fiends-the Fiendish Mirror and the Substitute Scarecrow-awakened at the same time.

A huge scarecrow abruptly appeared in the room. Several crows stood on its body, their eyes fixed unblinkingly on Liu Ye, who was lying on the bed.

From within the Fiendish Mirror, a White-Clad Female Fiend emerged, also locking onto Liu Ye.

After all, the driver was also a Fiend. Compared to a human like Liu Ye, he naturally did not attract them as much.

However, the instant they set their sights on Liu Ye, Liu Ye suddenly rolled over and lay face down on the bed. Since it was summer, Liu Ye was bare-chested, and the Lord Guan tattooed on his back was instantly exposed.

Lord Guan’s phoenix eyes suddenly flashed with a burst of brilliant light. Then, to everyone’s shock, he actually climbed out from Liu Ye’s body.

Second Master’s body blazed with white light. His opened phoenix eyes brimmed with thick killing intent as he raised the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in his hand. With one clean swing, a blade aura shot into the sky.

The Female Fiend and the scarecrow were instantly sliced in half.

Shadow Fiend and Old Man had just reached the door when they saw a disk-sized blade aura burst through it. The two Fiends cried out “Mommy!” and dropped to their knees in perfect unison. The blade aura skimmed right over their scalps and flew out.

“Bang! Bang!”

The two Fiends, the scarecrow and the Female Fiend, did not even have the chance to scream before they vanished from this world.

“…”

The driver and the other two Fiends knelt on the floor, trembling in terror. They could sense that the Fiend before them was their absolute nemesis. Killing them would be as easy for him as slaughtering chickens.

Second Master looked down at the driver with disdain. The driver immediately panicked and hurriedly said,

“Second Master, Brother Liu and I are… we’re sworn brothers of the Peach Garden! We’ve carried guns together, visited brothels together… Uh… Anyway, we’re closer than real brothers! And… and… it just so happens that Brother Liu Ye’s surname is Liu, and mine is Guan…”
Then he pointed at the Shadow Fiend.

“This charcoal briquette here has the surname Zhang! Second Master, we might be your descendants!”

No sooner had he said that than the Shadow Fiend asked, sounding a little puzzled, “Weren’t you guys surnamed Lü-the Lü from Lü Bu? When did you change your surname to Guan?”

The driver: “…”

He shot the Shadow Fiend a glance and said, “What, Third Brother? Have you been eyeing Second Brother’s position for a long time and now you want to move up?”

“No, I just mean, this is Xia Kingdom business. As a foreigner, I shouldn’t get involved.”

As he spoke, he looked toward Second Master.

“Second Master, I’m from overseas. Don’t let my looks fool you, I’m just a little darker than most. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going now. My family back home is still waiting for me to haul bananas.”

“Foreigner my ass! Second Master, hack this traitor to death!”

Second Master watched the two of them start fighting, let out a cold snort, then turned to look at Old Man. Old Man froze, then hurriedly stroked his beard.

“Second Master, I’m a descendant of Huang Zhong…”

Second Master stared at the three idiots before him with a face full of dark lines. In the end, he turned his gaze back to Liu Ye, only to see that the eyes which had been open a moment ago were now closed.

At the sight, the three Fiends immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

A little while later, the three of them gathered in the basement, smoking and holding another meeting.

“Sigh…”

All three sighed.

“Where’s that fatty?” Old Man asked.

“At my place. I’ve got some use for him,” the driver said.

Old Man nodded and didn’t ask any further.

“But Building Manager, that idea of yours was way too sloppy. Thank goodness he only got Guan Yu tattooed today. If he’d gotten the Great Sage Equal to Heaven…”

The three Fiends imagined that scene and shuddered.

“The question is, what do we do now?” the Shadow Fiend said gloomily.

His ability was a small matter. The key point was, if Liu Ye kept scaring them like this, their poor little hearts wouldn’t be able to take it.

“Don’t worry. I’ve got a plan!” Old Man narrowed his eyes.

“What lousy idea have you come up with this time?” the driver said, speechless.

This guy’s plans had never worked before.

“How is it a lousy idea? This one is definitely going to work!” Old Man said indignantly.

“What is it?”

“Find him a job!”

The driver and the other Fiend froze, then grew excited. Right! This guy had come out of the village because he wanted to make money, hadn’t he?

Since he wanted to earn money through his own hard work, all they had to do was find him a job!

“Right, and preferably one that includes food and lodging!” The Shadow Fiend was so excited he could barely speak straight.

“Then what kind of job should we find him?” the driver asked.

“…”

The three Fiends fell silent all at once.

A few minutes later, the three Fiends smoked while Old Man downloaded 98 City on a tablet, the driver browsed DonkeyRush, and the Shadow Fiend checked the newspaper.

“What do you think about this Chef position?” the Shadow Fiend said, bringing over a newspaper.

“Forget it. He doesn’t have a Chef certificate, and they’re asking for a bachelor’s degree,” Old Man said.

“Wait, you need a bachelor’s degree to be a Chef now?” the Shadow Fiend said in shock.

“Yeah. They also require College English Test Band 4.”

The Shadow Fiend: “…”

“Then what about food delivery? The requirements aren’t high, and if he’s diligent, he can earn quite a bit,” the driver said, holding up his phone.

“He doesn’t know how to ride an electric scooter, and he doesn’t know how to use a smartphone. Most importantly, food and lodging aren’t included,” Old Man said gloomily.

The three Fiends fell silent again.