Chapter 119
Chapter 119
The carriage was safer than outside, at least. As she lay beneath the couch listening to blades clash and steel plunge into flesh, Shengsheng Zhou wondered whether Fusheng Duan was all right.
If anything happened to him, what would she do?
*A-Pang, I regret it.*
A-Pang was curled nervously inside her hair. *Why? Do you regret coming out with the villain?*
Shengsheng shook her head. *No. I regret being lazy and never seriously learning the Sunflower Acupoint-Striking Technique.*
A-Pang: *…I’m impressed you still remember that.*
When A-Pang thought of the martial arts manual that Shengsheng had exchanged for, then tossed to the back of her mind and left gathering dust who knew where, he could not help finding it a pity.
*Don’t mention it. In youth, I knew not the need to study; with white hair, I rue that learning came too late…*
A-Pang: *Is that really how the saying is supposed to be used?*
She was about to answer when another arrow shot inside. Shengsheng hastily ducked lower. *A-Pang, go out and see how many people are out there.*
His body trembling, A-Pang flew outside. After all, no one but Shengsheng could see him.
Before long, he returned in a daze. *Shengsheng! There are so many assassins outside! At least dozens!*
That many? The two of them had traveled in utmost secrecy. Who had sent these assassins?
No matter how well Fusheng could fight, one man could never defeat so many assassins. He must be struggling terribly right now.
*A-Pang, is there anything that can help us escape this predicament?*
A-Pang searched through his mind with a grave expression. *Shengsheng, the shop has refreshed, but it’s all everyday items. Hm… Wait, this!*
Shengsheng asked anxiously, *What is it?*
A-Pang’s face lit up. *A Word of Power! Ten minutes of Word of Power! It’s just a little expensive… and you don’t have many System Points left.*
Holy crap, what kind of ultimate weapon was that? Did it mean whoever she ordered to die would have no choice but to die?!
*That’s the one! I want it, however expensive it is!* Shengsheng said.
Carefully poking her head out, Shengsheng dragged the dead driver’s body over to use as a shield.
“Brother, let me borrow you for a bit. Make sure you get a good look at who killed you, all right? It had nothing to do with me.”
Shengsheng spoke cautiously, not forgetting to prop up the driver’s nearly severed head, which remained attached by only a strip of skin.
To her astonishment, the moment she finished speaking, the long-dead driver abruptly opened his eyes and met Shengsheng’s gaze with a sinister stare.
Shengsheng: “…?”
The driver, who had been serving as her shield, then lurched to his feet. His nearly severed head drooped from his neck as he ran away in a grotesque, terrifying posture.
A-Pang covered his eyes, utterly despairing. *Shengsheng, you have Word of Power active now! You need to watch what you say!*
An assassin preparing to ambush the man who looked prettier than a woman suddenly felt a chill behind him.
Professional instinct made his body move faster than his mind. He thrust his blade backward–and struck nothing.
He sighed in relief, thinking he had imagined it. Just as he began to turn around, his gaze shifted and abruptly met a pair of eyes resting upon a head drooped over one shoulder.
Those eyes brimmed with resentment and malice, staring at him without blinking.
Was that not the driver he had killed earlier?!
“A ghost!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Sudden terror made him forget where he was. He sprang straight into the arms of one of his companions.
But he forgot he was still holding his blade and “accidentally” stabbed straight through his companion.
His companion collapsed, and he fell to the ground as well. The ghostly driver shuffled after him and squatted down. His nearly detached head swayed as he continued staring unblinkingly at the assassin, as if prepared to watch him until the end of time.
Quite a few people witnessed this horrifying scene and unconsciously moved farther away.
Fusheng, who had been vigilant from the start, naturally caught sight of it as well. Yet he only knitted his brows faintly and glanced toward the carriage without betraying a thing.
The culprit, Shengsheng, watched the entirely unplanned spectacle and rubbed her chin. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to make her move.
She stretched out both hands toward the assassins nearby. Crooking her fingers into claws, she let killing intent flash through her eyes and murmured, “Be torn apart, assassins.”
The moment her words fell, an inconceivable transformation overtook the people she had called “assassins.”
Unable to bear what was coming, Fusheng Duan turned his face away.
Then screams rose one after another.
“Ah! My clothes!”
“What the–what happened to my pants?!”
“Don’t look! You beast! Don’t look!”
“Holy shit, are all of you really that unimpressive?!”
“Bullshit! I’m built like an ox, you scrawny chicken!”
“What?! I wasn’t talking about your physique!”
Like a row of dominoes, the clothing on every assassin dressed in black tore apart one after another, exposing buttocks pale, dark, and even thickly covered in hair.
Faced with this eye-searing spectacle, Shengsheng Zhou pursed her lips.
She swore this truly had not been her intention!!!
The assassin confronting the resurrected driver was stripped naked as well. At that exact moment, the driver’s head finally succumbed to gravity and fell off, rolling neatly between the assassin’s legs.
The assassin lowered his head and met the staring eyes of the severed head.
“…”
Was it his imagination, or did he see contempt in those hate-filled eyes???
Of everyone present, the only person besides Shengsheng herself who best understood who had done this was probably Fusheng.
He had never known that Little Tail had this particular hobby…
His eyes instantly turned dark and unfathomable. Like a true seductive ghost, he slowly revealed a dangerous smile.
Because of the problem of splattering blood, he had not been killing very quickly. But now, it seemed he needed to dispose of those people who had polluted his eyes as soon as possible…
Then Fusheng saw the assassins suddenly collapse for no apparent reason, their birds swinging freely, and swallowed the rest of that thought.
As he walked toward the carriage without letting his gaze stray, Fusheng could not help wondering what excuse Shengsheng would use to play dumb this time.
It would either be, “Your Highness, how amazing! What in the world happened?” or, “Your Highness is so valiant and mighty! You defeated all of them single-handedly!” She would definitely dump the blame on him.
As he imagined it, his foul mood abruptly brightened, and he began looking forward to how he would punish the little creature tonight.
But both outside and inside, the carriage was empty.
The person who should have cried “Your Highness” and flung herself at him–
Was gone.
——
Shengsheng made muffled noises, but could not force out a single word.
This man had somehow lain in wait behind her. Just as she said, “Make all the assassins faint,” he clapped a hand over her mouth, seized her, and fled at tremendous speed.
Shengsheng frantically discussed a countermeasure with A-Pang. *A-Pang! Hurry! Laser eyes, invisibility, anything! Do you have it?!*
A-Pang answered in a panic, *Shengsheng, the cooldown isn’t over yet! We can’t exchange for anything again!*
Shengsheng cursed inwardly. Why was there a cooldown? This man was covering her mouth, which made it obvious he knew about her ability. She absolutely could not allow herself to fall into his hands.
Ruthlessness flashed through Shengsheng’s eyes. She drove her knee upward with all her strength. The instant the man cried out in pain, she jerked up her head and shouted, “Drop for your granddaddy!”
Looking at the unconscious man on the ground, Shengsheng found the patterns on his clothes strangely familiar, as though she had seen them somewhere before. With that thought, she pulled away his face covering and revealed a dark-skinned face.
A barbarian!
Shengsheng was just about to raise her head when a cold, gleaming blade pressed against her neck. A tall body approached without a sound, and a deep voice carrying a foreign accent spoke beside her ear. “What have I caught here?”