The Giant Tiger leaped into mid-air, its massive tiger eyes fixed on the group ahead, its sharp fangs flashing cold light under the candlelight.
Faced with this soul-stirring scene, the four Jinwu Guards, including Lu Lingfeng, felt a pang of panic and instinctively retreated outwards.
“Bang!”
With a loud crash, the Giant Tiger landed heavily on the ground and turned to look at the two people forced against the window.
One of these two was a Jinwu Guard who had come with Lu Lingfeng, and the other was the old man in black who was here for some unknown reason.
Seeing them targeted by the tiger, everyone, including Su Wuming above, held their breath for them.
Suddenly, Su Wuming’s gaze sharpened, as if he had discovered something, staring intently at the floor beneath the tiger’s feet.
Strange...
Judging by the tiger's size, it must weigh at least a thousand catties.
How could such a massive creature, weighing that much, land with such force and not shatter the floorboards?
Just as Su Wuming was feeling suspicious, the old man being stared at finally couldn't bear the pressure, let out a terrified shout, and jumped out the window.
Seeing this, the Jinwu Guard cornered gritted his teeth and, mimicking the old man, turned and bolted toward the window.
“Don’t jump!!”
At this critical moment, an anxious voice came from outside the door.
Everyone was startled and turned to look, seeing a figure in a Green Robe rushing in from the doorway, holding a piece of Refined iron, panting as he pulled off the face covering, shouting:
“Don’t jump, there’s a trap outside the window!”
What?!
Everyone was shocked, especially the Jinwu Guard who had already reached the window, who stopped abruptly.
“Phew~ I made it just in time, my efforts were not in vain!”
Seeing Su Wuming hanging up there just like in the Original Work, the Scholar in the Green Robe let out a long sigh, a smile appearing on his handsome face.
At the same time, Su Wuming, who had long recognized his cousin's voice, finally confirmed his identity and couldn't help but exclaim: “Su Haoming?!”
“Why are you here?!”
He glanced at his cousin at the door, then at the Giant Tiger below, and roared: “Why aren't you running?!”
Su Haoming held a pistol and asked strangely, “Running from what?”
Su Wuming glared at him: “Can’t you see there’s a tiger here?!”
Su Haoming shook his head: “Older brother, I know you are worried about my safety, but don't use such a clumsy excuse. With your intelligence, can’t you see the true nature of this thing?”
At these words, everyone, including Lu Lingfeng, was stunned.
Only Su Wuming was not surprised; instead, he showed an expression of 'just as I thought,' then sighed deeply: “Silly child, since you discovered the trap outside the window, how can you be sure there isn't other danger here?”
“What other danger?”
Staring at the pacing tiger ahead, Lu Lingfeng gripped his Tang Dao and couldn't help but ask: “Su Wuming, what exactly are you two talking about?!”
Hearing Lu Lingfeng’s question, Su Haoming glanced at him, casually picked up a wooden board from the ground, and threw it forward with force.
“Whoosh~”
Accompanied by a not-so-intense Sound of breaking air, the wooden board spun as it flew toward the tiger.
Seeing this, Lu Lingfeng couldn't help but widen his eyes, staring at Su Haoming in disbelief, seemingly unable to understand why he would use such a method to attract the tiger's attention.
In his view, an attack of this magnitude certainly wouldn't harm the Giant Tiger; instead, it would only incite its rage, causing it to turn and attack Su Haoming.
And indeed, that is what happened. Facing the incoming wooden board, the tiger let out a roar and unhesitatingly swung its tiger paw to swat it away.
But what Lu Lingfeng never expected was that the scene of the wooden board shattering did not occur. The moment the two made contact, the board actually sank into the tiger's paw and continued flying forward with undiminished momentum.
“Thud!”
A muffled sound, and smoke billowed out.
Lu Lingfeng and the others were caught off guard, their faces covered in dust, and they quickly raised their hands to fan it away.
When the smoke cleared, the Giant Tiger, over four meters long, had vanished. All that remained on the dust-covered ground was a Tiger skin stitched together with red thread.
“...What is going on?”
Lu Lingfeng stared blankly at the tiger skin on the ground.
“Just as you see before your eyes.” Su Haoming walked forward and said lightly, “The tiger never existed; this is just a fake assembled from several tiger skins, combined with the Silk thread sewn onto the skin, and dust with Hallucinatory effects, which caused you to have an Illusion.”
The Jinwu Guard beside him couldn't help but ask: “Like a marionette?”
Su Haoming bent down: “Exactly.”
Saying this, he picked up the wooden board from the ground and showed Lu Lingfeng the Silk thread tangled around it.
Lu Lingfeng took the wooden board, looked at the wrapped Silk thread, and the stitched Tiger skin at his feet, his face shifting between pale and ashen.
It was clear that this Zhonglang General among the Jinwu Guards, born into a noble family and naturally possessing Pride, was feeling ashamed of his behavior just now.
Not only him, but the faces of the other three Jinwu Guards were also not looking good.
Su Haoming glanced at the Master and servant pair still hanging above and said with some dissatisfaction: “Why are my cousin and Uncle Qian still hanging up there? Hurry up and let them down!”
The three Jinwu Guards snapped back to attention, exchanged glances, and looked at Lu Lingfeng.
Lu Lingfeng was silent for a moment, dropped the wooden board in his hand, and said softly: “Let them down.”
The three Jinwu Guards then moved to lower Su Wuming and Uncle Qian.
Su Haoming quickly stepped forward and helped the elderly Uncle Qian up.
“Finally down!”
Su Wuming breathed a sigh of relief and pulled off the ropes on his body.
Just as he stood up, Lu Lingfeng had appeared before him at some unknown time, staring at him with a solemn expression:
“Su Wuming, how did you discover it?”
“Look at the ground!”
Su Wuming pointed at the floorboards, irritably saying: “This tiger is so huge; if it were real, the floorboards would have been crushed through long ago!”
As soon as he said this, before Lu Lingfeng could say anything, the other three Jinwu Guards exclaimed first.
“Yes, such a simple principle, how did we not notice!”
By the time you notice, it’ll be too late!
Su Haoming couldn't help but roll his eyes internally.
Lu Lingfeng turned his head and stared at him: “You figured it out that way too?”
Su Haoming shook his head: “No, I wasn't affected at all. In my eyes, it was always a tiger skin.”
Saying this, he raised his left hand, where he was holding the face covering he had just pulled off.
So he rushed in with his face covered...
Su Wuming frowned and reprimanded: “Su Haoming, you are too reckless—”
Before he finished speaking, Lu Lingfeng’s expression changed drastically, and he suddenly reached out and pulled Su Wuming.
At the same moment, over a dozen Arrows broke through the air from outside the door, perfectly covering the Direction/Position where Lu Lingfeng and Su Wuming stood.
“There really was a Backup Plan!”
Lu Lingfeng sneered, stepped forward with his blade, and the Style Tang Dao danced in his hand like a swimming dragon, knocking down all dozen or so incoming Arrows in the blink of an eye.
“Clang, clang, clang!”
Hearing the sounds from behind, Su Wuming was startled and quickly hid behind a pillar.
Meanwhile, Su Haoming, as if foreseeing everything, had already taken Uncle Qian and hidden behind Cover. Seeing his cousin squeeze over, he still had the leisure to wink, as if to say, 'Who is more reckless now?'
...This ungrateful brat!
Knowing there was danger, why didn't he run away with his Older brother?
Su Wuming couldn't help but glare at Su Haoming.
Su Haoming chuckled softly: “With General Lu here, Older brother’s safety is definitely not a problem!”
That’s what he said, but he should at least show some consideration!
Su Wuming sighed, suddenly spotting the Refined iron in Su Haoming’s hand, and frowned:
“I’ve wanted to ask since a moment ago, what is that you’re holding?”
Su Haoming thought for a moment, raised the Pistol, and said seriously: “Truth!”
Truth?
Su Wuming looked surprised.
“An Immortal has achieved Ascension!”
Just then, a shout suddenly came from outside the door.
Lu Lingfeng’s sword-like eyebrows furrowed, and he immediately strode toward the door.
The other three Jinwu Guards exchanged glances, holding their Tang Daos, and followed while protecting the three Su family members.
Upon reaching the door, they saw the Ghost Market members who hadn't managed to flee kneeling on the ground, worshipping the sky with terrified expressions.
“An Immortal has achieved Ascension!”
“An Immortal has achieved Ascension!”
Su Wuming and the others hurriedly looked up and saw a Blurred Figure about ten meters high in the sky, holding a White Banner, slowly floating upward.
Seeing Su Wuming and the others emerge from the Residence, this person deliberately looked over and let out a cryptic, cackling laugh.
“That’s Yin Shilang’s White Banner!”
Lu Lingfeng’s face turned ashen: “Damn it, he got away!”
“Boom!”
Before the words finished, a deafening, massive sound suddenly reached their ears.
Yin Shilang, who had been laughing arrogantly just a moment ago, let out a piercing scream, his body plummeting downward diagonally like a kite whose string had snapped.
Seeing this, the shouts of ‘Immortal’ abruptly stopped. Su Wuming and the others were also startled by the sudden loud noise, staring at Su Haoming beside them in shock.
They saw Su Haoming raise the Gunpoint, blow lightly on it, and say dismissively:
“You try to run after showing off?”
“Do you think the Truth in my hand is just for show?!”