“Then, we will be taking our leave.” Yunyan and Ningguang went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs together to report a case, while Kuaixue prepared to go home.
There was no helping it, as the Wu Family’s curfew was approaching.
If Kuaixue didn’t return on time, the family would worry, and by then, A-Qing certainly wouldn’t let Kuaixue off easy.
“Mn.” Kuaixue waved goodbye.
— “?” Walking on the way home, Kuaixue sensed that someone was following.
“Troublesome.
I hope it is just a Treasure Hoarders after money.” After multiple failed attempts to shake off the stalker behind, Kuaixue thought about it and decided to deal with this “tail” following behind before going home.
Thus, Kuaixue chose to change direction, beginning to consciously or unconsciously walk towards sparsely populated areas.
Walking like this for a distance, when people could no longer be seen around, the person tracking from behind finally couldn’t help but make a move.
Hearing a rush of wind from behind, the Fatui Debt Agent rushed up behind the seemingly oblivious Kuaixue holding a white cloth soaked in anesthetic, attempting with lightning speed to cover Kuaixue’s mouth and nose, intending to drug and carry her away.
However, how could the well-prepared Kuaixue let it have its way?
The moment Kuaixue sensed the tracking Fatui Debt Agent rushing behind her, she anticipated it and quickly squatted down, supporting herself with one hand on the ground, and delivered a beautiful sweeping leg.
With a “bang”, it was evident that the person behind had been tripped to the ground.
Kuaixue looked back, but the scene before her eyes left her somewhat surprised.
The eternally unchanged bright moonlight of the full moon spilled into the gloomy alley, where lights flickered dimly within.
The houses around Kuaixue sank into darkness, standing on both sides like a forest.
The moonlight was like water, flowing along the path; the lights were like fire, lighting up the direction of the mortal world.
What a painting of a quiet night in an alley, but where were the people?
Interesting.
In Kuaixue’s perception, a person was clearly lying on the open space before her; yet in Kuaixue’s eyes, the front was completely empty.
Just as Kuaixue was stunned by the contrast between Vision and perception, under her perception, the lying person quickly got up and distanced themselves, and after a brief adjustment, regrouped and attacked once again.
Clearly there was no one in front of her, but the sound of the strong wind ringing in her ears clearly hinted at the approaching danger.
This strange combat experience made Kuaixue somewhat at a loss for a moment.
Fortunately, thanks to her innate perceptual ability, she turned danger into safety time and again during several clashes, dodging the attacks.
The Fatui Debt Agent was also secretly shocked during several clashes.
You must know that the stealth suit it wore was replicated by the Fatui based on his clearance.
This stealth suit utilized special ice crystals covering its surface, using the reflection of light to achieve a stealth effect.
Without exaggeration, this was a cutting-edge product of Snezhnaya’s technology by the Fatui.
The only flaw was that when the stealth suit was activated, the ice crystals on the surface of the suit would also be activated.
Although the ice crystals originated from his clearance and would not be easily damaged, because of this, after the ice crystals were activated, the wearer would feel extraordinarily cold.
If an ordinary person wore this suit to fight, they would probably begin to suffer from hypothermia within a minute, and if not taken off in time, would freeze to death in a short period.
Even for the Fatui Debt Agent, who had undergone training and the blessing of her fire secret arts, the combat time usually would not exceed 15 minutes.
Finally, after several rounds of exchanges, seeing that Kuaixue was gradually getting used to the specialties of fighting it, the Fatui Debt Agent decisively chose to give up capturing her alive.
With a “clang”, the Fatui Debt Agent threw away the towel in its hand and drew a sacrificial knife from its back.
Hearing this ring of the blade, Kuaixue’s expression also looked rather ugly; it seemed the opponent was not prepared to show mercy.
Kuaixue had not yet obtained a Vision, and did not have the special ability to pull out a weapon at any time and anywhere.
Facing the invisible Fatui Debt Agent who had drawn its weapon and prepared to hunt, Kuaixue thought about it and chose to avoid its sharp edge.
Time to run, time to slip away.
Kuaixue directly utilized the high mobility of the Yunlai Swordsmanship, attempting to escape.
“Where are you running?” The Fatui Debt Agent hurriedly followed.
Fortunately, Kuaixue’s movement technique was practiced quite well.
Utilizing the intricate paths within the alley, she quickly widened the distance from the Fatui Debt Agent.
If this continued, Kuaixue would soon successfully escape from its sight.
What a pity, Kuaixue’s luck seemed not so good.
“Damn it, it’s a dead end.” Kuaixue looked at the high wall in front of her with an ashen face, and just as she wanted to turn back, her exit was blocked by the Fatui Debt Agent coming from behind.
The sky being too dark coupled with unfamiliarity with the surrounding environment, these two unfavorable factors ultimately brought a lot of trouble to Kuaixue.
“It’s over.” The Fatui Debt Agent carefully approached within 5 meters in front of Kuaixue, sensing that there was a wall behind her, and could not help but secretly rejoice.
Back when it tracked that black-haired woman (Yunyan) to Baiju Inn with its colleagues, unexpectedly two more people came out afterwards.
Fortunately, their numbers were sufficient; the other three were responsible for capturing the other two people, while it was responsible for capturing the little girl in front of it alive.
Originally thinking it was a very simple task, it didn’t expect this little girl to be somewhat bizarre.
Facing the invisible it, she dodged attacks time and again, and her running speed was extremely fast, almost causing the mission to fail.
Fortunately, the Tsaritsa blessed it.
“Hmph, I advise you to give up resistance and obediently come with me.” At this moment, the situation of catching a turtle in a jar also made the Fatui Debt Agent relax.
Taking advantage of the chat, it began to recover the physical strength consumed during the previous chase.
“Who are you?
Why are you tracking me?” Kuaixue couldn’t think of any method at this time, and had no choice but to stall for time and wait for an opportunity.
“No comment.
Will you surrender yourself or prepare to meet your death?” After the Fatui Debt Agent recovered its physical strength, it prepared to take the initiative to attack.
The combat qualities Kuaixue had displayed previously made it give up the thought of capturing her alive.
At this moment, it was like a drawn sharp sword, its edge fully exposed, and the aura it released made Kuaixue feel pins and needles on her back.
If careless, she would die.
Kuaixue ushered in her first crisis and first life-and-death battle since transmigrating.
The situation was not looking good.
In Kuaixue’s mind, an analysis of the current situation was carried out.
Facing an unknown, invisible enemy, generally speaking, one could rely on dyes or elemental power to mark and cope with them.
But firstly, Kuaixue could not use elemental power, and secondly, timing and location were not on Kuaixue’s side this time.
Where could one find dye in the middle of the night?
Nighttime, pitch-black alleys, and a remote location—these elements caused Kuaixue to not have a very good method to deal with this invisible enemy.
During the previous chase, Kuaixue also tried to use sand and dust to make marks, but unfortunately, the results were minimal.
The Fatui was not a fool; how could she so easily crack this troublesome stealth.
If not for Kuaixue’s innate perceptual ability, she probably would have long been drugged and carried away by now.
“There’s no other way, if we must fight, then we fight.” Kuaixue squatted down, picked up the broken wooden board by her feet, used the wooden board as a sword, and prepared to meet the battle.
This was the only thing nearby that could serve as a weapon.
“?” The Fatui Debt Agent vaguely saw Kuaixue pick up a long and thick thing, and its heart became secretly vigilant.
Although logically speaking, this broken alley would not store any weapons with lethality, caution is the parent of safety, and it was better to be cautious.
Like this, the two confronted each other for a while.
Worried that prolonged delays would bring changes, the Fatui Debt Agent initiated the attack first.
Making a move was a lethal blow.
The Fatui Debt Agent didn’t know what method it used, leaving a lifelike afterimage in place to attract Kuaixue’s attention, while its true body, like a venomous snake aiming at its prey, stealthily made no sound, rapidly beyond reaction time, baring its fangs at Kuaixue.
A serious Kuaixue thought about it and decided to close her eyes.
From the previous battles, it could be seen that eyes would only create obstacles for the battle at hand, so Kuaixue chose to immerse her whole body and mind into perception.
Therefore, the afterimage left behind by the Fatui Debt Agent was, to Kuaixue who had closed her eyes, nothing more than “flirting with a blind person”.
In Kuaixue’s perception, she clearly discovered that the Fatui Debt Agent was closing in, so she simply played along, pretending not to have noticed, while secretly preparing a fatal strike.
“Right now!” Just as the Fatui Debt Agent raised its sacrificial knife and prepared to slash down, Kuaixue seized that momentary flaw, channeled her ability into the old wooden board, twisted her body to avoid the Fatui Debt Agent’s slash, and fiercely stabbed towards the neck of the person in front of her.
“Bang!” Kuaixue’s only weapon in hand—the old wooden board—was cut in half, leaving only the size of a dagger in her hand.
The culprit was precisely another sacrificial knife in the Fatui Debt Agent’s hand.
“It’s over.” The Fatui Debt Agent also discovered that the weapon in Kuaixue’s hand was merely a section of an old wooden board, and even the majority of this wooden board had now been cut off, leaving only a tiny fragment remaining in hand, laughable and pathetic.
Saying this, the sacrificial knife that previously missed its downward slash turned into a horizontal sweep, intending to cut Kuaixue in front of it in half at the waist.
At this time, Kuaixue, who was in close contact with the Fatui Debt Agent, had already no way to dodge.
Helplessly, she could only move the wooden board from her right hand to her left hand, grabbed the incoming sacrificial knife with her bare flesh of her right hand, and stabbed the wooden board towards the heart of the Fatui Debt Agent with her left hand.
“Foolish.” The Fatui Debt Agent made an evaluation of Kuaixue’s action at this moment.
Although due to the nature of assassination work, the effect of the protective equipment on its body was not particularly good, this did not mean that the protective suit on its body would be pierced by a tiny old wooden board.
The Fatui Debt Agent could already picture in its mind the scene where Kuaixue’s palm was cut in half, the thrusting old wooden board was casually blocked by the protective suit on its body, and her desperate strike achieved nothing.
Accompanied by the “shhh” sound of a blade entering flesh and the “clang” sound of metal collision, the battle that took place in the night alley drew to a close.
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”