In the dead of the night, Baiyi reminisced about the intimate moments he had with Little Mia. At the same time, he was huddled in his lab, working on a necklace for another girl. The necklace was meant for Laeticia, but he still had to wait for the Duke to pay him the Angel's Feather, so he was just working on a basic necklace.
But as he was doing it, he suddenly sensed something strange. He hurriedly put down what he was doing and rushed into the courtyard. He picked up the Saint Quartz Staff and smashed it against the empty air.
There was a loud clang, and sparks flew in the air. A figure in a black cloak, with only a pair of eyes exposed, took a few steps back and stared at Baiyi with a gaze as sharp as a knife.
The figure, who looked like Sven the Rogue Knight, was holding two daggers that glowed emerald green. It was obvious that the daggers were laced with deadly poison. The daggers were bent and deformed from the clash with Baiyi, so he threw them to the ground and pulled out two new daggers from his back.
"Tsk. Littering someone else's house. What a disgrace." Baiyi looked at the grass beneath his feet. The lush green grass was rapidly withering due to the deadly poison, turning into a rotten, dark black color.
Baiyi was not in a hurry to deal with that guy. After casting a Soundproof Barrier to shroud the mansion, he turned around and shot two ice arrows at the rooftop and another corner of the yard. The rooftop and the corner were instantly frozen, and the other two figures who were lurking there revealed themselves at the same time.
"Tsk, tsk. Only three people. You and your employer sure are confident." Baiyi sneered as he looked at the three assassins coming at him from three different directions. In an instant, his body was shrouded in silver light.
Baiyi waved the Saint Quartz Staff in his hand, and it formed an impenetrable circular barrier that deflected the assassins' deadly attacks. Baiyi even caught one of the assassin's weak spots and struck the assassin's waist with his staff. The assassin was sent flying with the sound of a broken rib.
Immediately, the other two retreated backwards in unison as they stared at Baiyi vigilantly. They probably did not expect this Soul Armature to have such a strong hand-to-hand combat ability.
"Get lost! Someone's begging me to let you go, "Baiyi said coldly, stabbing his Saint Quartz staff into the ground.
Shadow Assassins were powerful and fearsome, not because of their direct combat prowess, but because of their ability to conceal themselves and poison. In a direct confrontation, most of the occupations would not be able to defeat an Assassin. Baiyi did not even need to use Void Energy to nullify the Shadow Assassins' attacks.
This was a true assassin, this was the combat strength that a true assassin should have. As for the idiot in the void who was wielding a heavy sword in his left hand and a two-handed axe in his right, roaring as he charged into the crowd, that was a heretic and a weirdo.
On the other hand, Umbra was a neutral organization that was paid to eliminate disasters. Their creed did not encourage their assassins to sacrifice themselves. On the contrary, according to Lady Assassin's description, when they failed a mission, their first priority was to run for their lives instead of risking their lives. If they failed this time, they could always try again, but if they lost their lives, they would lose everything. Umbra was not an Allah Akbar organization.
That was why Baiyi tried to negotiate with them. Lady Assassin Walker had been poking him with her consciousness in the Void, trying to convince him to spare the lives of these good-for-nothing juniors.
However, the leader of the assassins did not seem to appreciate it. Instead, he responded with a flying dagger that was laced with poison. After Baiyi easily deflected the dagger, the other three assassins followed suit and threw all sorts of hidden weapons at Baiyi. Their rate of attack was very fast, about seventeen hidden weapons per two seconds.
However, none of their tricks were effective against the Sorcerer's famous technique. Not only were the hidden weapons blocked by Baiyi, some of them were even bounced back, causing the three assassins to frantically dodge their own hidden weapons. For a moment, they were in a sorry state.
The three assassins, who were discovered by Baiyi as soon as they entered the house, were obviously still at the level of a lousy apprentice. This was why Lady Assassin Walker asked Baiyi to go easy on them; they posed no threat to Baiyi at all.
Finally, someone could not stand it anymore. A voice rang out from outside the yard. "Enough! Haven't you embarrassed yourselves enough? "
The three assassins stopped what they were doing and bowed politely at Baiyi. Perhaps they were thanking him for going easy on them. Then, they ran out of the yard and stood behind a silhouette that had just appeared. They whispered to the silhouette, "I'm sorry, Mentor."
Baiyi was taken aback. He cautiously placed his Saint Quartz staff in front of his chest. He knew that the person who had been watching them from the outside was not an ordinary person. At least, he had not noticed the assassin's presence before this.
"Be careful. This guy is not to be trifled with. I'm sure he has a knife mark on his hand," Lady Assassin Walker warned in the Void.
Baiyi immediately looked at the hand of the new assassin. The assassin seemed to have noticed Baiyi's gaze, and he showed his right hand to Baiyi. He was not wielding any weapon, but he was wearing a black gauntlet with five knife marks on its back.
"Every scar on his body represents an important quest worth 100,000 gold coins. He's already completed five of them. He's a tough one to deal with," Lady Assassin Walker reminded him out of the goodness of her heart.
However, Baiyi did not appreciate her kindness. Instead, he laughed and said, "Hey, I remember that you only had one mark on your gauntlet. No wonder you only bought low-quality clothes and jewelry. You're broke, aren't you? But he has five, and you only have one. Tsk, tsk. How embarrassing. "
"Why are you still talking about this at a time like this? You're so annoying!" Lady Assassin Walker scolded angrily. She kept poking Baiyi with her consciousness. "I'll poke you to death! I'll poke you to death! "
It was obvious that the assassin did not know that an invisible senior was flirting with his target, but he was not in a hurry to make his move. Instead, he observed Baiyi patiently, as if he was looking for an opening. Suddenly, he disappeared from where he stood.
Baiyi did not even think about it. He raised his Saint Quartz staff and blocked the assassin's stab from behind. At the same time, a fiery red formation flashed under his feet.
The assassin, who had missed his attack, was also very experienced. He did not choose to continue attacking Baiyi like the other three apprentices. Instead, he quickly leaped backwards. The moment his feet left the ground, a pillar of fire as thick as a human shot up from the ground where he was standing just a moment ago, brushing past his cloak by a hair's breadth.
If he had been half a second slower, he would have been hit by the pillar of fire.
However, Baiyi's counterattack was not going to end so easily. While the assassin was still in the air, he saw Baiyi pointing at him from the corner of his eyes. A few icicles appeared out of thin air and locked on to him. Baiyi clenched his left hand into a fist, and the icicles flew towards the assassin. The assassin, who was in midair, was about to be pierced through by the icicles!
But at this moment, the assassin's figure suddenly disappeared again. The few icicles that had formed a sure-kill trap collided with each other and shattered into ice shards. The only result was a few pieces of cloth on the assassin's cloak.
"Tsk, you're very experienced, aren't you?" Baiyi turned his head and said to the assassin, who had suddenly appeared on his right.
In fact, the moment he opened his mouth, his Saint Quartz Staff once again accurately blocked the blade that his opponent threw at him. He even sized up his opponent's weapon with interest. It appeared to be the most ordinary dagger without any poison or meaningless decorative patterns, but it was tough and sharp enough to be the most suitable weapon for an assassin.
"Same to you," the assassin replied politely. Once again, he took the initiative to distance himself from Baiyi. His action was very strange, and the three assassin's apprentices, who were watching the fast-paced battle from the sidelines, were puzzled. If his opponent was a powerful sorcerer who could cast spells at an extremely fast speed, why would their mentor take the initiative to distance himself from him?
However, Baiyi knew why. He did not cast another spell to attack. Instead, he took a light step forward.
The assassin's body stiffened, and he quietly took another step back.
Baiyi took another step forward, and the assassin was forced to take another step back.
After this happened three times, the assassin could not help but ask in a low voice, "Why? How do you know the Umbra's secret technique? Who are you? "
"Heh? Looks like you're not that good at this technique, are you? "Baiyi sneered. Then, his figure disappeared from the spot.
A sense of death instantly shrouded the assassin mentor who had completed five important missions. The sense of danger that came from walking on the edge of death for a long time made him instinctively roll on the ground, dodging the fatal blow from behind.
However, the mask that was covering his face was lifted by Baiyi at the tip of his Saint Quartz staff, revealing an ordinary face. It was the kind of face that would be lost in a crowd.
"How is this possible? How could you know the Umbra's Grace?!" The assassin mentor exclaimed. His mind was in a mess. It was one thing for a sorcerer to have excellent close-range combat skills, but how could he know the Umbra's secret technique as well?
Baiyi shrugged, ignoring the mentor's question. Suddenly, a memory came to him.
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