Chapter 9: Sky Full of Poison Powder

The battle was fierce, and Nie Yingying felt that she would likely be left here today.

She didn't expect this abandoned factory to be a trap set by the 'Blood Sword' mercenary group.

She was still careless; she didn't expect them to react so quickly.

She had only killed one of them last night, and today they had already set a trap.

Nie Yingying dodged a giant axe sweep and thought about how the guy from last night wasn't even killed by her own hands, feeling a bit angry again.

Just as she was stunned, the second-in-command of the 'Blood Sword' mercenary group shot the crossbow arrow in his hand.

And their boss also seized the opportunity; a silver light lit up on the greatsword, stabbing fiercely toward Nie Yingying's left rib, completely sealing off Nie Yingying's path to dodge.

Of two evils, choose the lesser; if she were stabbed by that greatsword, she would be skewered on it on the spot.

A pair of small daggers merged and collided with the greatsword.

"Ding!"

Everything seemed to be a replay of the beginning; Nie Yingying again used the reaction force to dodge to the right.

It was just that this time she wasn't so lucky.

With a muffled sound, the short arrow pierced fiercely into Nie Yingying's abdomen.

Nie Yingying endured the pain and leaped a big step backward, opening the distance between herself and the few people.

The 'Blood Sword' mercenary group saw Nie Yingying was injured and didn't pursue anymore.

"Hmph! Stinky woman, you've finally fallen into our hands!"

"Stinky woman, hand over the invitation letter to the Little Garden; that thing isn't something you can take!"

Nie Yingying covered her wound and sneered.

"Heh, Yan Zhong, I killed your brother, and you first thought of that invitation letter? The 'Blood Sword' mercenary group is truly brotherly love!"

The leading 'Mercenary's' face turned black instantly, and he opened his mouth, about to say something, when the tall and strong man on the side spoke.

"Boss, just let me split her with one axe; I feel the invitation letter will definitely drop!"

Nie Yingying, however, wasn't panicked at all, saying with a smile.

"Killing me only has a fifty percent chance of dropping my personal belongings; my daggers alone take up two slots, heh, you guys try it!"

"You... stinky bitch, heh, I'll let you know how powerful I am in a moment!"

At this time, the last person of the 'Blood Sword' walked over, covering his shoulder; he was wearing dark gray clothes, and a pair of triangular eyes flickered with cold light.

【Rat Demon】: Red bloodline entry! A monster from the endless abyss; mutating and controlling rats is his instinct; note, he is a carrier of viruses!

【Cowardly as a Mouse】: White entry! Don't worry, this is a compliment to you! Caution is the only way to stay alive; if you're dead, you've lost everything!

"Fifth brother is right; let our brothers have fun with her first; once she's comfortable, she'll talk, heh!"

A black streak of light flashed; it was a dagger in Nie Yingying's hand.

The dagger flew straight toward the throat of Han Mingde, the fourth of the 'Blood Sword' mercenary group, who had just walked to the front.

"Watch out!"

At such a close distance, Nie Yingying definitely wouldn't miss, if only Han Mingde were alone.

It was just that Yan Zhong beside him saved him at the last moment; the heavy greatsword, under the blessing of silver Battle Qi, knocked away Nie Yingying's dagger with lightning speed.

The splashing dagger finally cut off one of Han Mingde's ears before drilling into the dark night and disappearing.

"Ah!"

After Han Mingde let out a scream, he reached out to cover his ear, but blood still stubbornly squeezed out from between his fingers.

And because of his violent movement, the arm that had just stopped bleeding was bleeding again.

The ear was gone; although the wound wasn't serious, it was too humiliating.

Thinking of the gazes of others seeing him as a one-eared man in the future, Han Mingde's anger immediately surged to the top of his head.

"Bite her to death!"

The few people around heard Han Mingde's shout; they were stunned at first, then reacted and immediately tried to stop him, but it was already too late.

Nie Yingying happened to be standing in front of the big hole where Xie Yaoyao had first checked the situation.

At this moment, following Han Mingde's roar, a hurried "squeak" sound came from the hole, and then a black shadow the size of a puppy pounced out, and it was a fat rat opening its big mouth, biting straight toward Nie Yingying's neck in front of it.

"Don't be impulsive!"

"Fourth brother, stop!"

They had already lost Old Third; if they killed this woman now and didn't drop that invitation letter to the Little Garden, they wouldn't know how to face the employer's anger.

After all, the other party was...

And Nie Yingying clearly didn't expect the attack to come from behind, so she had no defense at all.

Just at the critical moment, the big rat suddenly let out a miserable cry and fell to the ground.

Its mouth was still spitting blood continuously.

The scream behind her startled Nie Yingying, and she hurriedly turned around.

Only then did she see the big fat rat lying on the ground, twitching and spitting blood.

She was immediately shocked in her heart.

Everyone cast their eyes toward Han Mingde, the meaning of the inquiry self-evident.

"I... I... I don't know either!"

Just as everyone was puzzled, the hole from which the big fat rat had rushed out began to drift out some crystalline particles.

These particles flickered with purple light under the moonlight and soon began to spread along with the night wind.

For a time, these purple light spots decorated the night sky of this abandoned factory like the dreaminess of a fairytale world.

Looking at the fat rat lying on the ground, motionless and dead, Han Xialei, the second of the 'Blood Sword', frowned.

Suddenly, as if he realized something, his face changed drastically.

"Bad! It's poisonous! These purple powders are poisonous!"

"What?"

"Damn it! This is a trap!"

The four people trusted Han Xialei's judgment very much; after all, he himself had the 【Poison Extraction】 entry.

So the four people immediately retreated backward.

Just as the four people retreated, the rat hole behind Nie Yingying suddenly erupted like a volcanic eruption, spraying out a large amount of scales emitting purple light.

A night wind blew, and the purple light spots in the night sky immediately blew toward the direction where the four people were with the wind.

Soon, the entire abandoned factory was filled with this kind of purple scales, and the four people were so scared that they fled in a hurry, not daring to stay any longer.

And Nie Yingying, who was already injured, faced the sky full of poison powder; although she wanted to run away, she ultimately felt powerless and fainted on the ground.

Before fainting, she vaguely saw a black figure walking toward her.

This black figure was naturally Xie Yaoyao.

Looking at the woman fainted on the ground, Xie Yaoyao couldn't help but sigh; they had met again so soon.

This sky full of poison powder was naturally Xie Yaoyao's masterpiece.

Xie Yaoyao, who had been hiding behind a low wall and nervously watching the fierce battle outside, suddenly heard a "rustling" sound not far away.

Looking closely, it turned out to be a large group of rats rushing from all directions, burrowing into the rat hole in the corner.

Looking at the big hole outside, Xie Yaoyao immediately understood that it was also a rat hole.

So a bold plan appeared in his mind. ===== CHAPTER 10 =====