Chapter 255: Glimpsing Oneself in the Mirror

Beside Xu Yuan were Yu Yunhang and three other Captains.

They drew their swords to protect my lord.

But those two fierce ghosts flashed in and out, shifting left and right, elusive and unpredictable, yet impossibly fast.

Moreover, since soul-summoning was forbidden today, even as they lunged forward, their bodies continued to grow and swell!

Yu Yunhang gritted his teeth and prepared to charge forward.

Xu Yuan shouted: "Retreat!"

One fierce ghost flashed into existence less than three feet before him!

A massive, dark ghost claw had already risen; if it came down, Yu Yunhang would be torn into pieces.

Yu Yunhang felt a fierce gust of wind roar past his ear.

That gust of wind sliced the fierce ghost in half with a swish.

The huge ghost claw also slid helplessly past Yu Yunhang's left shoulder.

Yu Yunhang broke out in a cold sweat.

After the Dragon-Slaying Sword, the Male Sword, struck down this fierce ghost, it spun sharply and stabbed into a void.

"Aaaah—"

A mournful, piercing scream rang out, and the form of a second fierce ghost gradually emerged from that void.

It desperately tried to pull the Male Sword from its body, but the moment its claws touched the sword, they were shattered by the sharp sword qi.

The Dragon-Slaying Sword flashed, and the second fierce ghost was also cleaved apart.

Yu Yunhang finally came to his senses: "Thank you, my lord, for saving my life..."

Xu Yuan shouted again: "Come back quickly!"

This time, Yu Yunhang obeyed my lord without question; ignoring the others, he leaped forward and darted back to my lord's side.

Then he turned and looked again: the two split fierce ghosts were still swelling, as an unseen forbidden power wildly poured into their bodies.

The two fierce ghosts quickly became four!

The little girl in Xu Yuan's arms trembled in fear.

Xu Yuan smiled slightly and patted her back: "Don't be afraid."

Xu Yuan handed the little girl to Yu Yunhang, stepped forward a few paces, and exhaled: Hoo—

Fu Zhong Huo rolled out from his belly.

This fire had already merged with Dragon Fire.

The sixth-grade Fu Zhong Huo instantly engulfed the four fierce ghosts.

The person suspended in midair by the beast-tendon rope suddenly flashed with cruelty in his eyes; he spat out a sword pill, which flew silently straight for Xu Yuan's back of the head!

He had been waiting for this opportunity.

Yet unexpectedly, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, Xu Yuan suddenly reached back and caught his sword pill between two fingers!

Then he flicked it back.

Pfft!

The sword pill flew through his throat, leaving a bloody hole!

He could no longer make a sound; his whole body convulsed as he covered his throat with his hands, trying to stop the wound.

But the blood poured uncontrollably from between his fingers.

Before long, his hands fell limply to his sides.

Xu Yuan continued to exhale Fu Zhong Huo while walking toward the shop.

The flames advanced with him.

The fierce ghost inside the shop, having just devoured a Spirit Cultivator, was flipping the counter over with one hand, revealing several people hiding behind it.

It raised its claws; the people behind the counter huddled together, screaming in despair.

Thinking death was certain, the flames surged in like a tide and engulfed the fierce ghost.

The fierce ghosts struggled endlessly in the flames; some tried to rush out, but the flames seemed like a cage, trapping them tightly within.

Others, more ferocious, charged straight at Xu Yuan.

The result was that they were burned away even faster.

Moments later, Xu Yuan retracted the flames.

All the fierce ghosts were gone.

The little girl, in Yu Yunhang's arms, giggled and clapped happily: "Uncle is so amazing!"

Xu Yuan smiled and loosened the beast-tendon rope.

The body of the Rank Dan Xiu fell.

The little girl's mother screamed and ran from a distance, snatching the child into her arms; she felt her up and down to confirm the child was unharmed, then turned and dropped to her knees, bowing repeatedly: "Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

"If Niuniu is gone, I won't live either..."

Xu Yuan signaled Yu Yunhang to help her up: "It's over; take the child home quickly."

Under "Wang Ming," there was no longer a "Fifth Person" on this street.

Fu Chongjiu did not come!

Fu Jingyu walked out of the tavern with a grim face: "We originally captured a live prisoner, but he died from poison."

These people must have had "Pulling Thread Technique" in their souls, but none activated it.

The Spirit Cultivators of the Pollution-Removal Bureau dared not summon or interrogate souls, because soul-summoning was forbidden today!

Xu Yuan: "They were all Fu family death soldiers."

Fu Chongjiu did not appear in person; first he sent several sacks of Blood Salt Evil, now he sent four subordinates to die. What is his true intention?

Xu Yuan's heart was filled with doubt; he scanned the surroundings, still using "Gazing at Fate" to check incessantly.

Fu Jingyu suddenly let out an "Eh," and hurried over to the Dan Xiu's corpse.

This corpse had fallen from a high place, and something had dropped from its bosom.

It was a small bronze mirror.

Fu Jingyu cautiously picked it up and examined it for a moment: "This object was once enhanced by some kind of technique, similar to my Projective Gaze Method."

Xu Yuan immediately remembered that the "Dragon Transformation Art" indeed contained a technique called "Peering at People in the Mirror."

"This Fu Chongjiu is very cautious."

A few streets away, Fu Chongjiu was disguised as a hunchbacked old man.

His figure had also shrunk by a size.

The means of "Peering at People in the Mirror" were even more superior than the Projective Gaze Method.

He not only saw everything that happened but could also, through that mirror, gain some perception.

He walked away with a stumbling gait, sneering in his heart: Xu Yuan's fire carried a trace of Dragon Fire's aura.

Where did it come from?

The root must lie with Lady Fu Shuanghui.

This young man indeed did not tell the truth!

But what great audacity, to dare plot against the "Dragon Transformation Art"!

However, this is for the best; capturing this young man will not only allow us to question the whereabouts of that dragon but also, perhaps, by eating this young man, we can obtain a portion of Lady Fu Shuanghui's cultivation!

With the "Dragon Transformation Art" leaked, Fu Chongjiu should have reported to the family immediately.

But Fu Chongjiu weighed the situation and decided to conceal it first.

If the family knew, Xu Yuan might not be mine anymore.

Previously, when concocting the Blood Salt Pest, I intended to test Xu Yuan's strength, but I didn't expect to run into the hands of a strange old woman.

She burned the Blood Salt Pest with a single fire.

Fu Chongjiu immediately separated from Iron-Back Gai's subordinates.

With no one available, he could only force his loyal soldiers to throw themselves into the fire like moths; fortunately, he finally saw Xu Yuan's true strength.

Moreover, there was an unexpected gain.

Fu Chongjiu had specifically chosen this day.

Without the "Forbidden Soul Summoning," the four subordinates could not have tested Xu Yuan's depth.

As he walked, he calculated in his heart how to capture Xu Yuan.

He constantly refined his plan.

Fu Chongjiu's father had once taught him: never underestimate your opponent.

Especially a deadly enemy; one must know oneself and know the enemy.

Now I have achieved this, while Xu Yuan knows nothing about me.

How could he be my opponent?

Turning a street corner, Fu Chongjiu had already returned to his normal appearance, then sped northward; his destination was Zhou Family Market.

Xu Yuan directed his subordinates to sweep the street when he suddenly felt his "Eight Directions Injury Sha" stir slightly.

Xu Yuan frowned; it seemed Fu Chongjiu was hiding not far away.

Xu Yuan's feet spat fire; he soared into the air, flying onto the roof, and used "Gazing at Fate" to look around.

Yet he still could not find any trace of Fu Chongjiu.

The other party must have already gone far away.

After Xu Yuan came down, Shi Bading arrived with people, panting heavily: "Brother Xu, I heard someone assassinated you, so I immediately brought the brothers to support. Eh... I seem to have made a wasted trip."

(End of this chapter)