Chapter 2380: Hijacking?

The steam train sped along the tracks, high-temperature steam mixed with sparks spraying from above the train head, rapidly evaporating into the air. The scenery on both sides of the tracks was beautiful, with mountains and clear waters. Because the steam train was moving too fast, the wind pressure it brought tore apart a small white flower.

The scene outside the window flew by. Several white petals flashed past. At this moment, inside the carriage, a man wearing a black formal suit with silver earrings on his right ear stood in the aisle. He looked very gentlemanly, but the beast-like aura made him look like a hungry wolf wearing human clothes—a cruel and murderous gentleman.

"Mr. Bai Ye, I am Karyu. Lord Moonlight wants to see you. Your trip to the Council Chamber will be delayed. Please rest assured, we will not harm you. This is Lord Moonlight's order."

The man calling himself Karyu was polite, not caring about the dozen gazes around him. He was here to hijack an alchemy master, so of course, he was prepared.

Inside the carriage, a dozen secret arts masters were staring at Karyu. Several of them had nervous expressions, their palms full of fine sweat, swallowing their saliva from time to time, trying to moisten their throats, which were dry from nervousness.

Su Xiao didn't know the situation in this world well enough. He didn't know if Karyu was famous, but he was certain that these secret arts masters responsible for escorting him were a group of novices.

As soon as the enemy appeared, all these dozen secret arts masters exposed themselves. Although their gazes carried killing intent, more of it was panic caused by lack of experience.

Alchemists were very popular in the four kingdoms and the Council Chamber, not to mention that Su Xiao's current identity was an alchemy master. How could there be only these dozen newly promoted secret arts masters escorting him? There must be a hidden reason.

As for Karyu, who wore silver earrings, judging from the other party's aura, Su Xiao felt that this was a hyena wolf, a hyena wolf that could transform between human and monster forms.

Hyena wolves weren't man-eating monsters. Apart from individual hyena wolves that would hunt civilians, most hyena wolves only targeted the high-level officials of the four kingdoms and the Council Chamber.

The four kingdoms each had their own kings. These four behemoths were four independent countries on the continent. The map of the entire continent was separated by a curved cross line, with one kingdom in the east, south, west, and north, and the Council Chamber in the center.

The decisions of the Council Chamber could control the four kings, and the 8 councilors who controlled the Council Chamber all came from the four kingdoms. Their individual power was smaller than the kings', but when concentrated, it was higher than the kings'.

Usually, the Council Chamber didn't interfere in the internal affairs of the four kingdoms. The four kings would govern their respective kingdoms themselves. Each kingdom had a perfect power system, from military commanders to local document officials, everything was available. Even in villages, there were one or two peace officers.

Since the establishment of the Council Chamber, the conflicts between the four kingdoms had subsided, but the hyena wolf clan had always been an enemy that couldn't be solved. This nocturnal clan was not only united but could also marry humans and produce pure-blooded descendants.

The kingdoms and the Council Chamber were linked by power, while the hyena wolf clan was linked by family. Each branch of the family had dozens or even hundreds of lineages.

Before concentrating, they might be laborers, fishermen, or even kingdom officials. Once the hyena wolves held a family meeting, they were nocturnal hunters.

Su Xiao didn't know the purpose of the hyena wolf clan coming to find him. As for the "Lord Moonlight" the other party mentioned, he hadn't heard of it for the time being.

With a swish, the door at the back of the carriage was pulled open. The first thing to come in was a one-meter-high dining cart.

Creak, creak~

The bearings of the dining cart's wheels were somewhat stiff. A maid wearing a maid outfit and pushing the dining cart walked over. She was obviously a bit dull and didn't notice the tense atmosphere in the carriage at all. After arriving beside the hyena wolf Karyu, she was somewhat embarrassed.

"Sir, can you move aside?"

Hearing this weak voice, the hyena wolf Karyu was obviously stunned for a moment, and inexplicably stepped aside.

"Mr. Bai Ye, this is your meal."

The dull maid placed the plates on the table in front of Su Xiao one by one, and finally put down a cup of black tea. She bowed and saluted, then pushed the dining cart towards the front carriage.

The moment the carriage door closed, a secret arts master suddenly stood up. Blue-black patterns appeared on his right hand. Almost at the same time, a blue-black shadow appeared behind Karyu. This shadow held a strange weapon and slashed at Karyu's neck.

The hyena wolf Karyu didn't even look at that secret arts master, but raised his hand to unbutton his collar.

Puchi.

Blood splashed. The secret arts master with blue-black patterns all over his right hand had his eyes widened. Four slender metal claws pierced in from under his chin, penetrating all the way to the top of his skull.

This secret arts master was lifted off the ground. He tilted his head slightly, making a choking sound; this was blood entering his trachea. He tried his best to turn his gaze, and the final scene he saw was a beautiful woman, a woman with short pale gold hair and silver nail accessories on her face.

The first secret arts master was killed, opening the prelude to the battle. The dozen secret arts masters in the carriage discovered that there were hyena wolf clan members maintaining human form in their adjacent or rear seats.

Being in the carriage, several secret arts masters were obviously unable to display their abilities. Secret arts masters could be divided into two major systems. One was the secret pattern system. Such secret arts masters all had their own families, and the families had inherited secret patterns. With the improvement and development of each generation, the secret patterns would become more and more powerful.

The second type was the engraving system. Such secret arts masters engraved secret patterns on their bodies, which couldn't be inherited by the next generation and had instability and variability.

It couldn't be said which system was stronger, but at this time, those in the carriage were all secret arts masters of the engraving system, and their abilities were strange and varied.

With a bang, a corpse torn into two halves fell beside Su Xiao's seat. He picked up the napkin on the table, wiped the bloodstains on the back of his hand, and began to enjoy his lunch. Looking at the weather outside the window, it should be noon.

The carriage was in a mess, with low roars and screams ringing in his ears. The passengers in the front and rear carriages obviously noticed something was wrong and became somewhat chaotic.

Blood splashed everywhere around, but Su Xiao was eating his lunch calmly. He was considering one thing: who had he offended with his current identity, and why were the secret arts masters escorting him so weak?

The battle subsided after half a minute. The hyena wolf Karyu wiped the bloodstains on his hands while walking towards Su Xiao. The gray-black hair on his body gradually retracted into his body. There was a reason for calling this clan hyena wolves; their appearance during battle was somewhat similar to wolves, especially the eyes and the hair that grew on their bodies.

"Mr. Bai Ye, I don't want to make it ugly for both of us, so come with me. Please rest assured, Lord Moonlight's residence will definitely satisfy you more than the Council Chamber."

Karyu made a gesture of invitation. Su Xiao put down the black tea in his hand and looked at Karyu. Their eyes met.

Not good! This thought appeared instinctively in Karyu's mind, and he immediately wanted to step back.

Swish~

A cold light flashed past. Half of Karyu's head flew up, and the corpse fell to the ground the next moment, blood spreading under him.

Blood dripped along the 【Whisper of Soul】 short sword. Su Xiao was still sitting in his seat, looking around at the dozen human-shaped hyena wolves in the carriage.

Facts proved that Su Xiao was not the kind of alchemist weak in melee combat that Karyu imagined. ===== CHAPTER 2381 =====