Chapter 631: Consequences of Omniscience

"Eh~"

The Qiyuezhe felt a chill in his heart. Having mastered the plot development, he had been smooth sailing after contacting the Troupe and had gained the initial trust of the Troupe Leader, and was able to act with Feitan and the others, which made him inevitably somewhat carried away.

"Everyone, I have no other intentions, I just want to get a share after helping you grab the auction items. Internal strife at this time..."

"Internal strife?"

The Qiyuezhe's words were interrupted by Feitan. He suddenly stepped forward and strangled the Qiyuezhe's neck before the latter could react.

"Wait..."

The Qiyuezhe intended to struggle, but milky-white Qi spread around Feitan. The arm strangling the Qiyuezhe's neck erupted with massive force, making the Qiyuezhe unable to break free.

"The Leader suspected you a long time ago. First, you deliberately approached him, and then you put on an omniscient look about everything. Your face at that time was simply disgusting to the point of nausea. And how did you know we were going to attack the auction? The Leader once guessed that you were a Specialist Nen-user with prophecy-like abilities, belonging to special talent, but after a period of observation, you don't even understand the basic knowledge of Nen, nor do you have prophecy abilities."

Feitan didn't listen to the Qiyuezhe's explanation at all, the force of his arm increasing.

"Franklin... save me."

The Qiyuezhe's face flushed red. He had a small friendship with Franklin, at least that's what he thought.

"Feitan, don't kill him."

Hearing Franklin's words, the Qiyuezhe showed joy.

"Torturing him might yield more information."

"You... what did you say?!"

The Qiyuezhe's body trembled violently, looking like he had lost his parents. He had seen Feitan torture an enemy once.

"But there isn't much time left. The auction is about to start."

"It's fine, this is the Leader's meaning."

"Fine, it just so happens I haven't liked him for a long time. I hope he can hold on for a while longer."

Feitan exerted force, first strangling the Qiyuezhe half to death, then tying him up with a special rope.

Five minutes later, the basement was filled with the smell of blood. Franklin's brow was tightly locked. Feitan's method of torturing enemies was truly somewhat insane, already exceeding most people's psychological endurance limit. Just watching it would make one's scalp tingle, let alone experiencing it personally.

Feitan casually threw away an eyeball in his hand. The Qiyuezhe was already somewhat unrecognizable.

"Mission? Could this guy be a spy for some organization?"

Feitan was now staring at the half-dead Qiyuezhe with great spirit. The other party's mouth was "very tight," only revealing a small amount of information.

Actually, it wasn't that this Qiyuezhe's mouth was tight, but that some of the information he revealed was blocked by the Samsara Paradise. For example, the existence of the Samsara Paradise, etc. Under Feitan's torture, this Qiyuezhe even confessed to the time he peeked at his sister bathing when he was a teenager and "jerked off."

"No useful information. What now?"

Feitan looked at Franklin. He trusted Franklin's steady personality.

"Doesn't matter. Maintain the original plan. However, this guy mentioned Nen-users other than the Shadow Beasts before. Be careful about that."

"Right."

Feitan snapped the Qiyuezhe's throat. The Qiyuezhe would rather die than believe that he died because he said the wrong sentence.

This is the end of someone who lacks strength and pretends to be omniscient in front of plot characters. Although Su Xiao's strength is not weak, he often "plays dumb."

"Find a way to sneak into the auction first. Shalnark and the others are still waiting for our cover."

Just as Feitan finished speaking, a vibration came from above.

Sensing this vibration, Franklin kicked Shizuku on the side. Shizuku screamed and flew away, hitting the wall with her head.

Boom!

The basement ceiling shattered, rubble flew, and a long blade slashed through the position where Shizuku had been. If Franklin hadn't kicked her away, she would have been beheaded.

Not every member of the Troupe is very strong. Several members have abilities that are functional and not very suitable for combat, such as Shizuku's "Blinky" conjured by her Conjuration ability. Blinky is a vacuum cleaner that resembles a living thing and can inhale anything Shizuku considers to have no life.

Dust filled the basement. Feitan's expression was serious. After sensing the aura of the person coming, he judged that this guy was not easy to mess with.

"Who."

"..."

No answer, but Feitan clearly felt someone in the dust.

"Why didn't you 'guests' take the front door? You wouldn't be trying to rob the auction, would you?"

Su Xiao walked out of the dust. It wasn't that he discovered the Troupe members, but Bubu Wang heard sounds underground while patrolling the first floor.

If the original plot had developed, Feitan and the others would have killed all the underworld members participating in the first auction.

But Su Xiao had already cooperated with the Ten Elders' forces. If he still let this happen, then collecting 5 Soul Crystals (Medium) every day would be too unkind.

The dust dissipated, and Su Xiao, holding a long blade, appeared in the basement. A large number of underworld members gathered on the upper level, observing the situation in the basement through the hole. These people didn't dare to come down, just pointing their guns at Feitan and the others below.

Not only underworld members, but Qiyuezhe who had joined the Ten Elders' forces also arrived after hearing the sound.

"Discovered. You guys retreat first, I'll cover."

Milky-white gas emerged from Franklin's body. This was Nen ability, which ordinary people couldn't see.

"You and Shizuku retreat first, I'll handle it."

Feitan looked at Su Xiao, and fighting intent rarely appeared in his eyes.

"This should be a high-level underworld personnel. Capturing him might yield a lot of information."

Franklin hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.

"Understood. Shizuku and I will go meet up with Uvogin and the others. There is news from the vault—it's empty. Be careful."

"Empty? It seems that guy didn't lie."

Feitan glanced at the broken corpse not far away. Just as the few were talking, Su Xiao had already walked forward slowly with his blade.

The Phantom Troupe was not easy to deal with. Fortunately, these people from the Troupe were not here to kill, but to rob the auction items.

Those auction items were the Ten Elders' property and had little to do with Su Xiao, but if he directly gave the auction items to the Troupe, the Ten Elders would never let it go, and this wasn't Su Xiao's style of doing things.

The best result was for Su Xiao to have a fight with the Troupe, and for a large number of the Ten Elders' subordinates, the Shadow Beasts, to die. At that time, whether the Ten Elders chose to spend money to avoid disaster or retreat strategically, it had little to do with Su Xiao.

His main mission was to participate in the auction. To be precise, there was no division of camps at all. Helping the Ten Elders was just because they paid Soul Crystals.

Thinking this way, things were simple. As long as the auction items weren't snatched by the Troupe in the initial stage, it would be fine. When the Shadow Beasts were all dead, the Ten Elders wouldn't care about those auction items, but would tremble and beg Su Xiao to save their lives. At that time, he could even raise the price!

Inside the basement.

Sensing Su Xiao approaching, Feitan took out a dark red umbrella. After the umbrella opened, the umbrella surface faced Su Xiao. There was a black skull pattern on the umbrella surface. Feitan hid behind the umbrella. At this time, the advantage of being short was reflected; the umbrella completely blocked Feitan.

Franklin and Shizuku drilled into the hole they had broken when they came in. The purpose of the three was just to attract the attention of the underworld. The ones who really went to rob the auction items were Uvogin, Nobunaga, Shalnark, and Machi.

Although the planned plan wasn't completed, the three successfully attracted the enemy's attention. However, all three noticed that Su Xiao's strength was not weak, so they left someone to cover, and the others retreated.

Su Xiao stared at the umbrella surface, recalling Feitan's ability in his mind.

Although Feitan was a Transmutation-type, this guy had close-combat fighting power not weaker than an Enhancement-type. His melee ability could rank in the top three in the Troupe.

"Hehehe~"

Feitan gave a sinister laugh and drew a long blade from the umbrella. This long blade was relatively thin, and the blade was light and thin. A blade hidden in the umbrella.

"It seems we use similar weapons. Haven't 'exercised' for a long time. Just right to warm up."

Feitan suddenly disappeared from where he was, his speed so fast that the line of sight couldn't capture him.

A whistling sound came. Feitan appeared in front of Su Xiao, and the long blade in his hand stabbed toward Su Xiao's face.

"Hard."

With a low shout, a large amount of Nen energy gathered on the long blade in Feitan's hand. The Nen on that blade was so thick that it emitted a golden light.

Clang!

The crisp sound traveled very far. The blade tip stopped ten centimeters from Su Xiao's brow, and a layer of crystal-clear energy shield appeared. ===== CHAPTER 632 =====

A crisp sound traveled far; the blade tip stopped a dozen centimeters from Su Xiao's brow, and a layer of crystalline energy shield appeared.