Chapter 163

"Will not disappoint me?" Another chuckle.

Du Yan Jack's whole body stiffened, his heart pounding wildly: "Lord Shadow Master, you..."

The aura around the man suddenly became even colder, and in an instant, it seemed as if the surrounding temperature had dropped rapidly.

The man nonchalantly fiddled with the sword hilt slung across his waist; although his attitude remained leisurely, the momentum he exuded was sharp and compelling.

"Since you want to select another sacrifice for me, why don't I choose one for you? Just send your daughter over to me; I believe her fresh blood will definitely be able to decorate my altar even more perfectly."

Upon hearing this, Du Yan Jack's body trembled violently, and he quickly said: "No... what I said just now was nonsense; I ask Lord Shadow Master to calm your anger!"

No one knew about him having an illegitimate daughter except for him and that woman's family.

Why would the other party point out so accurately that he had a daughter?

Could it be that the Shadow Master's influence had already penetrated to this extent?

Even a tiger doesn't eat its own cubs; no matter what, he could never let his daughter become a sacrifice.

"Nonsense?"

The man's tone suddenly turned cold: "Do you think just anyone can become my sacrifice? Since that's the case, why can't your daughter?"

"I... this..."

Du Yan Jack only then realized that his behavior just now was very stupid and hurriedly said: "The sacrifices worthy of Lord Shadow Master are naturally one in ten thousand; not just any low-class person can catch your eye. It was my slip of the tongue just now; I ask Lord Shadow Master to calm your anger..."

It was because he had lived a peaceful life for too long that he actually harbored the delusion that Lord Shadow Master would let him have the sacrifice he had taken a fancy to.

One must know that the Shadow Master's requirements for sacrifices are very strict; otherwise, he wouldn't only select one every few years. One must know that things like sacrifices are naturally the more the better.

But...

They had accepted the order, so they must eliminate Tang Bingyan; absolutely no mistakes could be made.

Du Yan Jack thought about countermeasures in a tangle, and the scene remained deadlocked.

At the same time, Chen Xiaoxiao discovered that Du Yan Jack and that Shadow Master were actually fighting over Tang Bingyan as if she were cargo; anger rose from her heart, and she wished she could just pounce on them and slaughter these demons.

But she also knew that her strength was limited and she was simply no match for them.

Let alone another Shadow, even if it were only the people from Tattoo, she would have no chance of winning.

"Our Shadow Master is in a good mood today and still has the interest to listen to your nonsense."

A tall follower beside the man suddenly shouted sharply: "After all, there really aren't many beasts as bold and reckless as you."

Facing the follower's insult, Du Yan Jack didn't dare to show even half a point of anger and could only nod in agreement.

"You are right to teach me... this little one knows he was wrong..."

"If you know you were wrong, then hurry up and get lost; our Shadow Master's time is very precious!"

"We'll get lost right now..." Du Yan Jack took a few steps back.

He was unwilling to give in just like that, but he also knew he couldn't afford to provoke Shadow, and he felt very aggrieved in his heart.

And his subordinates were just as unwilling as he was; another short and fat man couldn't help but lean in and lower his voice to say to him:

"Are they really people from Shadow? We haven't seen the true faces of those people; could it be..."

He didn't say the second half of the sentence, but the meaning was already very obvious: he was questioning whether these people in front of them were fakes.

Du Yan Jack didn't make a sound; his gloomy eye hid his unwillingness.

His own background had been investigated thoroughly by the other party, and they even knew about him having a daughter.

If it wasn't the Shadow Master, who else would have such ability?

"Look at those followers; none of them are weak." Vampire George had been observing calmly.

The Shadow Master likes to dress as Zorro and also likes to select perfect women who are both talented and beautiful to use as sacrifices when he practices his technique.

None of these had any flaws.

Medusa remained silent.

She was unwilling to let go just like that.

Only by personally destroying women like Chen Xiaoxiao and Tang Bingyan would she feel pleasure.

Right now, just when she was about to get her wish, a group of people of unknown origin suddenly appeared to snatch her fruits of victory; this was already challenging her bottom line.

The short and fat man continued: "But those rumors are known to all of us who hang around the dark forces, and they don't really prove anything."

"And don't you think it's strange that they appeared so suddenly?"

"There hasn't been any news of the Shadow Master on the streets for three or four years; we don't even know if he's dead or alive, so how can we be sure that this person in front of us is him?"

"This operation plan was also confidential; why did the Shadow Master happen to appear here to hinder us?"

"It is indeed somewhat suspicious..." Vampire George agreed.

"And another thing, this man has been here for so long, yet we haven't seen that guy of his that makes people hear his name and tremble with fear..."

His words made a flash of inspiration strike Medusa's mind, and she immediately became excited as if she had grasped a key loophole:

"That's right! Rumor has it that the weapon the Shadow Master uses to kill is very peculiar; it's not an ordinary thing like a sword or a saber. Look at the man's waist; there's only an ornament that looks like a sword, and we don't see any other weapons on him at all."

Du Yan Jack and the others immediately looked at the man's waist upon hearing this.

Medusa continued somewhat mysteriously: "Actually, I have seen the Shadow Master's weapon..."

"Where did you see it?" the short and fat man and George hurriedly asked.

"I went to the black market before wanting to buy a handy weapon and met a merchant. That merchant said he knew a world-famous master, and many top assassins ordered weapons from him. I saw a photo at his place, so as long as I see that weapon, I will definitely be able to recognize it!"

"Are you sure that merchant didn't lie to you?" Du Yan Jack confirmed.

"Sure, that merchant is very famous in the black market. In order to do business with me, he even showed me orders from other assassins, and I checked them all; there were no problems."

"Then what exactly is his habitual killing tool?"

Du Yan Jack asked curiously: "It's not a saber or a sword, yet it's extremely sharp and can kill people in an instant; this kind of weapon should be impossible to forge."

"Of course."

A cold light flashed in Medusa's eyes: "It is said that the Shadow Master personally designed the blueprints and had a master blacksmith forge it; there is only one such piece in the world."

"Except for those inside Shadow, everyone who has seen that weapon is already dead, and that master is actually a member of Shadow who later left the organization to make a living by selling weapons on the black market."

"But given the Shadow Master's influence, that master would definitely not dare to easily show the design blueprints to outsiders."

"The time I saw the photo, I just happened to flip through a picture book the merchant kept privately. The man was scared out of his wits at the time, saying he had secretly taken photos of the model in the master's house and just wanted to keep it as a souvenir. He even gave me the order for free, asking me not to talk about the photo."