Chapter 398

Lei Qianya gave Xia De the power to enter and exit the study at will, so when Xia De found the maid and asked to open the door, the somewhat terrified maid immediately went to find the butler for the key.

Xia De's existence was also a secret among the servants of the Sophia Mansion. Only Lei Qianya's personal maids knew who he was, and a very small number of servants knew that the princess had "raised a man" in the mansion during her stay in Lengshuigang. Other servants didn't even know of the existence of "John Watson."

Now everyone in the manor had been gathered by the elderly butler behind the front door on the first floor, preparing to deal with any sporadic intruders who might appear. It was inconvenient for Xia De to let too many people see his face, so he was alone in the study, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window watching the situation outside.

He thought the battle would end soon, but he didn't expect the gunfight to last for twenty minutes, and it was becoming more and more intense.

Although Xia De was not anxious, he also sensed that something was wrong. He paced in the study, pondering the situation he was currently encountering, and then considered how many shots he could take before he would die.

Theoretically speaking, as long as he wasn't killed by a single shot, Xia De could use 【False Immortality】 to give himself a chance to fight back. But during the half-hour duration of 【False Immortality】, if he suffered severe damage again, the effect of the incantation would disappear immediately, which is the biggest disadvantage of this type of incantation.

The dim yellow light of the brass gas lamp illuminated the outsider who was counting the fatal spots on his body. Just at this moment, the door of the study was knocked.

"Hmm?"

He turned around in surprise, and before he could speak, a sturdy man with messy yellow hair broke in.

He was wearing black rain boots, and his clothes and pants were also black. His head actually looked like a shuttle, and there were patches of red ringworm on his face. The water dripping from his body was polluting the expensive carpet in the study.

Seeing that it was a man in the room, the intruder looked very surprised:

"Where is Lei Qianya Cavendish?"

When he spoke, there was a strange gurgling sound in his throat, and his accent showed that he was a local of Lengshuigang.

Xia De looked down at the wet carpet under his feet. The man rudely closed the door behind him, first threw a piece of metal at the door, and then looked at Xia De fiercely.

He didn't even give Xia De a chance to speak or answer, reached out and beckoned to Xia De, and Xia De subconsciously wanted to walk in front of him.

But this simple incantation was useless against a Ringed Shushi. Xia De just swayed and returned to normal, and the next second, a steam whistle and a bell sound appeared behind both of them at the same time.

Huang Tong life rings emerged from the gushing steam respectively. Xia De was a two-ring sorcerer, while the other party was a four-ring sorcerer.

"Princess Lei Qianya went to attend the Afuluola family's banquet. You don't even know this, yet you rashly broke in?"

Xia De gave the answer at this time. He wasn't afraid that these people would go to the Afuluola family's manor to cause trouble; after all, he wouldn't let this person in front of him leave.

"Didn't she refuse yesterday... this is a trap! A damn trap!"

While cursing loudly, the man's ugly face quickly transformed toward a fish. On the life ring behind him, the whisper 【Skeleton】 was glowing. The man casually sprinkled some white powder, and the powder aggregated together during the falling process, forming a bone blade engraved with strange runes, stabbing at Xia De's throat.

"Yeah, she refused yesterday, but agreed today. Before you attacked here, couldn't you have investigated carefully?"

Xia De didn't dodge either. The 【Founder·Silver Moon】 in his pocket flew out under the control of the miracle 【Treasured Item】, blocking in front of his throat. The bone blade pressed against the card, but it just couldn't penetrate.

"Oh?"

Seeming puzzled that Xia De had blocked the attack so easily, the 【Bubble】 on the life ring then lit up. He put his two hands together in front of him, making the backs of his hands parallel to the ground. Opening his hands slightly, under the gas lamp, bubbles that seemed to have seven-colored luster quickly dispersed and flew toward the entire room.

Although they looked like mere bubbles, Xia De subconsciously sensed danger. He held the bone blade with his left hand and threw it forward. After the bone-material weapon touched the bubbles, although it pierced a part of them, it was also corroded away itself.

"Poisonous?"

Without time to think, Xia De pulled a chair over with his left hand and threw it forward. After the chair was corroded, two silver arc-shaped light blades flew out from his hand.

These were not physical weapons, so they were not threatened by those corrosive bubbles. But those bubbles could make the 【Silver Moon Slash】 slow down in the air, allowing the man to easily dodge Xia De's counterattack.

"Don't resist anymore. I use 【Bubble】 as the core of my ability system. These bubbles are not only poisonous, but can also explode, imprison, release curses, create illusions, fill damaged body tissues, and reflect energy. You are only at the second ring, so don't..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xia De wave his hand in front of him. Silver mist spread outward from his hand, and almost instantly, it enveloped him.

The bubbles flew toward the mist created by the illusion, gradually dissolving them. At the same time, the man sprinkled more bone powder again. The bone powder gathered together like flowing water, finally forming a slender bone-piercing sword engraved with runes.

The man held the sword in his right hand, and his left hand continued to spray bubbles toward the silver mist that covered half the room.

Bang~

A sudden gunshot rang out from the silver mist. The man's right chest was hit by a bullet from a revolver, but the result was just the bursting of the transparent bubbles on his chest, which didn't affect his actions at all:

"Do you think I would be afraid of ordinary firearms?"

His eyes stared tightly at the gradually dissolving silver mist. The gunshot just now made him confirm that Xia De hadn't escaped and was right in front of him.

Bang! Bang!

Two more gunshots rang out. This time Xia De aimed at the other party's head, but the continuous bubbles blocked in front of the man's head, and the bullets couldn't penetrate them at all.

"It's useless, don't waste my time here."

As he spoke, the bubbles sprayed from his left hand had already dissolved two-thirds of the silver mist. The sleeve of Xia De's coat appeared at the edge of the mist. The man immediately let the bubbles float toward that position, but at this moment, the sound of a heavy object falling came from behind him:

"What? When did he get behind me..."

Subconsciously turning around to raise his sword to resist, but it was just a chair falling to the ground behind him. Only then did he seem to sense something and look up, Xia De raised his sword with both hands and slashed down.

The silver moonlight fell, and the moonlight greatsword neatly severed the yellow-haired man's right hand completely.

Xia De, wearing a shirt, took the bone-piercing sword from the severed hand with his left hand and stabbed forward, but because the other party canceled the effect of the miracle, the piercing sword disappeared from his hand.

So the greatsword in his right hand stabbed forward. Although it successfully stabbed the other party's abdomen, it got stuck there because of the return of the bubbles.

The two looked at each other. For a moment, the man's eyes seemed to turn into black holes that absorbed light. Spiral patterns appeared in his eyes, and his soul felt a slight sense of detachment at this moment, but this miracle that attacked the soul had a very low effect on Xia De.

The card flew out of his pocket and blocked in front of the man's eyes, and Xia De, who was counting down in his heart, had already counted to the last number:

"Third second! Blade of Disordered Time!"

"What?"

The disappeared bone-piercing sword actually appeared from the void again. Most of the bubbles in front of the man were used to block the moonlight greatsword, and his eyes happened to be temporarily blocked by the card.

This momentary negligence allowed the sword that his own miracle had summoned to pierce his heart.