“This young man’s name is Jiang Fei. Honorable Ascetic, you might not have heard his name. But… you must have heard of Munenori Yagyu, right?” The refined young man said cautiously.
“Munenori Yagyu?”
Upon hearing this, the ascetic Michael raised an eyebrow in surprise and said, “Of course I’ve heard of that contemporary Japanese sword master. He traveled to the West years ago and even fought against our Holy See. Does this young man named Jiang Fei have a connection with Munenori Yagyu? Is he his disciple? But although the Japanese and Chinese martial arts worlds aren’t as bitterly opposed as they were years ago, they’ve never been on good terms either. It’s unlikely that a disciple of Munenori Yagyu would end up with the Seven Kill Group.”
Although Michael was somewhat surprised, he didn’t take it too seriously.
Within the entire Seven Kill Group, only the Lion King made him cautious, cautious enough that he thought maybe even he himself couldn’t beat the Lion King in a one-on-one fight.
Other than that, he wasn’t afraid of anything else. Experts at the level of the Lion King’s direct disciples were at most SS-rank at best. So why should he be afraid?
“A disciple of Munenori Yagyu naturally couldn’t end up with the Seven Kill Group. But this Jiang Fei isn’t a disciple of Munenori Yagyu at all!” The young man’s expression was somewhat complicated. He paused for a moment, then said with a look of lingering fear, “Not only is Jiang Fei not a disciple of Munenori Yagyu, but he actually defeated Munenori Yagyu in a sword fight using his own true skill! Munenori Yagyu admitted defeat wholeheartedly. If Jiang Fei hadn’t shown mercy at the end, Munenori Yagyu would be dead by now!”
“What!” The ascetic Michael, who had maintained a calm expression and even felt a little disappointed that the Lion King wasn’t coming, thinking he wouldn’t get to face a true master, finally changed his expression dramatically upon hearing this and couldn’t help but let out a shocked cry.
“This young man named Jiang Fei, whose name I’ve never even heard, he defeated Munenori Yagyu in a fair fight? How is that possible? You’re not joking with me, are you!” The ascetic Michael stared wide-eyed at the refined young man.
The Holy See knew very well how strong Munenori Yagyu was. Many years ago, Munenori Yagyu had easily defeated the three Round Table Knights and a Cardinal of the Holy See.
Such a powerful performance led the Holy See to assess at the time that Munenori Yagyu had barely managed to possess the strength of an ascetic. Over the years, Munenori Yagyu’s skill would have certainly grown significantly. His strength would definitely have reached the level of an ascetic by now, and he would be no weaker than Michael himself.
But then, how could such a powerful Munenori Yagyu be defeated by a young man whose name Michael had never even heard?
If Munenori Yagyu had been defeated by a master like the Lion King, that would be more understandable!
“Although we still find this matter hard to believe now, the facts are indeed as I’ve said. Before we understood Jiang Fei’s true strength, our Net organization sent several waves of assassins to China to try to kill him. But every time, they returned in defeat, suffering heavy losses. So this Jiang Fei is definitely a master we cannot underestimate. We must deal with him cautiously. To be safe, we want you, Honorable Ascetic Michael, to join forces with Lord Augustine to completely eliminate Jiang Fei in London.” The refined young man looked at Michael with some anxiety in his eyes as he asked.
Augustine was absolutely famous in the Western expert circles. Before his strength reached its current terrifying level, he had been a member of the assassin world, a very powerful one who inspired even more awe than ‘Prince William’.
And when his strength reached the sublime level, surpassing SS-rank killers, naturally, even more people heard about him.
Most importantly, when Augustine worked as an assassin, he had a code name — called ‘Devil’!
This code name wasn’t just disliked by the Holy See; Augustine had indeed provoked the Holy See before. Once, because of a conflict during an assassination mission, he casually killed a clergyman of the Holy See. As a result, the Holy See issued a wanted notice for Augustine.
That wanted notice was only revoked after Augustine’s strength surpassed SS-rank killers and he retired from the assassin world.
Now, their Net organization was asking Michael to cooperate with Augustine and act together. This request was indeed inappropriate, somewhat overstepping.
But who would have guessed that after hearing this request, although Michael immediately frowned, with a hint of displeasure in his eyes, he only thought for a moment before actually agreeing. He said seriously, “Since this Jiang Fei could defeat Munenori Yagyu head-on, his strength deserves my attention. Trying to completely eliminate him in London by myself would probably be beyond my ability. Bringing Augustine in would be very appropriate. Although Augustine had conflicts with our Holy See in the past, so many years have passed, and that’s long been settled. Besides, my help this time for your Net organization is not on behalf of the Holy See. It’s just me repaying a personal debt. There’s nothing wrong with that.”
“Eternal gratitude!” The Net agent was overjoyed and bowed his head.
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Brown Hotel.
Inside a luxury suite on the 18th floor.
Jiang Fei, Jingzhe, and the other three members of the Seven Kill Group were all present. If Qiaoqiao and Shouqiang hadn’t died, even with a major battle approaching, the atmosphere would still be quite lively. They would probably have been catching up with their old friend Jiang Fei.
But now, the atmosphere in the room was somewhat heavy, filled with a deadly stillness.
Although Qiaoqiao and Shouqiang had only joined the Seven Kill Group recently, less than two years, they had already become deeply integrated into the organization. They were considered siblings. The bond between members of the Seven Kill Group was even deeper than that between ordinary soldiers.
Thinking of the tragic deaths of Qiaoqiao and Shouqiang, and the tragic deaths of the Seven Kill Group members in the Middle East, Jingzhe, Lie Shou, and the others felt as if needles were pricking their hearts. Their eyes were red, like bloodthirsty wolves.
“Have you gotten all the information?” Jingzhe asked in a low voice.
“We’ve found out everything. Besides the two S-rank killers that Qiaoqiao and Shouqiang killed, there are currently 12 S-rank killers in this hotel. Among them, three are responsible for coordinating Net’s routine assassination missions. We still don’t know the exact location of those two strongest SS-rank killers, but we’ve roughly identified who they are. One is a guy who suddenly appeared in the assassin world a few years ago calling himself Prince William. The other is an old-timer among SS-rank killers, the easiest to hire, known as the ‘King of Firearms,’ Moore.” Lie Shou said.
Jingzhe nodded and asked coldly, “When is their meeting?”
“Tomorrow morning at nine o’clock,” Lie Shou said.
“Good. Then we’ll make our preparations. Tomorrow morning at nine, we’ll wipe out all these bastards!” Jingzhe said, squinting slightly.
After speaking, she turned her head and looked at Jiang Fei, who was sitting silently beside her, not speaking but actually with his eyes closed. She asked, “Jiang Fei, do you have any opinions?”
At Jiang Fei’s request, she no longer called him ‘Mr. Jiang’ but directly used his name.
“I think… we won’t need to wait until tomorrow,” Jiang Fei said. His eyes suddenly snapped open, and he stood up from the sofa in an instant, a sharp gleam appearing in his eyes.
“What do you mean?” Jingzhe and the others were confused.
Jiang Fei didn’t speak. He made a silencing gesture and then slowly walked towards the door.
Just then, the doorbell rang from outside, and a gentle woman’s voice said, “Sir, I’m a hotel staff member. The guest who stayed in this suite before said he left something in the bathroom. May I come in and take a look?”
Whoa!
Jingzhe and the others immediately stood up and gathered behind Jiang Fei.
Although the woman speaking at the door sounded very much like an ordinary person, a real hotel attendant… nine times out of ten, she probably was just a hotel employee, with nothing unusual.
Because the woman’s breathing, aura, and voice didn’t sound like they were disguised by a skilled fighter. Standing so close, they couldn’t feel any sense of threat at all.
If a real master were outside, about to knock on the door and burst in to fight, they would be able to feel some degree of threat. But they felt nothing, indicating this woman was genuinely an ordinary person.
But under these circumstances, right before the decisive battle, having a normal hotel employee knock on the door and disturb them was itself a sign of abnormality!
“Let me open the door…” Among the four members of the Seven Kill Group, Jingzhe was the strongest. She prepared herself and whispered to Jiang Fei.
With her strength, even if an SS-rank killer were hiding outside the door, she was confident she could block them.
Jiang Fei shook his head and waved them back. “Stand back.”
With that, Jiang Fei stopped paying attention to them. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a willow-leaf throwing knife, with the character ‘Li’ carved on it.
Little Li Flying Dagger!
Although this was a weakened version exchanged for gold coins from the system, its power for Jiang Fei now wasn’t that great. Its actual lethal power couldn’t compare to Jiang Fei’s sword techniques; it was far behind the Solitary Nine Swords, which he had cultivated to the third level, Grandmaster.
However, the Little Li Flying Dagger had a characteristic that the Solitary Nine Swords couldn’t match.
Its accuracy at long range!
With the Little Li Flying Dagger, there were no missed shots.
Even with the weakened version, its aim was absolute. If the target’s defense wasn’t strong enough to withstand the impact of the flying dagger, they were basically dead. Only someone at the Dan realm, like Munenori Yagyu, who could achieve the state of using anything to kill, and could release their incredibly strong internal energy externally, could block the Little Li Flying Dagger.
For enemies who couldn’t release their internal energy externally, the Little Li Flying Dagger was a true ‘armor-piercing projectile’!
It was many times more lethal than an ordinary bullet!
Quietly holding the Little Li Flying Dagger in his hand, Jiang Fei placed his other hand on the doorknob. He waited a moment. When the doorbell rang again and the hotel attendant outside asked again in English, Jiang Fei immediately opened the door.
Swoosh!
As soon as a small gap appeared in the doorway, a cold light flew out at incredible speed, slanting down the deep, dark corridor to the right.
The flying dagger was silent. There was only a flash of light in the air, faster than lightning, that could be seen. Or rather, ordinary people wouldn’t see it at all. Only a skilled fighter could faintly sense it.
And in that instant, there wasn’t a single person in the dark corridor. It looked as if this Little Li Flying Dagger was going to hit nothing and end up embedded in the wall.
But just as the flying dagger was about to reach the end of the corridor and stab fiercely into the wall, a long, pointed, giant ‘bullet’ appeared around the corner.
This, of course, was not a bullet.
Anyone with a little military knowledge would recognize it: it was an RPG rocket launcher!
This thing is used for close-range attacks against tanks, armored vehicles, and for destroying fortifications. It’s a rapid-fire anti-tank rocket launcher!
Once launched, even a tank that’s impervious to swords and spears will be flipped over and destroyed, let alone a human body of flesh and blood.
Simply put, if hit by a projectile like that, no matter what level of master, not just Jiang Fei as he is now, but even his cheap master, Xuanji Zi, who was at the Xiantian realm with Gang Jin, would definitely die if they didn’t escape in time. They’d be blasted into nothing!
Of course, if they were in an open area with no obstacles, facing an anti-tank rocket launcher like this, with Jiang Fei’s lightness skill, escaping would be relatively easy.
Needless to say, once Jiang Fei used his Wudang Stairway Cloud Walk lightness skill, he could leap into the air and avoid the anti-tank rocket.
But they weren’t outside; they were inside the hotel!
If they let this anti-tank rocket be launched successfully, fly into the suite, and explode, not to mention Jingzhe, Lie Shou, and the others, even Jiang Fei himself would have a very hard time escaping unscathed. Even if he didn’t die, he would be seriously injured and battered.
Chi ———
The timing was so perfect.
Just as the rocket launcher appeared around the corner, the Little Li Flying Dagger landed exactly where it emerged, then cut and stabbed deep inside!
The Little Li Flying Dagger couldn’t kill Munenori Yagyu. It lost its guaranteed hit effect when facing a Dan realm master.
But that didn’t mean it was useless!
During their final battle on Emei’s Golden Summit, Jiang Fei initially didn’t want to use the system’s final reward, trying to defeat Munenori Yagyu without upgrading the Solitary Nine Swords to the last level. When his strength was lacking at the beginning, he actually used the Little Li Flying Dagger to hold off Munenori Yagyu!
So, the Little Li Flying Dagger still has significant lethal power against Dan realm masters.
And now, facing this anti-tank rocket launcher, although the outer casing is extremely hard, the dagger still stabbed straight into it!
Chi chi…
To make a long story short, the man holding the rocket launcher hadn’t even reacted yet before the Little Li Flying Dagger had already gone deep inside, completely destroying its internal structure.
By the time he wanted to pull the trigger and launch the rocket, this launcher was already completely dead.
“Holy crap!” Seeing this, the big man holding the rocket launcher, who had just been smiling, burst out with a swear word.
