Double Misunderstanding (Continued)

Qingyan's first thought was that he had stepped on a rope-like mechanism, but he quickly realized that was not the case at all. What ambushed him was a giant toad. This Demon Beast appeared silently twenty meters away, stuck out its long tongue, wrapped it around his ankle, and with a flick of its tongue, it was about to swallow him whole.

"I'm not your prey, you've picked the wrong target!"

With his other foot, Qingyan slashed through the air, unleashing a powerful blade of energy that severed the toad Demon Beast's tongue. Then, using his momentum, Sparrowhawk Turns Over over the toad Demon Beast's head.

As it turned over, a flash of cold light appeared, and the invisible Gang Qi emanating from the dagger pierced through the Demon Beast.

When Qingyan landed, a thin line appeared on the toad Demon Beast's body, right in the middle, splitting it in two, followed by a hissing sound of blood spurting out.

"The Demon Beast arrived so quickly. Could it be that they appeared very close to here?"

Qingyan wanted to go back and assassinate Hongdou, but he found a group of Demon Beast surging towards him, obviously attracted by the previous commotion, plus the thick Blood Qi spewed out by the toad demonic Demon Beast.

He immediately recalled the assassination attempt at the school. If he hadn't intervened then, Hongdou would probably have died from the Demon Beast's attack. It was his intervention that saved Hongdou's life.

"It seems I don't need to lift a finger. I can't make the same mistake twice. As long as these Demon Beasts are attracted, they will naturally kill all the humans they see. It won't be difficult to use someone else to do the dirty work."

As a professional assassin, as long as he can kill the target and achieve his goal, he considers the mission complete. The means are secondary. Even if the target chokes to death while eating, it is still considered his achievement, because luck is very important to an assassin.

Some assassins may be obsessed with killing their targets with their own hands, even if something goes wrong, they still want to take revenge on the target's corpse. But Qingyan doesn't have such an obsession. In his view, such behavior is like putting shackles on one's own hands and feet, a meaningless persistence, which is actually a disqualification for an assassin.

Qingyan acted decisively, throwing out the used underwear to attract the Demon Beast's attention, hoping to use the scent to guide the Demon Beast to the room to kill Hongdou. At the same time, he shrank back and disappeared into the shadows, concealing his aura as he stealthily fled.

The base was filled with fierce fighting, and he didn't want to get involved. He consciously avoided the areas with the loudest fighting and unknowingly came to a courtyard. In the center of the courtyard was a huge hole, from which many Demon Beast kept emerging.

"It seems the Demon Beast emerged from this underground tunnel. How did I end up here by accident?"

Qingyan didn't want to remind others of the cave's location. Although it's true that we should unite against the Demon Beast and all humans should work together, as a professional assassin, one must first abandon normal human morality. Perhaps he would do such a thing if he were selling breakfast, but he wouldn't actively seek trouble while on an assassination mission.

Just as Qingyan was about to leave, he suddenly heard a whooshing sound in his ear, and goosebumps rose on his neck. He instinctively swung his dagger to defend himself, and with a clang, he deflected a flying knife.

The human-shaped Di Earth Raccoon Dog crawled out of the cave, staring at Qingyan with a sinister smile, and said, "Concealing your aura and sneaking around, capturing the leader to catch the thief, humans are indeed cunning. They actually came up with a way to break the deadlock so quickly. If I hadn't been careful and specially set up a means to detect auras nearby, I'm afraid you would have succeeded in one blow."

"... It's not what you think."

"The evidence is conclusive, yet you still try to deny it? Do you really think we Demon Race are all fools?"

Di Earth Raccoon Dog pressed his body down and charged along the ground at an astonishing speed. An Anomalies weapon, resembling a scythe, slashed at Qingyan's ankle, cutting the weeds in the yard to a uniform height.

This near-lying-on-the-ground attack was fast, cunning, and elusive. An ordinary martial artist would likely be struck by the blade upon first contact. Fortunately, Qingyan had specially trained in jujitsu to achieve a kill without any blind spots. He bent his body and used a move called "scooping the Scoop the Moon from the Sea Bottom" to block the opponent's scythe with his dagger.

"You might not believe it, but I truly have no connection with the Mohist Knight Guard, and my purpose here is not to assassinate anyone. As long as you don't attack me, I will leave on my own."

"Ridiculous! Who do you think you can fool with such a clumsy lie?"

"It's precisely because it's clumsy that it's not a lie. If I were to make up an excuse, I should at least come up with a more plausible one."

"That's hard to say. Maybe it's simply because you're stupid, so you made up a flimsy excuse to fool me."

The human and the demon moved with lightning speed, advancing and retreating in the blink of an eye.

In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged a hundred blows. Although Qingyan was on the defensive, he defended flawlessly, blocking all of the opponent's attacks and demonstrating extraordinary skill. The residual force from the clash of their Gang Qi affected the nearby Demon Beast, causing rivers of blood to flow instantly.

Di Earth Raccoon Dog said indignantly, "Insidious humans, how dare they use such methods to kill my men, and yet they claim to be innocent?"

Qingyan felt that even if he jumped into concentrated sulfuric acid, he couldn't clear his name. He was also furious. If it weren't for these Demon Beast interfering, he would have already successfully assassinated his target and left. Couldn't you have waited even a second before launching your sneak attack?

The last assassination attempt had to be stopped because of you, and now you're interfering with me again. You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?

Since he couldn't explain it, he didn't bother to. Qingyan decisively dismissed his distracting thoughts and focused all his attention on killing his opponent. His dagger swings suddenly became three times faster.

"Hmph, you're angry now that I've seen through you, aren't you? You think you can fool me with your low IQ? I'm the smartest demon under the Duke Azure Dragon's command."

In fact, what Qingyan's target was was not important at all. As far as Di Earth Raccoon Dog was concerned, since the other party was a Human Race expert, there was no reason to let him go. As long as he was killed, it would be a great achievement.

He immediately activated his innate divine Divine Ability, controlling the soil to condense into a giant hand, which appeared behind his opponent and fiercely grabbed at him.

Qingyan immediately sensed something in his back, realizing he was caught in a pincer attack. He stopped holding back, spread his left hand, and grasped the short sword that had slid out of his sleeve. He turned and slashed.

"Clear Moon and Bright Wind!"

Qingyan brandished his twin swords, using his body as the center to unleash two arcs of Gang Qi, shattering the mud hand behind him while forcibly forcing back the Di Earth Raccoon Dog.

"Did you think I could only summon one hand?"

Di Earth Raccoon Dog unleashed his Yao Qi and slammed his palm into the earth, instantly creating a series of earth-breaking sounds. This time, he summoned not mud hands, but thick stone worms that opened their mouths to bite at Qingyan.

"Sincere Heart Linked Rings!"

Qingyan used his Movement Method movements in conjunction with his two swords, unleashing his full lightness skill. In an instant, it seemed as if six or seven clones appeared, slashing out arc-shaped sword energies with the fluidity of flowing water. Each sword energy was connected end to end, as if slashing out at the same time, instantly cutting all the stone worms in half.

Then, all his clones merged into one, unleashing even greater speed. A flash of white light appeared, and a lightning-fast One Sword pierced towards his opponent's head.

"Frost Dots Autumn Temples!"

Di Earth Raccoon Dog swung his scythe to defend, but after deflecting the One Sword, he couldn't block the second. The short sword pierced his head, causing it to explode.

However, contrary to expectations, there was no blood-soaked tofu pudding. To Qingyan's astonishment, his opponent's body turned into a pile of dirt, and his pierced head also splattered a bunch of dirt.

"Hmm, that's not right!"

Qingyan hurriedly dodged and retreated, but he was a step too slow. The Di Earth Raccoon Dog's shattered body turned into vines that bound his legs. Then the ground changed again, with twelve thick, sharp spikes rising up and tilting towards him, stabbing inward!

Just as Qingyan was about to escape at the cost of serious injury, a powerful fist suddenly surged from behind, crushing all the ground spikes with overwhelming force. He turned around and saw a ragged young man carrying his target on his back, maintaining his punching posture.

"Oh, it's the uncle who sells breakfast! You've come to help us again? You're such a kind person!"

Upon seeing Qingyan, Hongdou immediately recognized him and a happy expression appeared on her face.