Eerie Material

The facts proved that Hua Xiezhi's combat experience was genuinely impressive. She had not let down Qu Jianlei's trust in the slightest.

Not only was she highly observant and elusive in her movements, but she was also exceptionally skilled at disabling surveillance.

In under three minutes, she had cleared out every surveillance device. Then she turned to Qu Jianlei and gave him a questioning look.

Hidden in the dark as she was, she should not have been able to see his expression. Yet she clearly conveyed her questioning emotion to him.

Qu Jianlei responded with an intense emotion and mouthed a single word: "Run."

Hua Xiezhi was alert as well. She turned and vanished in the direction she had come from.

Qu Jianlei approached the small building, drew his longsword, and silently cut an opening into the wall.

He then took out an Item-Storing Talisman and collected the bricks and stones that were about to fall, even gathering up the drifting dust.

Immediately afterward, he cleared out everyone on the two floors above, storing them all in Item-Storing Talismans as well.

When he entered the basement, he still used the alloy blade to cut through the door without making a sound.

There were four guards in the basement. He had already knocked them unconscious, and now he killed them and bagged them... stored them in Item-Storing Talismans.

The operation had gone unbelievably smoothly. Qu Jianlei frowned, growing increasingly puzzled.

But things had already reached this point, and he could not be bothered to overthink it. While carefully sensing his surroundings, he swiftly cut open another metal door.

There were four rooms beyond it. Three were occupied, by two women and one man.

Qu Jianlei confirmed that the man's aura belonged to Bentley. As for the two women... he could not