Illusion arts—a fancy-sounding term.
But they weren't actually that impressive.
If used in a dream, illusion arts might distort your sight and hearing, because it was a dream. But when used in reality, they could only alter vision. They couldn't even affect hearing.
They were kind of like superpowered Photoshop...
Moreover, every high-level Night Watchman who had cultivated to a certain level also possessed powerful Spiritual Sense, so ordinary illusion arts couldn't affect them at all.
But to low-level Night Watchmen, an Illusion Demon like this was an extremely troublesome opponent.
Imagine seeing a completely unobstructed road in front of you, while in reality, a long sword was aimed at your heart—but you couldn't see it!
Or imagine a beauty leaning against your chest, making you feel delighted, when in reality, she was an Illusion Demon holding a dagger.
Illusion Demons could be called low-level Night Watchmen harvesters.
However, illusions were fake after all. They couldn't achieve one hundred percent realism, so they were only suitable for surprise attacks. Once someone got used to them or stayed on guard, illusion arts became completely useless.
Once you saw through them, the illusion broke as well.
Boss Lu had simply gotten a little used to them now.
The ghost inside the Lion Umbrella was a real prankster. Every so often, it would come over and try to bewitch Lu Yibai.
So he was highly experienced.
Clearly, because this Illusion Demon was hiding in the surveillance room, it was using the bar's cameras to observe his every move.
It might have wanted to trap him with illusion arts for a while, then find an opportunity to escape.
But it had absolutely never expected Lu Yibai to see through it so quickly.
Of course, it expected even less that—even if it really escaped, it would die even faster once it ran out of the bar.
If it knew the truth, this Illusion Demon would probably have been utterly despairing.
After saying "Hello" to the surveillance room, Lu Yibai moved.
He sprinted toward the surveillance room at top speed.
Of course, the bar was huge, and he had no idea where the surveillance room was.
After all, his Spiritual Sense might not even reach as far as his own eyes... What the hell was the use of it?!
But his Night Watchman Mark sensed Lin Xiaoqi's location.
Xiaoqi had probably been observing him from outside the bar all along. Once the Illusion Demon used its demonic power, she should have sensed its existence and locked onto it.
As long as the little girl remained safe, she didn't mind letting her boss get some more practical experience.
Since Lu Yibai had successfully seen through the illusion, it meant he had solved the problem. Satisfied Teacher Xiaoqi had also reached the time to act personally.
That was too fast!
Just moments ago, Lu Yibai's Night Watchman Mark had sensed Lin Xiaoqi outside the bar. In the next instant, it sensed her somewhere inside the bar!
That place should have been the surveillance room, where the Illusion Demon was hiding.
By the time Lu Yibai burst into the surveillance room, Lin Xiaoqi was already holding the little girl and standing quietly to one side.
The little girl was unconscious, sleeping soundly.
Poor child. She had been kidnapped twice in one month.
Who knew what was wrong with this mysterious Demon Organization? They had their eyes on her and kept kidnapping her.
"Boss, you're here." Lin Xiaoqi spoke while holding the little girl.
Lu Yibai nodded.
Then he saw the Illusion Demon standing nearby, looking bewildered but fully on guard.
It wore a black hooded sweatshirt, with the hood pulled up.
It had an utterly ordinary face and an average build. It gave off such a weak presence that people would easily overlook it.
It had probably already recognized Lin Xiaoqi.
This woman had charged through the door in an instant and snatched away the child beside it before it could react at all. She had to be Crow City's legendary Night Cat.
As for the man beside her...
Emmmm, it didn't know him.
The reason it had used illusion arts on Lu Yibai was that it had seen the Lion Umbrella in his hand.
Everyone in the demon world knew that Crow City had two terrifying black umbrellas: the Dragon Snake Umbrella and the Cat Umbrella.
This Lion Umbrella looked... somewhat similar to them.
So it had tested him. It hadn't expected him to really be a Night Watchman!
Damn this luck!
It had been hiding in the surveillance room, waiting for the demon who was supposed to receive it. Naturally cautious, it hadn't relaxed at all. After all, this was Crow City!
Although reliable information said that the Gentleman had indeed gone to Magic City to take up a post, no one had seen Night Cat in Magic City!
Even with the Gentleman gone, Crow City still wasn't a place where low-level demons like them could run wild.
How many demons had been killed by Night Cat?
But it had to complete the organization's mission. It had no choice.
The Rat Demon had died before. No one knew how, but it had clearly failed the mission.
The organization didn't care.
It was only a low-level demon. If it died, so be it.
So even knowing that the little girl might have guards around her, the organization had still sent it here.
Clearly, losing one more demon didn't matter either.
What if it got lucky and completed the mission?
As long as the organization's information wasn't exposed, these missions could be completed entirely by low-level demons—by piling up corpses and leaving things to luck.
Did it dare expose the organization? With the Blood Contract upon it, it couldn't. It would die.
The moment it had any thought of betrayal, its blood would feel as though it were burning!
What puzzled this Illusion Demon, however, was that if Night Cat was really as powerful as the rumors claimed, it should already have been dead in that instant.
Why hadn't she killed it? Did she want to obtain information from its mouth?
It hadn't expected a legendary figure to be so naïve.
"Heh heh, you won't be able to get any information out of me." The Illusion Demon spoke to Lin Xiaoqi, striking the pose of a martyr.
"I never intended to." After saying that, Lin Xiaoqi carried the little girl away, leaving Lu Yibai and the Night Demon in the surveillance room.
Lin Xiaoqi's attitude was obvious: I'm not killing you because I'm leaving you here for my boss to practice on.
You're just a monster in a game, you know? The kind that gives experience.
Illusion Demon: "..."
What a miserable demonic life...
Although it knew that even if it defeated the man before it, Night Cat would still kill it, that didn't mean it was willing to sit around and wait for death.
What was that human saying again? Take a gamble, and your bicycle could turn into a motorcycle!
That didn't seem to fit the context either. Whatever!
Even if it was really going to die, why not collect a little interest from this low-level male Night Watchman before it did?
Even if it was only a piece of flesh, or a single drop of blood!
The young man before it held the Lion Umbrella and slowly walked toward it.
The Illusion Demon clan had frail bodies. The only things they could rely on were illusion arts and hypnosis.
Its illusion arts had already been broken once. It raised its right hand, which radiated a faint gray light, and tried to hypnotize Lu Yibai.
"Sleep, sleep. You're already very tired..."
Boom! Lu Yibai's fist slammed directly into its face, knocking out several teeth!
"I'm not tired. I have plenty of energy." Lu Yibai spoke indifferently.
"Break, break. You already..." (Its teeth were broken, leaving it unable to speak clearly.)
Boom! Another punch landed on the left side of its face!
The Illusion Demon was practically beaten to tears. Its frail body could only endure Boss Lu's storm-like assault.
Lu Yibai was indeed a little angry now.
I risked my life to save that little girl last time, and you bastards came to kidnap her again?
Do I not have any dignity?
Boss Lu considered himself a dignified man.
So...
Sleep my ass. Let's see if I don't beat the hell out of you!
(Note: First update.)
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