White Hair

He completely failed to understand where this girl's confidence came from.

But since she had said she was going to make a move, he still had to give it his all.

"What do I need to do?"

The moment he asked, the girl handed him a short blade. "I'll go in through the front entrance. You deal with a few lackeys in the back. No problem?"

"No problem."

He realized that the girl intended to face the strongest enemy alone.

He glanced at her outfit. Near the hem of her skirt hung a small pouch that seemed to contain something.

He had no idea what it was.

Honestly, he was still a little worried about a girl like her attacking this kind of criminal organization alone.

But reason told him that she probably was not weak.

In fact, Ye Qian had prepared a huge number of Explosion Rings this time.

These things were genuinely easy to make. Unlike those people from the Insect Blood Society, who might spend a whole week tinkering with one and still fail. Even if each one was no stronger than a grenade, their advantage was their small size. Used with Spirit Thread, they were the deadliest of killing moves.

Beside a bar, several idle men squatted at the entrance, playing cards.

A girl suddenly appeared not far away.

One of them was immediately drawn to her.

"Yo, what a gorgeous girl. Little miss, are you here to have some fun with us?"

She was so beautiful that the man could not suppress the agitation in his heart. He rose with a grin.

"Damn, she's top-tier."

The people beside him saw her as well and secretly swallowed.

Ye Xin had investigated beforehand and knew that these men, who had the heart but not the guts, were not her targets. She coldly said, "Get lost."

"You... Ah, so cold. Don't be like that, little miss."

Only when they saw Ye Qian pull a blade from her pocket did their faces twitch, and they obediently moved aside.

After she entered, one of them could not help muttering, "What terrifying presence. She isn't here to cause trouble, is she?"

"Beautiful girls tend to have a bit of a temper."

"Do you think she has a grudge against Ghost Head?"

"Even if she does, she wouldn't come in alone, right? Maybe she got hurt and came here to vent."

"No way? Ghost Head isn't easy to talk to. Should we stop her? I really don't want anything to happen to such a pretty girl."

"Stop her, my ass. Let's run."

While they discussed it in private, Ye Xin had already entered the empty bar hall.

"Miss, care for a drink?"

A man standing by the bar smiled and offered her a glass of red wine.

Ye Xin glanced at him and asked, "Are you one of Ghost Head's men?"

"Oh?" The man froze for a moment, then a strange smile appeared on his face. "Interesting. You..."

Before he could finish, a sharp pain suddenly came from his neck.

He instinctively reached up and touched his throat...

Crack!

Blood sprayed out as his head flew into the air.

"The whole place is full of Ghost Head's people, and you even drugged my wine." Ye Xin sneered, pulling both hands apart. The heads of six people in the distance flew into the air at the same time.

"Fuck!"

A man seated in the distance immediately stood up and shouted, "Attack!"

Only then did many people react, immediately drawing their guns.

Unfortunately for them, more than a dozen rings had already flown toward them.

Boom!

Boom boom boom boom!

Ye Xin had originally wanted to modify the Explosion Rings, putting a shell filled with steel pellets around them to create an effect similar to a fragmentation grenade.

But equipment like that would undoubtedly injure her during battle.

Besides, these enemies were not very strong, so there was no rush to modify the weapons.

After that wave, the scene was instantly engulfed in violent explosions.

When the billowing smoke and dust cleared, the lackeys were dead or severely wounded.

Bang! Bang!

Two bullets shot toward her.

But Ye Xin had already used Spirit Thread in that instant to deflect their arms, throwing off their aim.

"Kill her!"

A man roared.

Using the pull of her threads, Ye Xin easily leaped onto the wall and ran along its side, instantly closing in on her target. Before he could react, she pulled with both hands and severed his head.

The man beside him was also attacked by the threads, but the instant they touched his skin, Ye Xin felt a repelling force. With a thought, two new threads stabbed toward his heart and mouth. Yet just as they broke through his skin, they were blocked by that repulsive force.

She flipped backward, then rolled to the side, and a terrifying attack struck beside her.

Bang!

The already battered Iron table beside her slammed into the wall under an invisible impact.

"So there really is someone here who possesses special powers." Ye Xin smiled.

This battle was still easy for her. Her threads had indeed pierced the man's heart earlier, and after pulling them out, she could see that something was clearly wrong with his expression.

An ability like an air cannon would obviously pose a fatal threat to Ye Xin.

But in this battle, she had the combined surveillance of Mystic Thread and Spirit Thread. She could predict where he intended to strike in advance.

There was a lot of information, but one should not forget that Ye Xin had many brains.

Yes, battle information was analyzed and processed together by Ye Qian, Alice, Battle Miss, and the others, making her efficiency extremely high.

After several sneak attacks, one thread finally pierced the man's artery.

He collapsed to the ground in agony.

"Ghost Head... if you don't come out, we'll all be dead." The man roared furiously.

Boom—

With a thunderous crash, a man descended from above.

The instant he landed, a blade flew from behind and struck his body.

Bai Yun had thrown that blade.

Of course, just as expected, the attack had no effect.

Several iron wires blocked it behind him.

"You dare come here and cause trouble? You're asking to die." The man gritted his teeth and looked back. "So it's you."

Bai Yun's heart sank. He had not expected Ghost Head to be so powerful that he could control so many iron wires at once to counterattack.

Before he could say anything, however, with a hiss, dozens of iron wires were all severed by a strange force.

Ghost Head's expression changed slightly. He turned around again and fixed his gaze on Ye Xin.

A Transcendent?

No, she definitely had not advanced yet. But with that strange ability and such destructive power... he really had been careless.

He had great confidence in his technique. It was an ability that fused his entire body's strength with Iron wires. Because his own blood and vitality had been incorporated into them, the wires had become exceptionally tough.

That was also why he had been able to open this establishment and gather a group of underlings.

Though he had nothing to do with the real Transcendent circle, quite a few secret organizations had secretly extended olive branches to him.

He had rejected them all.

The reason was simple. He could be the boss here, but if he entered the Hidden Circle, he might have to listen to a superior.

How could being someone else's employee be more comfortable than being his own boss?

Yet despite being so cautious and usually provoking only people without much of a background, how could he have expected to encounter a girl who was obviously from the Hidden Circle one day?

"Who exactly are you?" he asked coldly.

White Hair

"..."

The delicate girl before him did not answer. Instead, she waved both hands, flinging more than a dozen rings into the air.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Like bullets, the rings all shot toward him at an absurd speed.

"Not good!"

Boom—

All the rings exploded almost simultaneously.

At the moment she threw them, Ye Xin had actually already hidden behind a wall. Thus, when the explosions erupted, all she could feel was the violent airflow blasting out from the hall.

The terrifying shockwave made even the nearest wall tremble violently, but it did not harm Ye Xin behind it.

When she stepped out again, only a corpse remained in sight.

A kill notification appeared before her eyes.

"Mm, that was easier than expected."

Just as she was about to finish him off, the bloody, mangled figure on the ground suddenly sprang up and lunged viciously at Ye Xin.

Clang—

Bai Yun immediately rushed forward carrying an Iron table, raising it in front of him as a shield.

A violent metallic ringing erupted from the collision.

More than a dozen iron wires bound him from all directions, slicing open his arm with a puff.

Fortunately, Ye Xin's Spirit Thread had arrived as well, weaving into a net in front of Ghost Head.

When he fiercely slammed his fist against the shield ahead, his pupils suddenly contracted as he stared at his arm in horror.

Blood gushed out. As though precisely cut apart by a machine, his entire arm turned into chunks of flesh that scattered to the ground with a series of wet slaps. Before he could recover from the shock, another burst of intense pain came from his body. He widened his eyes and looked down, only to discover that the upper half of his body had been severed as well.

Yes, he had passed through an invisible net.

The grid-like squares cut his body apart like tofu.

Splatter, splatter—

After falling to the ground, the man stared wide-eyed at the ceiling above.

Bai Yun retreated several steps with the shield raised. When he cautiously moved it aside and looked at the ground, he saw a scene beyond words.

"Is he dead?"

He had no idea how the other man had died.

But without question, that stunningly beautiful girl had been the one who did it.