Eat This, Gun!

Professional!

Back at the Warehouse, Fu Qian was still savoring the assassination attempt.

The plan had clearly been devised by a professional. Every step had led neatly into the next.

First, they hypnotized the target's maid and tried to poison the target, killing her without anyone noticing.

If that failed, they had a transcendent lying in wait outside as a backup. The maid would help pinpoint the target's location, and the attacker would finish her off in one strike.

Miss Wen had really been lucky to survive!

[Sanity Value -1, entering Containment Scene]

With a sigh, Fu Qian touched the Mist Door again.

This time, he repeated his old trick: kicked down a stone pillar, then slipped into the villa with the crowd.

He kicked the door open and went inside again. Sure enough, Wen Li was still drinking soup.

"Shut up!"

Fu Qian bellowed, and another Air Bullet blasted the bowl out of Wen Li's hands, drenching Miss Wen from head to toe.

As for the maid named Fang Ting, Fu Qian still didn't choose to kill her outright. He let Wen Xiuxian's men restrain her again.

What if the woman died and the people outside slipped away?

He was still waiting for them to attack.

To make sure the Stone Giant attacked at the same time and from the same position, he'd even chosen to kick down the same pillar.

Now, everything was going according to plan.

Fu Qian silently counted the seconds.

"Why? Who sent you?"

"I don't know... I really didn't..."

Wen Xiuxian and the maid had reached the same deadly exchange as before. At the maid's scream, just as she lunged at Wen Li, Fu Qian made his move.

He charged ahead of the middle-aged man surnamed Ji and kicked Wen Li into the corner.

"How dare you!"

Wen Li's father roared, his eyes nearly bulging from their sockets, and rushed to her side.

The middle-aged man surnamed Ji arrived just then and silently swung a fist at Fu Qian.

Now that was more like it. He was far better than that wannabe Little Wolf Girl.

The man's punch looked ordinary enough, but it packed far more power than the one who'd hidden a blade in his hand.

Fu Qian didn't dodge. He met the punch without hesitation.

A fierce force crashed into him. Fu Qian's body shook, and his arm ached faintly.

Interesting. This is the first character who's managed to make me lose HP.

Of course, the middle-aged man surnamed Ji fared even worse. The force of their clash drove him back three steps, and a flush rose in his face. He looked injured.

Shock was written all over his face. He was just about to speak when a deafening crash rang out. A white stone pillar smashed through the wall and struck the spot where Wen Li had been standing.

Stone fragments flew everywhere, and dust billowed through the air.

Wen Xiuxian, who'd been roaring as he held Wen Li, fell abruptly silent. He stared blankly at the pillar embedded in the floor.

If Wen Li had been a split second slower, she would have been reduced to a pile of bones.

"What is this..."

Fu Qian ignored the bewildered father and wrapped his arms around the stone pillar.

This is some solid craftsmanship. I've done all this to it, and there isn't even a crack.

He took a deep breath as he praised it.

Then Fu Qian exerted himself and wrenched the pillar out of the wall.

Under the horrified stares of everyone around him, Fu Qian struck a stylish pose and hurled the pillar right back the way it had come.

The pillar became a javelin once more, streaking through the air for dozens of meters.

Outside the villa, the Stone Giant had been demonstrating a technique that barely did any damage. At the roar of rushing wind, he turned in horror and saw the pillar he'd thrown flying back at him.

His rock-covered body was highly resistant, but the downside was that he lacked agility.

Even though he tried with all his might to dodge, his right leg still took a direct hit and was smashed in two.

Among the flying stones, something red—the color of blood—finally splattered into view.

The Stone Giant crashed to the ground with a heavy thud.

At the same time, Fu Qian leapt outside through the huge hole in the wall, following the pillar he'd thrown.

The Stone Giant seemed to sense the danger.

Although one leg was shattered, he hadn't completely lost his ability to fight. With a muffled roar, he grabbed a car and hurled it at another stone pillar.

The pillar snapped into several pieces, and the luxury car was wrecked.

That looks familiar!

Fu Qian took a closer look. It seemed to be Young Master Ye's car.

The car really had suffered a rough fate. Hadn't the Little Wolf Girl wrecked it last time?

Crack!

The stone fragments scattered across the ground seemed to come alive, swiftly gathering around the Stone Giant's leg.

A bizarre new leg quickly took shape. The Stone Giant managed to regain some mobility, struggled to his feet, and ran toward the lake.

Think you can get away?

Fu Qian, who'd chased outside, kicked down another pillar beside him and hurled it at the Stone Giant.

With a thunderous crash!

What followed was a brutal sight.

The flying javelin struck the Stone Giant squarely in the back. The powerful impact slammed him to the ground, leaving him completely unable to move.

A series of cracking sounds rang out as the slabs of stone attached to the Stone Giant fell away one by one, revealing a naked man wearing nothing but underwear.

The man lay face-down on the ground, apparently unconscious.

The bodyguards nearest to him immediately surrounded him.

Fu Qian didn't join them. He even set down the other stone pillar he'd been holding.

His instincts told him it wouldn't be that simple.

The next moment, a sharp boom rang out. The bodyguards surrounding the naked man clutched their heads and fell to the ground.

The only person still standing lifted the unconscious man and plunged straight into the water.

So there really was another accomplice, and he'd even been hiding among the bodyguards.

Wen Xiuxian and the others finally came running outside.

Wen Xiuxian was clearly an important man. By now, he'd recovered from his initial shock. He looked at Fu Qian and asked in a low voice, "Who are you? What's going on?"

Fu Qian glanced behind him. The middle-aged man surnamed Ji was shielding Wen Li and Young Master Ye.

At least he had some sense. He'd brought them all along to avoid being led away by a diversion.

Apart from looking pale, Miss Wen seemed none the worse for wear.

That kick might have looked brutal, but Fu Qian had carefully controlled his strength, taking Miss Wen's physical constitution into account.

There was no chance of accidentally kicking her to death. At most, he'd break a leg.

"Is that how you treat the person who saved your daughter's life?"

Fu Qian snorted at Wen Xiuxian's question and stood with his hands behind his back.

It was an undeniable fact. Wen Xiuxian's expression shifted several times before he finally sighed and thanked Fu Qian solemnly.

"Don't mention it. I was only acting on someone's request. Someone didn't want her to die."

Fu Qian threw his head back and laughed, striking the pose of a master.

Acting on someone's request?

Wen Xiuxian raised an eyebrow, his expression uncertain.

"May I ask who?"

"Here!"

Fu Qian pointed at Captain Gu.

"That's him."

"I'm an elite member of Captain Gu's team."

"This man's a complete unknown. We can't trust him."

Wen Xiuxian was dumbfounded, but Young Master Ye couldn't hold back anymore. He stepped forward, eager to make his presence felt.

"The attacker was clearly down, but he let him go. Maybe they were in cahoots and staged the whole thing."

"There's virtue in sparing a life. I, Fu, simply don't want to add to the body count."

Fu Qian sneered and spouted nonsense.

The truth was, he hadn't felt much like chasing the man in the first place.

As long as assassins were around, a master like him had value. His mission was to make sure he leveled up, not to survive.

If he really killed the attacker, a crafty old hand like Wen Xiuxian would immediately start thinking all sorts of things.

As for why he'd attacked so brutally when he didn't want to kill the man?

That bastard had made him waste one point of Sanity Value. He deserved to die a thousand deaths.

"I believe him."

A weak voice came from behind them. The genius girl Wen Li spoke for the first time.