Fogbound: Finish It Quickly
Old Eagle instinctively looked up, but immediately realized he'd been tricked. He raised both hands to block the air, and a silver-gray metal shield appeared above his head!
"Bang!"
Under the force of gravity, the metal shield gave a muffled thud. Old Eagle staggered backward from the impact, then took several kicks in quick succession. He held the shield high with one hand while drawing a gem-encrusted Long Sword from behind his back with the other. As he raised it, the Ruby set in its hilt blazed with dazzling light, illuminating the entire alley!
Seeing that his assailant wore an opaque black Mask, and that a closer look at it caused dizziness, he shifted his gaze away and swung his sword forward!
"Clang!" A thin, piercing sound cut through the air. The residential building opposite him was sliced open from the fifth floor upward, like a block of tofu. Though only a fine line appeared on the wall, every reinforcing bar inside had been severed. The impact, like that of a waterjet, had pierced straight through the building!
The smell of blood soon drifted out through the windows. Who knew how many people had been cut in half in their sleep?
Xu Huo had dodged the attack and was hovering at Third Floor height. He frowned as he looked at the crack in the wall.
He had happened to see Old Eagle trap the Special Affairs Bureau agents with a golden cigarette holder. The cigarette holder had probably been a One-Time Item; after it was used, it had shattered and vanished. Xu Huo had intercepted him on a gamble, and hadn't expected Old Eagle to still be so capable despite his gunshot wound.
His ambush had failed, and he'd already missed his only chance to kill