Lin Zhiluo had proved it.
In his hands, nothing was impossible.
The dagger flew far faster than the flare.
By the time the flare had traveled halfway,
the dagger had pierced its casing.
The unremarkable little dagger split the flare perfectly in two,
rendering it a dud for good.
It fell to the ground and bounced twice.
"How is this possible?!"
The last surviving mercenary on the wall had watched the whole thing unfold.
No one answered him.
A flash of steel streaked past, and the mercenary's head hit the ground.
And with that, every guard outside the Li Family manor had been wiped out.
Lin Zhiluo walked over to the flare on the ground and pulled the dagger from its casing.
He was quite confident he could stop the flare from going off.
Who knew how many times he'd dealt with these flares back then?
It had to be at least a hundred!
Later, he'd even gotten his hands on quite a few finished flares from the Li Family.
He'd spent every day studying their internal structure. That was how he'd mastered the throwing-knife technique that could stop a flare perfectly.
"Ding! All security personnel outside the Li Family manor have been eliminated." "Ding! The host's path of revenge has begun." "Ding! The following quest is issued: [A Tooth for a Tooth]." [A Tooth for a Tooth]: Every slight must be avenged. No one who provokes the host can leave alive! Tonight, the host will become the Death God and reap every life inside the Li Family manor! Quest requirement: Kill the remaining 269 people in the Li Family manor (0/269). Quest reward: Draw one random ordinary Golden Finger and receive one Bronze-grade piece of equipment. Time limit: 12 hours "Ding! Would the host like to accept this quest?"
A trace of surprise crossed Lin Zhiluo's cold face.
But he quickly returned to his usual calm.
"Excellent. Li Haobo, now you have one more reason you absolutely have to die!"
"Accept the quest," Lin Zhiluo said.
"Ding! Quest [A Tooth for a Tooth] accepted. The Revenge Barrier is now active. If even one of the 269 people inside the Li Family manor escapes beyond its grounds, the host will be able to locate them.
"Ding! We wish the host success in completing the quest."
Lin Zhiluo was delighted.
The Revenge Barrier.
It was an exceedingly rare high-level item, and he'd never encountered one before.
He only knew its general effect.
Just as the Golden Finger System had said, it could stop enemies from escaping the barrier.
If they did escape, he would be able to see their locations for at least a month!
What did that mean?
For a whole month, no matter how far they ran, they wouldn't be able to escape his pursuit.
The sheer psychological torment would be enough to break them.
The first time this item had appeared was during the Dragon Kingdom's war against the Wo Kingdom.
After the Dragon Kingdom placed a Revenge Barrier over the Wo Kingdom's capital,
its people had chased down the Wo Kingdom citizens fleeing the capital for days, hacking at them until the entire country was left wailing in despair.
Now, Lin Zhiluo would get to experience the same thing.
Lin Zhiluo searched the mercenaries and casually took a few things from them.
Then he continued sneaking deeper into the manor.
The villa at the center of the estate was still filled with merriment.
No one had the slightest idea that Lin Zhiluo had already killed all the guards.
Meanwhile, Lin Zhiluo, who was sneaking toward the small building beside the main house, was a little confused.
He watched the number on the quest panel keep climbing.
(7/269), (8/269), (9/269)...
What the hell was going on?
I haven't even done anything yet, and people are already dying?
"Ah, Eyu, what are you doing? You killed the last woman too!!!" Heixing shouted angrily.
Several women's corpses were piled in the middle of the villa's hall.
After Wang Dahu and the zombies had died together, these people had lost their entertainment.
They sat in their seats, sighing with boredom one after another.
How could the "hospitable" Li Haobo let everyone down?
With a grand wave of his hand, he gathered every woman in his manor together.
He hadn't even spared the cleaning lady in her forties.
He was going to throw a grand, wild multi-person party!!!
But he'd underestimated the strength of the beasts in the Hunting Mercenary Group.
Those women couldn't possibly withstand being attacked by burly men who were each like an animal.
Before long, they had all died after suffering in agony.
"Sorry, I used too much force and snapped her spine," Eyu said, seeming "apologetic."
Of course, he was only sorry because he'd broken his brothers' plaything, not because he'd killed the woman.
"Now the last one's gone too. What are we supposed to do for fun?" Heixing said glumly.
"Why not have some fun with me?"
A voice suddenly echoed through the villa's hall. It seemed to come from at least four different places!
"Who's there?" Rong Zhan, who had been dozing on the sofa, abruptly stood up.
The instant the voice rang out,
every hair on his body had already stood on end.
Killing intent.
An unprecedented killing intent!
Rong Zhan could say without exaggeration that he'd killed countless people.
Over the years on the battlefield, he'd killed at least ten thousand.
Yet compared to the killing intent bearing down on him, his own was nothing.
And it wasn't just Rong Zhan.
The other members of the Hunting Mercenary Group all grew alert.
They were killers themselves. How could they fail to recognize killing intent?
Li Haobo still hadn't figured out what was going on.
But the Silver-haired Butler immediately stepped in front of him, shielding him completely.
After speaking, the voice fell silent.
Only then did Li Haobo belatedly realize what had happened.
"He's here, he's really here! Someone's really here to kill me!" Li Haobo screamed in terror.
"Master, stay calm!" the Silver-haired Butler said.
Only then did Li Haobo manage to shut his mouth.
But terror filled his eyes, and his body kept trembling.
"I don't know who you are or what you want. Perhaps we can talk this out," Rong Zhan called loudly.
He was already afraid.
The fact that this expert had reached the villa without anyone noticing
meant that every guard outside the manor had already been dealt with!
Those were all members of the Hunting Mercenary Group.
Even if they weren't elite troops, every one of them could take on ten men on the battlefield!
And yet they'd all been wiped out without a sound.
Was the person outside human?
Or a god!!!
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