I Guess This Counts as Serving the Emperor's Consort, the Shadow Assassin Group's First Player

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Bullets came flying. Li Xin dodged nearly all of them and caught one between his fingers.

Black resentment clung to the bullet, enough to make someone seriously ill and weak. Li Xin surged his true qi through his body and drove away the discomfort.

He flicked the bullet back, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

He would try one last time.

Two minutes later, only ten bodyguards remained. Li Xin had crippled every one of them without killing them.

Maybe the answer is to wound them without killing them!

Li Xin's eyes trembled. Unless he dealt with these men first, he had no time to think about how to leave.

He waited quietly for thirty seconds. No new footsteps came. Li Xin let out a breath of relief, feeling as though he really had been sick. Cold sweat had broken out on his forehead.

"Li Xin really is clever. He's from ancient times, yet he's already figured out how to play the game."

Xu Ruyan watched in secret, impressed by Li Xin.

Learning the rules was the first step toward becoming a competent player.

Before Li Xin had finished exhaling, the ten bodyguards in black began dying one after another.

"What's happening?! Don't die!" Scared out of his wits, Li Xin rushed to check their injuries.

Within a dozen seconds, all ten bodyguards were dead!

Footsteps and battle cries rose again from the streets and alleys.

Li Xin's efforts had been for nothing. His heart sank.

Ten minutes later, Li Xin had crippled every bodyguard without killing a single one.

He had taken no injuries, but his true qi was badly depleted.

"Who the hell are you people? What will it take to make you stop following me?" Li Xin grabbed a bodyguard