Night fell.
After getting ready, Li Hongyu and the two women drove to the residential complex where Shen Fei lived.
Through their investigation, they had already established Shen Fei's identity and gathered all sorts of information about him.
"This place is so run-down... Looks like Shen Fei has a decent heart. He hasn't used his abilities to make illicit money," Dong Rouwan said as she looked at the shabby complex.
Li Hongyu chuckled. "Doesn't that tell us something about his character? Even after obtaining such great power, he hasn't used it to do anything bad. Instead, he's kept such a low profile..."
Beside him, Bian Zhuyue said softly, "Why do I feel like he just disdains doing those things, and money really doesn't matter to him? Maybe what he wants... isn't any of that, but..."
"But what?"
The two stopped and looked at Bian Zhuyue.
Bian Zhuyue blushed and lowered her head shyly. Remembering the look in Shen Fei's eyes that afternoon and what he had said before, she said softly, "Instead... he wants an opponent. Someone who can make him go all out... I think there's something of a master's loneliness about him..."
It was loneliness...
Bian Zhuyue did not say it aloud.
Perhaps it had something to do with his having been an orphan as a child.
Li Hongyu and Dong Rouwan pondered this. There did seem to be something to it.
"Good thing he has no ambitions. Otherwise... the Transcendent Administration Bureau really wouldn't have any way to deal with him right now." Li Hongyu was thankful Shen Fei was not an enemy.
Bian Zhuyue said nothing.
Does he really have no ambitions? Could someone so eager to fight have no ambitions in his heart? No, he must have some! Unless he's obsessed with martial arts... Bian Zhuyue thought.
Chatting and laughing, the three soon arrived outside Shen Fei's door.
Knock, knock, knock-
They knocked on the door.
No one answered.
"Is he out?" Dong Rouwan asked.
Li Hongyu shook his head.
"I don't know. Since he isn't here right now, let's wait a little."
They waited outside.
At that moment.
Dressed in red layered armor from the Warring States Period, with the Uchiha Gunbai on his back, Shen Fei was on Yuanling Mountain on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital.
Before him stood more than a dozen evolved wolves, all ferocious beasts at the first stage of Mortal Entry.
Shen Fei had mainly come here to stretch his legs.
He wanted to see whether there were any powerful Transcendent Beasts that would let him display a little of his strength.
Unfortunately, he still had not encountered any.
Instead, he had run into a pack of more than a dozen first-stage Mortal Entry wolves. Their strength was far too low; they were not even as strong as that tiger.
Shen Fei could not muster the slightest interest.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
A mouthful of spiritual energy gathered in his throat. Immediately afterward, a fireball shot from Shen Fei's mouth and landed among the wolves.
Boom-
Explosions filled the air.
The wolves failed to dodge and were blasted by the fireball, wiped out in an instant!
"Boring."
Just as Shen Fei was about to leave after saying that, a figure appeared and blocked his path.
He was covered entirely in a black robe and looked very mysterious.
"What an impressive fire elemental ability. You're that Shen Fei who's been so popular lately," the mysterious man said in a hoarse voice.
Shen Fei stopped, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan rotating in his eyes.
"But you're so childish. Wearing red armor with a fan on your back-are you pretending to be someone from ancient times? Hahaha!" The man laughed loudly, seemingly full of disdain for Shen Fei's attire.
Shen Fei said flatly, "You're wrong... The truly childish ones... are those who can't keep their composure and act rashly."
As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed at the air to his right.
A figure was suddenly caught in Shen Fei's grasp in what had appeared to be empty air.
Shen Fei seized a shapely woman by the throat and forcibly lifted her up.
"Ah... aaah... Master... Cult... Leader... save me..."
With her throat in his grip, the woman struggled to breathe. Her face had already turned purple with congestion, and she barely managed to beg the mysterious man to save her.
Somewhat surprised, the mysterious man said slowly, "Your powers of observation really are astonishing. All right, let her go. Let's talk."
Shen Fei sneered. "Talk to this clone of yours? If you're sincere, remember to use your real body!"
The next second, Shen Fei activated the Body Flicker Technique, appeared beside the mysterious man in an instant, and shattered the clone with a slap.
Then Shen Fei turned his gaze to the woman.
By then, she had passed out from suffocation.
"Just as well. I'll let you try the Restraining Cursed Talisman I mastered today."
The Restraining Cursed Talisman was a type of Cursed Seal Technique Madara Uchiha used to control Rin and Obito.
By planting the cursed talisman in someone's heart, he could control them however he pleased. If they tried to remove the talisman, their movements would be inhibited, leaving them unable to undo the Cursed Seal themselves.
Since you wanted to kill me, you'll have to bear the consequences.
Shen Fei pressed his other hand against the woman's chest, over her heart.
The next second, the Restraining Cursed Talisman appeared in her heart.
Shen Fei sneered.
He casually tossed the woman aside.
Then he used the Body Flicker Technique and left.
A long while later.
The woman discovered she was not dead, but she feared Shen Fei might follow her, so she contacted her master.
Soon, the mysterious man's clone appeared again.
He examined the woman's body thoroughly, confirmed that Shen Fei had not left any tricks on her, and found no sign of Shen Fei in the surrounding area either.
Finally, the mysterious man sneered.
"A child is still a child. Even with a powerful ability, he's still just a child. A foolish brat with delusions of grandeur! Hmph."
"Sooner or later, I'll make you regret this!"
With that, the mysterious man took the woman away.
Shen Fei used the Body Flicker Technique and soon reached his doorstep.
He discovered the three people he had met that afternoon waiting outside his door.
The three saw Shen Fei as well.
"What are you doing here?" Shen Fei asked flatly.
"Oh, let me introduce us first. My name is Li Hongyu, and these two are Bian Zhuyue and Dong Rouwan. We all belong to the Transcendent Administration Bureau."
Shen Fei waved a hand and looked at them coldly. "Get to the point. What are you here for?"
"We'd like to invite you to join the Transcendent Administration Bureau..."
Shen Fei cut Li Hongyu off.
"I won't join. Leave."
"Wait, we offer excellent benefits. If you agree, you can immediately move somewhere hundreds or thousands of times better than this place, and..."
"Enough! Didn't you hear what I said?" Shen Fei's Sharingan shifted, and his aura erupted.
For a moment, the three lost focus and seemed to see Shen Fei slapping all of them to death...
When they came back to their senses, they discovered that Shen Fei had already entered his home and closed the door.
The three gasped for breath.
"Was that... Genjutsu?" Dong Rouwan found it somewhat hard to believe.
But I'm at Mortal Entry Second Stage, Ninth Level, and I even have a super-A-rank Genjutsu ability! How could I possibly fall under Genjutsu?! It must have been because his aura was too frightening. He's too strong, and his aura was so terrifying that it scared me, making those images appear involuntarily in my mind. They were all subconscious hallucinations... Dong Rouwan speculated uncertainly.
Bian Zhuyue and Li Hongyu thought the same.
It was not as though they had never been subjected to Genjutsu. Dong Rouwan's Genjutsu was nothing like this. In that case, this was not Genjutsu. At most, Shen Fei's powerful presence had affected them, causing subconscious hallucinations to appear in their minds.
Yes, that had to be it.
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