Tracking Through the Ruins, a Beauty Trap, and Formless Concealment

The ruins of a slum in the Demon Capital of Shanghai.

The night wind, carrying a cool, damp mist, whistled through the broken walls and ruins.

A bewitching figure in deep purple, like a light, falling leaf, landed silently in front of the brick wall of the dead-end alley that had been smashed through.

Hong Gui removed her sunglasses, and her eyes, gleaming with a faint silver light, carefully examined the headless male corpse on the ground in the dim light.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

She looked at the Gray Wolf's chest, which had been completely caved in by a punch, and the severed right hand, frozen by the extreme cold, and couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

"Such domineering power! Such chilling aura!"

"Although this Gray Wolf was a lowlife who specialized in doing dirty work, he was still at least Qi Gathering Realm Third Layer. He was instantly killed in one move, without even a chance to retaliate..."

Hong Gui crouched down, her slender fingers gently touching the broken ice crystal that still exuded a chilling aura.

"This kind of pure, extreme cold power... is definitely not something that ordinary Yellow Grade or even Profound Grade Qi Technique can achieve."

She stood up, her eyes gleaming with extreme excitement.

"Those fools at the Myriad Treasures Pavilion thought this was a fat sheep, but they didn't realize they'd provoked a real abyssal behemoth."

Hong Gui closed her eyes and formed an extremely complex hand seal in front of her chest.

"Seeking Qi, Tracing its Source!"

An extremely subtle yet incredibly sensitive mental fluctuation rapidly spread outwards in a fan shape from her center.

"Found it!"

A few seconds later, Hong Gui suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze locking onto an abandoned air-raid shelter several kilometers away.

"Whoosh!"

The Hong Gui transformed into a purple afterimage, heading straight for the air-raid shelter.

Deep inside an abandoned air-raid shelter.

Having just completed the synthesis of a series of Heaven Grade cultivation techniques Qi Technique, Dongfang Yueming was preparing to sit cross-legged to consolidate his rapidly increasing cultivation level.

Suddenly, without warning, a very faint sense of unease rose in his mind.

"Someone's here."

Dongfang Yueming's eyes sharpened.

"Moreover, the person who arrived was extremely fast, and their aura was terrifyingly concealed!"

"A powerhouse of this level..."

Dongfang Yueming did not hesitate at all.

[Heaven Grade Secret Technique - Heaven and Earth Assimilation]!

"Buzz!"

His figure blurred in an instant, and all his vital signs, energy fluctuations, and even the folds of his clothes blended naturally into the moss-covered stone wall of the air-raid shelter behind him.

He turned into a "stone," or rather, the stone was him.

Even the most advanced thermal imaging, blood circulation detection, or even a powerful person's Divine Sense scanning inch by inch, would absolutely not be able to detect that a living person is hiding here.

Just ten seconds after Dongfang Yueming completed his concealment.

"Da, da, da."

The crisp sound of high heels echoed in the empty air-raid shelter.

Hong Gui's alluring figure slowly walked in.

She looked around the empty air-raid shelter, her delicate brows furrowing slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in her silvery eyes.

"Such a clean scene."

"But..."

Hong Gui walked to the center of the air-raid shelter, feeling the lingering spiritual energy in the air—an extremely mysterious, grand, and even slightly chaotic aura.

"A truly terrifying breakthrough has just occurred here! The level of resonance between the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is far beyond what Qi Gathering Realm could generate!"

"Could it be... that he has already advanced to the [Meridian Opening Realm]?!"

A storm raged in Hong Gui's heart.

If he advanced to the Meridian Opening Realm, then everything would make sense. Killing the Gray Wolf in an instant would be a piece of cake.

"But..." Hong Gui bit her red lips, completely baffled, "The intelligence clearly stated that he bought four Yellow Grade Qi Gathering Method and a bunch of other miscellaneous Yellow Grade Qi Technique from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion in one go, but he didn't buy any Meridian Opening Techniques or cultivation resources!"

"Could it be that he already possesses the method to Meridian Opening? Was his large-scale purchase of basic cultivation techniques at the auction just a cover, or... did he have another purpose?"

Hong Gui's mind raced. She increasingly felt that this mysterious young man was like a bottomless black hole, full of unknown allure.

"And, has the person already left?"

Hong Gui used "Seeking Qi and Tracing the Source" again, only to find that the clues had completely disappeared here.

Inside the air-raid shelter, there was nothing but cold stone walls and dust.

However, a sly smile suddenly appeared on Hong Gui's lips.

"Trying to fool me? Not so easy."

Although she couldn't sense Dongfang Yueming's presence, her top-tier hunter's intuition told her that he was definitely still nearby! Perhaps, right here in this air-raid shelter, he was secretly watching her using some extremely sophisticated method!

"Since you like hide-and-seek, then I'll play with you."

Hong Gui pretended not to notice anything amiss, lazily stretched, and sighed dramatically.

"Sigh, looks like I ran away. What a wasted trip, I'm exhausted."

As she spoke, she walked to a relatively clean stone slab in the center of the air-raid shelter.

"I ran too fast just now and sweated a bit. These clothes sticking to my body are so uncomfortable."

Dongfang Yueming, who was hiding in the stone wall and had transformed into a "stone", felt a sudden jolt in his heart upon hearing these words.

What is she trying to do?

The next second, Dongfang Yueming's eyes, hidden behind the "Illusion-Breaking Void Pupils," almost popped out of their sockets!

Hong Gui casually reached out and unbuckled the belt of her dark purple turtleneck trench coat.

"Splash."

The trench coat slipped down, revealing an extremely form-fitting, almost translucent black lace undershirt.

That's not all.

Hong Gui actually started unbuttoning her undershirt, muttering to herself in an extremely seductive voice as she did so, "Luckily, no one's here. Perfect timing to change into some dry underwear..."

"Is this woman crazy?!"

Looking at the astonishing whiteness that was about to burst forth, Dongfang Yueming felt as if a million alpacas were stampeding through his mind!

Although the beautiful scenery before me was indeed extremely alluring, and incredibly sexy.

But Dongfang Yueming knew very well that this was definitely a trap!

This woman was the one who made him tremble outside the high-speed rail station during the day! Her cultivation level was definitely not at the Qi Gathering Realm, and even an ordinary Meridian Opening Realm couldn't give him that kind of dangerous feeling!

"She's deliberately trying to force me to show myself!"

Dongfang Yueming was speechless. They were even resorting to such tactics to force him out?

"Whoosh!"

Just as Hong Gui was about to completely remove her last piece of underwear.

Suddenly, ripples, like waves, appeared on the originally smooth stone wall.

Dongfang Yueming, dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt and wearing a silver mask, reluctantly "walked" out of the stone wall.

"Alright, stop taking it off."

Dongfang Yueming Yueming's voice was hoarse, tinged with a hint of speechlessness, "You won."

"Ah!"

Upon seeing Dongfang Yueming suddenly appear, Hong Gui let out an extremely affected exclamation, quickly wrapped her alluring figure in her trench coat, and feigned a shy look as if she had been taken advantage of.

"Hey, how could you do this! You were hiding in the shadows peeping at girls changing clothes! You're such a pervert!"

Dongfang Yueming was speechless with exasperation.

"You insisted on changing it here."

He didn't want to get entangled with this woman and turned to leave.

"Since you can't find the person you're looking for, I'm not going to keep you company any longer."

"Buzz!"

He circulated his inner energy beneath his feet, and [The Ends of the Earth Are Within Reach] was about to be activated.

"Wait a minute!"

Seeing that he was about to leave, Hong Gui instantly dropped her shy facade, her tone becoming serious, even carrying a hint of sincerity.

"Handsome young man, don't rush off. I came all this way not just to give you freebies."

She put her trench coat back on, her gaze fixed intently on Dongfang Yueming's silver mask.

My name is Hong Gui.

"I just want to... get to know you formally."

Dongfang Yueming stopped and turned around, his eyes, hidden behind the mask, coldly staring at her.

"Shall we get to know each other?"

He deliberately lowered his voice, his tone revealing undisguised murderous intent and mockery.

Do you know who I am?

"I am the murderer who just killed your Great Xia Night Watchers's senior investigator."

"You want to get to know me, is it so you can kidnap me for a reward?"