Chapter 68 I Hate Snipers More Than Anything Else

The moment his voice fell, Guansheng vanished instantly from where he stood. His figure seemed to dissolve into the darkness, completely untraceable.

Realizing the danger, Zhang Qingyu did not hesitate any longer. She knew very well that when facing the group of powerhouses outside, every single second was infinitely precious.

She immediately led Elder Ji to the second floor, entering the hidden safe room built into the villa to take cover, and at once contacted Kyoto!

At a time like this, the armed forces of Jiangcheng were utterly useless.

However, compared to Zhang Qingyu's panic, Elder Ji appeared remarkably calm.

After all, he had seen his share of great storms and turbulent waves.

Besides, there was one most important reason!

And that was—Guansheng was here!

The man hailed as the god of the global assassin underworld was right here. If a single hair on his head could be harmed, it would be an insult to the very title of the Asura Demon Blade!

Upon entering the safe room, Elder Ji calmly sat down before the sofa, picked up the remote control beside him, and pressed a button.

The wall, which had just appeared to be a bookshelf, instantly slid apart to reveal multiple display screens. Accompanied by a crisp clicking sound, the screens vividly projected footage from every single corner inside the villa!

"This is..." Zhang Qingyu gasped in shock. This was clearly arranged in advance. Could it be that Elder Ji had foreseen this all along?

"Elder Ji, did you know beforehand that someone would come to assassinate you?"

Elder Ji's gaze turned gloomy. "I wouldn't say I knew beforehand! I'm simply accustomed to always leaving myself a backup plan for everything."

"Alright, little Zhang, come and sit down!"

"Haven't you always failed to understand my reasons for wanting to recruit this young man?"

"This time, I will give you a chance to properly appreciate the dance of this very god of assassins!"

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"Bang!" With a resounding crash, the window on the first floor of the villa was kicked to pieces, and immediately afterward, two figures materialized in the main hall like phantoms.

By now, all the lights inside the villa had been turned off, and coupled with the torrential rain outside, the atmosphere within was exceptionally oppressive and silent.

In the air, the faint, nearly imperceptible sound of their breathing could be heard.

Gambler, ranked thirty-ninth on the assassin leaderboard, twirled two butterfly knives, the sound of the blades slicing through the air carrying a piercingly sharp edge.

The brim of his hat was pulled down low, but it did not obstruct his vision from taking in every detail of the surroundings.

Beside him, Yellow Rose, ranked fifteenth on the assassin leaderboard, tightly gripped her Kukri knife and said with a solemn expression, "I smell it... killing intent!"

Gambler looked up, sweeping a glance across the ceiling in the darkness, and finally put away his cynical expression. "Indeed, so do I!"

At that moment, the voice of Viper came through the earpiece. Clicking his weapon into position, he said, "My muzzle will be trained on the windows at all times. Mind your positioning as you advance."

"The moment the target dares to show his head, my bullet will blow his brains out."

On the other side, the conductor of the operation, Old Ghost Dao, donned his raincoat and commanded, "Begin!"

As the words fell.

Those two top-tier assassins inside the villa, both wanted by governments worldwide, moved swiftly toward the second floor. They lunged forward, their footwork resembling that of ninjas from the Island Nation, covering four or five meters in a single breath.

And their direction was precisely where Elder Ji and Zhang Qingyu were located.

Seeing this, Zhang Qingyu covered her mouth, her heart pounding frantically. "How did they find our location..."

Elder Ji's gaze grew increasingly frigid. "Have their people already infiltrated the vicinity?"

Through the movement trajectory of the two assassins, Elder Ji instantly deduced this fact. He had never imagined that those people... would dare to be so bold to this extent!

Watching the speed of the two assassins on the display screen, Zhang Qingyu swallowed hard, a single bead of cold sweat tracing an unstoppable path down her forehead.

If she were to face these two head-on, would she have any chance of winning?

None!

Absolutely none!

And right at that moment—

A flash of cold light suddenly streaked across the display screen.

Elder Ji's pupils contracted. He saw the cap-wearing assassin in the hallway suddenly clutch his arm, leap straight up, and flip backward into the concealment of the darkness.

"Bang!"

Almost simultaneously, the hallway window was shattered to pieces by a gunshot.

But regrettably—

They failed to capture the source of that cold flash.

Yellow Rose also halted her steps abruptly, holding her Kukri horizontally before her chest, retreating backward until she pressed against the wall while scanning her surroundings.

Up on the high-rise building, Viper clenched his teeth. In that split second just now, he felt as though someone had clamped a hand around his throat, almost cutting off his air supply.

"Too fast..."

He immediately spoke into his earpiece, "Attention, attention. The young man who entered earlier is a ruthless character."

"His speed vastly surpasses that of the high-ranking official's female secretary."

"My bullet failed to hit him."

"His position is temporarily undetermined!"

Gambler drew in a sharp breath. Looking at the blood seeping between his fingers, his face turned pale.

"Viper, the two of us lured him out like that, and you still couldn't hit him?"

Yellow Rose narrowed her eyes, a hook forming at the corner of her lips. "Things are getting more and more interesting!"

"That young man is no ordinary person."

"He actually managed to slash you right in front of both of us."

After pulling out a bandage to crudely dress his wound, Gambler's forehead was traced with dark lines of pure fury.

"No matter who he is, since he dared to injure me, he must die!"

"Advance in the dual-blade formation, you take the front and I'll take the rear!"

"Agreed." Yellow Rose nodded, immediately shifting to position herself behind Gambler while keeping watch on all directions—front, back, left, and right.

Gambler quickly readjusted his state, shifting to a different grip on his butterfly knives as he cautiously moved forward.

The two of them charging rapidly toward the second floor earlier was a tactic to draw out and test whether there was an ambush hidden in the dark. If anyone launched a preemptive strike, they would have their heads blown off by the sniper, Viper.

Cooperation among assassins relied entirely on calculation.

This time, having confirmed that the target was hiding in the shadows and possessed terrifying combat prowess, they adopted the "dual-blade formation," which allowed for all-around surveillance of their surroundings.

The advantage of this formation was that the moment the enemy dared to strike, the targeted person would entangle the adversary at all costs, creating a fatal opening for the other to deliver the "execution."

Moving in a staggered formation one behind the other, the two gradually slowed their pace.

"Why hasn't that bastard made a move yet? Could it be he's scared?" Gambler let out a scoff.

Yellow Rose said coldly, "Who knows?"

Gambler taunted the dark hallway, "What kind of skill is it to hide like a rat? Come out."

"Wasn't the blade you slashed me with just now rather sharp?"

"Come on, slash me again!"

As the words dropped.

"Swoosh!"

Another flash of cold light struck. This time, Gambler, having focused all his attention in his eyes, seized the exact moment, raised his butterfly knife, and parried!

"Got you." Gambler sneered, "You fell for it!"

He cast a sidelong glance backward and violently jerked his head aside.

Yellow Rose also understood the cue and immediately dropped into a crouch.

Yet the very next second, the scenario they anticipated did not unfold!

The window directly behind them remained completely unbroken!

The fleeting opportunity that vanished in the blink of an eye startled the pair.

Gambler's expression shifted slightly. "Not good..."

He immediately lunged forward, attempting to grab the person wielding the blade.

Yet that cold flash retreated once more, dissolving silently back into the darkness!

Swish!

Furious beyond measure, Gambler roared into his earpiece, "Viper, are you fucking useless or what? That was our second opening created just for you, why didn't you fire?!"

"Did someone gouge your eyes out or something..."

"Say something!"

"..."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a voice as cold as frost echoed from that earpiece.

And the moment all three assassins heard that voice!

They were—thunderstruck!

"How did you know his eyes were gouged out?"

"You—guessed correctly!"

Up on the roof of the high-rise, Guansheng stepped on a head whose eyes had been violently gouged out. Listening to the miserable screams of the assassin known as Viper, he let out a sigh!

"Of all things, I despise snipers the most!"

"When dealing with snipers, my personal preference is to gouge out their eyes first, and then—shatter every single bone in their body!"

With that, he brought his other foot down squarely onto Viper's left leg.

"Crack"!

"Aaaaaah—!"

The shrieks of agony echoed through the earpieces of the three assassins like a mountain torrent crashing against the shore!

At that instant, the three of them stood frozen in place as if struck by lightning from behind!

"This... how is this possible?"