Chapter 68

In the next moment, the puppet disappeared, and the big man also vanished. Zhou Xian returned to his room once again.

"Open the character interface."

Following Zhou Xian's command, the virtual screen reappeared before him.

"Sure enough—"

The anti-magic debuff was already present on his body.

"I didn't chat with the Dark Angel sister for long, and they couldn't possibly set up an anti-magic array here at this time. Even the talismans were just a bluff. They had actually prepared their real moves long ago!"

The man with the buzz cut wasn't stupid; on the contrary, he was quite clever. He used the fake "array" and "talismans" to deceive him!

"Does this mean they were already preparing to capture us at this time?"

Zhou Xian took off the clothes he had just put on, one by one. When he was bare-chested, the debuff on his body indeed disappeared.

"It's this one, right..."

Sure enough, Zhou Xian found a black-patterned array inside the clothes. The array was attached to the inside of the back of the clothes with fine threads, easily overlooked if not noticed.

These people actually adopted such a strategy, which Zhou Xian truly did not expect.

And those puppets.

Act first, then be controlled by others.

"Calm down, I need to deduce where they are from their actions..."

Where... where exactly are they...

"After my hiding array was destroyed, they entered here. This means that at first, they didn't know where we were. But based on their information, they should have been searching nearby. In other words, they are now nearby!"

These people are now near the house.

"Miss Liuli!"

Seeing Liuli just leaving the room, Zhou Xian walked over.

"Ah, you came just in time. Where is the toilet around here?! That Xu Tianyun guy has been occupying the toilet, and I can't take it anymore!!!"

Liuli's face was flushed red.

"Uh—there might be a toilet outside. Some areas are still being maintained by house robots, so you should be able to find one."

If Miss Liuli went out to find the toilet, it makes sense that she wasn't found by these people.

"Wait, Miss Liuli, were you planning to go out the front door?"

"Of course, I'm going out! That's it!"

Liuli left through the front door.

"—This means the enemies are not at the front door, or they are in a place where they can't see the front door. Otherwise, Liuli wouldn't have been able to come to our rescue later. That buzz cut guy wouldn't make such a low-level mistake."

Closing his eyes, Zhou Xian gradually placed the surrounding situation in his mind and began to investigate the surroundings based on the current situation.

Suddenly, Zhou Xian looked up and pointed to a building to the east: "This way!"

Zhou Xian picked up the talisman beside him without hesitation, activated the invisibility skill, and quietly left the house.

...

On the other side, in a house, three men in black robes were lying in wait.

"Still no news from over there?" The bald man looked at the time and asked.

"Big brother, it will be soon. Since that person told us to wait for his news here, he definitely won't break his word—unless he wants to die." The buzz cut man looked very confident.

Hearing the buzz cut man's words, the bald man nodded. Behind him, over thirty puppets were ready.

"I'm not doubting that person, but he hasn't given us more specific information yet. We don't even know who the target is. And our detectors show no trace at all..." Although the bald man was the leader, he seemed to find "that person" less reliable compared to his brothers.

But the buzz cut man said indifferently, "What's there to fear? That guy's life is in our hands. He will definitely surrender."

"Hmm!?"

The third, who had been silent, suddenly had a sharp look in his eyes.

"Third, what's wrong?" The bald man asked.

"No, nothing, probably just a mistake." The third shook his head and closed his eyes.

"Beep beep beep—"

Suddenly, the buzz cut man's personal communication device made a sound.

Hearing the sound, the buzz cut man immediately opened the device.

"Ha ha ha!" The buzz cut man immediately beamed with joy: "Big brother, that guy said it!"

"Great! We should act now!"

Hearing the second's words, the bald man immediately took action. The over thirty puppets behind him came to life.

"Huh?" The buzz cut man looked at the message and suddenly became puzzled.

"What's wrong, second?" The bald man asked curiously.

"He said the place is to our west, but it's guarded by an array. And he said that guy... disappeared?" The buzz cut man narrowed his eyes.

"Disappeared?! They are definitely playing us!!!" The bald man was furious upon hearing this: "Third! Change the plan, you and we will go to capture those guys!"

The third immediately stood up: "What about that guy?"

"Hmph, a useless guy. If things went well, we could have let him serve the master, but since he can't even keep an eye on a person, why should we care about him? Send the information about the eighth to the master and the owner, and we just need to capture everyone here!"

The bald man's expression was extremely fierce.

The second opened the map on his personal terminal and looked at the information: "Okay. I'll send people to surround the place first to prevent them from escaping. If we can capture the eighth this time, the master and the owner will be very happy. They might even grant us stronger equipment and power..."

"Good, but you don't have that chance anymore!"

A spectral fire talisman suddenly appeared from the void and immediately hit the second, the buzz cut man!

The explosion was different from in the game; it didn't just affect the target. The spectral fire talisman, upon hitting the buzz cut man, immediately triggered a shockwave, and the loud explosion sent the first and the third flying.

After the spectral fire talisman was cast, Zhou Xian's shadow emerged from the invisibility.

Seeing the second, the buzz cut man, now unconscious, Zhou Xian immediately shifted his target to the first.

Zhou Xian had been lying in wait here all along. According to the research of Zhang Taihuo and others, the invisibility skill was not just an optical camouflage, so he walked in calmly, and these people didn't react at all!

Of course, when the third seemed to notice something, Zhou Xian was indeed startled.

After hearing their conversation and comparing it with what he had seen earlier, Zhou Xian immediately locked his target on the buzz cut man.

First, take out the head.

In Zhou Xian's view, the buzz cut man posed the greatest threat to him and his companions.

After the spectral fire talisman, Zhou Xian didn't hesitate and immediately used a poisoning spell on the remaining two.

Unlike in the game, the poisoning spell in the real world immediately made the two feel dizzy and disoriented.

Take advantage of your weakness to finish you off!

The bald man had no strength to control the puppets, and Zhou Xian took this opportunity to cast several soul talismans at the third.

The third, with his strong body, only felt slightly uncomfortable from the low-level poisoning spell. Seeing Zhou Xian's attack, he immediately kicked his legs, did a backflip, and quickly drew his two-handed greatsword!

Zhou Xian didn't give the other a chance to catch his breath but pressed forward step by step.

At this moment, Zhou Xian saw his chance and immediately used a demon-binding spell!

"Damn!"

The third, hit by Zhou Xian's demon-binding spell, immediately felt his vision go dark. He immediately realized that Zhou Xian's target was not him but his big brother!

Seeing the third hit, Zhou Xian immediately used the holy armor and ghost shield skills on himself.

The power of the Azure Dragon and Black Tortoise in Zhou Xian's body was immediately activated by the skills, forming two visible light armor layers on his body.

Then, Zhou Xian charged toward the bald man, the leader.

This is the real world, dealing with real-world beings... just one strike is enough!

Although the third was powerful, Zhou Xian's target from the beginning was the leader.

No matter how strong the third was, this was the real world, and a person's combat power was always limited. On the contrary, the bald man, the leader with over thirty puppets, was one of Zhou Xian's greatest concerns. So his target from the beginning was only this black-robed bald man!

"Damn!"

The leader was not idle at this moment; he had already directed the puppets to charge at Zhou Xian!

But how could Zhou Xian let them succeed?

He immediately used the earth escape skill, and when he reappeared, he was already behind the leader!

"Big brother!!!"

The third had broken free from Zhou Xian's demon-binding spell and leaped toward Zhou Xian.

Sudden Slash!

"Roar!"

Zhou Xian turned his head and roared at the third.

A sound wave immediately burst out from Zhou Xian.

The third's face changed drastically, and he immediately tried to defend himself, but it was too late.

The Daoist's lion roar immediately sent the third flying back over three meters!

On the other side, Zhou Xian had already placed his sword on the leader's neck.

"Don't move, or I can't guarantee what I'll do."

"..."

Seeing the weapon on his neck, the bald man's forehead was drenched in cold sweat. The third, who had been pushed aside by Zhou Xian's lion roar, now stood up, looking at Zhou Xian with red, bloodshot eyes.

"Third... stop."

The bald man ordered the puppets to stop.

"Are you the eighth?" Since Zhou Xian was behind him, he could only glance at Zhou Xian with his peripheral vision.

"Yes, I almost got caught by you guys... I never thought that among the Great Emperor players, there would be someone who has joined the Seven Cultivations Sea."

Combining the previous information, Zhou Xian said this. But he was actually bluffing.

"You don't understand how terrifying the power of the Seven Cultivations Sea is. Although their current influence seems limited, it is only so. Our Lord of the Nine Nether has god-like powers, even capable of sending beings from that world to ours. My puppets are all sent by the Lord of the Nine Nether."

Indeed, this person, being bluffed by Zhou Xian, thought Zhou Xian had already seen through their secrets and revealed everything before Zhou Xian even asked.

"Nine Nether? Wasn't he sealed by the Great Saint of the Ghost Butterfly? And... I'm afraid your 'Lord of the Nine Nether' is not the 'Lord of the Nine Nether'?"

"Is it true that the Lord of the Nine Nether is a domain outsider demon?!"

Upon hearing Zhou Xian's words, the bald man was even more surprised than Zhou Xian.

"Turns out there are so many secrets..." Zhou Xian didn't expect these people to have such rumors within their ranks.

"How did you know I was here? I thought I chose a well-hidden place."

Zhou Xian asked again.

"Yes, this place is desolate, and you have such powerful invisibility and illusion array skills. We indeed didn't expect it."

Zhou Xian's sword was very sharp, and the bald man's neck was cut just by a slight movement. The bald man could only remain stiff.

"...But, you probably understand that as long as someone among you told us, it would be enough, right?" The buzz cut man, who was the first to be attacked by Zhou Xian, finally woke up. However, he seemed to be seriously injured.

Looking at the buzz cut man's appearance, Zhou Xian knew he had ill intentions.

"Actually, your identity and this place were told to us by an informant. And just now, we have already sent your information to our master."

Sowing discord!

Zhou Xian ignored the second, who had just woken up and was already calm, and cast another soul talisman, knocking him down again!

"—You!"

Being attacked by Zhou Xian, the buzz cut man's original character immediately burst out, and he glared at him with anger.

Zhou Xian still ignored him and said to their leader, "Speak."

"...The informant's life is in our hands, so when we first got the information, we came here. Although he only vaguely told us about the situation at first, if we didn't act, that guy would definitely die, so we came. We just kept waiting here, but that guy never made up his mind... until just now."

"In your hands?"

These people dared to threaten his friends?!

"Soul Thought System."

The bald man simply said this, but Zhou Xian understood.