"Yu Yan..."
Seeing Wang Yu Yan throw the water cup in her hand, sending the assassin flying over ten meters, Shen Lang's eyes widened as he stared intently at Wang Yu Yan.
In Shen Lang's memory, Wang Yu Yan had always been a gentle and weak girl. Although she had been reading his books during this time, Shen Lang had only thought she was satisfying her curiosity. He never expected that she would unknowingly become a martial artist.
Shen Lang couldn't see through Wang Yu Yan's realm, because there was no sign of internal energy flow from Wang Yu Yan. She was completely indistinguishable from an ordinary person. If the assassin hadn't been heavily injured on the ground, Shen Lang wouldn't have believed that the person who made the move just now was Wang Yu Yan.
"You..."
What Shen Lang couldn't imagine, the assassin also couldn't imagine. The assassin's eyes widened, staring fixedly at Wang Yu Yan, as if trying to understand why the harmless Wang Yu Yan would ruin his plans at such a critical moment.
"Who are you? Why are you trying to assassinate me?"
Shen Lang didn't give the female assassin a chance to question Wang Yu Yan. He walked towards the female assassin step by step and said coldly, "I almost fell for your trick just now. Introduce yourself."
"You want to know my name? Fine, go ask those I've killed in hell."
Seeing Shen Lang approaching her, the female assassin leaped up, gripped the dagger in her hand tightly, and said to Shen Lang, "I didn't expect the girl beside you to be a martial artist. Otherwise, I could have been more thorough. Now, you're already dead."
"You were able to conceal your killing intent, making me completely unguarded. You are no ordinary assassin. However, you failed to kill me in one blow. From now on, you will never have another chance to kill me."
Shen Lang looked at the alluringly beautiful female assassin and smiled, "If you're sensible, you'll answer whatever I ask, and you might have a chance to live. If you resist, I guarantee I have a hundred ways to make you suffer immense torment before a miserable death."
"First question: who sent you to kill me?"
Shen Lang's gaze was like a blade, fixed on the female assassin. He said, "This is a crucial question. You must answer it, and give me a satisfactory answer, otherwise, the consequences will be severe."
"The gods sent me. Are you satisfied with this answer?"
The female assassin said with a smile, then a devilish smile curved her lips. Following that, she, a single person, surprisingly transformed into two, and with her dagger, she lunged at Shen Lang from both sides.
"Illusion?"
Seeing this, Shen Lang smiled and said, "You're playing these tricks in front of me? Don't you know I've cultivated a special ability specifically to break all illusions?"
Shen Lang was naturally referring to his Double Pupils technique, an ability created by the old man. The moment the Double Pupils were activated, a person's vision could instantly increase tens of times, seeing through illusions as if looking through fog.
Shen Lang was no longer the Shen Lang he used to be. The Double Pupils technique could now be activated at will, and it no longer caused a backlash.
As Shen Lang closed his eyes and then suddenly opened them, in the next second, his eyes underwent a transformation. His left eye turned sapphire blue, and his right eye turned golden yellow.
With the activation of the Double Pupils, Shen Lang immediately saw that the female assassin charging towards his right was an illusion. However, he deliberately charged towards the illusion.
Just as Shen Lang threw a punch at the illusion, the real female assassin was overjoyed. She quickly lunged towards Shen Lang's heart with her dagger.
But, at this critical moment, Shen Lang leaped up, swept out a whip kick, a brutal and forceful kick that sent the female assassin flying, crashing heavily to the ground, and coughing up another mouthful of blood.
"Just playing with you. Did you really think I couldn't see through your illusion?"
Shen Lang smiled at the female assassin whose pupils were wide with shock.
"You..."
Hearing Shen Lang's words, the female assassin's eyes widened, and she said furiously, "How did you see through my illusion?"
"You said it was an illusion, so of course I saw through it. Is that difficult?"
Shen Lang smiled and said, "A mere illusion is a trivial trick before me, not worth mentioning. If you want to live, you'd better confess truthfully."
"As expected of the 'Child of Innocence' hero who could challenge the Yang Kingdom's martial arts single-handedly and kill their strongest, Yagyu Danma Noto. I have to admit, I severely underestimated you."
The female assassin slowly stood up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and said, "To deal with someone like you, I should not only have planned meticulously but also killed you in one blow."
"Indeed, a good thought, but unfortunately, you no longer have the chance."
Shen Lang looked at the female assassin and smiled, "From the moment you failed the first time, your failure was sealed. So, don't struggle. Confess truthfully, and you might keep your life."
"No, you're wrong. I haven't failed. I still have a chance."
Hearing Shen Lang's words, the female assassin started to laugh, a sinister laugh, saying, "Not killing you at the start was indeed my mistake. However, I still have a trump card, and my trump card is enough to kill you."
"Oh... please, begin your performance."
Shen Lang slowly raised his right hand, making a gesture of invitation to the female assassin.
"Shen Lang, have you heard of Shadow Assassination Technique?"
After Shen Lang finished speaking, the female assassin's eyes turned cold and she asked.
"What?"
Hearing the female assassin's words, Shen Lang looked at her and saw that she remained still, but her shadow, holding a dagger, was lunging at him.
"Swish—"
The black shadow, holding a dagger, quickly slashed at Shen Lang. Seeing this, Shen Lang quickly dodged and then raised his hand to deliver a heavy punch to the shadow's abdomen, only to find he had hit empty air, causing no damage at all.
Taking advantage of this opening, the shadow's knife came slashing back. Shen Lang, distracted, was grazed on the arm, but his extremely honed physique protected him from serious injury.
"Controlling shadows to assassinate?"
Shen Lang was completely startled. He had learned many skills from the old man and heard of many supernatural abilities, but he had never heard of anyone who could control shadows to kill. Thus, for a moment, he truly didn't know how to deal with it.
Wang Yu Yan watched all this from the side, her brows furrowed. However, she didn't step forward to help, because she knew Shen Lang would have a way to handle it.
"Since ordinary attacks are ineffective against you, let me let you feel the power of lightning."
With that, Shen Lang activated the Five Thunders Heart Control Technique, his body surrounded by thunderous energy, and then he charged fiercely at the shadow.
The shadow was fast, but Shen Lang was faster. In the next second, dozens of crackling bolts of lightning shot from Shen Lang's hands, striking the shadow.
However, to Shen Lang's surprise, even lightning couldn't kill the shadow. The shadow quickly closed in on Shen Lang and lunged at him with its knife again.