Zhang Yuanqing's eyes followed the ginger cat, watching it swiftly reach the entrance of the villa, slip through the gap in the iron gate, and disappear behind the cover of the wall.
Seconds later, trees sprouted from behind the wall, growing wildly until they reached the height of the second floor.
Flowers bloomed on the corners of the wall and the tips of the branches, vying for beauty. In an instant, the villa and its yard transformed into a vibrant garden.
Guan Ya leaned in and whispered, "Keep the detox pill in your mouth. It'll be too late if you eat it after we're inside."
Zhang Yuanqing glanced at his companions and saw that they had all discreetly taken out the Hundred Flowers Association's specially made pills and held them in their mouths.
He looked at Guan Ya again and noticed that the seasoned driver was also holding one, her left cheek bulging slightly. Her bright, oval face had gained a touch of cuteness, a little bit of "moe".
She was still wearing her usual white shirt, black stockings, and skirt suit. The zipper of her skirt was pulled down to the base of her thigh, allowing her to move freely. If she didn't mind the possibility of exposure, she could even do a spinning kick without difficulty.
Of course, Zhang Yuanqing suspected that this woman was definitely wearing safety pants, but he couldn't lift her skirt to verify, so he had no proof.
"Can this thing protect against a Witch Gu Master's poison?" he asked as he put the fragrant pill in his mouth.
"Of course not. Witch Gu Master's poison isn't that easy to counteract, but it can weaken the poison so it's not life-threatening." Guan Ya's pretty face turned serious, no longer always smiling: "Night Watchers have strong vitality. You should be the least worried."
Zhang Yuanqing nodded and scanned his companions. Besides the five team leaders, himself, and the seasoned driver, there were eight others: two Water Ghosts, two Fire Masters, two Earth Spirits, and two Wood Demons.
The class distribution was very even, striving for no weaknesses.
In addition, all of these members were Level 2 Way of the Extraordinary. Level 1 Way of the Extraordinary weren't qualified to participate in the operation.
A Level 1 Lawful class would probably be no different from a chick in front of a Level 3 Great Perfection Evil class.
At this moment, the growth of the flowers and trees stopped. Team Leader Qing Teng whispered:
"Action!"
Fifteen The Way of the Extraordinary traveled through the quiet, deserted residential streets, quickly and quietly approaching the villa.
As they neared the villa, Team Leader Qing Teng slowed down. Big Muscle Guy, accompanied by two strong Fire Masters, stepped forward. They gripped the lock of the villa's gate and exerted their strength silently.
After a brief red glow, molten iron "plop plop" fell to the ground.
The three Fire Masters took two steps back. Tang Guoqiang, followed by two Earth Spirits, entered the villa's yard first.
The meat shields are the vanguard, so next should be the warriors... Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but think. Sure enough, Big Muscle Guy led the two Fire Masters, closely following the three Earth Spirits.
Warriors should be followed by mages, and then healing priests! Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself.
The Water Ghosts and Wood Demons immediately entered.
Scouts are even worse than healing priests... Zhang Yuanqing glanced back at the section chief and Guan Ya. Noticing his subordinate's strange gaze, Li Dongze leaned on his cane, maintaining his elegance, and whispered:
"We scouts must strategize from behind and observe the surroundings."
Section chief, you don't have to force yourself to save face! Zhang Yuanqing decided to cooperate and said in a deep voice:
"Understood. True sight is important during team fights."
... Li Dongze's face stiffened. He remembered the "humiliation" from his subordinate that day and glanced at the lush vegetation in the corner of the wall. "I'm considering whether or not to plant you there."
At this time, the official Way of the Extraordinary, holding handguns, arrived at the anti-theft door of the villa's hall.
Because there was a barrier covering the villa's yard, there was no need to split up and surround the building. At the same time, given that the enemy was a Level 3 Evil class, splitting up could easily cause casualties. The group decided to break through from the main entrance.
Tang Guoqiang placed his hand on the anti-theft door lock. The wall connected to the door lock quickly turned into sand and crumbled.
He didn't enter immediately but turned his head and looked at Zhang Yuanqing.
The night is the Night Watcher's domain. In an environment where you can't see your fingers, the Night Watcher is in his element.
Zhang Yuanqing understood. Under everyone's gaze, he disappeared.
He quickly entered the entrance hall. To guard against possible ambushes, he deliberately spun and jumped, his entry posture extremely handsome. In the Night Walker state, he could cover up all sounds anyway.
Zhang Yuanqing stopped at the connection between the entrance hall and the living room. His eyes, piercing through the darkness, slowly swept across the living room. The living room of the villa was spacious. In the center were sofas and coffee tables for receiving guests. To the left was an open kitchen and dining table, and to the right was a staircase leading to the second floor.
The dome of the living room was extremely high. The internal layout of the villa was a "回" shape. Standing by the railing on the second floor, you could overlook the living room on the first floor.
After advancing to Level 2, his Night Walker time was extended to 30 seconds, but it still wasn't enough to carefully inspect the living room. After initially determining that there was no danger, Zhang Yuanqing exited the living room and reappeared in the sight of the official Way of the Extraordinary.
"There's no one on the first floor. I don't know about the second floor," he whispered.
Tang Guoqiang decisively said, "Action!"
With that, he entered the living room first. The others, well-trained, entered in an orderly manner.
As soon as the group entered the dark living room, they suddenly heard a "snap" sound. The crystal chandelier hanging from the dome lit up, bringing light and illuminating the scene inside the villa, as well as the official Way of the Extraordinary who had sneaked into the villa.
The official Way of the Extraordinary shuddered.
"I've been waiting for you, ladies and gentlemen!"
A man of medium height, with a thin face and slanted eyes, appeared on the railing of the second floor. It was Heng Xingwuji.
The Witch Gu Master rested his hands on the railing, looking down at the official Way of the Extraordinary on the first floor, a mocking smile on his lips:
"Fifteen Lawful Way of the Extraordinary, tsk tsk, you really think highly of me. To catch me, you've troubled everyone to mobilize. However, who can say for sure who the prey and the hunter are..."
Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Guan Ya, who was holding two guns.
The first bullet left a deep bullet hole in the wall on the second floor. The second bullet predicted Heng Xingwuji's rolling dodge trajectory and successfully hit him, emitting a crisp metallic collision sound.
Heng Xingwuji pressed himself against the wall, stubbornly finishing his lines, laughing wildly:
"I like adventure. I like trampling on rules. The reputation of hunting fifteen Lawful classes is worth the risk to me. Enjoy the killing feast I've prepared for you..."
The ceiling above his head exploded in response, and glass shards rained down like a storm.
The spacious living room was plunged into darkness again.
Amidst the crackling sound of the falling glass shards, Zhang Yuanqing heard a subtle "buzzing" sound, faint and dense, as if countless mosquitoes were vibrating their wings.
Immediately afterward came Li Dongze's warning:
"Above us!"
Big Muscle Guy and the two Fire Masters took a deep breath, puffed out their cheeks, and exhaled the air from their lungs upward. With a "whoosh," flames suddenly swelled, illuminating the dark living room.
Countless sparks fell, and the air was filled with a pungent, burnt smell.
These falling black dots were some kind of poisonous insect. The smell after burning was pungent and unpleasant. Zhang Yuanqing accidentally inhaled a few mouthfuls and felt dizzy.
The official Way of the Extraordinary team fell into a small commotion. Not everyone could see in the dark.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Flames roared, and the three Fire Masters' bodies burst into scorching flames, dispelling the darkness and bringing light.
The group looked around the living room, and what they saw made their scalps tingle.
On the living room floor, many strange insects had appeared at some point. There were worms with ferocious mouthparts, insects similar to locusts, palm-sized spiders, and some that couldn't be identified at all. They all had one thing in common, and that was their bright colors.
The flames leaped and danced, bringing light but also creating flickering shadows. The lighting brightness was limited. It was difficult to ensure that they wouldn't be attacked by poisonous insects under these conditions.
Zhang Yuanqing's heart stirred. He crouched down and rushed to the open kitchen, smashing the lights on that side on with a "pa".
Such a large living room couldn't possibly have only one chandelier for lighting.
"Well done!" Bai Long, carrying a black long knife on his back, breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Smash the faucet! We need water."
Zhang Yuanqing didn't hesitate and punched the faucet. To his surprise, there was no fierce water spray. Large streams of clear water gushed out of the broken pipe, flowing in the air as if they were alive.
This clear stream swept across the ground, across the sofa, and across every corner of the living room, carrying away the variety of Gu worms. Finally, it condensed into a ball of water the size of a water tank in mid-air, with countless Gu worms wrapped inside, floating up and down.
Bai Long opened his palms and slammed them together.
"Boom!"
The water ball exploded, and water droplets mixed with the corpses of Gu worms splashed all over the living room.
How powerful... Seeing this scene, Zhang Yuanqing sincerely praised him. He thought to himself, "No wonder he's a mage. His skills are flashy. If it were him facing the current situation, he would only have thirty-six plans and walk as the best."
After all, the Night Watcher's role in the transcendent stage is assassin.
At this moment, Li Dongze, as a scout, suddenly looked up, sensing a dangerous power rapidly expanding on the second floor, and quickly warned:
"There's danger on the second floor. Four forces..."
The official Way of the Extraordinary sank in their hearts. The experienced ones finally confirmed one thing: they had been ambushed.
From Heng Xingwuji's words, his attitude, and his response, they could see that he had prepared for this arrest.
They had been invited into the urn... Although Zhang Yuanqing lacked experience, he wasn't stupid. He glanced at his companions, who had serious faces but remained silent, and suppressed the doubts in his heart.
Now was not the time to think about these things.
The sound of "thump thump" echoed in the quiet environment. A tall, humanoid monster appeared on the railing.
It had an extremely ugly appearance, with insect-like sharp mouthparts, a flat nose, amber-colored vertical pupils, a height of two meters, and a dark brown body covered with scale-like keratin, as if wearing a layer of solid armor.
Its nails were black, sharp, and easily scratched claw marks on the railing.
"My poor insects, bravely sacrificed. They didn't die in vain, because they bought me enough time. Come out, my companions." The humanoid monster spoke in Heng Xingwuji's voice.
Three monsters slowly walked out of the three sides of the "回" shaped corridor.
They were:
A beautiful woman with a human body and a spider's abdomen. The upper body was a fair, white body, unclothed, with exposed full, spherical fat, and a beautiful appearance. Below the navel was a bloated, fat spider body, with eight iron-like spider legs easily piercing into the floor tiles and walls.
A sturdy insect man, standing upright like a human, with blocky abdominal muscles and pectoral muscles, knee joints bent backward, strong leg muscles containing terrifying jumping power, and a hard elytra on his back that shimmered with a blue light.
A monster with a human head and a snake's body, nearly ten meters long. His body was coiled in a circle, covered with blue-black scales. His body extended out of the railing, spitting out his tongue at the crowd below.
All three monsters had one thing in common: their eyes were full of violence and lacked human rationality.
"They are all the servants of the Evil Eye Judge. The power of the Fallen Grail torments them. To survive, they are willing to be transformed by me, hunting you in exchange for merits." Heng Xingwuji laughed.
Servants of the Evil Eye Judge? Servants like Ou Xiangrong? Zhang Yuanqing only had one word left in his mind: "fuck".
Qing Teng, Tang Guoqiang, and others' expressions changed drastically.
"I like your expressions. You all have to die today. No one can stay. I said it!" Heng Xingwuji opened his ferocious mouth.
.........
Fenghua District, an abandoned factory.
Fu Qingyang, in a white suit, stood on the second floor of the administrative building, looking at the convoy surrounding the factory, frowning:
"This factory has been abandoned for many years. There are no traces of human activity. Are you sure Black Impermanence appeared here?"
Behind him was Ling Jun, wearing loose clothes and with messy hair, and a middle-aged man in a white judo uniform with a square face.
The middle-aged man frowned, his eyes a little confused. "The Hundred Flowers Association's informant captured it. For the sake of insurance, I retrieved the surrounding surveillance, and indeed found Black Impermanence..."
Fu Qingyang gave him a cold glance: "Would Black Impermanence be caught on surveillance?"
The middle-aged man's expression changed slightly.
Ling Jun scratched his head lazily and shrugged: "We fell for it. Black Impermanence deliberately lured us here. No, it's not certain whether it's Black Impermanence himself. But what are we being lured here for?"
Fu Qingyang pondered for a few seconds. His cold face suddenly changed: "Ling Jun, come back with me."
He jumped straight down from the second floor.
Ling Jun was stunned. He rarely saw Fu Qingyang so flustered and nervous.
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