Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1204: Chapter 45: Overlooking All Living Beings (Part 2)

The sudden change caught Zhao Le off guard, but at this moment, Xiang Qiang’s appearance made Zhao Le gasp in shock.

Looking at Xiang Qiang’s body emitting black mist, his melting face, and that eerie smile, Zhao Le was so scared that he felt weak all over.

At this moment, the dagger was lodged in Dong Shaofeng’s chest, and he had completely passed out, his life or death unknown… In terror, Zhao Le clutched his backpack, reaching inside with his hand.

But at this moment, Xiang Qiang removed the dagger with his hands, stood up, and muttered to himself, “I’m spared, I’m spared… someone is replacing me, someone is replacing me… Ah!!!”

Yet he fell painfully to the ground, clutching his decaying face, his voice gradually transforming from a human’s to a piercing beast’s roar.

“Help… help me… help me…” Xiang Qiang reached out in pain, as if trying to grab something, “I did as instructed… why… why…”

“Because the time is up.”

Unexpectedly, a prolonged voice echoed, as a man, whose back seemed perpetually bent, his face pale and haggard, with a crow perched on his shoulder, strolled leisurely over from the construction site.

Though his entrance was eerie, the man seemed to have a few leaves on him…

Zhao Le looked on in confusion and uncertainty at the arrival of this strange man, instinctively moving his body backward… Just then, the crow flew off the mysterious man’s shoulder and landed on Xiang Qiang, pecking directly at his forehead.

The crow seemed to retrieve something, swallowed it whole, then slowly flew back to the mysterious man’s side.

Afterwards, the man glanced at Dong Shaofeng, with the dagger still lodged in his chest, bent down and pulled it out, seemingly with some regret, “What a shame it wasn’t done before the time was up… this life force was much stronger, what a pity it wasn’t substituted…”

“You… who are you…” Zhao Le asked in terror.

Faced with such an eerie situation, he found it extremely difficult to remain calm.

“Oh… sorry, did I scare you?”

The young man scratched his head and took a few steps forward, looking at Zhao Le, and said, “I’m 24, a Curse Killer. If there’s someone you can’t stand, you can come to me, good quality at a fair price, and no worries afterwards. But remember to settle the bill after the job is done, don’t forget the time like this client. Otherwise, well… you saw what happened.”

“Don’t come any closer…” Zhao Le retreated even more in fright.

The young man shook his head, not bothering with Zhao Le, instead he walked over to Xiang Qiang—at this point, Xiang Qiang’s once rotting body had bizarrely carbonized.

He remained in a pose reaching out for help, his eyes bulging, a horrifying sight.

The young man murmured to himself, “In this impoverished state, let’s not waste anything, might as well make a Ghost Servant out of it?”

As if spurred by this thought, the young man squatted down and pointed his finger at Xiang Qiang’s chest… Instantly, using Xiang Qiang’s corpse as the center, a three-meter blood-red ring emerged from the ground.

Within the ring, seemingly filled with flowing blood, began to fill up with one after another of ancient and strange symbols, then started climbing onto Xiang Qiang’s body.

But just at this moment, a fireball shot forward abruptly.

The young man didn’t move, but the crow on his shoulder flew out swiftly, forming a shadow that directly blocked the fireball… The shadow then returned to the form of a crow, landing back on the young man’s shoulder.

The young man frowned, stood up… only to see four men approaching.

Three in black suits, and one with a severed arm… who also gave the young man the most terrifying feeling.

They were members of the Management Bureau!

“Identify yourself and cooperate with our work! You’ve violated the ‘Supernatural Prohibition Regulation’!” One of them opened his ID while pointing a special revolver capable of firing Talisman Bullets, and coldly shouted!

…

Bu Bugao nervously watched Wei Zidao who was pointing the Taoist Handgun, secretly sweating—actually, besides that time on Mount Tai, this was only his second time on an actual mission, and now he was facing a criminal directly.

Originally, he volunteered to investigate, only to find nothing after checking on three individuals consecutively.

Finally, Liu Minghao and Wei Zidao discussed and decided to have another round of investigation on Chen Mingming who wasn’t actually examined before, and headed directly to the University of Political Science and Law.

Originally, the person was supposed to remain at school—the bright spot on the Bagua Mirror had been consistently lit.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived, the bright spot suddenly vanished—the last place it disappeared was the school itself, Liu Minghao and Wei Zidao naturally sensed the irregularities, and began an investigation targeting the school.

Who would’ve thought, their search led them to stumble upon a repulsive transcendent criminal activity!

Upon their arrival, they saw the mysterious young man seemingly engaged in some bizarre act, a young man lying in a pool of blood, a terrified youth, and a terrifying corpse on the ground. Unable to maintain composure, Wei Zidao fired a Talisman Bullet immediately!

…

Facing the aggressive Management Bureau’s temporary four-person team, the young man scratched his head in a dilemma, “Supernatural Prohibition Regulation… what’s that?”

Wei Zidao snorted coldly, “Stop resisting and come back with us, confess honestly!”

The young man frowned and said, “Gentlemen, I don’t think there’s any animosity between us, right? I was just here to settle a bill… the one lying on the ground is none of my business. And as for that corpse, it was merely punished for trying to evade payment…”

Liu Minghao furrowed his brows, thinking this guy acts like he doesn’t even know the Management Bureau, and quickly turned his head to Wei Zidao saying, “Let’s subdue him first, then talk,”

“Got it!” Wei Zidao nodded, then put away his identification and charged directly at the young man with his gun.

As Wei Zidao charged, the young man leisurely leapt a few steps back, while the crow on his shoulder flew out again, transforming into a shadow, directly blocking Wei Zidao.

This shadow was also peculiar; it could stretch, shrink, even transform into a fist, switching style at ease, and it wasn’t weak, easily creating a large fist mark on the ground.

Taking advantage of this gap, Liu Minghao quickly rushed to Dong Shaofeng, checking his injuries.

Zhao Le gritted his teeth but still mustered the courage to step forward… feeling that these Men in Black could save him. He watched Liu Minghao press his hands a few times on Dong Shaofeng, glancing at Dong Shaofeng who was unconscious, occasionally showing signs of pain, his heart trembled, recalling how this guy pushed Xiang Qiang away to save him, his emotions were complicated.

“How… how is he?” Zhao Le asked cautiously.

“He won’t die.” Without even looking up, Liu Minghao replied, tearing open his suitcase with a snap, taking out some bottles and jars, promptly applying some ointment to Dong Shaofeng’s wounds.

The previously unstoppable bleeding suddenly stopped magically!

Zhao Le watched in amazement, while Liu Minghao then looked up and called, “Bu Bugao, come and protect!”

Upon hearing this, Bu Bugao immediately walked forward quickly, recalling the methods taught at school for handling such situations, and smiled, “Don’t worry, brother, your friend is fine, and you’ll be fine too. I’ll protect you both!”

Zhao Le nodded instinctively.

At this moment, Wei Zidao was engaged in a fierce battle with the shadow, constantly evading and finding it difficult to get close to the mysterious young man. He couldn’t help but shout loudly, “The opponent is strong, requesting permission to use Intermediate level Talisman Bullets.”

“Permission granted!”

Receiving Liu Minghao’s authorization, Wei Zidao’s face lit up with joy. He looked at the ever-changing shadow and let out a cold laugh, quickly unloading the remaining three bullets from the revolver, then directly loaded a new cylinder, raising his hand to shoot!

The power difference between the Primary and Intermediate bullets was vast, all sealed with Intermediate level Taoist magic power—of course, not comparable to the high-powered Advanced Talisman Bullets consumed by the Management Bureau at Mount Tai Summit.

Bullets of that caliber wouldn’t be casually granted for agents to use in the city unless encountering particularly dangerous situations, but it would still require a report and an internal investigation afterward.

At this moment, a bullet shot directly at the shadow, and at the same time, the place where the shadow was hit instantly exploded—the shadow directly burst into a huge gap!

Wei Zidao fired two more consecutive shots.

The explosive power once again shattered the shadow, which finally fell to the ground like a torn cloth—but these shadows quickly regrouped, returning to the form of a crow, shakily making its way back to the young man.

“Surrender!” Wei Zidao pointed his gun at the young man, “Give up resisting!”

The young man, however, remained calm, looking at Wei Zidao’s handgun with curiosity, “Oh, I didn’t expect such an interesting tool to be developed here; the principle seems different from mine…”

“Less nonsense! I’ll say it again, give up resisting!” Wei Zidao shouted loudly!

The young man shook his head and suddenly extended his hand… Seeing his palm disappear as if reaching into another space!

The young man slowly withdrew his hand from the eerie space, and afterward, he was holding a silver short gun, reminiscent of an ancient short firearm, and smiled, “I have this too, just not sure whose power is greater compared to yours.”

He was intrigued by this tool, thinking that after entering this sub-world, he hadn’t really engaged with the Transcendents of this world or gauged the development level of this world’s Transcendents, so he planned to experiment thoroughly today.

“Silver gun!!” Just then, Bu Bugao pointed at the young man, “Senior, silver gun! Is this the culprit you were looking for?”

“It’s indeed silver…” Wei Zidao’s eyes immediately narrowed!

Hearing Wei Zidao’s exclamation at this time, Zhao Le was startled, remembering that there was also a silver handgun hidden in his school bag, his breath became rapid… However, it seemed they hadn’t noticed him.

Liu Minghao also raised his eyebrows suddenly, speaking in a deep voice, “Are you the real culprit behind the recent series of murders?”

“?”

The young man was slightly stunned but remembered that in this period, he had indeed killed one or two humans by accepting guest commissions, shrugged and said, “Just business.”

“So it is you!” Wei Zidao snorted coldly, pulling the trigger again, another bullet fired.

The young man, who had been hunched over, suddenly straightened up, dodging the attack with a bizarre speed, at the same time quickly shooting three black spheres of light with the silver short gun in his hand.

These light spheres were strange; although they were fast, they were not as fast as bullets, yet in the blink of an eye, they reached Wei Zidao!

Wei Zidao was shocked, but these three black spheres attached themselves to him, and then the spheres burst open, instantly wrapping him tightly with black shadowy vines, causing Wei Zidao to fall to the ground, losing the ability to move!

Subsequently, the young man attacked again with the silver short gun—firing ten shots consecutively!

These ten shots differed from the previous black spheres, firing black winds… these black winds, resembling the faces of ghosts, emitted sharp screaming sounds as they charged forward, extraordinarily eerie!

Seeing the situation, Liu Minghao quickly swung a metal baton, striking one of the black winds, but it didn’t disperse with a single hit.

At the same time, Bu Bugao hurriedly retrieved his equipment—his equipment was obviously complete, but he was suddenly caught in a dilemma between using the metal baton and the Taoist Handgun!

But at this moment, the black wind had already reached him, and Bu Bugao let out a scream—suddenly a huge figure blocked in front of him, waving a hand to swat away the black wind!

“Wang Hu!” Bu Bugao shouted excitedly, thinking that bringing this big lug along was indeed a wise choice!

“Hmm.” Wang Hu nodded dully.

Seeing a chance to make a contribution, Bu Bugao quickly said, “Go help Senior Liu and the others!”

“Alright.” Wang Hu nodded again, then took a step forward, his figure disappearing instantly!

Meanwhile, the black winds vanished one by one, Wang Hu’s speed seemed like teleportation to Bu Bugao… Finally, Wang Hu reached Wei Zidao, directly tearing off the black tendrils binding him!

“So strong…” Liu Minghao was dumbfounded at this moment.

“Eh?”

Nearby, the young man had also noticed Wang Hu, observing how the one-armed strong man easily broke his Curse Technique, unable to help but exclaim in wonder.

“Wang Hu! Kick him!!” Bu Bugao shouted excitedly, “I authorize you to stomp people!!! Just don’t stomp them to death!!”

“Got it.” Wang Hu nodded.

Upon hearing this, the young man was taken aback, then let out a cold laugh, once again withdrawing a similar silver short gun from the eerie space. At this moment, he was wielding dual silver guns, exuding a crazy, domineering aura!

Yet unexpectedly, before the short guns could launch the Curse Technique, the young man felt a terrifying force slam into his chest…

The one-armed strong man had moved with an even faster speed, flashing directly in front of him and kicking without a word… too fast to dodge!

Bang—!!

The young man’s body was instantly sent flying, crashing directly into a wall, he felt that a few of his ribs had broken…

He spat out a mouthful of blood, lamenting, “What’s going on…”

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