Heroines, I'm Really not the Devourer

Chapter 35: Hu Guowei?

Chapter 35: Hu Guowei?"BaiShe!"

The wall stood between them, separating them completely.

A heavy silence fell. Zhulan, on the other side, pounded against the barrier,

He took a few steps back, his eyes scanning every detail of the scene. I, or rather the Assassin I was, stood in a threatening posture. My dagger was imbued with a vibrating black aura, and behind me, a shadowy figure stretched, a faint entity wielding scythes, its movements barely perceptible.

"Did you know who I really was?"

"You may be an assassin, but the sadness I saw that day was real."

"You’re wrong! I’m just a killing machine! Attack seriously or die!"

My voice cracked, laced with contained rage, as if a part of me rejected my own words.

BaiShe sketched a smile. A thin trickle of blood ran down his cheek, proof my blade had grazed him.

"I see..."

His gaze sharpened.

In the next instant, he lunged at me, his Qi-charged fist slicing through the air in a perfect arc.

I pivoted at the last moment, dodging fluidly. My form blurred for an instant before I reappeared behind him, my dagger thrusting toward his back.

BaiShe, sensing the imminent danger, propelled his Qi to reorient mid-air. He raised his forearm, barely parrying the attack with a sharp impact.

But the shadow behind him seized the opportunity.

*Whoosh.*

The scythe sliced through the air in a deadly hiss. BaiShe ducked just in time, feeling the cutting pressure slice the space just above his head.

"Is it Hu Guowei?"

With a supple movement, he pivoted backward, using the momentum of his dodge to swing a lateral kick. His foot passed through my intangible body, as expected.

He didn’t hesitate. His Qi instantly concentrated in his opposite leg.

With a sharp strike, he slammed his heel into the ground just behind me. A blinding shockwave exploded beneath his feet, sending up a cloud of debris. The compressed energy created a thrust that propelled him at terrifying speed out of my encirclement.

When he stopped a few meters away, arms crossed, his eyes fixed on me, unreadable.

"Or someone else who wants me dead?"

His right hand rose slowly. A silvery glow pulsed between his fingers, illuminating the surrounding darkness. The energy around him condensed, twisted, before materializing into glowing arcs floating around him.

"Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t tell you!"

He vanished.

The air thickened under the pressure of his Qi. Space itself seemed to bend, warped by his raw power.

*He’s already at the ninth stage!*

I lunged forward, daggers out, my body moving. My shadow aura stretched, undulated, enveloping my form in a veil. The entity behind me mirrored my assault, merging perfectly with my attack.

*Heartbeat.*

Then I disappeared just before impact.