On a cold autumn night in Beilong City, Liu Yi’s heart was ablaze.
Though only wearing a shirt and a suit jacket, he didn't feel cold, perhaps due to his internal energy protecting him.
Liu Yi glided on top of a building, facing an abandoned factory, lying quietly in the darkness.
"Indeed, there is some demonic energy here..."
The little fox clinging to Liu Yi's neck couldn't help but comment, "Liu Yi, be cautious as you go downstairs now. Everything needs to be approached with care. This is your first mission, don't be reckless. Even if you can't complete it, you need to survive, alright?" "Don't worry, Sister Fox Fairy, I now have the Spirit Fox Step. Even if there's real danger, I can escape!" Liu Yi replied.
"Alright, don't overdo it, off you go." Lin Tong nodded.
Liu Yi took a deep breath and leaped from the high building of over a dozen floors.
He plummeted towards the ground like a bullet, the whistling wind rushing past his ears.
Liu Yi's heart rate slightly accelerated, as two types of internal energy simultaneously operated to keep his mind clear, while his body exuded a sense of strength.
Midway through his fall, his body suddenly turned over, and with his hands and feet aimed at the ground, the power of the Nine Mystery Heart Sutra erupted.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
A few faint explosions.
The frost released from Liu Yi's hands was particularly fierce.
A white frost burst open in the air, then turned into drifting snowflakes.
Using this power, Liu Yi repeatedly impacted the air to slow his descent.
By the time he was close to the ground, his body was falling at a significantly slower pace.
Liu Yi placed his hands behind him and released a burst of frost.
Instantly, his whole body slipped to the ground, skating forwards on ice blades.
Using this momentum, Liu Yi quickly skated far ahead after landing, then agilely spun his legs, drawing a circle on the ground, and finally came to a stop.
"Huff, huff..."
Liu Yi took a few deep breaths, his heart rate still not calming down.
It was truly exhilarating.
This power was just too addictive!
"Don't daydream, there's some strange demonic energy nearby. Let's search quickly and take some photos before heading back home!" Lin Tong reminded.
"Okay..."
Liu Yi nodded and performed two breathing techniques to adjust his state.
Leveraging the darkness, he retracted the ice skates, stepped on the Spirit Fox Step, making himself as light as a swallow, and silently wandered on the edge of the factory.
This abandoned factory appeared to have aged, with its walls showing traces of time.
The factory emitted a musty, damp air, making Liu Yi unable to help covering his nose.
Would there really be people in such a place?
That so-called Great God Sect really knew how to find congregational places.
Liu Yi shook his head, found the open factory gate, and walked inside.
Just then, he suddenly felt his whole body lighten.
Several black tentacles suddenly flew down from above the factory gate, directly entwining around Liu Yi's legs, suspending him in mid-air.
"Stupid! Stupid, stupid, stupid!" Lin Tong couldn't help but curse, "You walked right into a trap! You idiot!"
"How was I supposed to know..." Liu Yi's legs were firmly entwined by the tentacles, and he fell to the ground by the factory gate. Because of the reversed blood flow, his head was slightly throbbing, and he said in frustration, "I didn’t know there would be a trap..."
"You fool, I told you to be cautious! Break free from this trap quickly, otherwise, it'll be bad if you're discovered!" "Oh..." Liu Yi took a deep breath, raised his body, and grabbed the tentacles entwining his ankles.
The power of Profound Ice was activated, and the tentacles instantly turned into ice sculptures and shattered.
But before Liu Yi could relax, a new set of tentacles emerged and wrapped around his legs, this time not sparing his wrists, entwining them altogether securely. "Damn it... What kind of play is this..."
Liu Yi wanted to cry but had no tears.
"I have never seen a bigger fool than you in my life..."
Lin Tong's anger made her hair stand on end.
"What should we do now...?" Liu Yi asked with a bitter face.
"I don't know, maybe just wait to die!" Lin Tong replied impatiently.
At that moment, Liu Yi felt several breaths slowly approaching inside the factory.
"Oh no... it seems like someone is coming."
"Hmph, let's see how you handle this," Lin Tong muttered, though her mind was racing to figure out how to escape the trap.
Just then, a woman's voice suddenly rang out.
"Watch out, duck."
Following that, a black shadow flew past Liu Yi.
All the tentacles were cut off at once.
Liu Yi fell to the ground with a thud.
The tentacles emerged again, attempting to grab Liu Yi once more.
But this time, Liu Yi wouldn't fall into the trap again. He clapped his hands on the ground and slid backward, avoiding the range of the tentacles.
Liu Yi scrambled up from the ground in a sorry state, only then did he notice a woman in a black windbreaker standing beside him.
The woman, without any concealment, had a perfect face that shone brightly in the moonlight.
The woman was strikingly beautiful, with a somewhat aloof demeanor, standing there like an iceberg.
Liu Yi felt that he exuded a cold aura with his profound ice energy, but compared to this woman... it was a world of difference.
The woman also seemed to have a good figure, although it was difficult to see clearly under the black windbreaker, her long legs proved everything.
As Liu Yi looked at the woman in the moonlight, he was momentarily stunned.
"It seems I made a mistake... This should be a D-level mission."
The woman commented with a cool demeanor and a hint of chill in her voice.
Her gaze finally fell on Liu Yi, who was in a sorry state.
"You...have quite an unconventional look," she remarked, gesturing towards Liu Yi's red scarf.
"Ahem... Thank you for saving me, miss," Liu Yi quickly got up and spoke.
"Are you the other person who accepted the mission?" he suddenly realized that someone else had accepted the mission with him.
"Yes, it was me... I also posted the mission," the ice-cold beauty said quietly, "I thought it was just a trivial matter; it had been posted for a long time and no one accepted it, so I took it on myself."
"That's... not fair!" Liu Yi couldn't help exclaiming, "I also accepted the mission! A thousand bucks! A thousand bucks..."
"You are too weak; this is not a task for you to complete," the woman calmly replied.
"That remains to be seen! And I took the mission, I must complete it! It's a matter of honor!" Liu Yi said, dusting himself off and standing up.
"And this is my first mission. I must only win, not lose!" he added.
"Oh?" The ice-cold beauty couldn't help but give Liu Yi a second look, "This might be a D-level mission... you would risk your life for a thousand bucks?"
"A thousand bucks may not mean much to you, but it is of great significance to me," Liu Yi said, "And if I back down, I might not have the courage to take on missions in the future. I... have to complete it."
In reality, Liu Yi didn't say this, mainly because he felt embarrassed by the trap he fell into...
Damn it, he had to regain some face.
After making up his mind, Liu Yi clenched his fists.
"Interesting..."
The beautiful woman of the iceberg smiled, "How about this, I'll help you complete this task together. Your reward will be yours, deal?"
"Really?"
Liu Yi didn't expect to have such a good thing fall into his lap.
"I, Li Biyue, never lie."
The beautiful woman said lightly, "Believe it or not, it's up to you."
"Okay, it's a deal then!"
Having someone help make money was naturally perfect.
This task seemed difficult, and Liu Yi was naturally happy to have someone lend a hand.
"They have arrived."
Li Biyue said, looking towards the direction of the factory, "The task has changed... Help me eliminate these people from the Cult of Da Shen, and the task will be deemed complete."
"Huh?"
Liu Yi was flabbergasted.
"Kill, kill people?"
"They are not good people."
Li Biyue said, "If you don't kill them, they will kill you."
As she spoke, a sharp scream suddenly came from the dark gate of the factory.
"Ah ah ah!"
The terrifying and piercing sound made Liu Yi couldn't help but cover his ears.
Then, a dark figure slowly walked out of the factory gate.
"Who is trespassing in the territory of my Cult of Da Shen... Leave your life behind."
The man was wrapped in black clothes and wore a white mask on his face.
But unlike Liu Yi's mask, there were two rows of teardrop-shaped bloodstains hanging from underneath the eyes of the mask of the person in front of him.
A strange aura wrapped around his whole body, making him appear very sinister.
"So it's not demonic aura..."
From the moment Li Biyue appeared, Lin Tong had been hiding inside Liu Yi's body, and now she exclaimed.
"It's ghostly aura..."
And Liu Yi's gaze fell on the man's shoulder.
He saw a baby about the size of a palm sitting on his shoulder.
It was indeed a baby, but it looked extremely fierce.
With a contorted face, bloodshot eyes bulging out, it even made Liu Yi feel a bit terrified.
"Ghost baby..."
Lin Tong exclaimed again, "It's actually a ghost baby!"
"What's wrong?"
Liu Yi didn't understand any of this.
"Ghost baby is a kind of evil spell that suffocates newborn babies to death... and then refines them into an evil spell..."
Lin Tong spoke, seemingly trembling slightly, "This kind of evil spell... should have been banned long ago... how could it still exist!"
"Such an evil spell..."
Liu Yi couldn't help but shiver all over when he heard this, clenching his fists.
He remembered a piece of news from before, where a car thief stole a car and, as an afterthought, suffocated the baby inside in the snow.
Such people should be killed!