Chapter Forty-Nine: Du Sha's Regret

As Shen Ye and Du Sha began their confrontation, Nangong Zhu barked coldly, "It's about time, move out."

Without hesitation, she descended rapidly from the high floor, her long legs taking great strides. Her speed going down the stairs was astonishing—faster than any elevator could manage.

In a flash, she landed on the ground floor and then burst into a sprint like a leopard, swift and fierce, charging straight into the Wanderer Tower. Running alongside her were Squad Leader Tong Chuchu and the monk known as Jierou.

Seeing these three rush by like the wind, the color-reading Taoist, who had been busy reading the young woman’s palm with uncanny accuracy, could not help but shout, “Is it time already? Hey, you three, wait for me!”

Without further ado, he dashed after them, his steps strange yet purposeful, chasing the trio with great speed.

The onlookers, who had been enjoying the spectacle, suddenly noticed these four moving far faster than any ordinary person. They murmured among themselves, “Who are these four?”

“No idea, but they seem to be experts.”

“So there really are masters in our world.”

“These four are incredible.”

“Just now, that Taoist kept touching our hands while reading our palms. I thought he was taking liberties, but turns out he’s a master too.” The young women who had been fondled by the color-reading Taoist were excited beyond measure.

…

At this moment, a phrase flickered through Du Sha’s mind.

Time raced in reality.

In the blink of an eye—

Bang!

Fist met palm.

Shen Ye was currently at the sixth level of martial mastery, his strength measured at an eight, meaning eight times that of an ordinary person.

His pair of gauntlets amplified his power by 1.2 times.

The "Mighty Strike" technique further boosted his strength by 1.5 times.

In total, Shen Ye’s current power was fourteen-point-four times that of a normal human.

Such an attack was terrifying.

Records indicate that a tiger’s strike is over ten times more powerful than a human’s.

Now, Shen Ye’s blow was equivalent to a full-force strike from a grown tiger.

How heavy is a tiger’s all-out blow? Science has now certified it.

A tiger’s full-strength strike can shatter the skull of a wild boar or an ox through flesh.

Both wild boar and ox skulls are far tougher than a human skull.

A tiger fighting a grown man is like a child playing.

When Shen Ye unleashed his Mighty Strike, his power rivaled that of a tiger’s full-force blow.

Of course, a tiger’s defense is typical of wild beasts—bullets can pierce its bones.

Shen Ye’s defense was even stronger; bullets could penetrate flesh but not bone.

In comparison, Shen Ye’s defense exceeded that of a tiger by far.

Therefore, Shen Ye wielding Mighty Strike was more fearsome than a tiger.

Du Sha was forced into a hasty defense.

Crack!

His left hand’s palm bone fractured instantly.

The overwhelming force continued to surge backward.

His left arm was completely ruined.

Pain!

But Du Sha was a seasoned assassin with vast combat experience.

Despite the agony in his left hand, he stomped fiercely on the ground with both feet, throwing himself backward.

As he fell, his right hand, which had not yet been used, drew out a steel tube.

Inside lay a terrifying hidden weapon—

The Plum Blossom Needle.

Among the martial world’s deadliest hidden weapons, there are three renowned types:

The Peacock Feather Dart,

The Violent Rain Plum Blossom Needle,

And the supreme hidden weapon from the Tang Sect of Shu—“Thousand Knots of the Heart.”

All three are said to be lethal upon sight.

The Violent Rain Plum Blossom Needle consists of two parts: a launching tube and the needles themselves.

Its launching power is unmatched across the land.

The needles are thin, strong, and poisonous—rare in the world.

When combined, they rank among the three deadliest hidden weapons.

However, the two parts are seldom found together.

Du Sha, a somewhat famous assassin, had by chance obtained the needles but could not find the launching tube.

He commissioned a master craftsman to create a steel tube.

Though less powerful than the original, this weapon was still unstoppable when fired.

This Plum Blossom Needle was one of Du Sha’s twenty-three killing techniques, and a particularly deadly one.

With it, he had slain several martial experts of equal strength.

Now, his target was Shen Ye.

Seeing the slender needles shoot toward him, Shen Ye realized he couldn’t even dodge.

Too fast!

Yet, at the critical moment, he forcefully pressed a button on his left hand.

Swish!

His left gauntlet instantly transformed into a black alloy umbrella.

The speed and timing were almost unimaginable.

The Plum Blossom Needles struck the umbrella without delay.

Clack, crackle!

Though the needles were divine-level hidden weapons, they could not penetrate the alloy of the third millennium.

Scattered aside, the needles fell.

At this moment, Shen Ye grasped the umbrella’s handle firmly with both hands.

He summoned all his strength.

With fierce courage, he lunged forward, stabbing directly—

Strike the enemy when vulnerable!

Du Sha had just fired his secret weapon, the Poisoned Plum Blossom Needle.

He had never failed to kill an opponent of equal rank with it.

He was just starting to relax, thinking, “Though the Chopsticks Demon struck fiercely and crippled my left hand, he will soon die by my hand.”

But unexpectedly—

In the blink of an eye, the Chopsticks Demon had conjured a black umbrella at incredible speed.

And this umbrella—made of some unknown material—could block his Plum Blossom Needles.

Then, the umbrella was thrust forward with lightning speed.

Du Sha, already mentally relaxed, had just exhausted his backward retreat.

His back barely touched the ground, his strength utterly spent.

He intended to push off with his left hand to flip and evade—a habitual move.

But when he tried, he remembered his left hand was temporarily useless.

Quickly, he switched to his right hand to push off and dodge.

But in a duel of masters, every moment counts.

Too late, simply too late.

The umbrella’s tip pierced directly into Du Sha’s chest, right at his heart.

Pain!

Du Sha was now grievously injured.

He felt deep regret.

Under normal circumstances, he could have battled the Chopsticks Demon fiercely.

But because of his initial carelessness, the Chopsticks Demon seized the chance and decided the outcome in one strike.

He still had twenty-two other deadly techniques unused.

(The second update ends here.)