The Speedrun Begins with Choosing Hunter

Chapter 421: Chapter 403: Hexagon

In the darkness.

A hook-nosed man stood in the shadows, his arms wrapped around a greatsword as tall as he was.

"An interesting little fellow."

This man was Jiu Moshi.

He watched the activities in the Bai Mansion with great interest.

Jiu Moshi was indeed very patient. He had already been in Binzhou for several months, but aside from monitoring the Bai Mansion each day, he made no other moves.

This was the quality an assassin should possess.

Striking rashly would only get him killed faster. Like a cheetah hunting its prey, he had to lie in wait, silently observing all of his target’s habits, and deliver the fatal blow only when the prey revealed an opening itself.

Charging in to cut someone down at first sight—that was what a brigand would do, not an assassin. Jiu Moshi despised such behavior above all else.

After such a long period of observation, he had discovered something very interesting.

Bai Yuan was a bit too... active.

This "activeness" wasn’t about his personality, but the frequency with which he went out.

After reaching the Awareness stage, most Martial Artists would enter long periods of seclusion to purge distracting thoughts and solidify their core, but Bai Yuan did the exact opposite, running around outside every day.

Bai Yuan’s perception was too powerful, so Jiu Moshi never had a chance to find out what he was actually doing when he went out.

’Perhaps I can ask him when I’m cutting off his head in a little while.’

’If he’s still willing to answer, that is.’

Martial Artists above the Awareness stage possessed extremely strong life force. Even after being decapitated, they could survive for about a quarter of an hour. He had experimented with this many times and often obtained unexpected rewards.

Jiu Moshi licked his lips.

He had now confirmed Bai Yuan’s situation. When an assassin had a clear picture, it was time to kill.

Just then, a servant from the Bai Mansion pushed open the main gate and walked out.

Jiu Moshi glanced over but noticed nothing unusual. He refocused all his attention on the room that was still lit by candlelight.

Although there was another not-so-weak brat living in the Bai Mansion, Jiu Moshi paid him no mind.

As a Mingxin Grandmaster, no matter how talented a Martial Artist at the Awareness stage was, they could never be his opponent.

’I might as well kill him while I’m at it. I’ll get an extra reward that way.’

’A genius from the Xiyue Sect is worth a pretty penny.’

"Kek, kek, kek?"

"Who’s there?!"

Jiu Moshi suddenly heard the noise behind him, and his heart leaped in terror.

The instant he turned his head, a leg powerful enough to shatter mountains came smashing toward his face.

Everything happened too quickly. Even someone like Jiu Moshi was caught off guard.

BAM!

With a tremendous bang, Jiu Moshi’s body shot like a cannonball toward the courtyard wall nearby.

CRASH!

Under the force of Jiu Moshi’s impact, the courtyard wall collapsed violently.

The massive noise jolted the sleeping residents of Binzhou City awake, and chaos erupted for a moment.

Bai Yuan’s eyes were icy as he shot toward the wall, giving Jiu Moshi no chance to breathe.

He had long suspected that a master was spying on him from the shadows.

It wasn’t until he broke through the Mingxin Pass that he confirmed the person tailing him was this unknown master before him, who did not look like a Profound Person.

Since the other party wanted to kill him, he decided to strike first.

The servant who had just left was his handiwork.

He had hidden himself inside the Nine Heavens Profound Soldiers, had the servant carry the palace-like artifact out the gate, and then circled back to ambush this unknown expert.

Given the chance to strike first, Bai Yuan would not let it go.

In a duel to the death, even the slightest advantage could be the key to life and death.

"Damn it!"

Jiu Moshi was furious.

He couldn’t figure out how this Profound Person before him had discovered his presence, much less how he had appeared behind him without a sound.

But he had no more time to think.

Because to his shock, this young man already possessed the strength to match him!!!

’Mingxin!’

The shock in Jiu Moshi’s heart had reached its peak.

He had been monitoring Bai Yuan for months and knew perfectly well that he was only a Martial Artist before. But he goes out once, and suddenly he’s at the Mingxin stage??!!

Recalling the suffering he endured to break through to the Mingxin stage made him burn with jealousy.

"Die, die, die!"

Killing intent surged in Jiu Moshi’s heart.

"You think shouting is going to help?"

A cold smile touched the corner of Bai Yuan’s mouth as the force in his hands grew heavier and heavier, vowing to pummel this man to death.

If he hadn’t broken through, he might really have been killed by this man’s treachery.

Being targeted by a Mingxin Grandmaster who specialized in assassination was a bloodcurdling thought no matter how you looked at it. He had to eliminate this uncertainty.

His ten Divine Mansions, though not outwardly visible, were spinning wildly, pushing the Heart Force within his body to its absolute limit.

Heart Force was indeed far beyond what Sensory Force could compare to; its power was more than ten times greater.

Every single one of Bai Yuan’s moves brought Jiu Moshi unspeakable suffering.

In just thirty breaths of time.

Jiu Moshi had been forced to endure five hundred of Bai Yuan’s attacks, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. He was in a wretched state.

"AHHH!"

He was going mad with rage. He had never fought such a stifling battle in his entire life, with absolutely no chance to fight back.

It wasn’t that Bai Yuan’s strength truly crushed his, but that his opponent’s moves were too fast. He couldn’t find any openings and could only defend passively.

If the fight continued like this, Jiu Moshi might actually be beaten to death.

A vicious glint flashed in Jiu Moshi’s eyes.

His body flashed with a bloody light, and a blade-shaped crimson glow shot out from his Dantian.

Bai Yuan twisted his waist, barely dodging it.

But because of this one defensive move, he lost the initiative he had with his previous storm-like assault.

Jiu Moshi glared savagely at Bai Yuan.

"You really deserve to die."

That last move had cost him dearly. If he couldn’t kill this young Profound Person now, he would have suffered a tremendous loss this time.

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