Chapter 202: Are You Getting Sprung Too? (1/2)

Chapter 202: Are You Getting Sprung Too?

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Lu Xiaoru slowly walked out of the flames looking pretty bad with her whole body showing burns. The destroyed red evening gown had long since turned to ash, though she didn't care about any of that as she walked out of the flames completely naked.

Her face was distorted as she ground her teeth and looked at the orange energy cloak.

”You damned jerk, to make me so miserable! This time I'll be giving you a taste of what it means when living is worse than dying!”

Her voice was full of hatred and satisfaction. But, the energy cloak surrounding her body had reached its limit, and it dissolved into the air with a pop.

Then, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and lightly choked her.

”Don't move.” It was a very light, calm voice, though with some chill to it. It sounded like it still had some of the particular tenderness of youth.

Before she could react, she felt the wrist of her right hand lighten as her apparatus was removed by the stealth attacker from behind. From the heavens all the way to hell, there would be no way to describe what Lu Xiaoru was feeling just then. Her adversary's motions were practiced and his thinking deliberate, making him quite a difficult character to deal with.

Was it him? Lu Xiaoru's heart sank. Could the person behind her be the card artisan assassin? But, then who had she attacked? Her gaze fell onto the orange energy cloak when her expression suddenly faded away.

In the dark, the orange energy cloak was very conspicuous. How would a card artisan assassin use such a thing? Why hadn't she realized that?

Biting her lip, it was too late for Lu Xaioru to fret, and she quickly considered how to free herself. There wasn't a thread on her. Her adversary was pasted up against her, which was a dubious action, like a bold act between lovers.

Lu Xiaoru gave a little laugh as her stiff body when soft, and she stuck out her smooth butt. She was testing. She'd experienced lots of men, and she'd just heard clearly that the one behind her was a man—a very young man at that.

Wouldn't a man feel desire, and a youth full of sap still more so?

Chen Mu furrowed his brow with his prior lesson still vividly in mind. This isn't an honest woman! He groaned as his left hand formed into a fist, and he gave her a punch five centimeters above her tailbone. That was a move he'd learned from Wei-ah while sparring with him. Wei-ah would always be able to punch him numb. Of course, Chen Mu could never be as superb as Wei-ah, but he had some of the basics and was able to deliver a good punch.

Lu Xiaoru felt her whole body go numb. The powerful paralysis made her lose any ability to move; she couldn't even talk or blink.

Her heart plunged. Although her adversary was young, he had some extremely powerful restraint. Added to his careful thinking, he would doubtlessly make a very tough adversary. There was already nothing she could do except to go along with it and wait for her chance.

The fear she felt wasn't as strong as it had just been. No matter which power her counterpart belonged to, none of them had any need to kill her. There was a lot she was capable of. A card artisan with such skill as hers was a resource, and still more, she looked pretty good. To change camps was pretty much routine for her. She only had a cooperative relationship with the Central Island Firm and naturally had no loyalty. She didn't care about sacrificing her beauty as long as she could go on living.

Although she couldn't turn her neck, her attention was on the youth behind her. There were always some very minor things that might reveal some of her adversary's habits and what was on his mind. She needed to understand him better. The more she understood him, the greater her chances of survival.

Chen Mu suddenly lifted his head as the card artisan in the orange energy cloak seemed about to come-to.

He made a move with his feet, and his body slid as though he were on ice over to where Butchie was. He extended the index finger of his right hand, on which a tailless shuttle was whirring at high speed. But, it never left his finger. Like a dragonfly touching the water, his index finger lightly touched the orange energy cloak.

The orange energy cloak suddenly shook violently as Chen Mu's index finger set the tailless shuttle rhythmically tapping on the energy cloak. The movement was light and quick and the rhythm clear. The energy cloak's shaking would go up a few notches with every tap.

Peng! After six more taps, the orange energy cloak finally couldn't hold out, and it broke into an orange starburst.

Just then, Butchie opened her eyes.

Her strangely smelling face was stacked over layers of black folds. Even her neck was black folds. There were some red spots on the folds above her face that were like drops of blood arranged in a peculiar pattern, making her entire face look more gloomy.

The two eyes showing were calm, mild and placid.

Then, everything went black, and she lost consciousness.

Chen Mu didn't look at Butchie's eyes anymore after she fell since the place was so full of danger; it wouldn't be good to linger. At the same time, Chen Mu didn't like killing people, although he sometimes didn't have a choice.

Just as Chen Mu was getting ready to carry Lu Xiaoru away, he suddenly felt an energy fluctuation coming from behind him.

He abruptly pushed out his feet as he slid back with his whole body. With a tap of his toe, he changed direction. He went through a few turns before arriving in front of the awakened card artisan. The changes of direction enabled him to have his back to his adversary and face directly forward.

The entire process was bewilderingly fast with each change in direction very erratic, so his adversary basically had no way to fix on him.

He made contact with the card artisan's terrified eyes and stayed still. They were only a few meters apart. At such a close distance, perception wasn't as good as using close combat. His body's explosive strength could be played out to its best at such a distance, which was also Wei-ah's favorite distance.

Although his explosive power wasn't up to Wei-ah's, having been trained by both Wei-ah and the demonic woman, he was as fast as lightning. The card artisan couldn't react. When the weird, ghostly face of Chen Mu appeared in front of him, it was almost pasted to his face. He could even see every stinking red spot formed by the ghost-faced flower.