A Top Scholar in Everything
Chapter 231: The Silent One

Chapter 231: Chapter 231: The Silent One

The Heartbreak Hotel is an old-style inn, with two large unnamed potted plants outside its entrance. The entire hotel has a somewhat old and shabby décor, lacking any luxury.

Certainly.

With such a peculiar name for a hotel, generally speaking, no normal person would stay here.

The hotel has two floors.

The first floor is a bar. Even though it’s already evening, there are only a sparse few people drinking inside.

The bar owner is lying on an old chair, resting with eyes closed.

Baiyu glanced around.

The young man from noon happens to be sitting at a table, with bottles of beer displayed around him, his face already showing a slight redness.

"How about it, are you still selling your Spirit Technique?"

Baiyu assessed the Blood Qi level within the other person’s body; he should also be a Tier Nine Martial Artist. However, his Blood Qi was somewhat slack, clearly due to a long time without training and not consuming food that maintains Blood Qi.

"Selling, of course, I’m selling."

The man lifted his head. His previously tipsy face showed a glimmer of interest. After hesitating for a moment, he chuckled and asked, "Did you bring the money?"

Baiyu took out a card: "A savings card issued by the Imperial Treasury, containing one million, can be withdrawn even in the Shelter."

The man’s eyes brightened, showing a satisfied expression: "Good, I have the first volume with me, and the second one is at my house. We can go get it now."

Baiyu nodded.

...

The man’s house was not far from Lengfeng Park, a secluded residential building.

"Aren’t you going in?"

In front of the door.

The man looked at Baiyu curiously: "Come in for a drink and rest for a while."

"No, I’ll just wait here. Quickly bring out the Spirit Technique." Baiyu shook the blue drink in his hand and smiled slightly.

The man glanced at Baiyu, said nothing, and walked into the room.

Approximately ten minutes later.

The man came out with a package in his hand; inside were the first two volumes of the "Extreme Demon Bone Tempering Technique."

Baiyu took the package.

Suddenly, a gleam flashed in the man’s hand as it directly stabbed toward Baiyu’s chest.

This was an attack aiming to take his life.

Having been prepared, Baiyu swiftly flipped his right hand, gripping the dagger and stopping it just before it could contact his chest.

Seeing the dagger being held.

The man’s mouth formed a cold sneer:

"This is A Level alloy. Even a Tier Seven Martial Artist would get their skin cut using their palm to catch it. Moreover, this dagger is coated with a deadly poison."

"Generally speaking, shouldn’t you lick the blade and then say that utterance to me?" Baiyu retaliated.

The man couldn’t react for a moment. After a few seconds, he then furiously spat: "Kid, soon you’ll be dead. Better care about yourself first!"

He forcefully pulled his right arm.

Yet it didn’t budge at all; he couldn’t retrieve the dagger.

"You..."

The man hesitantly looked over.

Still, the dagger was tightly held by Baiyu.

His palm was completely unscathed, with the A Level alloy only leaving two white marks on his skin.

Is he a devil?!

The man felt his scalp tingle, eyes filled with horror as he stared at Baiyu.

"I was saying, how could you, a Tier Nine street Martial Artist, possess such high-quality Spirit Techniques? Turns out it’s really a scam. But with just you alone, you’re underestimating me too much."

Baiyu raised his left hand, a black gun barrel aimed at the man’s forehead.

Before he could speak.

A sharp gunshot echoed within the room.

The man’s body flew like a torn ragged balloon, hitting the wall hard, and blood splattered on the ground like paint.

The gun’s muzzle still smoldering.

Baiyu’s eyes caught a flash of a small red dot casting on his face, and a massive sense of life-and-death crisis surged deep inside him.

Sniper!

He almost instinctively reacted.

Though the Rock Defense Magic Elixir can block ordinary alloy attacks, if it’s a specialized sniper bullet targeting Martial Artists, the head would explode like a watermelon if hit.

"Sunlight!"

Without hesitation.

At that moment, he instantly activated his Prayer Technique apprentice abilities.

Baiyu’s entire body emitted a golden light, turning him into a small luminous entity.

The sniper hidden unknown in the dark was dazzled by the flash of this light, causing the bullet fired to deviate slightly in an instant.

Bam!

Baiyu ducked down.

The bullet almost grazed his scalp, shot into the wall behind him, blasting a basin-sized hole open.

"Damn it."

A surge of murderous intent rose in Baiyu’s heart.

Energy Perception and Pupil of Chongming activated at that moment, sprinting into the direction the bullet came from, heading into the thickly shaded park-like greens.

The area isn’t very far from Lengfeng Park.

Thus, it has plenty of green park vegetation and dense groves, making it a natural battlefield for snipers.

At that moment.

A man wielding an oddly large sniper rifle crouched in the dense forest, covered in scent-concealing potion, dressed in dark green camouflage, blending almost perfectly with his surroundings.

He breathed steadily and didn’t move at all after missing his shot, crouching in the shrubbery, motionless.

Like a dead man.

However, his eyes were continuously tearing, uncontrollably, as if a burning fiery pain scorched his eyeballs.

"Damn it, what on earth is this."

"This guy dared to come in, doesn’t he know how dangerous a sniper can be in the woods?"

The man was both shocked and infuriated inside.

He was a professional killer from the black market, seasoned for years, almost never missing his mark.

Through its reasonable pricing, quality service, and strict after-sale, establishing good credibility.

The task he accepted this time was to assassinate a Tier Nine Martial Artist.

Being a Sequence Eight Extraordinary long ago, he accepted the task eagerly.

He originally thought it would be easily accomplished, but who knew he’d encounter a situation never before experienced in his career.

The target actually glows!!

Moreover, this light was so blinding, it was nearly impossible to stare directly.

If one had to describe it, it was eye-searing.

Indeed.

Exceptionally eye-searing.

This is utterly ridiculous.

The opponent wasn’t just a Tier Nine Martial Artist but also a Sequence Nine Extraordinary.

So after missing the shot, he had the intention to retreat.

The target’s ability surpassed the supposed value of his price.

He needs to renegotiate with the employer.

The sniper’s eyes watched the forest intently, gradually losing sight of Baiyu’s movement after he charged in.

He sighed in relief.

With his own Extraordinary Abilities combined with the scent-concealing potion, and years of experience, even a Tier Six or Tier Seven Martial Artist would struggle to find his hiding spot in the forest.

Gunman Sequence Sequence Eight, Silencer.

This sequence of Extraordinary, nearly every one of them are assassination geniuses, and sniper is amongst the most fitting professions.

The man was about to leave.

Suddenly.

A flash of sword light illuminated the forest.

He turned around.

Baiyu’s stunningly handsome face had already appeared before his eyes, followed by a fierce Sword Qi.

"Darn it!"

"If I hadn’t kept a reserve, today you would’ve really picked my plum!"