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Chapter 422 - Chapter 422 Chapter 148 Finally Seeing the Vault

Chapter 422: Chapter 148: Finally Seeing the Vault Chapter 422: Chapter 148: Finally Seeing the Vault “Princess Your Highness, it’s taken care of,” Taotie said as he hoisted his axe, chuckling merrily.

Fang Xiaocao raised an eyebrow and sized up Taotie, commenting, “Nice build, just a bit too dark; you almost look like you don’t steal kasayas anymore.”

Having said that, Fang Xiaocao stepped over Tong Yue’s corpse and continued forward.

“Been feeling a bit overheated lately…”

“Hope I won’t get a nosebleed…”

Fang Xiaocao murmured to herself.

Taotie looked confused, scratching his head.

For a moment, he couldn’t tell whether his princess was complimenting him or mocking him.

“Just take it as a compliment, I guess.”

Under his breath, Taotie shouldered his axe and scurried after Fang Xiaocao.

With the place so dangerous, he needed to protect Princess Your Highness, lest demons mistake her for Tang Seng and capture her.

Fang Xiaocao and Taotie walked about five hundred meters along the corridor, and suddenly the view opened up.

A large hall appeared before them.

The hall was set up as a martial arts training ground, with a few oddly shaped weapons placed on either side.

At the end of the hall was a metal door gleaming with a metallic luster, akin to a vault door from a movie.

Fang Xiaocao guessed that this metal door was probably the entrance to the vault.

“Princess Your Highness, the vault!” Taotie pointed at the metal door and shouted.

Fang Xiaocao gave Taotie a glare. “I’m not blind or deaf; what are you yelling for?”

Taotie just grinned sheepishly.

Fang Xiaocao raised her chin. “Go on then, take them all out. There’s a portion of the gold bricks inside the vault that will be part of your dowry.”

On hearing this, Taotie paused, turning to look.

Three people had appeared in the hall ahead, seemingly out of nowhere.

Just by looking at their garments–with black bases and gold patterns–Taotie knew without a doubt they were the pawnshop managers.

“Alright!”

“Princess Your Highness, watch me,” Taotie said nonchalantly with a wide grin.

Fang Xiaocao stepped back twice, gesturing for Taotie to begin his performance, while she readied several hidden weapons and pulled out the Blood Jade Ring, ready to support Taotie at any moment.

These were three store managers!

Each one a top-tier master.

Taotie had just been through a fierce battle and was quite drained. Facing three masters of the same level now, he might not win.

But Taotie wasn’t thinking about whether he could win or not.

Win or lose, you only know once you fight.

Thinking about it now was pointless.

“You three fellows, are you coming at me together, or are you coming one by one to meet your demise?”

Taotie stood proudly in the middle of the hall, holding his axe and curling his lip as he beckoned to the three pawnshop managers.

The three pawnshop managers exchanged looks, observing the foolhardy Taotie with eyes reserved for fools.

The managers, of course, recognized Taotie.

After all, all of the pawnshop’s higher-ups had a file on Fang Xiaocao’s team.

They knew Taotie was strong, but even so, wasn’t he at the same level as them?

Three against one?

Was he being too arrogant?

Too eager for reincarnation?

The three pawnshop managers looked at each other again, and the one on the extreme left, who was ghastly pale and skinny like a bamboo pole, spoke up, “Big brother, let me deal with him first to gauge his strength. You and our second brother cover me.”

The middle pawnshop manager pondered for a moment then nodded, “Go on, but be careful.”

The left pawnshop manager smiled, “Don’t worry, big brother. We’re all top-level masters. With you and our second brother covering me, couldn’t I still escape if I couldn’t beat him?”

Then, he stepped forward a few paces.

Facing off with Taotie from afar.

“Taotie, wasn’t it?” asked the pawnshop manager, his tone playful.

“Hehe…”

Taotie grinned, “It’s yours truly.”

“Hey, who are you over there? Announce your name. Your grandpa Taotie doesn’t kill nameless nobodies.”

Taotie was putting on an act with such juvenile words, and Xiaocao felt embarrassed for him.

She almost used her toes to dig out an Emperor’s Tomb right where she stood.

“I’m the pawnshop manager, Xie Bi’an, also known as White Impermanence,”

the store manager Xie Bi’an said coldly.

Taotie blinked, “Xiao Anzi, ah, you look as thin as a stick, can you even take one of my ax blows?”

No one could beat Taotie when it came to trash-talking.

“Hmph!”

Xie Bi’an snorted coldly, “You’re courting death!”

A cold light flashed in Xie Bi’an’s eyes.

The next second!

Xie Bi’an moved.

He rushed to the weapon rack, pulled out a long banner with a spear blade on it, swung it to create a flurry of spear shadows, then lunged at Taotie in a lightning-fast step.

Taotie narrowed his eyes, watching Xie Bi’an closely.

From Xie Bi’an’s movements, Taotie could tell that he was a top-tier master.

Moreover, he was a master of cunning and unpredictable tactics.

Xie Bi’an was extraordinarily fast, covering the distance of tens of meters in the blink of an eye. The long banner was already in front of Taotie, who suddenly widened his eyes in anger and swung the broadaxe from his shoulder at Xie Bi’an.

Xie Bi’an understood how to exploit strengths and avoid weaknesses.

He immediately withdrew.

He didn’t clash head-on with Taotie.

Instead, he began circling around Taotie.

Occasionally launching a surprise spear thrust.

Taotie countered every move, dissolving Xie Bi’an’s several attacks, and quickly discerned Xie Bi’an’s intentions, and couldn’t help but sneer.

“Smart boy, seeing that my weapon is heavy, you actually thought of draining me by kiting.”

Taotie silently grumbled in his mind.

Once he understood Xie Bi’an’s intentions, Taotie immediately had a strategy.

He quietly moved his hand to the end of the axe handle and twisted hard.

Click–

The sound of a spring mechanism activating.

Clang–

Taotie pulled out a two-handed sword hidden inside the axe handle.

“Boy, I’ve seen through your tricks, let’s have a fair fight,”

Taotie said with a fierce grin.

Clang–

Taotie casually tossed aside the broadaxe.

Gripping the sword with both hands, he focused on Xie Bi’an.

Though his plan was seen through, Xie Bi’an was unperturbed, continuing to maneuver around Taotie, occasionally lunging with his spear.

With the relatively lightweight two-handed sword in his hands, Taotie’s attack speed increased more than a notch, making it much easier to deal with Xie Bi’an’s swift spear attacks.

After several rounds of testing each other, Taotie had almost figured out Xie Bi’an’s movement pattern.

Taotie sneered again, swung his sword to parry Xie Bi’an’s incoming long spear, and seized the opportunity to make a quick dash forward, slashing his sword at Xie Bi’an.

As the situation suddenly changed, Xie Bi’an stayed calm.

He shook his hands, and the banner on his spear fell off, enveloping Taotie.

“Idiot, you fell for it.”

Xie Bi’an scoffed coldly.

His spear shot out like a dragon, aiming straight for Taotie.

At that moment, between Taotie and Xie Bi’an, a thick banner blocked Taotie’s view. If Taotie continued his charge, he would undoubtedly be pierced by Xie Bi’an’s spear.

Hearing Xie Bi’an’s words, Taotie inwardly cursed, immediately halting his advance, swinging his sword at the long banner. But as the blade struck the banner, Taotie’s expression changed.

The material of the banner was soft yet tough and extremely slippery; the blade slid off, unable to cut through. He had miscalculated again…