Master of Kaidan
Chapter 151 Great Sage Lam Above

Chapter 151: Chapter 151 Great Sage Lam Above

Almost at the moment he left the villa, Feng Xue felt a chill, although he’d lost the enhancement of the "assassin" tag, his martial arts training had heightened his senses enough to detect that inconsistent thread in the air.

Without hesitation, he immediately raised his right arm to block his head, and his left hand reached behind him, but the "magic" that usually appeared unpredictably failed to activate.

Or rather, he didn’t touch the cloak at all!

For at that instant, another burst of golden light exploded in the sky.

The light, like a miniature sun, illuminated the twilight sky so brightly that all shadows vanished in a flash.

Before Feng Xue could react, he felt a sudden pain in his chest, and two anesthetic bullets fell to the ground.

"Good thing I didn’t blindly trust in ghosts and magic." Feng Xue maintained the motion of covering his head with one arm and started sprinting along the escape route he had prepared, while his left hand, initially ready to pull on the cloak, had already slipped into his storage bag.

It was probably the snipers’ habit, or perhaps an intention to capture him alive—either way, these gunmen chose his torso as their target. But the anesthetic bullets, which were of mediocre penetration power to begin with, were clearly insufficient to pierce the defense of a magical object.

Realizing this, the gunmen started to aim for more difficult targets like the head and neck. However, at this point, Feng Xue was already prepared. A thick, white cloth messily wrapped around his head, making him look comically bloated, but it covered everything except his eyes.

Using Santa’s wrapping cloth in this manner certainly did not maximize its protective potential, but it was enough to defend against the anesthetic bullets.

A dozen anesthetic bullets continuously struck him as he ran but did not hinder his escape in the slightest.

"Interception group, get ready—the clothing on the suspect is a magical item. Use electroshock guns as the first option. If those fail, real bullets are authorized. Use C-103-2 if necessary. Don’t stick to the timetable, leave more than three seconds of leeway!" Ms. Q, situated at a vantage point, continuously issued orders. As Feng Xue entered the villa, the surrounding members of the Military Intelligence Ninth Bureau, who had sealed off the area, started to close in.

But Feng Xue had made the worst-case scenario plans before arriving, so he had naturally anticipated such an encirclement.

An indescribable stick slid out of his sleeve. Although his head looked hilariously like a bun at the moment, the crowbar in his hand was no laughing matter.

He deftly knocked down the electrified hooks and claws flying toward him and rushed into the crowd with a speed far exceeding that of seasoned operatives. With just a gentle touch, his crowbar—which harbored a spiritual pollution—plunged the operatives into a horrifying hallucination induced by a sharp drop in sanity.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Upon realizing that the electroshock guns simply couldn’t hit the target, the operatives who continued to rush in immediately pulled out firearms with live ammunition. The pedestrians near Saint George Street had already been evacuated under the pretext of "Her Majesty’s outing," and such gunfire, even if heard by others, would only be mistaken as part of the royal entourage celebrating the Empress’s presence.

Bullets kept striking him, and while they couldn’t penetrate the illusion, the blunt-force pain they caused couldn’t be negated. As he ran, Feng Xue concentrated his inner strength to suppress the pain and continued sprinting along the predetermined path.

"If I can just get to that place!"

The map in Feng Xue’s mind swiftly changed, and soon, he saw the familiar alley mouth. He had chosen this place as his escape route precisely because of its subtly complex environment.

And for the Military Intelligence Ninth Bureau, this environment was also an excellent place for an ambush.

Indeed, the reason Feng Xue could escape to this point amidst a crowd’s pursuit was not only by design, but also because the bureau, in avoidrie to disturb the Empress, was deliberately herding him in this direction!

With the chase converging from both sides, Feng Xue finally rushed into the alleyway. At the same time, a large net fell over him from above, continuous gunfire rang out, and shock bombs and tear gas thrown from some corner seemed to have already sealed Feng Xue’s destiny as a trapped beast.

But...

"Fog Field!"

The ability that had never been displayed before finally activated at this moment, instantly filling the entire alley with fog.

Although the sudden appearance of fog was not particularly dense, it was already enough to block the line of sight. The special agents, affected by this unexpected situation, did not hesitate and immediately threw out their C-103-2s.

Though this derivative of C-103 could not dissipate the thick fog, its characteristic of dispersing shadows still worked even within the dense mist. In other words, even if Feng Xue had created fog, she couldn’t escape through the shadows under the coverage of C-103-2.

Thirty seconds later, the fog gradually cleared, but it was at this moment that the specially made net was slashed by a cold light, and the man wrapped in a white "headband" and dressed in a black, splendid evening gown dashed out like the wind.

"Shock Bombs, Tear Gas ineffective, request to use anti-material weapons."

"Approved! Pay attention to controlling the direction of the target’s escape." Ms. Q almost immediately granted permission. Although anti-material weapons were quite "inhumane" for humanoid creatures, the target was wearing a full set of Magic Items and was suspected to have undergone Abnormality into a ghost—so even if hit by an anti-material weapon, it would likely not result in death.

Several anti-material sniper rifles were set up, mines were activated, and for a moment, Feng Xue seemed to have fallen into a Heaven and Earth Net—

If that was really Feng Xue at all.

...

In the alley before, under a manhole cover slightly lifted, Feng Xue was rearranging her outfit.

Although the sewer did not have passages wide enough for a person to pass through, it was sufficient to hide one, and this was the escape spot Feng Xue had prepared in advance.

It must be said, the "Physical Avatar" card, which was extremely useless in the Yu-Gi-Oh gaming environment, turned out to be surprisingly useful in reality. The mere combination of Fog Field and Physical Avatar had allowed Feng Xue to escape the sight of most people.

Tucking the long hem of her top into her waistband, Feng Xue unfolded Santa’s wrapping cloth to form a changing room that wouldn’t let her get soiled by the dirty water, then took out the pre-prepared wrapping cloth and quickly dosed herself in the clothing inside.

Although wearing a jacket over a formal suit would appear bulky, at the end of spring in Bakerland, where it wasn’t particularly warm, it was not so conspicuous. Moreover, with the Opera Phantom Suit’s effect of blending into the environment still at work, Feng Xue wasn’t too worried about being easily recognized.

Having done all this, Feng Xue packed up Santa’s wrapping cloth, made minor adjustments to her figure, and found the marker she had prepared beforehand—

The ability to move mysteriously between nearby shadows, while not covering a great straight-line distance, did not need to account for obstacles in between. She had often used this power before to enter the homes of housewives.

The reason she chose this sewer was that about four meters southeast of it, beyond that wall, was a clothing store that led directly to the main street and, more precisely, to the changing rooms!

Through the markers she had made, Feng Xue adjusted her position before activating "Heaven and Earth Net."

And then...

A face full of surprise appeared in Feng Xue’s field of vision...

"Fuck!"