The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins
Chapter 297: Calabash Brothers Save Grandpa

Chapter 297: Chapter 297: Calabash Brothers Save Grandpa

The woman’s brow furrowed deeply as she abandoned her last shred of hope, realizing the action had failed...

It shouldn’t have been like this...

The strongest captain at Lechang Square’s Anti-theft Bureau is only Eighth Rank. Even if they managed to besiege and kill a Seventh-Rank by some fluke, the power of a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist should be unstoppable, let alone trap him directly!

I specifically found a Sixth-Rank expert skilled in assault!

Even if he’s overpowered, fighting his way out with some injuries shouldn’t be difficult...

With one hand propping her chin, the woman’s frown deepened, and a handsome young man’s face suddenly emerged in her mind.

Then, she shook her head in self-mockery, dismissing the absurd thought.

How could it be possible?

Even if a true Immortal enlightened him, he couldn’t have transformed from a useless wastrel to a skilled fighter capable of matching a Sixth Rank in just a month, could he?

A 15-year-old at Sixth Rank, there are barely any such prodigies in all of Da Zhen!

Moreover, that guy was once infamous as a notorious good-for-nothing and wastrel...

Recalling the information she had gathered, the woman knitted her brows in distress.

Originally, she hadn’t thought much of the small Anti-theft Bureau, but after several setbacks, this seemingly lax place had turned into a dragon’s den, silently devouring the men she sent in one by one.

The unknown is the greatest fear; she could no longer figure out the opposing side’s strength limit, afraid to send in another Fifth-Rank expert only to have him trapped.

But going directly for a Fourth Rank... such a level of expert was beyond her authority...

As she was caught in an internal struggle, a familiar yet unfamiliar young man appeared in her line of sight.

He was familiar because she had once spied on the young man in secret and remembered his appearance deeply.

He was unfamiliar because the young man’s appearance seemed both the same and different; although his facial features hadn’t drastically changed, he gave off an entirely different impression!

More handsome, more exquisite, more alluring...

With a tall stance and a face like a jade crown, his white and rosy skin shone with the unique sheen and vitality of youth in the sunlight.

In his every move, the young man seemed like a noble son walking out of an ancient painting, carrying a hint of enthralling, devilish charm...

A month ago, he might have been an immature stone, but now he had become a divine sword out of its sheath, with brilliance dazzling to the eyes!

Desires in her heart were stirred by some unknown force, and the woman instinctively licked her lips, her heated and hungry gaze almost tangible, causing the young man dozens of meters away to sense it abruptly and look in her direction.

"?!"

As their eyes locked, the young man’s pure black eyes were deep and dark, seemingly containing a flowing, boundless galaxy, and just meeting his gaze felt like one’s soul might be drawn out and absorbed, plummeting into that unfathomable darkness.

Her heart suddenly tightened, and the woman snapped out of her bizarre daze, lowering her gaze to avoid the stare, moving away from the window.

Sitting out of the young man’s sight, she covered her violently beating heart, a fine layer of sweat dotting her forehead.

Something’s not right!

That boy is not right!

On the other side, Zhu Haomiao squinted suspiciously, withdrawing his gaze.

Just now, he sensed a gaze differentiated from Lust...

No, it should be a gaze within Lust with ulterior motives, as if malice or plotting something...

His mind inexplicably conjured an image of a steel wool ball, giving Zhu Haomiao a chilly shock.

Ugh~

Could it be that even ancient rich women indulge in such curious play?

Shaking his head to dispel the indescribable scene from his mind, Zhu Haomiao quickly stretched his legs and dashed off, disappearing around the street corner.

.........

"Even the Sixth Rank is trapped?"

In a richly adorned deep courtyard, a bewitching and charming woman sat before a bronze mirror, allowing the richly dressed woman behind her to put on a golden hairpin.

"Yes, Madam. I observed for several more hours afterward and confirmed that person hasn’t emerged again."

Carefully inserting the golden hairpin into the hair bun, the woman answered with careful wording.

"What went wrong? Isn’t it said that the Anti-theft Bureau’s strongest is no more than Eighth Rank?"

"This... I can’t fathom it either, but I think maybe their chief Li Lin might be the issue..."

"Li Lin? That good-for-nothing holding a position without competence?"

The bewitching woman’s brows knitted: "A 15-year-old brat, even with Immortal enlightenment, what waves could he stir?"

"I can’t say for sure, but his change is indeed significant, and perhaps the inexplicable matter behind this is truly related to him..."

Listening to the woman’s whispers, the bewitching woman’s frown deepened.

"Who is that Li Lin’s superior?"

"His direct superior is County Captain Shao Jie, but his real backing is Nan Jing’an Captain, Yin Tianze."

"Yin Tianze..."

Chewing over the name, the bewitching woman pursed her lips with some disdain, letting out a cold snicker.

"All ungrateful fools!"

"Keep bringing more people!"

"If the Sixth Rank won’t do, then the Fifth Rank, and if the Fifth Rank won’t do, then the Fourth Rank. I don’t believe that such a small Alley Anti-theft Bureau could hide any peerless experts!"

"Even if we have to slaughter that Anti-theft Bureau, we must find what Huo Hong has!"

......

Meanwhile, sitting cross-legged in his bedroom, Zhu Haomiao suddenly raised his head, gazing into the void, sensing a subtle ripple of fate!

I seemed to hear a little gourd child wanting to rescue the grandfather...

Rubbing his chin, the young man pursed his lips with a strange expression, pondering the fleeting mysterious premonition from earlier.

Could it be that the mastermind behind the prison break hasn’t given up?

Did Huo Hong save their life?

Such persistence!

Looking at his rapidly expanding Six-dimensional Attributes, Zhu Haomiao smacked his lips speechlessly.

Stop sending it, stop sending it, I can’t digest it all, it’s simply indigestible!

Especially the Body attribute, it’s almost piling up into a mountain!

Body: 41 (29)↑

Seeing the Body’s total attribute surpassing the other five dimensions by nearly threefold in extraordinary numbers, the young man sighed, and a crystalline, dazzling greed coin appeared at his fingertips.

This time, the guy who came sliding in dropped 27 coins, but as his strength rose and he advanced to the Silver Level, the cost to realize one point of accumulated attribute had climbed to 3 greed coins.

With a thought, the authority of greed was quietly unleashed, and the 27 coins melted and dissipated, transmuting into the mystical Power of Laws that twisted time, advancing the realization of fruits meant for the future.

The Qilin Soup stored in the four-dimensional stomach was rapidly digested and absorbed, with the abundant material nutrition being transported by the blood to every corner of the body, providing endless fuel for supernatural enhancement.

In just a few breaths, Zhu Haomiao’s figure grew a few centimeters taller, his originally slender muscles rapidly swelling, becoming thicker and firmer.