I was just playing tricks, how come I became Bai Yueguang

Chapter 778 Threat

An Ti never imagined that the only time in her life that she felt compassion was for such a cruel poison dart.

Shen Guiling's punch was so powerful that half of her face was instantly paralyzed, and even breathing caused a sharp pain like a needle.

The instinct for survival overwhelmed all dignity. She turned over and crawled into the depths of the dark night, her movements staggering and awkward due to the pain.

Shen Guiling stood there, the moonlight making his figure look slender and cold.

He lowered his eyes, staring coldly at the slowly crawling figure under his feet. Suddenly, he raised his foot and stepped heavily on An Ti's shoulder - the force was almost enough to crush her bones. "Why are you here?"

The "Your Highness" just now was clearly directed at him.

An Ti took a deep breath and, with difficulty, forced a smile that was barely friendly. "We heard gunshots in the house... We were worried about your safety, so we broke in."

Shen Guiling narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "You guys?"

She pursed her dry lips and explained in a low voice, "Ever since Your Highness entered Country S, the Queen has secretly dispatched her personal guards to protect you. 'We'... are your personal guards."

In the darkness, their eyes suddenly met.

Shen Guiling's auspicious phoenix eyes, identical to those of Emperor Bai Pu, appeared particularly sharp in the night. After a moment, he retracted his gaze, turned around and blended into the night, leaving only a cold command:

"Go away. I don't need you."

"..."

An Ti sat up, clutching her almost shattered shoulder. She pressed the communication device in her ear with a headache until Shen Guiling completely disappeared from her sight. "Captain, did you hear that? His Highness told us to get out."

"Captain??"

At this moment, the human statue that had been squatting in the shadows suddenly moved.

Bai Mi, dressed in a black nightgown, walked out from the darkness in the corner and said, "Stop crying, I heard you."

"..." An Ti was stunned for a moment, then picked up the miniature beam of light on the ground and shone it towards him. After confirming that it was correct, she laughed angrily, "Don't tell me you were hiding there just now?"

Just watch her get beaten?

"Hey!" Bai Mi frowned and corrected seriously, "I'm not hiding, it's a strategy."

An Ti stared at him, stubbornly demanding an explanation: "What strategy?"

Bai Mi curled his lips, and said in an almost righteous tone: "If I hit you, you can't hit me."

He was too embarrassed to tell An Ti that the experience of being chased and beaten by Shen Guiling was still vivid in his mind, and he was really traumatized by it.

"..." How did this guy become the head of the Royal Guard?

An Ti extinguished the beam of light, and her scorching gaze almost penetrated the darkness and pinned Bai Mi to the spot.

Bai Mi felt a little guilty, but suddenly he seemed to remember something and raised his chin confidently: "Why should I be afraid of him? Don't forget whose child he is."

As soon as the words fell——

A series of gunshots suddenly rang out in the corridor on the second floor.

It was exactly the direction where Shen Guiling had just disappeared.

Anti's baby face instantly turned gloomy. She supported herself on the ground with one hand and suddenly jumped out like a cheetah, heading straight for the source of the sound.

Bai Mi didn't care whether he would be beaten or not at this time. He quickly put on the mountain wolf mask and followed closely.

The two men scurried to the corner of the second floor, where thick smoke and the stench of blood filled their faces. Two black-clad ambushers lay slumped against the wall, their blood oozing through the luxurious carpet. Another lay prone on the ground, an ordinary fruit knife lodged deep in his back—a casual blow from a nearby weapon.

The battle was over, cleanly and neatly, without even a trace of struggle, and Shen Guiling had long disappeared.

An Ti and Bai Mi looked at each other and saw horror in each other's eyes. They both knew that Shen Guiling was good at fighting, but the speed at which he resolved the situation... was too scary.

At this moment, Shen Nian's arrogant and excited shout came from above his head:

"Shen Guiling! Is this all you're capable of? Don't you want to kill me? I'm on the top floor, do you have the guts to come up and kill me?!"

"I want to see which is harder, this fortress or you. Come on up!!! Bastard!! Hahahahahahaha!!!"

Up!

An Ti and Bai Mi's eyes flashed, and they jumped up at the same time, flying towards the upper level like two black shadows.

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Shen Nian's fortress consisted of six floors, each containing at least three rooms. During his time as a captive, Shen Guiling had already mastered every corner and secret passage in the villa. After quickly dispatching the assassin on the second floor, he turned back and entered an eight-meter-long corridor, silently climbing to the third floor through another exit.

Shen Nian kept mocking him from above, trying to slow him down. But Shen Guiling remained unmoved - he knew that Shen Nian must have sent a large number of troops to repair the power switch. Once the power supply to the villa was restored, the current advantage of the night would be gone.

He must reach the fifth floor as quickly as possible.

To this end, Shen Guiling repeatedly weaved through the corridors. He was more familiar with the terrain than the killers, making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, wandering in the darkness like a ghost, fooling them around and defeating them one by one.

Bai Mi and An Ti always followed closely behind, but were always half a level behind.

Five minutes later, Shen Guiling finally reached the fifth floor.

However, in stark contrast to the fierce gunfight downstairs, it was eerily quiet here.

The doors to all three rooms were wide open, and the interiors were pitch black. Only in the room at the end, a faint orange light shone through the crack of the door.

Listen carefully, there is still sound.

"Woo... Mommy... I want Mommy..."

The voice trembled slightly, mixed with suppressed sobs.

——It was a child’s immature and frightened plea for mercy.

Shen Guiling's footsteps suddenly stopped, and his whole body seemed to be frozen, nailed to the cold shadow of the corridor.

At this moment, more than ten strong men holding heavy guns suddenly rushed out from the light-transmitting door. Shen Nian was surrounded by these people and walked out slowly from the light.

"Shen Guiling, I know you're nearby." He held up his phone, proudly sitting in the middle of the crowd. His sinister grin formed a cruel contrast with the boy's sobs in the video. "You gave me such a great gift, so I'll give you one in return. How about that?"

"Tsk tsk, this part isn't exciting enough... Ah, I found it. Look how 'well-behaved' you were back then? Even Ah Mao couldn't snatch it from you."

In the video, the boy, who was only four or five years old, had scars all over his face. Shen Nian, who was already a teenager, threw a frisbee and kicked the boy, causing him to compete with a strong Tibetan mastiff for the frisbee. All around, all kinds of laughter echoed, men and women, proud and arrogant.

Shen Guiling's jawline was stretched tight, and the undried bloodstains on his forehead looked even more hideous in the dim light.

He silently raised his pistol and aimed the crosshairs steadily at Shen Nian who was in the crowd.

Shen Nian waited for a while, but didn't hear any movement. His smile became even more distorted. "As expected of someone who once fought with a dog for food, you're really patient. Okay! I want to see how long you can endure this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the steward behind him brought out a special device and placed it on the coffee table.

Shen Nian stood up, connected his phone to the device, looked around, and smiled meaningfully: "Shen Guiling, this is an encrypted signal device. As long as I press this button, this wonderful information will be sent to where it belongs. Guess——"

Don't wait for him to finish.

In the corner, the shadow moved slightly. Shen Guiling quietly put down the gun and walked out from the shadows step by step.

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