Darkness, silence, void.

There are no footsteps, no breathing sounds, only the creaky acidic sound of the door lingering in the air due to inertia.

It's so quiet that it feels like there's no one in this bedroom.

So quiet that Le Yu almost wants to break wind just to liven up the atmosphere.

At the instant the door was pushed open, Le Yu and Bai Yu instantly entered a combat-ready state and held their breath. Even though they borrowed the thin moonlight from the door being pushed open, they saw no shadow—this signifies that the intruder had already slipped into the bedroom the moment the door was opened.

They didn't turn on the lights; instead, they moved their bodies extremely slowly, edging towards the periphery of the room. Turning on the lights would surely illuminate the visitor, but since they smashed all the lamps as soon as they arrived, it indicates they are adept at assassinating in darkness.

White-haired assassin, this is the intuitive thought that emerged for Le Yu and Bai Yu.

There's no one who understands light more than the white-haired assassin; as masters of darkness, they naturally recognize the threat of lighting to themselves, so almost every white-haired assassin will target light as their primary attack object.

If the opponent truly is a white-haired assassin, then at the instant Le Yu turns on the lights, the opponent's prepared long-range items (revolver, flying knife, thunderous attack) will immediately smash towards the light source, utterly extinguishing any hope for the assassination target.

In Yin Yin's memory, he most liked seeing the assassination target hurriedly ignite a light source in the dark—this not only allows him to instantly lock onto the target's position but also indicates the target at least has one hand defenseless while lighting up.

Any white-haired assassin who can take a single business knows how to simultaneously throw two long-range weapons to attack the light source and the target's fatal weak point; this move is indeed a common killing trick in the Hidden Sword Technique called 'Hidden Sword: Double Swallow'.

Everyone knows the white-haired assassin's weakness, but the weakness can also become a trap.

When you believe you can counter-kill the assassin, you have already stepped into this cognitive trap laid over a thousand years.

You challenge professional assassination skills with amateur assassination knowledge, naturally leading to a foolish and ignorant death.

The only countermeasure against white-haired assassins within the Glorious Four Guards is—to escape.

In absolute darkness, Hidden Sword Assassins also have limited sight; it's just that most assassination targets often panic and shout, marking their heads with sound, which allows the Hidden Sword Assassins adept at distinguishing positions by sound in the dark to roam as if it were an empty space.

But the range of absolute darkness isn't large, and Hidden Sword Assassins will only assassinate indoors. If you quietly and silently leave to reach an open area, utilizing Lingxu Battle Technique to escape can thwart the assassination by the white-haired assassin.

The antonym of assassination isn't counter-kill, it's survival.

Encounters with assassination mean the assassin has a very high possible success rate. Even if you use a trump card, it might be cracked by a prepared assassin, and fighting back means gambling your own life.

Never fight the assassins on their prepared battleground; this is the strategy of the Glorious Four Guards against the Sword Concealers.

Le Yu believes this adage is quite reasonable; in his knowledge, indeed no one can evade the ambush assassination of Sword Concealers except for Blue Flame—but Blue Flame is also a Sword Concealer of the kidney.

Fight Sword Concealers with Sword Concealers.

Unfortunately, Qin Le Yin is just a red-haired white snow prince, possessing only one strike in the dark, and Bai Yu is also a middle-aged old man; it's well-known that the white-haired assassin is a very youthful group, clearly Bai Yu is unqualified to be one of them.

The wind flows gently, further pushing the door open, with the thin moonlight permeating the room further. Suddenly, a voice resounds from all directions:

"Sword Concealers won't take business related to me; all faculty and students of the Royal Academy won't become assassination targets. I don't think my value can lead the Sword Concealer Leader to break this tacit understanding."

Integration and Mastery Combat Technique life tip·Famous Everywhere... Le Yu's heart moved, listening closely to the surrounding disturbances, but the intruder did not reveal any flaws from Bai Yu's words.

"Three days ago, all Peak of Perfection realms in Yanjing were already under surveillance, with Twelve Forbidden Guards' Commander Yu Ke, Statistical Department Director Xie Chenyuan, and other Imperial Court martial authorities holding a grand banquet, using martial gatherings to detain Yanjing experts, and constantly monitoring if any Outer District martial authorities returned to Yanjing without notice. With their abilities, even if harboring malicious intentions, none could escape under these circumstances."

"I've long resided in the Academy; even if there are mishaps in exposing my identity, no one dares to break into the Academy and harm me. Coupled with Yanjing's strict nighttime curfew..."

"So." Suddenly, another coarse, unpleasant voice echoes within the bedroom, also coming from all directions: "What exactly are you trying to say, Bai Yu?"

"Even if you seize upon my nocturnal opportunity to assassinate outside the Academy, those you can employ are absolutely few, cannot exceed Integration and Mastery realm, cannot be more than three, and cannot be white-haired assassins." Bai Yu said decisively: "You created a dark environment, making us mistakenly think you are white-haired assassins, but you are merely imposing psychological pressure on us and delaying time until your accomplices arrive!"

"You don't have the ability to deal with us!"

"Heaven, fate, is with me!"

As Bai Yu uttered the last word, the bedroom suddenly illuminated, his voice instantly soared several degrees, like thunder echoing explosively, even causing Le Yu to lose his concentration for a moment, leading to a bit of nausea, while his words almost formed a sound wave rushing forward in the air!

Integration and Mastery Combat Technique · Thunderous Blast!

That's the downside of Integration and Mastery Combat Technique: Sonic attacks do not differentiate between friend and foe!

But Le Yu, with his Ice Blood Physique, has a high immunity to such dizzying effects, recovering in just one breath. He also sees who this uninvited guest breaking into an empty man's boudoir in the dead of night is—

He wears black night attire, his face covered with plain white bandages, revealing only his features, wearing a ferocious matte black helmet, and standing by the tea table.

Directly hit by Bai Yu's Thunderous Blast, the bandaged assassin immediately falls into severe dizziness, becoming dazed and about to collapse. Naturally, Le Yu won't miss this great opportunity, crossing several meters with his feet, condensing light explosions with his hands, akin to two Thunder Wolf Dragons fiercely coming to bite!

Biting Battle Technique·Double Desolate Bite!

At the same time, Bai Yu aimed the revolver at the bandage assassin, firing three consecutive shots, all targeting vital spots of the enemy!

Lingxu Battle Technique·Black Tri-Star!

The bullet was launched late but arrived first, hitting the bandage assassin's chest and throat. The helmet deflected the shot aimed at the head, leaving only a dent. It was this intense fatal assault that finally jolted the bandage assassin out of his daze!

A gray-white light explosion erupted fiercely from him, dissolving Le Yu's Double Desolate Bite light explosion like snow melting in spring!

"How dare you—"

Le Yu retreated rapidly, but the bandage assassin simultaneously lunged, grabbing at Le Yu with both hands, extremely fast but leaving his center wide open. Such a flaw couldn't be ignored, even if Le Yu wasn't in an automatic fighting mode due to the Ice Blood Physique; he couldn't help but counterattack!

"Do you think I—"

With his left hand drawing a circle to catch the tiger's mouth, his right palm shattered the assassin's heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys!

Biting Battle Technique·Universe Melody Hong Tu!

Bang! Snap!

"—am incapable—"

Le Yu did capture the tiger's mouth of his right hand, and indeed, his palm landed squarely on the assassin's chest, almost compressing into his flesh, leaving his ribs without a single complete strand!

However, the bandage assassin seemed completely unaffected, using his left hand to grab Le Yu's elbow and squeeze. Le Yu heard the sizzling sound like roasted crispy pork belly coming from his own arm. With savage strength, the assassin lifted Le Yu like a chick, hurling him directly at Bai Yu, who was still shooting!

"—dealing with you!?"

Watching Le Yu flying towards him, Bai Yu dodged swiftly, letting Le Yu crash into the lamp, causing a snap and plunging the room back into darkness.

Le Yu rolled and got up immediately, staring at the beast hidden in darkness he couldn't see, and reached into the drawer, asking, "Brother, are your bullets made of marshmallows!?"

"I use the most poisonous, vicious pointed lead bullets, with a short effective shooting range, but they explode inside once they hit, causing endless harm." Bai Yu explained calmly, "I'm also puzzled; perhaps it's some kind of Forbidden Battle Technique I haven't heard of?"

"Ah, ah ah ah, why..." The bandage assassin suddenly mumbled strangely, "Why, why can't you let me kill obediently? I've been so good, I've kept silent, I've been so gentle, why why why—"

"This emotional management tactic indeed seems like some Forbidden Battle Technique." Le Yu took out a bottle of red juice. Qin Yueyang had found abundant remaining red juice, and Le Yu drank little, unable to finish even after a month.

He quickly drank two mouthfuls and felt the burn on his elbow start to heal: "My hand was burned by him; is this technique used by a barbecue chef?"

"Burned?" Bai Yu's voice showed a hint of confusion: "Even if it's a Forbidden Battle Technique, it shouldn't cause such an effect..."

"I go left, you go right." Le Yu whispered, then dashed towards the door!

Joking aside, why fight with this assassin? He is a good citizen of Yanjing, has close ties to the Statistical Department inspectors, why not run outside and call the Patrol Execution Guard to gang up on the assassin? Why risk fighting a madman using Forbidden Battle Techniques?

"How dare you still run!?"

The bandage assassin roared and chased fiercely; Le Yu wasn't afraid at all—he was now Hongle, Qin Yueyin, with red hair's attached Light Storage Energy Slot, enough to strike in the darkness.

Though only one move, it's sufficient to determine the outcome!

Except for the Hidden Sword Assassin, he wasn't afraid of anyone in the dark!

Biting Battle Technique·Desolate Bite!

In the dark, light and shadow flashed, and Le Yu's fist hit directly into the bandage assassin's palm. He could even feel his finger bones piercing through the assassin's flesh, the bandage assassin unable to counter his light explosion in the darkness!

Yet, an instant stench spread rapidly, Le Yu felt his right fist's flesh quickly melting and falling, creating a 'sizzling' symphony of oil fat!

Bam bam bam!

In the dark, three continuous gunshots all hit the bandage assassin's arm, forcing him to release Le Yu's hand. Le Yu swiftly dodged his lunge, while the assassin took the chance to close the door, letting no light enter the room.

"You shot me with six bullets, six bullets!" He roared like a beast, "Dare to shoot me so many times, dare to run, dare to resist, dare to turn on the light... ugh ugh ah ah ah you're really annoying! I want to tear open your chests, smash your heads!"

Le Yu kept downing red juice, moving his right hand, already near-exposed bones, and found it still usable, exclaiming: "This is not burning; burning doesn't happen this fast; this is corrosion injury! What Forbidden Battle Technique can maintain such terrifying destructive power in the dark?"

"This is not a Forbidden Battle Technique."

Bai Yu's voice barely suppressed the surprise, and Le Yu could even hear a tinge of fear:

"This is the Seven Emotions Martial Arts."