Ming Yue led Ba Jiu, not going with everyone else to Youyue Valley for a mission, nor heading towards Yunmeng Mountain, but instead took a path leading to an unknown destination.
They walked quickly, far from the base, and stopped in a clearing in the middle of the forest.
"Come out?"
Ming Yue turned around, facing the empty space behind them, and called out sternly.
The space behind them remained empty, with no sound. Anyone seeing this would think she was insane, talking to thin air.
Ming Yue's expression grew even more somber. With a sudden wave of her hand, a gust of wind erupted from nowhere, kicking up red dust.
After the wind subsided, a red figure appeared ten meters behind them. It was Bi Shiyuan.
Bi Shiyuan had been tracking Ming Yue today and had wanted to give up several times. Knowing Ming Yue was leaving the city, he realized the tracking mission could not continue.
He knew Ming Yue would be going on a mission to Youyue Valley with the Rose Squad, a long journey.
Ming Yue and her team would surely use transportation, making it impossible for him to follow. He intended to abort the mission and report to Bu Ying.
However, at the city gate, seeing that Ming Yue's team had not prepared any transportation, and adhering to his professional code as a peeping tom, he followed them outside the city.
When he saw Ming Yue take out the transforming vehicle, he again considered returning to the city, as he only had two legs and couldn't outrun a car.
Just as he was about to leave, he noticed Ming Yue didn't get into the car. Instead, she took Ba Jiu and walked onto a small path.
This piqued his curiosity. He continued to follow, wanting to find out what Ming Yue was up to.
He didn't know that all of this was meticulously planned by Ming Yue. Every move, including coming here, was designed to lure him out.
He thought his chameleon-like stealth skills were flawless, but Ming Yue had discovered him the day before.
Just outside the mission hall, during her dispute with Scarface, Ming Yue glanced back as she left.
She was confirming if anyone was monitoring her.
This was because when she used her wind blade to dismember Scarface, the ground was covered in blood.
Bi Shiyuan, hidden near Ming Yue, had accidentally gotten some on the sole of his shoe.
Unaware, he left behind red footprints on the ground, small, only about the size of an egg, which most people wouldn't notice.
But Ming Yue saw it, and immediately suspected that there was an invisible person around her.
She couldn't be sure if this person was targeting her, so she noted the condition of the ground.
After leaving the area, she looked back and found new footprints appearing on the ground.
Observing all the way, she realized this person had been following them, always by her side.
So, upon returning to the villa, she sealed it with a wind barrier and devised a plan with her team members.
She deduced that this invisible person was most likely sent by Bu Ying, so it was best not to deal with him within the base to avoid alerting them.
Therefore, when leaving the city that morning, she deliberately walked, appearing to have no transportation, intending to lure Bi Shiyuan out with them.
She didn't say much to Rose, fearing it would arouse Bi Shiyuan's suspicion. In the end, she and Ba Jiu acted as bait, luring Bi Shiyuan here.
When she unleashed the wind earlier, she had also added some red pigment she had collected into space at some point.
After the wind passed, Bi Shiyuan, covered in red pigment, immediately revealed himself, unable to remain hidden.
"I mean no harm, I was just passing by. I hid myself to avoid zombies and didn't affect you. What do you want?"
Unable to hide, Bi Shiyuan still tried to quibble. Since he hadn't attacked Ming Yue, this path wasn't hers.
Who stipulated that one couldn't travel while invisible? So he spoke with righteous indignation.
"Still lying? I discovered you yesterday. Tell me, why were you following me? Who sent you?
Did you see how I dealt with Scarface yesterday? Do you want to end up like him? A human stump."
Hearing Bi Shiyuan lie to her, Ming Yue sneered, her voice chillingly cold.
Some people wouldn't tell the truth unless they were scared.
"Okay, I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything. Please don't kill me, I don't want to become a human stump."
Recalling Scarface's miserable state, Bi Shiyuan's face immediately contorted, and he begged for mercy.
But before he could finish, his body suddenly leaped up and fled to the side, flying with incredible speed using wind manipulation.
It turned out this wretched man was also a dual-element ability user, possessing wind abilities that excelled in speed, and he was already at level five.
He had deliberately feigned fear to deceive Ming Yue, making her lower her guard so he could escape.
But who was Ming Yue? His tricks were child's play in front of her.
With a wave of her hand, Ming Yue sent out a thick vine that directly ensnared Bi Shiyuan in mid-air.
His wind abilities were rendered useless. With a thud, he fell to the ground, dazed and disoriented.
As he landed, something from his pocket was also flung out, rolling on the ground and stopping at Ba Jiu's feet.
"Did you kill the little monkey siblings?"
The object looked familiar to Ba Jiu. He picked it up and examined it. It was the ancient jade pendant shaped like a cantaloupe that the little monkey had worn.
Seeing the jade pendant on Bi Shiyuan, Ba Jiu immediately understood. The little monkey and his sister had been killed by Bi Shiyuan, their throats slit by wind blades.
His eyes blazed with fury. He clenched the jade pendant tightly in his hand, staring at Bi Shiyuan.
A terrifying pressure, like a monstrous wave, enveloped Bi Shiyuan.
Under Ba Jiu's powerful mental suppression, Bi Shiyuan trembled, no longer daring to conceal anything.
He confessed that Bu Ying had assigned him to monitor Ming Yue, and that he had killed the little monkey siblings the night before last as instructed by Bu Ying.
"Why? Why would Bu Ying kill them? They were just children, they posed no threat to him.
Just because I questioned them about some things?"
Ming Yue couldn't understand why Bu Ying would spare even such pitiful individuals, who were mere nobodies in the base and posed no threat to him.
"Because he had seen through the base's operational rules and understood the City Lord's true intentions. The City Lord said not to underestimate any small figure.
A thousand-mile dike can be destroyed by an ant's nest. If the little monkey had spread these words widely, it would have disrupted the base's overall operations.
So he ordered me to kill them, claiming it was a preventive measure."
Hearing Bi Shiyuan's words, Ming Yue's heart grew cold. It seemed she had indirectly caused the little monkey's death.
As for Bu Ying, he could no longer be considered human; he was a devil who had completely lost his humanity.
Ba Jiu, on the other hand, wasn't thinking so much. His only thought was to kill Bi Shiyuan before him.
Then, upon returning to the base, he would kill Bu Ying and avenge the little monkey siblings.
He stared at Bi Shiyuan, bound by the vines, his small face taut with determination.
"I've told you everything you asked. I was just following the City Lord's orders. Please let me go!"
Feeling his body slowly levitate under Ba Jiu's gaze, Bi Shiyuan sensed danger and cried out in desperation.
But would Ba Jiu let him go? The answer was clearly no. Under Ba Jiu's mental control, Bi Shiyuan's body began to explode.
Ba Jiu's mental control was precise. His body didn't explode all at once, but inch by inch.
He wanted Bi Shiyuan to experience the most excruciating torment, so that the deceased little monkey siblings could rest in peace and his own hatred could be appeased.
An hour later, Bi Shiyuan had vanished from this world, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground.
"I'm going to kill Bu Ying and avenge the little monkey and his sister."
Ba Jiu's small face remained stern as he spoke to himself, as if to Ming Yue as well.
He then turned to leave, but Ming Yue grabbed him.