Chapter 660: Chapter 659 Guardian
"Such an arrogant bunch."
In an ancient castle on the outskirts of London, Edward Hughes, who was about to rest, was awakened by his butler to see news from the Underworld Forum.
The incident of Nord being captured happened less than two kilometers from the manor, which angered Hughes, but he didn’t pay too much attention to it, believing that his subordinates would handle it quickly.
However, it now seemed that things were more serious than he had imagined.
Nord also knew a little about the matter Hughes had discussed with the Great Priest today. With Nord captured by that young man from the Divine Continent Country, his captor might learn some news from him.
With a sigh, Edward Hughes’s desire to sleep vanished as he looked toward his butler Mo Keduo and said, "Prepare, perhaps tonight those self-proclaimed ’International Madman’ youths will pay the castle a visit."
The butler woke Hughes specifically to remind him of this, and he nodded, saying, "All necessary preparations have been made. Since Lawrence died at the hands of that young man, we have had to take him more seriously."
Hughes gave a faint nod.
But he didn’t take it too much to heart.
Those young people did not understand the true foundations of the Edwards family. If they didn’t come, all was well, but if they did come, it was a good opportunity to show the world what has allowed the Edwards family to stand unshaken.
Night swallowed England, and although the city’s neon lights still shone on the bustling town, they could not illuminate the sky above the ancient castle in the suburbs.
At three in the morning, Hughes had entered dreamland.
At one o’clock in the morning, he figured those young people weren’t coming, so he lay down again.
Suddenly, Hughes, sleeping, was jolted awake by a unique aura.
He smelled an ancient and familiar scent, and his eyes flashed with burning light.
Those brazen and arrogant youths had indeed come, and they had already disturbed the sleeping guardians of the castle.
It seemed that the Royal Guard’s experts couldn’t stop those young people after all.
Hughes sat up and began to dress methodically.
Since the guardians had been woken up, these young people wouldn’t be leaving anymore.
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Assassinations were second nature to Yang Fei and Umekawa Taro.
As toxicology masters, Xu Yunshan and the Xu brothers, Xu Liangyou and Xu Xiao, with their domineering poison techniques and poison skills, were born assassins.
The Royal Guard experts guarding the perimeter of the castle were almost taken by surprise and were quietly disposed of by the five men.
Either their throats were slit outright, or they suddenly died from poisoning—and when they realized they were poisoned and tried to call for alarm, they found their throats corroded and vocal cords destroyed, making it impossible to make any sound.
Like demons and ghosts from hell, Yang Fei and his group of five seamlessly coordinated to eliminate all the expert members of the Royal Guard on the outside, then infiltrated the castle.
They killed anyone they encountered.
Showing no mercy, their purpose in coming back was carnage.
Knowing the close relationship between the Edwards family and Sky Net, Yang Fei and Umekawa Taro had no intention of letting them off.
Soon, the five had infiltrated the inside of the castle.
But just as Yang Fei was leading the way, ready to go upstairs, a sense of warning suddenly emerged in his heart.
In the dark night, a shadowy figure flashed out from behind a great Roman column, appearing almost ghostly before Yang Fei in an instant.
The figure’s speed was so fast it was almost teleportation, and even with Yang Fei on guard, he was caught off guard.
In shock, he threw a punch.
"Bang!"
With a loud noise, Yang Fei felt his fist smash against something cold and hard.
The sensation didn’t feel like flesh and bone.
At the same time, a chilling aura assaulted him, followed by a powerful force rebounding back at him.
Before his eyes could focus, the figure that had teleported in front of him was sent flying by his punch. However, it seemed as though the figure used the power of his own punch to retreat quickly, once again disappearing without a trace.
Behind him, Umekawa Taro, Xu Yunshan, and the other three men halted in their tracks.
Xu Yunshan asked, "What happened?"
Xu Xiao said, "I saw a blur as if something flashed by."
"Did Brother Yang exchange a blow with someone?" Xu Liangyou inquired.
Their voices almost overlapped as they spoke.
Yang Fei said in a deep voice, "Be careful, there’s something unusual, the opponent is very strong."
Having been with Yang Fei for many days, they knew him well and were shocked by the gravity in his voice.
Given Yang Fei’s level of cultivation, if he said the enemy was strong, then the enemy truly was formidable.
Since they had followed Yang Fei from the mountains, they had swept through Korea with ease, and even though they encountered Western Cultivators in their action to capture Nord today, they handled them with ease.
The five of them together had developed a powerful confidence that they could dominate the world.
Now, coming up against an enemy that even Yang Fei regarded so seriously, they were all on high alert.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, a whistling sound of rushing wind came from behind the five of them.
Umekawa Taro drew his sword and slashed back, with the sword light flashing through the dark night.
Xu Xiao almost simultaneously waved his hand behind him, scattering a handful of poison.
However, there was no one behind them; nothing was there.
But the five were certain that something had indeed appeared behind them just a moment ago.
The speed of the other party was so fast that no one saw their figure.
Xu Xiao closed his eyes.
Ahead of him, Yang Fei also squinted his eyes.
Since his cultivation had recovered to its peak, and he had undergone Dual Cultivation with Qin Yanyang, his strength and realm had greatly improved. He now considered himself to be peerless in combat, confident that he could even contend with the top powers of the Hidden Sect World, an unprecedented level of self-assurance.
Yet at this moment, he felt a certain pressure.
Because from the beginning to the end, he released his powerful and sharp perception.
But the shadow, or rather, two shadows, that had just appeared, were undetectable by his senses as they approached and emerged.
Something was strange!
Yang Fei considered his strong perception capable of locking onto all living beings, and his keen capturing ability should lock onto any sound, but today it seemed to have failed.
"Get out of the way!"
Suddenly, Yang Fei’s pupils shrank abruptly as he cried out.
The five who had been standing together scattered in all directions at Yang Fei’s exclamation.
A phantom-like shadow appeared where the five had been standing, and a flash of silver light passed, the cold and dreadful chill making people shiver even ten meters away.
Killing intent!
"Caught you!"
Yang Fei’s eyes shone like bright moons, locking onto the phantom. He shot forward, his fist striking out like a dragon.
"Bang!"
With another loud noise, the phantom didn’t manage to avoid Yang Fei’s attack with its amazing speed advantage; instead, it clashed with Yang Fei.
This time, Yang Fei saw that the opponent had thrown out a punch.
At the moment of the fist collision, Yang Fei once again felt that bizarre sensation of touching something non-human, and he felt the clear, cold, and terrible force coming straight at him.
The shadow that seemed to merge with the darkness drifted away again, appearing to be more than ten meters away, ready to blend into the night.
Yang Fei fixed his gaze on the shadow and followed it like a shadow.
"Boom..."
"Boom boom..."
The intense clashing sounds continued to spread, a violent wind raged in the courtyard of the castle, Gang Wind swept across the land, and the surrounding energy of heaven and earth were engulfed in a mad surge.
Umekawa Taro and the three Xu brothers could not lock onto the exact form of the shadow, but following the high-speed movement of Yang Fei, they could vaguely see a shadow flickering in the darkness.
"I told you, you can’t run away!" Yang Fei’s voice echoed in the void again.
The next moment, the castle seemed to lose all its electrical systems support, and all the lights went out at once.
A darkness like ink enveloped the world.
Umekawa Taro and the four Xu Yunshan brothers felt the shadow they had barely caught sight of disappear from their vision.