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Chapter 201 A Brief Encounter
What's the difference between this indiscriminate shooting and terrorism?
In the past, when his abilities were limited, he was unwilling to easily get into conflicts with others. Now that he is a well-known Level 5 store manager, how can he pretend that the incident never happened just because he missed?

Since you made the first move, don't blame me for being impolite!

He threw three Thousand Thoughts Swords out the second-floor window, heading straight for the central courtyard area to draw the enemy's attention. As the group opened fire on the swords, Chen Xuan stood up, made a grasping motion with both hands towards them, and activated the Disintegration and Remelting Technique from a distance of about a hundred meters!
Real-world experience has shown that, as long as the opponent cannot waive the rules, this strong rule-based capability is the most effective means of inflicting damage.

He did not carry the Seed of Flesh and Blood, so he had to pay the price himself. Chen Xuan decisively chose to exchange blood for blood—he used his appendix as the price and chose one of the three enemies' feet as the fusion target! In an instant, the enemies let out a terrified scream. Their right feet suddenly disintegrated and merged back into one with the stone bricks of the courtyard. After the skin slid away, tendons, blood vessels and bones followed!

The stone bricks were firmly fixed to the ground, turning the right leg, which was fused with them, into a "tree root," completely fixing them in place.

After one of them fell, he tried to break free in a panic and severed his exposed artery, causing a large amount of blood to gush out and form a fountain!
Disintegration and refusion do not kill people directly—even after the entire body is fused with the object, the heartbeat and breathing will not stop. What truly kills them is the unexpected damage to vital organs that have lost the protection of the skin and bones and are completely exposed, or the invasion of a large number of bacteria.

Their fear and panic made them momentarily forget... that there were still three swords of energy lurking above their heads, ready to strike at any moment.

The splitting and remelting technique can't kill people, but the Thousand Thoughts Sword can.

Two of the swords swooped down from the sky, cleanly and decisively piercing the enemy's forehead.

As for the person whose femoral artery ruptured, Chen Xuan no longer needed to pay attention to him. At most, the person would die from excessive blood loss within a minute.

At that moment, a slight buzzing sound reached his ears.

Tianxia Gong could not sense anything unusual.

As the buzzing suddenly turned shrill, Chen Xuan realized that the drone was accelerating. He flipped away from the wall, simultaneously raising a shield made of Thousand Thoughts Swords in front of him. Immediately afterward, two balls of fire shattered the window, and shrapnel flying everywhere made the swords clang.

Even with divine eyesight, they couldn't see which direction the drone came from.

They couldn't possibly be faster than bullets, so Chen Xuan speculated that the drone might have slipped over from a lower position on the first floor, which was a blind spot.

The three people in the courtyard were beyond dead; they couldn't have been the ones operating the drones. It could only have been their accomplices who carried out the attack. In other words, the moment these men were bound to the stone bricks by the flesh-and-blood magic, they had already relayed the information of the ambush to their comrades. Once their comrades pinpointed Chen Xuan's location, they immediately dispatched drones to attack from his blind spot—a remarkably swift reaction.

Chen Xuan also discovered that the remaining light spots had changed their movement routes. They no longer passed through the open-air courtyard area, but instead quickly advanced into the depths of the palace from the buildings on both sides.

At this point, he was completely certain that the truck that crashed into him was not a simple traffic accident—it was clearly a premeditated attack!
Who are they targeting?
The retrograde lights had already infiltrated the inner hall, and Chen Xuan finally heard intense gunfire, likely from security personnel or the automated defense system retaliating. However, the effectiveness of this attack remained uncertain, as the enemy did not stop. Four of the lights were advancing towards the second floor and would reach Elori's reception room in no more than three minutes.

Chen Xuan immediately returned to his room and briefly told the two men on guard, "The Louvre has been attacked; we must leave."

"An attack?" The angel was shocked. "Were they insectoids?"

“Judging from their spiritual energy characteristics, they are all human.” Chen Xuan didn’t have time to explain further. He looked at Liu Shuyue and asked, “Can the Eight Gates Formation of Life and Death lead us out of the palace?”

He now possesses the Divine Eye Technique, the Thousand Thoughts Sword, and the Disintegration and Reconstitution Technique, allowing him to easily defeat a small number of enemies. However, the situation becomes uncertain if dozens of people swarm him. In particular, intelligent weapons with tracking capabilities and drones that cannot be detected by his mental techniques will multiply their destructive power once they leave the cover area.

After all, no matter how agile he is, his body twisting speed is definitely not as fast as a bullet turning a corner.

Given Liu Shuyue's severe lack of experience in fighting firearms, and Elori's lack of overwhelming strength, running away was undoubtedly the best option in this situation.

"Wait a moment, let me set up the formation." Liu Shuyue immediately took action.

Just then, someone stumbled and rushed into the room.

The three looked closely and recognized him as Raphael. He was clutching his abdomen, his clothes stained with blood, and blood seeping from his forehead. Seeing that Elori was unharmed, he breathed a sigh of relief, then said urgently, "There's been a riot in the square outside! The rioters have stormed the Louvre! Miss Elori, can you fly? There's a secret passage in this room that leads directly to the roof. You go ahead alone!"

"You're injured," Elori exclaimed.

"Don't worry about me, I can hold on a little longer." Raphael gasped in pain. "The rioters are after the Consul and you. If we don't leave now, it'll be too late!"

"The formation is set up!" Liu Shuyue shouted. "Chen Xuan, what do we do now?"

The second half of her question was clearly directed at Raphael. "Take him with you." Chen Xuan had no better option; he couldn't just leave this man there to die in front of the angels. He stepped forward, grabbed Raphael, and pulled him to the center of the room. Then, he used his other hand to hold onto Liu Shuyue, who in turn held Elori in her arms and activated the Eight Gates of Life and Death Technique with one hand.

The next second, the four people's perspectives spun around, and space itself seemed to be distorted.

Pfft!
Chen Xuan felt himself instantly immersed in water.

He grabbed Raphael and pushed off the surface of the water, only to find himself in an artificial river.

Isn't this the mini Seine that Liu Shuyue and I strolled along yesterday? There were quite a few people on the riverbank staring at us in surprise, probably wondering where the four of us had come from.

The last time I used the Eight Gates of Life and Death to escape, I was sent directly to the pond near the castle.

It seems this magic is naturally drawn to water.

"Hey, do you need any help?" a kind passerby asked.

"No need, we're perfectly fine."

"But that person seems to be bleeding..."

"It's not blood, it's just melted lipstick." Chen Xuan said, dragging Raphael ashore. The latter could still speak just now, but his eyes were unfocused. It seemed that the intense dizziness caused by teleportation was not just a simple illusion.

The passersby obviously didn't believe this story. Chen Xuan noticed that someone had secretly picked up the phone, probably wanting to call the police.

Unfortunately, the police probably don't have time to deal with you today.

The emergency hotline at the Louvre was probably overwhelmed with calls after the attack.

Chen Xuan didn't bother with them, so he simply picked up Raphael and led Liu Shuyue and Elori into the nearest alley.

“Elori, continue summoning the shop,” he said as he walked.

"Here?" The girl hesitated for a moment. "I'll try my best."

"Also, try a different invocation phrase."

What should we replace it with?

"Just file a complaint. Think about how you've been scammed, and then curse the store while filing the complaint!" Chen Xuan thought for a moment and replied.

"Huh? Is this a good idea?" Elori was stunned. Wouldn't doing this make her even less popular?
"Yes, the dirtier you are, the better, believe me!"

She hesitated for a moment but decided to do as the other person said. "Okay... I understand."

"Are you sure?" Liu Shuyue muttered softly, "Shouldn't the store only appear when you're completely lost and hoping someone can help you solve your problem?"

"I'm just guessing," Chen Xuan said irresponsibly. Liu Shuyue was undoubtedly referring to the normal summoning method; almost all customers encountered the ability shop under these circumstances. But the longer Chen Xuan was the shopkeeper, the more he understood its nature. The description of the "steal" ability alone revealed that the shop held itself in high regard and certainly wouldn't tolerate any negative feedback. A proper summoning depended on the shop's mood; a complaint might have a different effect.

Before they had walked a hundred meters, the familiar shop entrance appeared in front of them. It was sandwiched between two buildings, its narrow facade blending into the cold style of the surrounding high concrete walls.

"See what I told you?" Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow at Liu Shuyue smugly.

"Yes, this seems to be the shop!" Elori examined it carefully and then exclaimed excitedly, "Oh my god, it can actually move freely! Look—"

She suddenly froze halfway through her shout, because Chen Xuan and Liu Shuyue had already entered the store. The two of them even stomped their feet on the plastic mat at the door to prevent bringing mud from outside into the store, their actions as familiar as if they were at home.

(End of this chapter)