Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

Wang Yi ran for more than forty minutes, only feeling slightly out of breath.

His physical condition has indeed improved rapidly over the past two weeks. In addition to his consistent training, the healing technique is also the key to his improved physical condition.

Compared to the rapid recovery of injuries by the Healing Ray, the Healing Spell, although slower, consumes less magic power and is gentler, making it more suitable for Wang Yi to use after his daily training.

Two weeks ago, it would have taken Wang Yi almost an hour and a half to run the distance from the martial arts training hall to the school, but now he can run it in less than fifty minutes.

The time was shortened so much not only because of the significant improvement in his physique, but also because Wang Yi was becoming more and more adept at controlling his body, allowing him to fully utilize the passive magic of agility, which was of ordinary grade.

As Wang Yi turned a corner and approached the martial arts training hall, he was forced to stop.

A car accident occurred on the road, where a heavy truck and a bus collided, blocking the road. Several cars were also squeezed together on the sidewalk, presumably because a few clever drivers tried to squeeze across the sidewalk but ended up scraping each other.

It was rush hour, and countless vehicles were stuck here, honking their horns.

Traffic police have arrived to handle the accident and clear the traffic, but some agitated drivers are blaming and cursing at each other, and a crowd of onlookers has gathered around. Vehicles are blocking the road and sidewalks, and determining liability will take a long time. With drivers rolling up their sleeves and blaming each other, and onlookers, this main road will probably be impassable for a while.

Wang Yi scratched his head. He had been running back and forth for so long recently that he was already familiar with the map of the area.

However, if you want to bypass this road, it will take at least 20 to 30 minutes longer.

However, there are two residential compounds nearby that form a rather narrow alley.

This alley is not wide enough for vehicles, but it's not a problem to walk through it. If you take this route, you'll basically see the gate of the Shangwu Training Hall once you cross the alley.

Sometimes, when Wang Yi wanted to be lazy, he would take this shortcut.

Although Wang Yi didn't feel particularly tired at the moment, and could run for another twenty or thirty minutes, there was no need to take the long way since there was a shortcut available.

So he turned and walked into the alley.

As dusk fell, the alley, already long and narrow, was quiet because it lacked lighting and was rarely used.

As they approached the alley, Wang Yi looked up at the dark alley and slowly stopped.

Turning his head to glance at the still-arguing traffic accident scene, Wang Yi couldn't help but take out his phone, find the right angle, take two photos, and send two messages.

Then, with his hands behind his back, he happily squeezed into the crowd of onlookers to quietly watch the excitement.

The driver was arguing, the traffic police stopped him, and onlookers fanned the flames, making the road quite lively for a while.

Wang Yi watched with great interest for twenty minutes, and as it grew darker, he finally picked up his phone to take a look.

The traffic accident was about to be resolved, so Wang Yi stretched, silently left the crowd of onlookers, and turned to walk back into the alley.

The alley isn't very long, only about 300 meters.

Upon entering the alley, the view became noticeably dark due to the high walls on both sides.

Wang Yi turned on her phone's flashlight and strode forward using the light.

As Wang Yi ventured deeper into the alleyways, the city's noise gradually faded, creating a sense of utter tranquility.

The flashlight from the phone doesn't go very far, only illuminating a few meters in front of you, leaving the rest of the area shrouded in darkness.

Wang Yi looked up and could see the dim starry sky through the narrow crack in the wall. Only the echo of his own footsteps could be heard, as if he were the only person left in the world.

The rhythmic footsteps in the alley suddenly stopped. Wang Yi halted and said, "It's already this late, aren't you coming out?"

The voice faded silently into the darkness, causing the night behind Wang Yi to ripple slightly like water. Then, a somewhat strange reply came: "When did you find me?"

Wang Yi clicked his tongue twice, then turned around.

As Wang Yi turned around, the light from his flashlight shone on him as well.

About two meters away from Wang Yi, a figure could be vaguely seen appearing.

Even with the illumination of a flashlight, only the outline of a human-shaped black shadow could be seen, as if the light was swallowed by the shadow, and the clothing and face could not be seen at all.

In a dark environment without any light source, Wang Yi would likely not be able to spot the shadow even if it got closer.

Wang Yi looked at the burly, dark figure in front of him, who was more than a head taller than him, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "A foreigner?"

When Wang Yi exposed his identity, the humanoid figure seemed completely unsurprised, and continued to complain in a strange accent, "Your Chinese language is just too difficult to learn."

"Is it possible that this is your problem?" Wang Yi asked curiously, "Who sent you? Was it Manager Wu or the Wu family? It couldn't possibly be Wu Manqi, could it?"

"No one sent me," the humanoid shadowy figure replied in a muffled voice.

"Then why are you following me so suspiciously? You can't be planning to rob me, can you?" Wang Yi shrugged, the beam of his flashlight flickering, the outline of the human-shaped black figure swaying with the light.

"Then you've chosen the wrong target. Listen to this, I'm dirt poor right now. The most valuable thing I own is this phone. If you want it, I can give it to you."

After saying that, Wang Yi took a step forward and generously handed over his phone.

The humanoid figure didn't reach for the phone; instead, it pressed on, "You still haven't answered me: when did you find me?"

"You haven't answered me yet. How about we make a deal? You tell me who sent you, and I'll tell you how I found you, okay?"

After a moment of silence, the humanoid figure in black said, "I only accepted the mission from a middleman and don't know exactly who is after you."

"What mission? To kill me?" Wang Yi asked with great curiosity.

"No, I never take on killing jobs, especially in China." The humanoid figure paused for a moment, then continued, "The mission requirements are to break your ribs, remove your eyes, and take one of your kidneys."

"So ruthless?" Wang Yi couldn't help but frown.

On the surface, Wu Guan seems like a fairly normal kid, but I never expected him to be so ruthless and vicious inside.

Although this humanoid figure was just taking on tasks and didn't know who the employer was, the only person Wang Yi could think of who he had a conflict with was Manager Wu.

In some ways, this task was even more cruel than killing him. Even if Wang Yi had strong vitality and survived by chance, he would be basically crippled.

Even with the intervention of a high-level medical mage like Zhang Miaoyi, it could only save Wang Yi's life and treat his injuries.

A few broken bones are easy to treat, and external injuries are easy to heal, but Zhang Miaoyi's current strength is not enough to make Wang Yi's lost eyes and kidneys grow back.

"It's your turn to answer me." Seeing that Wang Yi hadn't replied for a long time, the humanoid shadow couldn't help but urge him.