Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

I could vaguely hear a few whooshing sounds as they cut through the air.

Tick!Tick!

Warm liquid dripped onto Wang Yi's face, gradually waking him from his scattered consciousness.

When Wang Yi opened his eyes, a black shadow appeared before him.

Four chains forged from ice grew out from the walls on both sides of the alley, binding the humanoid shadowy figure in a rather strange position in mid-air, blocking the light of the illumination spell.

The icy chains, covered with jagged spikes, pierced through the black, gelatinous shadow covering the humanoid figure's body.

Several streams of blood meandered down the icy chains, some dripping onto Wang Yi's face.

Upon smelling the blood on his face, Wang Yi turned his head and spat twice in disgust.

Light footsteps approached from afar, followed by a woman's voice: "Immediately remove the veil and quicksand bindings, or be torn apart by the icy chains right now."

"NO!"

"Don't!"

Wang Yi and the humanoid black figure shouted at the same time.

The humanoid figure was merely accepting a commission and earning a fee; naturally, it had no intention of risking its life.

Wang Yi didn't want to be soaked to the bone by blood and body parts.

Fortunately, the humanoid shadowy figure was sensible and obediently dispelled the spell.

When the quicksand bindings that bound Wang Yi's legs scattered back into the yellow sand, Wang Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking up, he saw the humanoid shadowy figure was still the same dark, ghostly shape, and he immediately felt dissatisfied: "Remove the protective magic from your body immediately!"

The humanoid figure hurriedly explained, "I've already deactivated it."

It wasn't until the humanoid shadowy figure spoke that Wang Yi noticed the large, white teeth on its face.

Turns out, this guy was a big, dark-skinned man dressed all in black.

"You can blend into the darkness completely with just this skin, why would you need magic to disguise yourself?" Wang Yi disgustedly wiped the blood off his face with his sleeve, got up, and immediately started mocking him with a smug look on his face.

Although the humanoid shadowy figure was angry, it dared not utter a single dirty word in response this time.

A few seconds later, the owner of the voice finally reached Wang Yi's side, reached out to support Wang Yi's arm, and asked with great concern, "Junior, are you hurt? Do you want me to treat you?"

As soon as Wang Yi heard the voice, he knew that the person was Wu Manqi.

This is what puzzled Wang Yi.

Faced with Wu Manqi's kind concern, Wang Yi cautiously dodged Wu Manqi's outstretched arm, saying, "No need, senior, I'm fine."

Using the light from the lamp, Wang Yi searched for a while and picked up his phone from the ground.

Although the phone screen had two cracks from the fall, it didn't affect its use for the time being, so Wang Yi immediately called Bai Yu.

The situation is unclear. Although Wu Manqi has subdued the humanoid shadowy figure, it remains a mystery why Wu Manqi is here and why she helped him.

Compared to Wu Manqi, Wang Yi naturally trusted Bai Yu more.

"Hello, the number you dialed is not in service. Please try again later. Sorry, the number..."

The dialing failure message coming through the receiver cast a shadow over Wang Yi's heart.

Wu Manqi stood quietly to the side and did not do anything out of line.

Only after Wang Yi's call failed did he speak up, saying, "Junior, don't worry, I came all the way here to help you."

Hearing Wu Manqi say this, Wang Yi steeled himself and laid his cards on the table, directly questioning, "Wasn't this person sent by Manager Wu?"

Wang Yi hadn't expected Wu Manqi to be so strong. As a medical mage, she was able to control the humanoid shadow with a single move.

Although there may have been an element of surprise attack, as the strongest of the three present, Wu Manqi now holds all the initiative.

Since he was now at the mercy of others, Wang Yi decided to go all out.

Wu Manqi heard Wang Yi's questioning words, but she didn't seem angry at all.

After all, Wu Guan had just had a conflict with Wang Yi, and now Wang Yi was attacked. It's perfectly normal for Wang Yi to suspect that Wu Guan hired someone to retaliate.

She came in person to prevent this from happening.

So Wu Manqi explained, "Although Wu Guan is a bit stupid, he's not stupid enough to be this stupid. Moreover, the Wu family will not help him in this matter. So don't worry, junior, Wu Guan and the Wu family will never use any means to retaliate against you, now and in the future."

As for the mastermind behind hiring this guy, it wasn't authorized by Manager Wu or the Wu family at all.

Wang Yi pursed her lips, neither confirming nor denying it.

"If this person really was hired by Wu Guan to deal with you, I wouldn't need to be here to save you."

I know you won't believe me just because I say it, but I'll give you a reasonable explanation.

Wu Manqi looked up at the humanoid shadow hanging in mid-air and introduced his identity: "Aiman ​​Morris, an international mercenary, a mid-level mage, and a low-level member of the international mercenary organization [Polar Night]."

"My beautiful lady, I'm not just an ordinary low-level employee. I only need to complete two more missions to be promoted to middle management." At this moment, Ayman Morris, who was hanging in mid-air, suddenly spoke up, his tone both ingratiating and stubborn.

Surprisingly, this big, dark-skinned guy has quite a bit of self-respect.

Wu Manqi glanced at Emman Morris, then casually waved her hand. Suddenly, some crystalline ice spikes appeared around Emman Morris, and then they all pierced into his body.

Ayman Morris let out a painful howl, but immediately clenched his teeth and dared not make another sound.

After issuing the warning, Wu Manqi continued, "Due to the comprehensive magic monitoring network in China, any magic of divine grade or higher that is released in major cities will be detected immediately."

Therefore, many high-level mages who infiltrated the country as mercenaries are finding it increasingly difficult to survive in China. Since they dare not easily take action to complete missions, they naturally have no choice but to leave.

This led to a surge in the importance of these mid-level nobodys, and they began to thrive.

Of course, they had to be careful and only dared to use rare-grade magic to complete the mission.

Mid-level shrimp mage Ayman was bound in mid-air, while beginner-level algae mage Wang Yi remained silent.

Wu Manqi continued, "The one who hired Emmanuel Morris was not my second uncle, but one of his subordinates."

When the important point was made, Wang Yi raised his eyes and stared intently at Wu Manqi.