It was clear that he was also stalling for time; he understood that the longer he dragged things out, the more disadvantaged Lu Ye's situation would become.
Lu Ye had no interest in the guy's name at all; he stared intently at Holimaca and asked his question.
"Since you knew we were coming, why didn't you just gather your forces and ambush us?"
“It’s all because of the outside help that the current leader brought in,” Holimaca said. “He said your plan didn’t work, so you won’t get in here at all, and they won’t be able to catch you, understand?... Those people want you alive.”
"May I ask you again, who are the 'them' you're referring to? Anyway, you two don't seem to have a very good relationship..."
"It's a private army, and that's all I know."
"I see. Okay, shall we begin?" Lu Ye asked.
"OK."
The two moved at the same time. Holimaca swung his scythe at Lu Ye, who shielded Bai Lei in front of his chest and blocked the scythe's attack. The powerful impact split his hand.
Holimaca tried to pull back his scythe and launch another attack, but Lu Ye hooked it with his backhand, and Bai Lei's blade blocked the curved part of the scythe, preventing him from pulling it back.
The two were almost face to face. Holimaca did not expect Lu Ye to do this. In desperation, she used her right leg to block Lu Ye's lower limbs and at the same time released one hand to reach for the dagger at her waist.
But Lu Ye was faster; with a soft sound, a hole appeared directly in Holimaka's forehead.
Lu Ye put away the Silver Dancer.
He had already prepared this move during the conversation.
First, he sidestepped to conceal the Silver Dancer in his hand, while simultaneously revealing the Mortal Blade. Then, he observed the weapon in his opponent's hand. A scythe-shaped weapon, if angled correctly, could easily restrain the opponent. Once restrained, the two would be in close combat...
The initial velocity of that bullet is much faster than any punch or kick.
"You're stalling for time, and I'm stalling for time too. You don't really think I'm stalling for time just to chat with you, do you?"
Chapter 263 The Third Person in the Room
Time was of the essence, and after dealing with Holimaka, Lu Ye continued to advance towards the location of Berlik.
At the end of the hidden passage was a heavy, bronze door.
Holding the heartbeat detector, Lu Ye locked onto the heartbeat of only one person in the room. He then aimed the Silver Dancer at the lock cylinder, fired a shot, and then fired two more shots.
The door was of good quality; even armor-piercing bullets would have a hard time hitting the lock cylinder in one shot, so Lu Ye fired two more shots afterward.
All three shots were fired at the same spot. The first bullet embedded itself in the metal plate, and the subsequent bullets hit its tail, propelling it forward like a dagger made of bullets.
With a snap, the lock cylinder was destroyed, and the door that Berlick had spent a fortune to build was no longer functional.
Lu Ye pushed open the door and entered, only to see a terrified Berlik.
"What...how did you...?!"
Berlik never expected that Luye could get here.
After all, Sheila had only been gone for less than ten minutes!
What happened to the men he sent out?
Where is his trusted confidant, Holimaka? He's the only Teigu user in the Anning Path!
How long has it been since the explosion outside Anning Road?
It'll probably only be less than ten minutes, right?
The men Sheila sent, along with Holimaca... could they all have been eliminated?
A series of questions popped into Berlik's mind, and he desperately hoped it was just a hallucination.
But Lu Ye's figure and the blood flowing from the Immortal Blade made him helplessly realize that this was reality.
Damn it... early
"Hello, Master." Lu Ye approached him, carrying the Mortal Blade. "Time is of the essence, so I'll just ask directly."
"Two questions. First, where is the former leader of the Anning Path now? Second, where did you get the potion in your hand? I hope you can tell me the truth about these two questions. Although time is tight, I hope you can be as detailed as possible. You have three seconds to sort out the context and organize your thoughts."
After saying that, Lu Ye had already arrived in front of Berlik.
Berlik's heart pounded. He knew Lu Ye had come about the potion, and he knew that he was probably in grave danger.
But he is not ready to give up yet.
He also carried a pistol in his lower back, just in case.
It was specially made and small in size. This kind of gun was usually used by nobles for self-defense when they felt unsafe. Although it could only fire one bullet, it was extremely powerful. Just grazing a person's skin could tear off a large piece of flesh.
At this distance, as long as we can hit Lu Ye's heart, we can turn the tide!
Moreover, given the strange length of the knife in Lu Ye's hand, it would definitely be difficult to wield at such close range.
It works!
Give it a try!
"Three...two...one".
As Lu Ye's countdown ended, Berlik swept away his previous dejection, his eyes flashing with a fierce light. With the fastest speed he had ever seen, he drew the gun from his back waist and pulled the trigger.
But the expected scene did not occur; not even a gunshot rang out.
Is it stuck?
Berlik's first reaction was to step back sharply, while trying to flip the gun over to see the ejection port, but he was surprised to find that he couldn't do it.
His wrist...cannot be turned.
The next second, his right hand fell off neatly, the cut as clean as a sliced cake.
How could this be?!
Berlik stared in horror, his right hand bleeding profusely.
"Don't even think about it. With your speed, do you think you can outrun my Lightning Whirlwind Slash?" Lu Ye said casually, jokingly.
Indeed, the speed of drawing the sword decreases at this distance.
Lu Ye had already seen through Berlik's plan. Although the guy in front of him was physically fit and must have been training, he had almost no combat experience. Lu Ye had seen Berlik's little move of turning his hand backward to grab a gun.
Berlik, of course, didn't understand Lu Ye's joke, nor did he care. The intense pain in his wrist almost made him faint.
The gun was right at his feet. He thought he had fired it, but that was just his imagination. The moment he exerted force with his finger, Lu Ye severed his wrist. The force in his finger disappeared midway and was not transmitted to the trigger.
"Wait, wait... don't kill me, I can answer your two questions."
After the attack failed, Berlik immediately begged for mercy.
But what awaited him was Lu Ye's response in action.
With a flash of light, Berlik's left hand was also neatly severed.
"Ugh... Ahhhhhhh!!"
Berlik was able to hold his nerve during the previous blow, but in the blink of an eye, another hand was chopped off. This was a huge blow to Berlik, both psychologically and physically. Without both hands, even if he were to get prosthetics later, they wouldn't be as useful as before.
"Don't kill me...don't kill me...I'll tell you everything."
Yellow liquid soaked his trousers and flowed onto the floor, emitting a foul stench.
Berlik was on the verge of collapse; he had truly surrendered.
He knew that as long as he had that medicine, his severed hand could grow back. Although there would be some side effects, he couldn't care less about that now. Surviving was the most important thing. As for the source of the medicine... to hell with it!
Berlik thought viciously to himself, "I asked you to protect me, and you can't do it. Then don't blame me for telling everyone!"
“That’s more like it. It’s better to suffer less. But answering questions is one thing, attacking me is another,” Lu Ye said, wiping the blood off his knife. “Don’t forget that.”
“Yes…yes…” Berlik cried, tears streaming down his face. “The Master…the Master is in the main hall on the first floor. There’s a hidden passage behind the chair in the main hall…you can go in by opening the angel statue.”
"And the potion?" Lu Ye asked. "Where did you get it?"
"Can, can you stop the bleeding first?" Berlik pleaded humbly, feeling that he would bleed to death if this continued.
Lu Ye kicked Berlik into the opposite wall with a Fairy Peak Kick.
"The blood loss isn't that much yet, a little more time won't make a difference, hurry up and speak!"
"The medicine, the medicine is from..."
Halfway through his sentence, Berlik suddenly lost his voice.
Just as Lu Ye was about to curse what was going on, he became alert.
Because something seemed off about Berlik in front of him, as if he were being restrained by something.
Lu Ye immediately glanced at the heart rate detector in his hand.
Now, three blue dots are displayed on the screen!
There are other people in the room!!
Lu Ye was dumbfounded. How could this be?
Even if I missed the scanning opportunity, I've been in this room for almost a minute now. The detector has already scanned fifty or sixty times. I glanced around a few times just now, and there's no one there at all!
Chapter 264 Wild Hounds
"Phew, so much blood...smells delicious!" A strange female voice rang out from behind Berlik. "Looks like I arrived just in time."
"Y-you are...?" Berlik recognized the voice. "Please save me!!"
"You're pretty good at hiding it," Lu Ye said.
Hidden behind Berlik was a little girl with short blonde hair, wearing a blue bow and Lolita fashion. However, apart from her childlike appearance, she had a pair of spider-like, malevolent orange eyes, and sharp fangs protruded from her upper lip, reminiscent of a vampire from a movie.
After hearing her words, Lu Ye finally understood why the heart rate monitor hadn't detected it before.
Because she had just arrived.
But to be able to enter this room without being noticed, one must possess extremely high skills in concealing one's movements.
Lu Ye thought to himself that it was fortunate that he had kicked Berlik earlier, so that he was facing the door and his back to the wall, otherwise he might have been backstabbed, which would have been terrible.
Upon seeing Lu Ye, the girl looked him up and down, then licked her lips.
"With such a healthy body, it must taste amazing."
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