Chapter 517: Flames
This palm strike was fierce and heavy, sending Ace flying directly. He rolled several times before stabilizing himself.
Ace looked at Walton warily. This guy was already enveloped by an orange-yellow tiger form, and his whole body was extremely powerful. If he had to describe it, his strength was approaching a Level 1 Life.
Another “fierce tiger pounces on prey,” directly pouncing at Ace. Ace dodged as nimbly as a cat. The two sides fought fiercely. Whenever he couldn’t dodge in time, Ace would infuse Heart Fire into his long sword, a blue flash forcibly blocking the attack.
The passionate music gradually faded, and low music sounded. Ace looked grim, thinking to himself: Not good. If I can’t complete the established act soon, I will suffer a backlash from the Power of Fate and be severely injured.
Ace glanced at Yamila, who was still bound. Dodging Walton’s attack nimbly, his sword flashed three times, releasing Yamila from her bonds.
But Yamila seemed to have lost her combat power. She fell heavily to the floor, her whole body flushed red, her gaze charming and seductive, like a young girl in love. Ace couldn’t help frowning, seeing that he couldn’t count on this one either.
Just as he was preparing to fight a tough battle with this human-tiger Walton, he heard Yamila’s faint voice,: “Tiger Spirit Warrior. His weakness is in the abdomen. Pierce near his navel, and he’ll be dead.”
Hearing this, Ace’s gaze focused. In the vision of his vertical eye, there was indeed a Dead Line of Fate on the tiger’s abdomen. This line was looming; Ace hadn’t noticed it before, but after Yamila’s reminder, he immediately noticed the dead line, his gaze piercing like a torch.
Clang clang clang! Sounds rang out. Walton’s remaining subordinates had also climbed upstairs. A woman directly manifested an eagle form, and behind another man wielding a giant hammer appeared the phantom of a bull.
Yamila was sweating all over, saying weakly and desperately: “It’s over. Run quickly.”
The vertical eye between Ace’s eyebrows burst with light. In his eyes, the three people were composed of Power of Fate, with numerous Threads of Fate on their bodies, and the Dead Lines were also looming. Ace was as light as a cat, handling the siege of the three with ease. The blue light on his sword blade flickered as he stabbed out three times at extremely fast speed.
These three swords hit the Tiger Spirit’s abdomen, the Eagle Spirit’s eyes, and the Bull Spirit’s eyebrows respectively. The Nature Spirits behind the three vanished instantly, and they fell to the ground dead.
That originally low music instantly became passionate and high-pitched. Ace’s aura was also extremely terrifying, like mountains and abysses. seeing this, Walton’s remaining subordinates trembled in their legs, losing control of their bowels, and turned to flee.
Seeing them all flee, Ace sat down on the floor, panting heavily. The vertical eye between his eyebrows had consumed a lot of Power of Fate to see through the hopeless situation. But in any case, the established act ended.
A large amount of Power of Fate and Threads of Fate were retrieved. Ace sat cross-legged, quietly absorbing this hard-won power. Just then, he suddenly felt softness and heat behind his back. Yamila had hugged him from behind at some point, her expression blurred.
Her face was like a peach blossom, cheeks rosy as if smeared with rouge, body scalding hot. Her red lips parted slightly, exhaling breath like orchids: “I feel so uncomfortable. That villain said the leather whip was aphrodisiacal. I feel I can’t control myself anymore. If it’s really like this, I am willing to give myself to you.”
Ace ignored her and continued to absorb the hard-won Power of Fate. After absorbing the power, he turned around, stood up, pushed Yamila away, and carefully examined Yamila’s state. Heart Fire slowly emerged.
Blue fire flashed, actually drawing wisps of pink enchanting aura from Yamila, turning them into fuel for Ace’s Heart Fire. Digesting it, Ace surprisingly reached the Heart Reflection Realm smoothly. With the Heart Fire constantly suspended, he reached the peak state of Level 0 Life.
Yamila’s condition improved a lot. Remembering what she just said, she couldn’t help feeling ashamed and embarrassed, almost unable to control herself.
Ace pulled her up and said in a cool voice: “I am Mr. Cat. What is your name? Are you willing to do me a favor?”
Hearing Ace’s words, Yamila slowly walked out of her ashamed state of mind. With a flushed face, she performed a knight’s salute to Ace and said: “My name is Yamila Bernard, a Radiant Knight of St. Ivan Cathedral. As long as it does not violate faith and law, I will help you with all my requests at the cost of my life!”
Ace suddenly leaned close to Yamila, shocking her greatly. She retreated trembling, stammering: “You, you can’t think about that kind of thing! I’m not that kind of person. Just now, just now I just couldn’t help it. Now I can’t, I can’t.”
While refusing sternly, her mind was running wild. Did this Mr. Cat take a fancy to my body and insist on having sex with me? Too shameful! Absolutely unacceptable!
Ace grabbed Yamila’s arm, feeling the vigorous Power of Fate in her body, and said in a calm tone: “I require you to annihilate the Maine Gang with me. Additionally, there is a King Testing Stone there; I want you to touch it.”
Yamila looked dazed; she didn’t hear clearly what Ace said at all. She only heard the last phrase “touch it.” She hesitated for a long time, finally stiffening all over, her face peach-red, gritting her teeth and saying: “I didn’t expect you to be this kind of person. I thought you wouldn’t take advantage of others’ peril just now. I didn’t expect you to make such a request now. You haven’t even… touched… touch it then. Afterward, let’s pretend we don’t know each other!”
Ace looked at the girl in front of him strangely and said coldly: “I asked you to touch the King Testing Stone. What did you think I asked you to touch?”
The girl suddenly realized, feeling both ashamed and angry. Recovering after a long time, her voice buzzed like a mosquito: “I didn’t hear clearly…”
Ace became somewhat impatient. He suspected whether this girl was playing dumb on purpose. This matter concerned his future drama plans, so he couldn’t help provoking her: “Is this all a so-called Radiant Knight is? Does annihilating the Maine Gang and touching the King Testing Stone violate faith and law?”
Only then did Yamila realize what “touch it” meant. Feeling guilty in her heart, she said to Ace seriously: “It… it was me who misunderstood you, Mr. Cat. I will fulfill the knight’s promise. But my strength hasn’t recovered yet; I need half an hour.”
Ace frowned and said: “Okay, but this is a place of trouble. Let’s change location.”
After speaking, he wrapped his right arm around Yamila’s neck and held her legs with his left hand, walking from the hole in the wall to another room, then leaped up.
In mid-air, Ace lowered his head, jumped into the yard, pulled out a long sword, and leaped again.
Being picked up abruptly by Ace, Yamila hugged his waist subconsciously. The wind whistled, cloak and long dress dancing together. Yamila looked at the white cat mask under the moonlight and reached out subconsciously to take it off.
Ace tilted his head slightly, avoiding Yamila’s hand, and said displeasedly: “My face is ugly and unbearable; I do not wish to show it to others.”
A burst of pity arose in Yamila’s heart. Her sense of justice erupted again. She thought to herself: So he speaks and acts so indifferently because he is discriminated against for being ugly. Actually, he is a very self-respecting and warm person.
She hugged Ace’s waist tightly and said loudly: “Mr. Cat, appearance is not important. I feel that you are a very warm and kind person!”
Ace was full of question marks, but Yamila was an important pawn in his plan. Such powerful Power of Fate was the best person for setting up and breaking the game. He said softly: “Perhaps.”
The two soon arrived at Claire Latin’s residence. Seven or eight children were climbing on the Half-Giant, playing happily. Lisa was washing clothes for the children. Seeing Ace’s figure, she stood up, smiling like a flower.
Suddenly seeing the blood-stained white dress, her expression froze. That girl was too beautiful, even more moving under the moonlight. Even Lisa, also a woman, felt somewhat ashamed of her inferiority.
Lisa’s eyes dimmed slightly. She bowed to Ace and said: “Mr. Cat, did you save another pitiful person who was trafficked?”
Ace nodded and let go. Yamila jumped down, stood firmly on the ground, and said: “I fell into the enemy’s trap. They didn’t dare to fight me fair and square. I am a Radiant Knight and will fight the evildoers together with Mr. Cat.”
Lisa tilted her head slightly and said with a smile: “That’s really great. I can’t fight; I can only help everyone wash clothes.”
Ace said: “There isn’t much time now. We must destroy the Maine Gang before dawn. Yamila, hurry up and recover your strength. As long as we destroy the Maine Gang, there will be plenty of time to chat later.”
Yamila nodded, sat down on the spot, clasped her hands, and began to pray devoutly.
Wisps of brilliance gradually appeared. Ace felt a burst of burning sensation and couldn’t help moving a few steps away. He jumped onto the high eaves, standing against the moonlight, and the burning stinging pain on his body slowly disappeared.
He took out the scroll from his bosom and slowly unfolded it. Under the moonlight, he wrote paragraphs of text. Above the scroll, many of the densely packed character names had already become dim and lusterless.
The moon had begun to tilt from the center of the sky. Yamila finally recovered her strength and opened her eyes. She looked around but didn’t see Ace. Lisa pointed to the direction of the sky, and she realized Ace was standing on the eaves.
Yamila looked up. Ace under the moonlight, with his pitch-black cloak and white cat mask, made her feel an indescribable aura.
Seeing Yamila was ready, Ace leaped down, accompanied by the whistling wind, and handed a sword to Yamila.
“Your sword.”
Yamila caught the sword and said: “Let’s go. My sword is still in the hands of the Maine Gang. Today is just right to ask for its return together.”
The two left swiftly. Lisa looked worried. She was trafficked here and couldn’t return to her family. Ace was her only reliance; she could only hope for his safe return.
The two quickly approached the Maine Gang headquarters. The vertical eye between Ace’s eyebrows widened round. Through the mask, he saw the entanglement of Threads of Fate and fate nodes, and even more so, the characters he had marked as key points.
“As long as there is existence, there is a trajectory. This eye peeps into the world; its foundation is even more prosperous than the 5-Ring Spell ‘Eye of Truth’. I actually ignored it usually.”
Ace’s murmuring was too faint. Yamila couldn’t help whispering: “What did you say, Mr. Cat?”
Ace shook his head and said: “Nothing. Come closer to me; I’ll tell you how to act.”
Yamila leaned close to Ace, feeling the heat of Ace’s breath by her ear. She listened to his plan with concentration, but her face felt somewhat hot because Ace was too close for too long.
“Did you hear clearly?”
Yamila shook her head blankly. She was just preoccupied with her strange mood, her face scalding hot; how could she pay attention to what Ace said?
Ace’s eyebrows jumped. He suddenly regretted choosing Yamila as the protagonist. His right index finger poked forward, hitting the top of Yamila’s head with a thump.
Yamila held her head, looking at Ace aggrievedly and puzzledly. Ace said coldly: “Concentrate. We are doing this for justice, an action to purge evil. A slight carelessness will cost us our lives. lean your ear over; I’ll say it again.”
Thinking of justice, Yamila’s expression became serious, free of distractions. She listened to Ace’s plan carefully, nodding repeatedly.
” simply put, you feign an attack from the front, and I take the opportunity to assassinate Violent Bear Maine, right?”
Ace nodded, then gave a few more instructions, and the two separated.
Yamila didn’t rush to act. She waited for the signal from Ace’s side. The most threatening ones in the Maine Gang were Violent Bear Maine and the woman from the auction house. Yamila would create chaos to attract the attention of the Maine Gang members, and Ace would take the opportunity to assassinate Maine.
The plan was simple. In fact, it was unlikely to design a too complex act. Complex acts certainly harvested more Power of Fate, but once unable to be completed, the backlash would also be extremely dangerous.
The wind whistled, blue sparks drifted by, and a raging fire soon ignited near Violent Bear Maine’s residence. The sleeping Maine ran out naked, extremely angry.
His subordinates tried to put out the fire while hurriedly finding clothes for Violent Bear Maine to wear. Just then, seeing the fire, Yamila began to act. In a dress mixed with blood and white, she barged into the hall alone.
Holy Light flashed on her sword blade, cutting down a large number of gang members. She was soft-hearted after all; she didn’t deliver the fatal blow after many enemies lost their combat capability.
Those gang members were not grateful. Instead, filled with resentment due to broken arms and legs, they used various dirty tricks, making Yamila very embarrassed.
Fortunately, she had learned her lesson this time and didn’t fall for any obvious tricks. She gritted her silver teeth and roared: “You asked for this!”
She no longer held back. All were killing moves, beating the enemies in the hall into a rout.
Violent Bear Maine on the other side also heard the noise. Cursing secretly, he told others to continue putting out the fire while he ran towards the hall. The enchanting woman from the auction house was also awakened by the fire. Fearing someone had designs on the King Testing Stone, she hurriedly went to check.
Ace watched her from afar, watching her open the warehouse door step by step and find the King Testing Stone. Then he rushed in like the wind, blue light erupting from his blade, stabbing at the woman with all his might.
Feeling the wind behind her, the woman knew something was wrong. She rolled hurriedly, activating the Nature Spirit, turning out to be an agile wild cat.
“who are you coveting my treasure?”
The cat claws pounced fiercely, extremely vicious.
Ace sneered. He had already received the blessing of the Power of Fate. Passionate music had long sounded. Nimbly dodging the opponent’s attack, he suspended in mid-air.
The woman looked delighted. It was extremely difficult to exert force in mid-air. That cat-masked man was looking for death. Without any mercy, like a bristling wild cat, she took the opportunity to attack Ace’s back.
Ace’s blood surged, his body like a giant bow, the bowstring seemingly tinkling. Ripples spread from his toes as he incredibly tumbled through the air, drawing a crescent moon in the air.
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