Sealing

Some people were exceptionally sensitive to the smell of blood. If he were scratched and began bleeding, the scent of blood might alert Yu Xian, adding unnecessary risk to the assassination. Although everything he said made it sound as though he looked down on Yu Xian, he was actually quite cautious. After all, Yu Xian had risen by stepping over Gong Yinhu—how could he not have a trick or two up his sleeve? "You lose!" "Come on, bring your face over here!" On the platform, Yu Xian held a pair of paintbrushes in his hands, grinning mischievously at Shui Yuetian. With nothing better to do, they had been playing cards. The winner got to draw on the loser's face; for instance, Yu Xian currently had a turtle drawn on his cheek. "Who uses brushes that big? No way!" Shui Yuetian protested when she saw the two brushes in Yu Xian's hands. Yu Xian chuckled. "The rules never said I couldn't use brushes. Hurry, put your face—" Before he could finish, he suddenly froze. He tossed the brushes aside without hesitation, tilted his head up toward the sky, and only looked back at the group after a long silence. "What's wrong?" Zhang Shou asked. Yu Xian smiled. "Assassin Xia is here." "Assassin Xia? Who's that?" Cheng Pi glanced around in confusion. There was no one in sight. Yu Xian replied with a smile, "An assassination streamer. I noticed him back when I was still able to watch livestreams. His ability is quite interesting—he can seamlessly blend into any group without the targets ever realizing it." "Doesn't that mean Assassin Xia is already among us? Which one is he?" Zhang Shou immediately looked around at everyone with suspicion. Yu Xian laughed. "You won't be able to spot him. To you, he'll feel just like an old friend. Even knowing he's arrived won't do you any good." "Then doesn't that mean he can kill whoever he wants?" Jin Sheng found the enemy sounded extraordinarily troublesome. Yu Xian nodded in agreement. "Indeed. At least until he makes a move to kill one of our members, it'll be nearly impossible for us to spot him." "His target should be you, right? How did you know he arrived?" Niman asked calmly. Yu Xian chuckled. "Because a gaze fell from the sky onto Little Fang. You guys might think Little Fang is totally useless—and she really doesn't do much—but she has a very special innate gift. Not a skill, just a natural talent she was born with. Whenever someone's gaze falls upon her, she shrinks back and instinctively moves in the opposite direction of that gaze." As he spoke, he looked toward Fang Qinghao with a beaming smile. Sure enough, Fang Qinghao instinctively shrank back, trying to hide behind Little Nora. Just now, it was her subtle subconscious movement that tipped him off that something in the sky was watching from above. One of Assassin Xia's assistants was an expert at high-altitude reconnaissance. While Yu Xian couldn't be one hundred percent certain the intruder was Assassin Xia, he was at least ten percent confident. And never mind ten percent. Even a one percent chance was more than enough for him. "Little Fang, you have a talent like that?" Little Nora looked at Fang Qinghao with wide, curious eyes, making Fang Qinghao both pleased and thoroughly embarrassed. Yu Xian continued, "Even though Assassin Xia's ability is absurdly unfair and genuinely poses a certain threat to me, now that I know he's here, I have a way to counter him." "What way?" Zhang Shou asked curiously. Yu Xian manifested the Book of Sealing with a smile. The next second, he sealed Zhang Shou inside the book, followed immediately by Little Nora. Trusting him completely, none of them resisted, allowing Yu Xian to seal them away one after another. Once Yu Xian had sealed everyone, he couldn't help muttering internally, *Has he not arrived yet?* "Yu Xian, long time no see!" Just then, Xia Ming climbed up along the vines and greeted Yu Xian. The moment Yu Xian laid eyes on Xia Ming, countless memories seemed to flood into his mind—memories of going to school together, memories of surviving aberrant worms together, memories of joining Qilin together. "Old Xia, you're finally here," Yu Xian said, a smile naturally spreading across his face as he greeted him. Xia Ming gloated inwardly. *As expected, even Yu Xian is just an ordinary summoner after all.* He stepped forward with a smile, only to see Yu Xian open the book in his hands. Before Xia Ming could react, an enormous suction force suddenly erupted from the pages. "Relax. We're going somewhere together," Yu Xian's voice rang out. Those words threw off Xia Ming's judgment in an instant. He mistook it for a teleportation book; although he was still struggling, mentally he genuinely let his guard down for a split second. A split second was all it took. In a flash, Xia Ming was sucked into the Book of Sealing, turning into an illustration on one of its pages. The moment Xia Ming was sealed, the bizarre memories inside Yu Xian's head automatically corrected themselves. Glancing around, he smiled and said, "You're Xiao Nan, right? Aren't you going to show yourself?" Not far away, Xia Nan stared at Yu Xian in sheer terror. Xia Ming clearly hadn't slipped up in the slightest, and Yu Xian had already treated him like a sworn brother. How could he have suddenly turned on his friend? No. They had been exposed! Yet Xia Nan still couldn't comprehend where they had gone wrong. Yu Xian couldn't see Xia Nan; his words had merely been a bluff. During the few seconds Xia Nan stood paralyzed with shock, Yu Xian released Zhang Shou and the others one by one. "Got the guy, but there's still a fellow here who turned into air," Yu Xian said with a chuckle. Fang Qinghao whispered, "He's over there!" She pointed toward Xia Nan's position. "Run!" Startled, Xia Nan spun around to flee. Yu Xian was faster. He simply extended a finger, transmuting all the air in the direction Fang Qinghao was pointing directly into soil. In an instant, a massive heap of earth appeared out of thin air, collapsing onto the ground in a pile. An Air Knight, an Enhanced +2 class, was actually quite capable in both reconnaissance and combat. Their greatest weakness was that while transformed into air, they were vulnerable to severe injury once detected. Under normal circumstances, however, that vulnerability usually meant taking damage if the air was ignited by flames. This time, he had simply been unlucky enough to run into his absolute counter. Yu Xian had turned his entire airy body straight into soil, killing him on the spot. "How should we deal with the enemy in the sky?" Niman asked. She could faintly make out the silhouette of a human figure in the mound of soil on the ground—the man was clearly as dead as could be. Yu Xian smiled. "Capture and interrogate her, of course." Enmity never came out of nowhere. Even though he had stolen the spotlight during the event, class holders usually wouldn't waste their time causing trouble for him unless there was a conflict of interest. Up in the sky, Yili had already realized disaster had struck the moment Xia Ming was sucked into the book. She turned immediately to flee toward Gleaning City, but soon discovered she was surrounded by countless flying monsters. When a massive black dragon loomed directly above her, only despair remained in her eyes. Clearly, their luck had run out. Ten minutes later, Yili was escorted before Yu Xian by the summoned beasts. They glared hungrily at her, looking as though they might pounce and tear her to shreds at any second.