As night fell, the candlelight within the lanterns, filtered through the paper, emanated a soft, pale yellow glow, making the entire street nearly as bright as day.

Some tourists and residents, having finished their dinners, came out to stroll along the street.

Stalls were set up by the roadside.

There were vendors selling sugar, clay figurines, masks... The stall owners called out to passersby, attracting many to stop and watch.

On the other side of the street stood a two-story pavilion.

This was Celestial Grain Tower, a renowned tavern in Jiannan Prefecture City Center.

Celestial Grain Tower was luxuriously decorated, with renowned chefs and lovely wine-serving girls, attracting many officials and nobles to dine and revel here.

Ou Tianci was enjoying food and drink here with four wealthy young men from Jiannan Prefecture City.

On the table where they sat were several jade wine bottles filled with fine wine brewed by the Li Family of Jiannan City.

Beside the wine bottles were plates of hairy crabs.

It's autumn, the season when crabs are plump.

These plates of hairy crabs were a signature dish of Celestial Grain Tower, flower-sculpted drunken crab.

Ou Tianci and the young men lavishly enjoyed the sweet crab meat and the refreshing wine.

They would occasionally touch the wine-serving girls sitting among them.

At that moment, the sound of clinking glasses, the cracking of crab shells, men's laughter, and women's giggles echoed in the private room, extravagantly raucous.

In the private room, besides Ou Tianci and the four wealthy young men, five martial artists guarded the doors, windows, and the viewing platform.

Among these martial artists, four were Fourth Blood, one was Fifth Blood, all hired as bodyguards by the young men's families.

They paid no heed to the merriment in the private room, standing quietly at their posts.

Inside the tavern, on the street, the cacophony of voices blended into one.

On the street, two Thunderbolt Army guards were patrolling.

Yet at this moment, no one noticed.

Underneath a nearby eave, in a shadow unlit by the lanterns.

Stood a figure clad in night traveling attire, wearing a hood.

Su Que wore the same attire tonight as for the previous "Greedy Wolf" operation.

A ghost mask carved of wood concealed his face.

On his left hip hung five palm-sized black leather pouches.

Each contained a different Tang Sect Hidden Weapon — Poison Dart, Poison Needle, Poisonous Thorns, Poisonous Leaves, Poison Fire Bead.

On his right hip, two Tang Sect Crossbows hung.

Each crossbow's quiver was equipped with a hundred crossbow arrows, their tips forged from refined steel.

Swish!

Suddenly, Su Que leaped from the shadows onto the rooftop.

Then with powerful strides, he flickered from rooftop to rooftop, turning into a black shadow, darting towards the viewing platform of the private room where Ou Tianci was in Celestial Grain Tower.

Since Su Que was mimicking the former "Greedy Wolf," he couldn't display exceptional lightweight skills.

His current lightweight skills were only slightly superior to the former "Greedy Wolf's."

With the entire street brightly lit, as he flew, those lights brushed against him.

Some pedestrians who happened to look up saw a black shadow darting across the rooftop.

Of course, if he used his full lightweight skill, ordinary people wouldn't see his figure.

"What...what is that?" A pedestrian suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this question, the two patrolling guards followed the gaze of the pedestrian and also saw Su Que turning into a black shadow.

Although Celestial Grain Tower was only two stories, it was built very high, the tallest building on this street.

Even with Zhang Bengen's lightweight skill, no matter how amazing, he could only leap from the neighboring building's rooftop onto the second-floor viewing platform of Celestial Grain Tower.

"Who are you, stop!" the two guards shouted, then looked around, searching for a leverage point to jump up and grab Su Que together.

Swish!

At this time, Su Que had reached the last rooftop, pushing off with a leap.

Transforming into a black shadow, he soared through the air, heading towards the viewing platform of Celestial Grain Tower where Ou Tianci was.

"Watch out, young masters!"

Hearing exclamations from below, a Fifth Blood Martial Artist and a Fourth Blood Martial Artist guarding the platform went over to observe.

Upon looking, they saw Su Que leaping towards them.

Seeing Su Que clad in night-traveling attire, they knew he bore ill intent and quickly shouted a warning.

At these words, Ou Tianci and the other wealthy young men at the table became instantly panicked.

The martial artists guarding the doors and windows immediately turned alert, looking over.

Clap!

After giving the verbal warning, a Fourth Blood Martial Artist and a Fifth Blood Martial Artist guarding the platform—one skilled in Palm Technique, the other in Fist Technique.

Upon seeing Su Que swoop in, they simultaneously launched a punch and a palm strike at Su Que.

However, as soon as Su Que jumped onto the platform, he tapped his foot.

With another push, his body suddenly accelerated.

He swiftly passed between the two martial artists.

The techniques of the two martial artists hit nothing but air.

The power collided with the air, emitting a loud sound.

If it had been the original Greedy Wolf, Zhang Bengen himself, he would never have had such Lightweight Skill.

But Su Que only slightly improved Zhang Bengen's Lightweight Skill.

After all, people always improve; enhancing it slightly wouldn't arouse suspicion.

Moreover, although he was essentially using the Celestial Deformed Footlight Technique, his body technique resembled the Tang Sect's Lightness Technique, "Ghost Shadow Smoke Step."

If others described his body technique, Tang Sect people would recognize it as Tang Sect's Lightweight Skill.

After passing between the two martial artists, Su Que took off the Tang Sect Crossbow hanging from his waist, and with the momentum of charging forward, pulled the trigger at Ou Tianci, caught amidst panicked young nobles and wine-serving girls!

Boom!

With the sound of the crossbow, an arrow shot out!

The arrow that shot out was already swift.

With the added momentum of his forward charge, it was even faster.

A black shadow flew through the brightly lit box, making a "whoosh" sound as it pierced the air.

The Fourth Blood Martial Artists, originally guarding the doors and windows, charged at Su Que as he swooped in.

Seeing a black shadow shoot out, they punched, palmed, slashed, or stabbed at the black shadow.

But they all hit nothing but air.

Thud!

Suddenly, the sound of something hitting the wooden board echoed.

Everyone instinctively glanced in the direction of the sound.

They immediately saw a hole smaller than a finger in the wooden wall of the box.

The edge of the hole was smeared with blood.

'Who got hit?'

This was the first thought that arose in everyone who saw the blood.

Thunk!

Suddenly, the sound of a body hitting the floor was heard.

Everyone looked toward the source of the sound to see Ou Tianci collapsed powerlessly on the ground.

His eyes were wide open, pupils dim, with a look of confusion and fear.

On his forehead, there was a fingertip-sized bloody hole, straight through from front to back, with fresh blood gushing out.

"Murder! Murder!" yelled the wine-serving girl and the young noble sitting beside Ou Tianci, in panic.

The martial artists protecting these young nobles, seeing the person they were supposed to protect get killed right under their noses, felt their reputation would plummet, fearing no one would dare hire them again.

At that moment, anger and urgency filled their hearts, eager to capture the murderer!

But after Su Que shot that crossbow arrow, with a strong push from his foot, his body rose like a big bird.

With a crash, Su Que broke a large hole in the roof, with broken tiles and rubble falling down.

The martial artists protecting this area dashed to the underside of the big hole, ready to jump up and pursue Su Que.

But once Su Que leaped onto the roof, he took out some Poison Needles and with a flick of his wrist, threw them forcefully down through the hole.

Just as the martial artists were about to jump, seeing the Poison Needles shooting toward them, they quickly redirected their power, retreating backward.

Those slower to retreat got hit by the Poison Needles, and the spots where they were hit began to itch and hurt immediately.

After throwing the Poison Needles, Su Que sped toward the other side.

"Stop!"

At this moment, the two patrolling soldiers also jumped onto the roof from another building, wielding bright single sabers, and pursued Su Que.

While performing the Tang Sect's Lightness Technique, Su Que threw Tang Sect's Hidden Weapons behind him.

The soldiers busily blocked the Hidden Weapons with their sabers, the sound of clashing ringing continuously, their forward speed immediately slowed down.

After blocking this wave of Hidden Weapons, they saw Su Que in the distance, suddenly jumping off the rooftop.

The whole figure disappeared into the shadows, no longer visible.

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