Chapter 465: Chapter 465

"Ningzhong rice cakes, freshly made Ningzhong rice cakes, a must-try when you visit Ning!"

In the bustling pedestrian street of Ningzhong City, the owner of a snack shop was constantly shouting at the tourists coming and going.

At this moment, he saw a stylishly dressed girl appearing and hurriedly went to promote:

"Hey, miss, why not try our Ningzhong rice cakes? They’re delicious."

Mu Wanqing shook her head, refusing the woman’s recommendation, and pulled her assistant, Le Mimi, into a narrow alley beside the snack street.

Le Mimi, being pulled by Mu Wanqing, whispered:

"Wanqing, what’s wrong?"

Mu Wanqing didn’t have time to explain much:

"Don’t talk, just follow me."

Le Mimi, being led, weaved through the rarely traveled alley, and the number of people around them dwindled as the two ventured further in.

In a moment when Le Mimi glanced back, she noticed a man in a hoodie with a hat had been following them the entire way, and a fearful thought occurred to her:

"Wanqing, are we being followed?"

"Should we call the police?"

Mu Wanqing calmly replied:

At this point, Le Mimi fell silent and followed Mu Wanqing through a series of twists and turns, soon losing track of their location.

Mu Wanqing stopped with Le Mimi at a corner in an alley, leaning against the wall, and said:

Then Mu Wanqing carefully peeked out, looking towards the alley entrance barely five meters behind.

There, an elder in a tunic suit stood composedly at the alley entrance, blocking the path of the man in the black hoodie:

"Friend, you’ve been following my lady the entire way. Mind telling me why you’re following her?"

The reason Mu Wanqing seldom had visible bodyguards when going out is because this person was secretly protecting her safety.

In fact, even Mu Wanqing herself never understood why from childhood to adulthood, she was always stalked by strangers when outside.

And her family never told her the reason.

Over the years, the only thing Mu Wanqing knew was that this elder who protected her from the shadows was apparently from a traditional Ancient Martial Family, with impressive skills.

Despite his age, he could effortlessly handle four or five strong men by himself, something Mu Wanqing had witnessed with her own eyes.

Every time she was followed, this elder would discreetly signal to her, and she just needed to lead the follower to a deserted place.

The elder would take care of the rest on his own.

This was why Mu Wanqing remained so composed even when realizing she was being followed.

"Ancient Martial Family?"

The man in the hoodie removed his hat, revealing a slightly pale face underneath.

Liu Zongsheng looked at the seemingly twenty-something young man before him, and for some reason, an inexplicable uneasiness arose in his heart. He asked gravely:

As a member of the Ancient Martial Family, Liu Zongsheng’s strength had long reached the level of a Postnatal Master; he could now expertly use Inner Strength to heavily injure his foes.

With Liu Zongsheng’s skills, he could even dodge firearms swiftly, but now facing a young man in his twenties, he felt uneasy, which puzzled him greatly.

Could it be that the opponent had a bomb strapped to his body?

However, in the next moment, sensing a fleeting ferocity on the opponent’s face, Liu Zongsheng suddenly felt a warning signal and shouted angrily:

"What are you doing!"

He disdainfully said:

"You’re not worthy of knowing who I am."

Next, under Liu Zongsheng’s shocked gaze, the opponent’s palm inexplicably burst into flames, and Liu Zongsheng was horrified:

"What is this? A trick?"

At this point, Liu Zongsheng couldn’t afford much thought, as the flame-wrapped palm was attacking him. Liu Zongsheng could only channel Inner Strength to retaliate:

The two palms collided solidly, and Liu Zongsheng was pushed back two steps by the powerful force before he could stabilize himself.

What terrified Liu Zongsheng the most was that the moment he clashed with the opponent, a strange sensation traveled up his arm, followed by a fierce burning pain, as if his arm was being roasted over a fire.

Liu Zongsheng looked in horror at his right hand, panicking:

Meanwhile, the opponent stood nonchalantly in place, casually shaking his hand, disdainfully saying:

"The Ancient Martial Family is nothing special."

Not far away, upon seeing this scene, Mu Wanqing widened her eyes in shock, instinctively exclaiming:

As Mu Wanqing called out, the man suddenly turned his head, just in time to see Mu Wanqing peeking out from the depths of the alley.

Liu Zongsheng, enduring the searing pain of his burns, hurriedly reminded:

"Miss, run away quickly!"

At this moment, Liu Zongsheng was clutching his right arm with his left hand, sweat the size of beans constantly streaming down his forehead, his expression extremely pained and grimacing.

"Wanqing, what’s going on!"

At this moment, Le Mimi was hiding nearby, still unaware of what was happening over there, anxiously worrying to the point of tears:

"Maybe we should call the police."

The man in the black hoodie put his hat back on, standing beside Liu Zongsheng, he spoke to Mu Wanqing, who was not far away:

"Come with me, someone wants to see you."

"If you refuse, you will never see this person again."

As he spoke, the hoodie-wearing man placed his hand on Liu Zongsheng’s back.

Liu Zongsheng intended to resist, but because of the severe injury he suffered earlier, he couldn’t muster any strength and could only repeatedly urge Mu Wanqing:

"Run quickly, don’t mind me."

Because this was a remote area surrounded by ancient houses, very few people came by.

Occasionally, someone passing by would just take a glance and hurry away; calling the police wouldn’t be fast enough. As Mu Wanqing hesitated, Liu Zongsheng’s painful groan suddenly rang out:

"Bastard, who are you really?"

How could such a fantastical thing appear in reality?

Seeing Liu Zongsheng’s agonizing expression, Mu Wanqing could not withstand the guilt and said to her assistant Le Mimi:

"You get out of here, and if I don’t contact you later, you handle everything that follows."

By now, Le Mimi’s heart was already filled with unease and fear, tears streaming down her face, she pleaded:

"Wanqing, please leave with me."

"Or should we report to the police, please?"

If at this point she still couldn’t understand what was happening, then Le Mimi couldn’t be the trusted assistant of Mu Wanqing.

She didn’t understand why things that only happened on TV were now unfolding in reality, and happening to her.

Mu Wanqing could only look at Le Mimi seriously and said:

"Just listen to me, go quickly. Their target is me; I can’t drag you into this."

After speaking, Mu Wanqing patted Le Mimi’s thin shoulder and walked out of the alley:

"I’ll go with you, but you must first release my Grandpa Liu and let him go to the hospital for healing."

However, what surprised Mu Wanqing at this moment was that the man didn’t pay attention to her at all but instead looked toward the alley they came from, shocked:

Mu Wanqing was puzzled; who over there could make a man who even her Grandpa Liu couldn’t handle feel so shocked?

Lin Yi stood in the alley, looking at the man in the hoodie at the entrance with curiosity and asked:

"Have we met before?"

At first, Lin Yi felt the man’s aura was somewhat familiar, leading him to think he had encountered an acquaintance.

But when face-to-face, he couldn’t remember where he had seen the man before. Latest content publıshed on nοvelfire.net

However, the moment he exchanged blows with the elder was caught in Lin Yi’s eyes; this was the first time he had seen someone in reality who could control flames like him.

So, this world wasn’t just inhabited by him as the only superpower user...!

Because of this, Lin Yi was even more curious about the identity of the man in front of him.

Without wasting words, Lin Yi directly threatened:

"I’m curious how you managed to control fire?"

"Of course, you don’t have to say; I have ways to make you talk later."

Lin Yi looked at the man with interest and slowly said:

The man in the hoodie looked at Lin Yi’s arm in disbelief, then pointed at Lin Yi in horror and said:

"You, you, how can you also, you..."

Meanwhile, Liu Zongsheng had forgotten about the pain in his hand, staring in horror at the handsome young man who had just appeared, murmuring to himself:

"How is this possible!"

At this moment, Lin Yi’s hand was also engulfed in roaring flames, flames covering his entire arm, even just watching could feel the astonishing burst power within the flames.

Lin Yi clenched his fist, and the flames on his arm instantly extinguished as if nothing had happened, and Lin Yi chuckled lightly:

"In this world, nothing is impossible."