Zhou Xuan trembled as he reached out his hand and said, "Okay, I'll trade with you..." He took the small watch-like tool and put it on his wrist.
The monster chuckled and said, "That's right. Cooperation will only benefit both of us..." Zhou Xuan's compliant actions made it think that Zhou Xuan was already interested, so it relaxed its guard. But at that moment, Zhou Xuan's body suddenly burst forth with tremendous energy, which enveloped it completely. Moreover, it was extremely hot energy, like that of a star.
The monster immediately realized that Zhou Xuan had been lying through his teeth and had deceived it. Enraged, it unleashed a powerful energy barrier to block Zhou Xuan's blazing solar flames. However, because Zhou Xuan's solar flames were its nemesis and it was caught off guard by Zhou Xuan's sudden attack, it suffered a loss.
Although its abilities surpassed Zhou Xuan's, it was still somewhat flustered after suffering a loss. Moreover, considering Zhou Xuan's Nine Star Pearl, it dared not use an assassin to destroy Zhou Xuan, lest it lose what it had desired for centuries.
It truly hadn't expected to hear about the Nine Dragon Cauldron from Zhou Xuan; it was too much of a coincidence. But after Zhou Xuan spoke of it, it didn't seem like he was lying. Moreover, it could also detect from Zhou Xuan's energy that the power he was using was the solar flames absorbed and transformed by the Nine Dragon Cauldron.
That kind of energy, its people tasted it hundreds of years ago when they attacked the Fiery Star.
Hesitant to go all out, the monster dared not fight back. Its strength was far inferior to that of its orcish subordinates when they fought Zhou Xuan. While Zhou Xuan and the orcs fought with their full might, both were severely weakened and injured, the monster far outmatched them. The monster was much stronger than the orcs, but its weakness lay in its reluctance to use its full power to harm Zhou Xuan, lest it miss out on the Nine-Star Pearl it so desperately desired. Otherwise, if it missed this opportunity, its life would be irretrievably lost.
Although it dared not go all out, Zhou Xuan still felt immense pressure. This monster's abilities were indeed beyond his ability to withstand. But now there was no way out but to fight with all his might. Moreover, he felt that his Solar Flame ability was its nemesis. Although this monster's ability was peculiar, it seemed to be cold, somewhat similar to his own ice aura ability. Solar Flame could just be the perfect counter to it.
Zhou Xuan dared not move. Surrounded by sunlight streaming through the hole in the wall, he desperately absorbed the sun's energy while relentlessly pressuring the monster.
The orc next to him was seriously injured, but he didn't have the same recovery ability as Zhou Xuan. He could only lie in the corner panting, unable to attack Zhou Xuan anymore. Fu Ying lay on the ground with her head tilted to the side, seemingly unaware of what was happening. She must have been subdued by the monster and didn't know what was going on. Upstairs, Achang and the others were not moving. They were probably also being targeted by the monster. Otherwise, they would have come down from the living room with such a loud noise.
However, this is also a good thing. If it were an assassin or an ordinary person without superpowers, they could easily deal with them. But when facing these alien monsters and orcs, they have no ability to fight back. If they don't come down, they might be able to save their lives.
Fortunately, Zhou Xuan's villa was hundreds of meters away from the other villas, and there were countless flowers, trees and shrubs in between. Except for the buildings on the roof, they could not see the neighboring buildings from downstairs. Besides, they were all in the living room on the first floor at the moment. Even if someone from the other villas was observing them, they would not be able to see into the living room.
Because the monster disguised itself as Zhang Lei and entered with Zhou Xuan, the National Security Bureau and the police did not notice anything amiss while observing from the outside.
Zhou Xuan's other family members were also frozen by his own ice-energy ability and were unconscious at the moment.
Zhou Xuan no longer had the ability to separate and transform the orc into a beastman. He couldn't transform the orc when it had energy, but now that the orc's energy was depleted, dealing with it wouldn't be difficult. Fortunately, it couldn't move, so it wasn't a concern.
Zhou Xuan and the monster were locked in a stalemate, both highly focused. The monster was also secretly surprised. Zhou Xuan had clearly run out of energy, so how did he suddenly have energy again? And now it seemed to have an inexhaustible supply of energy. Only then did it remember what the orc had reported to it. But this time, it had been too confident in its own abilities. After careful probing, it confirmed that Zhou Xuan had no energy, and only then did it relax.
However, it was unaware that after Zhou Xuan obtained the Nine-Star Pearl's power, he could directly convert sunlight into the strange energy of solar flames. At this moment, he was being exposed to sunlight through the hole in the wall, which was why his energy was rapidly replenishing. The monster, of course, never suspected that Zhou Xuan had already absorbed a Nine-Star Pearl.
As the two were locked in a stalemate, the wall behind the monster suddenly exploded, and a beam of azure light shot out like lightning to the monster's back. Zhou Xuan, who was facing the monster, could see clearly that the azure light emanated from the monster's chest, shooting into the air with a spray of blood.
In mid-air, the azure light condensed into a human figure, which, upon landing, transformed into the shape of Mao Feng, squatting on the ground and panting heavily.
This sudden attack nearly exhausted Mao Feng's energy, but it was a successful sneak attack.
Zhou Xuan never expected Mao Feng to appear at this time, but this is in line with Mao Feng's style of doing things. He will not make a move unless he is confident and has an absolute benefit.
The monster, struck by such a fatal attack, gushed black blood from its chest and screamed shrilly.
The creature's blood was black, adding to its mysterious and sinister aura. Mao Feng let out a long breath and excitedly said, "Zhou Xuan, it's finished!"
However, just as Mao Feng was getting excited, something that looked like a vine or an intestine suddenly shot out from the monster's chest, which was spewing out black blood. It shot out as fast as lightning, and Mao Feng was caught off guard. He was immediately wrapped up by this thing. In shock, he straightened up and his sword light appeared. His body seemed to be transforming into the shape of sword energy. But before the sword energy could take shape, the vine-like thing wrapped Mao Feng up like a dumpling. The powerful pressure forced the sword energy into Mao Feng's body.
Mao Feng let out a shrill scream, and a beam of azure light burst from his mouth. The vines instantly released Mao Feng and wrapped around the azure light, and black blood gushed out towards the light. Within seconds, the light, vines, and black blood exploded simultaneously.
Zhou Xuan had anticipated the explosion and quickly channeled all his energy to condense a protective wall, shielding Fu Ying and the rest of his family. Black blood splattered on the protective shield, and Zhou Xuan felt as if he had been struck by lightning, spitting out another large mouthful of blood.
The orc was blasted to pieces by the black blood and the shockwave of the explosion, and clumps of black blood and flesh were scattered all over the walls.
On the other side, Mao Feng's face was ashen. He had forced the monster to reveal its body with the Fire Meteor Blade, and they perished together.
He thought his sneak attack was a success and his mission was accomplished, but he hadn't expected the monster's abilities to be so astonishing. Even after suffering a fatal attack, the monster's remaining power still managed to destroy his Fire Meteor Blade.
This was even more painful for Mao Feng than losing his life. Mao Feng had always pursued great strength, and the Fire Meteor Blade he obtained at sea thanks to Zhou Xuan's abilities gave him unimaginable power. Before, he was like an ant in front of Zhou Xuan, so vulnerable. But after obtaining the Fire Meteor Blade, he was on equal footing with Zhou Xuan. Coupled with his clever mind, he seemed to think he was above Zhou Xuan and restricted him in every way. But unexpectedly, in the end, he was the one who suffered the loss.
Zhou Xuan is still the same Zhou Xuan, the Zhou Xuan with immense power. The Butcher's Organization has been completely destroyed. Without its leader and the orcs, the other assassins are powerless to carry on and are naturally no threat. But what about himself...?
Mao Feng's heart turned to ice. With the Fire Meteor Blade destroyed, he was once again just an ordinary person. If he had never obtained the Fire Meteor Blade, it would be somewhat easier to bear, since he wouldn't have felt that kind of power if he had never truly possessed it. But having possessed that power and then suddenly having it taken away was an unbearable pain.
The difference was too great; Mao Feng's mind went blank, and he stood there dumbfounded, unable to comprehend it. However, he hadn't considered that if Zhou Xuan hadn't used his special ability shield to protect him, his fate might have been the same as the orc's.
To be honest, Zhou Xuan didn't have a good impression of Mao Feng, but Mao Feng had helped him a few times. This time, although Mao Feng didn't have any good intentions, waiting for Zhou Xuan and the monster to be both exhausted before launching a sneak attack, Zhou Xuan didn't expect that his cleverness would backfire.
After recovering, Mao Feng shuddered and realized with a start that his Fire Meteor Blade was gone. He quickly searched around, looking among the black bits of flesh on the wall, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find any trace of the Fire Meteor Blade.
Zhou Xuan understood that the Fire Meteor Blade had been shattered by the monster during their battle and was no longer in existence.
Zhou Xuan then quickly got up to check on Fu Ying, her parents, siblings, and Li Wei, to see if they were injured.
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Volume 1, Chapter 566: They Can Speak Bird Language
Fortunately, Fu Yi was only dizzy from being controlled by the monster, and she didn't see anything just now. But that's good, Zhou Xuan quickly used his ice energy ability to untie Fu Ying.
"The ice-energy ability is indeed somewhat similar to that monster's ability. The energy molecules are different, but the effects are not much different. No wonder I was able to make the kind of energy bullets from the Butcher Organization back then."
After Fu Ying slowly woke up, she was shocked when she saw the scene in the living room. She quickly checked Zhou Xuan's body carefully and was relieved to see that he was unharmed and had not suffered any injuries. Then she went to check on Jin Xiumei and the others.
Zhou Xuan said, "Yingying, don't worry, Mom, Dad, and your siblings are all fine. I froze them all because I didn't want them to see this scene. Here's what we'll do: we'll immediately call a craftsman to repair the broken wall in the living room and clean it up. We need to act quickly; judging by the area, it should be repaired in a few hours. Then we can wake them up. That would be better!"
Fu Ying was relieved and looked at Mao Feng again, asking, "Who is he?" Zhou Xuan shook his head and said, "Yingying, you don't need to ask too much. He's someone I knew before. I'll ask Brother Fu to come over and send someone to handle the aftermath, and then have him send someone to take him back to China!" Fu Ying looked at Mao Feng's distraught appearance and thought he seemed a bit gloomy and not a good person. Hearing Zhou Xuan say that this person was someone he knew, but not a friend, she thought it was worth considering.
Zhou Xuan immediately said to Mao Feng, "Mr. Mao, there's no need to look anymore. The Fire Meteor Blade has perished together with that monster and been destroyed. I'll have the police come and handle the aftermath later. If you stay here any longer, you might run into trouble. I'll arrange for someone to take you back to Italy!"
Mao Feng revealed his ferocious nature and shouted, "I don't believe it! I don't believe it! How could my Fire Meteor Blade disappear? I don't believe it... I don't believe it..." But as he shouted, his voice lowered, and he finally squatted down on the ground helplessly!
Zhou Xuan ignored him, took out his phone, and called Fu Yuanshan, asking him to quickly arrange for several reliable subordinates to come and clean up the scene, and then ask construction workers to come and make repairs.
Upon hearing this, Fu Yuanshan immediately instructed his subordinates to urgently hire construction workers. He said he could pay them more, but they had to rush to finish the repairs. He then led a few people to Zhou Xuan's location.
Fu Yuanshan was also a little puzzled. There were plainclothes officers monitoring the area around Hongcheng Garden, so how did the assassin get in?
The three people they were monitoring didn't make a move. They were quite startled when Zhou Xuan said the assassin was already in his villa. Fortunately, they were relieved when Zhou Xuan said it was all taken care of and his men were needed to "clean up the scene."