Ye Xiao had to capture this guy—it was his most basic responsibility as a bodyguard. However, a cornered beast will make a desperate fight, not to mention a cornered human being!

The Martial Artist assassin, realizing he couldn't escape, clearly decided to make a desperate stand against Ye Xiao!

The Martial Artist assassin gathered his Inner Power True Qi in his legs and then quickly ran towards Ye Xiao. His legs suddenly became incredibly agile, and with a swish, he kicked straight at Ye Xiao!

Seeing this, Ye Xiao couldn't help but chuckle inwardly. This person, being a professional assassin and a Martial Artist, had low internal power. Therefore, the martial arts he used couldn't be too high-end. Initially, Ye Xiao had planned to defeat this man and capture him, but upon reflection, he thought about Weei Yang and Zhan Bo who had quickly learned Inner Power techniques and would soon need to learn Martial Arts techniques in order to use their Inner Power to its fullest potential. Previously, Ye Xiao had mimic-learned the Fire Demolishing Palm, and now this assassin was employing a leg-based martial technique. Ye Xiao wanted to learn it and then teach it to Weei Yang or Zhan Bo!

As he dodged the assassin's attacks left and right, Ye Xiao silently memorized every move the assassin made!

In less than two minutes, the assassin had launched a barrage of attacks on Ye Xiao—no fewer than fifty strikes. But without exception, Ye Xiao easily neutralized all these moves and began to understand the pattern of the assassin's leg technique. Though he didn't yet know the name of this martial art, Ye Xiao had completely memorized it and could even perform it immediately.

That was the beauty of the Nine Yang Divine Skill. With any martial art, as long as one remembered the moves, one could perform them immediately. Perhaps the power wouldn't be great at first, but with the foundation of Inner Power from Nine Yang True Qi, even a simple punch or kick could be highly effective!

The assassin was in agony. He had exerted all his strength, but what confused him was that Ye Xiao's abilities seemed to advance significantly. No matter how much power the assassin used, Ye Xiao could neutralize it, always appearing one step ahead!

"Die!" the assassin bellowed furiously and suddenly kicked at Ye Xiao's face. A slight smile appeared on Ye Xiao's face. This assassin and Wang Dexin's Inner Power levels were worlds apart. In Ye Xiao's view, the assassin was at most at the Middle Stage of the Yellow Rank, not only lower in rank but far inferior in internal power!

Of course, Ye Xiao didn't die. Instead, he easily dodged the assassin's attack!

At this point, the assassin felt like his heart was filled with a mix of flavors, having never experienced such humiliation. Moreover, the person before him was dodging without attacking!

But just then, the assassin heard Ye Xiao's definitive statement.

"You've attacked enough. My warm-up is over—now let's officially begin!" Ye Xiao stood six meters away from the assassin, smiling.

The assassin leaped up, kicking at Ye Xiao like lightning. However, to the assassin's shock, Ye Xiao mimicked his actions and executed the same technique. This was supposed to be the assassin's lifesaving move!

The two flying kicks collided midair, followed by the sound of bones breaking!

The two landed one after the other, with Ye Xiao landing first, while the assassin spun in the air for a few seconds before touching down.

"Ah!" The assassin screamed in pain, clutching his thigh, his cries heart-wrenching.

Ye Xiao landed effortlessly, then walked over to the assassin with a smile, saying, "Hey, you're a Martial Artist. Are you really that weak? Getting beaten by a common man is pretty embarrassing!"

The assassin glared at Ye Xiao, saying, "You... who are you? How do you know the Flying Kick?"

"Flying Kick?" Ye Xiao immediately laughed and said, "So that move is called the Flying Kick. It's pretty powerful. How do I know it? Weren't you the one who just taught it to me?"

Hearing Ye Xiao's words, the assassin was so angry he almost threw up. It had taken him one and a half hard months of being beaten by his master to barely learn the Flying Kick, and yet this young man before him had picked it up in less than three minutes!

The assassin felt like dying at that moment!

Seeing Ye Xiao approaching, the assassin warily asked, "What... what are you going to do?"

Ye Xiao responded, "Simple. I want to know who sent you."

The assassin bowed his head and said, "There are rules in the jianghu, I... I absolutely cannot tell!"

Ye Xiao immediately laughed, saying, "Bullshit rules. I don't believe any of that. Let me tell you, if you don't talk now, your two subordinates will. They're not Martial Artists, so they probably won't last under torture. If they speak before you do, then you'll be the one to suffer. I won't be able to help you then. I thought since I learned the Flying Kick from you, I might help you out—that would be my way of saying thanks. But it seems there's no need for that now."

Seeing Ye Xiao's unyielding presence, the assassin hesitated, well aware of his subordinates' cowardice.

"Not ready to talk? Fine, don't bother. After all, it would show lack of backbone if you confessed without any torture," Ye Xiao said casually, but the assassin saw something merciless in his demeanor.

The assassin could feel that being in this person's hands was definitely very unsafe, and it was unsafe to the extreme!

"If I talk, can you let me go?" The assassin hesitated, enduring the excruciating pain in his leg as he looked at Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao shook his head and said, "I can't guarantee that, but you should understand the principle of leniency for confession. If you don't talk, you might lose even your life, but if you do, you might get to keep it!"

After Ye Xiao spoke, he heard the sound of a car coming from the villa. It was clear that Weei Jie and the others had arrived!

The assassin looked in that direction, and Ye Xiao immediately said, "Ling Hengyu's people are here. You no longer have a choice whether to talk or not. Either you stay here, or I'll go over and let them come find you!"

Hearing this, the assassin truly despaired. He had come to kidnap Ling Hengyu's daughter, but now Ling Hengyu had been alerted—clearly, this was no small matter, and if Ling Hengyu saw him...

"I'll talk. I'll talk. Please, you must speak for me, at least... at least let me keep my life. I'm willing to give up my inner strength!" The assassin made the hardest choice!

Ye Xiao glanced at the assassin, thinking to himself that a martial artist who had discarded his inner strength wasn't much better than a cripple. Furthermore, forget about practicing martial arts in the future, he wouldn't even be able to lift slightly heavy objects. It could be said that a martial artist whose inner strength had been discarded had ruined his life!

Ye Xiao didn't speak, and without waiting for Ye Xiao to speak, the assassin immediately said, "It's Huang Zongyuan. He issued a dark bounty in society to kidnap Ling Shuya. We are the assassins who took the bounty!"

Huang Zongyuan?

Ye Xiao did not know this name at all, then laughed and said, "Well, considering your confession, I'll speak for you. Of course, whether they agree or not is beyond my control. You'd better start praying now—to any god, The Buddha—try them all, it might just help!"

Hearing Ye Xiao's words, the assassin essentially lost all hope. Relying on a last-minute prayer, wasn't that nonsense?

Then, Ye Xiao walked over to the assassin, knocked him out with a hand blade, and single-handedly carried him toward the villa!

Weei Jie had just arrived shortly before and immediately went to see where Ling Shuya and Zhou Yuyan were staying. Finding them unharmed, he finally felt relieved.

"Just now, we heard lots of noise upstairs; it must have been Ye Xiao fighting with someone, but it's quiet now. Uncle Weei, you should send someone to check it out quickly!" Ling Shuya said nervously for the first time.

Weei Jie immediately nodded, then said to several robust men by his side, "Leave four people here, the other five go to the second floor and see what's happening up there!"

"Yes!" The men quickly headed upstairs; at this moment, there was no sound.

Just then, a bulky man guarding the entrance suddenly shouted, "Who's there?"

At once, Weei Jie and the others tensed up, and Weei Jie immediately walked toward the entrance, but upon arriving, he found that it was Ye Xiao carrying an unconscious person.

Weei Jie stepped forward and told the people around him that Ye Xiao was one of them, then looked at Ye Xiao, puzzled, and asked, "Ye Xiao, what's happening?"

Ye Xiao dropped the assassin on the ground, saying, "This man is the leader of the three assassins who came today. I've knocked him out!"

Weei Jie immediately ordered one of his men, "Tie him up, and we must interrogate him to find out who sent them!"

Ye Xiao and Weei Jie entered the villa, and at the same time, Ye Xiao asked Weei Jie, "Uncle Weei, who is Huang Zongyuan?"

Hearing Ye Xiao mention 'Huang Zongyuan,' Weei Jie looked at him and said, "How do you know him? He's a real estate developer in this city and has some conflicts with Hengyu Group. Hmm? Ye Xiao, are these people sent by Huang Zongyuan?"

Ye Xiao nodded and said, "I just asked him, and he said he was sent by Huang Zongyuan."

At that moment, Ling Shuya and Zhou Yuyan also came over. Hearing Ye Xiao's words, Ling Shuya couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Who is Huang Zongyuan, sending assassins against me? Did I offend him?"

Ye Xiao immediately laughed and said, "You two probably don't even know him. It must be Uncle Ling who offended him!"

Ling Shuya looked at Weei Jie and said, "Uncle Weei, is what Ye Xiao said true or false? Who exactly is Huang Zongyuan?"

Weei Jie hesitated for a moment, then told them!

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