Chapter 84: Hypocrites 3.

Chapter 84: Hypocrites 3.

But Bai Li had already sensed his move. Her eyes flashed, and she smiled slightly as he entered her attack range. As someone who had been a retired soldier for many years, her instincts for danger had not gone dull at all. In fact, they were still as sharp as ever. She could feel the change in pressure, the way Ren Mingju’s body shifted, the way his shoulders tensed before the grab. She dodged to the side almost at the same moment, and with the force of his attack carrying her hand into motion, her right arm cut across in a fast, clean slash toward his chest.

The blade moved so quickly that there was almost no time to react. Ren Mingju had not even finished his grab before the kukri had already landed. Blood splattered out at once, staining Bai Li’s clothes in red. Ren Mingju’s eyes widened in shock, his whole body freezing for a brief second as if he still could not believe what had happened. Then Bai Li kicked him hard, and he flew backward a considerable distance, crashing away from her with the force of the blow. The whole thing happened in a breath. The ones who had been talking so loudly just a moment ago were now left staring at the result, and the confidence on their faces had begun to crack.

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