Chapter 252: Chapter 160: The Humiliation of Defeat

Assassins are indeed skilled at hiding in complex terrain, striking at their enemies from the shadows.

However, that doesn’t mean Assassins are good at finding enemies hidden in the shadows.

Among all the Professions, an Assassin’s Perception Ability can at best be considered unremarkable.

The Profession with truly powerful Perception is the Observer.

CLANG!

Leng Qingying felt a chill strike from behind!

She spun around abruptly, trying to parry the attack!

But as she swung back,

she found it was just another illusion that vanished before her eyes!

Leng Qingying immediately swapped places!

SWISH!

She switched with an Illusion, hiding herself beside a tree.

’I must pinpoint Lu Cang’s position first.’

Leng Qingying’s Qi gradually faded as she entered a state of extremely low presence.

Meanwhile, her other Illusions began moving about conspicuously,

chasing after phantoms and creating a huge commotion.

The Illusions attracted attention,

while her real body lay in wait.

In truth, her Illusions possessed nearly the same lethality as her real body.

In the vast majority of cases,

she didn’t even need her real body to act; as long as she remained hidden, her Illusions could complete an assassination mission without any risk to herself.

Furthermore, she could create Illusions out of thin air anywhere within the one-kilometer radius of her Perception.

Theoretically, her Illusions could even pass directly through walls to enter heavily guarded rooms.

There was no need to get past numerous traps and guards.

Combined with her ability to swap places between her real body and her Illusions, in complex terrain like houses, forests, and intricate structures,

Leng Qingying was practically invincible.

Or rather...

She was supposed to be the invincible one at her Tier. Before Lu Cang appeared... that was how it was always meant to be.

Until.

"Hey there. Waiting for someone?"

Leng Qingying shuddered, feeling a hand land on her shoulder.

SWISH!

Her Dagger slashed through the air!

CLANG!

However, this hasty spinning slash sent a numbing vibration back at her.

The Dagger had struck Lu Cang’s small, fair-skinned hand.

’It couldn’t even break the skin?’

’What kind of physique is this?’

’Is this really the body of a Mage?’

SWOOSH!

Lu Cang’s hand flipped over, and he caught Leng Qingying’s Dagger in a reverse grip.

Leng Qingying wanted to immediately swap places with another Illusion.

But she suddenly realized something. In the instant she had struck back at Lu Cang, he had simultaneously destroyed all eight of her other Illusions in every direction!

’How did he do that?’

Lu Cang grabbed Leng Qingying’s Dagger and gave it a sharp twist.

WHOOSH!

Unbelievably, Leng Qingying spun a full circle in mid-air like a top.

SWISH!

Leng Qingying activated an Assassination Skill, instantly appearing behind Lu Cang.

Only to find that Lu Cang’s face was still directly facing her.

’I should have appeared behind him, right?’

’Did he turn at the exact same time?’

’Is he really that ridiculously fast?’

To Lu Cang, Leng Qingying’s movements looked like they were in slow motion, frame by frame.

’Perhaps this is how the War God felt back when he fought me.’

Now that he had raised his Warrior Level, Lu Cang knew just how slow he had been back then.

Back then, his thinking speed could keep up, and his Casting speed could barely keep up,

but his physical speed lagged far behind.

But now that his body could also keep up, he could truly feel... extreme speed.

"For an Assassin... you’re too slow."

"If this is all you’ve got, I wouldn’t feel comfortable having you work for me."

Lu Cang’s voice was carried on the wind.

Leng Qingying’s Dagger had already thrust forward.

Lu Cang’s other hand reached out, directly grabbing Leng Qingying’s arm and yanking hard.

SLAM! 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

He brutally slammed Leng Qingying into the ground.

’Actually, I still wanted to test the combat Effect of my Ten Thousand Battles Absolute Body.’

’It’s just that Leng Qingying’s Speed is too slow.’

’If I were to insist on getting injured by her, it would look like I was just running up to let her poke me.’

So far, Lu Cang’s experiments with the Ten Thousand Battles Absolute Body had been limited to cutting himself.

He had never been injured in a real battle.

SWISH!

Leng Qingying, who had been slammed to the ground, vanished almost instantly.

Lu Cang extended his Perception.

He saw that in the distance, she had once again swapped places with an Illusion and escaped far away.

’Creating an Illusion takes a moment.’

’Is that process about half a second...?’

’Moreover, my Perception is immediately picking up more Illusions appearing one after another.’

’The first Illusion takes half a second, and the rest appear within the next second.’

Lu Cang pointed a finger.

Two streams of 「Source」 shot out eight instantaneous flashes of light, instantly destroying seven Illusions and leaving only one that was still fleeing at extreme speed.

SWISH!

The instant after the other seven Illusions were destroyed, more Illusions began to be generated one after another.

’As long as one Illusion remains, the time to create more is less than half a second?’

Lu Cang mused,

figuring out Leng Qingying’s Talent.

As for Leng Qingying, she looked as if she had seen a ghost.

’This guy...’

’What in the world is he?’

’I barely escaped and summoned eight Illusions, only for seven of them in different locations to be instantly wiped out?’

’Why do my advantages as an Assassin seem to be completely useless against him?’

SWISH!

’Aren’t Assassins supposed to counter Mages?’

’So where’s the counter?’

WHOOSH—

A streak of light shot forward!

Lu Cang and Leng Qingying moved in near-perfect sync, sprinting at the same pace.

It’s just that Leng Qingying was fleeing, while Lu Cang was pursuing.

And in that instant.

SHIMMER—

Leng Qingying vanished before Lu Cang’s eyes.

Even his Final Sense couldn’t track her.

Lu Cang immediately stopped in his tracks.

He spread his Perception out from where he stood.

’She’s completely... vanished. I can only see the other eight Illusions that have appeared in different corners.’

’This technique... it’s not Invisibility.’