Surveying the still twitching San Liu, who had fallen unconscious to the ground, Xiang Mantang withdrew her gaze and cast a peculiar look at Mu Jinyu, saying, "Why do you name all the moves of your Capturing Tiger Triple Styles after idioms with the word 'dragon'?!"
Mu Jinyu retracted her foot and said with a hint of pride, "Because my Capturing Tiger Triple Styles was originally intended to subdue a tigress. It even has a hidden move called 'Vibrant Dragon and Tiger.' Just by hearing the name, you should know why it's called the 'Capturing Tiger Triple Styles'!"
Xiang Mantang: "..."
After a moment of speechlessness, Xiang Mantang shook her head slightly and said, "Nameless doesn't seem to be around, otherwise, during your fight with San Liu, if he had launched a sneak attack, I probably wouldn't have been able to help you in time."
Mu Jinyu replied, "I guess his escaping technique, the 'Spitting Foam,' even if it's some special ability, must drain a lot of his energy. He's probably lying down somewhere resting right now."
Xiang Mantang nodded lightly, then turned to look at San Liu, who was starting to froth at the mouth, frowning slightly, "You go ahead and treat him. Don't let him die after all this trouble."
"Mm," Mu Jinyu agreed, then bent down to start treating San Liu, muttering to herself, "He really can't take a kick."
Xiang Mantang was speechless upon hearing this; her move, Fierce Dragon Crosses the River, whether faced by a man or woman, was not one to be easily withstood!
Under Mu Jinyu's treatment, the effects were significant.
In just over ten minutes,
San Liu slowly came to.
The instant he opened his eyes, San Liu's widened them, tightly clenched his legs together, and began to inhale sharply.
"Hiss hiss hiss... Pain pain pain!!!"
Unable to endure it for long, San Liu let out a desperate howl.
"Stop yelling, it's not a big deal. I went easy on you; I didn't burst anything," Mu Jinyu said, watching San Liu's reaction with barely concealed amusement, then nudged him with her foot a few times.
"Don't kick me!"
As soon as San Liu felt the light kick from Mu Jinyu, he rolled on the ground to avoid further kicks.
Feeling that the pain in his groin was not as intense, he carefully got up from the ground, glaring at Mu Jinyu with eyes that seemed to want to flay her alive, he cursed, "You beast! To use such a despicable move on me—I don't even have a son yet. If you had ruined me, I would never let you off even in death!"
Mu Jinyu replied indifferently, "It didn't burst, so why are you screaming? Also, you came to kill me. It's only fair that I killed you in self-defense. You should feel lucky that you're still useful, or else you'd be dead by now."
Upon hearing this, San Liu's angry expression momentarily froze.
She seemed right; it was he who had come to kill her. Now that he had been counter-killed, he couldn't blame anyone else.
Then, with his face flushing red with anger, San Liu said, "A warrior can be killed, but not humiliated. You might as well have killed me instead of treating me this way!"
With a faint voice, Mu Jinyu replied, "Is that so? Then close your eyes, I'll do it now."
"Wait wait wait..." As soon as San Liu realized Mu Jinyu was serious, he quickly waved his hand, trying to laugh it off, "Didn't you just say I still had a use? What do you need me to do?"
Mu Jinyu scoffed, "How much did someone pay you to kill me?"
"Not much, just a few billion," replied San Liu with a bit of hesitation.
Mu Jinyu asked, "What if I offer double for you to tell me who hired you?"
"Impossible!" San Liu immediately shook his head in refusal.
"I'm an assassin with professional ethics. Betraying the information of my employer is out of the question."
"Ten times!" Mu Jinyu's voice grew more forceful.
"This..." At these words, San Liu's expression wavered with temptation showing through.
But soon, he steeled his will and said, "Even if you give me a trillion, I wouldn't betray my employer's information."
Mu Jinyu, upon hearing this, didn't mind San Liu's refusal to betray his loyalty; after all, he had already seen his will wasn't as steadfast as imagined. The lure of money was still quite powerful for him.
Thinking this, Mu Jinyu slowly said, "Then what if I offer double the money for you to tell me Nameless's whereabouts and his weaknesses, how about that?"
"This..."
Upon hearing this, San Liu's eyes flickered with the thought of agreeing but then he remembered that Mu Jinyu had said double, not ten times the amount—this wasn't very profitable, was it?
What if they couldn't eliminate Nameless? Wouldn't he have offended the latter to death?
That would be a serious loss.
San Liu's eyes swiveled a few times and said, "Didn't you just say ten times the amount?"
Mu Jinyu shook his head, "Ten times was for the employer's information and specific details. Aren't you unwilling to sell out your employer?"
"Right." San Liu nodded sullenly, then asked, "Can you offer ten times the price for Nameless? If it's ten times, I'll tell you."
"No, he's not worth that much," Mu Jinyu rejected.
Not worth that much?
San Liu felt indignant upon hearing that.
Nameless, like him, was one of the top-grade assassins in the Assassin World, having killed countless tycoons and dignitaries, wanted by many countries, with bounties long surpassing a hundred billion.
It's just that no one could claim their heads.
By saying this, Mu Jinyu was also demeaning himself, implying his own worth wasn't a hundred billion.
Wait, that's not right...
San Liu realized that while others offered a hundred billion for their heads, Mu Jinyu was only asking for specific details and the weaknesses of Nameless—still not guaranteed to be able to handle Nameless, so perhaps...
Indeed, he really wasn't worth a hundred billion.
However, while San Liu agreed with Mu Jinyu's offer, he wasn't about to agree immediately.
He thought for a moment and said, "Whether his information and weaknesses are worth a hundred billion depends on the circumstances, right? If he wasn't targeting you, then perhaps he wouldn't be worth the money. But now you must be at your wit's end, desperate to get rid of him. In that case, his information is certainly worth a hundred billion."
San Liu thought to himself that Mu Jinyu wasn't short on money, and maybe he could be led into giving a hundred billion.
"Tsk, who says we are at our wit's end because of him?" Mu Jinyu said with an unchanged expression: "He's at the same level as you. If it weren't for some tricks allowing him to turn into foam and escape, he would've died by my hand long ago."
"What? Has he been forced by you to use that move already?"
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, San Liu's pupils tightened before letting out an incredulous exclamation.
Mu Jinyu replied, "What's so surprising about that? I am the Tiance True Dragon of Dragon King Hall, and someone like a little assassin is not worth mentioning."
As he spoke, his expression darkened and he continued, "Also, you are now a prisoner at my mercy, not in a position to negotiate. Either I pay double the money and you sell me Nameless's information, or you close your eyes and wait for me to kill you!"
Having said that, Mu Jinyu assumed a posture as if ready to strike.
But San Liu showed no reaction; he stood there somewhat dazed, murmuring words to himself.
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu had to stop and then turned back confusingly to look at Xiang Mantang.
Xiang Mantang shrugged his shoulders, indicating that he didn't quite understand either.