Liu Da was startled when he saw Feng Xingyun appear!
He pushed off with both hands, intending to vault straight out of the window.
But in front of Feng Xingyun, his speed was laughably slow.
He had barely cleared the window when someone grabbed him by the back of his neck, hoisting him into the air and dragging him back inside.
Feng Xingyun applied a fraction of pressure, and a sickening crack echoed through the room.
Liu Da's rigid body instantly went limp, as if all his strength had been drained in an instant.
“...”
He stared in utter shock.
Liu Da felt as if only his head could move now. He could still make expressions and speak, but he had lost all sensation below his neck.
That single strike must have damaged his spine!
Feng Xingyun casually tossed him onto the floor.
“You're quite something.”
“I broke your arms and legs and threw you in here just a few minutes ago while I went to call the police. I didn't expect you to heal yourself so quickly.”
He slowly took a couple of steps forward.
“I'd like to see if you can recover from this as well.”
Feng Xingyun casually pulled over a chair and sat down, staring intently at Liu Da.
With a faint smile on his face, he looked as if he had just discovered a fascinating new toy.
Liu Da's face turned incredibly pale.
His talent was indeed extraordinary, but it had one fatal flaw: once triggered, the healing and postponement of his injuries were entirely out of his control.
The moment he was injured, his body would automatically heal, deducting the corresponding amount from his delayed time.
Just like right now.
The spinal injury had completely paralyzed him below the neck, but now, sensation was gradually returning to his limbs.
Yet, he didn't dare move. He remained sprawled on the ground, pretending nothing had changed.
If it were an ordinary person standing before him, they might have been fooled.
But Feng Xingyun was no ordinary person.
An invisible stream of true qi gathered in his hand, rapidly condensing into a sharp blade of qi.
With a casual flick of his wrist, the sword qi shot forward, piercing straight through Liu Da's calf and leaving a bloody hole in its wake.
The strike was incredibly precise, shattering Liu Da's leg bone as it tore through.
The agonizing pain was too much for Liu Da to bear. He let out a muffled groan, his body involuntarily tensing and trembling.
Liu Da was shocked!
Oh no!
I'm exposed!
Pushing his hands against the floor, he tried to scramble up and run.
However, it was all in vain.
Before he could even stand, something else shot through his other knee.
He stumbled and crashed back down to the floor, blood pouring from his wounds and staining the ground crimson.
Feng Xingyun watched the wounds rapidly close and heal, a strange light flashing in his eyes.
He had never seen anyone with such a resilient life!
“Impressive. Let's see how long you can keep this up.”
His true qi seemed virtually limitless. He fired off one sword qi after another, and Liu Da's body healed itself repeatedly in response.
Of course, despite his actions, Feng Xingyun kept his strength in check.
After all, as a dungeon NPC, he was forbidden from killing players.
Thus, when he saw the growing despair in Liu Da's eyes, he stopped at the perfect moment.
Feng Xingyun slowly stood up. Looking at Liu Da, who lay on the floor no longer struggling, he grabbed a rope from the side and bound him tightly.
“Quiet at last.”
“In that case, I hope you stay quiet. We're in a rather remote area, so it takes a while for the police to arrive after a call.”
“I suggest you don't think about running again.”
“Otherwise, I won't care how much longer you can hold out.”
At this, he suddenly chuckled.
“Then again, I haven't had this much fun in a very long time.”
He casually tossed Liu Da into a corner and turned to leave.
It was as if he wasn't worried about the man escaping at all.
As for Liu Da...
It took quite a while after the man left before he finally snapped out of his daze.
Even though his body was currently physically unscathed, he felt utterly broken inside.
He had no idea what kind of ability that NPC had used to punch bloody holes through his body from a distance.
He had never seen anything like it before.
However, that wasn't his most pressing concern right now. Instead, it was...
【Time until Delayed Injury takes effect: 3 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes, 22 seconds!】
He stared at the remaining time.
Only three and a half days left.
Liu Da let out a long sigh, completely falling into despair.
What use was such a short amount of time?
If he was killed by a specter even once more, he would truly die.
After all, a single fatal attack from a specter deducted six days from his timer, and he had less than four days left.
“If I can find a specter item, maybe I'll still have a slim path of survival?”
But he was currently locked up here. More importantly, that NPC was active inside this old residence. The moment he went out, he risked running into him.
Just then, a faint sound came from the back window.
“Liu Da?”
It was Chang Sheng's voice.
A palm-sized mini puppet scrambled in through the window and landed on the floor.
“How are you holding up? That NPC just went to Yao Wenli's courtyard and is currently cleaning the room. He's not watching this place. Should I get you out?”
Liu Da was somewhat surprised.
“He didn't come looking for trouble with you?”
In the eyes of the NPC, the two of them were definitely accomplices.
Since he had been caught red-handed, there was no reason for Chang Sheng to be left completely unbothered.
In truth, Chang Sheng found it strange as well.
When he first realized Liu Da had been captured by Feng Xingyun, he had been ready to flee. Yet, to his surprise, the NPC had paid him no attention whatsoever after dealing with Liu Da.
That was the only reason he had gritted his teeth and stayed.
Chang Sheng didn't know if he was truly safe either. Perhaps Feng Xingyun was simply holding off on dealing with him for the time being.
“Now is not the time to discuss this. Let me get you out first.”
The puppet was about to scurry over to untie him, but Liu Da refused.
“Don't bother.”
The puppet froze in place. A moment later, Chang Sheng's puzzled voice came through it.
“What's wrong?”
“Don't tell me you don't want to escape?”
Liu Da glanced at his countdown once more.
Though he was still breathing, he was practically a dead man walking.
The NPC now branded him a thief.
This meant his plan of seeking shelter with an NPC on the hour was completely ruined. He would likely face a specter attack every single hour from now on.
And it would only take a single hit... to end his life.
Especially since he had no specter items to protect himself.
“Just go. I'll stay here.”
He didn't ask Chang Sheng to help him search for a life-saving specter item.
He knew Chang Sheng wouldn't do it anyway.
Even if the man did find a specter item, he would never waste it on him.
This apparent rescue attempt was likely just a ploy to use him as bait to draw the specters' aggro.
As for why Chang Sheng had been so slow to warn him about Feng Xingyun's arrival earlier, he no longer had the energy to ask.
“Are you really staying?”
Chang Sheng asked again.
Liu Da nodded. “Yes.”
The puppet didn't speak further, but it didn't leave either. It scurried over to a corner, pried open a cabinet, and slipped inside. After a brief rustling sound, it went completely quiet.
Liu Da sighed.
He leaned against the corner of the wall, looking as though he had resigned himself to waiting for death.
However, only he knew that everything he had just done was merely an act for Chang Sheng's benefit.
He was already plotting his next move.
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