However, Ning Beichen was different. He knew that the traps he set would not go wrong. Surveillance might deceive your eyes, but the traps he laid would absolutely not.
Moreover, Ning Beichen's sharp senses detected this familiar tactic, causing the corners of his lips to curl slightly. It seemed his "old friends" were also getting restless and making a move.
Ning Beichen quickly left his room, a compound bow in his hand. He appeared on the rooftop like a ghost in the darkness, moving without a sound.
An arrow was nocked onto the bowstring. Ning Beichen looked towards the northwest, a faint smile gracing his lips. The opponent this time was more like it, making Ning Beichen's blood surge.
In the northwest direction, there was also a woman clad in a tight black leather suit, her figure curvaceous. She held a sniper rifle, aiming at Liu Yilin's room.
Little did she know, the person in that room was not Liu Yilin, but her sister, Liu Yixin.
Before long, the woman, through her sniper scope, saw a figure appear in the second-floor window. She assumed this figure was her target.
A barely perceptible smile flickered across the woman's face as her finger gently rested on the sniper rifle's trigger.
Just as she was about to pull the trigger.
Suddenly, she felt a bone-chilling sense of danger surge towards her. It made her instinctively stop her attack and immediately roll to the ground.
An arrow embedded itself three inches deep into the cement floor where she had just been. The arrow's fletching was still vibrating intensely.
Furthermore, there was a unique symbol on the white fletching.
Upon seeing the symbol on the fletching, the woman's delicate face instantly changed. An expression of disbelief appeared on her face.
"How could it be Overlord's Arrow!"
The woman hid behind an obstruction, her face ashen. She looked as if she had seen a ghost.
If she had known Overlord's Arrow was here, she wouldn't have taken this job even if she were beaten to death.
She had initially thought it would be an easy task, only to discover it was a death trap.
But it was too late for regrets. Just then, she sensed the threat of death again. She hurriedly used her sniper rifle to block.
*Clang!*
A spark flew in the darkness. Her sniper rifle was seen snapped into two pieces, the arrowhead stopping less than an inch from her forehead, terrifying her into a cold sweat.
"Feng Wu, if you want to die, take one more step forward and see if my arrow can hit you."
A voice drifted from the darkness into her ears.
"Show mercy, I didn't know someone from the King of Darkness was here. I will leave immediately and will not appear again."
Feng Wu stammered, her voice trembling.
"You think you can come and go as you please? Do you think this is a brothel?"
Ning Beichen snorted coldly, his voice like a sharp nail piercing her ears.
"King of Darkness, I meant no offense. You know, I am just a bounty hunter, working only for money. Since the King of Darkness is protecting her, I will abandon this mission." Feng Wu promised urgently.
"It's too late. You know the King of Darkness's rules. Either leave the person, or leave your life. You have no third option."
Ning Beichen's voice echoed in her ears again, and the arrow in his hand had already locked onto her. The previous two arrows were merely a warning.
Feng Wu also sensed that she was enveloped in an irresistible danger. She knew that if she did not choose according to the other party's demands, she would become a corpse in the next moment.
She did not doubt this, for it was the lesson learned from the lives of countless people who had crossed the King of Darkness.
"I choose to surrender."
Feng Wu was decisive, knowing that if she wanted to live, there was only one path.
"A wise man knows when to yield."
Ning Beichen's voice reached her ears.
Feng Wu conscientiously disarmed herself of all her weapons, placing them down one by one. Then, she stepped back several paces, away from the weapons, and raised her hands to signal her sincerity to Ning Beichen.
Before long, Ning Beichen, wearing a mask, appeared before Feng Wu.
Upon seeing Ning Beichen's mask, Feng Wu's legs went weak with fright.
"You... you are the King of Darkness!"
"You can consider me so, or not. But if you dare reveal my presence here, no matter how vast the world is, there will be no place for you to live."
Ning Beichen's hoarse voice warned her.
"Feng Wu dares not."
Feng Wu quickly replied.
Although her mission had failed tonight, she had never dreamed that she would actually meet the King of Darkness himself.
After all, countless people worldwide had longed to meet the King of Darkness and never had the chance.
Of course, this included many of the King of Darkness's enemies.
"Feng Wu, I can let you go, but I need you to do something for me."
Ning Beichen said to her.
"I agree."
Feng Wu agreed without even asking what it was. For her, there was no choice unless she wanted to die.
"Protect Liu Yilin until she is safe."
Ning Beichen told her, also giving her a deadline. It was not an indefinite period, and the conditions were quite lenient.
"Alright, I agree."
Feng Wu agreed without hesitation, as the condition was not harsh. She was already very fortunate to have fallen into the hands of the King of Darkness and survived.
"Do not inquire about anything, nor be curious about anything. Your only task is to protect Liu Yilin. Other matters are none of your concern."
After Ning Beichen finished speaking, he retreated back into the darkness.
People like Feng Wu were proud. Once she agreed, Ning Beichen was not worried about her reneging. Furthermore, no one had yet been born who could renege in front of him, Ning Yanwang.
Watching the King of Darkness leave, Feng Wu felt a mix of dejection and joy.
She was dejected because her mission had failed, but joyful because she had met the legendary King of Darkness.
In fact, this might not be a bad thing for her. To work for the King of Darkness was an honor. If she could become one of the King of Darkness's people, that would be even better.
After Ning Beichen left, Feng Wu immediately changed her objective.
After cleaning up the traces at the scene, she very efficiently purchased a house near Liu Yilin's residence by noon the next day, specifically for protecting Liu Yilin and monitoring enemies.