Even hybrid monsters have their day

"what is this?"

Geng Miaowan and Huangfu Aoxuan both moved closer to Xu Ruwen. On the ground in front of him, next to an overturned trash can, was a piece of silver metal, shiny and exquisite, which did not look like ordinary trash.

He carefully pulled aside the trash, picked up the thing, looked at it, and handed it to Geng Miaowan and Huangfu Aoxuan.

The object was made of an indistinguishable metal, barely larger than a coin, and shaped like a bullet, but with one side flat and featuring a peculiar device. On its front were several characters they couldn't understand.

Several people felt that this should be some kind of symbol, or even a badge.

"Could it be that those people from last night accidentally fell down?" Xu Ruwen wondered.

Geng Miaowan thought back to when that person kicked her away last night, and her fingers seemed to have grabbed something, but she wasn't sure if the thing in front of her was something she had grabbed from that person.

As she was thinking, a sudden tremor ran through the air, and several figures appeared before them. Before the three of them could even look up in surprise, the three figures attacked them.

Xu Ruwen: "Damn it, that bastard Qiu Pi, he was pretending to be a good guy, but he was exposed so quickly."

Neither Geng Miaowan nor Huangfu Aoxuan spoke, because they didn't know why Qiu Pi would suddenly send his bodyguards to attack them. However, all three reacted quickly. After a brief moment of stunned silence, they swiftly retreated a few steps, dodging the first wave of attacks, and then began to counterattack.

The limitations of this space weren't obvious; at least Geng Miaowan was still at roughly the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. Even so, she was still at a disadvantage when fighting the person who attacked her. She was forced to retreat steadily, never expecting this person to be so skilled in martial arts. Although he lacked spiritual power, his fist and foot techniques were so advanced. Even if she imbued her fists with spiritual power, she was no match for him.

Huangfu Aoxuan and Xu Ruwen were in a better situation than her. Although they were not in a state of defeat, they did not have time to lend her a hand.

At that moment, the bodyguard suddenly changed the style of his punch, using a feint to expose Geng Miaowan's weakness. He pulled back, grabbed her hand, and dragged her to the ground, throwing her down.

That was incredibly hard. The fall was so severe it felt like Geng Miaowan's internal organs were being reversed. The bodyguard didn't hesitate for a moment, about to deliver another kick, when he was suddenly stopped by a voice.

"stop!"

The three bodyguards stopped moving at the same time.

"How did you end up here?" Qiu Pi asked, looking quite surprised.

Xu Ruwen spat to the side, "Stop pretending here."

As he spoke, he walked towards Geng Miaowan and helped her up.

Qiu Pi's bodyguards were all robots, and robots only obey their masters' orders. Without Qiu Pi's instructions, how could these robots fight them?

Huangfu Aoxuan also walked up to them, a hint of wariness in his eyes as he looked at Qiu Pi. He spoke in his mind, "If he makes any moves later, you take the girl and leave first. Let me hold them off."

Xu Ruwen: "With your skills, who can you stop? I'd be better off with you."

Huangfu Aoxuan: "You little fox, I could crush you with the flick of a finger."

Xu Ruwen: "Why don't you make one for me to see?"

Huangfu Aoxuan: "Wait until my cultivation is restored."

Geng Miaowan: "..."

Qiu Pi took a few steps closer to them, and Huangfu Aoxuan and Xu Ruwen pulled Geng Miaowan back a few steps. Seeing this, he put on that harmless smile again, "I think there must be some misunderstanding."

"Hypocritical!" Xu Ruwen said without giving any face.

"If I find someone to stab you in the back, and then tell you it's all a misunderstanding, would you be willing?" Huangfu Aoxuan's face still held a faint smile, but his eyes were icy cold.

Geng Miaowan said nothing, but simply stood there, supporting herself with her elbow.

By this time, the bodyguards were standing beside him. He turned his head slightly, and one of the bodyguards whispered a few words in his ear. Something flashed in his eyes behind his glasses. When he looked at Geng Miaowan and the others again, his eyes remained calm and unchanged. He stared at Geng Miaowan's hand and said, "You have the Silver Alliance badge?"

"The Silver Intelligence Badge?" Geng Miaowan thought for a moment, puzzled, then raised her hand and opened her palm. "Is this what you mean?"

In her palm lay a metal object resembling a bullet; she hadn't had time to put it away in the sudden turn of events. It was the only thing she possessed that could be considered a badge.

Qiu Pi glanced at it and immediately said, "That's it!" He walked towards her, "How did you get this?"

“We just picked it up from the ground,” Geng Miaowan said. As he reached out to take the badge, he pulled his hand back, and the badge returned to her hand.

Qiu Pi's outstretched hand froze in mid-air, he paused slightly awkwardly, then withdrew it, smiling as if completely oblivious to her distrust. "That explains it. I received a tip today that members of the Silver Alliance were planning to cause trouble here, so I sent them. My orders to them were to attack anyone with a Silver Alliance badge, which is why they accidentally hit you."

After saying that, he looked at Geng Miaowan apologetically, "Are you alright? I'm sorry, I apologize to you on their behalf."

His attitude was very sincere, and his tone was full of honesty. The sunlight shone down, and the umbrella above his head cast a shadow on his face, making the expression in his eyes behind his glasses inscrutable.

"I do not……"

"You're injured and you still say you're fine!" Xu Ruwen clearly disliked her aversion to offending people. Geng Miaowan was about to say two words when he interrupted her in an unfriendly tone, pulling her hand. Her scraped elbow made her cry out in pain. A few drops of blood seeped out between her fingers.

Qiu Pi then noticed the injury on her elbow, the bright red color seeping from her fair fingers. Against the backdrop of snow-white skin, it appeared even more vivid, like a flower blooming with the most beautiful color in the world.

He took a deep breath and looked at her in surprise. "You're injured?"

Geng Miaowan let go of her hand, looked down, and said, "It's nothing, I just scraped myself when I fell, it's just a minor injury." A few drops of blood seeped out with her movement, round like pearls, slowly swelling before dripping.

She felt a little strange; the wound hadn't healed on its own. Could this be due to spatial limitations again? She thought it was unlikely, but she couldn't find any other explanation.

Suddenly, Qiu Pi grabbed her injured arm with one hand. His movement was so swift that even though Xu Ruwen and Huangfu Aoxuan were on high alert, they couldn't stop him before he could act. They only sensed his movement, and then Geng Miaowan's arm was already in his grasp. (To be continued.)