The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 179

Felix was rather taken aback to hear the man's claims, but that was just about it. After all, Xena couldn't have conjured all her fighting skills out of thin air. She had to have had a mentor or at least a sect from where she trained and learned them.

Felix figured the man had to be telling at least 80% of the truth. Xena's status now was anything but ordinary. None of the sects would ever dare to crack a joke in her name like this unless they were from an extremely powerful one. The repercussions could be terrible if anyone else found out.

Thinking that Felix must be shocked, the middle-aged man turned cocky and said, "Now that you're scared, you'd better hand over that snakefruit to me. It will only be a waste for you to take it away."

Felix shook his head. "I'm not giving you the snakefruit, ever. It's still the same thing for me. I'm not in the mood for bloodshed today, so leave now."

The next second, the man suddenly released his aura into the air. It was so powerful that the earth began to shake.

"You brat! Since you don't know what's good for you, let me teach you a good lesson today!

His voice dripped with murderous intent. Of course, Felix didn't back down anymore either. After a few exchanges, the man's lifeless form lay unmoving on the ground.

Felix didn't leave after killing the man. Instead, he turned toward the woods in the back and said, "Done watching? Are you going to come out, or do I have to come and get you myself?"

A few seconds later, an old man came out, coughing non-stop. "Ah, I'm just a passer-by. I saw nothing!"

Felix's expression was calm. He said, "You're from the Inferno Clan, aren't you? I'm only asking you to reveal yourself. If I had wanted to kill you, you'd have been dead a long time ago!

"Go back and tell your upper management to stop meddling with me. Otherwise, I'll find time to destroy all of you!"

With that, Felix left. The old man's back was dripping with cold sweat. His eyes were also brimming with fear.

"T-This... This is way too different from what the database told us! Can even a five-star assassin kill someone like him? Would a human assassin even be able to get the the first place? Isn't he going to be our biggest problem now?" done in

The old man had been shadowing Felix for a while, waiting for the right time to strike. He

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never expected to follow Felix to this abandoned hill and witness him killing that man from earlier. The old man would have struck instead if it hadn't been for that middle-aged man's interference.

Now, the old man was just thankful to be alive.

After all, that middle-aged man from earlier was already powerful enough to give him a hiding, let alone Felix, who had easily killed that very same man in just a few seconds. The thought of it alone was simply horrifying. On the other side of things, at the Phoenix Legion's base, Belle entered Xena's office with a conflicted expression.

"Milady, Santhor's autopsy report is out," Belle reported.

Normally, high-profile wanted criminals like Santhor would be sent straight to the headquarters, whether they were captured dead or alive, without an autopsy. But this time, it was different.

Xena had personally given the orders to perform an autopsy on Santhor's corpse. This was something Belle just couldn't wrap her head around. 1

Xena took the report from Belle and went through it seriously for a while. She then frowned and asked, "Was there nothing out of the ordinary with him?"

According to the report, there was nothing wrong with Santhor's body. This made Xena feel even more suspicious. She was so consumed in her thoughts that she never even realized that Belle was chewing on her lower lip. "Yes, milady. There was actually something weird..." Belle said hesitantly.

What? Xena looked up and asked, "Then, why was it not documented in the autopsy report?

"I

Belle retrieved a silver needle and said, "A silver needle was discovered in Santhor's body.

It was about an inch under his right armpit. There aren't any reasons as to why the needle

would be there.

"The discovery wasn't included in the report because I was worried the headquarters would ask about it once they saw it in the system."

A silver needle?

Xena got up and walked over, taking the needle from Belle and scrutinizing it carefully.