Thinking it must be his food delivery, Lu Zixun hopped off the couch and jogged towards the door.
As he opened the door, a cold glint appeared before his eyes.
It was still too young for someone to play reaction games with a cat.
Lu Zixun’s pupils shrank, and he tilted his head, dodging the dagger that radiated a bone-chilling killing intent.
At the same time, he leaped up and kicked out.
He sent his attacker flying, crashing harshly into the wall.
The sound alerted Xiong Kang. Though he was not yet there, the Mother and Child Dual Swords arrived first, circling at Lu Zixun’s sides and protecting him.
As Lu Zixun approached the assassin intending to speak, he discovered the assassin had already taken poison and committed suicide.
Feeling the assassin’s aura and detecting no traces of Spiritual Energy Fluctuation, Lu Zixun frowned.
Who exactly was lurking in the shadows, sending these ordinary assassins after him?
At that moment, Xiong Kang, wrapped in a bath towel, rushed out.
Seeing the red mark on Xiong Kang’s chest, Lu Zixun sourly said, "You might love the opposite sex, but you have no humanity. I feel utterly desolate as a cat."
Feeling quite awkward, Xiong Kang lightly coughed and diverted the topic by looking at the assassin’s body, "What happened here?"
"Just an ordinary assassin, though quite quick in action."
Lu Zixun responded lightly, "If his employer doesn’t understand my strength, then all is excusable, but if they do..."
"These arriving assassins are probably just cannon fodder, merely sent to test me while lowering my vigilance."
"The elite squad of STO is already rushing over here. At the same time, Elder Zeng is investigating who dares to do this."
A troubled Xiong Kang, with an icy voice, said, "When we find out, no matter who it is, I’ll lock him up in the STO."
Originally a pleasant outing, repeatedly disturbed, anyone would lose their temper, especially Xiong Kang.
Now extremely furious because of the disturbance right at his doorstep.
"You should go back now."
Looking at Xiong Kang’s present state, Lu Zixun, suppressing the amusement inside, calmly said, "I’ll handle it here."
He pulled out the cellphone given to him by the ticket inspector earlier, dialed a random number, and made a call.
Upon receiving multiple reminders from Shadow Kill, whose phone rang, it was answered instantly, "Lord Cat, what can I do for you?"
Lu Zixun stretched a paw and sharpened it against the wall.
Continuing, he said, "I’m at your hotel. An assassin just tried to stab me at my door. Could you check it out?"
Hearing this, Shadow Kill’s eyes flashed with killing intent.
After stating his acknowledgment, his entire body vanished into the darkness and disappeared.
Within two seconds, Lu Zixun sensed a surge of Spiritual Energy Fluctuation.
His gaze shifted to the hotel’s corridor, where a rather handsome young man in black appeared.
"Lord Cat, I am Shadow Kill."
Identifying himself proactively, Shadow Kill walked over to examine the corpse, his eyes revealing a hint of shock.
The man did die from poisoning, but even without the poison, he wouldn’t have lived long.
A tremendous force had shattered his sternum, and even the best hospital could not have saved him.
Having searched but found nothing, Shadow Kill looked at the dagger on the floor, pondered for a moment, and tore open the assassin’s clothes.
Lu Zixun, who half-expected Shadow Kill to have some peculiar hobby, instinctively stepped back, about to say something.
That’s when he saw a trident burning with flames tattooed on the assassin’s chest, which looked quite striking.
"Lord Cat, this is Deceit, a well-known assassin organization."
Seeing the unique tattoo, Shadow Kill reported to Lu Zixun.
"Can you locate the headquarters of this organization?"
After this question was asked,
the LED on the elevator next to them suddenly lit up, indicating someone was coming up from the first floor.
"There’s no way to locate it."
Shaking his head, Shadow Kill explained, "This organization’s movements are unpredictable, and the entry barrier for the assassins is extremely high. We’ve tried infiltrating it with our own people to uncover some information but failed."
No sooner had Lu Zixun heard half of it than he knew the outcome, showing no color of disappointment; he shook his head and said, "Deceit Organization’s assassins can enter your hotel at will; be more vigilant."
His words carried a hint of mild dissatisfaction.
Upon hearing this, Shadow Kill’s eyes filled with solemnity as he earnestly said, "Lord Cat, this was just an accident. From now on, we will guard strictly and ensure that these rats cannot come within two hundred meters of Lord Cat."
The elevator doors opened, and a chef came out pushing a dining cart, glancing at the body of the assassin as if he didn’t see anything.
With a composed face, he pushed the dining cart up to Lu Zixun.
"Lord Cat, your meal is ready. I hope you enjoy your dining."
Just as the chef was about to set down the cart and leave, Shadow Kill stopped him with a puzzled look in his eyes, "What’s your name, I don’t seem to have seen you before."
"Shadow Kill, of course you do not recognize me, I’ve just started working here last week."
Before he finished speaking, Shadow Kill’s hand flashed with a black Spiritual Energy Dagger and thrust fiercely at the chef.
A Tang Blade appeared in the chef’s hand, blocking Shadow Kill’s dagger.
With significant annoyance, the chef said, "I forgot, in this identity, I should not know you, Shadow Kill."
In the midst of talking, Shadow Kill was relentless, kicking the chef to the ground.
At the same time, the dagger slid towards the chef’s neck aiming for a lethal strike.
The chef, unruffled, leaned towards the ground, dodged the dagger, and stood up from the floor with a carp’s flip, ripping off his human skin mask.
With a smile on his lips, he bowed to Lu Zixun, "I am Ming Ju from the Deceit God Temple, the Fourth Deceit—I came today to request Lord Cat’s demise."
"Ding—Detecting a Killing Intent Value of 12000 from Ming Ju."
You think your half-step S-class strength can kill me?
Lu Zixun’s eyebrows raised, finding the man somewhat comical.
Simultaneously, Lu Zixun’s perked ears picked up a strange sound.
Looking in the direction of the sound, he noticed it was coming from the dining cart.
Ming Ju took a remote control from his hand, smiled slightly, and said to Lu Zixun, "Goodbye, Lord Cat."
The instant Ming Ju pressed the remote control, Lu Zixun raised his paw, and spiritual energy surged out, completely freezing the dining cart.
"Indeed, Lord Cat, your mastery of the Ice Spiritual Ability is impeccable."
Ming Ju blocked Shadow Kill’s attack with his foot, and his hand viciously smashed a smoke bomb onto the floor.
Ming Ju’s cold voice emerged from the smoke, "But you should never have impersonated the Swallowing Sky Cat Demon!"
A question mark appeared above his head; Lu Zixun thought, I really am the Swallowing Sky Cat Demon, aren’t I?