Mingyue had a past grievance with the Seven Fiends, having once burned down their headquarters in displeasure with their actions.
At that time, however, the Male and Female Fiends had accepted a contract and were not at headquarters, so they didn't recognize her.
Therefore, they didn't know that Mingyue was the one widely spoken of within the Seven Fiends, the person who absolutely could not be provoked.
Otherwise, even if they were scared to death, they wouldn't have dared to lay a hand on Mingyue.
When Mingyue saw the Seven Fiends' insignia, she assumed they were coming for her and didn't want to involve innocent people.
Unable to explain to Ji Shiyou, she decisively pressed his sleeping points.
Then, she leaped directly out the window, searching for the Seven Fiends' hiding place around the hospital.
She happened to find them in a dark alley and discovered the Male and Female Fiends. Mingyue naturally couldn't let them escape.
The hospital was bustling with people, but this dark alley was deserted. It was the perfect place to deal with the two of them and avoid harming innocents.
Although their concealment techniques were skillful, in Mingyue's eyes, they were child's play.
She could sense their life force; no matter how well they hid, they were completely exposed to Mingyue.
So, Mingyue kicked them back into the alley, one after another.
"Just for using such venomous hidden weapons, you deserve to die."
The hidden weapons the Male and Female Fiends launched at Mingyue were their unique ones, called Cross Nails, also known as Scattering Darts.
They were a type of hidden weapon greatly favored by Japanese ninjas, but the Male and Female Fiends' Cross Nails were different.
They had poisoned them, and this poison was called Seven-Day Soul Dissipation, which was extremely insidious.
As long as the Cross Nails broke the skin, Seven-Day Soul Dissipation would spread throughout the body with the blood. The injured would suffer from festering sores all over their body, their internal organs turning into pus and blood, as if being gnawed by ten thousand ants, and they would die in agony after seven days.
The moment the Male and Female Fiends unleashed their hidden weapons, Mingyue recognized Seven-Day Soul Dissipation, this insidious poison.
Her face turned frosty. She looked at the hundreds of Cross Nails flying towards her, not dodging or blocking.
She cupped her hands in front of her, palms facing each other. A stream of energy emerged between her palms.
She abruptly pushed out that stream of energy, and the Cross Nails that were flying at her immediately turned around like leaves in a gale and flew back towards the Male and Female Fiends, whistling loudly, their power a hundred times greater than before.
Their speed was like shooting stars and lightning, instantly reaching the Male and Female Fiends.
The two had just fired their Cross Nails and were rising to dodge, but it was too late.
The Male Fiend's eyes emanated a sinister glare. He reached out and pulled the Female Fiend in front of him as a shield.
The sound of 'pfft, pfft, pfft' echoed as all the Cross Nails aimed at him struck the Female Fiend.
Because they carried the force of the energy stream, they were all embedded deep within her body.
The Female Fiend's body showed no sign of the Cross Nails, but blood spurted out like a fountain.
Judging by the amount of blood gushing out, she must have been hit by over a hundred Cross Nails.
She widened her eyes, unable to believe that her husband would use her as a human shield.
However, she didn't even have time to turn her head before she was dead.
The Male Fiend, not wanting to stop halfway, shoved the Female Fiend's corpse fiercely towards Mingyue and fled.
"Truly a beast, trading his wife's life for his own. Today, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth and will never let you go."
The Male Fiend's actions completely enraged Mingyue. She pushed aside the Female Fiend's corpse and pursued him relentlessly.
Because of the delay, the Male Fiend's stealth skills were extremely high. Mingyue chased him for two hours,
traversing more than half of the Imperial Capital, before cornering him at a construction site and killing him with a single palm strike.
The Male and Female Fiends had intended to secretly achieve a merit, but before they could even meet the main target, they both met their end at Mingyue's hands, dying before their mission could succeed.
"Zhecheng, I've killed two people from the Seven Fiends in the Imperial Capital. Handle it, and I'll send you the address later."
Kicking the Male Fiend's contorted corpse on the ground, Mingyue took out her phone and dialed a number.
"Miss! You're in the Imperial Capital? Why didn't you inform your subordinate, so I could fulfill my duties as a host.
Don't worry, I will certainly handle what you've assigned.
The Seven Fiends truly have no eyes to dare provoke you. Shall I send some people..."
The voice on the other end, belonging to a young man named Zhecheng, was filled with respect.
Knowing Mingyue was in the Imperial Capital, his voice held surprise, though he seemed a bit chatty.
Mingyue hung up before he could finish, as she suddenly remembered Ji Shiyou was still soaking in the bathtub.
She had never taken the Seven Fiends seriously, thinking she would resolve them quickly.
Who knew that due to the Male Fiend's cunning and heartlessness, it dragged on for nearly two hours.
The Imperial Capital was in the north, and it was early winter. The weather had already turned cold.
However, the heating season had not yet begun, making it the most difficult time for northern cities.
Ji Shiyou had been in the bathtub for so long; the hot water had long since turned into ice water. She wondered if he would catch a cold.
Thinking of him, even rushing back at the fastest speed would take an hour.
Mingyue wanted to call Junhui to get Ji Shiyou out of the bathtub, but she didn't have his contact information.
She could only comfort herself, telling herself that Ji Shiyou had a strong constitution and should be fine.
"Big guy, why haven't the Seven Fiends shown up yet?"
In the monitoring room of Ji's Hospital, Junhui yawned. He was getting sleepy waiting.
From the initial state of high alert, after waiting for three hours, he was now half-reclining in his chair, with his legs crossed.
They hadn't seen hide nor hair of the Seven Fiends. On the surveillance screens, the brothers of Jiuyou had also started slacking off.
The brother sitting in a wheelchair with a cast was already walking around briskly.
And the older brother playing the doctor had removed his hat and mask, casually squatting on the ground and smoking.
"How would I know? Should we ask the boss for instructions?
It's strange, I notified the boss as soon as the Seven Fiends' skull symbol appeared.
He still hasn't replied.
As expected of the boss, he's so composed. The Seven Fiends haven't shown up yet, and he's not worried."
Zhenlu maintained a vigilant posture, never sitting down, his gaze fixed on the surveillance screens.
He replied to Junhui without turning his head, but his words still carried admiration for Ji Shiyou.
"Big guy, I'll tell you a secret, your admired boss isn't capable!"
Junhui suddenly stood up upon hearing Zhenlu's words, put his arm around Zhenlu's shoulder, and whispered with a mischievous smile.
"You sly fox, my boss isn't capable? He can take on ten of you."
Zhenlu completely ignored him. His boss wasn't capable? What a huge joke!
"Hey, I'm not talking about combat ability, I'm talking about the other aspect.
You don't know, earlier upstairs, I was eavesdropping.
He was begging for mercy for an hour with the sister-in-law, crying and wailing. Too pathetic.
You have to say, heaven is fair. Although I can't beat him,
in this regard, three hours is just a warm-up. I'm streets ahead of him."
Junhui puffed out his chest proudly. Having been suppressed by Ji Shiyou since he was little, he finally felt a sense of triumph.
"Crying and wailing? Begging for mercy? Then the boss must have had a terrible time?"
The young madam is so fierce, the boss must have suffered. Zhenlu felt a bit of sympathy for Ji Shiyou.
"That's why he hasn't replied to your message. Right now, he's being bullied and tormented by Mingyue.
He has no chance to bother with you. Hahaha!"
Junhui was still imagining Ji Shiyou in a pitiful state, kneeling before Mingyue and begging, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"You're lying. Madam wasn't upstairs at all. Look."
At this moment, Zhenlu suddenly saw Mingyue on the surveillance screen, entering from outside and rushing upstairs.
"When did she go out?"
Junhui was utterly bewildered.