nderstand why I acted like this This shop assistant and his brother clearly don't respect our Huang family!"Huang Tianxiang saw Huang Haitian’s gloomy expression after listening to the security person...Chapter 613: Absorbing Yang Qi

When these black-clad ninjas were circling the courtyard, ghost soldiers and generals descended behind them, blocking their way.

The faces of these black-clad ninjas all showed horror; the leader was especially shocked. Seeing that no matter how they ran, they couldn't reach Xiao Yu's villa, he realized something was amiss.

The leading black-clad figure was Yokouchi Jiro. When the young man returned last night and told him about this situation, he didn't believe it, thinking the youth was making excuses for his failure. It wasn't until now that he understood the truth.

These people were all ninjas, especially Yokouchi Jiro, a renowned swordsmanship expert from Japan. However, he was equally confused by this bizarre scene.

"Retreat!" Seeing they couldn't approach Xiao Yu's villa no matter how they ran, Yokouchi Jiro gestured to the people behind him and whispered urgently.

The people behind Yokouchi Jiro immediately stopped their advance at his command and turned around to run back in the direction from which they came. After all, there were ropes hanging on the wall that made it easier for them to escape compared to other places.

But just as they started running, they abruptly halted with faces full of fear looking forward.

In front of the courtyard wall through which they had entered stood several headless ancient soldiers clad in armor, their heads held up by their hands.

"Ghosts...!" These black-clad ninjas let out a terrifying scream upon seeing this scene.

Although they were all ninjas, none of them had experienced such an occurrence. Not only did the ninjas look terrified; Yokouchi Jiro's face also showed fear. At that moment, he truly believed what the young man said last night.

The ghost soldiers and generals let out a series of eerie laughter upon seeing these people's expressions before slowly advancing toward them step by step, while the ninjas retreated step by step in response.

"Huff... huff..." These ninjas, who were retreating, suddenly heard a series of rapid breathing coming from behind them. This caused their retreat to abruptly stop as they slowly turned around to look behind them.

"Ah..." They screamed in terror and scrambled toward the side, only to find that when they turned around, there was a tall man with a bearded face standing less than an arm's length away from them, grinning foolishly at them.

If it were just this, they wouldn't have been so frightened. After all, unlike the ghosts in front of them, who carried their heads under their arms, this person seemed normal enough. However, what terrified them was that while his upper body appeared normal and stood right before them, his lower half was about a meter away.

"Gagh... gagh..." Seeing these ninjas scrambling, the ghosts let out eerie laughter.

When they saw the ninjas running towards the side wall of the courtyard, the ghosts' initially mocking faces turned猙獰。

The ghosts had encountered many ninjas dressed like this among the倭寇 during their battles against them. Additionally, these ninjas had once ambushed their military camp and caused heavy casualties, with many brothers killed by the倭寇. Therefore, seeing these ninjas now filled them with rage.

Seeing the ninjas running towards the side wall, the ghost soldiers roared and pounced forward.

"Ah... ah..." The ninjas immediately let out piercing screams of agony as the ghosts surrounded them and bit and clawed at their bodies.

Every time a ghost bit down, a white mist would emerge from its body and be inhaled by another ghost soldier.

The ninjas drew their katana and swung wildly at the ghosts. However, their blades had no effect whatsoever; when they struck the ghosts, it was like cutting through air.

Soon, the ninjas' screams grew weaker as the strength in their arms wielding the katana gradually waned.

"Clang... clang..." After a while, the ninjas seemed to lose even the strength to hold their swords; they dropped onto the ground with a series of sharp sounds.

The ninjas lay on the ground, panting with猙獰可怕的神色, but they didn't have the strength to move or even scream. In just a short moment, these ninjas fell silent and fainted.

If it weren't for their chests occasionally rising and falling, these people would be indistinguishable from dead bodies.

Xiao Yu stood at the second-floor window, watching everything. He saw clearly how the ghost soldiers were absorbing the vital yang energy from these ninjas, but he made no attempt to stop them.

He didn't have any good feelings towards these Japanese ninjas. If they had simply been buying things normally, Xiao Yu wouldn't have reacted so strongly; even without liking them, he wouldn't have done anything to harm them. But now these Japanese people were raiding civilian homes at midnight, and moreover, all of them were ninjas.

These weren't ordinary people. That Yokoya Jiro would be considered a newly entered dark inner force expert back home, while his subordinates would be equivalent to those just entering the bright inner force stage. Such individuals coming to Xiao Yu's house at midnight—if he were an ordinary person, one could only imagine the consequences.

Thus, standing behind the second-floor window, Xiao Yu watched as the ghost soldiers absorbed the vital yang energy from these ninjas without any intention of stopping them.

When Xiao Yu saw that one ninja had fainted, he muttered a few sentences. An invisible wave then surged towards those ghosts.

As this invisible wave passed by the ghosts, they abruptly stopped absorbing the vital yang energy and glanced in Xiao Yu's direction. One by one, they turned into black smoke and vanished from the villa yard.

Xiao Yu didn't bother with these ninjas fainting; he simply turned around and sat down to meditate.

Two hours later, Yokoya Jiro, lying in Xiao Yu's yard, moved slightly and then sat up. After sitting up, he shook his dazed head, looking around in confusion. When he saw the villa ahead, he suddenly froze for a moment before looking around with fear written all over his face.

After confirming there was nothing around him, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Seeing the ninjas lying motionless around him, he was startled and reached out to check their noses; feeling that they were still breathing, he sighed with lingering fear.

Silverlight shook these ninjas, but they remained motionless. Frustrated, he pinched their philtrums.

Moments later, the ninjas slowly regained consciousness and cautiously looked around. Only after seeing nothing other than their leader did they finally relax.

When trying to stand up, these ninjas felt weak in all four limbs, unable to keep balance. After managing to steady themselves, they looked towards the villa ahead. The sight of the distant mansion caused fear in their eyes; last night’s events were still vividly etched in their minds.

Therefore, none dared stay any longer and staggered towards the courtyard wall. Fortunately, these ninjas had tools on them that allowed them to climb over the wall despite their weakness.

After these ninjas left Xiao Yu’s residence, Xiao Yu, who was meditating, opened his tightly closed eyes but quickly shut them again.

The ninjas’ bodies were depleted of more than half of their Vital Yang Qi by those ghosts. Even if they were let go, it would be very difficult for these ninjas to recover their physical strength because the Vital Yang Qi wasn’t something that could be replenished just by taking supplements or medicines.

Vital Yang Qi is often referred to as vitality or a person’s lifespan in layman's terms. Without special cultivation methods or extraordinary natural resources, their fate was mostly sealed.

Currently, half of the Vital Yang Qi had been sucked away from them; that means half of their vitality had been drained or their lifespans reduced by half. If they would have lived another thirty years before, now they could only live ten to fifteen more years at most, and their bodies would become extremely frail.

The following days passed as Xiao Yu’s life continued its usual tranquil pace. That night's events didn’t affect him in any way, while the old man and Hozumi Shiro seemed to have vanished without a trace.

Actually, it wasn't that they didn’t want to appear again; after returning to their hotel, their bodies were extremely weak. Not only did they feel powerless with sore limbs but even those who had never fallen ill in years now caught colds and fevers.

The deep sea area was already quite warm, but the nights could still be chilly, and the humidity was heavy. After their Vital Yang Qi was sucked away that night, these ninjas were left extremely weak. Moreover, they had lain outside half a night; if it weren’t for losing Vital Yang Qi, their bodies might not have been affected, but now in such a state, they couldn't resist any illness.

Hozumi Shiro and his subordinates spent several days in the hospital recovering from colds and fevers. However, during their stay, they caught coughs from other patients. Seeing this situation, Hozumi Shiro decided to return to Japan since its medical conditions and technology were better.wanted doctors to treat any kind of injury, not just illnesses, without fearing retaliation.With these thoughts in mind, Xiao Yu didn't say a word and took the challenge letter before closing his door...