An impatient voice came from the second-floor platform.
Cao Wenliang hurriedly looked up and his body jolted when he saw Bai Fu.
He had never expected to be discovered, and from Bai Fu's words, it was clear she had known he would come.
How was that possible?
Apart from passing by Bai Fu this morning, he hadn't even stared at her in front of her.
Is there really someone in the world who suspects others of harboring ill intentions just from being stared at in a crowd and immediately prepares for it?
Damn, that's twisted!
Just as Cao Wenliang's expression was changing, Bai Fu spoke again, "I guess your next words are—I don't know how you knew I would come."
"How did you know I..."
Cao Wenliang's words were cut off as he quickly shut his mouth.
"Are you suspecting now that I can read minds?" Bai Fu laughed, "Rest assured, I certainly don't have such a superpower."
Cao Wenliang immediately drew his gun, aiming at Bai Fu and barked, "Less nonsense."
Bai Fu was fearless, "Aren't you curious at all why I knew you would come to find me and still came here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"
Cao Wenliang's pupils shrank.
He quickly lifted his gun and looked around, "Come out, whoever is hiding there, come out now!"
As time passed, Cao Wenliang gradually realized something was off.
If there really were people ambushing nearby, why would Bai Fu expose them for no reason?
He hurriedly looked up again, and sure enough, Bai Fu, who had been on the second-floor platform, had disappeared.
"Damn it, how dare she play me, she's dead!"
Driven by rage, Cao Wenliang raced towards the staircase with his gun.
He was swift, storming up in a few quick strides, only to see ruins.
"You can't have gone far in such a short time, come out quietly, and I might let you suffer less. Otherwise, once I catch you, I'll make you wish you were dead, a real living hell!"
"So you like playing a game of cat and mouse with me? Then I'll indulge you to the fullest. We're far from the Wildfire Gang, don't expect anyone to come save you!"
Perhaps thinking he would soon capture Bai Fu, Cao Wenliang became extremely agitated, his breathing growing rapid.
He moved through the ruins, occasionally laughing haughtily and uttering threats.
"Do you know what it feels like to have your fingernails pulled out one by one?"
"Your fingers look pretty; I'm going to break them segment by segment."
While he was searching, Bai Fu, hidden in the shadows, was silently counting.
1000 minus 7 equals, no, not that, but—
"28, 29, 30, alright, time's up."
Feeling it was about the right time, Bai Fu stood up and threw a [Spiritual Vision] at Cao Wenliang's back.
Skill assessment successful, Cao Wenliang's attribute panel popped up.
[Name]: Cao Wenliang (Elite) (Fatigued) (Light Injury)
[Life Value]: 124/130
[Attributes]: Power 14 (-4), Agility 7 (-2), Constitution 10, Intelligence 3, Spirit 3, Inspiration 4
Seeing the data, Bai Fu smiled.
She knew very well that with her extreme allocation of points, it would be hard for Cao Wenliang to kill her and vice versa.
Who made Cao Wenliang's agility as high as 7 points, while her agility was a pitiful 3 points?
If Cao Wenliang were to shamelessly use his ace skill [You Give Way] to flee during a fight, she really wouldn't have any way to stop him.
But now the situation was different.
When she first met Cao Wenliang, she had used a combo of [Multiplicative Enhancement (Inferior)] and [Power Surge (Inferior)] on him.
After that, she successfully used her verbosity to delay until the first Power Surge buff on Cao Wenliang disappeared and immediately applied a second set of skills.
Considering the 10% enhancement from the [Low-Level Spiritual Energy Specialization] skill on active skill effects, these combinations had directly reduced Cao Wenliang's stamina by 44%, manifested on the attribute panel as decreased power and agility, leaving Cao Wenliang with only 5 agility points now.
5 points of agility was still higher than her mere 3 points.
But it didn't matter, Bai Fu had one more trick up her sleeve.
After attacking a player's stronghold, she had gained 3000 experience points through Camp Tasks, enough to upgrade her [Unemployed] profession to Lv5.
[[Unemployed] elevated to Lv4, Power +1, Constitution +1, attribute points +1]
[[Unemployed] elevated to Lv5, Power +1, Constitution +1, attribute points +1]
The two notifications sounded one after another.
Bai Fu did not hesitate and used the extra two attribute points all on agility, making her attributes—
[Power 7, Agility 5, Constitution 24, Intelligence 3, Spirit 11, Inspiration 11]
"Spiritual Ability Value only left 5 points, but that's totally enough."
It was notable that she also had a profession-specific skill that could consume 20 life points to restore 5 Spiritual Ability points.
Now, it was time for a reversal in their game of cat and mouse!
A gleam flashed in Bai Fu's eyes.
Cao Wenliang turned around abruptly, and after a moment of shock, a fierce smile appeared on his face, "So, you realized you couldn't hide and stopped trying? But it's too late!"
He laughed loudly as he walked towards Bai Fu.
Bai Fu stretched comfortably with a smile, asking, "I was waiting for your power enhancement effect to wear off. What are you waiting for?"
Power enhancement effect?
Cao Wenliang was momentarily stunned by Bai Fu's words.