The moment Achie's eyes stopped on the table, Li became alert.
She got out from under the bed without hesitation, rushed to the door, bit the doorknob, opened the door, and ran out of the room quietly.
Less than five steps away from her, there were two guards standing guard.
It's just that their eyes were all fixed on the aisle, and they didn't notice the fox demon sneaking out from behind.
Li jumped back and forth from the floor to the beam. At this moment, the sound of a sharp blade piercing the air came from the room.
She lay at the top of the aisle, holding her breath, completely merging with the shadows.
After a while, Achie walked out of the house and said, "Take me to the manager, someone invaded my room!"
His shout alerted all the patrolling guards on the third floor, and for a while people were coming and going under Li's body, blocking the corridor tightly.
This method is effective for ordinary thieves, but it is meaningless for Li.
Obviously they lack experience in dealing with Eastern monsters - half-beasts cannot transform, but monsters can. For any "small species" that can give full play to its own advantages, the entire roof is an open space for its unobstructed movement, not to mention the intelligence. The superior fox demon.
What she really needs to be wary of is the Qi Senser in the room.
After waiting for a while, the man still didn't come out of the house.
Seeing that the situation below was gradually stabilizing, Li was relieved. She stood up and started crawling along the shadow of the rafters. The auction hall is on the first floor, so she only needs to return from the corridor entrance along the same route.
The stairs were the most easily exposed place, because the floor here was the upper staircase, leaving her with no place to hide, so she had to run to the end in one breath.
Li squatted at the entrance of the corridor for a long time, found an opportunity where no one was around, and jumped down.
The moment his feet left the beam, the surrounding atmosphere suddenly changed, as if a stone had been thrown into the calm lake water -
Before Li could even think about what that meant, his head hit an invisible wall!
Waves of light spread out in all directions, and she fell heavily to the ground, her mind buzzing.
Just now... what happened
She climbed up unsteadily and found that she did not jump into the corridor as expected, but fell next to the first staircase.
Li tentatively stretched out her claws forward, and found that she could no longer cross the stairs even half a step - an invisible barrier was placed in front of her, and its length and width basically occupied all the space in the corridor!
To make matters worse, there were footsteps behind her.
Li could only endure his dizziness, climbed up the roof beam again, and continued towards the other corridor.
This time, however, her method of concealment didn't seem to work.
No matter which side of the road she takes, there will be guards following her, as if they can see her footsteps.
"Something's wrong with this path!"
"That's right, it's almost like they are avoiding us on purpose. Animals like wild cats can't do that, right?"
"Quickly notify Lord Carmen—we may have found the intruder!"
The guard's conversation made Li's heart sink suddenly.
Listening to their words, it seemed like they could capture the tracks of all the moving objects in the room! Moreover, his intention to constantly search for new routes only accelerated his whereabouts.
Li suddenly realized that the change in her aura before was not just a matter of one wall. Now the entire villa was probably shrouded in magic, and her actions in the house no longer had any secrets.
The leak in the house coincided with the continuous rain, and she felt that the energy in her body was being consumed at an accelerated rate - more accurately, it was being sucked out. This is the first time Li has encountered such a situation. There is no doubt that this is a restriction intentionally imposed by the Holy Palace on those who sense Qi. As long as they stay in the house for half a night, even if they are not discovered, they will become an ordinary person and have no chance of winning against the large number of guards.
At this rate, if she could hold on for more than a quarter of an hour at most, the transformation spell would lose its effectiveness.
The situation is already very critical.
Just when Li was hesitating whether to tell Xia Fan the news, the audio device on his back vibrated first.
That’s a reminder of electromagnetic signals being sensed!
She immediately connected the audio device.
"Hey... Li, are you okay?" After a burst of noise, Xia Fan's urgent voice came from the loudspeaker.
"It's okay for now, but they seem to have discovered my movements." Li continued to circle the guards on the roof to ensure that they could not see him directly with the naked eye. "And there are spells in this house that are hindering my movements. , I can’t return to the first floor to join you.”
"That's the secret lock of the Villa at work. You can understand it as a formation." Hearing the news about Li Wushi, the other party let out a sigh of relief, "Where are you now?"
"I can't tell the exact location in the corridor on the third floor."
"Can I go to the surrounding rooms?" Xia Fan asked again.
"It's not a big problem, they haven't surrounded me yet." Li replied while running.
"Very good. You can go to the house on the west side now - any house will do as long as it's the row on the outermost side by the window."
The formation can even seal the entrance to the corridor, making it impossible to miss a common escape exit such as a window. In other words, there are still opportunities to dodge and move around in the corridor, but once you enter the house and the enemy blocks the door, it will be a dead end.
However, based on his trust in Xia Fan, Li agreed without hesitation.
"What about after entering the house?"
"Just stand by the window and let me see you."
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"Your Excellency Achie, I heard that the guards have locked the location of the intruder, and Lord Carmen is on his way to arrest him."
After listening to the report from the attendant of the Holy Palace, Achie suddenly became energetic and said, "Take me there quickly."
"But... the other party is a demon possessor, so there may be some danger -"
He showed the ring in his hand and interrupted the other party directly, "You think I have no precautions at all? What's more, there are Mystery Lock restrictions here, and Master Carmen is here, even if he has great abilities, he can't make any waves. Come." At this point, Achie's voice suddenly turned cold, "Listen carefully, this guy has invaded my room and is now my prey. I will not hand him over to anyone else. Before I die, I want to Hear his most sincere remorse - if anyone gets in the way of that, I don't mind a replacement, do you understand?"
The attendant swallowed and did not dare to say another word, "I understand, I understand, please come with me."
Surrounded by a group of people, Azie arrived at the "trapped location" of the intruder, a vacant upper room on the third floor.
There were several guards lying on the floor at the door, their eyes closed, and their lives and deaths were unknown. It was obvious that the first round of fighting had occurred between the two sides.
Master Carmen stood in the center of the hall, confronting the intruders.
There were no candles or oil lamps in the room, and it was basically pitch black. The only source of light was a ray of white moonlight shining in from the window. With the help of this meager light, Achie saw the thief who was forced to the window sill.
Judging from the outline, the other party is a female half-animal.