Naruto: Starting from the time when the Six Paths of Pain was Kira Yoshikage

Chapter 108 When a cheater meets an even bigger cheater

"Pathetic...truly pathetic...you bunch of trash."

Feitan's cold voice echoed through the wasteland.

In less than ten minutes, the once arrogant and boastful Phantom Troupe, which had threatened to tear the Phantom Troupe to pieces, was now lying scattered on the ground, reduced to a cold, indistinct feature of the wasteland.

The Shadow Beast Squad consisted of the same number as the Ten Elders, a total of ten. Excluding the four who were first killed by Uvogin, five corpses remained. Of the entire Shadow Beast Squad, only Owl, who had just used the "Convenient Large Wrap," remained. The reason he was left was not because of his own superior strength, but because the brigade needed someone to stay behind to extract information.

"Why...why is he so powerful?" Xiao slumped to the ground, his hair disheveled and plastered to his sweaty forehead, his voice trembling uncontrollably with fear.

As direct subordinates of the Ten Elders and the strongest force in the Shadow Beasts unit, they themselves were selected through rigorous processes, standing out among countless outstanding Nen users.

Although each member was not a serial killer, they were certainly battle-hardened. However, these powerful Yin Beasts were instantly defeated when they encountered a mere band of thieves whom they looked down upon.

Actually, saying they were instantly defeated is an understatement; it's an understatement to praise these Yin beasts.

To be precise, it was a complete and utter crushing, a crushing victory from the inside out, without any doubt.

Even Shizuku, the twelfth strongest member of the Phantom Troupe and a non-combatant logistics worker, could easily handle two Shadow Beasts and kill them without taking any damage. The gap between the Phantom Troupe and the Shadow Beasts was so great that it could fill a lake.

Machi suggested, "Should we release Nobunaga first?"

Nobunaga was the only one among all the Phantom Troupe members to be grabbed by the convenient large handkerchief. The main reason was that the incident happened too suddenly, and since he was positioned between the two, his reaction time was slightly delayed.

"No." Feitan refused without hesitation, a wicked smile on his face: "It'll be more fun to keep him inside a little longer. This time, I'm going to make a good laugh at him."

Maggie's suggestion was not agreed upon by her companions. She could only look around a few times, but found nothing unusual. She added with some concern, "I have a bad feeling."

Machi has an extraordinary sixth sense; she has a vague feeling that something is amiss, and there must be a reason for it.

"Let's get down to business first..."

"If you want to suffer less, tell me the information about the guy who used the chains and the location of those auction items." Feitan nodded and turned his gaze to Owl. His voice was devoid of warmth as he walked slowly but heavily toward Owl's location.

As a member of the brigade who also handled interrogation, his specialty was using various methods to extract useful information from his opponents.

By this time, Owl had long lost his initial arrogance. He sat limply on the ground, his trousers soaked and emitting a foul, fishy smell. Facing Feitan's approaching figure, he didn't even have the courage to run away; he could only tremble like a lamb to the slaughter.

Soon, Owl, the sole survivor of the Shadow Beasts, surrendered under Feitan's torture.

"I...I don't know anything about chains...I really don't know anything about chains!"

Xiao screamed on the verge of collapse, tears and snot mingling and smearing his face. He was on the verge of his mental limit, his hands flailing wildly as if resisting something.

"What he said seems to be true."

As one of the group's intelligence agents, the swordsman also possessed a certain ability to detect lies: "Then let's inquire about the whereabouts of those auction items."

Feitan nodded, a hint of impatience flashing in his eyes. He flexed his fingers again, preparing to unleash his interrogation techniques. The attention of the other Phantom Troupe members also focused on Owl at that moment.

Just then, the swordsman felt a blur before his eyes, and a strange figure appeared without warning right in front of him. The figure was like a ghost; no one in the group noticed his arrival.

"what?"

He didn't even have time to see the other person's face clearly before he lost consciousness forever.

With a muffled thud, the swordsman's body fell to the ground in an extremely awkward posture, his eyes wide open, seemingly with a hint of disbelief.

"A chivalrous knight-errant!!!" XN

Machi was the first to notice the anomaly. When she saw the swordsman collapse, her roar shattered the silence of the wasteland. Immediately afterward, gasps of surprise rose from the other members of the group. Everyone's faces turned incredibly grave; they never expected that someone would suddenly appear and kill the swordsman with a single blow under such circumstances.

"The second one."

Hua Shidou said calmly, his gaze sweeping over the remaining three Phantom Troupe members one by one: "So, you Phantom Troupe members are just like ordinary people, dying if your necks are broken?"

His voice, though calm, carried a hint of mockery, as if he were lamenting that "when a person is killed, they die."

"When?! Where did this guy come from?"

Feitan was utterly astonished upon seeing Hua Shidoulang. His usually narrow eyes widened in disbelief and shock. As the Phantom Troupe's assassination expert, he hadn't even noticed when the other had arrived; it was as if he had appeared out of thin air.

Feitan's fingers unconsciously reached for the umbrella handle at his waist, Machi took out her Nen needles, and Shizuku gripped the bulging-eyed fish tightly, her eyes behind her glasses filled with vigilance.

However, just as everyone's attention was drawn to Hua Shi Dou Lang, an extremely faint ripple of air suddenly sounded behind Xiao Shi. The sound was as light as a feather falling to the ground, yet it pierced Ma Qi's ears with pinpoint accuracy.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she was about to warn him, but it was too late.

Without the slightest hesitation, without the slightest delay, and without the slightest pity, a hand with distinct knuckles swiftly and decisively gripped Xiao Di's neck. Xiao Di didn't even have time to scream; she only felt a sharp pain in her neck, followed by a clear "crack."

The crisp sound of a cervical vertebra breaking.

The bulging-eyed fish in Xiao Di's hand fell to the ground with a "thud," and the eyes behind the lenses lost their luster, then she slumped down limply.

This bespectacled woman also followed in the footsteps of the chivalrous hero.

"The third one."

Appearing behind Xiao Di was another Hua Shi Dou Lang. He clapped his hands as if he had just crushed an ant.

The ability to read - doppelgänger.

In just a few breaths, Xia Ke and Xiao Di, two support members of the group who were not martial arts fighters, died instantly.

Both Hua Shi Dou Lang raised their heads at the same time, looking at Machi and Feitan respectively, and beckoned to them with their fingers: "Now there are only two left, two against two is very fair."

"Little one! Damn it!"

March's voice was filled with barely suppressed anger. She looked at Little Drop's body lying on the ground, her chest feeling as if a huge rock was blocking it, causing a suffocating pain.

Although Xiaodi was usually quiet and always seemed a bit dazed, she was the purest person in the group, never scheming against anyone. But now, she lay on the ground like a rag doll, never to open her eyes again.

However, Machi was not blinded by anger. She took a deep breath and instantly enveloped her entire body with Nen. Pale white Nen shrouded her like a thin veil, and her fingers were slightly bent, with Nen threads faintly visible at her fingertips.

Years of combat experience taught her that in such situations, anger is useless; only calmness can ensure survival.

"I knew I had a bad feeling; we should have released Nobunaga sooner!"

Machi's voice carried a hint of annoyance as her gaze swept over the cloth bundle wrapped in Nen power not far away, inside which was Nobunaga, whom they had trapped.

Although she possesses considerable strength, she is not a member of the martial arts faction, and her actual combat ability is weaker than that of Feitan, Nobunaga, and others. After witnessing Huashi Toro's ghostly skills and exceptionally ruthless methods, Machi has raised her opponent's danger level to the extreme.

"Don't say such meaningless things." Feitan's voice was still cold, but Machi could hear the seriousness in it.

Feitan's gaze was fixed on the two Huashi Doulang, as if searching for their weakness.

No, we must find a way to release Nobunaga first...

Machi silently analyzed the current situation in her mind, while her body moved silently toward the cloth bag where Nobunaga was trapped.

Her footsteps were very light, almost making no sound, while she kept a watchful eye on the movements of the two Hua Shi Dou Langs.

The main reason for the deaths of both Xiaoke and Shizuku was their carelessness... If we can release Nobunaga... with Feitan and Nobunaga combined, plus my assistance, we should be able to take down this troublesome guy in front of us.

But...why do I feel so uneasy?

Are there other enemies?

March frowned deeply; her sixth sense was always accurate, and at this moment, a strong sense of unease filled her heart.

Could there be other enemies? Her self-light swept across every corner of the warehouse, but apart from the two Huashi Doulang and the three corpses on the ground, there was no other trace of anyone else.

Machi naturally didn't see the two Huashidoulangs as two people; she had killed Nen users who could create clones before.

In fact, most normal people would make the same judgment as Machi. At least the power that Hua Shi Dou Lang showed was not too outrageous. Xiao Shi and Xiao Ke were killed by sneak attacks because they were careless. In addition, the members of the Phantom Troupe are basically at the top of the pyramid. Their past missions have basically been crushing... except for the assassination of Number 8 many years ago... they have basically captured and killed the other side.

Having not suffered a loss in a long time, the Phantom Troupe has lost the respect they should have for their enemies.

Uvogin's handling of the Shadow Beasts is the best example... "Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit." Uvogin clearly possessed the strength to instantly kill four Shadow Beasts, yet he was blindly confident in his physical abilities and insisted on enduring a wave of attacks from the enemy first... This overconfidence led to him being caught in the crossfire, and now he has been captured by Kurapika.

Machi's sixth sense is incredibly accurate...

But she guessed wrong. The source of danger was not any other possible lurking entity, but Hua Shidoulang standing in front of her.

Even if she knew, she probably couldn't understand... Hua Shidoulang facing their Phantom Troupe now is like the Phantom Troupe facing the Shadow Beasts.

Even when Machi, Nobunaga, and Feitan joined forces, they couldn't withstand Huashi Toro's attack.

There's an information gap here. Machi doesn't know what the second and third things Hua Shidoulang mentioned mean, and she doesn't know that before Xia Ke and Xiao Shi, Franklin also died at Hua Shidoulang's hands. Otherwise... her first choice would definitely be to turn around and run away.

Franklin's strength was no less than that of Feitan and Nobunaga.

However, if we were to say who was most affected by Hua Shi Dou Lang's appearance, it would undoubtedly be the only surviving Yin Beast Owl.

His teammates, whose strength was in no way inferior to his, were easily killed by the Phantom Troupe, while the Troupe members, who were incredibly powerful and like monsters in his eyes, were easily killed by Hua Shidoulang as if he were crushing bugs, and two of them were killed at once.

So here's the question... just how strong is Hua Shi Dou Lang?

If he knew that Hua Shidoulang had killed three members of the Phantom Troupe, he would probably kneel down and worship immediately.

Machi moved her body slowly, now only a few meters away from the bundle that had trapped Nobunaga. If only she...

"You want this guy... right?"

The sound suddenly came from the left. Machi subconsciously looked over, and her pupils suddenly contracted... She saw that Hua Shidou had appeared on her left at some point. His waterfall-like silver hair gleamed coldly in the dim moonlight. His index finger and thumb were pinching a small cloth bag that was struggling. It was the convenient large wrapping cloth that Owl had used to trap Nobunaga!

In fact, the Shadow Beasts do have a huge gap in strength against the Phantom Troupe, but as long as the tactics are used properly, it is not entirely hopeless. Even someone as strong as Nobunaga lost all ability to resist when he was hit by the opponent's Nen ability.

At this moment, Hua Shi Dou Lang was less than two meters away from Ma Qi.

"When?!?"

Machi's mind went blank, but her body reacted before her consciousness could. With a flick of her wrist, three gleaming needles shot out like meteors, aimed straight at Hua Shidoulang's throat.

However, the needle passed through Hua Shidoulang's body without any hindrance. The latter's figure gradually became transparent, like smoke blown away by the wind, and finally disappeared into the air.

Afterimage? No, this isn't the Afterimage Fist from the Dragon Ball world. To be precise, it's a clone technique, the most basic of the three body techniques of ninjas. However, such a common technique that would be easily seen through in the Naruto world can sometimes be quite effective in other worlds.

Just like now.

In the Hunter world, powerful individuals even consider the ability to create clones as a skill.

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