Chapter 371: A Single Palm

He stood in the woods, seemingly merged with the trees.

He sensed someone approaching from afar, so he smiled faintly and said, "Since you're already here, there's no need to hide your head and tail. Come out."

As he spoke, he extended a palm and held up three fingers.

Immediately after… whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Three military spikes shot out from the darkness and pinned Adelaide's subordinates by their throats!

With this single strike, every single one of the men Adelaide had brought was killed.

"Who sent you?"

"You're the ones Lord Apollo sent to protect his daughter, aren't you?"

"Hahahaha!"

At that moment, laughter rang out from afar!

Hearing that familiar voice, Adelaide nearly broke down sobbing with excitement!

So it turned out he was not alone!

"Daochuan Society Vice-President Matsushita Baogang is here, 670!" Adelaide shouted!

Matsushita Baogang?

This man was the vice-president of the Daochuan Society, his strength utterly terrifying! Rumor had it that many years ago he had already stepped into the ranks of Celestial Ninja!

With this, the Daochuan Society's top brass had come out in full force!

Daochuan Longhe also stepped out. His brow furrowed slightly, deeply wary of this enemy who had suddenly appeared.

He was a clever man; at a single glance he could tell that Matsushita Baogang's combat power was absolutely above his own.

"Adelaide!" Daochuan Longhe called out, then said, "Our Daochuan Society Society is cooperating with Mr. Shizawa—hurry, save me, save me!!"

The corner of Kuchiki Senya's mouth curved into a cold, cruel arc: "What a pity, President Matsushita Baogang won't be available tonight, so… you might as well go die."

Then he raised an arm, bent his index finger, placed it to his lips, and blew a sharp, ringing whistle!

The sound was clear and pleasant, like an oriole singing among the willows, yet threaded through with a thick, ghastly air!

This kind of whistle was specially designed for certain special organizations, functioning like a secret signal—by means of it, one could summon the personnel lying in ambush nearby to attack!

Upon hearing this whistle, dense sounds of footsteps immediately came from afar, as if a great many people were rushing toward this spot!

"Damn it!"

Seeing this, Daochuan Longhe knit his brow hard: "I never expected the Daochuan Society would actually choose to help the Shizawa family! This is simply too absurd!"

(bccb) He knew that although the Daochuan Society's senior cadres normally squabbled endlessly, at a critical moment they absolutely would not stand idly by.

However, Daochuan Longhe had guessed wrong.

At this moment, within this stretch of thick undergrowth, several hundred men in black emerged!

They all held long blades or short swords, a murderous glint in their eyes!

Daochuan Longhe's expression sharpened!

As he saw it, his side had only around twenty elite subordinates in total, while the enemy's numbers were four or five times that!

Kuchiki Senya smiled faintly and said, "President Daochuan, how about it? This time, do you still think you can run?"

Daochuan Longhe looked into Kuchiki Senya's eyes: "I admit, you are indeed very strong, but—is it worth it, doing this?"

He knew that in a head-on clash like this, Daochuan Longhe was bound to lose without question.

Moreover, Daochuan Longhe's subordinates would also face annihilation. He was unwilling to let his men throw their lives away needlessly—after all, this whole group was the core membership of the Daochuan Society, and losing any one of them would be a tremendous blow to Daochuan Longhe.

"This is my business, none of yours." Kuchiki Senya snorted coldly; the aura around his body suddenly surged, and he struck first!

Daochuan Longhe knew that any further persuasion now would be utterly useless, and could only meet the attack.