Chapter 401: Combat

The thunderstorm expanded, and small, silvery-white lightning snakes crawled all over the trio's bodies.

The stinging pain in their acupoints forced the three to abandon their siege and retreat to take cover.

"To think he's this powerful?!"

The male team member knelt on one knee, clutching his chest, and looked at Chen Che with a face full of disbelief.

The female team member wrapped her palms in True Qi and tore the electric current clinging to her body with her bare hands, panting heavily: "An Innate Heavenly Master; it's normal that the two of us couldn't withstand that strike, but how could the Captain also...?"

The two looked toward their leader, only to see the leader pressed against the wall formed by thick smoke, with black-red mist spreading over his body, gnawing away at the silvery-white lightning on him bit by bit.

The leader stared fixedly at Chen Che and finally spoke: "An Innate Heavenly Master indeed has such strength, but the attribute changes of this lightning... it seems you are also proficient in Artisan Techniques."

Chen Che put away the Lightning Spear, watched the three, and chuckled: "I am indeed proficient in Artisan Techniques, but when did I ever say I was at the Innate Heavenly Master Realm?"

"Nani?!"

The trio exclaimed in unison.

"You are no match for me. Even though I am currently inside your Barrier, dealing with it will be a bit troublesome, but the final result will not change."

Chen Che observed the three, "So, to reduce unnecessary conflict, you had better honestly tell me who is behind this, or give me your contact information, and I might consider letting you leave alive."

Upon hearing this, the trio's brows trembled slightly.

They were all eyewitnesses to the battle just now; one against three without falling behind, and even repelling all three with just a single strike... which side of the scale of victory was higher and which was lower was obvious.

"Impossible! The intelligence of the Shadow Organization cannot be wrong!"

The leader of the trio roared: "He is proficient in Artisan Techniques, so he is even better at concentrating his power. We were caught off guard just now, which is why we appeared so disheveled.

He is saying this to shake our morale; don't panic! He is still inside our Barrier. Use your full strength and kill him!"

The leader stabilized their morale, jumped down from the smoke wall, formed seals with both hands, took a deep breath, and blew out with force.

"Hoo~~~"

In an instant, the corridor sealed by thick smoke became misty and shrouded in dense fog, and the line of sight within the enclosed space was completely blocked.

It wasn't just that they couldn't see; there was also no sound.

Now, Chen Che was like a deaf and blind disabled person, situated in an unfamiliar environment.

"If you are seeking death, then you can't blame me."

Chen Che's heart was completely calm. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his pupils were already glowing with a brilliant fluorescent light.

"Whoosh!"

The moment he opened his eyes, Chen Che shot out like a bullet, and the trio in the thick fog were all struck with terror.

The female team member widened her eyes, watching as Chen Che attacked her with pinpoint accuracy; she was horrified, but it was already too late to dodge.

"Bang!"

A solid punch was thrown, but it failed to hit the female team member directly.

The thick smoke manifested into a shield in front of the female team member, blocking Chen Che's heavy and powerful punch.

However, the force of the punch still penetrated the smoke shield, sending the female team member flying.

Chen Che did not linger, quickly retracted his fist, turned back, and attacked the male team member.

"Baka yaro!"

The male team member was annoyed and ashamed; he grabbed his twin blades and rushed toward Chen Che.

"Nakamura, don't!"

The leader Takahashi Naoto shouted, but it was already too late to stop him. He quickly formed seals with both hands and roared: "Ninjutsu: Blind!"

Just one second before Chen Che made contact with Nakamura, the thick smoke in the air flowed rapidly, turning into a strip of cloth that wrapped around his eyes.

The Pupil Technique failed, but Chen Che did not retreat in the slightest. He crossed his hands, accurately predicted Nakamura's blade trajectory, and easily gripped his wrists.

"Nani?!"

Nakamura exclaimed in astonishment.

The next second, Chen Che snatched away his twin blades and swung them in a cross.

"Puchi!"

A cross-shaped blood groove was cut into Nakamura's chest, and he retreated rapidly under the entanglement of tentacles formed by the thick smoke.

In this space, the thick smoke was like a part of Takahashi Naoto, changing at will and moving flexibly according to his consciousness.

Takahashi Naoto controlled the thick smoke, pulling the team members Nakamura and Yuko all to his side.

"Are you both alright?!"

Takahashi Naoto asked, but his eyes were fixed on Chen Che.

Even though Chen Che could neither hear nor see now, he still dared not be the least bit negligent.

"Thanks to the Captain, that punch didn't hit me, but the shockwave of the punch still caught me... He was actually able to accurately find me in this Barrier; this person is too terrifying!"

Yuko stood up, clutching her chest, her eyes flashing with lingering fear as she looked at Chen Che.

Nakamura's chest was stained red with blood, and he said in a deep voice: "It's a good thing the Captain saved me in time; it only caused a superficial wound... This person is too strong, and he's strong in an abnormal way. Could the intelligence really be wrong?"

Takahashi Naoto stared at Chen Che, cold sweat dripping down his forehead: "No matter what the intelligence says, things have reached this point; we must kill him!"

"From now on, no one is allowed to act on their own; listen to my commands."

"Yes!"

The trio slowly shifted their positions, setting up the unique formation for a three-person team battle.

The Captain Takahashi Naoto formed seals with his hands again, and the thick smoke gathered around Chen Che; Chen Che felt that suffocating pressure instantly.

"Swish! Swish!"

Chen Che threw the long blades out, and the twin blades quickly vanished into the thick fog without a single sound coming back.

Chen Che twitched his ears and blinked; the thick fog cloth wrapped around his eyes completely covered the light of his Pupil Technique, and it felt as if cotton had been stuffed into his ears.

Now, he was truly unable to see or hear.

However, Chen Che did not panic because of this; he raised his hands and formed a hand seal in front of him.

Unexpectedly, flexible and powerful tentacles stretched out from the surrounding thick fog, wrapping around his wrists and ankles to pull him into a spread-eagled position, while other tentacles also wrapped around his waist and neck respectively.

With this, his movements were also placed under a Seal.

"Now!"

Takahashi Naoto shouted loudly, issuing the order.

Nakamura quickly formed hand seals and was the first to strike; his figure was almost unrecognizable in the thick smoke, and only when his hands moved rapidly to form seals did the water molecules in the air begin to gather, forming sharp water blades that silently attacked Chen Che.

"Ninjutsu: Water Blade Bullet!"

Countless water blades streaked through the thick smoke, carrying a deadly chill.

Chen Che smiled disdainfully, his palms gently flipping over, and the moisture in the air rapidly condensed to form a sturdy ice shield.

"Crack!"

The water blades struck the ice shield, emitting crisp shattering sounds, then immediately turned into puddles of water that slid down the ice shield.

Yuko followed closely behind, forming hand seals, and clusters of flames condensed around her body; her figure flickered in and out of sight in the thick smoke, like a ghost within the flames.

"Ninjutsu: Great Fireball!"

She shouted loudly and swung her hands, summoning a scorching fireball that carved a bright trajectory through the thick smoke, charging straight at Chen Che.

Chen Che remained unhurried, pulling with his arms, and the tentacles wrapped around his wrists snapped instantly.

Takahashi Naoto gritted his teeth and attempted to cast again, but it was already too late.

Chen Che pressed his palms together and then quickly separated them; a gust of wild wind surged from his palms, and the wind blades formed by the gale rotated around his body, rapidly cutting through the tentacles and thick fog.

The fireball collided with the wind wall and was enveloped within it.

The wild wind blew the fireball off its original trajectory, and the fireball exploded in mid-air, turning into countless sparks that were scattered by the wind into the thick smoke.

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

Takahashi Naoto gave up on continuing to use the thick fog to restrain him, formed hand seals, and rushed toward Chen Che with the speed of thunder.

"Ninjutsu: Startling Thunder!"

He wove through the smoke screen, his body turning into streaks of electric current; his figure suddenly coalesced in front of Chen Che, electric light flickering between his hands as he released a powerful bolt of lightning, striking straight at Chen Che.

Chen Che reacted quickly, his figure shifting slightly to the side to avoid the direct attack of the lightning.

At the same time, his hands quickly drew a circle in front of him, and a rotating wind vortex appeared; the power of the lightning was drawn into the vortex and slowly dissipated.

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