ACSP: Chapter 168: Jinghai Crisis, The Hunt in the Secret Forest! Part 2
He immediately crouched down and lightly touched the ground with his fingers.
The next second.
As a wave of Chakra for sensory perception spread out.
The situation within a ten-kilometer radius was instantly revealed to him.
"Strange, why are there so many people chasing these brats?"
Ronan furrowed his brows.
He hurriedly went up to stop Li Yanran and the others, wanting to learn about the situation from them.
Unexpectedly, in the next second.
Several Kunai suddenly tore through the air and landed directly at their feet.
"—Boom, boom, boom!"
The explosive tags attached to the Kunai detonated instantly, spewing out massive flames.
Gravel flew everywhere.
Fortunately, Ronan was quick-witted and agile; he immediately grabbed Li Yanran and the others and leaped away from the blast zone.
Only then were they spared from being caught in the flames and flying debris caused by the explosive tags.
"Clang, clang, clang..."
At this moment, the sound of metal clashing came from nearby.
Ronan turned his head to look.
He discovered that Ling Kai was also being attacked by a wave of mysterious people.
Taking advantage of the distraction while the mysterious people were being led away, Ronan immediately took Li Yanran and the others to hide in a nearby large tree.
"What exactly is happening here? How did you get injured? And who are those people attacking you?"
Ronan asked, looking at Li Yanran with a solemn expression.
At this moment, Li Yanran recognized him as well, her expression instantly turning vigilant: "Aren't you from the Evil God Organization? Why save us?"
Ronan was just about to explain.
However, before he could speak.
Three figures had already darted out from the forest like cheetahs.
With their katanas slashing horizontally in their hands.
They hacked at them from three different directions.
"Get lost!"
Ronan roared furiously.
He exerted force with his feet.
While kicking one of them away.
His hands moved with lightning speed, throwing two flying raijin kunai, pinning the other two to a large tree dozens of meters away.
In an instant.
The three pursuers were already two dead and one injured.
However.
Just as Ronan made his move.
In the nearby forest, dozens more figures had arrived via body flicker, landing on the branches around them.
"These guys are really fast."
Ronan shifted his feet, carefully moving in front of Li Yanran and the others, whispering, "I'll hold these people off in a moment; you find a way to leave first..."
Li Yanran opened her mouth, about to say something.
But at that moment.
An old voice came down from above them first:
"I didn't expect there to be two high-level Contractors from the Great Xia Kingdom in this forest. It seems leaving these few fish that slipped through the net alive was somewhat useful..."
Ronan looked up.
He saw an old man leaning on a crutch, with his right hand and right eye wrapped in bandages, standing on the treetop. He was looking down at them with a playful expression in his eyes.
Two people followed behind the old man.
One was a silver-haired man carrying a large sword on his shoulder.
The other was a white-haired man who was gaunt, looking as if he were terminally ill.
They were none other than Inoue Gessui, the Contractor of Suigetsu Hozuki, and Asakura, the Contractor of Kimimaro.
"They are all people from East Island."
Li Yanran gritted her teeth, staring fixedly at the people around them, her eyes filled with venomous hatred.
Although she was not present when Inoue Gessui and the others were massacring the city, she had learned about the situation in Jinghai City and what happened to her father from Zhang Xiaolin later.
At this moment, her heart was filled with hatred for this group of Contractors from East Island.
She wished she could go up and tear them apart right now.
"What? These people are all from East Island?"
Hearing Li Yanran's words, the expression on Ronan's face instantly became extremely solemn.
He had initially thought that there was internal strife in Jinghai City.
He didn't expect it to be an invasion by a foreign enemy.
It seems the situation here is more serious than he had imagined.
"Captain-General Shimura, these people no longer have any utility value; why don't we just kill them?"
Worried that Xiao Tu would find out that he had killed Matsushita Goshige, Inoue Gessui immediately leaned into Shimura Kenta's ear and whispered his suggestion to silence them.
"Hmm."
Shimura Kenta nodded calmly.
He let go of his crutch, and his downcast gaze gradually became sharp: "It has been a long time since I last stretched my muscles. You all take a rest here; leave these people to me."
"Yes!"
Inoue Gessui acknowledged the order, then immediately took Asakura and the others to step aside, surrounding Ronan and the others.
"I am Shimura Kenta, Captain-General of the East Island advance team and Chief of the Imperial Guards for the East Island Royal Family. From now on, I will be your opponent."
Shimura Kenta stared intently at Ronan.
He could feel that among this group, only this man posed a slight threat to him.
As for the others, he didn't take them seriously at all.
"Interesting. What I hated most in the past were you 'Little Japan' types. Now that you've delivered yourselves to my doorstep, let me kill to my heart's content."
Ronan let out a cold laugh.
Without another word, he immediately raised his hand and threw out dozens of flying raijin kunai.
Those Kunai landed on the tree trunk beneath Shimura Kenta's feet and on the surrounding ground.
Vaguely sealing off all of the opponent's escape routes.
Then, he did an aerial turn and threw two more flying raijin kunai, shooting them directly at Shimura Kenta himself.
However, at that moment.
Two more Kunai suddenly shot out from nearby, precisely striking his two flying raijin kunai.
"—Cling!"
—Clang!
Two crisp sounds rang out.
The two flying raijin kunai thrown by Ronan were instantly knocked down, falling to the ground one after another.
"Captain Shimura, don't kill me! I can tell you where another city is, I can be your guide..."
Ling Kai ran over quickly, followed by the Dongdao Contractors who were pursuing him.
Hearing this, Shimura Kenta immediately reached out to stop his subordinates who were chasing.
Then, he turned to look at Ling Kai and said in an appreciative tone, "Your Great Xia has an old saying: 'He who understands the times is a wise man.' It seems you are very sensible. I like dealing with smart people like you the most."
Seeing Ling Kai trying to collude with these people, Ronan instantly became furious: "Ling Kai, are you still a citizen of Great Xia? They are from the East Island. By colluding with them, can you face your ancestors?"
"Stop your bullshit!"
Ling Kai looked back at Ronan and said as if it were only natural, "That Jiang Chen sent you to hunt me down; he never intended to leave me a way out. Who I turn to now is none of your business!"
Jiang Chen?
Hearing this name, Shimura Kenta's eyes narrowed into slits. "This Jiang Chen you speak of, is he that newly risen Super Kage-level Contractor from the Great Xia Kingdom?"
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