Black Crow took the kunai without a word, silently recalculating his throwing trajectories.
"Emi." Lu turned toward Emi, who lay prone on the other side. "I need you to create an enclosed space.
"It doesn't need to be big. A ten-meter radius will do.
"Keep all the dust and the sound of the bells trapped inside.
"Sound waves reflecting off hard, enclosed lattice walls will produce multiple echoes. That way, his acoustic weapon will turn against him."
Emi's eyes lit up. "A hemispherical lattice dome.
"I know how to do it, but I need three seconds to form the hand seals and channel my chakra."
"I'll buy you five," Black Crow said coldly. "As long as he doesn't kill me, I can tie him up with my body for five seconds."
"Move!"
The second assault erupted in the thick fog.
This time, Lu and Black Crow no longer concealed themselves.
They charged straight at Chisen from the front, one on either side, like two arrows loosed from their bows.
"A frontal assault? Choosing a head-on confrontation when you're already physically exhausted is an error in judgment caused by excessive hormone secretion." Chisen stood still, his walking stick tilted slightly before him.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
As Lu ran, his hands blurred, flinging six kunai in rapid succession.
Each kunai had a glass tube filled with white powder attached to its tail.
At the same time, Black Crow threw his remaining kunai from another direction.
None of the kunai flew directly at Chisen. Instead, they struck the ground around him in a perfect ring.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The glass tubes shattered, and dense white dust exploded around Chisen.
The dust was not only pungent. The quartz powder suspended in the air acted like countless tiny mirrors, scattering what little light remained into even