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The scene before them looked like a slaughterhouse.
The figure known as "Phantom" was in a state of utter frenzy. The long blade in his hand left afterimages as he swung, each slash accompanied by a deafening howl of wind. Shattered stones flew from the ground, and countless cracks deep enough to expose bone crisscrossed the surface, as though the building's entire roof had been ripped apart by that brute force. Fragments rained down into the abyss.
Amid the ruins, Moyana and the others were already covered in wounds. Blood soaked their clothes and trickled down their deathly pale cheeks. The wounds crisscrossing their bodies reached deep into the bone, leaving them looking as though they had just been dragged out of a pool of blood, hideous and horrifying.
Doumen Kai clamped down on the stump of his severed left arm. Blood gushed out, staining half his body red. The other seven huddled on the ground, their eyes filled with despair and terror, as though staring at a beast from hell.
"Roar!"
Phantom let out an inhuman roar and slashed at them again. They scrambled out of the way, but could barely keep up.
At the critical moment, Xun Uchiha's fighter aircraft came hurtling through the air.
"Time, slow!"
At his cold shout, the world around him seemed to have been paused. Flying stone chips hung in midair, wildly whipping hair froze, and only Xun Uchiha could move freely.
He moved like lightning, appearing before Phantom in an instant. The Super-Kong Alloy Gauntlets gleamed coldly in the sunlight, their internal energy circuits running at full tilt to amplify his output to an astonishing seven and a half times its normal level.
There was nothing flashy about the move. All his fury and strength went into that punch, aimed straight