Seeing this, Qian gave a soft laugh.
Beneath the mask, the Byakugan at the center of his brow snapped open.
In an instant, the ink before him seemed not to exist at all. Qian reached forward and seized Killer B in one grab.
However, instead of relaxing, Qian's smile vanished from his face.
He gave a cold snort and said, "Hmph! Petty tricks!"
With that, he threw away the Killer B in his hand, flashed forward, and arrived in a corner ahead, his palm thrusting straight out.
The next moment, a flash of blade light appeared from thin air, slicing straight toward Qian's neck.
Clang—
A crisp sound of metal striking metal rang out.
In front of Qian, a Black Shield had appeared at some unknown moment, firmly blocking Killer B's slash.
That was right. Killer B had not been caught by him.
What he had captured earlier was merely a section of octopus tentacle.
The other party had used a trick to deceive the eye, originally intending to escape with it, but Qian had seen through it at a glance and was forced to counterattack.
And that counterattack was also blocked by Qian.
Looking at the Black Shield before him, Killer B still did not understand what was happening, but the Eight-Tails inside him had already panicked.
For no other reason than that it had already recognized it. This was precisely the Truth-Seeking Orb that only the Sage of Six Paths possessed.
Almost without any hesitation, it immediately transmitted its voice to Killer B, telling him to run.
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
With a thought from Qian, the Black Shield formed from the Truth-Seeking Orb moved aside, revealing his masked face behind it.
Qian's gaze passed through the single eyehole of the mask and met Killer B's