While his mind raced, the spider puppets on the ground leaped up one after another, scuttling toward him at speed.
Cold steel flashed as Yechen swept his blade sideways, instantly cleaving the first puppet that lunged at him.
The two halves flew into the air. With his Sharingan, Yechen saw their internal structure and spotted a paper talisman inside-a familiar Explosive Tag. Its detonator had already been ignited.
Fuck...
Yechen cursed inwardly and immediately activated the Void Flash Evasion Technique, retreating over a hundred meters with several successive flashes.
A single small Explosive Tag was nothing to fear and would not have made him so nervous. What worried him was the possibility that every spider puppet contained one. If over a hundred Explosive Tags detonated at once, even his powerful physique would not withstand it.
After all, his body had not yet reached the point where he could tank an Explosive Tag's blast.
Just as he had suspected, the puppet he had cleaved apart erupted in successive explosions.
Though the blasts were weaker than those of proper Explosive Tags, their sheer numbers made them a force that could not be underestimated.
"This one's pretty sneaky. She actually fitted them all with Explosive Tags."
As he finished speaking, dozens of spider puppets scuttled rapidly toward him. Some stayed beside Chisaki Akiko, presumably to prevent Yechen from launching a surprise attack.
Having witnessed Yechen's speed, Chisaki Akiko knew her spider puppets were unlikely to catch him. She was only using this tactic to hold him off while she looked for a chance to escape.
Before Yechen could make a move, the approaching spider puppets activated their self-destruct mechanisms.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Several more explosions rang out.
Yechen reappeared more than ten meters away, but the puppets continued their relentless pursuit.
"So this