Chapter 209: Passing each other × Gaining a slight edge × Abilities
One spray of blood rose from Joey's left arm. Nobunaga's Longsword had sliced through the arm he had used to defend himself.
The other spray of blood, however, belonged to Nobunaga.
A laceration had appeared on his abdomen, cut open by the Scalpel.
As he swept past Joey at high speed, his quick-draw slash had struck Joey, but Joey had deliberately turned sideways and offered his left arm to block it.
The Nen covering his left arm, combined with the condensed atmosphere, meant that although Nobunaga's slash severed Joey's left arm, it could not leave a wound on his body.
Instead, Joey had turned sideways with a Scalpel appearing in his right hand and sliced open Nobunaga's abdomen as they passed each other.
Although Nobunaga had defended himself at the critical moment, he had allocated more of his Nen to offense, so Joey's slash could more or less be considered a solid hit to his abdomen.
The wound was not deep, though. It was only because he had still been moving at high speed that more blood spurted from it when he stopped.
"Anyone who hangs around with that bastard Hisoka really is a lunatic too." Nobunaga had not expected his opponent to be so ruthless, willing to sacrifice an entire arm just to land a hit on him.
In that respect alone, Joey's fighting style really was just like Hisoka's!
Nobunaga turned around. He was now standing at the junction Joey had previously wanted to retreat to.
However, he had not stepped into the junction itself, so the people guarding the Arsenal probably could not see him.
At the same time, his position trapped Joey directly between him and Phinks.
This would perfectly prevent his opponent from