By the time the words "As you wish" left his mouth, Xia Yan had already made every preparation!
His figure vanished silently like a phantom, then appeared directly behind Murashima Takumi. At some point, blue chakra had already appeared on his ninja blade.
"Water Release: Water Blade Slash!"
Water Release compressed to its utmost limit, its sharpness unimaginable, swept viciously toward Murashima Takumi along with the ninja blade. In that instant, Murashima Takumi displayed an equally unimaginable ability to act.
He was the Anbu director, after all. His reaction speed was simply unbelievable-or perhaps he trusted no one at all, maintaining an extremely high level of vigilance around everyone.
Thus, the instant Xia Yan struck, his body was already moving. Almost in the blink of an eye, he used the Substitution Technique to leave his original position.
He hardly needed to look back to know that the clothes on his back had definitely been torn open by the ninja blade, and that his back had definitely been wounded as well. An ambush launched with Flying Thunder God really was unbelievably fast!
Yet he was also puzzled. He had not seen Xia Yan make any movements at all, so how exactly had he performed the Flying Thunder God Technique?
But he also knew this was no time for questions, because he could sense that Nightingale truly intended to kill him!
He was not the only one who found it unbelievable. All the Anbu present were dumbfounded by the sight as well. They had never imagined Xia Yan would actually attack.
After all, the person Xia Yan had attacked was the Anbu director. Doing this would put him in an extremely unfavorable position.
Yet he had not hesitated in the slightest, choosing to act rather than continuing to try to persuade the