The mist grew thicker and thicker, gradually obscuring Qi Yuan's vision.
Even with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan activated, he could not see clearly.
Not far from him, two figures stood.
"Is that the brat? What a joke. A high school student who hasn't even graduated, and you made me come personally?"
The speaker's face was indistinct, but he carried a massive blade taller than a person on his back.
The other figure smiled faintly. "If he really were just a brat, would I have asked your Freemasons to act?"
"You'd better be careful. Don't go botching this."
"His overall strength should be comparable to the early Grandmaster Realm."
Qi Yuan was very familiar with this figure as well. It was Liu Tianjun of the Mowu Liu Family.
As the employer, he should not have appeared here.
But he simply could not swallow his earlier humiliation. He insisted on thoroughly torturing Qi Yuan before he was taken away to vent his hatred.
And ever since learning that Qi Yuan possessed strength no lower than an ordinary Grandmaster Realm fighter, he had enlisted the Freemasons' assassin organization.
The assassin standing before him had a code name: Android 17!!
The smaller the number in the Freemasons' assassin organization, the stronger the assassin.
Android 17 had once successfully assassinated someone on the Grandmaster Realm rankings.
His strength could not be underestimated!!
"Is this the Hidden Mist Technique?"
"Qi Yuan must have successfully suppressed the Sharingan's side effects, so we'll neutralize his Sharingan first!"
Although everyone considered the Sharingan a curse, they also knew that inheriting it could grant terrifying power.
"Hmph! I hope it's just as you said, and this brat can give me some fun!"
"Stay here for now. I'll beat him within an inch of his life, then hand him over to you!"
"Right, don't forget our agreement."
Liu Tianjun had originally requested that Qi Yuan be killed, but the Freemasons needed Qi Yuan's body for experiments.
Liu Tianjun had agreed to the Freemasons' request without a second thought. Being experimental material was far more painful than death!!
The world of Ninja held many strange techniques.
Death was not something one could decide for oneself!
Meanwhile, Qi Yuan had long since noticed the abnormality here.
"My Sharingan is completely ineffective. Is this the Hidden Mist Technique?"
"Then next comes an attack from who knows where!"
At the same time, a mysterious voice reached his ears.
It sounded chillingly sinister.
"Hehehe, brat. Heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys-which one do you think I'll attack?"
The whistle of something cutting through the air came from behind Qi Yuan.
A dagger plunged viciously into Qi Yuan's body.
After a puff of smoke, only a length of dead wood remained in the distance.
Android 17's expression changed. A fist came at him from behind, smashing viciously toward his face!!
He abruptly drew his massive blade and blocked the attack from behind, his body involuntarily retreating several steps.
He had received Zabuza's Inheritance, but unfortunately, he had not found the Kubikiribōchō.
The massive blade he had painstakingly crafted was broken by his opponent's fist.
Android 17 had no choice but to conceal himself in the thick mist again.
"This brat reacts so fast. He'd already used the Substitution Technique before that!"
"And his strength really is something!!"
"But under this Hidden Mist Technique..."
Before he finished speaking, his expression suddenly changed again.
Green energy rose from Qi Yuan's body as he slammed into him!!
Android 17 felt as though his chest had taken a thousand pounds of weight!!
"Impossible! This strength-and how did he know where I was?"
Qi Yuan sneered inwardly. You're this close to a Taijutsu Ninja. Do you think you're the only one who can hear movement?
The way to counter the Hidden Mist Technique was actually simple.
Either use powerful Wind Release or rely on one's own keen senses!
After all, the opponent also used sound to determine positions!!
With three gates open, Qi Yuan's strength and speed were now fully on par with the peak Grandmaster Realm!!
Android 17 specialized in assassination. Seeing things going wrong, he quickly vanished under Qi Yuan's assault.
His figure hid within the thick mist, elusive and unpredictable.
Qi Yuan frowned.
He could not hear anything, which meant the fellow had moved far away from him.
He had no Wind Release techniques in his mind, so he could not dispel this Hidden Mist Technique for the moment.
But Qi Yuan said coldly, "The next time I find you, you're dead!!"
There was a splash.
Two powerful water dragons surged from the surface of the nearby lake, then roared toward him.
"Water Release, Water Dragon Bullet Technique!!"
Qi Yuan shouted, "There!!"
The Chakra throughout his body erupted. "Seven-Day Breathing Method, activate!!"
"First Activation!!"
"Second Activation!!"
"Third Activation!!"
Having taken in a large amount of oxygen in a short time, Qi Yuan's face flushed crimson!
With the first three gates of the Eight Gates of Limitless and the first three stages of the Seven-Day Breathing Method stacked together, his body had now reached a terrifying level.
The enormous water dragons crashed toward him with tremendous pressure, yet they could not hurt Qi Yuan in the slightest.
He did not even step back.
His figure moved, charging straight toward the lake's surface.
He smashed a fist viciously at the figure on the lake who was still maintaining the technique!!
Huge waves rippled across the entire lake, and more than a dozen large fish flew everywhere, their pale bellies turned upward!!
But Qi Yuan's expression shifted slightly. "It was the Shadow Clone Technique!!"
At that moment, another figure emerged beneath his feet.
He swiftly formed one-handed seals. "Water Prison Technique!!"
"Now you can't get away??"
Before Android 17 finished speaking, however, a long leg brimming with explosive power swept straight toward him!!
"You're far too slow!!"
Even with one-handed seals, the technique's activation was still too slow compared with Qi Yuan's current physique.
His body flew straight from the lake to the shore.
He kept coughing up blood, feeling as though his internal organs were about to be displaced!
"Damn it! My Silent Killing Technique can't do anything against a Taijutsu Ninja!!"
"Liu Tianjun, hurry up and help me!!"
But Qi Yuan caught up with his body and abruptly hoisted him up!!
"Reverse Lotus!!"
Their bodies soared high into the sky, then plummeted toward the ground like a falling meteor.
But at the instant they reached the ground, Qi Yuan released his hold.
There was no need for him to take damage along with his opponent.
The impact blasted a huge crater into the ground, and Android 17 lay like a dead dog in the deep furrow.
"Congratulations, you have suppressed Yuan Li and gained 2,000 Enhancement Points."
Yuan Li was presumably Android 17's real name. He had now been beaten to death by the Taijutsu of the Eight Gates of Limitless.
Still, this peak Grandmaster Realm expert had really yielded quite a few Enhancement Points.
Countless thoughts ran through Qi Yuan's mind. So I can already be this strong!!
The surrounding Hidden Mist Technique gradually dissipated!
Liu Tianjun, however, was ashen with fright. He had never expected Qi Yuan to finish off Android 17 so easily??
"Android 17 was this useless?? Didn't he claim to have killed someone on the Grandmaster Realm rankings?"
In truth, it was not that Android 17 was too useless, but that his assassination techniques really were countered by Taijutsu Ninja!
And no one had expected Qi Yuan, who had not yet reached the Level Five Grandmaster Realm, to possess such powerful Taijutsu!!
His speed and strength completely overwhelmed Grandmaster Realm experts!!
"Damn it! Even I wouldn't fare well against him."
Liu Tianjun hurriedly used the Body Flicker Technique, heading toward the Secret Realm's entrance in the blink of an eye!!
But suddenly, a calm voice sounded beside his ear. "Guardian Warden Liu, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"
"Since you've come to my Shangcheng City, I have to show you some hospitality!!"
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