Chen Zheng's fist grazed the tip of his nose but didn't land a solid punch.

The former withdrew his fist with some confusion.

The movement I just saw was definitely not a conventional footwork technique, much less a common fighting skill.

There was no force exerted by pushing off the ground, and no weight transfer.

Although it's a bit inappropriate for Chen Zheng to say this, he is somewhat anti-physical.

Before Chen Zheng could make a second move, the air behind him suddenly cooled down.

He instinctively dodged to the left.

A pale blue light brushed past his right side, across the right sleeve of his jacket.

Just like that, I wiped it.

A thin layer of frost instantly formed on the cuffs.

Chen Zheng suddenly looked down at his sleeve.

ice.

It's really cold.

It wasn't liquid nitrogen spray, nor anything he had ever seen during his special forces career.

The thing appeared out of thin air, brushed past his sleeve, and floated away.

Chen Zheng turned his head and finally saw the whole thing clearly.

The paper talisman in front of the skinny man was burning.

The ink was swallowed by the flames, and the paper turned to ashes in the flickering firelight.

A pale blue light burst forth from the ashes and coalesced into a human shape.

A blurry, semi-transparent human figure.

It was about half a meter tall, with an indistinct body outline, like a wisp of green mist. It had no facial features, only a rough head and limbs.

But the speed is ridiculously fast.

Chen Zheng couldn't help but scratch his head.

This scene is a bit beyond comprehension.

Paper talismans, incantations, and the summoned semi-transparent humanoid form freeze upon contact.

Having served in the special forces for so many years, this was the first time he had ever seen something like this with his own eyes.

But then I thought, if the Dragon Kingdom has ancient martial arts, then the Cherry Blossom Kingdom must also have Yin-Yang Ninjutsu.

He used to think that was something from anime.

Now, a semi-transparent humanoid figure floated less than five meters in front of him, poised to attack.

The burly man opposite him re-established his hand gestures, and his knees were now bent at the correct angle.

彳亍口巴.

Since the drug Lanmeng is real, then summoning shikigami with paper talismans doesn't seem so unacceptable.

Moreover, compared to them, it seems that I'm using a more ruthless cheat.

Having figured this out, Chen Zheng calmed down.

It doesn't matter if you're a shikigami or a shikigami demon.

If anyone dares to show their health bar, even if they're a god, I'll kill them!

If I can't kill him... I can always run away.

Forget it, running away is out of the question.

Chen Zheng's gaze quickly switched between the three targets, his tactical mind racing.

The strongman is a melee fighter, responsible for containing the enemy.

The skinny guy is the core character, and the survival of the shikigami is most likely related to him.

The shikigami is a harassment type; it is fast and small in size.

Once the skinny guy is defeated, the shikigami will be gone, and that will solve the problem.

With that thought in mind, Chen Zheng suddenly pushed off with his feet, his body shooting out and heading straight for the skinny man.

Ignore the strongmen and the shikigami, bypass everything and go straight for the core.

The burly man instantly saw through his intentions, changed his hand gestures, and once again used that strange sliding step to move sideways, blocking between Chen Zheng and the skinny man.

Chen Zheng did not slow down and punched the burly man straight in the face with his right fist.

The burly man leaned back again, retreating in a way that defied the laws of physics.

But this time Chen Zheng was prepared.

As he threw the punch, he stomped his left foot on the ground, shifting his entire body's center of gravity forward instantly, making his pursuit speed faster than the burly man's retreat.

Just as the fist was about to reach three centimeters in front of the burly man's nose, the pale blue light rushed towards him from the side and behind again.

Faster than last time.

Chen Zheng clicked his tongue, forced to abandon the pursuit, and rolled to the side to avoid the shikigami's attack.

The blue light brushed past his left shoulder, leaving a trail of white frost on the wall behind him.

After landing, Chen Zheng quickly distanced himself, retreating to the other side of the corridor and leaning against the wall.

The shikigami did not give chase.

After making that pounce, the semi-transparent humanoid figure turned a corner, floated back to the skinny man's side, circled above his head, and reformed.

Chen Zheng noted this detail down.

After being attacked, this thing needs to return to its original location to recharge.

This is a flaw.

Before he could find a weakness, the skinny man's mutterings suddenly grew louder.

He rapidly changed hand gestures in front of him, let out a low growl, and suddenly thrust his head forward, spewing out a cloud of grayish-white smoke from his mouth.

The grayish-white smoke moved incredibly fast, spreading throughout the entire corridor in just two or three seconds.

Visibility dropped to less than a meter in an instant.

Chen Zheng's vision was completely blocked.

Once this move was made, the course of the battle immediately changed.

In the smoke-filled corridor, the shikigami's advantages were maximized.

The thing was almost invisible to the naked eye in the smoke, but it was able to pinpoint Chen Zheng's location with precision.

really.

A chill suddenly swept over me from the right.

Chen Zheng sensed the sudden drop in temperature through his skin and dodged to the side.

The shikigami brushed past his waist and flew away.

Before he could adjust his posture, two more hidden weapons flew out from the depths of the smoke.

A shuriken.

Chen Zheng tilted his head to avoid one, while another grazed his cheek.

The burly man hid behind the smoke and threw a hidden weapon.

The shikigami also harassed the enemy by weaving through the smoke, striking once and then running away.

A two-pronged approach.

Chen Zheng couldn't help but take a deep breath.

That's really disgusting.

But that's about it.

He retreated to the corner of the corridor and leaned against the wall.

The ice on my sleeves had melted, and the fabric felt damp.

He stood motionless in the smoke and began to analyze.

First, the smoke has a diffusion radius, covering an area of ​​about fifteen meters in the corridor. Once outside this range, the concentration drops sharply, which means that the skinny person's activity range is probably limited to this area.

Secondly, the fact that the shikigami needs to return to the skinny guy to recharge after each attack indicates that the shikigami's attacks have a fixed cycle and are not infinitely continuous.

Third, by combining the flight trajectories of the two shuriken with the embedding points on the wall, we can roughly pinpoint the burly man's location: on the right side of the corridor, against the wall.

This position is exactly three to four meters in front of the skinny man, creating a sense of connection between them.

The optimal solution at this point is to take advantage of the one to two-second window between the shikigami's next charge interval, bypass the burly man's blockade of hidden weapons, and go straight for the skinny man.

If the skinny character falls, the shikigami will most likely be gone.

Without the shikigami, the strong man alone couldn't last even a second.

simple.

Chen Zheng leaned against the wall, his eyes gradually turning cold.

Smoke billowed in the corridor, and visibility remained extremely low.

In the distance, a faint blue light emanates from a shikigami hovering, suggesting that more hidden weapons could strike at any moment.

Chen Zheng unbuttoned his wrist: "That's interesting."

The sound wasn't loud, but it carried far in the smoke-filled corridor.

Deep within the smoke, the burly man, who was gripping his third shuriken, involuntarily stiffened slightly.

The skinny man paused in his chanting of the incantation.

They all noticed.

Chen Zheng's entire demeanor suddenly changed.

Before, he seemed like someone with some ability, but ultimately he was taken aback.

Although the response was appropriate, it always carried a degree of probing and observation.

Now, he's like a beast that's finished warming up, finally deciding to get serious.

Deep within the smoke, Chen Zheng stood up straight.

There is no starting stance; the hands simply hang naturally at their sides.

But the two people deep inside the smoke almost simultaneously felt an inexplicable pressure.

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