The two assassins had their necks twisted by the suddenly appearing Law… the corpses soon began to dissolve.
Law watched the corpses eventually turn into a puddle of filth, showing no reaction.
After a pause, he headed straight in a certain direction.
"Where are you going?"
Cheadle, perhaps still not having regained her senses, instinctively asked upon seeing Law's actions.
Honestly, the scene of Law swiftly killing the two assassins still lingered in her mind.
That was truly an unexpected sight for her.
She had fought the two assassins and roughly understood their strength, hence her shock.
Although Law might be suspected of ambush, the entire process was too effortless, so much so that the shock in her heart took a long time to subside.
Law looked back at Cheadle with a puzzled glance, stating as a matter of course, "Of course, to eliminate the Blackstone people."
That puzzled look seemed to say: 'Are you stupid? Isn't this obvious? Do you still need to ask?'
This scene, plus the sentence after killing the two assassins, instantly made veins pop on Cheadle's forehead.
She immediately took a deep breath, forcibly adjusting her emotions back, and said, "I'll go with you."
Hearing this, Law glanced silently at the two corpses on the ground, then looked at Cheadle with an ambiguous gaze.
"What kind of look is that!"
Cheadle noticed Law's glance at the corpses. How could she not know what the other was implying? The suppressed irritation rose again.
"Your Nen isn't suited for combat, right?" Law repeated the previous question.
"..."
Cheadle was speechless.
Her Nen leaned toward auxiliary but was also applicable to combat, belonging to a neither-here-nor-there type.
To say it was suitable, her direct combat ability wasn't strong. To say it wasn't, when cooperating with others, it could have significant effects.
Looking at Cheadle, who already showed signs of annoyance, Law thought for a moment and said, "Fine, follow me."
Cheadle nodded, about to ask Law what the plan was, when she saw Law's Aura suddenly erupt. Without even saying a word, his figure disappeared from the spot, gone to who knows which direction.
"..."
Cheadle stared blankly at the empty corridor, as if a cold wind carrying desolate leaves had drifted past behind her.
Not only was the departure speed outrageous, but he deliberately concealed his Aura, clearly meaning not to let her follow. Or rather, the meaning of 'follow me' was: If you can keep up, then come along.
"Jerk!"
Moments later, Cheadle fiercely squeezed out the word through her teeth, with a few more veins popping on her forehead.
Elsewhere, after shaking off Cheadle, Law headed straight toward the nearest enemy.
It wasn't that he didn't want Cheadle to follow, but bringing someone along would only delay his efficiency.
Most importantly, he thought it unnecessary.
Moving at high speed with [Instant], within less than ten seconds, Law arrived at the nearest battle zone.
It was still a corridor near a staircase entrance, where an Association's Hunter and a Blackstone Family's assassin were in intense combat.
Their strengths were similar, fighting back and forth, each only managing to inflict minor injuries on the other.
Both seemed to find it hard to seize a suitable opportunity.
When Law arrived nearby, it happened to be when the Blackstone Family's assassin seized an opportunity, driving a short knife toward the Association's Hunter's heart.
The Association's Hunter was just at a moment of exhaustion, only able to watch as the short knife came toward his vitals.
At that moment, Law intervened, bare-handedly grabbing the short knife, forcing it to stop mid-air.
This sudden scene made both the Blackstone Family's assassin and the Association's Hunter pause, looking at the expressionless Law.
'That level of Shu... actually suppressed bare-handed...'
The Association's Hunter couldn't hide his shock. He knew the Shu wrapped around the Blackstone Family's assassin's short knife was quite refined. If he weren't also a knife user, he might have been done for earlier.
But this suddenly appearing person actually suppressed it with just his hand!
In contrast, the Blackstone Family's assassin was also shocked. However, he didn't get distracted. Reacting extremely quickly, he twisted his wrist, trying to use the knife's rotation to cut off Law's fingers.
Yet, after exerting force, the short knife showed no movement. The hand was like a mountain, utterly still.
"What?!"
The Blackstone Family's assassin looked in surprise, staring blankly as pieces of Aura Fragments leaked from the palm gripping the short knife.
Before he could understand what was happening, his right arm holding the knife felt a sharp pain.
Rip!
The arm was violently torn off.
The Blackstone Family's assassin's expression changed. He swiftly gathered Aura to his legs, then burst forth, his body retreating extremely fast, leaving behind a glaring trail of red blood on the ground.
Law dropped the arm and, in the blink of an eye, appeared before the Blackstone Family's assassin, raising his hand and slicing toward the exposed neck.
The Blackstone Family's assassin only felt a chill on his neck, the strength in his body gradually fading.
After slicing the Blackstone Family's assassin's neck, Law didn't pause for a moment, heading toward the next target.
The Blackstone Family's assassin's head slid to the ground first. Then, the body thudded heavily onto the floor.
The Association's Hunter looked at Law, opening his mouth about to say something, but saw Law instantly teleport away.
"..."
The Association's Hunter stared blankly. Moments later, he hurriedly contacted Cheadle and told her about this.
After receiving a teammate's message, Cheadle's face showed disbelief.
'Only about thirty seconds had passed since Law disappeared before my eyes, right?'
'Wait, was it even thirty seconds?'
'But in such a short time, Law had already taken out another assassin.'
'That jerk's strength...'
Surprise floated in Cheadle's eyes.
Even knowing Law played a key role in the Chimera Ant incident, the Zodiac members lacked an intuitive understanding of the three Royal Guards' and the Ant King's strength. It was hard to infer Law's approximate strength from that.
But now... Law was showing them what absolute strength meant.
Cheadle no longer stayed put, heading outward.
Her location was the last line of defense, but behind that line of defense wasn't the target Blackstone was after.
At the moment, Law was on a mass slaughter spree. Whenever he made a move, no Blackstone Family's assassin survived more than five seconds.
The reasons for such swiftness were, first, his current strength was high, and second, almost every time he struck, it was an ambush.
He wasn't foolish enough to practice chivalry against enemies. Ambushing during the battle between Association's Hunters and Blackstone Family's assassins was the most concise and efficient method.
Not long after, while moving, Cheadle encountered Botobai, who had come from the central courtyard.
"The one outside is already dealt with?" Cheadle quickly scanned Botobai's body.
Botobai remained silent for a while, then replied, "Law took care of it."
"!?" Cheadle.
…
Simultaneously, at the Blackstone Family's stronghold on the Azian Continent.
In that special room filled with equipment, the red lights representing the assassins' lives began to extinguish one after another, as if some chain reaction had started.
This chilling scene played out before the observer's eyes.
"What's going on?"