Murakami and Bakuto had been lying in ambush near the warehouse with their men, waiting for the arrival of the Hand and the Chaste.
They witnessed Rogge's killing of the Hand ninjas in the warehouse, but they didn't try to stop him.
Their task was only to stop the Chaste; as for Rogge, that was someone else's mission.
While sensing the warehouse entrance, Rogge also sensed Murakami's presence, but he didn't take them to heart.
As long as they didn't come out to stop him, Rogge wouldn't bother with them.
When the Hand ninjas appeared, the Chaste didn't say a word, directly taking out their weapons and attacking the Hand ninjas, not caring about their numerical disadvantage.
The number of Chaste ninjas had always been less than the Hand, but their individual strength was far greater than that of the Hand ninjas.
Even an ordinary member of the Chaste had the strength to fight more than a dozen Hand ninjas at the same time.
As for Stick, he could fight dozens of Hand ninjas simultaneously.
However, Stick didn't attack the ordinary Hand ninjas at this time; he was currently fighting Murakami, who was wielding a black katana.
Like Stick, Daredevil Matt didn't attack the ordinary Hand ninjas; his opponent was Bakuto, one of the five fingers of the Hand.
While Murakami and Bakuto were holding back the Chaste, Madame Gao and Alexandra led their men to ambush at an intersection a few blocks away.
This place was a considerable distance from the warehouse entrance, but it was the only way to get there.
The reason they were ambushing here was simple: they were waiting for Kingpin's men.
If Kingpin mobilized his forces to go to the warehouse, then this would be the most suitable ambush location.
To give Sowande enough time to open the seal and take away the dragon bones, Madame Gao, Murakami, and others took away most of the Hand's forces.
As for those underground, they were all Hand ninjas with weaker strength.
Moreover, according to their plan, the Hand ninjas underground didn't need to be too strong; their existence only served two purposes.
One was to act as porters to take away the dragon bones, and the other was to stop Rogge.
Although it seemed a bit unbelievable, that was indeed their plan.
To accomplish this goal, they even took out a trump card that they had never used before.
Rogge didn't know this at this time; he was currently moving quickly through the underground tunnel.
Although this underground tunnel leading to the dragon bone seal was dug out temporarily, it was not at all crowded; on the contrary, it was unusually spacious.
According to common sense, this kind of underground tunnel only needs to be large enough for normal people to pass through; there is no need to expend extra effort to dig the tunnel larger.
However, the underground tunnel that appeared in front of Rogge completely exceeded this standard, even reaching the point where ordinary trucks could pass through.
This was very abnormal, and abnormal meant ambush.
After moving forward in the underground tunnel for a while, Rogge stopped and used the Chakra Sensing Technique again.
There wasn't much difference from what he had sensed before; the group of Hand ninjas underground was still busy, and there were no other people ambushing in the tunnel.
The only difference was that the Hand ninjas and the Chaste on the surface had started fighting.
Just as he was about to continue moving forward, the seal of the dragon bones vibrated again.
The intensity of this vibration was not very strong, and the duration was very short, but after the vibration ended, Rogge felt a surge of unbelievably strong energy.
He was no stranger to this type of energy; after all, he had relied on this energy to increase his chakra reserves quite a bit in the past few days.
This was the energy of the dragon bones, a vast energy that was enough to shock people.
Even an ordinary person could clearly feel the existence of this energy.
With the location of the dragon bones as the center, everyone within a few kilometers nearby felt the existence of this energy.
Along with this energy, there was also an ancient and desolate aura originating from the prehistoric era.
Just a dead dragon, and a dragon that had been dead for who knows how many years, could emit such an astonishing aura just by its bones.
If it were a living dragon, then…
Rogge felt that he needed to go to Kunlun in the future.
At this time, the Chaste and others who were fighting on the surface also felt the vast energy and astonishing aura emanating from the dragon bones.
For a moment, the warring parties couldn't help but stop attacking.
Feeling this extraordinarily large dragon bone energy, Stick showed an expression of extreme desire, standing upright in place, neurotically taking several deep breaths, as if doing so could absorb the dragon bone energy into his body.
While Stick was neurotically taking deep breaths, his opponent Murakami did not waste the opportunity, attacking him like lightning, the black katana in his hand like a venomous snake catching its prey, directly attacking Stick's throat.
Just as Murakami's black katana was about to hit Stick's throat, Stick, who had not made any movements, finally moved.
No one knew how Stick attacked; they only saw Murakami being hit hard in the chest by the long staff in Stick's hand, the whole person being knocked away nearly ten meters like a volleyball being spiked.
"Those who stand in my way shall die!"
After knocking Murakami away, Stick said silently.
Although his voice was not loud, everyone present could feel the astonishing killing intent emanating from him.
Daredevil Matt was a few meters away from Stick at this time, and after hearing Stick's words, he felt for the first time that he didn't understand his master at all.
Stick obviously wouldn't care about other people's opinions at this time; after speaking, he walked forward slowly with his long staff.
The Hand ninjas obviously wouldn't be intimidated by Stick's killing intent; after seeing Stick walking towards Murakami, these ninjas didn't hesitate at all and immediately attacked Stick.
Faced with the attacks of these Hand ninjas, Stick once again demonstrated his super strength as a fighting master.
A seemingly unremarkable long staff, in Stick's hands, was like a divine weapon, displaying terrifying lethality.
In just two or three seconds, the Hand ninjas who attacked Stick turned into corpses lying on the ground.
While Stick was displaying his great power on the ground, Rogge in the underground tunnel looked at the Hand ninjas blocking him with a puzzled expression.
These Hand ninjas didn't know why they had gathered at the exit of the tunnel, and Rogge felt the strange dark aura on them that he had once felt on Black Sky.
Seventy-seven Hand ninjas blocked his path in this way, and Rogge didn't see any weapons on them.