Seeing this, the five people immediately fell silent.
They all looked at Oboro... Was there danger?
The next second, Oboro instantly burst out, swept past the crowd, and pounced on Fant.
A silver, shimmering blade had already appeared behind Fant, and was raised high...
Seeing Oboro's reaction, the man who was about to attack was stunned, and suddenly accelerated... The dagger pierced toward the back of Fant's head.
Bang!
Oboro reached out and dragged Fant away from the spot. Then, his other hand caught the falling blade, and grabbed it tightly.
His cold gaze met the gaze of the strange man who had appeared in the team at some point.
"Oh? Your strength is pretty good... You must be the captain... You're a bit capable." The man with the swept bangs didn't feel discouraged that his sneak attack had failed, and smiled slightly.
Only then did Menchi and the others react, and they scattered instantly.
Fant was even startled into a cold sweat.
If it wasn't for Oboro, he might have already been a corpse.
"How could this be?"
Rita was also stunned. Her ability hadn't given a warning... The enemy had completely hidden from their senses.
What kind of elusive ability was it?
Clap clap...
After a brief exchange with the other party, Oboro nimbly distanced himself, and slowly retreated, preparing to disappear into the darkness. He had a playful smile on his face, "Are you going to come and kill me?"
Provocation, blatant provocation!
This person's strength was extremely strong, and his close combat level could spar with him. It was clear that he hadn't been found an opening.
Most importantly, the other party's ability...
It wasn't disguise or concealment. It should be similar to 'assimilation'.
You had to know that human perception would become sluggish in a familiar environment or atmosphere... This was the so-called 'blindness'. For example, at home, sometimes the things we were looking for were right under our noses, but we couldn't see them.
Therefore, even with Rita's ability, it was useless.
This kind of assimilation, from a certain point of view, wasn't ordinary...
Oboro instantly made an analysis in his mind.
This person seemed to be very familiar with the few of them... He clearly knew some things about the team, but they had only just entered the restricted area, and the two sides had never made contact.
The only possibility was that someone among the other party had used some kind of ability to leave some marks with surveillance effects on those Nen ability users outside the restricted area.
Or they had planted spies.
It was meticulous and terrifying!
It showed that the other party had calculated that the Soli Group would hire some external helpers, and had made preparations in advance.
Oboro's team had been exposed.
"However, the route we sneaked in was predetermined, and outsiders wouldn't know about it... Moreover, the area inside the restricted area isn't small. It wouldn't be easy to find us in such a short amount of time... Someone inside the Soli Group has already been tampered with!" Oboro realized.
At this time, half of the man's figure had been shrouded in the night, and he was about to completely disappear from his sight.
Given the other party's ability, once he was out of sight, even Oboro wouldn't be able to find him again... It was unlikely.
A show of force.
The other party was clearly intentionally trying to snipe them here.
Intentionally provoking him... Was it a diversion?
To lure him away, and then... There were other companions nearby. As long as he left, the hidden enemies would appear, and kill the remaining five people.
There was a clear difference between the strength of Menchi and the others and his own... This had already been discovered by the other party.
"You're not that great... You can only protect them for a while. I'll be watching you in the dark all the time... As long as you show even a little bit of slack, I'll kill your team members."
The man sneered.
This was putting pressure on Oboro, mental pressure.
In this way, the actions of Oboro's team would be restricted.
At the same time, it was also further provoking Oboro, and making him attack himself.
"Although I know it's a trap... But, your plan has succeeded!" Oboro glanced at the surrounding terrain, and couldn't sense the location where another, or even several enemies were hiding.
He suddenly smiled at the man.
Immediately after, his figure shot out, and darted toward him.
"Hahahaha... You don't even care about the lives of your own teammates? You're a very unqualified leader of this team..." The man mocked with some triumph.
And behind Oboro, Anthony and the others had already regained their composure.
The other party had lured the captain away... They were very likely to fall into danger.
However, the five people didn't stop Oboro, because they understood the captain...
What was terrifying about this man wasn't just his strength, but also his mind.
The actions and responses he made were definitely the best solution.
"Be careful!"
Fant, the Enhancer, warned his teammates in a deep voice, and stood in front of the few people.
Menchi also had several kitchen knives in her hand...
The five people adopted a defensive stance.
They had already seen the enemy.
A bald fat man with a small black braid combed on his head, and many nose hairs sprouting from his large nostrils, was rushing over from a direction quickly after Oboro left the team. Looking at the five people's nervous expressions, he didn't attack. There was more mockery in his eyes.
Because... Besides Oboro, who needed to be wary of, the remaining five people were too weak.
"Have you guys played checkers?"
The fat man chuckled.
These words made Fant and the others stunned.
Immediately after, a burst of light suddenly rose from the ground under their feet.
When they opened their eyes again, they had already appeared in an unfamiliar environment.
"Yo! The goods we've been waiting for have arrived. You guys are fast..."
Suddenly, a burst of laughter came.
Menchi followed the sound, and her heart tightened. There were four Nen ability users with powerful auras looking at them jokingly.
These people's plans and arrangements for the ambush were too detailed!
They hadn't noticed it at all...
It seemed that the route they had taken had been pre-applied with an ability by that fat man... The timing of the sneak attack was precise. It seemed that they wanted to reduce their numbers, but in reality, the real purpose was to make the team stay in place.
This was the level that a mature and strong team should have.
They were more outstanding than those Nen ability users outside the restricted area, who were already not weak in the eyes of the few people.
"This place isn't far from where we were!"
Rita quickly squatted down, and used her ability to touch the grass under her feet.
"Hmph! Don't worry about your captain anymore. Even if the distance isn't far, it won't take us much time to kill you. It'll be quick... By the time he finds this place, he'll only be able to collect your corpses!"
A man with a scar on his face smiled.
Immediately after, he rushed over like lightning.
Menchi reacted, and slashed out with her knife... But a whip was swung out horizontally, and instantly wrapped around her waist. With a hard tug, Menchi's feet immediately left the ground, and she was slammed into a tree trunk.
Fant burst out with Nen ability in both hands, and exchanged a punch with the man who was rushing over.
His legs sank into the mud, and his body was half a section shorter. It was clear that he had already lost in strength.
Being pressed firmly on top of his head by the latter's fist, his arms were bent... However, Fant's face was calm, and his eyes were unyielding.
"You're still a tough bone... Unfortunately, with your level, you shouldn't have appeared here." After the man with the scar on his face, who was also an Enhancer, finished speaking, he exerted force while holding Fant's fist, and continued to strike.
With a bang!
Mud flew everywhere, Fant spat out blood, and was directly knocked into a deep pit in the sunken surface.
On the other side, Menchi had already cut the whip that was binding her with her knife, and wanted to rush over to help Fant.
Immediately after, a dense shadow of whips lashed out in front of her, shaped like a swarm of snakes, completely intercepting and blocking her space... Menchi kept dodging and raising her hand to cut down the whips that were stretching over, but this whip instantly became longer again... As if it could automatically recover.
Clap clap...
The sharp whip technique heavily struck the nearby tree trunks, not only knocking off the bark, but also causing wood chips to splash everywhere, and the main trunk to break.
In the end, Menchi flipped over and landed in an open space, and looked up at the long-haired woman who was standing on a tree branch in the air.
"Let the men play... You and I are both women. We're more suitable to be together." The woman on the tree said, jumped down from the high place, swung the whip in her hand, and smiled.
"Can we hold out until he comes back?"
Menchi held the knife in front of her, and was nervous in her heart.
Don't look at the fact that there were only four people on the other side, but in their team, Rita and Gabe Witsch didn't have the level to fight head-on yet. Their abilities were focused on support... The two people's strength was much stronger than ordinary Nen ability users. They weren't weak when they really fought.
But the problem was... The enemies they had to face were too strong!
They weren't ordinary people... Even Fant had been knocked down with one punch, and his life was in danger.
And the woman in front of her... Her direct feeling was also extremely dangerous!
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