Ten minutes ago, Kobayashi's house.
The territory of the Kobayashi family had turned into a battlefield. Gunshots echoed as bullets flew between the Blood Kin. Weapons clashed, sparks and shockwaves wreaked havoc. There were all sorts of AoE Abilities.
There were lightning, wind blades, and water currents. The most eye-catching ones were "Freezer" Yūki and "Strength of the Earth" Uesaka.
Yūki was a female ninja in a tight black suit. The thin nanomaterial combat suit outlined her voluptuous figure. Her face was beautiful, but her temperament was cold and her face was expressionless. She was a typical ice beauty.
Her special ability was of the ice attribute. Her entire body emitted a coldness that could freeze blood. This coldness formed a domain with a diameter of ten meters. Anyone who was enveloped by her domain, depending on their strength, would be turned into an ice sculpture in a few seconds. With just a light touch, they would shatter into pieces.
Uesaka Sakata's Earth Arcana was not to be outdone. It was also a powerful weapon in team battles. He could create deep pits and walls of earth, catching the opponent off guard and causing them to lose their footing, creating opportunities for his allies.
However, the two top S-Ranks had their own opponents. The Kobayashi family also had two top S-Ranks guarding.
Both sides were evenly matched.
Kobayashi Jiro had been trapped in the ice field for fifteen minutes. A thin layer of ice formed on his arms that held the sword. His body was also suffering from different degrees of frostbite. The cold that invaded his body was evaporated by his top S-Rank physique. Steam rose from the back of his head.
Yūki's ice field could not instantly kill an opponent of the same level, but it could limit the opponent's speed and strength through the ultra-low temperature, thereby weakening the opponent.
Then find a chance to slowly grind him to death.
Under normal circumstances, Kobayashi Jiro could just walk away. However, this was the crystal of the Kobayashi family. He had to defend it.
"Ding!"
The sharp sword slashed at the ice armor that Yūki had formed. The ice armor shattered, and the shards turned into bullets that shot out.
Kobayashi Jiro brandished the katana in his hand, blocking the dense ice armor.
The tip of the sword left a trail of sparks on the road. Kobayashi Jiro charged. He dodged the icicles along the way, smashed the ice armor, and successfully closed in.
The sword slashed out with a sharp aura.
Yūki crushed the leather bag hanging on her waist.
There was a mineral water bottle inside, and a large amount of water gushed out. Guided by some kind of power, it condensed and froze in front of her, turning into a hard ice armor.
The Saber Qi slashed on the ice armor, creating dense cracks. Then, the Saber Qi slashed down, but it still did not break the ice armor condensed by the Smashing Wood Wall. It only sent her flying, crashing into a villa not far away.
Kobayashi Jiro seized the opportunity and chased into the courtyard of the villa.
You Mubi stood at the edge of the garden, calmly patting the broken ice armor.
"As expected of the Lin family's Sword Saint. My ice armor is completely unable to block your sharpness. Looks like the minister was right. You're a genius that has the potential to reach half-step Extreme Grade, "You Mubi praised with a smile.
"You're not too bad yourself," Kobayashi Jiro said calmly. "Your Ice Discipline is restricting you. So what if you weaken me? This type of domain-type ability had a large range, but its power was not concentrated. It's only useful in group battles and when suppressing weaker opponents. "
"That's not necessarily true. The essence of a battle is a battle of wits and courage, not pure strength." You Mubi's smile turned cold, and she kicked the water tap beside her, shattering it.
A pillar of water shot up into the sky, and the water droplets swirled around like a sudden downpour.
As the water flowed, the ice quickly spread until it reached Kobayashi Jiro's feet, freezing his shoes.
Kobayashi Jiro took a few steps back, and his light and wear-resistant boots made a tearing sound. The soles of his shoes were frozen in the ice, and the edges were on his feet. His legs were directly exposed in the domain of ice.
"She was sent flying on purpose just now to lure me into the courtyard, so that she could use the water tap in the courtyard to obtain more water …" Kobayashi Jiro's heart sank.
This woman was too powerful. Just as she said, a battle was not only a competition of strength, but also a competition of intelligence. Especially between opponents of similar strength, whoever had more brains would have a greater chance of winning.
Can't I just retreat?!
You Mubi smiled and said, "This is the battlefield I created for you, Kobayashi Kun. Of course, you can choose not to fight, but if you leave the courtyard, you can ruin my plan."
"But Kobayashi Kun, you don't have much time left. You already know that the reinforcements of the Aoki and Tamura families are being attacked by us. If you can't solve the problem here as soon as possible, and wait for my companions to finish killing and meet up with us, your Kobayashi Family will become history after tonight. "
"You are stronger than me, why don't you try to defeat me here?"
You Mubi's purpose was obvious, she wanted him to stay, to let Kobayashi Jiro fight in this place where she had the geographical advantage, and to increase her chance of winning.
Kobayashi Jiro could not refuse, because it was an overt plot. Although it was easy to retreat from the garden, when the reinforcements of the Tenjin Society arrived, the Kobayashi Family would not be able to escape.
As for leading the family to escape, not to mention the women and children would not be able to escape, the most taboo thing in a battle between two armies was to escape like a landslide, because escape often meant a one-sided slaughter.
It was a fight to the death.
Kobayashi Jiro waved his sword in the air, and while You Mubi condensed an ice armor to block, he moved in a semicircle to attack from the side.
"Crack, crack."
The spray of water condensed into ice in the air, forming a dense barrage, covering Kobayashi Jiro. At the same time, the thin ice under his feet also exploded.
The murderous intent of the sky, and the murderous intent of the earth.
In this ice field, You Mubi's special ability was maximized. In addition, it was January, and the weather was freezing, so she had the advantage of the geographical advantage.
Kobayashi Jiro's wishful thinking of a close combat battle failed. While waving his sword to block the barrage, he threw out a stack of shurikens, creating a space without the barrage of ice cones. Then, with a deep growl, he threw the sword in his hand with all his strength.
The light of the flying sword flashed, faster than lightning, and the ice armor on You Mubi's body provided her precious time to react. The moment the ice armor broke, she rolled out, avoiding the fate of being cut in half.
The flying sword was nailed to the wall of the villa.
You Mubi covered the wound on her waist, blood was flowing out.
"Too slow, too slow!" Kobayashi Jiro pulled out an odachi from his waist, and finally found a chance to get close. He lunged forward and stabbed the odachi.
"Ding!"
The odachi stabbed into the ice armor, and after a slight pause, it broke through the defense and stabbed towards You Mubi's chest.
At such a close distance, she did not have the time to condense the ice armor. Kobayashi Jiro saw victory waving at him.
However, at that moment, a sharp blood-colored ice hammer shot out from You Mubi's waist. It flashed like a poisonous tongue.
Kobayashi Jiro reacted quickly, and dodged to the side. The blood-colored ice hammer pierced his lung, avoiding the vital point of his heart.
The next moment, an ice spear formed in You Mubi's hand, and she lifted Kobayashi Jiro into the air.
"Master!"
"Master!"
In the distance, the Kobayashi family members who were more or less paying attention to the battle shouted in fear. They felt that the end of the world, no, the end of the Kobayashi family.
More than a dozen family members broke away from their opponents and rushed into the yard to rescue Kobayashi Jiro. However, the moment they stepped into the ice domain, their bodies stiffened and froze.
Some tried to provide support with firepower, but the power of these firearms was limited. Moreover, a sniper accidentally hit Kobayashi Jiro, but the latter's aura deflected it, so no one tried again.
The other top S-Class of the Kobayashi family was entangled by Uesaka, and could not get away to help.
"Well done." Kobayashi Jiro spat out a mouthful of blood, and his hands held the ice spear tightly, fighting against her aura. "I've underestimated you. You also pretended to be unable to dodge and let me slash your left waist."
"Oh, oh, oh." You Mubi smiled charmingly, and played with her hair. "For a Sword Saint like Kobayashi Kun, no matter how many ice spikes I throw at you, they won't be able to hurt you. I can only catch you off guard. Every Sword Saint is full of confidence, confident that as long as they get close, they can kill metahumans like us. I used this confidence of yours to my advantage. "
"Impressive." Kobayashi Jiro nodded in affirmation, and then changed the topic. "But in your eyes, am I a brute who only knows how to use brute force?"
You Mubi heard the sound of the wind. It was the sound of a sharp blade cutting through the air. It sounded like the propeller of a helicopter, strong and powerful. It was right behind her!
That's right, it was the blade that was stuck in the wall behind her.
You Mubi suddenly remembered the Kobayashi family's Arcana. The descendants of the Kobayashi family were natural-born swordsmen, and this was related to their Arcana. It was a very rare Arcana: Refine!
The essence of Refine was to use a certain method to form a connection with an object, and then control it freely, as if it was an arm.
Even if they did not practice swordsmanship, as long as they refined their weapons for a long time, they would be the best swordsmen.
However, You Mubi had never seen anyone who could directly use the superpower of Refinement to control a weapon that had left their body without using their aura.
Has Kobayashi Jiro trained his Arcana to this level?
He purposely threw the Arcana at me. Even if it didn't kill me, it didn't matter because his next attack was ready. When I subconsciously ignored the weapon, it would give me a fatal blow.
She looked at Kobayashi Jiro, and the latter looked back at her with a confident smile on his face.
"Ding!"
It wasn't the sound of the Arcana piercing through a body, but the crisp sound of metal clashing. You Mubi saw a spark behind her.
Kobayashi Jiro's expression changed.
You Mubi was excited to have escaped from death.
"Thud!"
Someone landed on the roof of the villa. It was a man in a black uniform of the Tenjin Shrine. His face was covered, and he carried a Arcana on his back. He pointed at Kobayashi Jiro.
A small and sharp shuriken appeared behind You Mubi, and it spun toward Kobayashi Jiro's throat.
Kobayashi Jiro stopped competing with You Mubi's aura. He flipped his body in the air and broke the ice spear that pierced through his body. He evaded the shuriken and summoned his Arcana back.
He quickly retreated from You Mubi's ice field and fled the courtyard. He kept swinging his Arcana to deflect the shuriken.
"Hundred Sword Slash, Numagiri Takashi." Kobayashi Jiro landed outside the courtyard. He held the Arcana in one hand and pressed the bleeding wound with the other. He looked up at the man on the roof of the villa with a gloomy face.
You Mubi breathed out a sigh of relief and smiled. "Saegirin-Kun, if you didn't come, I would have died under this bad guy's sword."
Her tone was sweet and sweet as if she was acting coquettishly. She was a mature woman with a sexy body. She should have sounded pretentious, but when she said it, it was enough to stir up a man's heart.
"If your Seduction was half as good as the Aoki family's woman, I would have been willing to be taken by you." Numagiri Takashi said lightly. "Even if I didn't do anything, you wouldn't have died."
"Hit your sister." You Mubi shook her head. "Leader said not to use it in advance unless the mission is about to fail."
Numagiri Takashi, an old cadre of the Tenjin Shrine, was a senior top S-class. His special ability was to control objects. It was said that he could control more than a hundred shurikens at once. He had a brilliant record of killing a master of the same level without moving his body.
"The reinforcements from the Tamura family are settled? Who died? "You Mubi asked, full of interest. She not only wanted to satisfy her curiosity, but also wanted to crush the Kobayashi family's spirit in public.
"Just two ordinary S-class." Numagiri Takashi said casually. "I thought the Tamura family would send a top S-class to rescue us. Who would have thought that it would be two nameless pawns. I can't even remember their names."
Kobayashi Jiro's face turned even uglier. He retreated again and again and shouted, "Hurry up and contact the reinforcements from the Aoki family and the Tamura family."
After a while, the family member responsible for contacting the Tamura family replied, "Master, no one from the Tamura family responded."
This meant that the reinforcements from the Tamura family had encountered an accident.
The Kobayashi family members looked at each other and felt that the situation was not good.
On the other hand, the Tenjin people were cheering loudly, laughing, and whistling provocatively.
The top S-class of the Kobayashi family, who was fighting with Uesaka Uesaka, forcibly broke away from the battle. Seeing that Uesaka was winning, he did not pursue. He immediately came to Kobayashi Jiro's side and said in a low voice, "Kobayashi kun, retreat."
Retreat?
It had to be said that even Kobayashi Jiro, a sword saint who worshiped samurai and emphasized benevolence and righteousness, felt that the situation was not in his favor. Retreat was the only way out. After all, stubbornly resisting would only bury the entire Kobayashi family here.
He did not escape earlier because there was still a possibility of turning the situation around. As long as he could kill Yumibi, he could join forces with the top S-class of the family to kill Uesaka in a very short time.
Even if he could not kill Uesaka, the Tenjin Association's strength would be greatly weakened. Moreover, the reinforcements from the Aoki family and the Tamura family were still unknown.
Now, they already knew that the Tamura family's reinforcements would not come, and the opponents were three top S-class. There was almost no chance of winning.
Oh, and there was also the Aoki family's reinforcements.
Kobayashi Jiro asked, "What about the Aoki family?"
The family member replied, "The Aoki family has dealt with the ambush and is on their way here."
This was really good news.
Kobayashi Jiro's spirit was lifted.
The Kobayashi family members also breathed a sigh of relief. Their faces were overflowing with smiles, and their hearts were no longer filled with despair.
Yumibi, Uesaka Ta, and Numagiri Takashi looked at each other speechlessly. They could see the shock in each other's eyes.
The members who ambushed the Aoki family were led by Miyamoto Hideyoshi. Miyamoto Hideyoshi was younger than them, but his swordsmanship was superb, and he was powerful. He was not weaker than any of them.
They actually failed?
Could it be that the Aoki family had sent two top S-class? How could they dare to send two top S-class?
Were they not afraid that the Tenjin Association would take advantage of the fact that their family's defenses were weak to attack the root of the problem?
Numagiri Takashi said in a deep voice, "Contact Miyamoto Hideyoshi and ask me to meet up with him as soon as possible. The reinforcements from the Aoki family must have won a pyrrhic victory. It won't affect the overall situation. "
Yumibi nodded and took out her mobile phone. The nano combat suit did not have pockets, but women had an advantage over men in that they were born with pockets.
"There's no need to call." A clear and melodious voice of a girl suddenly rang out. Everyone looked toward the source of the voice and saw two people standing on the roof of a villa in the east.
It was a man and a woman. The girl was wearing a tattered sportswear, revealing the tattered combat suit underneath. She raised her head, puffed out her chest, and sucked in her stomach. She was valiantly looking down at the people below.
"Li Peiyun?!"
Numagiri Takashi's expression changed slightly.
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