This is even more violent than my own instantaneous movement.
Although I can instantly move over a short distance, I can’t achieve long-distance instantaneous movement like Xiao Zhan, and there’s a gap time after each movement, requiring a wait before the next.
But this guy’s spatial crossing can cover four to five times the distance in a single step, without any gap time, which means he can slowly catch up to Xiao Zhan.
Xiao Zhan hadn’t expected this guy to also be capable of this skill.
It seems that the fighting technique of keeping distance with him is no longer effective.
"Kid, having messed with me, you’ve only got a one-way ticket to death today!"
Hattori Kaji roared from behind Xiao Zhan.
The distance was closing in.
Following that, Hattori Kaji drew his katana and hacked towards Xiao Zhan’s back.
The distance was now very close, Xiao Zhan couldn’t escape the attack with distance, and his only choice was to use the Death Demon Scythe to block.
He turned around, and at the same time, swept out with the Demon Scythe in hand.
To Xiao Zhan’s surprise, his Demon Scythe didn’t touch Hattori Kaji’s katana at all!
It was like slicing through a phantom, the Demon Scythe passing right through.
Xiao Zhan was startled, and as he looked toward Hattori Kaji, he saw a sly smirk on his face.
Immediately after, Xiao Zhan felt a dangerous attack on his left shoulder. He quickly tried to dodge aside, but it was a step too late. The cold blade struck his shoulder, slicing his flesh and leaving a deep gash.
Xiao Zhan quickly retreated, creating a gap, and while looking at the wound on his shoulder, he looked at Hattori Kaji in shock.
For the first time in so long, he had taken a fall in the hands of another.
Having landed a successful strike, Hattori Kaji didn’t pursue further but stood there, watching Xiao Zhan with a cold laugh.
His piercing eyes were filled with a cold glint, like a hunter eyeing a prey with no escape. Newest update provided by novel(ꜰ)ire.net
"Kid, that seemed like Spatial Teleportation you just used, that’s your limit distance, huh? If that’s all you can manage then you won’t escape the palm of my hand today."
Hattori Kaji confidently brushed his blade.
Xiao Zhan, watching his katana, let out a faint smile.
"What are you laughing at?"
Hattori Kaji paused his movements.
Xiao Zhan was close to death, yet he still found humor.
"Just some spatial attribute skills, did you really think that makes you invincible?" Xiao Zhan mocked coldly.
Recalling the recent attack, Xiao Zhan understood why he had been injured.
Not only could this guy, Hattori Kaji, traverse space, but he could also perform Spatial Jumps. The katana’s swing from Hattori Kaji, with its trajectory unchanged and no mere illusion, was actually a Spatial Jump from one position to another in an instant.
It was the same principle as Xiao Zhan’s Spatial Teleportation.
This was why Xiao Zhan’s perception didn’t immediately catch the disappearance of the katana’s track, because the moment was so fleeting it vanished and then reappeared in the blink of an eye, and by the time it reappeared, it was already on Xiao Zhan’s shoulder, and even though Xiao Zhan perceived it, he couldn’t react in time.
"Old man, if you can even touch me next, I’ll put my head right in front of you to chop."
Xiao Zhan continued to taunt Hattori Kaji.
Now that he understood Hattori Kaji’s method of attack, Xiao Zhan naturally had a counter. Let’s not forget, Xiao Zhan was fused with the Space Authority Seal, granting him full mastery over the spatial attribute.
It was just a momentary lack of reaction before, but now Xiao Zhan had his guard up; for Hattori Kaji wanting to injure him again, it wasn’t going to be that easy.
Gently caressing the Death Demon Scythe, Xiao Zhan no longer planned to flee. If Hattori Kaji primarily relied on this skill, Xiao Zhan wasn’t afraid of him at all.
"Putting on airs, I really want to see what you’re made of!"
With a cold snort from Hattori Kaji, he immediately launched an attack on Xiao Zhan.
Just as he took a step, covering dozens of meters in the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Xiao Zhan, and the katana slashed towards Xiao Zhan again. It seemed to be an ordinary move, yet it retained the same rhythm as before.
Facing this move, Xiao Zhan calmly swung the Death Demon Scythe in his hand.
The scythe once again met the katana, still passing through it.
A sound of metal clashing was heard.
Looking closely, one could see that at the right side of Xiao Zhan’s body, the katana tried to slice through his body again, but a black Demon Scythe blocked its path.
"You! How is this possible?"
Hattori Kaji looked at Xiao Zhan in surprise. How could Xiao Zhan, who was easily wounded by him just before, suddenly block his attack?
Without even a moment to buffer, it was blocked directly?
"What ’you’? I told you, if you can touch me again, I’ll lay my head in front of you for you to chop."
Xiao Zhan scoffed coldly, knocking the katana at his side away.
Then with an Instantaneous Movement, he appeared behind Hattori Kaji and unleashed a powerful punch.
Still in shock from his attack being blocked, Hattori Kaji couldn’t react to Xiao Zhan’s sudden Instantaneous Movement and was struck by the punch squarely!
Xiao Zhan’s strength was not that of an ordinary Spirit Master.
With that punch, it was like a truck slamming into an average person, sending Hattori Kaji flying dozens of meters, his body splayed in the air like a flying snake, and he couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of fresh blood!
Xiao Zhan wouldn’t give Hattori Kaji a chance, always following the principle to strike while the enemy is down.
He displayed Thunder Shadow Step directly, holding the Death Demon Scythe in one hand, and then swung the scythe at Hattori Kaji.
In the face of danger, Hattori Kaji tapped into his potential. While still uncontrollably flying through the air, he bore the pain in his body, channeled the Spirit Manipulation Energy, and took control of his own body.
Adjusting his posture for landing.
And in the moment of landing, he counterattacked Xiao Zhan!
But with a pff, accompanied by the shadow of the scythe slicing through flesh, a head flew towards the sky like a spout from a fountain.
Hattori Kaji looked at Xiao Zhan with an expression of disbelief, as death came too swiftly for him to react.
He only saw his blade pass through Xiao Zhan’s Demon Scythe, thinking he had blocked Xiao Zhan’s attack, but it turned out to be an afterimage. He didn’t expect Xiao Zhan to also use his move!
Hattori Kaji’s head fell to the ground, rolling a few times like a ball, stopping next to Xiao Zhan’s foot.
Eyes glaring wide open, unwilling to close even in death.
Xiao Zhan set his body ablaze, and then carrying his head, he ran towards Hattori Mansion.
In a duel between masters, there’s no such thing as exchanging hundreds of moves back and forth; a miss by a fraction of an inch can lead to an error of a thousand miles and the loss of life.