The enemy strikes again

  "Hmm...hmm...hmm..."

  "What's going on?" An Ran, standing beside the bed, looked at Qi Qi Shi lying on the bed with a face full of sweat and felt a little anxious. "It's been like this since just now, did that killer do something to you before he died?"

  "Hmm..." Qi Qi spat out a mouthful of turbid air, shook his head, "Nothing... it's just my own problem... I'll be fine in a while..."

  "But... " An Ran still had some worries.

  "Rather than... saying that," said Kaito, suddenly shifting his gaze to the window on one side, "it's better to think about how to deal with the incoming enemy..."

  "What?" An Ran was stunned and didn't react for a moment.

  "Hahaha!" Just as the sound of An Ran's voice fell, a loud laughter came in, and immediately afterwards, a man wearing a blue long gown walked in with a smile on his handsome face. He didn't even glance at An Ran, but instead stared straight at Xie Qiluo, "I didn't expect that you could still discover me in this situation. You're really not an ordinary person."

  "No, in fact I shouldn't have been able to find you," Xie Qian smiled wryly and said slowly, "You should be hiding behind those three assassins, right? Originally, I wouldn't have been able to detect you, but at the moment my illness flared up, it allowed me to sense a hint of your presence..."

  "Ah, I see," the man said with a look of sudden realization. "After seeing your strength back then, I was always on high alert, but when I saw you fall down, due to my own carelessness and negligence... it's ultimately my own problem, however, that you can still pay attention to your surroundings in such a situation is truly impressive."

  "Nowhere... cough, cough," Qi Qi Xi smiled slightly, coughing twice. "After all, I'm almost used to this kind of situation, it's not even anything..."

  "So, now that you've found me, what are you going to do?"

  Upon hearing this sentence, An Ran's hand gripping the sword became even more tense.

  "This sentence should be asked by you," said Qi Qi, unexpectedly. "From the previous situation, even if I didn't kill those killers, you could have taken them down, right? When I just killed that killer, I found a trace of... what you call 'Dòu Qì' energy hidden in his body..."

  "It can be seen from this that you are not in the same group, and it can even be said that you are enemies. In that case, what do you plan to do?" Qī Shí said, her eyes flashing with a hint of menace, causing the man's body to shudder inexplicably. Despite looking like just a weak little girl lying in bed with a sickly appearance, the man still didn't dare underestimate her, because a sense of crisis had suddenly appeared!

  "Don't worry, I don't have any intention of being hostile to you," the man said with a slight smile, although he was secretly shocked and his face didn't show any tension. "My purpose is very simple, it's just for that small box."

  "Little box?"

  An Ran was stunned and interrupted, "Could it be..."

  "That's right," the man shifted his gaze to An Ran beside him, "It's just the box you got from the first killer, as long as you hand it over, that's all. As for your lives, I'm not interested at all."

  "No way!" An Ran suddenly exclaimed with a look of agitation, "That thing was left to me by mother! Absolutely can't give it to you!"

  Upon hearing An Ran's somewhat excited words, the man didn't seem too surprised, but instead looked at Jing Qiushi, apparently inquiring about her intention.

  "...". After a long silence, Qi Qi slowly opened his mouth, "To be strict, she doesn't have much to do with us, and currently it's just because of special circumstances that she is on the same battlefield as me..."

  Qiu Qi's words made An Ran shudder and feel a mix of shock, fear, and... uncertainty.

  "Really?" The man's face lit up with joy.

  "But I refuse."

  "What?"

  "Well, anyway, this kid is on the same side as us, so even if you kill him, it doesn't matter..."

  The seventh real word made An Ran shudder again, but it was not as severe as before.

  "But I think he didn't like doing such disloyal things, so..."

  "He?" The man repeated in doubt, "So you're saying you're going to fight me? If I were at my peak, maybe I'd have to be a bit wary of you, but now... do you think you can defeat me with your current state?"

  "Hmph!" Qī Shí raised the corner of his mouth, "Whether or not I can defeat you, come and try to see..."

  "With that... I'll be rude then..." As soon as he finished speaking, the man's figure turned into a residual shadow and disappeared, only to reappear instantly in front of An Ran, who hadn't reacted yet, stretching out his hand to grab her neck.

  "Cheers!"

  The man who thought he had the upper hand was suddenly shocked to discover that An Ran's body was overflowing with a large amount of Dou Qi, which was charging towards him with strong destructive power. He barely dodged the attack and looked at her with a complex expression, "I didn't expect you to have reached the 6th rank at such a young age, truly a genius. But do you think that's enough to counter me? How naive."

  Ignoring the long sword swung at him, the man's body slightly shifted to the side, naturally dodging the attack. The purple aura on the sword grazed past him, and he said with a raised corner of his mouth, "A sword isn't used like that." Suddenly, a plain black long sword appeared in his hand, and with just one flick, the sword transformed into countless afterimages, enveloping An Ran within.

  "What? Is this a sword aura?" Looking around at the black sword auras, An Ran was greatly shocked and wanted to dodge but didn't know where to hide. Just as she was about to lose her life under these sword auras, suddenly...

  "Kotouryu - Yuri," Kanzaki Mitsuru stood up, stretched out his foot and kicked Anri's back of the head, then Anri found himself lifted by a force and thrown backwards.

  "Hmph," the man snorted, seeing his attack dodged. He glanced at An Ran and said, "You've finally intervened? Then, as a sign of respect for the strong, I'll introduce myself - Ling Feng."

  "Ling Feng?" Upon hearing this name, An Ran's eyes flickered twice, "Could it be..."

  "Cough, cough... Respect for the strong? " Kōnana Sachi covered her mouth and coughed twice. "To be honest, I wasn't really interested in this sort of thing, but since you've already given your name, I suppose I'll tell you mine too - Kōnana Sachi."

  "So," a strong gust of wind blew around Ling Feng, coldly staring at Xue Qi Shi, the furniture around him was all crushed to powder, a powerful aura burst out from Ling Feng's body, making An Ran somewhat breathless.

  "This is... Seventh Rank?" An Ran's eyes widened in a mixture of shock and incredulity as he exclaimed, "Actually entered the Seventh Rank..."

  "It's fine as long as you understand," Ling Feng said with a hint of complacency.

  "Seven stages, huh......" Qi Nian was mentally calculating the unclear strength division of this opponent, who was much stronger than the few enemies he had encountered before. No, it wasn't just a matter of being stronger - it was a qualitative change. The power of this enemy's Dou Qi was also much greater than his own. If his Devil's disease hadn't erupted, even if he were more powerful, he could still copy his opponent's moves through his ancient art of mimicry.

  Seeing Keiko can copy techniques, but cannot copy energy, such as Dou Qi, Chakra, etc. cannot be copied. However, the techniques she copies do not require energy to drive them out, for example, Fire Shadow Ninja Technique does not need to consume Chakra to use, and its power is exactly the same as the original version. This is where Seeing Keiko's variation lies. Except for some powerful bloodline skills and innate skills, all other abilities can be perfectly copied.

  The difference between bloodstains and bloodlines is that the bloodstains in Fire Shadow can be replicated, but those like bloodlines, such as the True Ancestor's bloodline, Saiyan bloodline, Great Snake bloodline, and Boundary Demon bloodline, which have already left the human race, cannot be replicated. Naturally, the abilities of these bloodlines, such as the Great Snake's Sunlight Illumination, the True Ancestor's Immortality (no need to replicate this one?), Elric's Materialization of Empty Thoughts, and Purple Mom's Interval, also cannot be replicated.

  "Cough...cough!" Suddenly, Qi Qi covered her mouth and started coughing violently, causing Ling Feng to raise an eyebrow beside her.

  "You look like you're in a pretty bad state, and yet you still want to fight me?"

  "Hmm, of course..."

  "No," a voice suddenly came from beside him, "she won't fight you again, because next is our battle!"

  "Really?!"

  "What's wrong?"

  Hearing this voice, Qi Nian and An Ran both cried out.

  "Anyone else?" Ling Feng's pupils contracted, and he hastily turned his head to see a black-haired young man and a purple-haired woman pushing open the door and walking in, their eyes fixed on him with ill intentions. "You are..."

  "Me?" Mu Xiao Xiao flashed a brilliant smile, then suddenly charged forward, swinging a fierce punch. "Let's start with a fight! We can ask questions while we're at it!"