“Tch… another troublesome one…” Oda Ai spat lightly upon seeing Barney take her attack unharmed, then flicked her wrist and unleashed another strike.

This time, Barney did a sideways somersault to dodge, loudly proclaiming in mid-air, “Ooh~ Calm down~ buddy~”

“Ai, be careful!” At this moment, Akachi Nobu had broken free from Bugs Bunny’s suppression thanks to Oda Ai’s offense. She immediately drew her sword to assist, saying, “This rabbit’s true strength is unfathomable… don’t be fooled by his appearance.”

“Ah~ I know.” Oda Ai responded without turning her head, “I knew just from looking at his reactions and movements…” While speaking, her offensive showed no sign of slowing, “Among all the NPCs I’ve seen, I can’t find many whose physical skills can reach this level…”

…

On the other hand…

A few seconds ago, when the Sengoku team launched their surprise attack, Xiao Tan naturally came under attack as well.

Takeda Tomo, Uesugi Jin, and Sasaki Mei attacked him from three directions respectively.

However, Xiao Tan stood calmly on the spot, without moving an inch.

Because he knew… that “other rabbit” had already taken action for him.

Sure enough, Brother Rabbit arrived first, entering the battle and immediately shouting a move in the direction of Takeda Tomo: “Short-Haired Divine Fist – Heaven Piercing Life Severing!”

Before the words faded, Brother Rabbit’s hands had already shot forward, and a surge of fighting spirit shot through the air towards Takeda Tomo.

In the previous battle against the Master of Time, Takeda Tomo was the most seriously injured member of the Sengoku team. Although she could still fight at this moment, it was impossible to directly break through such a move. Therefore, at this moment… she could only choose to retreat and dodge.

Thus, the first of the three was forced back by Brother Rabbit with a ranged attack.

Immediately afterward, Brother Rabbit spun around without pausing. His figure dragged out layers of afterimages, instantly flashing to the other side of Xiao Tan, facing Uesugi Jin and Sasaki Mei, who were attacking in a pincer formation.

“Ha–!” With another long shout, Brother Rabbit split his feet and sank into a horse stance, spreading his arms and drawing a circle in the air. His movements were smooth and flowing, yet full of heroic fighting spirit.

“Short-Haired Divine Fist Secret Art – Heaven Piercing Stance!”

Everyone knows that for two-dimensional characters, announcing the name of your move during a fight is common sense… Brother Rabbit was no exception.

His shout and statement were actually effective…

Uesugi Jin and Sasaki Mei also hurriedly stopped and halted their forward momentum.

Of course, they were not intimidated by the name of the move. They had merely judged from their own combat experience that the opponent had unleashed a skill similar to a *dang shen ji* (counterattack technique); moreover… judging from the visible fighting spirit, the strength of this move was extremely terrifying… This was a situation that absolutely could not be confronted head-on.

“Just what is this rabbit’s background…” Uesugi Jin was already sweating, “…so strong.”

“Yeah… the pressure is about to break through the sky.” Sasaki Mei’s expression was like someone who had been constipated for a week. After a moment of deliberation, he suddenly added, “I can’t do it… I have to use my ultimate move!”

“Ultimate move?” Uesugi Jin was stunned and looked at his teammate, “What ultimate move?”

Her confusion was understandable, because Sasaki Mei’s “ultimate move” was neither a skill, nor an item, nor a title ability. His ultimate move was something that could not be displayed to his teammates in data form before the match.

Many people have probably guessed it already, that is – [Soul Intent].

“Get ready for this, rabbit…” The next second, Sasaki Mei’s eyes sharpened, and he said in a deep voice, “Double Body!”

After speaking, his figure suddenly blurred, dividing into two and turning into two afterimages.

And those afterimages materialized in an instant, becoming… two identical Sasaki Meis.

“Oh? This is interesting…” Brother Rabbit’s expression immediately changed upon seeing this, “I’ve seen many clone abilities, but they all have a basic common point, that is… no matter how many clones are created, there is only one true body.” He paused, “However, your move… actually created two real bodies. This is truly extraordinary.”

Hearing the NPC’s comment, Uesugi Jin looked at his teammate in surprise: “You were secretly hiding this kind of trump card…”

“It’s not really a trump card.” The two Sasaki Meis replied in unison, “I just accidentally discovered… that after splitting off another self, the pressure is halved.”

“Sounds… like the personification of the onset of multiple personality disorder…” Xiao Tan, who was studying medicine, immediately retorted from the side with a very precise *cao*.

The (two) Sasaki Meis did not respond to him. They just looked at Brother Rabbit, who was blocking in front of Xiao Tan, and said in unison, “Rabbit, you are indeed very powerful, but it ends here…”

Before the words faded, the two figures rushed to either side of Brother Rabbit along perfectly symmetrical trajectories, and simultaneously unleashed their moves.

“Life Severing. Sixteen Nights Moonflower!”

This… was Sasaki Mei’s strongest finishing move.

Although this skill itself had not reached the S-rank level, its power was far more than double when combined with “Double Body.”

To make an analogy… his attack was equivalent to two top-tier fighting-type players using a combination technique, and the consciousness of these “two people” was still connected. From this point of view, it was similar to the [Saintly Demon Flash Annihilation] that Jue Ge used in conjunction with Ruo Yu.

“Crap…” The instant the opponent attacked, thoughts flashed through Xiao Tan’s mind, “Brother Rabbit doesn’t have the kind of external enveloping defensive measures that the Master of Time had, and Sasaki’s attack… he probably can’t withstand with the ‘Turning Dragon Breathing Technique’; no matter how you look at it… Brother Rabbit can only use ‘Unfettered Transcendence’ to dodge it. But… he’s standing here to protect me, and he may give up dodging because he’s worried about my presence, in that case…”

Thinking of this, Xiao Tan’s body moved instinctively, and he consciously made a clear sound of stepping on the ground. His intention was also obvious, which was to remind Brother Rabbit, who was blocking in front of him – I have left my original position, you can also use Unfettered Transcendence to avoid the attack.

However, to Xiao Tan’s surprise… Brother Rabbit had no intention of dodging in the first place.

At this moment, the Short-Haired Divine Fist Sect Master’s face showed a calm and composed expression.

Just as the two Sasaki Meis approached, Brother Rabbit’s legs suddenly left the ground, and his body became cross-legged in mid-air.

“This schizophrenic warrior…” Brother Rabbit raised his hands to both sides while smiling, “I’m sorry… attacking me from both sides at the same time is an extremely unwise move.”

When they heard this sentence, an expression of astonishment appeared on the faces of the two Sasaki Meis, and an emotion called fear doubled his pressure once again…

“At least let you die without pain…” As Brother Rabbit spoke, his killing move had already appeared, “Short-Haired Compassionate Face-Breaking Fist!”

Chi– Chi–

After two soft sounds, two gusts of fist wind containing gentle fist fighting spirit bloomed from Brother Rabbit’s left and right hands, penetrating the two Sasaki Mei's Double Bodies.

The latter's two figures immediately froze, and their survival values ​​dropped straight to zero; and his slash technique, which was on the verge of being released… was naturally strangled at the stage of initiating the move.

“Damn it… this rabbit is also carrying a skill with an ‘instant death’ effect…” Sasaki’s corpse was not yet cold, and Takeda Tomo, who was behind Xiao Tan, had already returned, and she thought in her heart after witnessing her teammate’s death, “How could Hell Frontline find such a strong NPC to help? This is simply cheating!”

Annoyed as she was, Takeda Tomo still gritted her teeth and attacked. Because she knew that the current battle situation did not allow them any more waiting and hesitation…

Before the fight started, the five members of the Sengoku team were already beaten to pieces by the Master of Time. They were launching a siege on Xiao Tan by relying on their numerical advantage. This battle was originally aimed at a quick resolution… The best result would be to quickly take the head in a five-on-one situation, and then recover on the spot.

However, the intervention of the two rabbits caused a sudden change in the battle situation; the five-on-one situation instantly turned into a situation where “a near-full-state player plus two powerful NPCs are fighting a team of about five remaining blood players.”

Now, Sengoku has lost one person first, and the situation can be described as worse than ever. If they stop the offensive, then there will really be no chance at all.

“Damn rabbit, don’t underestimate people too much!” A few seconds later, Takeda Tomo roared and thrust the samurai sword in her hand towards the ground.

Ding–

A strange, crisp sound rang out, announcing that Takeda Tomo, at the risk of dying, overdrawn her spiritual power to release the special ability of her title [Rakshasa Marquis]…

[Name: Rakshasa Halberd Pillar]

[Special Ability Type: Active]

[Consumption: Spiritual Power Value 500]

[Effect: Transforms a cylindrical area with a diameter of ten meters into the "Halberd Pillar Domain" (duration thirty seconds, cooldown time twenty-four hours, requires the temporary sealing of a perfect-level or higher sword-type weapon that has been bound to the caster into subspace when activated)]

[Remarks: All players, NPCs, and monsters located in the Halberd Pillar Domain will be unable to use skills, items, and other special abilities. Units within the Halberd Pillar Domain cannot be killed, nor can they perform any attacking actions. All physical or non-physical damage and special effects from outside the Halberd Pillar Domain… will be ineffective after entering the pillar domain. Lifeforms inside and outside the Halberd Pillar Domain can freely enter and exit the area, but entering or leaving the pillar domain will immediately cause them to lose 95% of their maximum survival value.]

At first glance, this skill seems to be just wasting the time of both sides… Knowing the effect, the people inside will definitely not take the initiative to come out, and the people outside will not take the initiative to go in; launching attacks from the outside to the inside is futile, and sealing both the enemy and ourselves inside is equally futile…

No matter how you think about it… this move is not worth such a huge consumption of “Spiritual Power Value 500.”

However, the strength of a skill depends on how the player uses it. As long as some specific conditions are met, this move will become a divine skill.

For example…

“Sigh… acting on her own again…” Uesugi Jin sighed. Although her words seemed to be complaining about her teammate, her actions did not stagnate, “Then I can only…” She held the hilt of the sword with both hands, raised the samurai sword, and a final technique… had condensed on the sword, “Accompany you to the end…”