109: Chapter 109 Fishing

The two hit it off immediately; like thieves, they avoided the patrol's line of sight, left the camp silently, and plunged into the depths of the vast wilderness.

In a patch of withered grass five hundred meters away, a pair of cold eyes was staring fixedly at their retreating backs through a specialized scope.

“Onizuka, the targets have moved.”

“Only two people, they've separated from the main group.”

The assassin codenamed Night Owl whispered his report, his tone filled with incredulous surprise.

Originally, they were worried about how to make a move on Lin Fan in a camp of hundreds.

After all, even though Lei Zhan wouldn't interfere with the trial, if the commotion was too big, it was hard to guarantee the instructors wouldn't step in.

But now, Lin Fan had actually walked out on his own?

And he was heading to the remote Rocky Forest?

This was like someone sending a pillow when you wanted to sleep, or handing you a knife when you wanted to kill.

“Heaven helps me.”

Onizuka slowly rose from the grass, his black tight-fitting combat suit perfectly outlining his physique.

A cruel light flickered in his eyes, which were like those of a poisonous snake.

“It seems even the heavens want to take care of this scourge.”

“Notify the others to surround them in a fan formation.”

“This time, I will make sure he cannot escape even with wings.”

Onizuka waved his hand, and the air behind him twisted slightly.

Five elite Jonin wearing dark camouflage scattered like ghosts, following silently.

Rocky Forest.

Everywhere here were strange rocks several meters high, pointing toward the sky like twisted fingers.

The terrain was complex, and visibility was obstructed.

It was a good place for murder and robbery.

Lin Fan walked in front, holding that greasy bone-chopping knife, seemingly hacking at the thorns blocking his path at will.

In reality, his [Eye of True Sight] had long been activated.

In his field of vision, everything around him had turned into translucent lines.

And several hundred meters behind them, six deep-red human-shaped heat sources were rapidly approaching.

That was killing intent.

Pure, undisguised killing intent.

“They're here.”

The corners of Lin Fan's mouth lifted slightly, curling into an imperceptible cold sneer.

He stopped walking and stood on a huge, flat rock.

“Why did you stop?”

Tang Si followed behind, looking around vigilantly.

“It's spooky here. Is there really treasure?”

“Of course there is.”

Lin Fan turned around, the expression on his face suddenly becoming somewhat ferocious.

He slammed the bone-chopping knife into the ground.

“Tang Si! What do you mean by this!”

Lin Fan suddenly roared without warning, his voice echoing in the silent Rocky Forest.

Tang Si was stunned by this outburst.

“Huh? What do you mean by what?”

“Stop playing dumb!”

Lin Fan pointed at Tang Si's nose, looking exasperated.

“That enlightenment fruit last time was clearly worth 300 million, but you only gave me 100 million!”

“This is fraud! This is exploitation!”

“If you don't make up the remaining 200 million today, we're through!”

Tang Si's eyes widened, looking at Lin Fan as if he were an idiot.

Where did this even come from?

Didn't you sell that enlightenment fruit to me yourself?

And wasn't it agreed at the time that it was a win-win?

“Are you sick?”

Tang Si scolded, frowning.

“That was a transaction based on mutual consent. Now you're digging up old scores?”

“Besides, this is the middle of nowhere. What are you going crazy for?”

“I don't care!”

Lin Fan became more agitated as he spoke, even trying to push Tang Si.

“I knew you aristocratic kids were all no good!”

“Pay up! Otherwise, I'll spill the beans about you wearing split-crotch pants and wetting the bed when you were a kid!”

The two began to argue in the middle of the Rocky Forest as if no one else were around.

The volume grew louder, and their physical movements became more exaggerated.

In the shadows, Onizuka, having lurked within fifty meters, watched this scene with a contemptuous smile on his lips.

“Stupid Chinese.”

“Fighting amongst themselves for profit even when death is imminent.”

“This is why they will never be able to defeat our Great Sakura Country Empire.”

Onizuka slowly drew the katana from his back.

The blade was pitch black, non-reflective, and coated with deadly poison.

At this moment, Lin Fan and Tang Si were turned away from them, pushing each other, completely unguarded.

This was an excellent opportunity.

“Attack.”

Onizuka spat out the word coldly.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In an instant, the sound of piercing air was deafening.

Dozens of shuriken flashing with a ghostly blue light shot toward the two in the center of the clearing like a rainstorm.

Immediately after, several black spheres landed.

Bang!

Purple poison smoke exploded instantly, completely shrouding the area within thirty meters.

“Enemy attack!”

Tang Si reacted extremely quickly.

The moment he heard the sound of the air being pierced, the hair on his body stood up.

That was a martial artist's instinctive intuition.

“Thunder Armor!”

Purple lightning instantly covered his entire body, knocking away the incoming shuriken.

But he was still a step too slow.

With the poison smoke entering his nose, Tang Si immediately felt a wave of dizziness, and the circulation of spirit power in his body became sluggish.

“It's poisonous!”

Tang Si's expression changed drastically.

“Lin Fan! Be careful!”

He subconsciously wanted to pull Lin Fan, who was beside him.

However, when he turned his head, he saw a scene that made his hair stand on end.

Lin Fan, who was at the center of the poison smoke, was not panicked in the slightest.

Instead, he revealed a brilliant smile.

In that smile, there was no fear, only the excitement of a hunter seeing prey fall into a trap.

“Welcome.”

Lin Fan said softly.

In his hand, he had somehow produced a metal box that looked like a Rubik's cube.

Just as the six ninjas were using the cover of the poison smoke to rush over their heads with sharp blades, preparing to deliver a fatal blow, Lin Fan pressed the button in his hand.

[Gravity Landmine blind box (B-Rank)]

[Effect: Instantly creates a 5x gravity field in the designated area, lasting for 30 seconds.]

[Note: In this domain, even the air becomes heavy, let alone people?]

Hum!

An invisible ripple, centered on Lin Fan, instantly swept across the entire field.

The six ninjas, who were originally as light as swallows and flying through the air, felt their bodies sink abruptly.

That feeling was as if a large mountain had suddenly been added to their backs.

Or as if an invisible giant hand was fiercely pressing them toward the ground.

“Nani?!”

Onizuka, who was charging in the front, almost had his eyeballs pop out.

His speed, which he was so proud of, became a joke at this moment.

His perfect mid-air assassination posture instantly deformed.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The six figures, like birds with broken wings, smashed fiercely onto the hard rocky ground.

Crack.

A crisp sound of bone fracture rang out.

That was the sound of knees and ribs breaking as they couldn't withstand the sudden 5x gravity.

“Ah!”

Screams rose and fell within the poison smoke.

What is the concept of 5x gravity?

If you weigh 150 catties, you are currently bearing 750 catties of weight.

This might be barely manageable for a Grandmaster Level powerhouse.

But for these ninjas who rely on agility and speed, it was simply a devastating blow.

Their internal organs were being squeezed, their blood was flowing backward, and even lifting a finger became incomparably difficult.

“This... what kind of sorcery is this?”

Tang Si was also pressed to one knee by this sudden gravity.

But he was a Grandmaster after all, and a power-type who specialized in the physical body and thunder, so his resistance to pressure was much stronger than those fragile ninjas.

“Stop talking nonsense.”

Lin Fan stood where he was, his back straight.

His body was glowing with a faint golden light.

The S-Rank Talent [Indestructible Golden Body] allowed him to move freely in this gravity environment.

He even waved his hand with disgust, dispelling the poison smoke in front of him.

“Young Master Tang, time to work.”

“These are 'blind box raw materials' that delivered themselves to our door; if you break them, I'll hold you responsible.”

As Lin Fan spoke, he pulled the bone-chopping knife out of his system space.

He looked at the figures struggling in pain on the ground, the greed in his eyes almost overflowing.

“Tsk tsk tsk, 2 Grandmaster Level ninjas, 4 Half-step Grandmaster ones.”

“How many good things will this open up?”

“Especially that leader; looking at this equipment, he's definitely a big fish.”

Tang Si looked at Lin Fan's Shrewd Merchant face, then looked at the screaming assassins on the ground.

He suddenly felt that, compared to these assassins who wanted his life, this smiling guy beside him was the real monster.

“Lin Fan, did you know they were following us all along?”

Tang Si gritted his teeth and stood up, thunder crackling around him to resist the pressure of gravity.

“Was the argument just now also an act?”

“Otherwise?”

Lin Fan shrugged, looking innocent.

“If I didn't act it out fully, how would these rats come out of their hole?”

“Alright, stop sighing.”

“The gravity field has twenty seconds left.”

“Leave the leader to me, and you're responsible for crippling the remaining five small fry.”

“Remember, keep them alive.”

“If they die, they won't be fresh.”

After speaking, Lin Fan carried his knife and walked step by step toward Onizuka, who was lying on the ground.

His footsteps were very light, but to Onizuka, it sounded like the countdown of the Grim Reaper.

“Baka...”

Onizuka lifted his head with difficulty, his face under the mask turning purple from congestion.

He looked at the young man walking toward him.

That was no lamb waiting for slaughter; that was clearly a devil in human skin!

“Who... exactly are you?”

Onizuka squeezed this sentence out from between his teeth.

Lin Fan stopped in front of him, looking down at him, the bone-chopping knife in his hand spinning nimbly at his fingertips.

“Me?”

“Just an ordinary blind box merchant.”

“By the way, let me ask a question.”

“Are the kidneys of you ninjas from Sakura Country all pretty healthy?”

“I have a client who has been a bit weak recently and is just lacking some supplements in that regard.”

Onizuka: “???”

Before he could react to what this sentence meant, Lin Fan's knife had already fallen.