ACSP: Chapter 139: Extermination, Morning Peacock, Daytime Tiger!
Hearing Jiang Chen's reply, the expression on Ling Kai's face instantly stiffened.
"So, you want to use your power to bully others?"
"If you think this is using power to bully others, then so be it..."
Jiang Chen's tone was calm, but his words sent a chill through everyone present.
This kid clearly looked like he was only in his teens, so why was the pressure coming from him so intense?
Ling Kai looked at Jiang Chen with a solemn expression, feeling a trace of pressure in his heart for the first time.
No.
That wasn't pressure.
It was fear.
Facing the powerful aura radiating from Jiang Chen.
The others started to hesitate at this moment.
Resources were certainly important.
But compared to their own lives, they were insignificant.
This Jiang Chen could even kill Qin Hao and Old Granny Yan.
Wouldn't killing them be a piece of cake?
"Alright, time's up. Today, none of you will be leaving..."
Just as everyone was hesitating, Jiang Chen's voice sounded again.
In an instant.
Panic was written on everyone's faces.
"Jiang Chen, this is a misunderstanding. It's all Ling Kai's fault. He said that if enough of us came, you would return those resources to us..."
"Right, right, right. He also said that as long as we were firm enough, you would definitely choose to compromise."
"This is all Ling Kai's fault, it has nothing to do with us. We were all instigated by him."
"I don't want those resources anymore. I'm leaving right now..."
"Oh right, I just remembered that today is my girlfriend's eightieth birthday. I have things to take care of over there, so I'll be going..."
"Uh... my wife is about to give birth. I need to rush to the hospital. Farewell."
"What a coincidence, my wife is giving birth today too..."
"..."
In the face of life and death, human nature often reveals itself.
And at this moment, the people who came with Ling Kai perfectly illustrated this point.
Everyone hurriedly distanced themselves from Ling Kai, attempting to disassociate themselves from him in this way.
Some people even turned around and ran, wanting to leave this place as quickly as possible.
However, just as they jumped onto the courtyard wall.
Figures appeared in dense numbers, intercepting them all.
When they saw the faces of those figures.
Everyone's eyes widened in shock.
Because they discovered that the people intercepting them were all actually Jiang Chen.
The 'Jiang Chens' stood dimly outside the courtyard, surrounding the entire Thunder God Temple completely.
Looking out, there were at least two thousand of them.
"Is this an illusion?"
"No, they are all physical entities. These are Shadow Clones..."
"How is that possible? With this many Shadow Clones, could this Jiang Chen also be a Jinchuriki Contractor?"
"Damn it, this accursed Ling Kai. I've really been ruined by him this time."
"Damn it, if I had known things would turn out like this, I shouldn't have come to covet these resources..."
Those who tried to escape were quickly forced back by Jiang Chen's Shadow Clones.
A few of them tried to force their way out, but in the end, they all fell at the feet of Jiang Chen's Shadow Clones.
"I said I would only give you 10 seconds to consider..."
Jiang Chen pressed forward step by step with his Shadow Clones, giving those people no chance to breathe.
Ronan and the others also drew their weapons upon seeing this.
Jiang Chen was now their boss.
Now that the boss had made his move.
How could they, his underlings, just sit by and watch?
"Damn it, it's death either way, let's fight them..."
"Quick, find Jiang Chen's real body and screw him!"
"Attack..."
Even a rabbit bites when cornered.
Let alone these Contractors who were already harboring evil intentions.
As Jiang Chen made his move, those people also launched a counterattack.
However, it was no longer they who held the numerical advantage, but Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen's Shadow Clones were like rampaging killing machines.
A Rasengan in the left hand, a Chidori in the right.
Pushing through whoever they saw.
Everywhere they passed, corpses lay strewn across the field.
"Hahaha, I haven't fought to my heart's content like this in a long time. This feels so damn good."
Ronan gripped his flying raijin kunai, weaving wantonly through the crowd, reaping lives with extreme speed.
Those level sixty or seventy Contractors, how could they be a match for a Kage-level Contractor like him?
Seeing him was like a mouse seeing a cat.
They were insta-killed without even a chance to run.
The situation on the others' side was similar.
Yang Ke flew in the air, using the Atomic Dismantling Jutsu to blast large swaths, sending those people scurrying in fear.
Li Dala directly created dozens of clay birds, attacking specifically where the crowd was densest.
With a shout, they exploded, taking out several at a time.
Even Lei Li joined the battle.
Although his injuries had not fully healed, relying on his formidable Lightning Release skills, he could still slaughter his way through the crowd.
Before long.
The people Ling Kai brought were scattered and decimated, with countless casualties.
"If a tiger doesn't show its might, do you treat me like a sick cat?"
Just then, a terrifying surge of Chakra erupted from the crowd, blowing away dozens of Jiang Chen's Shadow Clones.
Everyone turned to look.
They saw a man emitting blue steam from his body, having forcibly broken out of the encirclement and jumped onto the roof.
It was Ling Kai.
"Blue steam? Has he opened the Gate of View directly?"
Jiang Chen's gaze narrowed slightly.
The Gate of View is the last gate before the Gate of Death.
After the user employs this move, their body begins to emit blue steam produced by the evaporation of sweat, thereby unleashing unparalleled speed and power.
If Ling Kai was previously just an ordinary Elite Jonin Contractor.
Then, after opening this Gate of View state.
His combat power was now sufficient to rival a Kage-level Contractor of the same level, or even be stronger.
"Jiang Chen, do you think you can keep me here with these fragile Shadow Clones of yours?"
"Today, I'll let you taste what a true Taijutsu secret technique is!"
Ling Kai leaped high into the air and began to strike the air with his fists at an astonishing speed.
His punching speed became faster and faster.
In the blink of an eye, afterimages appeared.
"— Taijutsu Secret Technique: Morning Peacock!"
Following Ling Kai's roar.
The next second.
Countless flaming fist winds came whistling down, like meteors crashing from the sky, instantly enveloping the entire courtyard.
"— Bang!"
"— Bang!"
"— Bang!"
"..."
Under the dense flaming fist winds, Jiang Chen's Shadow Clones began to burst one after another.
In an instant, hundreds of Shadow Clones were sent back to where they came from by Ling Kai's Morning Peacock.
Jiang Chen glanced back at Ronan and the others, and seeing that they had already driven the remaining people into a desperate situation, he immediately dispelled all his Shadow Clones.
Against an opponent with combat power like Ling Kai's, his current Shadow Clones were of little use.
Rather than leaving them as live targets for the opponent, it was better to just dispel them.
"I've finally found your real body..."
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