“Tch… another troublesome one…” Oda Ai saw that Barney had received her attack unscathed, so she clicked her tongue lightly, flicked her wrist, and launched another strike.

This time, Barney did a sideways somersault to dodge, and shouted in mid-air, “Oh~ calm down~ buddy~”

“Ai, be careful!” At this moment, thanks to Oda Ai's attack, Akachi Nobu had freed herself from Bugs Bunny's suppression. She drew her sword to assist the attack at the first opportunity, and said, “This rabbit’s true strength is unfathomable… don’t be fooled by his appearance.”

“Ah~ I know.” Oda Ai replied without turning her head, “Just looking at his reaction and movements makes it clear…” As she spoke, her offensive was also without any lag, “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 members launched their surprise attack, Xiao Tan was naturally also attacked.

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

However, Xiao Tan stood calmly on the spot, not moving at all.

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

Sure enough, Brother Rabbit, arriving later but acting first, charged into the battle, and without saying a word, shouted a move towards the direction of Takeda Tomo: “Short Hair Divine Fist - Heaven Piercing Killing Strike!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Brother Rabbit’s hands were already thrust forward, and a wave of Dou Qi (battle energy) shot out through the air, heading straight for Takeda Tomo.

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

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

Immediately afterwards, Brother Rabbit turned around non-stop, his figure dragging out layers of phantoms and 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 separated his feet and sank into a horse stance, spreading his arms out and drawing a circle in the air; his movements were like flowing clouds and flowing water, yet without losing the heroic spirit of Dou Qi.

“Short Hair Divine Fist Secret - Heaven Piercing Stance!”

Everyone knows that for two-dimensional characters, it’s common sense to announce the name of the move when fighting… Brother Rabbit is no exception.

His shout and speech were really effective…

Uesugi Jin and Sasaki Mei also quickly stopped their steps and halted their forward charge.

Of course, they were not intimidated by the name of the move. They just judged from their own combat experience that the other party had released a skill similar to a “body-receiving technique (a technique that involves receiving an attack and using its force against the attacker)”; moreover… judging from the visible Dou Qi, the strength of this move was extremely terrifying… This situation should never be confronted head-on.

“What is this rabbit’s background…” Uesugi Jin’s cold sweat had already fallen, “…so strong.”

“Yeah… this pressure is about to break through the sky.” Sasaki Mei’s expression was almost like being constipated for a week. After a little consideration, he suddenly added, “I can’t do it… I have to use my ultimate move!”

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

Her doubts were also 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 teammates in the form of data before the game.

I believe some people have already guessed it, that is—[Soul Intent].

“Take this, rabbit…” In the next second, Sasaki Mei’s eyes sharpened, and he said in a deep voice, “Double Body!”

After saying that, his figure suddenly blurred, split into two, and turned into two afterimages.

And the afterimages instantly materialized, becoming… two identical Sasaki Meis.

“Oh? This is interesting…” Brother Rabbit immediately changed his expression when he saw this, “I’ve seen many Doppelganger abilities, but they all have a basic common point, that is… no matter how many Doppelgangers are separated, there is only one real body.” He paused, “However, your move… actually separated two real bodies, which is really extraordinary.”

After listening to the NPC's comment, Uesugi Jin looked at his teammate in surprise: “You actually hid this kind of trump card in secret…”

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

“Sounds like… it’s visualizing the onset of multiple personality disorder…” Xiao Tan, who studied medicine, immediately spat out a very accurate retort from the side after hearing this.

(Two) Sasaki Meis didn’t respond to his words, 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 he finished speaking, two figures attacked Brother Rabbit’s two sides along completely symmetrical trajectories, and shouted moves at the same time.

“Living Killing. Sixteen Nights Moonflower!”

This… is Sasaki Mei’s strongest ultimate skill.

Although this skill itself has not yet reached the level of S-rank, but… when used in conjunction with “Double Body,” its power is far more than twice the original.

To use an analogy… his attack is equivalent to two first-class fighting players using a combo skill, and the consciousness of these “two people” is still connected. From this perspective, it’s similar to Brother Jue and Ruoyu’s combined move [Holy Demon Flash Slash].

“Crap…” At the moment when the opponent attacked, thoughts flashed quickly in Xiao Tan’s mind, “Brother Rabbit doesn’t have the kind of external enveloping defensive method like the Time Lord, and Sasaki’s attack in front of him… is probably unbearable with the ‘Turning Dragon Breathing Technique’; no matter how you look at it… Brother Rabbit can only use ‘Mu Xiang Zhuan Sheng (unhindered reincarnation)’ to dodge this move. But… he is standing here to protect me, and it is very likely that he will give up dodging because he is concerned about my existence, in that case…”

Thinking of this, Xiao Tan’s body had already moved instinctively, and consciously made a clear sound of stepping on the ground. His intention was also very obvious, which was to remind Brother Rabbit, who was blocking in front of him—I have left the spot, you can also use Mu Xiang Zhuan Sheng to avoid the move.

However, what Xiao Tan didn’t expect was… that Brother Rabbit had no intention of avoiding it at all.

At this moment, the face of this Short Hair Divine Fist Sect Master showed a calm expression.

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

“This schizophrenic samurai…” Brother Rabbit raised his hands to both sides with a smile as he spoke, “I’m sorry… attacking me from both sides at the same time is an extremely unwise move.”

When they heard these words, both Sasaki Meis showed a look of astonishment on their faces, and an emotion called fear made his pressure double again…

“At least let you die without pain…” As Brother Rabbit spoke, the ultimate move had already appeared, “Short Hair Affectionate Face-Breaking Fist!”

Chi—Chi—

After two soft groans, two punches containing the Dou Qi of Gentle Fist bloomed from Brother Rabbit’s left and right hands respectively, penetrating Sasaki Mei’s Doppelganger.

The latter’s two figures immediately solidified, and their survival value dropped directly to zero; and his slashing skill on the string… was naturally strangled in the stage of launching the move.

“Damn… this rabbit also has a skill with a ‘instant death’ effect…” Before Sasaki’s corpse was cold, Takeda Tomo, who was behind Xiao Tan, had returned, and she thought in her heart after witnessing her teammate’s death, “Hell Front is able to find such a strong NPC to help, this is simply cheating!”

Depressed as she was, Takeda Tomo still attacked head-on. Because she knew that the current battle situation could not allow them to have any more waiting and hesitation…

Before the fight started, the five members of the Sengoku team were already in a state of disarray after being beaten by the Time Lord. They relied on their numerical advantage to launch a siege against Xiao Tan. This battle was originally aimed at a quick victory… quickly taking someone’s head five-on-one and then recovering on the spot, that was the best result.

However, the interference of the two rabbits caused the battle situation to change suddenly; the five-on-one situation instantly turned into “a player who is almost full of health plus two powerful NPCs, to fight a team of about five remnants.”

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

“Damn rabbit, don’t underestimate people too much!” A few seconds later, Takeda Tomo shouted violently and stabbed the katana in her hand into the ground.

Ding—

A strange, crisp cry sounded, announcing that Takeda Tomo risked death and overdrawing her spiritual power to release the special ability of her title [Rakshasa Marquis]…

[Name: Rakshasa Halberd Heaven Pillar]

[Special Ability Type: Active]

[Consumption: Spiritual Power Value 500]

[Effect: Transform a columnar area with a diameter of ten meters into the “Halberd Heaven Pillar Domain” (duration thirty seconds, cooldown time twenty-four hours, a perfect-level or above sword-type weapon that has been bound to the caster must be temporarily sealed into subspace when activated)]

[Note: All players, NPCs, and monsters located in the Halberd Heaven Pillar Domain will not be able to use skills, items, and other special abilities. Units within the Halberd Heaven Pillar Domain cannot be killed, nor can they make any attacks. All physical or non-physical damage and special effects from outside the Halberd Heaven Pillar Domain… will become invalid after entering the Pillar Domain. Life forms inside and outside the Halberd Heaven Pillar Domain can freely enter and exit the area, but entering or leaving the Pillar Domain will immediately lose 95% of their maximum survival value.]

At first glance, this skill seems to be just wasting the time of both sides… Knowing the premise of 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 also futile…

No matter how you think about it… this move is not worth such a huge consumption of “spiritual power value 500.”

However, whether a skill is powerful or not… the key depends on how the player uses it. As long as some specific conditions are met, this move will become a divine skill.

For example…

“Oh… she just shot without talking to me again…” Uesugi Jin sighed, although her words seemed to be complaining about her teammate, her movements did not stagnate, “Then I can only…” She held the hilt with both hands, raised the katana, and a ultimate style… had condensed on the blade, “Accompany you to the end…”