ACSP: Chapter179: Unscrupulous! Part 1
Jiang Chen retracted the [Chidori Sharp Spear] and glanced over. The Ocular Power of his left eye overflowed, his vision instantly locking onto another direction.
The next second, a ball of black flames suddenly erupted into existence there.
"—Ah!"
Shimura Kenta's scream echoed from within the black flames. Clearly, the spot where the opponent had just revived was exactly where Jiang Chen's gaze had been focused. He had actually predicted the precise position where Shimura Kenta would appear.
"Seven times."
With his body severed, hands mangled, and eyes gouged across his multiple deaths, could Captain-General Shimura really be dying for good?
"What's going on? Isn't this Jiang Chen dead? How is he still alive?"
"Damn it, why is he able to predict the exact place where Captain-General Shimura appears?!"
"Does he possess a high-level perception skill?"
"Impossible! Captain-General Shimura's technique is concept-level. When he revives and appears, ordinary perception skills cannot detect it at all!"
"I just want to know why he is still alive! The technique Captain-General Shimura used just now was an S-rank Forbidden Technique sealing array!"
Jiang Chen had killed Shimura Kenta three times in a row with lightning speed, a scene that completely stunned everyone present. Not only were the Dongdao Contractors paralyzed with shock, but even Li Yanran and her group were entirely dumbfounded.
They had never expected that under the terrifying force of that Forbidden Technique seal, Jiang Chen would not only survive the life-for-a-life tactic, but would also launch an unimaginable predictive counterattack.
He was spawn-killing Shimura Kenta repeatedly. Although the old man would still 'revive' again, this heaven-defying display of dominance left them completely awestruck.
However, their shock was far from over.
Because in the next few breaths of time.
Jiang Chen used perception-based prediction to kill Shimura Kenta twice more.
As for why it was twice.
That was because when he launched his third predictive attack.
Shimura Kenta used [Wood Release: Violent Gun Tree] to forcibly shift his position and avoid his attack.
"Is it the perception ability of Mount Myōboku Sage Arts?"
"I didn't expect you to know even this skill..."
Shimura Kenta gasped for breath.
Although he had just used [Wood Release: Violent Gun Tree] to avoid Jiang Chen's predictive attack.
But the consumption of this technique was too great.
It was also a burden for him.
"Interesting, you actually know about the Sage Arts of Mount Myōboku?"
Jiang Chen's heart stirred.
This Shimura Kenta was able to recognize his current Sage Art state at a glance.
It seems he must have seen this skill on someone else before.
However.
The reason he was able to accurately predict the opponent's 'revival' position just now.
Was not just due to this Sage Art perception.
Plus the [Malice Sensing] he already possessed. Releasing these two sensory skills simultaneously, combined with the dynamic vision of the [Sharingan], gave him a much clearer, real-time perception of everything around him.
"I was almost killed by you just now..."
"Jiang Chen, your potential is truly immense. If you could level up a few more times, I fear even I would be defeated at your hands."
"However, this farce should come to an end now..."
Shimura Kenta looked at Jiang Chen with flickering eyes, the three tomoe in his right pupil beginning to spin rapidly.
"——Mangekyo Sharingan · Kotoamatsukami!"
"Is this your trump card?"
Jiang Chen smiled.
When he was only level 20, he had used his Ocular Power to suppress the Contractor of Uchiha Shisui so thoroughly that even [Kotoamatsukami] had failed. Now that he was level 51, where did this Contractor of Danzo Shimura get the confidence to use [Kotoamatsukami] in front of him?
"——Mangekyo Sharingan · Mirror Heaven and Earth Change!"
Jiang Chen opened his eyes wide. As an overwhelming surge of Ocular Power erupted, the [Kotoamatsukami] released by Shimura Kenta was instantly reflected back onto him.
Shimura Kenta's body stiffened, as if struck by lightning, and he froze entirely in place. By the time he reacted, a familiar figure had already materialized directly before him. It was Jiang Chen.
Shimura Kenta wanted to make a move, but Jiang Chen struck first. His blade flashed, decisively severing the opponent's Hashirama arm on the spot. Immediately after, Jiang Chen reached out and, in full view of everyone, brutally gouged out the [Mangekyo Sharingan] from the old man's right eye.
"Your [Izanagi] is completely used up now, right?"
"Since that's the case, I'll gladly accept these two gifts of yours..."
As his words fell, the Kusanagi Sword in Jiang Chen's hand swept across the opponent's neck. The next second, with a heavy "thud," Shimura Kenta's head rolled from his shoulders.
"Damn it, why is Captain-General Shimura dead again?!"
"Don't panic! The Captain-General possesses a concept-level divine skill; he cannot truly be killed!"
"Right! I think the Captain-General is just deliberately draining Jiang Chen's stamina and Chakra. Once the opponent's energy is completely exhausted, his death will be at hand."
"That's right, I think so too. A temporary advantage means nothing. Whoever laughs last is the true winner!"
Although seeing Shimura Kenta being slaughtered repeatedly made the East Island Contractors feel incredibly uncomfortable, they quickly reassured themselves by remembering his infinite resurrections.
Perhaps this was the exact strategy Captain-General Shimura was employing? After all, since he could revive endlessly, the smartest move right now was to launch reckless attacks without regard for his own life, using his own deaths to wear the opponent down to nothing.
In this way, the ultimate winner of this battle would still be him.
"It's useless. Even if you gouged out Captain-General Shimura's [Sharingan] and cut off his arm, it will all be in vain in the end."
"The current Captain-General Shimura is invincible; no one can truly kill him. The negative status effects you've inflicted on him now will eventually be entirely erased from his body..."
Asakura watched the situation unfold with a calm expression, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. He wasn't worried at all about Shimura Kenta's current predicament. Because in his eyes, the Captain-General was an invincible existence.
No one could truly harm him. This was proven by the fact that he was still able to revive flawlessly after being slaughtered by Jiang Chen over a dozen times just now. Now, Jiang Chen was gouging out eyes and hacking off arms, but it was all completely futile!
The opponent could even 'negate and reject' death itself! A mere arm, a single eye—what did that even matter?
Everyone watched Shimura Kenta's fallen form on the ground and began to wait. Some people were even scanning the ruins, trying to deduce where Shimura Kenta would materialize next.
However, very soon, someone noticed something wrong.
In the past, the moment Shimura Kenta died, he would 'revive' within a fraction of a second and appear in another nearby location, while his old corpse would disappear at the exact same time. But now, they had already waited for several breaths, yet Shimura Kenta still hadn't appeared anywhere.
Moreover, the blood-soaked corpse lying on the ground hadn't disappeared either. This was completely different from the previous instances.
As time ticked by, second by second, the East Island Contractors waiting for Shimura Kenta to revive began to feel an increasingly intense sense of unease.
"Captain-General Shimura still hasn't revived... Could it be that he is really dead this time?"
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