Slice...!

The start was quite simple. Chopping up a ninja in half as he rushed toward Kang Jin-Ho was an extremely simple matter, after all. So much so that even the person doing the chopping, Kang Jin-Ho, thought it was way too simple to be 'normal.'

However, what happened afterward was the real start. Kang Jin-Ho's expression stiffened after noticing another shadow emerging from behind the ninja rushing toward him at full tilt. It seemed that another ninja had been hiding behind his colleague, who had deliberately exposed his presence to act as a distraction.

Barely audible noises of air splitting apart echoed, followed by fine-hair-like silver needles flying toward Kang Jin-Ho's face.

"...Hmm." Kang Jin-Ho swung Crimson Destiny and easily deflected the needles, only to notice several lengthy iron skewers shooting up from below his feet. In response, he used his trusty movement technique to take two steps back, then thrust Azuremourne deep into the floor.

Craaaack!

The sound of concrete shattering was quickly accompanied by a pool of blood rising up from the floor. It was such a bizarre sight, and a pool of blood had even formed there.

Kang Jin-Ho scanned the ninjas with an unreadable expression. Zhongyuan's assassins specializing in stealth and infiltration would have never attacked their target in this fashion. Those who practiced the ways of stealth knew fighting a martial artist head-on would be akin to committing suicide. Didn't they master stealth techniques and assassination methods precisely...