Chapter Eighty: Duel of Ninja Arts

  Without warning, a cloud of black smoke spread out, and the two people, one male and one female, instantly disappeared from Li Ling's and Man Tuo Luo's sight. The poor camel had its head chopped off on the spot, with blood flying everywhere.

  "It's really hateful, not leaving any mercy at all, the opponent is a Japanese ninja!" Li Ling angrily shouted, his eyes full of murderous intent, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. Years ago, when Li Ling was on a mission in Japan, he had also encountered a Japanese ninja, but it was just an instant confrontation and they didn't have time to determine who would win or lose, so he didn't understand the ultimate secrets of Japanese ninjutsu.

  Mandala drew out Cicada Wing Blade, narrowed her eyes, turned her body and looked around in all directions for the two ninjas who had suddenly disappeared from sight.

  "This is Japan's art of earth concealment, they have escaped through the earth! Be careful of the sand under your feet." Li Ling's heart was calm and peaceful, gazing at the tranquil desert from afar, lost in thought. But in an instant, a pile of yellow sand suddenly flew up without any wind blowing.

  "They're over there... Let's go after them!" Li Ling gazed coldly at the suddenly rising sandstorm in the distance, unfolded his lightness skill, and shot out like an arrow.

  Mandala followed closely behind.

  Only the sound of the wind, Li Ling's feet were like the wind, the Tianxia Step was instantly unfolded, his body was like a phantom, and his speed was as fast as a startled swan. In just a few breaths, he caught up with the ninja who had quickly escaped using the Earth Escape technique.

  Aiming at the flying sand and dust, Li Ling took a step forward, stepping on the rising sand and dust. Suddenly, the true energy under his feet shook, and a strange red flame burst out from the ground! Li Ling frowned, quickly turning around to avoid the flames' scorching. Before he could even steady himself, several plum blossom darts shot out from under the sand with great force. The sudden attack caught Li Ling off guard, and in his urgency, he swung his palm downwards, releasing a burst of true energy that deflected dozens of poisonous plum blossom darts!

  Mandala arrived just in time and grasped the Cicada Wing Blade with one hand, inserting it into the flying sand.

  At the sound of a low growl, the flying sand suddenly exploded, and a burly ninja wearing black night clothes and covering his face flew up into the air. With a swift reverse motion, he shot out a string of ice needles. Mandrake turned around to dodge, and the ice needles shot into the sand, immediately emitting a hissing sound and spewing out black smoke.

  The icicle above is coated with deadly poison! Li Ling and Mandrake thought at the same time.

  The black-clothed ninja grasped the long sword, his body retreating several steps in a strange and mysterious manner. He steadied himself, both hands tightly gripping the sword as he gazed coldly at Li Ling and Mandrake.

  "Not yet, where did the other female ninja go?" Li Ling was only chasing after the ninja in front of him, but he forgot that there was another female ninja. For a moment, he was careless and fell into the opponent's trick of "borrowing a tiger to scare away a monkey".

  "Man Tuo Luo, hurry up and go to Green Island to protect An Jing and Xiao Yuan." Li Ling instructed at the first moment.

  "Yes, military execution." Mandala didn't see the female ninja either, and knowing things were going to go badly, she turned around and flew out towards the oasis at a frantic pace, leaving behind a cloud of sand dust.

  Li Ling gazed coldly at the black-robed, masked ninja after Mantaro walked away. Without warning, he burst out swiftly, his fists filled with true energy, and struck out fiercely.

  A black-clad, masked ninja grasped the hilt of his sword with both hands, let out a low growl, and slashed out. His palm knife met Li Ling's two fingers, which tapped against the back of the long sword. The black-clad ninja's wrist shook, and the long sword flew out of his hand. His martial skills were no match for his opponent, who instantly moved in for the kill.

  The black-clothed masked ninja's instant movement, combined with infinite division, made it difficult for Li Ling to distinguish between reality and illusion.

  Li Ling clasped his palms together in front of his chest, a surge of true energy converged at the Dan Tian, the surrounding sand and dust reversed their flow, with Li Ling as the center, transforming into countless dark projectiles shooting out.

  Like raindrops, the sand dust hidden weapons fell, instantly defeating all the shadowy figures, one by one disappearing into thin air. Leaving only the last true body, suddenly throwing out a pile of thunderbolts, blasting away all the sand dust.

  "You're awesome." The black-clothed ninja stood still, giving Li Ling a thumbs up.

  "No need for you to say it, I know how powerful I am myself." Li Ling smiled coldly, his palms circulating the Taiji diagram, the yin and yang of the eight trigrams. The yellow sand around him was suddenly sucked into the eight trigrams by a strong force.

  "Tai Chi Bagua Palm!" The black-clothed ninja was quite knowledgeable and actually recognized this as the Wudang divine technique, Tai Chi Bagua Palm.

  "Ultimate Mystery! Heavenly Demon Dance!" The black-robed ninja split himself again, one into two, two into four, four into eight... until he had over a hundred clones, trapping Li Ling among them.

  "Ultimate Secret Art! Thunderclap Nine Heavens!" Over a hundred clones, simultaneously and abruptly threw out thunderballs! Shooting towards Li Ling who was surrounded in the center.

  "Tai Chi Fist's Thousand Girls Scattering Flowers!" Li Ling really couldn't think of a good name, so he casually came up with "Thousand Girls Scattering Flowers!"

  Li Ling's footsteps were light and easy, his palms rotating around the dantian as the taiji emerged, gathering together the concentrated yellow sand in front of his abdomen, suddenly scattering out in all directions, its power like that of countless bullets shooting out simultaneously.

  Under the night sky, suddenly burst out of thousands of sparks, like hundreds of fireworks fired at the same time brilliant.

  "You're strong! Let's fight again next time!" Leaving behind a sentence, the black-clothed ninja plunged into the darkness and disappeared once more.

  "Hmph, think you can run." Li Ling suddenly closed his eyes, concentrated his spiritual energy, and suddenly opened them again. A powerful, invisible spiritual impact shot out, pushing the sand like a violent sandstorm, sending the black-robed ninja flying out of the sandy ground, rolling across the surface, and spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

  A Heaven-Defying Step, Li Ling instantly moved to the black-clothed ninja's side, stepping on his abdomen with her foot, and with a force of a thousand pounds, the black-clothed ninja was suddenly unable to move.

  "You... damn it!" The black-clad ninja cursed loudly, clearly frustrated at his failed escape.

  "Can't beat it, want to run? Is this the style of your ninja?" Li Ling sneered, crouched down, and tore off the black cloth mask of the black-clad ninja. This guy actually had a extremely ugly face full of scars.

  "Hmph... ultimate secret art... mutual destruction!" The black-clothed ninja let out a furious roar, his awareness extremely high, and he actually intended to perish together with his opponent. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he bit down on something strange in his mouth. An unpredictable crisis struck, and the black-clothed ninja's body suddenly began to burn fiercely from within. His body turned bright red in an instant, emitting thick black smoke.

  Li Ling was shocked, the temperature under his feet was extremely high, his shoes almost burned to a crisp. He quickly withdrew his foot and flew out rapidly, only to hear a loud rumbling sound, as if a strong acid burst forth from the body of the black-robed ninja.

  Li Ling took off his outer jacket, a burst of reversal, blocked the strong acid, and the strong acid stained on the jacket. It quickly corroded, Li Ling threw away the jacket, and the jacket was instantly turned into ash by the strong acid. The black-clothed ninja was also instantly corroded, leaving only a puddle of corpse water!

  Li Ling let out a faint sigh, this desperate way of fighting was truly unbelievable, if not for his quick reaction earlier, he would probably have ended up like that black-clothed ninja, turned into a puddle of dead water.

  "Quiet. Wait for me!" Li Ling turned his head to look at the emerald green oasis, and with a swift movement of his body, he flew forward on the sand!