"Ding!"
Both of their weapons were small knives that leaned towards hidden weapons. Instantly, a fierce collision occurred at close range!
"It seems that your strength is the same as mine, you're not very good at it."
Kirito held the knife in his hand and was in a deadlock with the opponent's dagger. The strength of the two was similar, and for a while, no one could do anything to the other.
"You … How did you find me!" The opponent's eyes were staring at Kirito, and his face was full of doubts.
"There's no need to answer you." Kirito said lightly.
In fact, the real reason why he found the hidden enemy was because of the system mission. This A-rank mission to protect Asuna's safety was a staged mission, and it showed the completion rate of each stage.
Just now, when he stopped the rich merchant's group from approaching, they fled in panic, and at this time, the system mission completion rate showed 5% completion rate.
This change made Kirito puzzled. Logically speaking, even if Kirito didn't make a move, the rich merchant's group of ordinary people shouldn't be able to hurt Asuna's group. Although Hinata is now a Genin, dealing with these people in front of her is more than enough. However, Asuna is not an ordinary person who can't protect himself.
However, after driving away the rich merchant's group, Kirito's system mission showed 5% completion rate. What does this mean?
Only when he stops the danger from falling on Asuna can it be counted as the completion rate of the mission.
This also means that just now, this group of people posed a threat to Asuna's safety.
Kirito had inadvertently stopped this threat, which was why the progress of the quest had changed!
Kirito held this suspicion and secretly followed this group of people, but now it seems that Kirito's guess was confirmed!
After completing 5% of the mission progress, the system rewarded him with an additional attribute point, which Kirito put into his weakest point, strength.
His body's strength had indeed increased significantly.
The enemy in front of him was clearly proficient in assassination. At the same time, as an assassin, his speed was very fast, but his strength was still insufficient.
Kirito had just added a point to his strength attribute. This allowed the strength of a thirteen to fourteen year old youth to be comparable to the strength of a twenty year old adult. From this, one could see the extent of the increase in strength after adding an attribute.
"Ding!"
He knew that he was in a very dangerous situation now. He didn't know when Konoha's ninjas would arrive, but it wouldn't be long. The longer he was delayed, the more dangerous it would be.
Suddenly, that person became anxious and forcefully broke free from the stalemate with Kirito. Then, he took out a Psychic Scroll with his left hand and took out a sharp steel claw. Then, he grabbed at Kirito's chest.
"Clang!"
The opponent used a long weapon, so naturally, Kirito couldn't block with the dagger in his hand, so he decisively summoned his Zanpakuto to parry the opponent's attack.
Although the Zanpakuto in Kirito's hand at this time is only a shallow form of the nameless Zanpakuto, but as a weapon, its hardness and sharpness are impeccable!
Kirito's eyes keenly noticed the strange green light on the sharp claw. Obviously, the opponent's weapon was dipped in an unknown poison.
"Is this an assassin's trick?
Although it's not up to me to say. "
Kirito clenched the hilt of the Zanpakuto with both hands, and then struggled to turn the body of the Zanpakuto stuck in the steel claw. Suddenly, the sharp edge of the Zanpakuto easily broke the claw.
"Huh?!"
The opponent was obviously surprised by the weapon used by Kirito, because in the first few contacts, the opponent judged that Kirito should be an assassin like him, at least not the type to fight the enemy head-on, but he didn't expect Kirito to use a Zanpakuto to fight head-on.
"You can't be distracted in a battle."
Kirito clenched the Zanpakuto with both hands and continued to suppress the opponent's claw. In terms of strength, after adding attribute points, Kirito can reach the same level as the opponent. However, the weapon is longer, so he has a slight advantage.
At the same time, after the broken nail fell to the ground, Kirito lifted his foot and kicked it with all his might. Instantly, the poisoned nail was sent flying back to Kirito.
His face suddenly changed. He, who personally dipped the poison, naturally knew how powerful the poison in the weapon was. It can quickly deprive the target of their mobility with just a slight scratch. The toxicity is extremely strong.
Kirito forcefully turned his body and dodged the poisonous stinger. However, at the same time, because of the force of his body, Kirito's Katana, which was originally suppressing Kirito's Katana, was pushed even further.
"Bang!"
Kirito struggled to knock away the opponent's claw, and at the same time, turned around and kicked the opponent's chest heavily.
"Damn it!"
Being kicked away by Kirito, the opponent was obviously annoyed, but he was good at assassination, and his ability to fight head-on was very weak, so from the beginning, he was restrained. However, he didn't know that in fact, Kirito's head-on combat ability was not very strong.
Considering that if the stalemate continued, Konoha's reinforcements would arrive, so the opponent wanted to retreat.
His eyes flickered a few times, then he took out a scroll from his waist and tore it open. Immediately, one could see that in the middle of the scroll, there was a large word "Blade" wrapped in countless runes.
"Whoosh ~" After injecting Chakra, a large number of Shuriken Kunai flew out from the scroll and attacked Kirito with intensive attacks.
"Ding Ding Ding Ding ~" However, for Kirito, who was proficient in hidden weapons, Shuriken Kunai were useless against him. With a Zanpakuto in one hand, he quickly waved his Zanpakuto and cut off the incoming Shuriken Kunai to the ground.
"Humph!"
Seeing that his last means still couldn't do anything to Kirito, he immediately used the last Explosive Tag to block him, then turned and fled.
There was no feint attack, a simple Explosive Tag attack, naturally, it was impossible to hit Kirito, but the opponent's purpose was to take advantage of this opportunity to decisively escape.
When Kirito avoided the blast of the Explosive Tag, the opponent had already run 100 meters away.
"I have chased you all the way here, don't even think about escaping in front of me!"
Kirito immediately summoned the M700 light sniper rifle, and the scope accurately locked on the enemy who was running away.
"That is …" After the opponent ran 100 meters away, he turned his head to confirm the pursuers behind him and found that Kirito didn't chase him, but took out something in the same place.
"Humph!
At this point, can you still catch me … "However, before he could finish his mocking words, he heard a clear sound of a collision. At the same time, he felt his left leg go numb, and his body, which was running at full speed, fell heavily to the ground!