The blade was out of hand, and under the effect of invisibility, there was no trace at all—unless you used Gyo!
At this moment, Rocky stared in the direction of the tree. The blade circled the trunk and flew directly over the head of the person hiding behind it. From Rocky's perspective, he seemed to sense the opponent's position. At the same time, he felt capable of using Phantom Shift to instantly move to the enemy's location.
This made Rocky pause in surprise.
What was going on with this sensation? The blade was still flying, and Rocky controlled the current limit distance to no more than fifteen meters. With Rocky as the center, the surrounding fifteen meters formed the zone where the blade could fly and be controlled.
Flying to another tree, the blade circled and flew over the opponent's head once more. Rocky seemed to sense the same thing again.
This reminded him of something: *Mark!*
The blade could mark others, and Rocky had an odd premonition. If the sword were seen, it couldn't be marked.
This realization made Rocky's heart race. In just seven seconds, he had marked all five people he had found.
But the limit of control distance had now been reached, and the farther the distance, the lower the speed and stealth.
Rocky gently moved the fingers of his right hand. In the blink of an eye, the sword blade disappeared, reappearing in his hand with a slight burst of crystal energy.
A faint smile curled on Rocky's lips. He exhaled softly.
*Pah!*
This time, instead of a flash of white light, there was a silent burst of black smoke. It briefly appeared from the figure left behind by Rocky before vanishing in under a second.
Compared to other instances of apparition, this time, Rocky felt that his apparition didn't seem to enhance the impact force.
When he reappeared, the sword in his hand slashed directly at the enemy's throat.
*Swish!*
The knife effortlessly cut through the opponent's neck, and in the next moment, Rocky vanished again. Only a faint trace of black smoke remained, quickly dissipating.
Five consecutive flashes.
By the time Rocky stopped, he had returned to his original position.
Bang, bang, bang!
The forest echoed with crashes. As expected, the strong smell of blood hit Rocky, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of surprise.
The apparitions had come in an instant, attacking without warning. The enemies didn't have a chance to react. Rocky could sense that these people couldn't even use Ken.
They were killed instantly.
If they had used Ken, they wouldn't have been killed so quickly.
This ability was completely different from ordinary apparitions.
It was hard to explain. The need to kill these people as quickly as possible awakened a new ability within Rocky.
New abilities weren't rare. For instance, Chimera Ant Squadron Leader Cheetu, awakened a new ability during his fight with Morel and Knuckle in the original story.
It's true that when certain emotions or thoughts became intense enough, nen could adapt and respond.
However, unlike that unfortunate person, Rocky's newly awakened ability was far stronger and more practical.
"What happened?"
"This… this guy is dead?!"
Two others hiding in the forest suddenly jumped out from the shadows and saw their fallen comrade. They were shocked.
After all, their companion had been killed without any warning. How could that be possible?
Who did it?
When did it happen?
It was too strange that their companion had been killed while their eyelids were barely open.
At that moment, Rocky had already thrown his sword again, and it disappeared into the shadows. However, this time, he didn't feel the need to mark his target.
Because these people, while they were Nen users, were nowhere near as dangerous as the Phantom Troupe.
Not even close to Uvogin.
As the two stared at their fallen companion, a sudden gust of wind hit them from behind. The instant one of them turned around, a sword pierced through his head, bursting out the back. Blood sprayed everywhere.
Rocky, his figure thin and agile like a monkey, pierced through the other's head with one hand, grabbed their hair with the other, and stepped on their shoulders with both feet.
At that moment, his eyes landed on the remaining person.
The final assassin appeared frozen in fear, eyes wide, completely paralyzed by terror.
In the next instant, Rocky ripped the sword from the head of the first enemy, rolling backward in the air. The knife flew from his hand toward the last remaining enemy.
Seeing the blade coming, the last assassin didn't even attempt to fight back. He tried desperately to escape, turning and running.
Just as the sword nearly caught up with him, it shot past his right side, so close that he could see it out of the corner of his eye.
But his relief was short-lived.
Suddenly, white crystals appeared around him.
A hand shot out, grabbing his hair and yanking him back!
The next moment, his body was flying through the air, and Rocky's sword stabbed directly into his heart.
*Puff!!!*
Blood sprayed, half of Rocky's face splattered with it.
He let go, letting the enemy's body fall to the ground.
Rocky looked down at the dead assassin coldly, his sword still lodged in the enemy's heart.
The assassin stared up at Rocky with disbelief, horror, and surprise in his eyes.
A little devil…
*I was killed by such a little devil…*
Rocky squatted down and searched through the assassin's body. He quickly found a mobile phone and opened the address book. Ignoring the earlier calls, he noticed the most recent one had been made just five minutes ago. A call had been placed every ten minutes.
Two different numbers were used, and they communicated at regular intervals.
It seemed that, in addition to the group here, there were two more places with these assassins.
Rocky needed to return quickly. Two more enemy groups had to be dealt with, or the survivors of the Kuruta tribe would be wiped out in this forest.
He raised his hand, and the long sword that had been embedded in the assassin's chest disappeared. It reappeared in mid-air, already flying rapidly toward the distance.
Maintaining his shadowy state, Rocky swiftly followed the sword's trail.
It only took a few breaths to reach Piro's position.
This time, Rocky did not immediately reveal himself. Instead, he controlled the sword to fly toward Piro.
Piro was scanning the surroundings, unable to detect anything at all, being just an ordinary person.
Suddenly, two words appeared on the ground in front of him:
*Enemy!*
Pyro froze for a moment before more words appeared in quick succession.
*Go!*
Seeing this, Piro didn't know what was happening but quickly spotted another set of words.
*Rocky!*
When he saw Rocky's name, though confused about how Rocky had done it, Piro immediately stood up and waved to the tribesmen around him.
"Go!"
At his signal, the others lurking in the shadows seemed momentarily stunned, but they finally began to move. However, they didn't seem to be in any rush.