Volume 2

82 Devil's Hand

“I conducted a fundamental test on your combat abilities after you entered this space of mine. There were two scenarios: the first was the dark room that you were both in. I distorted your four senses and Li Shen, using your sense of touch, you went with the strategy of evading at full speed, increasing the rapidity of your movement by at least double the moment your enemies made contact and dodged them successfully—that’s a good tactic indeed.”

Ta Lai broke into a smile. “But Nie Zun’s way of countering was even better—while you made use of your sense of touch to evade, he used them to accept. He sacrificed his own body to accept those attacks and, in that process, evaluated the enemy’s condition before eliminating all my puppets in the dark. Even I couldn’t resist the gasp of admiration at that.”

Looking sideward at Nie Zun, he looked as calm as ever, as though Ta Lai’s high praises weren’t directed at him.

“Oh, but I am curious, Nie Zun. You used your bare hands when you attacked my puppets—what powers...