Chapter 179: Black Shadow Riders Assemble
"I'm just a passing Black Shadow Ninja, remember that well~" Little Black turned his head and said disdainfully to the Mandarin.
"Black Shadow Ninja?" The Mandarin smiled dismissively, stroking the ring on his finger. "Care to work for me?"
"The ring is pretty. Let me try wearing it?" Little Black glanced at the ring on the Mandarin's hand and said.
The Mandarin stopped his hand movement, his eyes darkening as he looked at the Black Shadow Ninja in front of him. He could already guess that the opponent knew about his special rings!
"Let me handle him! My Lord!" An Extremis virus warrior rushed forward, suddenly leaping up and kicking toward Little Black's head.
The moment the opponent jumped, Little Black also jumped up, twisting his body in mid-air and addressing the charging Extremis virus warrior with one foot. "I'm on the right side!"
"The right side?" The Extremis virus warrior in mid-air was bewildered, not understanding what Little Black meant.
The moment their feet connected, the Extremis virus warrior felt like he had kicked an iron plate. Little Black's kick this time was not light either, reaching twenty tons of force. A crisp sound of bone breaking echoed in mid-air from the Extremis virus warrior's right foot.
Crack! The man was sent flying backward out the window, landing on the deck below.
"I want ten of you," Little Black said, jumping up and down on the spot.
"Young man, don't be too arrogant." The Mandarin didn't want to personally deal with the Black Shadow Ninja. To him, getting involved personally would make him look cheap. At the very least, he needed the appearance of their mastermind, the so-called Destiny.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! A total of fifteen Extremis virus warriors arrived, surrounding Little Black, who stood in the center.
"What is that thing?"
"I don't know. Does it look like it's wearing magenta lipstick?"
"Haha! Isn't that what women wear?"
"Haha!"
Ten of the Extremis virus warriors present openly insulted Little Black. Little Black was completely unfazed. Born a Black Shadow Ninja, he could perfectly control his temper, except when dealing with Big Black.
Little Black calmly drew a card and inserted it into his belt. An electronic sound transmitted: "Multiple Dimension Kick."
"Go to hell, you scum." Little Black brought his feet together, bent his knees slightly, and then jumped up.
"Final Attack Ride! De-De-De-Decade!"
From the shadow Little Black cast on the wall, nine more Black Shadow Ninjas, all wearing magenta suits like him, suddenly appeared. Simultaneously, each Black Shadow Ninja's foot was aimed at the enemy in front of them.
Bang! A huge spark erupted! Ten Extremis virus warriors clutched their chests, writhing in pain on the ground and groaning. Only five terrified Extremis virus warriors remained.
Little Black flexed his right wrist and said to the Mandarin, "Your bad luck has arrived."
"Useless trash~ Is this how you use the power I gave you?" The Mandarin was extremely disappointed in these Extremis virus warriors he had cultivated.
"Ah!" As soon as he spoke, all the Extremis virus warriors began to glow golden. The golden light shot out from their mouths, eyes, and nostrils.
"You guys can explode slowly." Little Black calmly leaned back, taking the other Black Shadow Ninjas with him into the Shadow Realm.
Only the about-to-explode Extremis virus warriors were left looking at each other. They couldn't control themselves now!
Boom! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The entire room instantly collapsed. Fortunately, this was a large military ship, and they were not near the main control system, or the ship would have sunk here.
"You bunch of fools!" The Mandarin cursed, looking at the tattered, blasted room around him.
In front of the Mandarin, an ice wall emitting cold air blocked him, shielding him from the force of the explosion. The fifteen Extremis virus warriors had dropped to the lower deck. Otherwise, the Mandarin might have been tempted to chop them up! They dared to use the power of explosion on the ship! If the ship had been destroyed, all his Extremis virus warriors and research personnel would have died. Cultivating these people had cost the Mandarin nearly five years. He didn't want to spend another five years cultivating these useless people again.
"Hmph~" The Mandarin flicked his little finger. A golden-yellow chair flew to his back. The backrest was carved with a five-clawed golden dragon, and even the armrests were shaped like dragons. This was the 'Dragon Throne' the Mandarin had commissioned.
The Mandarin sat down on the Dragon Throne. The chair carried him up above the warship, where he looked down at the fighting Black Shadow Ninjas below. Those Black Shadow Ninjas appeared very fragile compared to his warriors, even easily defeated.
"It seems that the so-called Destiny only has one or two strong subordinates." The Mandarin finally felt some reassurance seeing this. If all of Destiny's subordinates were that strong, why would he bother cultivating these things?
On the Warship
Little Black returned to the battlefield. Looking at the brothers who had been defeated by the Extremis virus warriors, he silently placed his hand on the belt's card slot.
"It's time to show them the power of us Black Shadow Ninjas." Little Black didn't intend to call out Khazix, who was ready in the Shadow Realm, yet. He wanted to prove that their Black Shadow Ninja Corps wasn't just for logistics!
"Take these, everyone." Little Black turned and kicked away an enemy attempting a sneak attack. Then, he spread his arms, and the entrance to the Shadow Realm opened behind him. One belt after another flew out of the Shadow Realm, landing in the hands of fifty Black Shadow Ninjas.
"Transform, everyone," Little Black twisted his head slightly and said.
"Survive!"
"Aomplete!" (Likely a misspelling of 'Complete' based on the context of Rider belts)
"Best Match!"
Electronic sounds echoed across the warship, and fifty Black Shadow Ninjas donned the suits Little Black had provided them. The other Black Shadow Ninjas who didn't receive a belt silently retreated, swearing in their hearts that they must grab one next time!
A Black Shadow Rider wearing a predominantly purple suit, with goggles resembling colored rings, and a suit styled like a video game said, "Watch me get a one-life clear!"
"Hah!"
"Goodbye!"
All the Black Shadow Riders in their suits rushed forward, initiating a fist-to-fist, close-quarters combat with the Extremis virus warriors. The fight was no longer as hesitant as before.
After taking down another enemy, Little Black suddenly noticed someone standing above.
"What are you doing up there?" Little Black questioned.
Standing in front of Little Black was a person wearing a red suit with a stag beetle-like antennae on the top of his helmet.
"The Master once said, I am the man who walks the path of Heaven, the one who rules over everything."
"..." Little Black already guessed who was up there. Only Big Black, with his chūnibyō spirit, would do something like that.
Big Black stroked the antennae on his head, quite narcissistically saying, "So cool~" Just now, he had struggled immensely to snatch this belt from a comrade.
"Little Black, leave these small fries to you! That one up there is mine!" Big Black shouted, looking up at the Mandarin floating in mid-air.
The Mandarin heard Big Black's voice from below, glanced down briefly, and then ignored him.
"Come on!" Seeing the Mandarin so dismissive of him, Big Black jumped straight up from the ground, kicking toward the Mandarin's left side.
🗒️NOTE:
Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/MistaQuartz
Explore up to 20 chapters in advance!