Mrs. Gao thought her sneak attack was completely undetectable.
Little did she know, Peter's Byakugan provided a 360° field of vision with no blind spots, capturing her small movements long ago.
As her strike hit nothing but air, she gritted her teeth viciously, feeling a profound sense of frustration and indignation in her heart.
She had lived for hundreds of years, mastering and integrating almost every fighting technique from around the World.
Yet, even with all that, she could do nothing against this fellow known as "The Punisher"!
Clearly, this guy's "Qi" was so young, yet he easily commanded a level of power she could hardly reach even after centuries of bitter Training. How could she accept this?
At that thought, killing intent overflowed from Mrs. Gao's eyes.
Kill him, and find every possible way to study this young man's body!
This might be the key to allowing her to take that next step!
She had already accumulated massive wealth and connections; if she could achieve a breakthrough in her personal strength as well...
Leading The Hand... no, that's too small! Her vision was too limited!
By then, she might truly be able to rule a nation, or even... the entire World!
With this thought, Mrs. Gao's eyes were filled with fanaticism as she looked at Peter!
She once again surged the "Qi" within her body, and the high walls around them collapsed with a boom:
"Silver Samurai, if you join forces with me to kill him, I'm willing to pay you double the commission! Not only that, I'm willing to share the secrets on his body with you!"
Hearing the lucrative conditions offered by Mrs. Gao, the Silver Samurai, who had originally intended to retreat, hesitated for a moment before charging at Peter once again.
Watching Mrs. Gao and the Silver Samurai launch a joint attack against him.
Peter felt neither fear nor tension; instead, he nodded with satisfaction.
"That's more like it! Only by the two of you coming at me together can you truly entertain me!"
As he spoke, Peter's figure blurred as he took the initiative to charge toward the Silver Samurai.
Facing the blade wrapped in high-frequency thermal energy, capable of cutting through Adamantium, he didn't dodge. Instead, he adopted an "injury-for-injury" fighting style.
Swoosh!
The katana let out a shrill whistle as it sliced accurately toward Peter's neck.
However, as the blade passed through, there was still no sense of physical contact.
As before, he opened a hole in advance, and as before, he remained unscathed.
"My turn!"
Peter swung a backhanded palm strike wrapped in lightning, accurately chopping at the Silver Samurai's neck.
Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chiyo Dance!
Boom!
In that instant, the Silver Samurai felt as if he had been struck by a speeding train.
Even though his silver armor, laced with Vibranium, helped absorb the vast majority of the impact,
Being laced with Vibranium didn't mean it was as omnipotent as pure Vibranium.
The Silver Samurai's body was sent flying once again, his feet plowing two deep furrows into the concrete ground.
A large section of the silver armor on his right shoulder and neck area was directly caved in.
If he hadn't had "Qi" protecting his body, that one move would likely have snapped his neck.
Silver Samurai: Every time I swing at him, it's a miss, but every time he hits me, it's a critical strike?
He's so broken; if he isn't nerfed, how can we even play?
While the Silver Samurai was complaining in his mind, Mrs. Gao appeared behind Peter like a ghost.
Her five fingers formed a claw, with a visible hazy white mist wrapping around her fingertips, as she lunged straight for Peter's heart.
This strike actually managed to break through the defense of the Lightning Release Armor, coming just a hair's breadth away from piercing Peter's chest muscle.
Unfortunately, before she could exert more force, Peter's right leg swept around like a steel whip.
Facing Peter's heavy kick, Mrs. Gao chose neither to dodge nor to take it head-on.
Instead, she used a technique similar to the "Golden Snake Silken Hand," wrapping herself around Peter's leg like a boneless serpent while her hands accurately pressed onto the acupoints on Peter's thigh.
Buzz!
A strange force actually penetrated the Lightning Release Armor and, even while Peter was in a semi-elementalized state, struck directly into his body!
In that instant, it felt as if countless tiny steel needles were simultaneously piercing his nerve endings, causing the Lightning Release Armor on his surface to flicker with instability for a moment.
Even his elementalized body experienced a moment of stagnation.
"Do it!" Mrs. Gao shouted sharply.
As she spoke, she used Peter's body as a fulcrum to launch herself, spinning in the air and kicking toward Peter's neck.
At the same time, the Silver Samurai behind Peter roared and thrust his over-clocked heated blade straight toward Peter's back.
Both of them believed that this joint effort would allow them to slay Peter on the spot.
But unfortunately, their plan was destined to fail.
The power of the horse talisman flowed through his body, instantly dispelling that strange numbness.
Opening a hole in his chest in advance to dodge the Silver Samurai's blade, Peter simultaneously applied the effect of Iron Body to his neck.
Clang!
The moment her kick landed on his neck, Mrs. Gao didn't see Peter's neck break. Instead, she gasped in pain—her foot had suffered a bone fracture from hitting Peter's neck!
Damn, is he even human?
Looking at Mrs. Gao and the Silver Samurai, who were now staring at him like he was a monster after putting some distance between them.
Peter simply beckoned them with his finger calmly:
"Again?"
He certainly had more efficient ways to fight.
Whether it was immediately conjuring a Rasengan or using an instantaneous burst of speed to quickly finish one of them off with a Finger Pistol, he could end the battle in the blink of an eye.
But that would be too much of a waste.
Who knows how hard it is for the current Peter to find two sparring partners with decent skills who can actually threaten him.
Especially Mrs. Gao; this old hag was practically a treasure trove!
With every move she made, Peter could see the shadows of many different martial arts styles.
The soft overcoming the hard from Tai Chi, the fierce dominance of Xingyi Quan, the knife-like elbows of Muay Thai, and that kick to his neck just now even had a bit of the flavor of Capoeira.
Clearly, this old hag had managed to integrate almost every fighting art in the World over the past few centuries and used "Qi" to multiply the destructive power of these moves.
In comparison, the Silver Samurai was far inferior.
His Japanese swordsmanship seemed grand and sweeping, but in reality, it was full of openings.
If not for the over-clocked heated katana in his hand, Peter could have completely dominated him with pure fighting skills even if he suppressed his speed and strength to the level of an ordinary person.
But as it happened, these two people formed a curious synergy.
Mrs. Gao had exquisite martial skills but couldn't deal a fatal blow to Peter.
The Silver Samurai's skills were trash, but he had the potential to kill Peter outright with his ability.
This kind of two-on-one fight was a very rare experience for Peter.
Because of this, Peter intended to exchange a few more moves with them to accumulate more experience.
It wasn't for the sake of showing off, but to be able to more calmly deal with various Asgardians, Chitauri, and Kree who would descend from the sky in the future.
The elites among these aliens all possessed speed and strength far exceeding the ordinary heroes of Earth. If he didn't take advantage of the current conditions to gain experience in fighting multiple opponents,
He would lose face if he had to scramble for a solution when facing those aliens in the future!
Thinking this, Peter completely settled his mind and devoted himself to enjoying this unequal battle...