Chapter 1003: Slash

The Raikage's thinking changed. His fighting style changed, tending toward defense. The Raikage was waiting; he was waiting for other Kage to arrive. During the Five Kage Summit, other Kage would not watch him die.

The reason for the situation before his eyes had to be attributed to the kick the Raikage threw. The Raikage had already become accustomed to that kind of barbaric fighting style, commonly known as not wanting his life. Unfortunately, today, he encountered someone who didn't want his life even more.

When Su Xiao fought, regardless of the opponent's strength, he was already prepared to die in battle. Only by not fearing death could one live to the end; being timid would lead to death faster.

Su Xiao closed the distance with the Raikage in an instant. The Raikage no longer took the initiative to attack, and used the advantage of the Hidden Cloud Village's unique taijutsu + speed to drag Su Xiao down.

Unfortunately, Su Xiao's sword speed was too fast, and the Raikage's speed had been reduced.

Blade light flickered, and the Raikage shuttled between the blade light. Although he was in a defensive posture, he was also looking for an opportunity to strike Su Xiao heavily.

Pfft.

A large piece of muscle flew up, and blood splashed. It was the muscle on the Raikage's shoulder that was slashed off by Su Xiao, at least three catties in weight.

The Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan was too sharp, sharp enough to make the Raikage somewhat helpless.

Qinggang Shadow energy sank into the Raikage's body, and the Raikage bared his teeth in pain. The severe pain caused his action of throwing a punch to stiffen.

Su Xiao's eyes lit up. He took a cross-step and moved horizontally, the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan in his hand slashing upward.

Pfft.

Another large piece of muscle, along with skin, was slashed off. It was still the Raikage's left shoulder. Almost his entire left shoulder had been slashed off.

The Raikage had no other way. His left forearm was slashed off, and the defensive means on the left side of his body were reduced by more than 90%.

"Where are you looking?"

The Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan in Su Xiao's hand danced a blade flower, forcing the Raikage to retreat two steps before stabbing forward with the long sword.

The Raikage continued to retreat. Noticing this scene, Su Xiao hooked his left foot and kicked forward along the ground.

With a crack, the stone slab on the ground was plowed out a scratch by his toe, and a large amount of fine rubble flew toward the Raikage's face.

The Raikage had just wanted to use his only right arm to

Helpless, the Raikage could only turn his head, but at this very moment, the long blade in Su Xiao's hand flipped, changing from a forward grip to a reverse grip, and he slashed upward.

Compared to gravel, the Raikage would certainly not choose to take Su Xiao's slash head-on.

Several pieces of gravel struck the Raikage's face; the gravel kicked out by Su Xiao with his 80 points of real Strength had kinetic energy comparable to bullets.

The Raikage's body was indeed tough; these gravel pieces did not break his skin, only causing his head to tilt backward.

Taking this opportunity, the long blade in Su Xiao's hand flipped again, returning to a forward grip.

With a horizontal slash and a *squelch*, the Raikage's entire right arm was severed.

Sasuke, who had already rendezvoused with Karin and the others, witnessed this scene. He couldn't help but think: can a single blade really be this strong? The fact is, it truly can.

With both arms severed, the Raikage still did not retreat. It wasn't that he didn't want to use his speed advantage to retreat, but that he simply couldn't.

If he could rely on a speed advantage to escape after starting a battle with Su Xiao, then he wouldn't need to improve his sword art; that kind of sword art would be too useless.

As long as he was closed in on by Su Xiao, unless he had the ability to instantly create distance, he simply couldn't get away.

The Raikage's gaze swept around; he was puzzled: why hadn't the other Kage arrived yet?

It wasn't that the other Kage didn't want to come; the Kazekage Gaara had actually already arrived nearby, but unfortunately, he had been blocked halfway by Amu.

After Su Xiao successfully severed the Raikage's arms, his offensive momentum slowed. It wasn't that he was prepared to let the Raikage go, but that the current Raikage was very dangerous.

As a close-combat ninja, having his arms severed basically meant the Raikage was doomed, and he could launch a desperate counterattack at any moment before death.

Anyone who chose to continue a fierce assault at this time either lacked combat experience or had a mysterious confidence in their own strength.

Neither of these was Su Xiao's combat style, so he consistently maintained a distance of about 3 meters from the Raikage, ensuring the Raikage couldn't escape while also ensuring he could dodge the opponent's desperate counterattack.

The Raikage let out heavy gasps; he felt a dull pain inside his body, the result of being eroded multiple times by the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying energy.

The massive loss of blood, combined with the five flesh pits on his chest, caused the Raikage's speed to drop significantly.

Su Xiao slashed out from time to time; he no longer aimed for the Raikage's vitals, but began to shave off flesh piece by piece.

About 20 seconds later, the Raikage was almost covered in wounds, and the ground was covered in large patches of blood.

"You..."

As the Raikage spoke, a wave of dizziness hit his brain, and he couldn't even stand steadily; this was caused by massive blood loss.

Su Xiao stepped forward rapidly and slashed off the Raikage's head with one strike. Fighting a sword art master is just this dangerous; there are no ultimate moves clashing, no bursting of small universes—just a moment of distraction and your head hits the ground.

The Raikage's leg, which had already been raised and was covered in lightning, stopped in mid-air. This was an attack he had prepared for a long time, intending to perish together with Su Xiao. Alas, Su Xiao didn't give him that chance—he bled him out first, and when the timing was right, he decapitated him with one strike, without a word of nonsense.

Facts proved that Su Xiao's combat style using the long blade was extremely effective against close-quarters brawlers like the Raikage. The Raikage's flesh simply couldn't withstand the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan. The only things that could withstand the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan were the metal armbands on his forearms. Alas, Su Xiao's sword art was too tricky; those two armbands alone couldn't block all his slashes.

For a combat style like the Raikage's, if his defense couldn't be broken, he was invincible—strong power, fast speed. But once his defense was broken, the Raikage wasn't far from death.

【You have killed the Hidden Cloud Village Raikage, A.】

【A is the Raikage of Hidden Cloud Village. You have obtained 10.4% of the World's Source. You have now obtained a total of 18% of the World's Source.】

【Your talent 'Spirit Eater' has been activated, permanently increasing your Mana by 30 points. Your current maximum Mana limit is 3586 points.】

【You have obtained a Treasure Chest (Legendary).】

【Hint: The Hunter has obtained a Legendary-grade Treasure Chest for the first time.】

【Inside a Legendary-grade Treasure Chest, there is an 80% chance to obtain a Gold-quality item, a 10% chance to obtain a Light Gold set component, an 8% chance to obtain a Gold set component, and a 2% chance to obtain a Legendary-grade item.】

【Hint: Legendary-grade items are extremely rare. Once used, they will be soul-bound and cannot be sold. After death, there is a chance they can be obtained from a Scarlet Card.】

Su Xiao picked up the treasure chest on the ground. This chest emitted a dark gold light. Although this color wasn't as dazzling as a Gold Treasure Chest, it appeared deep and heavy, like a treasure that had existed for a long time.

This was a Legendary-grade treasure chest; it was the first time Su Xiao had seen this quality. As for obtaining Legendary-grade equipment from it, the hope was somewhat slim—there was only a 2% chance.

According to what Su Xiao knew, the ranking of equipment quality was:

White < Green < Blue < Purple < Dark Purple < Blue Set < Light Gold < Gold < Dark Purple Set < Light Gold Set < Gold Set.

As for what was above a Gold Set, that might be Legendary-grade equipment; this might be an existence that could rival a full Gold Set with just a single piece of equipment.

As for growth-type equipment, which was the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan, it wasn't easy to judge; if there were enough resources, it wouldn't be a problem for the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan to advance to Legendary grade.

Su Xiao now possessed the possibility of obtaining Legendary-grade items; of course, it was only a possibility.

He had been extremely lucky this time to obtain a Legendary-grade treasure chest after killing the Raikage, but obtaining a Legendary-grade treasure chest didn't mean he could obtain Legendary-grade equipment.

Su Xiao couldn't help but think about how powerful he would be if his entire body were equipped with Legendary-grade equipment or items.

Of course, that day was still far off, and perhaps he would die on the way. Being able to possess three Gold Set pieces now was already a great increase in strength for him.

Although one's own strength is the foundation, the role of equipment cannot be ignored; equipment can multiply one's own strength.