Chapter 1016: The Price of Error (Fourth update, Silver Great Alliance additional update)

Hozuki Mangetsu was definitely a ruthless person. When he assassinated Terumi Mei back then, if it weren't for Terumi Mei's Lava Release just happening to counter Steaming Danger Tyrant, Terumi Mei would have died long ago.

The body shape of the child clone expanded rapidly, soon becoming a big fat man five meters high. It was unknown how Hozuki Mangetsu omitted the heat accumulation link.

"Hidden Mist..."

Sizzle~

The crisp sound of wire pulling came. A cyan metal wire was pulled up from the muddy water. Seeing this metal wire, Hozuki Mangetsu subconsciously felt something was wrong.

Hozuki Mangetsu's premonition was right. Just as he was about to hydrate, a metal wire had already wrapped around his leg, and blood sprayed out.

The Boundary Breaking Line broke Hozuki Mangetsu's leg. Water mixed with blood splashed. Hozuki Mangetsu successfully hydrated and wasn't broken of his lower leg, but a stream of blue energy took the opportunity to enter Hozuki Mangetsu's body. It was Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying energy.

Hozuki Mangetsu immediately sensed a foreign energy invading his body. Fortunately, the threat of this energy wasn't great; it was just intending to erode his chakra, and it wouldn't reduce his chakra amount in a short time.

After understanding the characteristics of this foreign energy, Hozuki Mangetsu breathed a sigh of relief. Although this was a very troublesome energy that could gradually reduce his chakra amount, fortunately, it had no threat in a short time.

Was the fact really like this? Of course not. Su Xiao was suppressing the explosion of Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying energy, and it was long-distance suppression. In order to suppress the Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying energy to the maximum extent, he couldn't even move now. He was waiting, waiting for an opportunity.

Hozuki Mangetsu looked at the Steaming Danger Tyrant in the shape of a child clone. Steaming Danger Tyrant could explode at any time. He looked at Su Xiao again. Su Xiao was wrapped in a 'crystal ball'. The two steam explosions couldn't kill Su Xiao, but if there were a few more steam explosions, the high temperature inside the crystal ball would be enough to kill Su Xiao.

"Hidden Mist Jutsu."

Hozuki Mangetsu formed seals. Just as he was preparing to detonate Steaming Danger Tyrant, his heartbeat suddenly slowed by a beat. It seemed some crisis was about to arrive.

"..."

Silence for about a second, Hozuki Mangetsu no longer hesitated. He had obtained a piece of information from the Kazekage: Su Xiao's close-combat ability was enough to kill the Raikage. This made him clear about one thing: if he were approached by Su Xiao without defensive means, he would definitely die. He couldn't give the other party a moment to catch their breath. Once approached, he would basically declare death.

Using Steaming Danger Tyrant three times in a row, Hozuki Mangetsu would be eroded by high temperature three times in the state of water splashing. Although he would dive into the mud when he hydrated, he would also be eroded by high temperature.

High temperature caused his body to bear a load. This wasn't as simple as being injured, but it would reduce his lifespan. Hozuki Mangetsu, who looked like he was 40 years old, was actually only 29 years old. Although his Steaming Danger Tyrant was powerful, he didn't dare to use it at will. As for staying away before 'Steaming Danger Tyrant' exploded, Hozuki Mangetsu had never thought so. He wouldn't treat the enemy as a retard.

"Explode!"

Hozuki Mangetsu made up his mind. If he couldn't take the opportunity to kill Su Xiao, then the one who died would be himself.

The five-meter-high child clone expanded rapidly. The Hidden Mist Jutsu around made the child clone look hazy.

Boom, steam explosion!

At the moment Steaming Danger Tyrant exploded, Hozuki Mangetsu hydrated immediately. But just at this moment, his body felt numb.

The Blue Qing Qing Gang Ying energy that Su Xiao had been suppressing for a few seconds exploded, instantly eroding a large amount of chakra in Hozuki Mangetsu's body. The explosion of 328 points of real damage—this sudden sharp pain made Hozuki Mangetsu almost faint.

Boom!

Another explosion sounded, and Hozuki Mangetsu was directly blown away.

"Calculated..."

Hozuki Mangetsu only had time to hydrate his head and neck. The scorching steam wrapped him inside. His skin was instantly burned to purple-black, and the muscles under the skin died rapidly. This wasn't scalding, but burning.

When fighting Hozuki Mangetsu before, Su Xiao hadn't been passively beaten. When he first got close to Hozuki Mangetsu, he was blown away by the bubbles beside the other party, but he took the opportunity to throw a very small alchemical bomb near the other party. That was a spider-like alchemical bomb. The moment Su Xiao flew out, the spider alchemical bomb had already drilled into the mud near Hozuki Mangetsu, waiting for an opportunity.

When Steaming Danger Tyrant exploded for the first time, Su Xiao flicked the Boundary Breaking Line. He hid in the ground while defending against the explosion of Steaming Danger Tyrant. At that angle, he pulled the Boundary Breaking Line, and the Boundary Breaking Line successfully broke into the mud and hid.

The most important thing in fighting Hozuki Mangetsu was breaking Steaming Danger Tyrant? Stop joking. This thing was a move Hozuki Mangetsu had studied for I don't know how many years. Unless he himself gave clues, it was very difficult to break. When Hozuki Mangetsu perfected Steaming Danger Tyrant, he would consider various situations. Su Xiao had only fought Hozuki Mangetsu for five minutes.

Using five minutes to break a move someone else had developed for ten years—that wasn't a genius, but a cheater.

So Su Xiao never thought about breaking Steaming Danger Tyrant from the beginning, but focused his target on Hozuki Mangetsu. As long as Hozuki Mangetsu died, Steaming Danger Tyrant would collapse without being attacked.

Steam of a full 800 degrees permeated the forest. This temperature couldn't be maintained for long.

About a few seconds later, the temperature of the water vapor dropped to around 100 degrees. According to normal circumstances, Hozuki Mangetsu would perform a jutsu to gather these steams, preparing for the next steam explosion.

But Hozuki Mangetsu didn't do so. Until the water vapor floated toward the sky, he didn't perform a jutsu to gather the steam.

After the water vapor gradually diluted, a 'crystal ball' appeared on the ground. Looking from a distance, it did look like a crystal ball, but after pulling the distance closer, one would find that this wasn't a crystal ball, but a counter-attack shield wrapped in two layers of energy shields.

The energy shields dissipated, and the counter-attack shield expanded toward the surroundings. A burst of hot air rose from inside the counter-attack shield.

Su Xiao, whose clothes had been soaked with sweat, stood up. On his cheeks and neck, burns could be vaguely seen, just the area was very small.

The cold wind blew, and Su Xiao's brain, which had been dizzy from the heat, cleared up a bit.

"Unlucky."

Su Xiao exhaled a breath of hot air. He came to collect debt from Terumi Mei this time, but Terumi Mei's guard was actually stronger than Terumi Mei, the Mizukage herself.

The water vapor rose toward the high sky, like a white mist pillar rushing into the sky.

Cold and heat alternated, and hail fell from the sky.

Su Xiao stepped toward Hozuki Mangetsu, and at the same time took out a bottle of No. 1 potion. After drinking half a bottle, he poured the remaining half bottle onto his fingers and applied it to the burns on his face and neck.

"Worthy of being... my... cellmate."

Amidst the hazy steam, a weak voice came.

"When... did you see through Steaming Danger Tyrant, and so fast... could think of a countermeasure. This isn't something that can be done by on-the-spot response."

Hozuki Mangetsu's voice was intermittent. No need to look to know that his life was coming to an end. Hard-topping Steaming Danger Tyrant without any defense—if Hozuki Mangetsu didn't die, would Su Xiao be made so embarrassed by Steaming Danger Tyrant?

"Just a difference in information."

Su Xiao walked up and cut the throat with one knife without hesitation, picking up a treasure chest on the ground by the way. He had to go support Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu as soon as possible.

Just at this moment, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's message appeared. The content was very simple.

"Master, come quickly, Terumi Mei is going to escape after seeing that steam pillar!"

Getting this news, Su Xiao rushed toward the battlefield where Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu were at full speed. Terumi Mei, this woman, was still as cunning as ever, just as cunning as when she wanted to use Su Xiao back then.

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