Chapter 1017: Xiang Bubu, You Seem to Be Teasing Me

Su Xiao moved at full speed on the snowfield. He soon left the forest area.

After killing Hozuki Mangetsu, several prompts appeared from Reincarnation Paradise. Su Xiao hadn't had time to check them before; only now did he have time to check these prompts.

【You killed Hozuki Mangetsu.】

【Hozuki Mangetsu is a special plot character of the Hidden Mist Village. Obtained 9.7% of World Source. Currently obtained a total of 27.7% of World Source.】

【Your talent 'Soul Eater' activated, permanently increasing mana by 30 points. Current maximum mana limit is 3616 points.】

【Obtained Treasure Chest (Gold).】

Hozuki Mangetsu's strength was definitely not weaker than the Raikage's, but the World Source obtained after killing him was slightly lower compared to the Raikage. This was mainly because Hozuki Mangetsu didn't have much fame.

Hozuki Mangetsu had been executing missions in the Hidden Mist Village's assassination unit. Other ninja villages knew there was such a person, and knew he was of the Hozuki clan, but they weren't clear about his specific name.

The Hidden Mist assassination unit had quite a reputation in the ninja world. This was the reputation built by Hozuki Mangetsu and the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. Hozuki Mangetsu didn't care about his own reputation; his belief was only one: the Kage gives the order, he executes it, it was that simple.

Just as Su Xiao was walking quickly on the snowfield, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and he covered his chest with one hand, his breathing beginning to quicken.

"The organs bore too high a temperature."

Su Xiao's breathing was a bit disordered, and sharp pain came from all over his body. The sharp pain in his lungs and lower leg position was most obvious.

The lungs were injured by Hozuki Mangetsu. Although the two only fought for five minutes, the lethality Hozuki Mangetsu erupted with was enough to kill a Kage-level. If it weren't for Su Xiao's strong survival ability, he would have already died under Steaming Danger Tyrant's attack before.

As for the lower leg, this was injured during close combat with the Raikage. That kick from the Raikage was truly too heavy, and the Raikage's attack would carry lightning-attribute damage, making the injury very difficult to heal.

Even though Su Xiao's strength was much stronger than back then, in just two hours, he had fought two Kage-level battles in succession. Even with recovery potions supporting him, his body had its limits.

Su Xiao took out a crystal bottle. This was the 【Eternal Crystal Bottle】, containing the spring water of the Eternal Spring. The capacity could be drunk three times, and each time it could restore 450 health points and 300 mana points.

Uncorking the bottle, Su Xiao drank a small sip of spring water. The spring water of the Eternal Spring was sweet upon entering, and after being drunk into the body, that rich life aura was refreshing.

The cool spring water entered his abdomen, and the dry heat in his body receded.

"Whoo~"

Su Xiao panted for a few seconds while half-squatting on the ground, his eyes opening, returning to sharpness.

"Bad."

Su Xiao was clear about his own state. His plan had a deviation. According to his plan, he should have been fighting Terumi Mei before. After settling the grudge with Terumi Mei, he would have had a chance to rest for a while.

But things went contrary to his wishes. A guy stronger than Terumi Mei herself appeared among Terumi Mei's guards.

If one compared Hozuki Mangetsu with Terumi Mei, of course, Hozuki Mangetsu was more troublesome. This guy's Steaming Danger Tyrant could perform high-temperature attacks within a 200-meter range. This kind of attack was pervasive, and the high temperature could ignore most defensive abilities.

Terumi Mei was at most strong in Lava Release and Boiling Release. Lava Release just happened to be countered by Su Xiao's counter-attack shield, and Boiling Release was easier to handle. As long as he didn't give Terumi Mei the chance to form a sealed room with lava, the power of Boiling Release could only be reflected during close combat. With Su Xiao's Intuition reaction speed, Terumi Mei couldn't do anything to him.

Su Xiao wouldn't be willing to fight two Terumi Meis, let alone fight one Hozuki Mangetsu. Except for the main body not being strong, Hozuki Mangetsu's abilities were almost unsolvable.

Su Xiao wouldn't retreat even so. He was indeed in a bad state now, but this didn't mean he didn't have the ability to fight Terumi Mei. If the injury flared up when he was close to Terumi Mei, it would be bad.

Even so, Su Xiao wouldn't retreat. He was indeed in a bad state now, but this didn't mean he didn't have the ability to fight Terumi Mei.

About a few dozen seconds later, Su Xiao arrived at a mountain top covered in white snow.

The mountain top revealed black rocks, and black-red lava that had already cooled down could be seen everywhere, with wisps of steam rising.

"Xiang Bubu?"

No one was fighting around. From the traces, it could be seen that the battle had just ended not long ago.

As soon as Su Xiao's voice fell, he heard the sound of digging snow below.

Snow splashed, and a dog head broke out of the snow, very abruptly. A moment later, a bull head also poked out from the snow. It was Amu. At this moment, Amu's head was severely burned, revealing a large area of bone.

"Where is that woman Terumi Mei?"

Su Xiao felt something was wrong. If it were Terumi Mei and Chojuro retreating strategically, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu wouldn't need to hide in the snow.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang drilled out from the snow, shook the fur on its body. The fur on its tail was clearly missing a piece, and there were burnt marks. It seemed Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had also entered the field.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's dog face was a bit helpless, and it began to describe the process of the matter to Su Xiao with its eyes and body movements.

I saw Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's two dog paws cross into a cross shape, and strange sounds came from its mouth.

"Biu, biu, biu..."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang seemed to be describing something.

Su Xiao: "?"

This time, even Su Xiao couldn't understand what Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was expressing.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang also seemed to know that the things it expressed were relatively bizarre. It simply took out a tablet computer, began to type, and aimed the tablet computer at Su Xiao.

"Terumi Mei was saved by Ultraman!"

"Huh?"

Su Xiao was stunned in place, drifting snow moving. He finally knew what Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's two paws crossing into a cross shape and the 'biu, biu, biu' from its mouth meant.

Su Xiao's first thought was that Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang had suffered a heavy blow to the head and had hallucinations. But thinking about it carefully, if it were a contractor, it wouldn't be a problem even if they disguised themselves as Ultraman.

Through Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's typed description, Su Xiao knew what was going on. Terumi Mei was saved by a contractor wearing an Ultraman mask.

"Out of the range of aura tracking?"

Su Xiao prepared to let Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang track Terumi Mei's aura. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang shook its head, indicating that Terumi Mei had already exceeded the range of 5 kilometers.

From the time Su Xiao received Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's message to rushing here, it took 1 minute and 06 seconds. That is to say, the person who saved Terumi Mei only used 1 minute and 06 seconds to cross at least 5 kilometers.

If it were the speed of the main body, then it reached about 77 meters per second, and that was while carrying Chojuro and Terumi Mei.

If the main body had this speed, and could travel 5 kilometers at this speed, then the other party didn't need to escape at all. But the other party wore a mask when saving Terumi Mei, which clearly showed they were afraid of being seen by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, avoiding future revenge.

Extremely fast speed, only saving people but not daring to hurt people—this made Su Xiao think of one point, which was that the other party used some kind of item to cross five kilometers in a short time. No, it should be further.

Contractors had the motivation to do so. One must know that Terumi Mei was the Mizukage. Those contractors with weak strength were very eager to interact with powerful plot characters like Terumi Mei, thereby obtaining benefits.

Saving Terumi Mei was undoubtedly a not-so-small favor. It was very easy to form personal favorability with Terumi Mei, thereby opening the Hidden Mist Village's faction system, contribution store, etc. By then, there would be many benefits.

"She escaped."

Su Xiao stomped his foot, snow splashing.

"Cough!"

Su Xiao let out a dry cough, coughing up drops of blood. ===== CHAPTER 1018 =====