Chapter 1018: Decision

About fifteen kilometers away from Su Xiao, inside a mountain cave.

"At this distance, it should be no problem."

A middle-aged man with a beard let out a long sigh of relief. Beside him stood a young woman and a youth.

The young woman looked at the bearded man, signaling to interact using the team system. There were two plot characters nearby.

"What tier contractor is that guy? Simply a monster. And where did that Hidden Mist ninja who fought him pop out from? The move he used should be Steaming Danger Tyrant. His combat power is definitely at the upper-middle level of the third tier."

The young woman spoke in the team channel. These three were a small adventure group.

"Tch, where is it as terrifying as you say? Just a Kage guard. If it were one-on-one, I could do it too."

That youth was a bit unconvinced. This kind of youth in the rebellious period was generally the boss of the class teacher, and he was the second. Except for the class teacher, he didn't obey anyone.

"And why do we have to escape? That light-gold teleportation scroll can sell for at least over a hundred thousand Paradise Coins."

The bearded man was somewhat helpless by the youth's words. Because the distance was far, he didn't know Su Xiao's combat power clearly, but this bearded man noticed one point: after that Hidden Mist was defeated, Terumi Mei's first reaction wasn't to support, but to escape.

Kage-level also had to escape? This showed that the other party's strength was enough to kill a Kage-level.

"Unconvinced in words, but the body is still very honest."

The young woman mocked in the team channel. That youth curled his lips. Although he was unconvinced in words, he had also noticed Terumi Mei's reaction before. The reason he complained was because that gold scroll was provided by him, and he wanted to take the lion's share of the benefits later. Being able to reach the third tier, this youth wouldn't be brainless? Of course not.

"Poison Pheasant, you are responsible for contacting Terumi Mei. Your charm attribute is relatively high."

"No problem. Can we count this as snatching food from the tiger's mouth?"

The young woman spoke. Her fake name in Paradise was Poison Pheasant. As for the origin of this fake name, it was unknown for the time being.

"Even if it's snatching food from the tiger's mouth, we succeeded."

The bearded man looked at Terumi Mei and Chojuro on the side. As long as they could make friends with these two plot characters, the subsequent gains would definitely not be small.

"Many thanks to the three..."

Terumi Mei just wanted to thank the three contractors for their help, but just at this moment, a mass of white substance appeared on her arm.

This mass of white substance proliferated rapidly, like a mass of white mud, soon wrapping Terumi Mei's upper body inside. Her chakra was absorbed by these white substances at an extremely fast speed.

"This is..."

The bearded man stepped forward quickly. He didn't dare to touch the white substance directly, but pulled out the two hook blades from his waist and cut toward the white substance.

Pfft.

The white substance splashed, and a large piece was cut off, but this kind of white substance proliferated rapidly after absorbing Terumi Mei's chakra, having very strong recovery and adhesion.

"Damn it!"

Chojuro was also wrapped in the white substance. He intended to use his hands to pull this thing off, but this thing was too stubborn.

"Poison Pheasant, hurry."

The bearded man's face changed drastically after seeing these white substances. He knew what this was; this was White Zetsu's Spore Jutsu.

"Parasitic Poison."

The young woman Poison Pheasant's hands turned purple-black. She used her fingers to touch the white substances on Terumi Mei, which was the Spore Jutsu.

Poison Pheasant's fingers just touched the Spore Jutsu, and the point her fingertips touched began to change, turning from white to purple-black.

A type of parasitic poison spread within the spores, and the spores died at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, ten kilometers away.

One person, one dog, and one cow were running at high speed on the snowfield. Bubu Wang's nose twitched, seemingly looking for some kind of scent in the air.

Su Xiao was leading the way at the front. At this moment, on his arm and lower leg, a mass of white substance was clinging to each. A type of green energy surged out from the white substance, entering his body, gradually restoring the injuries on his lower leg and lungs.

"White Zetsu, how much further."

Su Xiao, who was running wildly, spoke, the strong wind whistling past his ears.

"About ten kilometers away. They are using some kind of jutsu to remove the Spore Jutsu. The Spore Jutsu won't last long."

White Zetsu's voice came from the mass of white substance on Su Xiao's arm. Before, when Su Xiao had temporarily given up chasing Terumi Mei, a White Zetsu clone suddenly drilled out from the snow and provided Su Xiao with the location of Terumi Mei and the others.

White Zetsu's healing ability was excellent. This was a type of cellular-level recovery ninjutsu that could only be activated after absorbing someone else's chakra.

After accepting White Zetsu's treatment, although Su Xiao hadn't fully recovered, his lower leg bone and lungs no longer felt sharp pain.

It wasn't that White Zetsu's healing ability exceeded the No. 1 potion, but that the healing types of the two were different. White Zetsu's healing belonged to slow speed but recovered relatively gently, while the No. 1 potion was high-speed recovery in an extremely short time.

White Zetsu's healing ability was suitable for use after battle; its effect during battle wasn't obvious. The No. 1 potion was suitable for use during battle. Even if Su Xiao received a near-fatal injury, as long as he had the chance to drink the No. 1 potion, he could quickly restore combat power.

White snow drifted, and three figures swept across the snowfield at high speed.

Inside the mountain cave where Terumi Mei was, this mountain cave was very deep, about ten meters wide, and twenty meters high, half-submerged underground.

Wisps of black smoke rose, and a pungent fishy smell permeated the mountain cave. On the rocks on the ground were several pools of

purple liquid.

"This should be no problem. Let's leave as soon as possible."

Poison Pheasant let out a long sigh of relief. She knew what those white substances were before.

"Saved by the three again."

Terumi Mei smiled at the three contractors.

"Just a small effort." 【1

The young contractor also smiled at Chao Mei Ming, showing goodwill.

"Chojuro."

Chao Mei Ming's expression suddenly turned serious.

"Here."

The slightly exhausted Chojuro stood up straight; he had previously fought a great battle against Amu and was later absorbed of much chakra by Bai Jue's Spore Technique.

"The enemy has intercepted us from the east side; you are responsible for intercepting the enemies on the east side."

Chao Mei Ming's words stunned Chojuro and the three contractors. They couldn't quite understand what Chao Mei Ming meant. The enemy should have been pursuing from the west, and they were fleeing toward the east, which was the direction toward the Land of Water. How could there be enemies intercepting them? And how did Chao Mei Ming know this news?

"The assassination squad is almost here, and the sensory ninja among them, Kawaki, has already conveyed the news to me. Chojuro, you must clear out those enemies intercepting us on the east side. After successfully rendezvousing with the assassination squad, return to support us as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Chojuro finally understood what was going on; the Mist's reinforcements had arrived but were intercepted halfway.

"Lord Mizukage, how many enemies are there?"

"There are six. Remember, solve the enemies and rendezvous with the assassination squad as quickly as possible. Our current position is likely already exposed; this cave is a good terrain. Before I am killed by the enemy, bring people back to support me. As long as your speed is fast enough, we can use this cave to form a pincer attack from front and back. Also, show this to Kawaki and have them surround according to this formation."

(Note: The source text combines 1018-66 and 1018-67 into one block.)

Chao Mei Ming took out a ninjutsu scroll from her bosom, bit her index finger, wrote and drew on the scroll with fresh blood, then rolled it up and threw it to Chojuro.

"Be fast."

"Yes."

The young Chojuro quickly rushed out of the cave and soon disappeared into the snowfield, heading straight for the east side.