Chapter 1039: 30 Seconds

The Rock Shinobi Jonin whose arm had been severed landed, his arm thumping onto the ground beside him.

Just after landing, this Jonin blocked his front with his remaining arm, holding a kunai. Losing an arm meant he could no longer perform hand seals, and his combat effectiveness had dropped by at least 70%.

However, this Jonin was proficient in taijutsu, and as a Jonin, even after the painful loss of an arm, he remained very calm.

"Keep your distance, I'll hold him off."

The Jonin roared; he was doing this to encourage the Chunin on the roof. His loss of an arm meant he could not use ninjutsu, so these Chunin had become the primary combat force.

There were 7 Chunin left on the roof. Compared to the Jonin who had lost his arm, their mental fortitude was significantly lower.

The severed-arm Jonin's roar made these Chunin jump. Two Chunin immediately leaped off the roof, turning their backs to Su Xiao. Seeing this, the one-armed Jonin thought, "Oh no."

Clang.

Two pale blue blade flashes left the edge of Checking Zhan Long Shan, flying straight toward those two Chunin.

After hearing the piercing whistle, one Chunin instinctively turned his head to look.

"Wind Release?"

This Chunin was in mid-air, and since he was facing away from Su Xiao, it was impossible for him to dodge the blade flash.

Ding.

Sparks flew. The one-armed Jonin appeared behind the Chunin, the kunai in his hand slashing against the blade flash.

With a sizzle, the kunai was severed as expected. The one-armed Jonin in mid-air arched his body, taking the opportunity to kick the Chunin beside him hard in the buttocks.

The Chunin landed in a "dog-eating-dirt" posture, falling until his face was bruised and swollen. Having survived the ordeal, he raised his head. The Chunin who had leaped off the roof with him at the same time also landed, but it was as a corpse sliced into two pieces.

Cold sweat trickled down the Chunin's forehead. If it weren't for his team leader Jonin saving him, he would be in the same situation now.

The crisp sound of metal clashing came from the roof. The Chunin who had just landed looked up; it was the five companions on the roof throwing ninja tools at the enemy.

These five Chunin clearly had richer combat experience; they knew they couldn't turn their backs to the enemy, and even if they retreated, they had to find the right moment to do so.

Su Xiao slashed through several kunai and shuriken shot at him. He could even slash away the bullets of the Spider Queen, let alone these ninja tools.

His gaze swept around. Because Su Xiao was at a high point, he could easily take in the surrounding situation at a glance.

Over on Obito's side, he had already held off 4 Jonin and dozens of Chunin in the village, while Amu had held off 2 Jonin and a number of Chunin. This guy often tried to charge in the direction where civilians were retreating, and the Rock Shinobi, having no other choice, could only send people to contain it.

Judging from the current situation, except for the 6 Chunin and 1 Jonin around Su Xiao, no one would come to intercept him in the short term. As long as he dealt with these people, Su Xiao could enter the underground prison.

It wasn't that he couldn't enter the underground prison now, but if he didn't deal with these Rock Shinobi, and if there were Rock Shinobi guarding the underground prison, Su Xiao might be blocked from the front and back, resulting in a situation of being attacked from both sides.

"Finish them within 30 seconds."

Su Xiao stepped on the ground beneath him, and a pale red aura spread out like a tide toward the surroundings.

Whoosh~

That Jonin was the first to be swept by the pale red aura. His body stiffened, and he felt a faint pain inside his body; this was the effect of aura release.

Skill Effect 1 (Active): Can release one's own aura to the surroundings at ultra-high speed, causing 100 points + Willpower x 5 damage to enemies within 30 meters. This damage ignores armor/magic resistance/shields/equipment defense.

The passive effect of the aura release hadn't been judged yet when waves of blue-white pulses spread out with Su Xiao as the center point. This was a high-intensity electromagnetic pulse. As for how Su Xiao possessed this ability, it was because of a piece of equipment he had obtained not long ago.

【Destroyer】

Quality: Gold

Category: Belt (Black, high-tech product)

Equipment Effect 1: Destruction Impact (Active), releases an electronic destruction pulse to the surrounding 20–25 meters. Destroys internal components of electronic equipment and causes 120 points of damage to enemies; mechanical enemies take 4 times the damage.

The seven surrounding ninja clearly had never seen aura release, and they didn't know what an electromagnetic pulse was, but the stinging pain in their bodies and their numb bodies told them that things were not looking good.

After the two impacts receded, the one-armed Jonin shook his head. When he looked again in the direction where Su Xiao was, Su Xiao had already disappeared.

In terms of strength and speed, Su Xiao far exceeds most ninja, with the exception, of course, of ninja like the Raikage and Tsunade.

Zzz~

The sound of metal wires contracting came. The one-armed Jonin suddenly felt a numbness in his feet, and then half of his sole actually sprang up. The numbness in his footsteps caused him to lose his center of gravity, and his body fell forward.

But a Jonin is not a soft persimmon; a Jonin is a mid-to-high-end combat force in the Naruto world.

However, even Kage-level ninja had died in Su Xiao's hands, so how long could a Jonin last? As for those Chunin beside him, they couldn't keep up with Su Xiao's speed at all. In this situation, ninjutsu couldn't hit Su Xiao.

"Earth Release: Earth Wall."

A Chunin slapped the ground with one hand. His combat experience was very rich, but he didn't have much talent, so he was just a Chunin.

An earth wall rose behind the Jonin, just happening to block Su Xiao's path. It wasn't that the Chunin had kept up with Su Xiao's speed, but rather that he had guessed Su Xiao might attack from the rear, which was a lucky hit.

Blade light flashed, the earth wall was slashed to pieces in an instant, and the long blade in Su Xiao's hand slashed toward the neck of the one-armed Jonin.

Just as the blade was about to sever the one-armed Jonin's head, Su Xiao suddenly stopped abruptly and leaped backward.

Boom!

A burst of fire rose; it was the one-armed Jonin who, knowing there was no hope of survival, simply detonated the explosive tags he carried with him, intending to perish together with Su Xiao.

The impact of the explosion hit him head-on. Su Xiao blocked his front with his left arm, and he retreated along with the impact generated by the explosion.

Su Xiao landed, the backward momentum causing him to slide several meters away on the ground.

The firelight gradually dissipated in the air, and a burnt smell of scorched flesh and skin wafted over.

"Even like this... it didn't hurt him."

A Chunin spoke with a trembling voice, and he instinctively retreated a few steps.

Su Xiao turned his head to look at the few Chunin, raised his arm, and swung his blade to slash at the ground in front of him, causing a large amount of mud to splash.

"Earth Release..."

A Chunin had just wanted to perform hand seals when his neck suddenly flashed, his vision began to spin, and finally, it was level with the ground.

Su Xiao used the flying mud to block the vision of the few Chunin, and then used his speed advantage to get close to them. One can imagine what it would be like for Su Xiao, who excelled in close combat, to engage in close combat with Chunin.

Ten seconds later, Su Xiao stepped on the shoulder of a Chunin with one foot, and Checking Zhan Long Shan was piercing through the other's throat. This Chunin knelt on the ground, both hands gripping the blade of Checking Zhan Long Shan, making gurgling sounds in his mouth, with gushing blood pouring out from his mouth. He looked up at Su Xiao.

Su Xiao pulled out Checking Zhan Long Shan from the Chunin's throat, and the Chunin, pierced through the throat by Checking Zhan Long Shan, fell to the ground with a thud.

Just at this moment, Su Xiao suddenly turned his head to look at a residential house not far away, just in time to lock eyes with a young girl. At the window of the house, the girl pulled her head back; she curled up beneath the window, covering her mouth with both hands, tears gushing out uncontrollably. This was a civilian who had been frightened and failed to evacuate from Shu Yan Village in time.