Chapter 1087: Return

After sitting on the ground to rest for a moment, Su Xiao walked toward the position where he had previously fought Hashirama. Soon, he found a thick arm and the lower half of Amu's body.

Carrying these parts, Su Xiao came before Amu. At this moment, Amu was lying on the ground, its bull eyes staring straight at the sky, its little gaze filled with sorrow; it was about to receive Su Xiao's treatment again.

"Looks like a major repair is needed."

Su Xiao examined Amu's injuries. The Iron-Blooded Fierce Bull Amu began to tremble. This guy hadn't even trembled when facing Senju Hashirama head-on, but now, Amu was terrified.

"Woof."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, standing to the side, barked, meaning: give it a "major overhaul," let this silly bull have a taste of what it's like to be tossed around like he did to me earlier.

Su Xiao checked the progress of the large-scale plot event. The event had already reached the second stage, the Resurrection of Madara—or more precisely, the early phase of the second stage.

Originally, Su Xiao intended to change the third stage, turning it into the Strongest Madara. Judging from the current situation, the probability of Kaguya Otsutsuki appearing had dropped from 100% to about 40%.

Su Xiao had previously provided Madara with a lot of intelligence. If Madara still wasn't wary of Black Zetsu after receiving so much information, then one could only say he was far too careless.

Arrogance was Madara's greatest weakness, but that was no longer Su Xiao's concern.

After clashing with Senju Hashirama, Su Xiao clearly realized one thing: the third stage of the Ninja World War was definitely not something he could participate in right now. Even if he hid, it would be useless; the Allied Shinobi Forces would surely dig three feet deep to find him, and the most diligent among them would be Senju Tobirama and Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Su Xiao's participation in the second stage of the Ninja World War was already slightly strained. He could use his intelligence advantage to hide for a while, but he couldn't hide until the entire war ended.

Moreover, simply hiding yielded no gains and would instead cause the rating of the large-scale plot event to plummet.

Su Xiao had already tasted Senju Hashirama's strength. Even a weakened Hashirama was difficult to deal with; if he were in his prime, Su Xiao would 100% be the one to die.

Senju Hashirama was already this powerful. Once the third stage fully began, 4 to 5 plot characters stronger than Hashirama would appear, such as Uzumaki Naruto (Six Paths Mode), Uchiha Sasuke (Single Rinnegan + Six Paths), Might Guy (Eight Gates Released), Uchiha Madara (Six Paths Mode + Ten-Tails), and Kaguya Otsutsuki (if she appeared).

Assuming Kaguya Otsutsuki did not appear, then Su Xiao's enemies would be Six Paths Naruto + Rinnegan Sasuke + Eight Gates Guy.

If Su Xiao happened to run into any one of them, his journey in the Reincarnation Paradise would likely end there. This wasn't Su Xiao lowering his own morale; on the contrary, it was self-awareness.

Many Qiyuezhe didn't actually die in dangerous derived worlds, but rather from their own inflated egos. If one became arrogant after gaining power, death wasn't far off.

Now that the second stage had just begun, within the first two hours of each stage, Su Xiao could exit the large-scale plot event; this did not count as a forced exit.

The reason the large-scale plot event was divided into three stages was that the Reincarnation Paradise didn't want to trap Qiyuezhe to their deaths; after all, the power system in the third stage grew exponentially.

By the third stage, even those at the Super Kage level couldn't afford to be reckless; those at the Six Paths level were not to be trifled with.

Risk and reward were equal, but what if there was a 99% chance of death? The answer was to retreat immediately.

Just as Su Xiao prepared to submit the main quest and end the large-scale plot event, a sneaky figure approached.

"Hey brother. Want to buy some medicine?"

A man wearing a black hood waved from afar.

Su Xiao looked at the other party with surprise. This guy... did he value money over his life? Selling medicine at a high price during a large-scale plot event?

"Not buying."

"Sorry to bother you, goodbye."

The hooded man turned and left. On his back was a red maple leaf pattern.

"So it's someone from the Red Maple Society."

Su Xiao immediately guessed the hooded man's origin. This guy came from a commercial society with a "great" reputation. Qiyuezhe "affectionately" called the Red Maple Society the most brain-dead commercial society in history, bar none.

As for the deeds of the Red Maple Society, Su Xiao didn't want to recall them. Those deeds were so brain-dead they made one's brain ache; these people were the weirdest of the weird.

After the Red Maple Society person left, Su Xiao chose to submit the main quest.

【Prompt: Main quest "Prologue to the Ninja World War" has been completed.】

【Detected that the Hunter is currently in the large-scale plot event "Fourth Ninja World War."】

【Checking...】

【The second stage of the large-scale plot event has been underway for 1 hour and 46 minutes; it has not reached 2 hours, so it can be interrupted normally.】

【Settling the large-scale plot event...】

【Settlement complete. The Hunter has experienced 57% of the large-scale plot time. Performance: Excellent.】

【You have received the following rewards.】

【You have received 51.3% of the World's Source. Total World's Source obtained: 86.8%.】

【You have received an additional Lv. 2 clearance. Current clearance level: Lv. 25 (Hunter clearance).】

【You have received Master's Power (1/10).】

Seeing these three rewards, a smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. His desperate persistence until now was completely worth it.

Previously, Su Xiao seemed to face no risks in the Ninja World War, but in reality, that wasn't the case. He was now effectively in a Fourth Tier derived world. From the start of the second stage of the Ninja World War, Su Xiao's task had shifted from killing enemies to survival.

Because of this, he chose to create an opportunity to fight Senju Hashirama. After defeating Hashirama, an even greater risk emerged.

Orochimaru was also on the battlefield, and Su Xiao had shifted quite a bit of blame onto him. If Orochimaru were to use Reanimation Jutsu on Senju Hashirama again, heaven knows if Hashirama would be reanimated. Although the probability was low, it wasn't impossible.

If he were truly reanimated, would the Senju Hashirama Su Xiao had just slashed come to eliminate him? The answer was definitely yes; Hashirama knew how dangerous Su Xiao was.

Space energy wrapped around Su Xiao, and his body gradually became transparent.

A few kilometers away, inside a cave.

"Woo~ woo~"

Tsunade was bound tightly with iron chains, her eyes filled with humiliation. Who could have imagined that she, the dignified Fifth Hokage, would actually be tied up and thrown into a semi-sealed cave?

Su Xiao hadn't forgotten about the pale gold treasure chest that was Tsunade; he simply had no time. If he couldn't leave the Naruto world during the second stage, it would be difficult to leave once the third stage began.

Slightly exhausted, Zhan Long Shan urgently needed repairs, recovery items were used up, mana was down to only 363 points, Karin was too weak to heal, hiding in the "cave" Su Xiao had smashed out, Amu was cut in two, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was severely injured.

Under these circumstances, every extra minute spent in the Naruto world meant bearing significant risk.

Moreover, Su Xiao's harvest in the Naruto world this time was already very rich—no, it should be the richest harvest in history. If he could convert all his gains into strength, his power would increase by a large margin. ===== CHAPTER 1088 =====