Chapter 1297: Suicide Squad

"A Third Tier contractor has this kind of firepower?"

A bald middle-aged man spoke. His face was very round, and although his appearance should have been kind, it looked numb and cruel.

"Bai Ye... I remember now. During the naval battle, this guy was on the reputation leaderboard, but not long after, he was pushed down by a Fifth Tier contractor."

The thin man confirmed there was no danger here and leaned against the wall.

"No, this guy is still on the leaderboard now."

The long-legged girl took a deep breath, seemingly having seen something that shocked her.

"What?"

"Look at the current ranking, there's a 'surprise'."

Hearing this, the other four checked the total pirate reputation leaderboard.

【Third Place: Bai Ye (Third Tier), Pirate Reputation 2,860 points.】

The five looked at each other.

"What should we do? Should we go for it? Even if we can't get into the top five, when this world ends, pirate reputation will be converted into World Source or Paradise Coins. 1,430 pirate reputation points, according to the intelligence provided by the bald guy, can at least be converted into 30% World Source. With this World Source, our squad can at least reach an A+ rating."

The long-legged girl swallowed her saliva. The benefits brought by 1,430 pirate reputation points made her heartbeat accelerate.

"Go to hell, retreat. A Third Tier entering a Fourth Tier war zone and still being able to obtain so much pirate reputation—this isn't something that can be done solely by long-range sniping ability. This kind of lone wolf, if you dare to rush over now, he'll take out a melee weapon and teach you how to be a human in minutes. So, retreat!"

The thin man turned and left. After struggling in their hearts for a few seconds, the others also retreated toward the battlefield.

These five retreated, but seven more Fourth Tier contractors were approaching the King's Plateau.

Su Xiao was at a high vantage point; he certainly noticed enemies approaching. The two fastest had already closed to within 2,000 meters.

A black shadow flashed across the scope. Su Xiao didn't fire. At this distance, the hit rate on a moving target was too low. He was waiting, waiting for the enemy contractors to close to within 800 meters. At 800 meters, even for a high-speed moving target, he had a 60% probability of hitting. The Chimera Ant King was sniped to death by him just like this.

Seven men in black were walking quickly through the buildings. Their attire was uniform, and their pace was even consistent.

These seven were fast, and they all liked to hide in the shadows of buildings. They weren't clones of one person, but seven genuine contractors.

These seven had some fame among the Fourth Tier. They all had assassin-type abilities, and outsiders called them the Black Rats, while they called themselves the Shadow Group.

These seven had met when they were in the First Tier. Originally there were nine of them. Because they all had assassin-type abilities, they had common topics. It's unknown who among the nine suggested it, but the nine of them formed a small adventure group together.

From the First Tier to the Fourth Tier, the Shadow Group's numbers reached as many as 30 at their peak. After the waves washed away the sand, only these seven survived to the Fourth Tier.

Seven assassination-types; one could imagine that eight or nine out of ten of their targets were lone plot characters or lone contractors.

The lethality burst out by seven assassins simultaneously was enough to instantly kill a tank of the same tier. Although their reputation wasn't great, these seven were doing quite well. Two derived worlds ago, they successfully promoted to the Fourth Tier.

With a swoosh, a black shadow swept across the street and hid in a small alley.

"Shadow Two, the target has no reaction."

A figure in black clung to the wall, not knowing who they were communicating with remotely.

"He's still in the Donquixote Family's villa area? Since that's the case, it means he's not good at hitting moving targets. If he specialized in long-range abilities, it's unlikely such a shortcoming would appear. The target is suspected to be an all-around lone wolf."

The man in black sneered. He was best at dealing with this kind of lone wolf.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, I'll use Shadow Clones to attract fire."

The man in black performed hand seals quickly. With a bang, white smoke rose, and a dozen Shadow Clones appeared.

"Advance together in three seconds. The distance is still 1,600 meters. Don't exceed 10 seconds. Good, that's it."

The man in black ended the call and took a deep breath.

At the same time, inside the fourth floor of the villa area.

Su Xiao observed the tall buildings in the distance through the scope. According to his observation, a total of four people were approaching the King's Plateau. As for whether there were more, it was temporarily unknown; there were too many buildings below.

Just as Su Xiao was preparing to fire and kill one person first, a large number of figures in black rushed out from behind the buildings. A conservative estimate was dozens of people. Su Xiao's brow twitched; he truly hadn't expected this situation.

This was like two sides agreeing to a fight, one side drove up a minivan, and from this inconspicuous minivan, over a hundred people swarmed out.

Shadow Clones, Mirror Images, Light Refraction, Shadow Clones—the seven displayed various clone abilities. They rushed toward the King's Plateau from all directions.

Su Xiao put away the Duke of Death and the hydraulic buffer bracket. It was impossible to distinguish the true from the false among those clones with the naked eye.

Ten seconds later, those dozens of figures in black rushed to the bottom of the King's Plateau, entering the shooting blind spot. They began to climb the King's Plateau with their bare hands.

In a short time, these dozens of figures arrived near the villa area. The villa area was very quiet. Not even one pirate was stationed here. There were only two locations in Dressrosa that needed to be guarded: one was the underground port, and the other was the SMILE factory (artificial Devil Fruit factory).

Now the SMILE factory was very lively; that was the key area of concern for enemy contractors, and most of the Donquixote Family faction's contractors were guarding there.

The seven members of the Shadow Group gathered together. They looked at each other, all feeling puzzled—why didn't the enemy fire to try their luck?

What these people didn't know was that every shot Su Xiao fired was equivalent to consuming 1,000 Paradise Coins. Su Xiao had observed the speed of these seven; although their speed was decent, they were clearly not powerhouses among the Fourth Tier.

The seven disappeared almost simultaneously. They all activated various stealth abilities, and two of them even activated anti-detection abilities.

The seven approached the villa area. They all noticed the specially reinforced fourth floor.

A few seconds later, the seven arrived below the villa. Just at this moment, a tall figure jumped down from above the villa.

With a boom, large cracks appeared on the ground, and cold air overflowed.

The seven immediately communicated on the team channel, whether to join forces to instantly kill this minotaur that fell from the sky.

After Amu landed, it raised the war hammer in its hand and smashed it straight toward the ground.

A loud noise spread, and bone-chilling cold air overflowed. The seven immediately scattered to avoid being affected by the cold air.

With a crisp sound, the villa's front door shattered, and a pale red aura spread. The seven groaned almost simultaneously, their bodies aching vaguely. This was Su Xiao's aura release ability.

A thick smell of blood came from inside the villa, followed by a series of footsteps.

Su Xiao walked out from inside the villa, holding Checking Zhan Long Shan. His gaze was fixed on a contractor in a stealth state. Although the other party was already in stealth, under the detection of his intuition ability, the other party was no different from standing right in front of Su Xiao.

Eyes met. That member of the Shadow Group immediately knew they had been exposed. Black light flickered on their body, seemingly having activated some kind of acceleration ability.

Clang!

The long sword rang crisply, and blood sprayed onto the stone slabs on the ground. Su Xiao had appeared behind that Shadow Group member before they knew it. No matter how fast the other party's speed was, could it be faster than the ability to penetrate space?

With a thud, that Shadow Group member fell to the ground. An extremely deep slash appeared on their back. It had to be said that Fourth Tier contractors were indeed much stronger than Third Tier contractors. A fragile assassin actually wasn't instantly killed by Su Xiao.

Although not instantly killed by Su Xiao, Su Xiao had slashed through the other party's spine with one blade.

Checking Zhan Long Shan flipped in Su Xiao's hand. The long sword stabbed down. With a squelch, the long sword pierced through the contractor's skull. Their body twitched, and their pupils rapidly dilated.

The contractor killed by Su Xiao's two blades appeared. The remaining six retreated a few steps simultaneously. They were clearly frightened by these two terrifying blades.

PS: (Cough, although the recent update time is a bit late, the update time is still quite stable, haha... ah, I was wrong, don't hit my face.) ===== CHAPTER 1298 =====