Chapter 1303: Brother Ku Tu

Although Su Xiao had already withdrawn his strength, this rod still smashed very heavily. If it weren't for Doflamingo's strong constitution, this rod would definitely have snapped the other party's nasal bone.

Just after pulling a rod on Doflamingo, Su Xiao felt a huge force coming from his lower abdomen. His body flew backward. Katakuri was too fast, fast to the point that when his intuition ability perceived the other party's movement, the attack had already hit Su Xiao.

Su Xiao's left arm was held horizontally, just wanting to pop out the Boundary Breaking Thread, when he discovered Katakuri had already leaped from the spot. Su Xiao's attack was predicted again.

After rolling a few times in the sand, Su Xiao stood up and half-squatted on the ground. A gaze looked at Su Xiao angrily. It was Doflamingo, who was covering his mouth and nose with one hand, with blood seeping out from between his fingers.

"Slipped."

Su Xiao lightly flicked the blood off the metal rod and rushed toward Katakuri quickly. Doflamingo, with blood flowing from his nose, was not lightly angered, but he also chose to follow.

Boom, boom, boom...

Yellow sand splashed, and air waves spread out.

Not far away, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was lying on the mochi. It had already determined Cracker's position through the thermal imaging device. Now it was just waiting for an opportunity.

As long as the opportunity was appropriate, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu would solve Cracker at the fastest speed. The timing now was clearly not right; at least wait for the moment Katakuri was dragged down.

Threads shot out. A mass of threads condensed together flew past Katakuri's ear. While dodging the threads, he coated his hand with Armament Haki and 'bare-handedly' grabbed toward the metal rod attacking his face.

With a muffled bang, Katakuri grabbed the metal rod. Su Xiao was stunned, and Doflamingo was also stunned. Both knew clearly that Devil Fruit ability users absolutely couldn't touch Seastone.

Although Katakuri wore black gloves, this thing absolutely couldn't completely isolate the influence of Seastone, even if it was coated with Armament Haki.

Su Xiao carefully observed Katakuri's right hand. The other party's right hand was obviously a size larger than the left hand. Almost instantly, Su Xiao thought of what was going on.

Katakuri was wrapping the mochi generated after his fruit awakening in his hand, thereby avoiding touching the Seastone.

Katakuri's arm pulled, intending to snatch the metal rod from Su Xiao's hand. If this thing reached his hand, Doflamingo would be in big trouble.

Seeing this scene, Doflamingo's cheek twitched. Several threads coated with Armament Haki wound toward Katakuri.

At the same time, Su Xiao actually let go of the metal rod and kicked sideways toward Katakuri.

Katakuri's hand paused, and almost instantly he also let go of the metal rod. As he let go of the metal rod, Blue Steel Shadow energy clung to the metal rod, and a cyan fine thread wound around the tail end of the metal rod. It was the Boundary Breaking Thread.

Thud!

Su Xiao kicked Katakuri's thigh, successfully kicking the enemy, but he subconsciously felt something bad in his heart.

Just after kicking Katakuri, Su Xiao felt a chill in his chest, followed by a familiar numbness. Something had pierced his chest.

Katakuri was kicked flying by Su Xiao, his tall body planted into the mochi. He sighed, not knowing what he was sighing about.

Boom!

Another loud noise came. As this loud noise came, Su Xiao received a kill hint.

【Your summon has killed Charlotte Cracker.】

【Charlotte Cracker was one of the Big Mom Pirates' Four Sweet Commanders.】

【You obtain 4,000 pirate reputation points (because the hunter is Third Tier, located in a high-tier area, regional bonus 1,800 points).】

【Because of Charlotte Cracker's special identity, you obtain 16.5% World Source (regional bonus 2%), now obtaining a total of 31.3% World Source.】

【You obtain a treasure chest (Legendary).】

Katakuri's sigh was because he predicted that Cracker would die. He originally had a chance to stop it, but Su Xiao didn't dodge the trident he stabbed out. If Su Xiao had chosen to dodge, Katakuri would have had a chance to save Cracker.

Katakuri stood up from the beach. Because of the severe pain in his body, the muscles on his thigh were twitching. For 3 seconds, he couldn't mochi-fy.

Su Xiao also stood up from the ground. He breathed heavily. A trident over two meters long was stabbed into his chest. The two prongs of the trident pierced his chest cavity, and his liver was pierced.

Su Xiao pulled out the trident. The Armament Haki coated on it faded, and the entire trident turned into mochi, sliding off his fingertips. It was this mass of mochi that nearly killed him instantly.

Checking the combat log, Su Xiao discovered that Katakuri's Armament Haki added very terrifying damage. Not only that, he also suffered judgments such as piercing, force-through, and vital point attacks. If it weren't for his physique being tough enough, Su Xiao, who was already heavily wounded, would have been killed instantly by Katakuri's full-force trident strike.

Earlier, Katakuri casually threw a trident and directly killed a Fourth Tier contractor instantly. From this, one could see the terror of this thing's attack power.

Doflamingo shook his head. Compared to the injuries Katakuri caused him, Su Xiao's previous rod strike left a deeper impression. That could be described as heart-wrenching. When the Seastone touched him, he immediately lost strength, and his body's defense also dropped significantly.

Su Xiao looked at Katakuri. Cracker died, and Katakuri's combat power increased by at least 30%. He no longer needed to be distracted by Cracker's situation.

"Doflamingo."

Su Xiao shouted, but didn't get any response.

"Hey."

"Hmm?"

Doflamingo finally came back to his senses. He wiped the blood off his face, his brain buzzing.

"When will Jack arrive?"

"Soon, at most three minutes."

"Then drag him down for three minutes."

Jack coming to support? Perhaps only heaven knows. The reason Su Xiao and Doflamingo said this was to create pressure for Katakuri.

Katakuri could hold off Su Xiao and Doflamingo, but in his current state, he absolutely couldn't hold off the siege of Su Xiao + Doflamingo + Jack.

Red light flickered in Katakuri's eyes again. His gaze looked toward the sea, seemingly having predicted something again.

With a splash, a large amount of sand was kicked up. Su Xiao immediately leaped backward, holding the metal rod horizontally in front of him. He didn't even have time to drink the No. 1 potion now. Fighting Katakuri couldn't reveal the slightest flaw, otherwise, it would be a disaster.

When the sand fell, Katakuri had already disappeared from the spot.

"Jack has arrived."

Doflamingo spoke. He originally couldn't determine whether Jack would come to support, but Katakuri's act of retreating basically meant Jack was about to arrive at Dressrosa.

Drought Jack using the Donquixote Family as cannon fodder? The naval battle earlier was indeed like that, but this time it wasn't.

During the naval battle stage, the Donquixote Family was completely defeated. It was Jack who blocked nearly half of the Big Mom Pirates' forces at sea, otherwise, the pirates attacking Dressrosa would have been even more, completely overwhelming, and the Donquixote Family pirates couldn't have blocked it at all.

"This is the opportunity to leave Katakuri behind."

Doflamingo's meaning was very clear: pursue Katakuri and cooperate with Jack to leave the other party behind forever.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Su Xiao squatted on the ground, coughing dryly repeatedly.

"If you want to pursue, you and Jack go pursue."

Just as Su Xiao finished speaking, a dozen large ships appeared on the coastline. It was Drought Jack's fleet.

Doflamingo walked to a pile of rubble. He sat on the rock pile, holding his forehead with one hand, his face showing pain.

"This time... thanks."

Although Doflamingo was nearly knocked unconscious by Su Xiao's rod, it was undeniable that Su Xiao saved his life. If he had fought Katakuri alone, the current Doflamingo would very likely have become a corpse.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Su Xiao just wanted to speak, but let out a burst of dry coughs. His lung lobe damage was very severe.

Taking out the No. 1 potion, internal and external application, half a minute later, Su Xiao's breathing was much smoother, and his complexion changed from flushed to pale.

"Next time, deal with this guy yourself."

"..."

Doflamingo didn't speak, still in that posture of holding his forehead with one hand. From this battle, Doflamingo already understood the combat power of this 'researcher' Su Xiao.

Su Xiao was heavily wounded, but his harvest wasn't small. While obtaining a high-quality Legendary treasure chest, he also obtained a large amount of World Source and pirate reputation.

Killing Charlotte Cracker, Su Xiao obtained a full 4,000 pirate reputation points. Under normal circumstances, killing Cracker wouldn't obtain so much pirate reputation, but Su Xiao was a Third Tier contractor. A Third Tier contractor's teleportation location should be Punk Hazard, not Dressrosa. Dressrosa was a Fourth Tier area.

To protect all Third Tier contractors, as well as some Fourth Tier contractors, the Reincarnation Paradise teleported Su Xiao directly to the center of the naval battle. As a reward for being in a dangerous place, Su Xiao obtained a regional bonus reward.

Sitting on the beach, Su Xiao checked the pirate reputation ranking.

【First Place: Su Xiao (Third Tier), Pirate Reputation 7,254 points.】

【Second Place: Ku Tu (Fifth Tier), Pirate Reputation 7,180 points.】

【Third Place: Qian Meng (Fifth Tier), Pirate Reputation 3,625 points.】

【Fourth Place: Performance Hand (Fifth Tier), Pirate Reputation 2,576 points.】

【Fifth Place: Sen (Fifth Tier), Pirate Reputation 2,102 points.】

Su Xiao's pirate reputation ranking... rushed to the top spot. Fighting head-on against six Fifth Tier contractors, those six were a squad. They couldn't concentrate all the pirate reputation on Ku Tu. They were a whole, and the benefits had to be shared by everyone.

Looking at Su Xiao, he was only one person, and he reached cooperation with the Donquixote Family. After the fight with Katakuri, this cooperation was clearly much more stable, at least not flipping faces at any time.

On a certain island with heavy snow, a cave entrance revealed an orange bonfire.

Inside the cave, Ku Tu, Qian Meng, Man Shi, Sen, and others sat around the bonfire.

Sen sat cross-legged on the ground, with a sniper cannon on his legs, carefully wiping it.

"That is to say, Qian Meng used my gun to help the enemy? The Duke of Death actually fell into the hands of a Third Tier contractor. But based on the fact that he could surpass the boss in pirate reputation, that kid using the Duke of Death seems not bad."

Sen wore a green ghillie suit. He laughed, giving people a hearty feeling, full of gunpowder smell.

"Don't say it so ugly, I didn't help the enemy. Who used that Soul Crystal (Large)?"

Qian Meng's tone was very gentle. This was the normal state of Qian Meng.

Sen smiled, adjusting the awkward atmosphere.

"Boss, although it's a bit shameful to be surpassed by a Third Tier contractor, you have to think from another perspective. You can only obtain 50% of the normal pirate reputation income. Calculated this way, it's actually not shameful, haha."

The Performance Hand wearing a top hat forcibly comforted. Ku Tu's gaze shifted, and the smile on the Performance Hand's face immediately disappeared.

"There's nothing shameful about it, just normal competition."

Crack, crack, crack...

Ku Tu's fists clenched, making cracking sounds.

"The public communication platform is unexpectedly lively. Boss, I advise you not to open the communication platform."

Qian Meng started a divine assist. Their adventure group was very united, and teasing each other was common.

Ku Tu glared at Qian Meng. Qian Meng instantly switched personalities and glared back at Ku Tu. Ku Tu felt even more depressed in his heart. He opened the communication platform.

Li Zhu (Lone Wolf): "Recruiting like-minded teammates in the Punk Hazard area, ps: White Night boss is awesome."

Tifens (Black Fire Adventure Group): "High-price purchase of Donquixote Family pirate distribution intelligence, (begging for the psychological shadow area of Fifth Tier bosses)."

Ai Keke (Lone Wolf): "Lone wolf, good at long-range fire support, looking for a lone wolf team, ps: That ruthless brother in first place, hold on, you are the hope of our Third Tier."

Ku Tu closed the communication platform and stood up, walking toward the outside of the cave.

"Boss, what are you doing?"

The Performance Hand just wanted to stand up, but Qian Meng waved his hand at him.

Clearly, Ku Tu was going to go against Su Xiao. Although the two wouldn't go to the area where the other party was, the two were competing. Who could take the top spot would depend on the amount of pirate reputation at the end of the derived world. ===== CHAPTER 1304 =====