Chapter 575

"Hmm."

Tsunade looked at the forest in the distance. She was hesitating whether to participate in the battle herself, but after all, she was Konoha's Hokage. Without proper arrangements, she couldn't go too far from the village; this might be the enemy's diversionary tactic.

"Yuhi Kurenai."

Yuhi Kurenai walked quickly to Tsunade. After Tsunade gave a few instructions, Yuhi Kurenai took Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba, and Hyuga Hinata to pursue into the forest. Tsunade didn't move; she was the Hokage and couldn't be swayed by personal feelings. What she had to protect was a ninja village.

Inside the forest.

Su Xiao leaped between the trees, with over a dozen Root members in close pursuit behind him.

After learning the location of this laboratory from Orochimaru, Su Xiao had thought of the current situation, so he had long since chosen a retreat path. This was just a precaution; he hadn't expected to actually use it.

After Su Xiao leaped between the trees for a while, he jumped to the ground. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang darted out from a bush, just in time to catch Su Xiao.

In this way, Su Xiao's retreat speed became much faster, but the Root members pursuing behind were not slow either.

Su Xiao rode on Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's back, letting Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang slow down. He looked toward the rear, and just as those Root members appeared from the forest, he activated the alchemical bombs he had buried in advance.

Boom!

Firelight surged, and several alchemical bombs exploded simultaneously.

These Root members were not weak; a few alchemical bombs alone couldn't stop them.

Just one second after the alchemical bombs exploded, screams came. The trees within the explosion range were riddled with holes, and one could vaguely see iron beads embedded in the tree trunks.

Root left behind two wounded, but this was by no means their last casualty; Su Xiao had set up many traps ahead.

The Root members were in a dilemma; pursuing like this was stupid, but they couldn't disobey Danzo's orders.

The sounds of explosions and the crisp sounds of metal collisions after traps were triggered came one after another.

Twenty minutes later, Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune stopped, the reason being that only four people remained in the Root squad, and the others were unable to pursue due to injuries.

"Fu, this..."

"Retreat. The enemy was prepared long ago. Continuing to pursue is meaningless. After returning, I will apologize to Lord Danzo."

The Root members stopped pursuing, and Konoha's Anbu took over Root's mission, following far behind Su Xiao.

After tracking Su Xiao for half an hour, Anbu also gave up. Su Xiao was too difficult to hunt down. Before they even saw him, they had triggered at least dozens of traps along the way. These traps were extremely vicious, and most of them were poisoned.

This kind of poison gave Anbu a massive headache, which was also the reason Root stopped pursuing. This was the deadly poison gifted by Sasori.

Four hours later, Su Xiao was riding Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was running leisurely on the grassland. The pursuers had been dealt with; the traps laid in advance had played a crucial role.

Just as Su Xiao was preparing to continue his journey and leave the range controlled by Konoha, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's ears pricked up.

"Woof."

"Still people pursuing?"

"Woof woof."

"These people from Konoha are simply like ghosts that won't go away."

After Su Xiao confirmed the number and direction of the pursuers with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, he rushed toward that direction with rapid steps.

Enemies who could pursue him for four hours must have special means. If these people weren't dealt with, Konoha's pursuit squad would always be like ghosts that wouldn't go away.

Half a kilometer from Su Xiao, behind a dirt slope.

"Hinata, is the enemy still fleeing?"

Yuhi Kurenai knew the strength of her squad, so she didn't rashly engage with Su Xiao. Kakashi's miserable state was still fresh in her memory; the other party was still lying in the Konoha hospital.

"I'll scout."

Hyuga Hinata's brain hurt a little; using the Byakugan for several hours continuously was no small burden, so she had to close the Byakugan intermittently.

"Byakugan, activate."

Blood vessels surged on Hinata's cheeks, and her vision turned black and white. Now her perspective was 360°, and the situation within one kilometer was clear at a glance.

"Not good, the enemy is approaching us!"

Yuhi Kurenai's heart skipped a beat. How could the enemy discover her squad's location?

At this time, thinking about this was already too late. Su Xiao kicked away a piece of ground and used Soru to rush toward Yuhi Kurenai's squad at high speed.

Whoosh~

Su Xiao's figure appeared not far from Hinata and the others, his gaze sizing up the few of them, and finally locking onto Hyuga Hinata.

"Byakugan, huh? No wonder they could pursue so far."

Su Xiao drew the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan from his waist, activated Blue Steel Shadow, and without a word, rushed toward the four-person squad.

The four-person squad were the enemies pursuing him; if he didn't slaughter these people, he would be hunted to death by Konoha.

Su Xiao never talked nonsense with enemies during battle; usually, it was just slash to death first.

"Demonic Illusion: Tree Bind Death."

Yuhi Kurenai's crimson eyes stared at Su Xiao. This black-haired mature beauty was an illusion-type ninja.

Su Xiao's rushing footsteps stopped, and he stood frozen on the spot.

"Akamaru."

With a 'bang', Inuzuka Kiba's ninja dog Akamaru turned into another Inuzuka Kiba.

"Gatsuga."

The two Inuzuka Kibas rushed toward Su Xiao while rotating at high speed, just like two tornadoes.

"Wait."

Yuhi Kurenai shouted. She felt something was wrong; the feedback reaction after using the illusion was a bit weak.

At this time, calling to stop was already too late. Inuzuka Kiba had already rushed toward Su Xiao with Gatsuga. At Inuzuka Kiba's current speed, if Gatsuga hit Su Xiao, Su Xiao would definitely not have a good time.

Light flickered in the eyes of Su Xiao, who was standing frozen on the spot, and an energy shield appeared in front of him.

Bang!

An energy shield with 200 mana points of strength was enough to block Gatsuga. After blocking the impact of Gatsuga, Su Xiao immediately moved the energy shield to his side.

Bright blade light flashed; this slash was so fast it was terrifying. Inuzuka Kiba only felt his eyes blur.

Puchi.

A head flew up; the ninja dog Akamaru, who had turned into Inuzuka Kiba, had its head slashed off.

"Akamaru!!"

Inuzuka Kiba, who was in mid-air, opened his eyes wide, somewhat unable to believe the scene before him.

Repeated facts proved that there was no good ending to close combat with Su Xiao, let alone with Inuzuka Kiba's strength.

After killing Akamaru with one slash, Su Xiao's second slash went toward Inuzuka Kiba.

Hum.

A large number of small black insects surged toward Su Xiao. Su Xiao threw an alchemical bomb.

Boom!

The Kikaichu were blown away. This was Aburame Shino covering Inuzuka Kiba's retreat, but it was too late.

Su Xiao thrust his blade forward. At this time, Inuzuka Kiba hadn't had time to land yet.

"Human-Beast Mixture Transformation: Three-Headed Wolf."

Inuzuka Kiba was just about to form hand signs when he suddenly remembered that his ninja dog Akamaru was already dead. Over 95% of his ninjutsu couldn't be used; this was the weakness of the Inuzuka clan.

Just at this moment, Su Xiao's blade arrived.

Puchi.

The sharp blade tip pierced through the human body without any resistance. The long blade pierced through Inuzuka Kiba's lower abdomen; Inuzuka Kiba happened to land at this moment.

"Eight Trigrams Empty Palm."

Hinata took a starting stance of the Hyuga style, and a burst of chakra detached from her palm and smashed toward Su Xiao's chest.

An energy shield appeared on Su Xiao's chest. With a 'bang', he was smashed away, and a large amount of blood splashed, with a few drops of blood splashing on his face.

"How could it be like this..."

Hinata's mouth opened slightly, her lips trembling. Just a second ago, she had indirectly killed Inuzuka Kiba.

A terrifying wound appeared on Inuzuka Kiba's chest and abdomen, and some broken energy spikes could vaguely be seen inside the wound.

Just as Su Xiao thrust the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan into Inuzuka Kiba's body, he used Shadow Spike. The moment the Shadow Spike spread inside Inuzuka Kiba's body, Hyuga Hinata knocked him flying, and those Shadow Spikes were forcibly dragged out from Inuzuka Kiba's body, causing an extremely terrifying injury; over two-thirds of Inuzuka Kiba's internal organs were hollowed out.

Su Xiao released the Shadow Spike on the Zhan Checking Zhan Long Shan and shook the blood off the long blade.