Chapter: After the 17.36mm caliber bullet left the barrel, it stirred up layers of ripples in the air along its path, forming a spiral vortex behind the bullet. Any bullet spins at high speed after exiting the barrel to reduce air resistance.
The already reddening bullet tip pierced through a tree as easily as penetrating paper.
The moment the bullet left the barrel, the outsider felt a chill run through his entire body, and his forward step faltered.
With a crack!
Red-white liquid and shattered skull fragments splattered, and a corpse with its upper body completely obliterated thudded onto the withered branches and leaves.
Under the sunlight filtering through the gaps in the leaves, the area within five meters was covered in splattered blood and minced flesh.
One shot, exploded, distance 1737 meters.
Nearly two kilometers away, Su Xiao pulled the bolt of the Spider Empress, and a hot casing flew out.
"Is this some new ninja technique?"
A male voice came from Katō Dan, standing on a tree branch not far away.
"Dead men mind their own business."
Su Xiao put away the Spider Empress. He was in a good mood; this troublesome hunt mission was finally complete. At this moment, his mood could only be described as relieved—this outsider had been far too slippery.
[Notification: The Hunter has completed the Hunt Mission.]
[Evaluating this Hunt Mission...]
[Evaluation complete. Final rating: A+.]
[This rating will significantly affect the comprehensive evaluation after this derivative world ends.]
[You have obtained: Golden Honor Medal x5.]
[Current total: Golden Honor Medal x7.]
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Su Xiao jumped down from the tree trunk and headed toward the outsider's corpse. Although the chance of the opponent dropping a Scarlet Card was low, he still needed to check.
As expected, aside from the scattered flesh, Su Xiao saw nothing else.
"Woof."
Bubu Wang suddenly barked, signaling that an enemy was approaching.
"How many?"
As soon as Su Xiao spoke, over a dozen sounds of wind-breaking came. Leading the group was a voluptuous female ninja who fully displayed the charm of a mature woman.
Behind this female ninja were two women and one man, and behind them were over a dozen Anbu from Konoha.
The woman at the front was named Senju Tsunade, the current Fifth Hokage. Behind her were her trusted aides: her two disciples, Shizune and Haruno Sakura, and the male ninja named Nara Shikaku, who served as Konoha's strategist and was highly intelligent.
"Member of the Akatsuki, White, Night."
When Tsunade said Su Xiao's alias, it was through gritted teeth. Understandably so—last time they met, Su Xiao and Nagato had together razed Konoha to the ground.
"Unexpectedly sharp awareness."
Su Xiao hadn't expected Konoha's people to detect him so quickly. The sniping point he chose was far from Konoha.
In truth, it wasn't Su Xiao who was exposed, but the perception-type ninjas lying in ambush at other spiritual nodes. After that, Konoha's group heard the gunshot and traced it here.
Konoha had just been leveled not long ago, so their vigilance was naturally high. If it were leveled again, it wouldn't just be a matter of minor damage.
"Kill him."
Tsunade ordered without hesitation, but Su Xiao had no intention of starting a fight now—this was too close to Konoha.
Over a dozen Anbu ninjas charged forward first, but at that moment, a figure leaped down from above, blocking Su Xiao's path.
This figure had long, light-blue hair, pitch-black pupils, and faint cracks visible on their cheeks.
Seeing this figure, Tsunade's amber eyes narrowed to the extreme, and a flood of memories surged back.
"As expected, bringing him near Konoha was the right choice."
Su Xiao left Katō Dan to hold off Konoha's group, and he and Bubu Wang dashed into the forest behind.
Tsunade felt deeply conflicted. She had already realized what was happening—this was the Impure World Reincarnation technique developed by her grandfather, and Katō Dan had once been her lover.
As a lover, Tsunade knew all too well how terrifying Katō Dan's Spirit Transformation Technique was. She could hold him off, but her disciples and subordinates couldn't, and they might suffer casualties from the technique.
If she didn't pursue Su Xiao herself, her subordinates would be walking to their deaths. She had already learned how the Fourth Raikage and Fifth Mizukage died.
Now Tsunade had two choices: personally pursue Su Xiao while her subordinates held off Katō Dan, but she couldn't be sure if there were other Impure World Reincarnation dead.
Compared to pursuing Su Xiao, Tsunade valued Konoha's safety more. She was the shadow of a village and couldn't be swayed by personal emotions.
After only a moment's consideration, Tsunade made her decision. While 'dealing' with Katō Dan, she sent two Anbu skilled in stealth to track Su Xiao from a distance.
"Tsunade, I never thought I'd see you again."
Katō Dan suddenly spoke, like a sharp dagger stabbing into Tsunade's chest.
Tsunade remained silent. She couldn't, and didn't dare, talk to Katō Dan. If she did, she feared she wouldn't be able to strike.
Tsunade leaped down from the tree, descending from above to attack Katō Dan. His body cracked and groaned as he struggled to suppress Kabuto's control.
Boom!
With one punch, Tsunade shattered Katō Dan. The ground broke apart, and a terrifying crater appeared—this was the horror of the Strength of a Hundred Technique.
Gray fragments scattered, and the shattered Katō Dan slowly regenerated.
Tsunade knew this wouldn't permanently deal with an Impure World Reincarnation; she was waiting for sealing-specialist ninjas to arrive.
"Bastards, to what extent will you defile the souls of the dead!"
A roar echoed through the forest, followed by a series of explosions.