Chapter 1313 - 24: Give Me 5 Seconds

Chapter 1313: Chapter 24: Give Me 5 Seconds

Su Xiao lightly shook off the bloodstains on Dragon Slash, his gaze surveying the surroundings. At least dozens of figures cloaked in black were present; these were either mirror images or shadow clones. As for the six Contractors, they had already left Su Xiao’s perception range.

Su Xiao used Dragon Shadow Flash to appear and instantly kill one person, causing the rest of the enemies to retreat.

While rushing out of the villa, Su Xiao sensed seven enemies in stealth mode, and now only six remain. If these six were to scatter and flee, Su Xiao wouldn’t have a good method to deal with them.

A sharp sound echoed from not far away. Su Xiao’s gaze turned toward the source of the sound, where there was no clone, but instead, an enemy had stepped into a trap.

Su Xiao had set up the Donquixote family’s villa as a sniping point, so he naturally set up defense mechanisms around it. He hadn’t laid anti-gravity landmines around because Contractors with keen perception would sense them before stepping on them.

Therefore, Su Xiao only set up dozens of simple trigger devices around; these things had no destructive power, were not easily detected, and at most emitted a sharp sound when triggered.

It was precisely this sharp sound that made the hairs of a cloaked Contractor stand on end. After sensing no danger underneath him, he immediately bent his knees and leaped forward.

Su Xiao stared intently at the sound source, his body crouched low, left hand claw-shaped.

With a boom, gravel splashed in the courtyard as Su Xiao shot forward like a cannonball.

Almost instantly, Su Xiao crossed a distance of 20 meters. His intuition ability immediately captured an enemy in stealth mode. Although the enemy quickly exited the perception circle, Su Xiao had already pinpointed their location.

After rapidly advancing 30 meters, Su Xiao once again sensed that enemy in stealth mode.

Su Xiao kept his focus on the enemy’s position. When the enemy re-entered his perception circle for the second time, his intuition ability only sensed them for an instant before the enemy’s aura vanished.

The dazzling knife flower exploded, and Su Xiao advanced forward slowly. He hadn’t detected any spatial fluctuations; thus, there was only one possibility — the enemy had stopped moving, rendering them undetectable even to his intuition ability.

Six meters from Su Xiao, the cloaked Contractor was crouched on the ground, holding their breath.

The Contractor’s face showed a fearful expression. He clearly understood that confronting Su Xiao head-on was a dead end, unless the group of six collaborated as before.

However, with Su Xiao making an entrance and instantly killing one person, the remaining six were stunned. Their first reaction was to retreat.

The Shadow Group’s team channel was already very lively, and the Contractor crouched on the ground, holding his breath, was appealing for help.

Shadow Three: "I’ll draw his attention from the front. You seize the chance and take him down."

Shadow Six: "..."

Shadow Two: "..."

Shadow Seven: "Take care of yourself."

Shadow Three: "Screw taking care, that bastard will soon find me. Hurry and support me, let’s retreat together!"

...

It’s obvious that the one crouched in place, afraid to move, was Shadow Three. His stealth ability was quite unique; as long as he stayed in place and held his breath, he could trigger a powerful passive effect: God’s Absence Proof.

So-called ’God’s Absence Proof’ is actually a form of Nen ability in the Full-Time Hunter World, and Shadow Three had paid a hefty price to acquire this power.

Unlike the full version of ’God’s Absence Proof,’ Shadow Three could only use this ability in stealth mode, with two preconditions: he mustn’t move and mustn’t breathe.

In the Shadow Group’s team channel:

Shadow Seven: "Shadow One has the strongest survival ability among us, so he leads the way. Shadow One took two cuts, two cuts! You should understand what that means; that monstrous guy is likely to kill me with one strike. This isn’t a game; death means no restart. Death is the end. Shadow Three, sorry."

Shadow Six: "Sorry."

Shadow Two: "Hold your breath; your stealth ability is the strongest among us."

...

Reading their teammates’ ’blessings,’ Shadow Three clenched his fist, his expression contorted.

Shadow Three: "Well... don’t blame me then."

Shadow Seven: "Damn!"

Shadow Two: "You *****."

Shadow Six: "Brother Three, calm down, let’s plan long-term."

...

Zhng!

A sharp long knife slashed over Shadow Three’s head. Shadow Three’s body shivered; Su Xiao was less than two meters away from him.

Shadow Three took a deep breath and simultaneously broke his stealth status.

In the instant Shadow Three appeared, a sharp blade swung toward his neck. He raised his dagger to block while roaring loudly.

"Give me five seconds!"

Shadow Three prepared to risk it; he already realized that facing a hard fight, he couldn’t endure more than two rounds in the opponent’s hands, so he might as well try his luck.

Thump!

Blood splattered as a bewildered head flew up.

Su Xiao watched the headless corpse fall before him. In fact, even if the guy hadn’t actively revealed himself, Su Xiao had already found his position. The previous strike had severed a few strands of the enemy’s hair, which ordinary people would overlook. But in the perception circle of intuition, these suddenly visible strands were like fireflies in the darkness.

"A Mu, what did this guy say earlier?"

Su Xiao had been entirely focused on tracking the enemy’s position, consequently missing what the enemy was shouting—he only heard ’five seconds.’

"A Mu, hungry."

A Mu scratched his head, missing the point completely.

"Endure it."

Su Xiao tore off a piece of cloth from the corpse to wipe Dragon Slash’s blade. As for pursuing the enemies, this wasn’t realistic.

Being able to kill two out of seven invisible agents involved some luck; if these people are determined to escape, only a large adventure group’s siege might pin them down. Su Xiao alone couldn’t chase five invisible ones.

In a face-to-face confrontation, Su Xiao indeed has the confidence to handle these seven.

Dragon Slash was sheathed, and Su Xiao learned a lesson from this matter: never to act first against stealth squads.

If Su Xiao had remained in the villa, allowing these seven enemies to infiltrate and assassinate him on the fourth floor, they’d all meet their end within.

As the saying goes, experiencing a loss leads to wisdom. Su Xiao wasn’t born strong; his power accumulated through repeated failures, gaining experience each time leading to his current strength.

Su Xiao checked the battle records.

[You have killed Contractor #12065, earning 86 points of Pirate Reputation.]

[You have killed Contractor #11943, earning 108 points of Pirate Reputation.]

...

No Scarlet Card dropped, but Su Xiao gained nearly two hundred points of Pirate Reputation, trailing Shallow Dream by 400 points. As for Kudu, his Pirate Reputation broke through 7000 points.

Su Xiao glanced toward the battlefield by the coast, hesitating—debating whether to head to the battlefield of Doflamingo and Katakuri. Remember, Cracker was heavily injured by him earlier. Killing Cracker would not only yield substantial rewards but also let his Pirate Reputation surpass Shallow Dream.