Chapter 1519 - 42: I Can Counterkill

Chapter 1519: Chapter 42: I Can Counterkill

Hollows Street Block Thirty-six, Empty Vulture District.

Gin Ichimaru and Aizen have already left, Su Xiao remains seated on a wooden box, seemingly lost in thought.

The mysterious waves just now always gave Su Xiao a feeling like a thorn in his throat, but frustratingly, the wave had vanished instantly.

As Su Xiao was about to think things over, the previous mysterious wave reappeared. Su Xiao stood up, looking towards the southwest.

"A Mu, go rendezvous with Shadow. If I’m not back by tomorrow morning, assist Aizen and Gin in seizing the Hōgyoku tomorrow, remember to bring Bennie. Tell it there’s no need to fight, just assess the situation."

As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, the warehouse behind him opened, A Mu quickly walked away; the reason to bring Bennie is because Bennie is quite clever.

"Bubu, follow me."

Su Xiao leapt onto a nearby rooftop, disappearing into the night in a few bounds.

When Su Xiao first sensed that mysterious wave, it vanished instantly; the second time it lasted a bit longer, about 2-3 seconds.

Judging by the direction, the source of the wave should be within District 78, 79, and 80.

Su Xiao swiftly advanced through the night and soon arrived at District 79. He stood on the tallest tree in District 79; after passing District 75, there were no more houses, and at most one could see some wooden sheds.

The mysterious wave did not appear again, Su Xiao pondered for a moment and took out a blood-stained piece of clothing from the storage space.

Seeing the blood-stained clothing, Bubu Wang’s dog face became puzzled, his small eyes seemed to say, "Master, are you using me as a drug-sniffing dog?"

"Cut the nonsense, see if the owner of the blood is nearby."

Bubu Wang sniffed the cloth and then sniffed around the area, finally shaking his head.

"Could it not be her..."

Su Xiao squinted, that mysterious wave is something he absolutely cannot ignore.

"Keep searching, compared to District 79, District 80 seemingly closer to the direction of that aura."

After leaping down from the tree, Su Xiao headed with Bubu Wang towards District 80.

Six hours passed, Su Xiao and Bubu Wang still had no results, just as he was about to give up, that mysterious aura reappeared, within District 80.

With such a close range, Su Xiao immediately judged the approximate position from which the aura emanated, on the outskirts of District 80.

Su Xiao swiftly moved through the forest, and within less than five minutes, he had charged out of the forest arriving at a wasteland.

"Woof!"

Bubu Wang barked out, meaning, "Master, I smelled it!"

"Of course, I smelled it too."

Su Xiao covered his mouth and nose, a strong sour odor permeated the air, something emitting such a pungent acidic odor definitely had strong corrosive properties.

With a swish, Su Xiao drew his knife, advancing in the direction of the acid source.

"Ugh~"

Bubu Wang mimed retching, but he still pinched his nose, hopping forward on three legs.

After several minutes of walking, Su Xiao arrived at a wasteland, the silver gray moonlight illuminating distant ruins.

Bubu Wang blended into the environment, approaching the ruins first, Su Xiao closely followed.

Deathly silence hung over the wilderness, not even the sound of insects; Su Xiao halted near the ruins, dozens of corpses were scattered haphazardly around the edges of the ruins; judging by their attire, all these bodies were Contractors!

After inspecting these Contractors’ corpses, Su Xiao discovered that these people were not killed by acid weapons, some had died from arrows, some from knife wounds, and others even had their skulls smashed.

Seeing these injuries, Su Xiao already guessed who did it, more than 70% likely it’s Death Omen.

The Contractors’ death was tragic, all skin and bones; apart from a layer of dried skin and bones, organs, muscles, and blood were nowhere to be found. More eerily, there were no signs of their bodies being dissected.

With such a death, Su Xiao could only think of one possibility; these people’s life energy was sucked dry.

The long knife in Su Xiao’s hand descended, the blade hitting a corpse’s thigh bone with a brittle crack, the thigh bone shattered like withered wood, showing signs of weathering even at the fracture.

Su Xiao, wearing a gas mask, exchanged glances with Bubu Wang; while this scene was comedic, the surrounding environment was incredibly eerie.

Su Xiao slowly walked into the ruins; these ruins were not large, about the size of a football field, with broken walls on the periphery, but the inside was swept clean.

Entering the open area within the ruins, Su Xiao saw a pool of purple liquid on the ground, a liquid resembling blood, glowing faintly in the dark.

Blue Steel Shadow energy enveloped Su Xiao’s right hand as he attempted to touch the purple liquid on the ground.

Sss—

A slight sting pricked his fingertip, Blue Steel Shadow energy surged, the pain vanished, and the purple liquid evaporated.

The open ground was splattered with purple liquid, with a large mass of semi-fluid resembling fetal membranes at the center, looking quite disgusting.

Crack.

Bubu Wang’s body froze, it looked down at its dog paw, this was Zale.

"Don’t move."

Su Xiao placed a hand on Bubu Wang, his Mana Value quickly transformed into Blue Steel Shadow energy, forming a faint blue crystal layer that slowly wrapped around Bubu Wang’s abdomen.

"3, 2, 1 breathe in."

Su Xiao stretched his muscles; seeing this scene, Bubu Wang shuddered, remembering an occasion when A Mu was Zale afterward.

"Howl~"

Bubu Wang let out a mournful cry, meaning, "Master, let it explode; I can take it."

"No, you can’t take it."

Su Xiao sensed the landmine wasn’t simple, perhaps it was Death Omen’s twisted humor, his intuition ability didn’t detect this landmine, though this was related to him not stepping directly on it.

Bubu Wang nearly cried, that pitiful gaze seemed to say, "I’m doomed."

"3, 2, 1."

Su Xiao dashed in front of Bubu Wang, crouching as he kicked it.

Bam!

Bubu Wang flew out with a spin, even in mid-air it didn’t forget to use its tail to adjust direction spirally.

Just after kicking Bubu Wang away, Su Xiao immediately activated the Dragon Shadow Flash ability, appearing 12 meters away and an energy shield formed before him.

Thwang~

The sound of a spring echoed, a clown’s head sprang out, connected below by a thick spring.

The clown stuck its tongue out, made of plastic, seemingly scoffing at Su Xiao; seeing this scene, Su Xiao did not remove the energy shield but stepped back while forming another layer.

At this moment, the clown’s head contracted.

Boom!

Flames instantly enveloped Su Xiao, large cracks appeared on the energy shield, indicating it wasn’t fragile, but was dispersing the force.

The explosion flames spread to 300 meters before stopping, the surrounding area lit up as bright as day, while in mid-air Bubu Wang’s rear was nearly frozen in fear, it certainly couldn’t withstand this explosion.

Fire formed a clown head, with its tongue out, grinning slyly.

After a few seconds, the flames retreated, leaving sparks all over the 300-meter radius of land, with some areas even glassified.

Inside the double-layer counter shield, Su Xiao swung a punch sideways, crackling softly, the counter shield shattered.

"Phew~"

Su Xiao exhaled, evidently, he had been ambushed by Death Omen, her personality seemed erratic but her thinking was meticulous.

Two kilometers away, observing the scene with binoculars, Death Omen giggled.

"Hahaha, blow you up, see if you’ll slash me."

Death Omen took off her black gloves, her fair small hand reaching towards her inner thigh.

"Don’t go crazy, he discovered us, Death Omen, retreat."

"I won’t, Little Leather Egg, go eat that guy."

Death Omen grabbed an egg-like creature beside her and tossed it, it splatted against the wall.

"It’s still in the juvenile stage, what’s there to eat, hurry and retreat, want to get slashed?"

Sayanod spoke urgently.

"He just got hit by one, I feel like I can win."

"Lady, taking a hit like that isn’t much for the Shadow of Annihilation Law, retreat!"

"Nope."

Death Omen’s stubborn nature suddenly flared up.

"Doesn’t getting slashed hurt?"

Sayanod changed his tone.

"Uh~ maybe I should retreat, let’s be clear, I’m not chickening out, it’s a strategic retreat, yeah, that’s it."

Death Omen suddenly changed her mind, getting slashed by Su Xiao isn’t a joke.