Chapter 326: Chapter 27: The Strongest Teleport in History
Crack, crack.
The crystal on Su Xiao’s lower limbs began to shatter, and after two seconds, he successfully broke free from his restraints.
Just as Su Xiao was about to pursue the enemy, he found the enemy standing still, a bit anxious, but more heartbroken.
"You’re very strong. I’m definitely not your opponent, but you shouldn’t think about killing me either. It seems I’m going to have to bankrupt myself to save my life."
Li took out a purple scroll, the spatial fluctuations around the scroll were unusually active; it was a space-type scroll.
Seeing this, Su Xiao was startled. He quickly wrapped the Boundary Line around the hilt of Dragon Slash, his right hand muscles bulging a bit; he planned to ’throw a knife’ to kill the enemy from a distance.
His legs spread apart, Su Xiao threw the Dragon Slash with all his strength. The Dragon Slash whistled as it flew towards the enemy with precision, directly targeting the enemy’s torso.
Li gripped the scroll with both hands and tore it forcefully. The purple light on the scroll shone brightly as the Dragon Slash thrust towards her.
"Crystal Carving."
Li consumed all her remaining mana value, using her life-saving skill.
Crack, crack, crack, the transparent crystal enveloped Li’s body. In an instant, Li was encased in the crystal.
Ding.
The Dragon Slash pierced halfway into the crystal, only a few centimeters from penetrating Li’s torso.
The combination of Li’s skill and the scroll was shameless, akin to being invincible then teleporting.
But there was a price. Su Xiao clearly saw a bracelet on Li’s wrist and her coat shattering; using that scroll came at a significant cost, likely requiring the sacrifice of equipment.
The spatial fluctuations grew more intense. Su Xiao quickly dragged the Dragon Slash back into his hand, as the crystal carving that was Li vanished from sight, a spatial movement.
Just as Su Xiao was about to give up, spatial fluctuations occurred behind him. He turned to see Li appearing not far behind him, her back facing him.
Su Xiao was speechless; what kind of tactic was this? Delivering oneself as a target?
The crystal enveloping Li shattered. Her first instinct was to survey her surroundings.
"Finally escaped. Huh, these seem familiar. Was the random teleport location still in the City of Seven Seas? Luckily, I wasn’t teleported into the sea."
For some reason, the more Li looked at the surrounding buildings, the more familiar they felt until she noticed the third floor of the building with its roof blown off.
"Random Teleport Scroll"
Quality: Purple
Usage Conditions: 10,000 Paradise coins, randomly sacrifice three pieces of equipment (green quality and above) worn by the user.
Usage Effect: Randomly teleport to any location within a 2-kilometer radius.
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"This time, it’s over."
Li let out a grim laugh. She already sensed the enemy approaching from behind, but she didn’t turn around to beg for mercy; it was too undignified, and that murderous enemy wouldn’t accept her plea for mercy.
"Please... don’t cut off my head. That would be too ugly."
Thud.
A sharp long knife pierced through Li’s chest. Her mouth opened slightly, and her body leaned forward. She could sense Su Xiao, but with no mana value left, resistance was futile, and she didn’t want to be slashed into a pile of limbs.
"It seems today is your destined day of death."
As he spoke, Su Xiao pulled out Dragon Slash. Li collapsed to the ground, blood soaking into the earth beneath her.
"That random teleport scroll is ridiculous, at most fifty meters..."
After uttering those words, Li stopped breathing. In truth, she didn’t die due to the random teleport scroll but rather due to her own developmental path.
Li had been reliant on others since she was a child. After entering Reincarnation Paradise, she got injured in her first battle, suffering in agony, which led her to develop in support, so she wouldn’t have to face enemies directly.
After collaborating with Lilith, she was intentionally molded into a purer support by Lilith.
Having dealt with two enemies, Su Xiao shrugged his shoulders, feeling the enemies weren’t challenging enough; they didn’t ignite his fighting spirit.
The main storyline quest had three camps, each eventually becoming antagonistic. This was a pattern he discovered after experiencing multiple derivative worlds.
Having killed seven enemies, he collected three Scarlet Cards, one dropped by the long-haired woman, with the other two not having much value.
Combining all seven enemies, the Talent Ability Soul Devourer increased his mana value by 48 points, and the gain was decent. Additionally, 48 points of mana value enhanced his life value by 14 points.
The Dragon Slash returned to its sheath, signaling the end of the combat.
If Bruno were up against these contractors, he might have lost. Li’s ability countered Shave, while Lilith’s ability countered Iron Block. Their collaboration, along with the ordinary contractors holding off Robin, gave a good chance of killing Bruno.
"Bu Bu, come out."
Su Xiao looked around; that silly Bu Bu was hiding somewhere again.
Gurgle gurgle...
A lot of bubbles floated out from the nearby waterway, and Su Xiao’s mouth twitched. Bu Buteni’s hiding spot choices were getting odder.
With a splash, Bu Bu Wang emerged from the water, skillfully dog-paddling to the shore. After coming ashore, it shook its fur.
"You hid in the sea before the battle started? Very nice, an unexpected hiding spot."
"Woof."
Bu Buteni barked in satisfaction; getting praised by Su Xiao, its tail wagged rapidly.
"Can’t tell, but you have a decent breath-holding ability."
Su Xiao took out a piece of meat bone and tossed it to Bu Buteni. Bu Bu Wang caught it but didn’t seem hungry.
Upon closer inspection, Bu Buteni’s belly was noticeably plumper than before.
Su Xiao crouched and patted Bu Buteni’s belly. Bu Bu Wang looked pleased, lying down with its belly exposed to Su Xiao.
Bu Buteni’s belly was quite large, possibly from eating something in the sea, or maybe this goofy dog drank a lot of seawater.
Su Xiao pressed Bu Buteni’s belly. Bu Buteni rolled its eyes, dry-heaved a few times, and looked helpless. Its resentful gaze seemed to say: ’Where’s the belly rub you promised, why are you making me vomit?’
Bu Buteni dry-heaved a few times, seaweed appearing at the corners of its mouth. Su Xiao could even smell the faint scent of fish; this goofy dog had been catching fish to eat underwater.
Su Xiao was surprised to find that Bu Buteni could catch fish. Although it ran fast, it struggled to catch a rabbit on land, turning too slowly and constantly staring at the rabbit, ultimately crashing into trees. Bu Bu Wang had broken at least several dozen trees like this.
"Get up."
Looking at the belly-up Bu Buteni, Su Xiao motioned for the goofy dog to stand up.
Not only did Bu Buteni not get up, but it also wriggled its body, revealing its fluffy white belly.
Su Xiao patted Bu Buteni’s belly. Only then did Bu Bu Wang contentedly rise and start rubbing against Su Xiao’s legs.
"Bai Ye, where’s the enemy."
Bruno came running over, blood-stained hands, a gunshot wound on his shoulder, likely encountering other enemies. The barrier couldn’t trap a Door-Door Fruit user like Bruno. If not for running into enemies, Bruno would have come immediately to assist.
"The enemy is resolved, the original plan stays unchanged, we act tonight."
"Resolved? So quickly?"
Bruno looked with doubt at the third-floor rooftop blown open, quickly stepping forward to investigate.
Soon after, Bruno returned. The scattered corpses and damaged building gave Bruno a new appreciation of Su Xiao’s combat effectiveness; perhaps Su Xiao didn’t need his protection at all.
Bruno was relieved; this was good news. Su Xiao’s strong combat ability would make their subsequent actions smoother.
"We act tonight, Luffy and the others are already preparing."
Bruno looked at Su Xiao.
"Tonight, we directly capture Iceberg; your previous plans were too complicated."
According to CP9’s previous plan, they weren’t going to capture Iceberg tonight. Instead, they would have Robin attack Iceberg first, framing the Straw Hat Pirates.
If there were no other contractors in the Derivative World, doing so wouldn’t be a problem. But Su Xiao could confirm that a large number of contractors would have gathered at the Straw Hat Pirate Camp, and these contractors also understood the original plot.
If they still followed the original plot, those contractors could do a lot.
Su Xiao had previously suggested that they directly control Iceberg tonight, or rather that CP9’s few were not actually after Iceberg but the design blueprints of the Netherworld King.
The design blueprints of the Netherworld King weren’t with Iceberg but with Franky. The few in CP9 weren’t yet sure of this, although Rob Lucci had suspected, he needed to confirm with Iceberg to avoid making wrong moves and alerting the target.