The Dragon Slash returned to its sheath, and a few gravel pieces slipped from Su Xiao’s collar. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

A kind of tadpole-shaped black pattern was distributed around, with ripples flashing near the tadpole patterns, resembling a spider web that locked the surrounding space-time power.

"The space was successfully locked, and at the moment of locking, that guy’s ability was visibly interfered with, but still managed to move."

Su Xiao has the capability to lock space, an ability obtained in the Naruto World. Unfortunately, even if he locked the surrounding 50-meter space, that foreign intruder still managed to escape.

The spatial fluctuation was intense at the moment of the intruder’s movement, but even more intense was a spiritual fluctuation.

Su Xiao opted not to snipe from a distance but chose to assassinate the opponent for two reasons: one, to scare them witless; two, to block the space and attempt a direct countermeasure.

The second possibility was unlikely, therefore Su Xiao was merely experimenting. According to Bai Jue’s description, the fluctuation generated when the intruder moved was entirely different from the spatial fluctuation generated by Obito’s spatial movement.

Obito is a specialist in spatial ability. Based on Bai Jue’s account, Obito concluded that the intruder does not merely possess spatial ability. Although there was a spatial fluctuation, it wasn’t about breaking space, more like spiritual transmission.

So-called spiritual transmission is the assimilation of one’s physical body with their spirit, forming a complete spiritual entity, and then ignoring physical rules for long-range movement.

If Obito’s ability is penetration or passing through space, then the intruder performs a kind of spiritual leap, belonging to a replacement type.

Unable to block the intruder’s actions, Su Xiao was neither disappointed nor surprised as he anticipated this; he was simply testing the type of the opponent’s ability.

"What... What did I do?"

A female voice emerged, belonging to the female ninja involved with the charmer.

Su Xiao walked slowly to the female ninja, squatted down, she was sitting on the ground, hugging her chest with her legs closed, completely naked at that moment.

Because the intruder had been sliced by Su Xiao, losing an arm, and now in the Land of Water, his influence on the female ninja was noticeably weakened, meaning the intruder had not fully enslaved this female ninja. Otherwise, such a situation wouldn’t occur.

The female ninja now realized what was happening; the charmer was simply exploiting her, and she had been following orders as though under an illusion technique.

The female ninja looked at Su Xiao, suddenly feeling his face was somewhat familiar. Seconds later, her expression gradually turned to terror.

When one is naked, their heart feels much more fragile than usual, especially given the female ninja’s weak will and Su Xiao’s notorious reputation, the outcome is predictable.

Five minutes later, the female ninja curled up into a ball, leaning against a rock, even revealing details of her involvement with the intruder, not to mention other crucial information.

"So he had you set up a sort of formation or barrier in the Hidden Cloud Village?"

Su Xiao was intrigued by a particular statement from the female ninja.

"Yes."

The female ninja was obviously desperate, having given up.

Su Xiao abruptly grabbed the female ninja’s jaw and shoved a white object into her mouth.

"Mmm~"

After a bout of struggling and whimpering, the female ninja started to gag, tears welling up.

"I’ll give you one hour to dismantle the formation in the Hidden Cloud Village completely."

Su Xiao tossed the female ninja her clothes, and soon, she vanished into the valley.

Su Xiao didn’t inform the female ninja that what she had swallowed was an alchemy bomb capable of blowing her into a bloody mist; sometimes, the unknown is a greater fear.

About half an hour later, the furtive female ninja returned to the valley, empty-handed.

The female ninja approached Su Xiao timidly.

"Take... take out the thing inside my belly."

The female ninja gathered her courage, preparing to negotiate with Su Xiao.

Su Xiao stared placidly at the female ninja.

"Bring it."

Under Su Xiao’s gaze, the female ninja took several steps back, biting her lower lip. After hesitation, she put her thumb in her mouth and bit it.

"Summoning Technique."

Bang.

White smoke surged, and a summoning beast resembling a catfish appeared. This catfish had limbs and a huge belly.

The catfish retched and spat out a massive chunk of ground along with soil, presumably the floor of some room, neatly paved with polished wooden boards.

Bang.

The summoning beast vanished into white smoke. Su Xiao examined the piece of ground disgorged by the summoning beast.

A red formation diagram emitted a faint light, with a transparent crystal the size of a fingernail at its center.

"Not bad."

Su Xiao assessed the formation, feeling a sense of recognition. Its appearance was reminiscent of world coordinate nodes seen in War World.

However, this formation diagram was evidently much cruder than a world coordinate node.

"What you requested, I’ve done. Can... can you let me go?"

The female ninja swallowed nervously.

"Of course... not, I didn’t say I would let you go if you brought the formation, did I?"

Initially, Su Xiao hadn’t intended to do anything to this female ninja, yet her summoning beast was somewhat special, not one a lower ninja should possess.

"It resembles a catfish; if I’m not mistaken, it’s a summoning beast unique to a certain family in the Hidden Cloud Village. Not long ago, a ninja from that family became the Fifth Raikage."

Su Xiao suspected that this female ninja might be a direct relative of the Fifth Raikage, or at least related by blood. Therefore, she might be useful in the future, and leaving an alchemy bomb in her body seemed a wise choice.

Su Xiao ignored the female ninja and began examining the formation on the ground, realizing it was likely the main objective of the foreign intruder.

Su Xiao first tested the formation for danger, unexpectedly finding it posed no threat.

Unclear of the formation’s mechanism, Su Xiao directly pried out the crystal from the center using the Slaughter Dagger.

Ding~

The transparent crystal flew up, and the red formation diagram shattered instantly, gradually dissolving into the air.

Su Xiao caught the transparent crystal mid-air.

[You have obtained ’Siegel Crystal Rock.’]

[Siegel Crystal Rock]

Origin: Apocalypse Paradise.

Quality: Unknown

Type: Spatial strategic material.

Effect: By installing four pieces in any Derivative World, and forming a large twisted matrix, it can distort this world into an extremely hazardous wasteland, repelling space-time power.

Rating: Unknown

Introduction: In the void, some call it the Source of Distortion, already designated as a prohibited item on 99.78% of planets.

Price: Golden Honor Medal ×1

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Upon seeing the attributes of [Siegel Crystal Rock], Su Xiao already guessed the foreign intruder’s intent was to ruin this Naruto World.

Su Xiao had previously assisted Reincarnation Paradise in seizing a Derivative World; thus, he knew that after Reincarnation Paradise obtained ownership of a Derivative World, it would extensively replicate that world.

Such replication also incurs a significant cost for Reincarnation Paradise. If any Derivative World suffered irreparable issues, it would be a considerable loss for Reincarnation Paradise.

Evident from the recent war between worlds, Apocalypse Paradise and Reincarnation Paradise are in an adversarial relationship, mutual annoyance being normal.

As for this foreign intruder, he was dispatched by Apocalypse Paradise to spite Reincarnation Paradise. If the Naruto World in which Su Xiao was located encountered problems, it would undoubtedly be a significant loss for Reincarnation Paradise.

Therefore, this hunt mission involved a penalty, with rewards virtually five times the usual amount.