CHAPTER 356: CHAPTER 57: HANGING ON A BRANCH TO THE SOUTHEAST

The Netherworld blueprints suddenly changed position, Crazy Healer and Cowboy Hat Man immediately knew something was wrong.

Franky couldn’t have left the Justice Tower at this time, both of them were not stupid, which meant the Netherworld blueprints had already fallen into someone else’s hands.

Not only Crazy Healer and Cowboy Hat Man thought of this, but the National Foot trio also realized it.

A difficult choice lay before them, whether to leave the Justice Tower.

The brawl between the Straw Hat Pirates and CP9 was about to begin, it would be the perfect time to benefit from the chaos.

If the mission failure resulted in attribute deductions, they would decisively leave the Justice Tower, but instead, the penalty was Paradise coins deduction, causing hesitation among them.

While they hesitated, Su Xiao had already left the main island and reached the front island.

The Contractors on the front island were very puzzled, they had given up completing the main storyline, yet now the Netherworld blueprints had basically been delivered to them, happiness came too abruptly.

Su Xiao brought Bubute Ni to the sea train station on the front island, the spacious station was already deserted.

Standing in the station wielding Dragon Slash, the warnings from Reincarnation Paradise grew more urgent.

[Warning: Violator No. 9740 is within 100 meters, Hunters must handle with caution.]

[Warning: Violator No. 9740 is within 30 meters, Hunters must handle with caution.]

Su Xiao scanned the surroundings, his perception detected no one, yet Reincarnation Paradise’s warnings kept appearing.

"Come out, hiding is meaningless."

Su Xiao stood his ground, seemingly having discovered the enemy’s location.

"Another one seeking death."

A hollow voice echoed from all around, impossible to determine from which direction it came.

[Warning: Violator No. 9740 is within 10 meters of the Hunter, identified as 9/10th foreign species, spatial barrier has been activated.]

A light golden barrier appeared around, with a coverage of about 200 meters.

"This damn barrier again."

A figure appeared not far from Su Xiao, this figure couldn’t be called human, at most a humanoid creature.

The humanoid creature was covered in dark green liquid, which dripped onto the ground as it moved, causing a constant sizzling erosion.

"You must be the Hunter, heh heh heh."

The humanoid creature spoke startling words and let out a bizarre laugh.

Su Xiao said nothing, feeling a sense of foreboding, more intense than the previous fight with Cowboy Hat Man.

"I’ve killed too many humans like you, the only possibility for you is to become nourishment for my body."

The humanoid creature’s green vertical pupils flickered with killing intent, a forked tongue licked its lips.

Su Xiao frowned, no matter how he looked at it, this thing didn’t resemble a human, nor did it have the feel of a Contractor.

If there was a creature similar to this humanoid creature, it would be the Kara Alien he previously encountered.

"A Level 9 Contractor, dared to come kill me without even passing the First Tier test, admirable courage."

The humanoid creature tilted its head towards Su Xiao, looking like a cold-blooded animal.

Hiss~.

A large cloud of green smoke erupted from the humanoid creature, rapidly expanding towards the surroundings.

[You’ve been eroded by ’Unknown Poison’, taking 2 damage per second.]

[You’ve been eroded by ’Unknown Poison’, recovery effects reduced by 50% (natural Life_Value recovery and effects of healing items).]

Su Xiao was holding his breath, but still subjected to the poison’s erosion, the opponent’s toxin directly invaded the body.

Scanning the surroundings, Bubute Ni was nowhere to be seen.

"Now, let’s begin the hunt."

Blue Steel Shadow activated, Su Xiao pulled out several Special level Alchemy Bombs and tossed them on the ground, then suddenly burst forth, charging at the humanoid creature.

"Snake Poison."

The humanoid creature’s belly swelled, its mouth opened wide, spewing out a large mass of poison.

Su Xiao halted his advance, the poison in front was overwhelming, impossible to break through.

With a splatter, a large quantity of poison fell to the ground, an acrid putrid smell spread, just the scent made Su Xiao feel a bit dizzy.

He must not be touched by such a lethal poison, otherwise, he’d be half-crippled even if he survived.

The enemy was extremely tricky, it was very difficult to close the distance, plus Su Xiao’s Life_Value was continuously dropping, making a prolonged battle impossible.

Surveying the surrounding terrain, it was an open area with only a few seats, advantageous to him.

With a thought, a Special level Alchemy Bomb on the ground rapidly reshaped into dozens of small frogs.

White frogs hopped quickly on the ground, Su Xiao bypassed the poison ahead, charging at the humanoid creature.

"Foolish human, if you wish to get close so badly, I’ll oblige you, remember me as Haba’k, your killer."

Haba’k’s poisonous liquid began to surge, it actually charged towards Su Xiao actively.

Su Xiao, holding Dragon Slash, swiftly dashed in front of Haba’k, bringing the blade down in a slashing motion.

Haba’k chuckled disdainfully, seemingly unfazed by Su Xiao’s cleave, its poison-coated claws aimed at Su Xiao’s chest.

Splatter.

The long knife sliced through, the poison splattered.

"Ah!!"

Haba’k let out a sharp, piercing scream, sonic waves radiating out.

Crack, crack...

Cracks appeared on the station windows, Su Xiao’s mind buzzed, his vision blurred.

Taking a few steps back quickly, Su Xiao shook his head, the blurriness vanished.

Haba’k’s body trembled, spraying poison in all directions, a blue mark appeared on its neck.

The slash had severed Haba’k’s neck, lacking the feel of cutting through real flesh, as if slicing into a mass of poison.

Blue Steel Shadow’s energy penetrated Haba’k’s body, causing Haba’k’s eyes to turn pale with pain.

This opportunity was not to be missed by Su Xiao, who rushed forward, delivering two more slices.

Slash, slash,

Poison splattered, two slash marks appeared on Haba’k’s heavenly spirit cover and nose bridge, though the slashes had no effect, Blue Steel Shadow’s energy could still inflict harm.

"Unforgivable, how dare you hurt me."

Haba’k’s body ceased trembling, staring menacingly at Su Xiao.

"Lethal poison, no physical form, intelligent, what kind of creature is it."

Su Xiao pondered, wondering if Reincarnation Paradise would choose other races aside from humans as Contractors? Unlikely, as all Contractors he’d seen were human.

Secretly contemplating, cleaving was evidently ineffective, while Blue Steel Shadow had some impact, it was far from enough to kill the opponent.

"Pain of Poison."

Haba’k held a claw before its mouth, cheeks puffed as it blew hard.

Swish~.

A streak of green light shot towards Su Xiao, who intended to dodge, but the green light’s speed was too fast, striking directly into his abdomen.

[You’ve been eroded by ’Pain of Poison’, taking 120 points of true damage over 3 seconds, with accompanying intense pain effect.]

Su Xiao opened his clothing, finding a coin-sized dark green mark on his abdomen.

Suddenly, intense pain surged up, veins bulged on his forehead, and cold sweat seeped from his face.

The pain reached his very bones, and not only that, his Life_Value was dropping rapidly.

"Bu Bu."

Hearing Su Xiao’s shout, Bubu Wang immediately activated its Loyal Guardian ability, restoring a large chunk of Su Xiao’s Life_Value, it was only now that he realized Bubu Wang’s hiding spot.

Looking up, Bubu Wang was hanging from the steel support above the station.

Note, Bubu Wang wasn’t holding onto or biting the support with its paws, instead, it shaped its tail into a U-shape, hanging from the steel support! It was hanging upside down.

Not only was Su Xiao stunned, Haba’k was also taken aback.

"What kind of new species is this."

Hearing Haba’k call it a new species, Bubu Wang was very angry, its gaze seemingly saying: ’You’re the new species, your whole family is new species.’

Indeed, Bubu Wang was right...