Chapter 548

Chapter 548 The Mysterious Helper!

The rabbit demoness widened her eyes,watching helplessly as the dark figure produced a gleaming short blade and swiftly drew it across the neck of an Eastern warrior without making a single sound!

　　That Eastern warrior had been on high alert,completely unaware of the ambush from behind. By the time he realized what was happening,his mouth had already been covered,and blood was gushing wildly from the wound on his neck!

　　After a few convulsions,the Eastern warrior lost his life!

　　The dark figure then slipped behind another person and delivered another lightning-fast slash!

　　The rabbit demoness was somewhat surprised,because she noticed that this mysterious figure in black moved with remarkable lightness,not making a sound even when stepping on fallen leaves. It was clear that this person had trained in some kind of body-lightening technique!

　　She also noticed that the figure’s build didn’t look like a man’s. Judging by the waist and the way they walked,it actually seemed to be a woman!

　　After silently taking down five people in succession,the figure in black was finally spotted and quickly vanished into the darkness. A group of warriors began growling low as they searched in that direction!

　　Seeing this,the rabbit demoness had no choice but to quietly slip away.

　　However,after just two steps,she furrowed her brow as an idea came to her!

　　Since a mysterious person was already stirring things up,why not take the opportunity to add fuel to the fire and make the whole situation even more chaotic?

　　The rabbit demoness stopped in her tracks and pulled a delicate crossbow from her pocket!

　　The crossbow held three bolts!

　　In the moonlight,each bolt gave off a vivid blue glow!

　　The reason for the blue glow was simple: the tips had been coated in deadly poison!

　　One touch of blood and it would seal the throat!

　　The mysterious assassin from before had disappeared somewhere. The rabbit demoness coldly watched the Eastern warriors growling and searching,then pulled the trigger of the crossbow!

　　Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

　　Three bolts were released in rapid succession,instantly burying themselves into three people’s bodies!

　　One bolt even passed through one man’s throat and lodged itself in the arm of the person behind him!

　　This alone showed just how terrifyingly powerful the crossbow’s firing force was!

　　For a weapon coated in deadly poison,whether it struck a vital spot was irrelevant,because once the toxin made contact with blood,it would spread rapidly and take effect within seconds,sending the heart into a state of failure!

　　Three bolts fired,four people dead!

　　Two strangers working together for the first time had taken out nine Eastern warriors!

　　”Little one,hold on,it’s not your turn yet. You’ll get your moment to shine soon.” The rabbit demoness patted her pocket,clearly feeling the restlessness of the small snow-white creature inside,and could only try to soothe it.

　　The rabbit demoness did not fire a second round,but instead used the cover of darkness to slip away into the distance!

　　Higashino Kogen was the leader of this group of concealed operatives and a powerful chunin. He had originally led his unit here to lie in ambush and wait for Su Rui’s arrival. But to his dismay,neither Su Rui nor Lord Inamoto Junichi had shown up yet,and his own men had already fallen into chaos!

　　Nine people dead without a single shot fired,and he didn’t even know who had killed them. How could he not be furious?

　　”Search! Turn every stone,and find whoever was shooting from the shadows!”

　　In his rage,Higashino Kogen completely forgot the concealment order Inamoto Junichi had given earlier,and led his men in a frantic search through the forest!

　　At that moment,the dark figure once again drifted down from the top of a tall tree,a cold flash of steel in hand,claiming yet another life!

　　Ten were dead!

　　…………

　　The rabbit demoness,lurking in the distance,reported the situation to Su Rui.

　　”I have no idea who that person is either.” Su Rui thought for a long time but couldn’t figure out who could possibly be stepping in to help him at a time like this. After all,this whole affair was so secretive that very few people knew about it.

　　”Then what should I do? Please give me your instructions.” The rabbit demoness was not yet one of the Twelve Divine Guards,so naturally she wanted to make a good impression.

　　”That figure in black is a friend,not a foe. On the condition that you keep yourself safe,you may work to wear down the enemy’s fighting strength.” Su Rui issued his directive!

　　…………

　　Zhou Xianwei had long since arrived at Liangshan Pass,and standing behind him was an Eastern man with disheveled hair,a face covered in blood,and barely any strength left. It was clear he had suffered greatly over these past few days!

　　Most strikingly,his hands were completely stripped of all flesh and skin,leaving nothing but bare white bone. It was an utterly horrifying sight!

　　Since the Porsche 911 had extremely high demands on road conditions,Su Rui had no choice but to leave it at the foot of the mountain and walk up to the pass.

　　Victoria,meanwhile,was nowhere to be seen!

　　”Over here.”

　　Zhou Xianwei waved to Su Rui from a distance!

　　Su Rui walked over,his eyes fixed on Yamamoto Kyokusen’s face the entire time.

　　The man’s face had become gaunt to the point of being skeletal,his eye sockets sunken deep,with heavy dark circles beneath them. He bore no resemblance to the proud and distinguished jonin he had once been!

　　”We got a lot of valuable information out of him.” Zhou Xianwei said.

　　Over these past few days,he had been staying at the Lin family villa to protect Lin Aoxue while simultaneously interrogating this Eastern jonin. Yamamoto Kyokusen’s willpower had been fairly strong,and it had taken Zhou Xianwei a great deal of effort to get him to talk.

　　Su Rui said nothing. He walked up and drove his fist hard into Yamamoto Kyokusen’s face!

　　The punch was clearly delivered with full force,sending the man flying several meters before he crashed heavily to the ground!

　　Su Rui walked over,grabbed him by the collar,and flung him with force!

　　Yamamoto Kyokusen was sent flying again,his body slamming hard into a large tree,nearly folding in half!

　　Beaten to this state,Yamamoto Kyokusen had no ability to resist whatsoever. He could only take it passively,sprawled on the ground in a completely undignified manner,spitting up mouthfuls of blood!

　　”Brother,if you beat him to death,there’s no point in doing the exchange later.” Zhou Xianwei said helplessly.

　　”I’m just letting off some steam.”

　　Su Rui let out a cold snort,grabbed Yamamoto Kyokusen with one hand as if tossing out garbage,and casually threw him several meters,dropping him right at Zhou Xianwei’s feet!

　　If it weren’t for this Eastern man,none of the subsequent events would have happened!

　　This guy had no idea how much Chinese blood was on his hands,and now he had caused Ye Binglan to fall into danger. Just beating him up once was nowhere near enough to satisfy Su Rui’s rage!

　　Grabbing Yamamoto Kyokusen again,Su Rui looked into the man’s venomous gaze and said coldly: “I must warn you,don’t celebrate too early. Don’t think that Inamoto Junichi can successfully take you away this time. If your group of scum manages to leave Chinese soil today,then I might as well be dead!”

　　Yamamoto Kyokusen’s face was so battered and swollen that he couldn’t say a word!

　　”And your martial arts have already been crippled by me. The key meridians have been severed,and not even the gods can fix that. You will never again become the formidable jonin you once were!”

　　Su Rui mockingly slapped Yamamoto Kyokusen’s face,and the man’s body shuddered!

　　If you want to destroy a man,you destroy what makes him strongest!

　　If you want to destroy a woman,you destroy her man!

　　Su Rui said coldly: “There are many things in life where you need to think about the consequences before you act. The moment you led people to ambush the Yuanwei Gang,you should have anticipated the fate you face today!”

　　”Don’t look at me with that venomous stare.” Su Rui lowered his voice and said: “Let me tell you one more secret.”

　　What secret?

　　”You’re going to die.” Su Rui’s voice was soft,yet it made Yamamoto Kyokusen shudder involuntarily!

　　Would he really die today?

　　This once-promising jonin trembled again,and for the first time,a look of regret appeared in his eyes!

　　…………

　　At that moment,Inamoto Junichi had already begun leading dozens of his men up the mountain.

　　If Su Rui were to strike right now,he was confident that with the advantage of terrain and firearms,he could carry out a completely one-sided slaughter of the Yamamoto group!

　　But Ye Binglan was still in their hands,so Su Rui couldn’t do that!

　　Ten minutes later,Inamoto Junichi and his group stood before Su Rui.

　　These Eastern men were even more prepared than Su Rui had anticipated. The dozens of ninja facing him were not only each armed with a long katana,but every one of them also had an assault rifle strapped to their back,with bulging waists that clearly indicated they were carrying handguns as well!

　　Su Rui’s eyes narrowed slightly. He had almost forgotten that besides concealment and assassination,Eastern ninja were also extremely proficient with firearms and weapons. These were no longer the ninja of the shogunate era. They knew how to move with the times!

　　When Su Rui saw the state Ye Binglan was in,his eyes immediately narrowed,and a surge of fury poured out from between them without restraint!

　　”Binglan,are you alright?”

　　Su Rui and Ye Binglan were separated by about ten meters,his face written with fury and worry.

　　”Brother,I’m fine.”

　　Seeing Su Rui appear,Ye Binglan couldn’t help but let out a sigh. She knew that with Su Rui’s nature,the moment he heard she had been kidnapped,he would come without question!

　　”How I wish you hadn’t come.” she said softly in her heart.

　　”Don’t worry,I’ll protect you.”

　　Su Rui clenched his fist and said to Inamoto Junichi,who was dressed in standard ninja attire: “I presume this must be Inamoto Junichi?”

　　”That’s right.” Inamoto Junichi held his long blade in one hand,while the other rested on Ye Binglan’s arm: “We agreed to exchange people simultaneously,yet I don’t see the person I want.”

　　He had already scanned the area and hadn’t caught a glimpse of Yamamoto Kyokusen.

　　”He’s here.”

　　Su Rui extended his hand,and Zhou Xianwei grabbed Yamamoto Kyokusen by the scruff of the neck and dragged him out from behind the shadows of the trees!

　　Su Rui’s move was also meant to confirm that Ye Binglan was safe. If he hadn’t seen her,Yamamoto Kyokusen would have been riddled with bullets on the spot!

　　When Inamoto Junichi saw the state Yamamoto Kyokusen was in,the composed,still-water calm he had cultivated over years of training was instantly shattered!

　　Yamamoto Kyokusen was barely recognizable as a person. His face was swollen and disfigured,half his hair had been forcibly torn out,and most critically,both of his hands had been stripped down to bare white bone!

　　He was a full-fledged jonin! How would he ever wield a blade again? How would he ever hold a gun?

　　Inamoto Junichi completely lost control and drew his blood-fury long blade halfway out of its sheath!

　　A dazzling cold gleam instantly flooded Su Rui’s eyes!

　　Absolutely a fine blade!

　　”Didn’t we agree on a peaceful exchange of hostages? Why are you already thinking about making a move?”

　　Su Rui was unfazed. With a cold smile,he drew the handgun from his waist and calmly pressed it against Yamamoto Kyokusen’s head!

　　”Inamoto Junichi,put your blade away. Otherwise,let’s see which is faster,your blade or my bullet!”

　　As Su Rui spoke,he had already pressed the trigger halfway down!