A half-meter-thick wooden fist smashed toward Su Xiao, and one could even see the clear fingerprints on the fingers of the wooden fist.

The long knife in Su Xiao’s hand sliced toward Senju Hashirama’s throat, the blade of Dragon Slash flashing coldly.

At this moment, everything around seemed to freeze, Su Xiao and Senju Hashirama locked eyes, both with calm gazes.

Bang!

A booming sound sufficient to shatter eardrums spread out, shockwaves expanding around, with rubble surging outward like waves.

Whoosh~

A figure was thrown backward, crashing into a slope a hundred meters away with a rumble, the slope erupted like explosives, blasting stones of various sizes outward.

With a swoosh, a pea-sized stone grazed Shinfuru’s cheek; she hadn’t expected disaster from the sky while taking refuge here.

Blood seeped from the thin wound on Shinfuru’s cheek, her body trembling because she knew, if that stone hit her head, it would have bored a hole through her skull—the kinetic energy of that stone was terrifying.

"After taking such a dreadful punch, he must be dead."

Shinfuru swallowed, she had a secret: she couldn’t sense Su Xiao, she never could, unless he actively revealed his killing intent.

An arm reached out from the stone hole in the slope, stones fell with a crunch.

Su Xiao crouched as he emerged from the stone hole, rotating his neck on both sides with a crackling sound.

"Turns out you’re here, how convenient."

Su Xiao walked slowly toward Shinfuru, who looked as if she’d seen a ghost.

"You... you’re not dead."

Shinfuru draped in tattered clothes, arms shielding her front, revealing a large bite mark on her fair skin between her arms. Needless to say, she had indeed nursed Su Xiao earlier.

"You really want me dead."

Su Xiao pulled at Shinfuru’s clothing, biting into her pale back.

Shinfuru had resigned to her fate somewhat; her feelings were super conflicted before; first, she dared not flee, and if Su Xiao wasn’t dead, her outcome from escape would be worse than dying here.

If unable to flee, Shinfuru didn’t wish for either Su Xiao or Senju Hashirama to win.

If Senju Hashirama won, her life was in danger. As for Su Xiao winning, if he won without being seriously injured, Shinfuru would rejoice, yet she feared him winning narrowly and then biting her as a hearty boost, that too endangered her life.

At the moment, Shinfuru didn’t know about Senju Hashirama’s situation, but surprisingly, Su Xiao wasn’t severely hurt.

Su Xiao’s wounds recovered rapidly, and within seconds, he was mostly unharmed.

"Whoo~"

Su Xiao exhaled deeply, sitting idle on the ground.

"No need to deal with Senju Hashirama anymore?"

Shinfuru asked tentatively, now squatting on the ground, clothed at her back, though her front being exposed before Su Xiao had become a norm, especially since she knew Su Xiao wasn’t interested in her A-cup.

"He’s defeated."

Su Xiao lit a cigarette, as Bubu Wang came running from afar, holding a treasure chest in its mouth.

During the final confrontation, Su Xiao had activated the secondary invincible shield just before getting hit by Senju Hashirama’s wooden fist.

Though Senju Hashirama shattered the secondary invincible shield with one punch, its force-nullifying effect still flung Su Xiao, causing him impact injuries.

As for Senju Hashirama, his throat wasn’t severed by Su Xiao’s knife, with a large amount of trees sprouting under him before Su Xiao’s long knife could hit him, lifting him slightly; Su Xiao’s knife ended up slicing his chest. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Regarding Senju Hashirama’s defeat, he fell to the true damage of Blue Steel Shadow; in this battle, 70% of the injuries Su Xiao inflicted on him were true damage from Blue Steel Shadow, 16% from the Demon’s Mark, and 10% as soul-cutting damage that ignored defense.

Bubu Wang ran over briskly, with a legendary treasure box clutched in its mouth, not a higher quality box as Su Xiao had anticipated.

Previously, the legendary treasure box Su Xiao obtained from killing Raikage Ai emitted a dark gold aura, while this box from Senju Hashirama only had a faint golden hue and was mostly black.

Su Xiao received the box from Bubu Wang’s mouth, its weight nearly causing it to drop, surprisingly heavy.

Having just received the box, he noticed Bubu Wang baring teeth in strain, evident that it was feeling soreness from the box’s weight.

Yet, its demeanor before never showed this; it appeared completely carefree—visually tricking Su Xiao; the man and dog routinely pit against each other.

Examining the legendary treasure box in his hand, Su Xiao could visually discern that its value was on a different level compared to the drop from Raikage.

Raikage Ai’s dropping of a legendary box was due to Su Xiao’s extreme luck at the time; even then, that box was among the bottom tier of legendary level.

Whereas the one Senju Hashirama dropped was undeniably top-tier legendary.

Sitting cross-legged, Su Xiao took out the Fate Redeeming Lighter and Slaughter Dagger, beginning to carve on the lighter’s surface.

Soon, Su Xiao carved a tiny ’Hashi,’ doing so to record strong opponents, a practice he’d maintained since long ago.

At present, seven characters were carved on the Fate Redeeming Lighter:

Si (representing the world’s first ghoul from the Ghoul world).

Chi (Red Eye from the World of Crimson).

An (Dark King Minas from the First Trial World).

Chou (Violator, the Red Clown from the Hunter World).

Shan (Hero King·Golden Shining from the Holy Grail World).

Xi (Enemy leader Xi from the War World).

Hashi (First Hokage Senju Hashirama).

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Recording this was originally Su Xiao’s habit, yet eventually led to some wonder.

Su Xiao had a feeling that once the Fate Redeeming Lighter was fully adorned with characters, it might undergo extraordinary changes.

When Su Xiao defeated enemies, the Fate Redeeming Lighter absorbed their luck power, and after carving the ’An’ character, Su Xiao vaguely noticed that part of Dark King’s luck power seemed to be merging into it; initially he thought this an illusion, but with the ’Shan’ character added, the feeling had become pronounced.

Just after carving the ’Hashi’ character on the Fate Redeeming Lighter, it briefly flashed gold before fading; its attribute showed no visible change.

Su Xiao remained indifferent, whether it bore fruit or not, simply recording those he’d vanquished: some villains, some madmen, some good people, some heroes, all worthy opponents nonetheless.

Leaving aside personalities, those who become strong through sheer diligence naturally have unique attributes, leveraging others’ strengths to compensate one’s weaknesses was a frequent practice for Su Xiao.