Chapter 1314 - 25: It’s You

Chapter 1314: Chapter 25: It’s You

After thinking for a moment, Su Xiao decided to go and observe the situation at Landing Point No.7. First, Cracker was already seriously injured, and secondly, Doflamingo must not die yet.

If Doflamingo dueled with Katakuri, he would likely not be the opponent. Once Doflamingo died in battle, there would be no need to continue defending Dressrosa, and the Donquixote Family would be scattered like sand, bringing Su Xiao’s sustainable development plan for pirate reputation to an abrupt end.

Whether he could finish off Cracker would depend on luck, but Doflamingo couldn’t afford to die now.

Moreover, Su Xiao was puzzled by one thing: where had Drought·Jack gone? While Katakuri had already attacked Dressrosa, Drought·Jack was nowhere to be found.

Su Xiao, with A Mu in tow, reached the edge of the King’s Highland and leaped down.

A few minutes later, Su Xiao arrived near Landing Point No.7. The roar of artillery had ceased, but the shouts of battle and gunfire melded into one on the battlefield.

Standing atop a tall building, Su Xiao gazed down at the battlefield along the coast.

Landing Points No. 1–6 would not be breached in the short term, but Landing Point No.7 seemed somewhat bizarre. Pirates from both factions were fighting fiercely in the Giant Stone Area, with alchemy bombs occasionally exploding. Meanwhile, Doflamingo and Katakuri were battling on the beach near the sea.

The beach area showed no sign of the two, only large swathes of white viscous material entangled with threads.

A loud bang occurred, and Doflamingo flew out from the threads, blood trickling down his arm, and his sunglasses were riddled with cracks.

The mochi and threads receded, and the unscathed Katakuri entered Su Xiao’s line of sight. Apart from previously being kicked by Doflamingo, Katakuri hadn’t suffered even a scratch.

There was no helping it; speed, power, Devil Fruit abilities, and Three Color Haki were all areas where Katakuri had the upper hand. Combined with his foresight through Observation Haki, it was truly difficult for Doflamingo to hit Katakuri’s main body.

Su Xiao leaped from the tall building, directly charging into the battlefield.

Everywhere he looked was full of pirates, a strong scent of blood invading his nostrils, with a faint burnt odor of incinerated corpses. Due to constantly making alchemy bombs earlier, Su Xiao’s remaining mana value was only 2150 points.

Suddenly increasing his speed from a slow walk, Su Xiao dashed, leaving an afterimage trailing behind.

Clang, clang. Clang...

The blade flashed, blood sprayed, and Su Xiao directly cut into the crowd.

A sailor’s knife caked with bits of flesh slashed towards the back of Su Xiao’s neck. The blade was covered with blood but exceedingly sharp at the edge.

As soon as his intuition ability warned him, Su Xiao ducked his head while side-kicking.

With a crisp crack, the pirate’s shin bone snapped and bent backward, and just as he prepared to scream, he felt a chill at his neck.

The pirate instinctively let go of the sailor’s knife in his hand, clutching his throat, while blood gushed out between his fingers.

With a sheathed long knife in hand, Su Xiao assumed a drawn sword slash posture. A counter shield appeared, blocking three sharp blades and two bullets simultaneously.

Ring Break.

A pale blue circular blade aura expanded, and as crisp sounds echoed, several weapons were severed by the sharp blade aura.

Thump, thump...

Within a dozen meters around Su Xiao, pirates fell one after another. He took out a crystal bottle and drank a few sips of the spring water within. The water tasted sweet, as if nourishing his internal organs.

The crystal bottle in Su Xiao’s hand was called the "Eternal Crystal Bottle", a piece of light gold equipment, a sustainably usable healing item.

Equipment Effect: The crystal bottle is filled with spring water from the Eternal Spring, which can be consumed thrice. Each consumption restores 450 life value points and 300 mana value points, swiftly healing organ injuries.

Tip: The crystal bottle can automatically refill, replenishing 5% capacity each natural day; in a humid environment, it replenishes 10% capacity each natural day.

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As one pirate after another fell, Su Xiao continued straight through the battlefield. Along this path of blood, his mana value increased instead of decreased, reaching the 200-point cap increased by the talent ability Soul Devourer.

After Su Xiao twisted a pirate’s neck barehanded, no pirates dared approach him. While being members of the Big Mom Pirate Group, they still feared death.

At the edge of the Giant Stone Area, more than a dozen contractors hid behind a massive stone. They weren’t a single team, not even from the same faction, but their tacit coexistence was easily understood: they were waiting for an opportunity—to either finish off Cracker or the heavily injured Doflamingo.

"Another one coming in, but this guy seems strong."

"There’s about dozens of people gathered here, right?"

"At least."

"What do we do, invite him to join us?"

"Don’t joke around; we’re not even one team."

"It’s not without reason."

More than a dozen contractors lay prone on the boulder, all mutually restrained. Killing enemy contractors could earn pirate reputation, so caution was a necessity.

Right in the center of this group of contractors, Bu Bu Wang also lay on the giant stone, closely observing a girl with exceptionally long eyelashes. With its seemingly eager stance, it was clear this dog was thinking of trimming her long eyelashes off.

Bu Bu Wang was known for unleashing its mischievous and flamboyant antics on the battlefield, which is why it got along well with the National Foot. In the Ancient Castle World, when Bu Bu Wang teamed up with the National Foot, the atmosphere was unbelievably joyous, even making the Detective Little Girl laugh herself to tears.

"That guy... is he crazy?"

The act of trimming the girl’s lashes was paused for a moment as Bu Bu Wang looked towards the battlefield, where Su Xiao was heading towards the battleground of Doflamingo and Katakuri.

Standing up from the giant rock, Bu Bu Wang tossed aside the tiny scissors and briskly ran towards the beach area. It was mainly just teasing the long-eyelashed girl; actually snipping them was out of the question. That belonged to the realm of damage/attack, which would disconnect it from the surrounding environment.

Su Xiao crossed through the Giant Stone Area, reaching the beach now riddled with craters and scars.

Explosions and shock waves were spreading as Doflamingo and Katakuri fought in earnest, with Doflamingo on the back foot.

Arriving at the scene, Katakuri glanced at Su Xiao once and then ignored him, having never seen Su Xiao. The distance during Su Xiao’s sniping of Cracker was far too great.

Katakuri’s pitch-black fist struck towards Doflamingo, whose arms, equally dark and purplish, were raised in defense in front of him.

Boom!

An impact spread out; Su Xiao shielded his face with his left arm. A multitude of small white spiders crawled out from his sleeve, jumping into a large batch of mochi, within which lay Cracker.

A flash of red shone in Katakuri’s eyes as he fixed his gaze once again on Su Xiao, controlling the mochi beneath him to move.

Dozens of explosions resonated from within the mochi, giving off a burnt aroma—the smell of roasted mochi. The mochi that Katakuri assimilated was genuinely edible mochi.

"Doflamingo, follow the previous tactic."

Su Xiao spoke, and the bloody-mouthed Doflamingo silently agreed. ℴ

"It’s you."

Katakuri, speaking with lowered eyelids, cast a murderous gaze at Su Xiao.