A half-meter-thick wooden fist smashed toward Su Xiao, and clear fingerprints could even be seen on the fingers.
The long blade in Su Xiao's hand slashed toward Hashirama Senju's throat, its edge shimmering with cold light.
At that moment, everything around them seemed to freeze. Su Xiao and Hashirama Senju stared at each other, both gazes perfectly calm.
Boom!
A tremendous crash, loud enough to rupture eardrums, rang out. The shock wave spread in all directions, sending broken stones surging outward like waves.
Whoosh~
A figure flew backward and crashed into a slope a hundred meters away with a rumble. It was as if explosives had detonated on the slope, blasting stones of all sizes in every direction.
With a whoosh, a soybean-sized stone grazed Karin's cheek. She had originally been hiding here for shelter, never expecting disaster to fall from the sky.
Blood seeped from the tiny wound on Karin's cheek. Her body trembled, because she knew that if the stone had struck her head, it would have punched a hole straight through it. The stone's kinetic force had been terrifying.
"After taking a punch that terrifying, he should be dead, right?"
Karin swallowed. She had a secret: she couldn't sense Su Xiao. She had never been able to sense him, unless he deliberately released killing intent.
An arm reached out from a stone cave in the slope. With a clatter, the loose stones fell away.
Su Xiao bent down and walked out of the cave. He rolled his neck from side to side, producing two crisp cracks.
"So you're here. Perfect."
Su Xiao walked slowly toward Karin. Karin looked as if she had seen a ghost.
"You... you're not dead?"
Karin wore clothes that had been torn apart, and she held both hands in front of herself. Between