Rebellious Youth

The sudden appearance of several people made Su Xiao stop what he was doing. He had searched Rize's body for a long time, but still couldn't find an organ like a Kagune Core.

His left hand withdrew from Rize's lower abdomen. Her body visibly trembled as she lay flat on the ground, looking as if she'd been thoroughly toyed with.

If Rize was lucky enough to escape, Su Xiao would become her shadow.

"Aogiri Tree."

The people who had suddenly appeared were no minor characters.

According to Su Xiao's memories, the little girl covered in bandages was the leader of Aogiri Tree, the One-Eyed King, Eto Yoshimura.

Eto Yoshimura usually went by the alias Takatsuki Sen, disguising herself as a novelist while moving through human society.

As one of the few One-Eyed Ghouls in the Ghoul world, Takatsuki Sen's strength was beyond question. Although she wasn't at the top among SSS-Rank Ghouls, she still couldn't be underestimated.

The people beside Takatsuki Sen were the SS-Rank Ghoul Tatara, the SS-Rank Ghoul Noro, and the S-Rank Ghoul Ayato Kirishima.

Tatara wore a red mask and a white trench coat. The mask covered the lower half of his face, making his features impossible to see.

Noro was wrapped even more tightly. Aside from his two hands, not a single part of his body was exposed.

Ayato Kirishima also wore a mask. His red eyes stared arrogantly at Su Xiao.

The four people's objective was obvious: capture Rize Kamishiro. Gecko's appearance earlier had also been for the sake of capturing Rize Kamishiro.

"Release her, or die."

Tatara's tone was flat and didn't sound threatening, but a Kagune had already emerged behind him.

Gecko's headless corpse lay nearby. Although the group wasn't afraid of Su Xiao, they hadn't underestimated him either.

The fact that he could defeat two S-Rank Ghouls showed that Su Xiao was powerful. However, the Ghouls present had another guess: perhaps Gecko and Rize Kamishiro had both been badly injured, allowing Su Xiao to reap the benefits.

"Looks like my luck is pretty good today."

Su Xiao wiped the blood from his left hand on Rize's clothes, then ignored her.

Before he extracted the Kagune Core from Rize's body, she couldn't die. Otherwise, no one knew what might happen in the Derivative World. Su Xiao didn't want to take that risk.

This was something Reincarnation Paradise had clearly warned him about earlier.

One SSS-Rank Ghoul and two SS-Rank Ghouls—Su Xiao felt the pressure now.

As for the S-Rank Ghoul Ayato Kirishima, he was directly ignored.

Su Xiao was certain that he could now crush an S-Rank Ghoul. As for SS-Rank Ghouls, he should have no problem with them either. He had yet to fight the strongest SSS-level opponents, so he wouldn't make a conclusion about them.

Whether he could kill the people in front of him still needed to be tested in practice.

Even if he wasn't their match, Su Xiao could still escape. They couldn't keep him here. He had that much confidence.

Dragon Slayer Flash pointed diagonally at the ground as Su Xiao slowly walked toward the people from Aogiri Tree.

The many Contracted Adventurers in the distance all had the same thought: Su Xiao had gone mad.

Faced with Takatsuki Sen, the top combatant of the Ghoul world, this man actually intended to confront her head-on? And he was doing so with other Ghouls present.

The Contracted Adventurers no longer hesitated. They began fleeing in all directions, scattering in an instant. They no longer dared to watch the battle. If Su Xiao lost, they would die, but even if he won, he might still be in danger.

The people from Aogiri Tree noticed the fleeing Contracted Adventurers, but after giving them a glance, they ignored them.

"Ayato, kill him."

Tatara held a somewhat higher position in Aogiri Tree, so he directly ordered Ayato Kirishima to kill Su Xiao.

As a rebellious youth, Ayato Kirishima didn't contradict Tatara's order, but he still let out a cold snort, clearly displeased.

"Human, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll give you a chance to disappear before my eyes."

Although the Ghouls had guessed that Su Xiao was fairly strong, they didn't take him too seriously.

The main reason was that Su Xiao had no Quinque in his hands. Instead, he was carrying a long blade.

Quinques were the CCG's primary weapons against Ghouls. They were manufactured in CCG laboratories, with the raw material being Ghoul Kagune Cores.

Su Xiao said nothing and continued walking forward. He didn't care about his enemies' contempt. It was an advantage, too.

"Tch. Since you're seeking death, I'll send you on your way."

The rebellious youth Ayato Kirishima released his Kagune. An irregularly shaped wing appeared on the left side of his back. This wing was his Kagune—a Wing Kagune.

Wing Kagune Ghouls were characterized by their high speed and powerful burst force. Most of them possessed ranged attacks, but they also had a significant weakness: poor endurance.

If they couldn't quickly finish off their opponents at the beginning of a battle, Wing Kagune Ghouls would usually lose soon afterward.

Although Ayato Kirishima was arrogant, he wasn't stupid. Su Xiao clearly excelled in close combat, so Ayato didn't approach him.

The Kagune behind Ayato Kirishima spread open, and a dense barrage of diamond-shaped, blood-red crystals shot toward Su Xiao.

"Whoosh~"

A sharp sound of air being torn apart rang out, showing that those diamond-shaped crystals possessed formidable offensive power.

Su Xiao stopped advancing, his dark eyes fixed on the blood-red crystals speeding toward him.

As he focused on them, the fast-moving blood-red crystals gradually slowed in his vision. His increased Agility had greatly improved his dynamic vision.

The long blade in his hand slashed repeatedly, leaving several white lines in the air.

"Clang, clang, clang~"

All the crystals that shot toward him were cut apart, turning into fragments that filled the sky.

Ayato Kirishima was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected Su Xiao to neutralize his attack so easily.

In the instant Ayato Kirishima was distracted, Su Xiao suddenly quickened his pace. In three steps, he crossed the distance and charged in front of him.

"So fast."

Ayato Kirishima's pupils contracted sharply. He instinctively tried to retreat, already making the motion to jump backward, but his feet hadn't even left the ground.

After Su Xiao closed in, could he really escape so easily? Of course not.

Su Xiao took a small hop forward and kicked Ayato Kirishima's shin. Although the shinbone was hard, it was also brittle.

"Crack!"

A horrifying sound of breaking bone rang out. Ayato Kirishima's shinbone snapped backward into a V-shape, and a pale fragment of bone even pierced through his flesh.

Ayato Kirishima let out a scream. His retreating step was broken, and he stumbled backward.

A smile appeared at the corner of Su Xiao's mouth as the blade in his hand slashed mercilessly toward Ayato Kirishima's throat.

This was Su Xiao's fighting style: he either didn't make a move, or he went straight for the enemy's vital point.

Before Dragon Slayer Flash reached Ayato Kirishima's throat, Ayato already felt a needle-like sensation there.

If he was struck, he would definitely die.

Ayato Kirishima regretted it deeply. He had been too reckless. Faced with an unknown enemy, he hadn't been sufficiently wary.

Just as Ayato Kirishima was about to die on the spot, a thick Kagune blocked him.

That Kagune was exceptionally robust, with fang-like bones at its tip. It was Noro's Kagune.

How could Su Xiao's slash be so easy to block? Noro's Kagune was cleaved halfway through, and Dragon Slayer Flash sank deeply into it.

Su Xiao continued exerting force, but it felt as if he had cut into a rubber tire. The damage dealt afterward wasn't severe.

Blue Steel Shadow activated. Pale-blue energy entered the wound in Noro's Kagune. Noro grunted from a short distance away and immediately withdrew his Kagune.

Su Xiao knew some of Noro's secrets. This man was extremely powerful. Nearly all the tissues throughout his body had a structure similar to that of a Kagune, giving him an almost immortal regenerative ability.

Having escaped disaster, Ayato Kirishima panted heavily. At the instant Su Xiao had drawn his blade, Ayato had believed that he was doomed.

No one dared underestimate the smiling Su Xiao now. Tatara and the others stepped forward, forming an encirclement.

Phew~, I had something to do this afternoon, so Fei Wen went to grab something to eat first. I'm starving. I'll update the next chapter in a little while. Sorry today's update was a bit late.