Flames soared into the sky, dust swept in every direction, nearly burying the street.
Nanao Ise stared at the astonishing explosion before her, her pretty face turning pale.
She knew full well the level of her own spiritual pressure. She simply could not withstand an impact of that magnitude.
If Su Feng had not pulled her away...
The unusual warmth lingering around her slender waist made Nanao Ise's cheeks flush.
Just as she was about to remind him, Su Feng released her first. The sudden emptiness left her feeling oddly reluctant to part from that earlier warmth.
Suppressing the dangerous thoughts in her heart, Nanao Ise hurried forward and stayed at Su Feng's side.
It was not hard to tell from what had just happened that Zaraki District was fraught with danger. One careless move could easily land them in a perilous situation.
It was best to stay beside Su Feng. That was the safest option.
As the billowing dust gradually dispersed, a massive crater suddenly appeared in the old street. The surrounding soil had been scorched black by the explosion's intense heat.
That burly attacker from earlier had not even left behind a single hair. Even the reishi lingering in the air had grown so faint that it was nearly undetectable.
If Su Feng's Reishi Affinity had not greatly exceeded that of ordinary people, even he would have been unable to sense the faint traces of reishi left behind.
"Judging from the nature of the explosion alone, it resembles something made by Mayuri Kurotsuchi."
Su Feng crouched beside the crater and pinched up a small amount of soil. "There are no traces of Kido at all. It is as though flames were stuffed into the body and suddenly detonated."
"The advantage is its extreme concealment. With a normal person's