Grandma Was Cold, So Tu Tu Would Warm Her Up

"Come quickly! Wuming is hurt!" Lin Pangpang was the closest. Seeing the terrible state of Su Wuming's back, he had no idea where to begin. He anxiously called for the people around him, hoping that a high-level Food Type Spirit Martial Practitioner could come save him.

"Leave me alone. I can still fight!" Su Wuming endured the agonizing pain and shoved Lin Pangpang aside. At this point, he could no longer worry about exposing the System Space. He took out all the remaining chicken legs.

There were eighty chicken legs left in total. Su Wuming swallowed them all in one bite, chewed twice at random, and forced them down.

Rather than wait for a Food Type practitioner to help him, he might as well save himself. That was how his physique worked—eating allowed him to recover.

Besides, among the people outside the Safe Zone, Lin Pangpang was the only Food Type practitioner.

Once the chicken legs entered his stomach, the Blood Vitality Infusion energy within them began to take effect.

The wounds on Su Wuming's back began healing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Before the wounds had fully closed, he charged out again. The Opening Gate was still active, and he could not stop now.

The bridge's sandification was nearly complete. He had to hold back that Snowwhite Thunder Bear.

This time, Su Wuming made use of his small build and speed advantage, engaging the Thunder Bear in guerrilla warfare on the bridge.

The bridge was only so wide. Every time Su Wuming unleashed a combo, he immediately dodged away or circled behind it.

Even with lightning-enhanced speed, the Snowwhite Thunder Bear had too little room to maneuver. One misstep could send it falling into the massive rift below.

It had originally intended to ignore his attacks and cross the bridge directly, but whenever it moved forward, Su Wuming would immediately use some strange move from behind to knock it down.

Enraged, the Snowwhite Thunder Bear unleashed Frost Breath, freezing a vast area around it and forcibly driving Su Wuming back.

But that attack had cost it dearly as well. It had already expended a great deal of energy rushing here, and the snow on the bridge had been completely consumed. It could no longer use that sustained Frost Breath.

"Quick! The other Spirit Martial Practitioners, go help him! That stupid bear can no longer use wide-range Frost Breath!"

The military Spirit Martial Practitioner from earlier was highly experienced and immediately recognized the Snowwhite Thunder Bear's condition.

With that, he took the lead and rushed out, preparing to assist Su Wuming.

At his reminder, with the threat of sustained Frost Breath gone, the remaining Spirit Martial Practitioners were immediately fired up and charged out with battle cries.

But they seemed to have forgotten that the Snowwhite Thunder Bear still had lightning abilities.

It looked at the charging crowd, and something like mockery flashed through its eyes. Blinding lightning instantly burst from its arms, and then its two enormous palms slammed together.

The next instant, countless bolts of lightning intertwined between its palms, crackling with thunderous roars. Then, an incomparably thick pillar of lightning shot forth and blasted toward the crowd.

"Oh no, it's its ultimate move! Thunderous Roar!" The military Spirit Martial Practitioner at the front shouted instinctively the moment he saw the attack. His eyes immediately filled with despair and self-reproach.

His judgment had been wrong. That was why these people had followed him out here to throw away their lives.

Likewise, this move taught them a lesson: never underestimate a Silver Battle General Tier creature. Its strength could not be measured by the combat power of Human Clan Silver Tier Spirit Martial Practitioners.

Rubber Balloon!

Just as everyone fell into despair, Su Wuming flashed over ahead of the Thunderous Roar and barely blocked the attack with Rubber Balloon.

But he could not withstand the tremendous impact. His body was rapidly forced backward, straight toward the barrier.

If he slammed into the barrier, combined with the impact of the lightning, he would likely melt directly into it.

Yet at this point, Su Wuming could no longer dodge.

His mind went blank. He had consumed too much Armament Haki earlier; what little remained was a drop in the bucket and could not protect his body.

Just as he was about to fly past the bridgehead, a series of skill names reached his ears from behind.

Earth Barrier!

Earthflow Wall!

Thick Earth Wall!

Sand Fist Impact!

...

Su Wuming thought he was hearing things, but when an earthen wall caught him from behind, that burning sensation did not return.

Only then did he realize that Qin Ming and the other earth-element Spirit Martial Practitioners had saved him.

In an instant, the hope Su Wuming had been about to give up on reignited. He clenched his teeth tightly, refusing to lose heart.

But the impact of Thunderous Roar was simply too powerful. Even the earthen walls were beginning to slide backward.

Fortunately, at that moment, all the ordinary people beneath the Safe Zone who could still move ran forward and helped push against the earthen walls.

At that very moment, the backward momentum stopped. The two sides fell into a stalemate, neither able to advance a single step.

"Everyone, you did great!!" Qin Ming could not help but praise them loudly.

Soon, the lightning pillar ran out of energy and vanished. Su Wuming finally had a chance to breathe. He expelled the air in his lungs and took several deep breaths.

Then, he wrapped the last of his Armament Haki around his feet.

"Everyone, fall back and help cut the bridge apart!"

The bridge's sandification was complete. Next, he needed to sever this connecting section.

His shout immediately left those who had rushed out feeling awkward. They had made the trip for nothing and even caused Su Wuming plenty of trouble.

So after retreating, they vented all that awkwardness on the bridge itself.

Working together with Su Wuming's nonstop Rubber Spears, they successfully severed the bridge when the Snowwhite Thunder Bear was still fifty meters away.

At the same time, aided by the Snowwhite Thunder Bear's weight and the force of its running footsteps, the central connection of Dry City Bridge instantly collapsed and fell downward.

The Snowwhite Thunder Bear also lost its footing and fell.

But it could still move while lying prone. So at the instant it fell, the moment all four paws touched the bridge, it sprang up fiercely.

Just as everyone at the bridgehead breathed a sigh of relief, the Snowwhite Thunder Bear's figure suddenly appeared before them. Everyone was so frightened that they instantly held their breath, their minds going blank.

Fortunately, the Snowwhite Thunder Bear had not had enough leverage for that leap. Only one bear paw landed, gripping the edge of the broken bridge as its body struggled desperately to climb up.

Su Wuming was the first to recover. He leaped down toward the rift, thrusting out one arm to seize the slowly falling section of bridge. His other arm wrapped around the Snowwhite Thunder Bear's hind leg, trying to drag it down.

But he was still one step too late. The Snowwhite Thunder Bear above had just managed to raise its head and sprayed its last remaining Frost Breath at the crowd.

Half the people in the front row were struck. The headmaster was among them, but he had deliberately shielded Tu Tu with his body.

Before the remaining Frost Breath could continue pouring out, the Snowwhite Thunder Bear's body suddenly toppled backward and fell. Su Wuming had pulled it down.

"Headmaster!" Lin Pangpang cried out in grief, tears instantly spilling from his eyes.

"Grand... Grandma..." Tu Tu was in the headmaster's arms. Seeing his Grandma Headmaster completely turned into an ice statue, he could not believe it. His pupils trembled as he wanted to cry, but no tears would come.

He clearly felt the tears about to emerge, but they vanished at once.

"Tu Tu, Tu Tu, you... you're okay?" Lin Pangpang did not dare reach out and touch the headmaster's body, afraid that he might accidentally shatter it. Then he noticed Tu Tu in the headmaster's arms.

Logically, Frost Breath could not be blocked. Anyone close to it should have been turned into ice.

"Pangpang, I'm fine. Grandma is fine too. She said she was cold. It's okay—I'll warm her up. Because Tu Tu will always be Grandma's little heater."