Chapter 555: Xuanwo Yi: ...Is this really sober?

"It's you freaks that are haunting us again! How far do you want to push us before you give up?"

This roar successfully attracted Xuanwo Yi's attention. He looked at the young man standing not far away, holding a spear and a horn, and frowned slightly. "It was you who forced you - we are just doing our duty as entrusted by others."

“How shameless!” The young man looked increasingly angry, his aura growing stronger. “How can you villains, who have trapped us in this remote place for hundreds of years, say such things!”

Xuanwo Yi frowned, not wanting to communicate with the young man. He turned his head to look at Ling who was humming a strange tune, and reached out to grab his shoulder, but before he could touch him, he was greeted by a bright knife light. As he pulled back, he couldn't help but look at the ravine in front of him that was cut by the knife light in horror, with a solemn expression, "Ling, what are you doing?!"

"This is such a great place~" Ling was still humming that unknown strange tune, "Hey, Yi, right now, will you play a game with me?"

Uzumaki Yi: ...No, why?

[Still non-hostile behavior? This is difficult... I have no idea why.] Uzumaki Yi kept a distance from Ling cautiously, his eyes swept to the young man who was almost hit by the knife light, who was now furious and whose limbs were gradually deformed from the normal range, [And this is also a big problem.]

Before Ling could attack, the young man holding the spear no longer restrained himself. He took a big step forward and stabbed towards Ling with the spear in his hand like a dragon.

Fortunately, Ling didn't seem to care who his opponent was. The moment the young man showed his hostility towards him, he changed his target and attacked the young man with a staff and knife in hand.

The flashes of swords and gunfire intertwined with each other, making a harsh sound. The aftermath destroyed most of the surrounding vegetation that was originally full of vitality, but the actions of the two people in the field became more and more intense as the conflict escalated.

Xuanwo Yi used the King Kong Blockade to pull away the vegetation debris flying towards him, and several men retreated far away from the battle circle, but his brows were still furrowed - he was not surprised that the people in the deserted village were so extreme towards him, but he was particularly concerned about what influence Ling had under which led to his current behavior.

While he was concentrating on the battle and thinking about the reason, the sudden soft voice in his ear brought him back to his senses and made him break into a cold sweat.

"I think now is not the right time for the Uzumaki clan to visit."

Uzumaki shifted his gaze to look at the young man with his eyes closed, who had stood shoulder to shoulder with him at some point.

The young man had hair like falling snow, skin like cream, and a slightly loose white robe that made him look even more petite - or rather, the young man was petite to begin with, but his mature tone made people temporarily ignore his appearance.

Xuanwo Yi's eyes fell on the young man's bare feet under the white clothes, which were not stained by the ground at all, but seemed to be stepping on the air. He felt even more solemn in his heart, "I am only doing my duty as entrusted by others - but I really didn't expect the current situation."

"Really? I think the people you brought are very interesting..." The young man laughed softly, "There are very few outsiders who can match our strength here."

"...You won't stop it?"

The young man's voice was filled with indifference. "Everything has its destiny. If the outsider took the initiative to provoke, and was killed by Hanyu, it was his own fault."

"…Is it possible that I am worried about your people?"

"Then my answer is still the same," the boy finally opened his eyes, but there was no pupil in his eye sockets, only a pale white. "Natsume Hanyu failed to distinguish the difference in strength between himself and his opponent, and rashly accepted the challenge. I can only say that I regret his death."

"Is it your ruthless theory of natural selection again..." Xuanwo Yi sighed, turned his gaze to the field, looked at the increasingly widespread battle and said, "I say, old monster, you really don't care? The ecology here is not as resilient as the outside world."

The young man closed his eyes again. "Then you will bring people to deal with the aftermath. If I am not satisfied with the result, I don't mind dismantling the barrier that has sealed me off for hundreds of years as a survivor."

Xuanwo Yi: ... Very good, another trouble - I must ask Ling for compensation later.

Even as the two were talking, the outcome of the fight was decided. The bright light of a sword shattered the sparks of a gun, and the young man, who was skinny in comparison, stepped on his opponent, who was several times bigger than him.

Although Natsume Hanyu was surprised and ashamed of his defeat, he was not unconvinced. After all, the opponent's fighting skills were indeed stronger than his own. However, he could not believe that in the final competition, he lost to an outsider because both sides used natural energy to strengthen their attacks!

But the most outrageous thing was that this outsider who had defeated him was still muttering something neurotically, with occasional strange and bizarre tones.

[Could this person also be a poor fellow who was captured by those freaks and is to be locked up in this remote place to spend the rest of his life? ]

Once this thought came up, it could no longer be suppressed. Natsume Hanyu looked at Ling with a softer look. [No wonder he suddenly got angry just now. It turns out that he wanted to join forces with me to deal with that freak. Alas, it’s all my fault for being too impatient. Otherwise, I would have killed that freak… No, why hasn’t this freak left yet? ]

Looking at Natsume Hanyu who looked disgusted at him, Uzumaki Yi raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not pay much attention to him. He just approached Ling tentatively, "...Are you awake now?"

"I should say I've always been sober, but Yi, you really brought me to a good place—" Ling spoke with a strange ending tone, occasionally interspersed with a few strange laughs, "At least now I completely understand how fascinating natural energy is, and why it attracts the covetousness of the [Chakra Ancestor]—this abundant sense of power is so addictive~"

Uzumaki Yi: ...Is this really sober?