56: Chapter 56 Who doesn't have a powerful backer?

"Someone is hunting me? Who is this Bu Biao?"

Su Mu frowned in thought, but in the end, he still couldn't recall when he had ever offended this Bu Biao.

As for which option to choose, there was nothing to debate; he chose option three directly.

A Rank Three powerhouse was nothing to fear. If things really went south, Su Mu still had a low-level experience card that he could use to immediately raise his Rank to Rank Two Advanced.

Moreover, the reward for option three was very tempting to Su Mu. The A-grade Cultivation resource, fossil marrow, was an Earth-type Heaven And Earth Treasure that should be able to enhance an Earth-type ability user's power.

Su Mu planned to save this Cultivation resource for Lin Lei.

Regardless, Su Mu wanted to look after this good brother from his high school days as much as his abilities allowed.

He wasn't concerned about someone hunting him; it was still up in the air who would be killing whom.

"Xiao You, let's head to the Qingshui City Ruins."

"Understood, Master. I have already planned the optimal route for you."

'Roar— Awooo—'

The roars of Vicious Beasts echoed one after another.

'Ding! Killed a Rank Two Advanced Vicious Beast, Golden-Toothed Tiger. conversion points +30.'

'Ding! Killed a Rank Two Elementary Vicious Beast, Rock-Horned Rhino. conversion points +20.'

'...'

The System's mechanical voice continuously rang in his mind. Although it had only been a week since he last killed Vicious Beasts, Su Mu felt as if it had been over a year since he last hunted them.

Once he started hunting Vicious Beasts, he would become completely immersed in it.

A kilometer away from Su Mu, four men stood under a large tree while one man stood atop it.

Bu Biao asked, "Well? Which direction is that kid running in?"

The man standing on the tree was named Li Ergou. His ability was a C-grade ability, Long-Range Vision.

It was roughly similar to the function of binoculars, but it was significantly more useful.

"Looking at the kid's direction, he should be heading for the Qingshui City Ruins, but..."

Seeing his subordinate hesitate, Bu Biao raised his voice and said,

"Stop dawdling. But what?"

"I just saw that kid kill a Rank Two Advanced Vicious Beast with extreme ease. I feel that dealing with him might be a bit difficult."

'Slap!'

Bu Biao directly slapped his subordinate.

"No matter what he's like, I'm going to avenge my brother. I hope you all understand that."

The four of them immediately fell silent.

Bu Biao thought for a moment.

"Isn't that kid going to the Qingshui City Ruins? We'll head there ahead of time to ambush him."

After saying that, Bu Biao revealed a dangerous smile.

However, he had miscalculated one thing: Su Mu was currently ahead of them, and Su Mu had the optimal route planned by Xiao You.

Ten minutes later, Su Mu was the first to arrive at the Qingshui City Ruins.

He scanned the environment; compared to the city during the Ability College Entrance Examination, this place was far more dilapidated.

Every building that could fall had already collapsed, and many buildings were covered by the jungle.

"Xiao You, help me mark the Vicious Beast packs in these ruins."

"Certainly, Master."

A map then popped up on Su Mu's retina—it was precisely the map of the Qingshui City Ruins.

Red dots were also used to mark the locations of small Vicious Beast packs.

Su Mu aimed for the nearest Vicious Beast pack and fought his way through.

"Boss, I feel like this kid's strength is a bit exaggerated. Maybe we should just forget it."

Li Ergou spoke up again; he felt that Su Mu was much more terrifying than his boss.

This time, Bu Biao didn't hit Li Ergou because he had also seen the scene of Su Mu hunting Vicious Beasts.

Even as a Rank Three, he couldn't guarantee that he could kill Rank Two Vicious Beasts with a single spear strike like Su Mu did.

Furthermore, Su Mu clearly wasn't using his ability; he was killing the Vicious Beasts based solely on his Spear Technique and Physical Body strength.

After successfully clearing another small Vicious Beast pack,

Su Mu stood with his spear held horizontally, facing the direction of the five men.

"The five of you have been following me for nearly an hour. It's time to come out!"

Not long after entering the Qingshui City Ruins, Su Mu had discovered five people following him.

Of course, it wasn't Su Mu who discovered them. After all, Su Mu only had two human eyes; it was impossible for him to observe his surroundings while hunting Vicious Beasts.

Speaking of which, Xiao You's capabilities were truly extraordinary; she even had a signal detection function.

Xiao You detected five signals that were constantly lingering around Su Mu. Didn't that just expose them immediately!

Sure enough!

When Su Mu said that, the five people jumped down from a distant tall building.

"How did you discover us?"

Bu Biao looked at Su Mu with a sullen face.

"No need for nonsense. Are you coming all at once or one by one? I'm in a hurry."

Su Mu's attitude of completely disregarding them made the five men feel both angry and fearful.

"Don't be too arrogant. The weakest among the five of us is Rank Two Intermediate."

"I'm not being arrogant!"

Su Mu shrugged his shoulders and then looked around at the five of them.

"I'm not targeting anyone specifically, I just think everyone here is trash."

After saying that, he directly raised his spear and charged at the five men.

Although the weakest person was at the same Rank as Su Mu, the standard for measuring combat power was never just Rank.

Rank was just a scale. Some people looked like Rank Two Intermediate, but their actual combat power had already reached Rank Three Intermediate.

Some people looked like Rank Two Intermediate, but their actual combat power was inferior to Rank Two Elementary.

To deal with these few people, Su Mu didn't even need to use Rapid Lightning Chidori.

By opening the Dark Lightning Domain, performing the Thunder Cloud Spear was enough to handle the five of them.

The four subordinates beside Bu Biao were all taken down within twenty moves.

Only Bu Biao was left, stubbornly holding on.

What humans fear most is a lack of hope; this is the reasoning behind 'not pressing a desperate foe' and 'leaving an opening when surrounding an army'.

If no hope is given, then situations like 'breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats' or 'fighting with one's back to the river' would occur.

So, Su Mu didn't use his full strength at first. Instead, he defeated them one by one, knocking down the four subordinates while giving off the feeling that there was still a chance to escape.

Until finally, only one person was left standing while everyone else had fallen.

Boiling a frog in warm water.

Now that Bu Biao had absolutely no way out, Su Mu didn't need to hold back anymore; he could just directly crush his hope.

'Puchi—'

A spear thrust pierced through a thigh, and then with an outward flick, blood and flesh flew together.

"Ah—"

A miserable scream echoed in the wilderness.

Su Mu raised his spear again and thrust it into the other thigh, flicking it once more.

"Ah—"

Bu Biao knelt on the ground, his face contorted.

"Speak! Why did you come to hunt me? I shouldn't know you!"

"You killed my brother!"

Su Mu frowned. "Your brother?"

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something.

"I see!" Su Mu now knew why these people were hunting him. The mystery was solved, so these people were now useless.

He just raised his spear to kill the five of them.

"You dare kill us? Our backer is the Station Master of Qingyuan Base. If you kill us, you won't have a good ending."

Su Mu pulled back his spear and stood it before him.

"What? The Station Master of Qingyuan Base is your backer?"

"That's right! The Station Master of Qingyuan Base, Bu Yao, is my uncle. If you dare kill us, you will definitely die too.

I advise you to let us go and kowtow three times. Maybe then we can let you off."

Su Mu was simply dumbfounded. How had this idiot lived until today?

"What Rank is the Station Master of Qingyuan Base?"

Bu Biao had a face full of pride, thinking Su Mu was afraid. "Rank Six. I advise..."

'Thump!'

The sound of a head hitting the ground rang out.

"Thud thud thud thud."

Quickly, all four people were dead.

'Ding! Successfully killed all hunters. Obtained A-grade Cultivation resource fossil marrow, placed into the System space.'

"A Rank Six powerhouse? That is indeed quite troublesome. Forget it, I'll leave it to Teacher.

Who doesn't have a backer!"