"...It's alright, the one who escaped has been dealt with too," Liu Qiqiang said hoarsely. After giving a few more reports, he hung up the phone, turned to look in the direction Su Han had been, and his brows furrowed instantly. "Where is he?"
"They must have left, right?" Wei Xuemin's words were somewhat uncertain.
Liu Qiqiang's expression changed several times before he finally said weakly, "It's quite normal... He should be living in seclusion nearby right now."
"Seclusion?"
Wei Xuemin finally realized something was wrong; these two words were not something an ordinary person could use.
“You’re not a true cultivator, so you don’t understand,” Liu Qiqiang pointed to the ruins in front of him and said softly, “An industrial park that can collapse dozens of hectares with a single blow… even if it’s abandoned. That would require at least a peerless expert at the peak of the Five Elements Realm. Perhaps…”
Liu Qiqiang didn't say anything more after that.
He even suspected that the other party might be a Saint Lord at the Six Harmonies Realm. But what a terrifying figure a Saint Lord is! They can create an incomparably powerful Holy Land single-handedly.
In the entire Jiangnan province, there are no more than ten people at the Saint Lord realm.
One, Two Forms, Three Powers, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Six Harmonies... Cultivating six realms, one step leads to a heavenly palace.
“A simple sacrificial ceremony in a small, ordinary city like Jiangzhou… has somehow brought out such a big shot,” Liu Qiqiang said quietly. “The entire Jiangnan region may be shaken.”
Wei Xuemin fell silent; she was too shocked to say anything.
"Oh, right," Liu Qiqiang suddenly remembered something and asked casually, "Do you remember what that person looked like? We might need it when we report later."
"I..." Wei Xuemin opened her mouth, but when she was about to say something, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on her face. "Wait, I think I forgot?"
"What?" Liu Qiqiang suddenly turned to stare at Wei Xuemin. "How could you forget something like this... wait a minute."
Liu Qiqiang also tried to recall, but found that he could only remember Su Han's strange red eyes.
Not to mention Su Han's face, even his eyes, he only remembered that they were red... As for what they looked like exactly? He couldn't quite remember.
After a long silence, Liu Qiqiang said dryly, "It must be some kind of special method that interferes with the mind and will. He used it to conceal his physical form, but that's not surprising..."
"As I said before... that person should be living in seclusion. It would be strange if they were found so easily."
"Then what about us?" Wei Xuemin hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.
"Just report the facts." Liu Qiqiang sighed. "What happens next is not something we should get involved in."
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Chapter 11 New Members in the Misty Space
Meanwhile, Su Han returned home silently.
"Showing off and then running away, that's so exciting." Su Han clicked his tongue and stared at his palm, his arm trembling slightly.
"...It's a bit sore. As expected, my current physical condition is far from being able to perfectly handle the Tremor-Tremor Fruit."
Su Han wasn't surprised. The Tremor-Tremor Fruit is known as the strongest among Paramecia-type Devil Fruits, or at least the strongest in terms of destructive power. Even without much development, simply swallowing this Devil Fruit would give it an extremely high starting point.
However, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit requires extremely high physical fitness and stamina.
If Su Han didn't have Hashirama cells, his own resilience would be extremely strong, and he might not even be able to unleash the destructive power he had before.
"I guess I still need to play it safe," Su Han sighed, sitting cross-legged on the bed as he began refining his chakra for the day. "This world is too complicated..."
Remembering the strange encounter he had just had with the unfinished building yesterday, and now witnessing another blood sacrifice at an altar, Su Han realized that the dangers of this world might be beyond his imagination…
Although Su Han wasn't entirely sure why these incidents were happening so frequently, and there were no reports about them online, he wasn't prepared to stand out in this dangerous world. After all, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.
Su Han made up his mind, "I'll first become as cunning as Whitebeard Uchiha Madara, then see how things go... I don't need to be invincible, but at least I need to be able to protect myself in any situation... Only then can I leave the mountain, right?"
Half an hour later, the alarm clock rang on time, and Su Han got up.
It has to be said that Hashirama's cells have incredible regenerative abilities. The hand he used to unleash the Tremor-Tremor Fruit attack earlier no longer aches.
Upon arriving in the living room, Su Han began eating the breakfast prepared by Su Zhu.
While eating and playing on her phone, Su Zhu suddenly noticed something and exclaimed, "The abandoned factory near our house exploded? The entire factory was destroyed. This distance... so close? Wow! I just passed by there a few days ago when I went to buy groceries."
Su Zhu quickly patted her chest, her face showing lingering fear. She was genuinely panicked... If she had happened to be passing by the abandoned factory when the explosion occurred, wouldn't she have been in grave danger?
"Huh?!" Su Han suddenly felt a strong sense of déjà vu about this incident. After a brief silence, he immediately turned on his phone. He then found that his WeChat Moments, Weibo, and QQ were flooded with the news.
The sheer volume of information overwhelmed Su Han.
"Can someone count for me how many major explosions have occurred in the Jiangnan region this year?"
"May the departed rest in peace... Oh! You said it was an abandoned factory, and there were no casualties? Then it's alright."
"What the hell?! A massive explosion at an abandoned factory! I live right next to it, and I'm telling you this with absolute certainty. About half an hour ago, the ground around here shook violently; I almost thought it was an earthquake... I scrambled to escape with my family, and then I saw dust billowing up from the abandoned factory..."
"Hmm? The guy upstairs means... there's a big secret behind this? It's the collapse of an abandoned factory caused by an earthquake. Ridiculous!"
"It might be a battle between two Saint Lord-level powerhouses! Didn't we mention before that the deposed Ahri Great Horse God King supposedly went to Deep City to fight against the top experts there, and even had a fierce battle with that Saint Lord from the Penguin Holy Land who also had the surname Ma? He shattered a mountain!"
"That's just a friendly match. You think that when Saint Lord level experts really start a war, they only destroy one mountain? They could flatten an entire mountain range in a minute."
"So... at most, this is just a battle between experts at the Four Symbols Realm, right? If experts at the Saint Lord Realm were to fight at full strength, emmm, Jiangzhou would be gone..."
Looking at the messages, Su Han took a bite of his bread and nodded thoughtfully. "Is my current combat strength at the Four Symbols Realm? That's only below average... Although it's just a rough estimate, it shouldn't be taken too seriously..."
"But as expected...it's not that easy to rise to the top in one step. The road ahead is still very long, so let's cherish every step we take."
Just as Su Han was feeling sentimental, Su Zhu also sighed, "Jiangzhou is going to be in the public eye this time... Fortunately, there were no casualties."