Chapter 360 My Ability? Nitpicking! (6200, First Update, Seeking Monthly Tickets~)

Neither Mikhail nor Vika answered Su Zhou, they just widened the distance between each other, and then glanced at the petite figure beside the young man, revealing a thoughtful look.

——This is the summoner of Zhuzhou? Does a child have such vast magical power?

——This is not easy to handle, my precepts do not allow me to kill children... Well, judging from this, I can't kill her anyway.

With the power of No Thought, Su Zhou could roughly hear the inner voices of these two guys, and he couldn't help but smile at their thoughts.

The main reason Su Zhou brought Aula on this trip was that now both the wilderness and the mountains are full of wandering transcendents and Dragon Ball holders. Even hiding people in the clouds and underground is not safe. It's better to directly put the girl in an exoskeleton armor made of his own dragon scales, and fully protect her. That's even safer.

If it really doesn't work, at the most critical moment, he can directly put Aula into his personal space and run away—if Aula's entry into the personal space didn't cause the Dragon Ball to lose its magic power and prevent him from maintaining his power to stay in this world. But as long as the time is not long, there is no problem releasing her after running out of the dangerous area.

At this moment, in the center of the distant ice-free lake, a behemoth so huge that its body alone, displayed on the lake surface, reached a hundred meters in height, was raging. Water mist and smoke were constantly rising, and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke, along with the violent magic waves that were constantly shaking the heaven and earth, spread in all directions.

Its body was as huge as a sea serpent, covered in thick scales, its head resembled a whale and a crocodile. From its mouth, it spewed flames that stretched for thousands of meters, burning the sky like a sharp sword. The aftershocks not only made the lake boil, and the surrounding forests turned into a sea of fire, but even the clouds that were bringing down blizzards were burned with holes, revealing the golden sunlight behind them.

“Roar ah ah ah————” The giant beast roared, like dozens of thunderclaps exploding, as if to tear the earth apart, but everyone could see that its body was becoming illusory. Obviously, without the support of a summoner and the Dragon Ball, the monster from another world could no longer continue to exist.

——Leviathan.

A long-standing ancient monster, a sea beast that has a place in many myths, rumored to be the largest and most powerful creation of God in the sea, an existence that can cause the sea to flow backward with just its movements.

At this moment, it descended with a summoned body, displaying not even a fraction of its original strength, but even so, with its summoner possibly dead, no one was willing to approach it, lest they be dragged down by the final counterattack of the monster before it dissipated in madness.

Of course, unlike the others who looked solemn, seemingly wondering who killed the summoner of such a giant beast, Su Zhou was thinking about something else: "Can Leviathan also be considered a dragon-snake? Yala, is there a problem with your classification?"

"...Dragons originate from snakes, and snakes originate from feminine power, which symbolizes earth, creation, death, and reincarnation. The legend of Leviathan originates from numerous sea beasts around the world, as well as the image of Bahamut. Many of its own legends also have obvious 'Great Sea Serpent' legends, and Bahamut is also the prototype of a earth goddess who holds the power of 'Creation'—it's nonsense to say that Leviathan doesn't have dragon-snake elements, but it really doesn't count as orthodox."

Yala's voice came from the personal space, it reminded him: "This Leviathan was summoned out, it's obviously a bit abnormal. Dragon Balls don't summon it when summoning Bahamut."

And Su Zhou was paying attention to another direction, he was thoughtful: "So, you and the Lord of Silence had a pretty good relationship back then? You even shared incarnations. No wonder you spoke well of him back then."

"Don't you understand what myths are like now? A knife hidden in the tail, a Zhuzhou Dragon that originated from rockets?"

The snake spirit's annoyed voice sounded, and at this time, the other Dragon Ball holders also noticed the three fellow travelers gathered here.

The five people were now positioned to roughly surround the ice-free lake where Leviathan was located, both to ensure that Leviathan would not go down the ice-free river and destroy the villages and towns along the way, and to find favorable terrain for the subsequent battle for the Dragon Ball.

They could all sense that the Dragon Ball was in the lake beneath Leviathan. Although they didn't know who killed the giant beast's summoner, it was obvious that he had not taken the Dragon Ball away.

Apart from Mikhail and Vika, Su Zhou's eyes could naturally see the young mountain hunter with wings growing from his ribs, hiding in the clouds, but among all the people present, the one who caught his attention the most was another summoner wearing a green robe, who looked ordinary.

This male summoner had a rather weathered appearance, with messy gray-black hair and a beard, giving off a kind of charm of having experienced the world… Su Zhou didn't care about appearance, who knew if it was fake. What he really cared about was the familiar aura emanating from the other party.

"This feeling... a bit of a hometown flavor."

After muttering in his heart for a while, Su Zhou came to a rather incredible, but quite natural conclusion: "It should be a Shenlong summoner from Zheng Country or the East? That's right, this is another world, they even know about me, so it's only natural to summon them. It's not strange for others to summon the Shenlong from my hometown."

The weathered summoner obviously also noticed Su Zhou, gave him a faint glance, but soon, the others also noticed him.

"The Dragon Ball holder who appeared earliest in the Northern Lands, the former chief priest of Blackwater City, 'The Renegade' Matvey."

Seeing the other party, the Vika priest immediately frowned: "Abandoning the church temple, coming to the Northern Lands with a Dragon Ball of unknown origin… Hiding his tracks for more than ten years, now he has finally appeared."

To this, the weathered middle-aged man did not reply, he just turned his green eyes, and surveyed everyone present.

The young hunter flying in the clouds had not yet left the clouds, and looked extremely vigilant. He seemed to be able to control the clouds and some of the weather. In these few minutes, the snow clouds around the ice-free lake became thicker and thicker.

The bounty hunter in the distance had already taken out his weapon, standing in a safe position where he could leave at any time, watching intently, and it was impossible to tell what abilities he had.

The church priest Vika stood on the lakeside to one side. The distorted air from the heat waves coming from his body even obscured his face, and he was also the only one who openly displayed the power of the Shenlong he had obtained, without any concealment.

That's right, Fafnir's dragon blood body, this conspicuous immortal body couldn't be concealed, so it would be better to directly show his own difficulty, so that he wouldn't be the first target of others.

And Zhuzhou, that strange Shenlong, and his little summoner, were standing aside quite relaxed—the humanoid Shenlong was even pointing at the Leviathan that was about to dissipate, and talking about something, seemingly introducing and educating related mythological knowledge?

Did he come here to bring a child?

Just as Matvey was observing, with a wail, the giant beast in the center of the ice-free lake began to slowly collapse and dissipate—the huge sea beast bloomed with rays of light all over its body, and then the huge body first divided into countless small fish, and then disintegrated into endless spiritual power, returning to the heaven and earth.

Leviathan, who had lost his summoner, dissipated, but Su Zhou noticed a detail—the other party did not collapse directly, but first divided into many small fish, and then disintegrated into spiritual power.

This characteristic was not originally possessed by the legendary Leviathan, and anything unusual must have some special meaning… This special detail was remembered by Su Zhou.

Then, the middle-aged man Matvey's rather hoarse voice sounded, he stared at the Dragon Ball at the bottom of the lake, which became clearer as Leviathan dissipated: "I was the first to arrive here. At that time, Leviathan's summoner didn't seem to be dead yet, but then his yacht exploded, and his life aura completely disappeared, dying thoroughly."

He was simply stating what he had seen and heard—sharing information was not strange. They were certainly competitors, but they needed to be more vigilant against the guys who could kill other Dragon Ball holders. It was not strange or bizarre for anyone to kill anyone in a clearly defined battle, but one person died so inexplicably not long after the war started, so it was natural to find out the truth as soon as possible.

However, just after Matvey said what he had seen and heard, a rather childish girl's voice sounded from the ground.

"Sir, did you see him die with your own eyes? Why are you so sure he's dead?"

Speaking was naturally Aula, who was next to Su Zhou, firmly protected in the children's exoskeleton armor. Her tone was full of childlike innocence and doubt: "Could it be a diversion, or a superficial death, lurking in the dark?"

"That's certainly possible, but..."

Asked like this, Matvey was stunned for a moment, unable to reply for a while.

"I also saw it with my own eyes."

At this moment, a voice came from the sky. The hunter boy was more kind-hearted, and he helped answer: "At that time, I was patrolling in the sky, and as a result, I discovered a high magical power reaction coming from the lake—I thought it was another Shenlong who discovered me and was preparing to attack, so I was planning to make a strategic transfer first, but I didn't expect that Dragon Ball holder's life aura to suddenly weaken, and then completely disappear in the explosion of the yacht, and the giant beast just now lost control because of this."

And the girl's doubtful voice continued to come from behind the armor: "But sir, this can't mean he's dead either—it can only mean that after the huge explosion, this summoner's aura disappeared."

The boy in the clouds in the distance blinked, he opened his mouth to speak, but in the end, he did not continue to speak.

"I know this yacht, it's the boat of Agatha, the Second Prince of the Empire."

The church priest Vika spoke again, his face was serious at this time: "We have some contact with the royal family, and we know that they sent a member of the royal family to the Northern Lands, but we didn't expect him to hold a Dragon Ball… Why was he the first to be attacked? The Dragon bloodline of the Kerba Empire is fully displayed, no less than a summoned Shenlong!"

"Why do you say he's the first? Did you see the Second Prince attack with your own eyes?"

But, obviously, under Su Zhou's encouraging expression, the doubtful voice rang out again and again: "Otherwise, why can you be so sure that the Second Prince was attacked? Even if it's his boat, the person sitting on it may not be him, right? The same goes for the Dragon Ball, it may not be held by the Second Prince."

Aula's voice was very pure, it was genuine doubt and curiosity.

But the repeated questioning caused the bounty hunter Mikhail, who had not spoken and remained silent all along, to turn his head and look at this strange Shenlong and summoner combination with a subtle gaze.

To this, Su Zhou's expression was extremely gratified: "Not bad, Aula, you've learned your questioning and curiosity well. It's worth me teaching you my years of questioning experience, you can already be said to have graduated from the basics!"

"Children should have rich curiosity and questioning abilities. Back then, I turned into a hundred thousand whys, making my parents and Aunt Wen speechless, and they could only let me go online to check information, allowing me to find more questioning targets. Thinking about it, more than ten years have passed, it's truly nostalgic."

At this moment, around the ice-free lake, under Aula's sincere questioning, all the Shenlong summoners fell silent.

The hunter boy can fly and control the weather, the priest Vika has an immortal body, the bounty hunter Mikhail has shown great power, and Matvey, the first summoner to appear in the Northern Lands, although seemingly ordinary, obtained the Dragon Ball very early. Who knows what mysterious trump cards he has.

Everyone has learned and obtained special abilities from the Shenlong they summoned.

And Su Zhou's summoner is not bad either.

——She learned to nitpick.

"Everyone just expressed their opinions and analyses, or at least remained silent."

The priest Vika's personality was obviously more straightforward, he looked at Su Zhou coldly—because Aula was a little girl, he wouldn't bother arguing with a child: "If you have any information, just say it directly. Being able to kill a summoner with Shenlong bloodline so silently means that none of us are safe."

"Okay, then I'll say it. The murderer is among us!"

And Su Zhou said bluntly, he sneered, and directly raised his hand, pointing to the bottom of the lake: "Stop talking nonsense. Don't tell me you really plan to join hands to find the murderer? You don't want the Dragon Ball that summoned Leviathan, you can give it to me. I don't mind picking up corpses."

Even though the lake water was muddied by Leviathan, the magic reaction of the activated, ownerless Dragon Ball was so obvious that everyone's gazes subconsciously shifted away.

However, in the next instant, everyone turned their heads together, their eyes filled with vigilance and coldness, looking at Su Zhou.

In an instant, Su Zhou was locked on by the four Dragon Ball holders, and the auras of the Shenlong and demon dragons behind them.

Indeed, as Su Zhou said, no one really cared about how that hidden summoner managed to kill another Dragon Ball holder so silently. Who doesn't have one or two trump cards? After all, the Second Prince is a member of the royal family, and he hasn't experienced enough, so it's not strange that he was plotted against and died.

The most important thing is to get the Dragon Ball—and to eliminate the guy who looks the strongest on the surface and is also the most high-profile!

"You see, Aula, this is the combat secret I taught you before, 'ganging up on the weak'."

But regarding the sense of encirclement vaguely coming from the other four sides, Su Zhou was not nervous at all. Although he also took out his World Tree spear, prepared for battle, and was always ready to throw the little girl into his personal space and turn himself into a rocket to run away, he was indeed not nervous, revealing a sense of ease: "Remember, in the future, if you want to fight with others, you must remember the combat essentials of my Su Zhou lineage."

"If you can gang up, don't duel. If you can borrow strength, you must use it."

"If you can disguise several layers of armor, disguise several layers. You must start deceiving before the battle, making them think that they have seen your true face, and then you tear off a layer of armor and transform into a second form to fight them."

"And then remember to use weapons. If you have a gun, use a gun. If you don't have a gun, use a knife. Never go against people empty-handed, unless you originally didn't want to kill people."

"Of course, the most important thing is that whenever you encounter someone you can't kill, you should silently run away."

After saying that, Su Zhou immediately prepared to turn around and run away—after being provoked by him like this, he had roughly figured out the Shenlong summoned by the others. The bounty hunter was Jörmungandr, which goes without saying, and the priest was obviously Fafnir, the evil dragon in the Nordic epic *Nibelungenlied*, and the hunter boy flying in the sky, just looking at those wings and his ability to control the weather, was either Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god of North America, or Yinglong of Zheng Country. They all have the power to control the weather and wings, but looking at those feathers, it should be the feathered serpent god.

As for the last one, Matvey, he definitely summoned the Shenlong of Zheng Country. As for what specific dragon it was, Su Zhou felt that it should be Yinglong based on his own bloodline induction. Although there is no definite proof at present, it is enough to narrow down the direction of speculation.

Adding in Leviathan, who knows if he is really dead, in this Dragon Ball battle, he has already recognized most of the Shenlong. What he should do next is to prepare corresponding combat strategies, instead of fighting them face-to-face here!

"As expected of a Shenlong-sama."

To this, Aula also nodded in conviction, but the girl also pointed out a contradiction: "But Su Zhou, you are running away now, and you are not remaining silent."

"Then I'll teach you another word, strategic transfer."

However, just as the four Dragon Ball holders who were vaguely surrounding Su Zhou were preparing to erupt their power and attack him, suddenly, Matvey, the leader, suddenly turned his head, and the staff he had already taken out turned, directly pointing to the clouds far away.

"Cloud Stop——"

In an instant, a huge force erupted, but its target was not Su Zhou, but the hunter boy located in the layers of snow clouds!

In an instant, the snow clouds between heaven and earth were directly frozen, and the changes in the weather were stopped. Struck by the sudden attack, the hunter boy was both surprised and angry. He roared, and the wings under his ribs shook, breaking free from Matvey's power, which, like his own, could also control the snow clouds and the atmosphere.

In the next moment, he immediately raised the longbow and feathered arrow in his hand. The longbow was glittering with golden light, and invisible magic power penetrated the overcast clouds, turning the light of the scorching sun in the sky into an arrow, attached to the arrow, exuding the power of the majestic sun god.

The vast power of the Shenlong immediately shattered all the clouds within a kilometer, clearing the heaven and earth—the scorching sun in the sky seemed to echo, dropping more light, melting the ice and snow on the earth.

However, just as the boy was planning to counterattack Matvey, another divine technique descended—Vika used the secret technique of the Primordial Dragon Church. The handsome young priest raised his hand, and shackles condensed from golden divine light appeared in his hand. It disappeared in an instant, and then appeared on the boy's wrists and wings, sealing his attack and mobility—although it was immediately broken free, a moment of stagnation occasionally equaled stagnation in eternity.

In this eternal moment, the hunter boy was greeted by a bullet. The bounty hunter Mikhail did not hesitate at all. He was very fake when he was chasing Su Zhou before, only bursting out a little momentum, without any desire to fight.

But now, he was truly bursting out with killing intent.

It could be seen that in the silver-gray, gorgeous magic gun, vast magic power was crazily converging. Magic thunder with highly toxic properties condensed into a bullet in the current, and then, with a gunshot, it shot out, turning into lightning, and pierced the hunter boy's chest and abdomen.

"Wh… why me…"

Instantly, the hunter boy's lower body was completely shattered, and Jörmungandr's poison, which was enough to kill Thor, the thunder god, also began to invade his remaining body. This young summoner had not yet reacted to why, but his ending of death was already doomed.

Why? There were many reasons. Everyone has their own reasons. Some are because their powers are the same, and they don't want to leave behind a similar person, affecting the subsequent battle layout. Some are because everyone present is very tricky, so they kill the simpler one first. And some are because since others have already made a move, they naturally have to follow up with a blow, showing their strength and seeing if they can eliminate a competitor first.

It could be seen that a huge feathered serpent phantom appeared between heaven and earth. It had already reacted before the other three started attacking, wanting to use its power to protect its summoner, but alas, along with the other three low-pitched chants, no matter how powerful the feathered serpent was, it was just a summoned body, suppressed by the three sacred dragon-snakes.

They had obviously never targeted Su Zhou from beginning to end, but had already chosen the hunter boy as the target of their sudden attack! And the hunter boy was full of the idea that he could muddle through.

However, even so, a dying Dragon Ball summoner was not necessarily destined to wait for death.

With death close at hand, the power originating from the Shenlong and the hard work of recent years was withering. They were about to disappear without fighting, but at this moment of impending silence, a sudden realization arose in the hunter boy's heart.

——So, this is killing intent.

Not the respect filled in his heart when hunting beasts for food, not the matter-of-course of handling ingredients when dealing with beasts that had already died in traps.

Killing people is the ultimate destruction, it doesn't need embellishment, it's very simple, it's about erasing a person, so that he can never appear in front of you again.

"So, it's so simple…"

The hunter, who had never been able to aim his bow at humans, raised his bow and arrow with the last of his strength at this moment, and in the last instant before the poison spread to his brain, his mind did not replay the scene of his life in a horse-drawn carriage—what was there to recall about the life of an ordinary boy in the mountains? It was precisely because that memory was so ordinary that he was willing to make a contract, summon the Shenlong, and participate in this war with life, death, and the future as stakes.

Losing is losing, I just don't want to be unknown, that's all.

So, he simply aimed the bow at Matvey, the first one to attack him, and locked onto the other party with the killing intent he had just learned.

Then, draw the bow, shoot the arrow.

Immediately afterwards, light fell like a star.

In the whistling of heaven and earth, it was as if a sun had fallen.

The arrow of the shooter and the corpse of the shooter fell to the earth together.