Killing Intent Naruto + Moderately Pretending Sasuke =?

North Capital.

The sky was gray and overcast, and the air carried a faint watery smell. Anyone with even a little common sense knew that a heavy rain was likely coming.

Lu Su was no exception. If he wished, he could have Madara or Sasuke use Almighty Push above North Capital to disperse the rain clouds.

But there was no need. Card Masters generally did not interfere with normal weather changes.

It was worth mentioning that ever since cards had appeared, Great Ming had basically never suffered from major droughts or floods.

At that moment, a damp, chilly wind blew through the open window into the room, making the curtains sway slightly.

But Lu Su had no mood to care about the weather right now, because Bai Yueming had just delivered some bad news.

"Master Fang has gone missing?"

Hearing his teacher’s words, Lu Su could not help but frown slightly.

He knew where Fang Wenlong had gone. Some time ago, a new Secret Realm had appeared in a small country beside Goryeo. At first, the Great Ming Card Masters stationed there had estimated it to be around Diamond Grade, but once it truly descended, things began to go wrong.

Every Card Master who entered the Secret Realm lost contact.

The Card Masters who sensed something was wrong immediately reported it, and Fang Wenlong then volunteered to investigate.

As for why it was Fang Wenlong—

His disciple, Hu Lai, was in that small country, and he had been among the first batch of Card Masters to enter the Secret Realm.

As Hu Lai’s teacher, Fang Wenlong naturally could not stand by and watch his disciple fall into danger, so he volunteered to head to the small country.

Then all news vanished.

As of now, this Master Card Master had not sent back even a single message.

Faced with such a bizarre situation, Great Ming naturally could not simply ignore it.

At the very least—

If alive, they had to find the man. If dead, they had to find the body.

Thinking of this, Lu Su could not help but sigh.

Bai Yueming’s purpose in coming to him was simple: he hoped Lu Su would go and find Fang Wenlong.

But—

It was not that Lu Su was unwilling to go. Rather, with Fang Wenlong missing, if Lu Su also went looking for him, only his teacher and Ji Weirui would remain as Master Grade Card Masters within Great Ming.

Seemingly seeing through his worries, Bai Yueming stepped forward and comforted him. "Xiao Luo, don’t overthink it. Times are different now. Great Ming’s situation has already improved greatly."

"Go without worry. Ji and I will be fine."

With matters having reached this point, Lu Su no longer hesitated. He immediately stood up and vanished from the room.

Seeing that he was now alone, Bai Yueming let out a long sigh.

"Troubled times indeed…"

Beneath the blood-red setting sun, Fang Wenlong frowned as he hurried toward a location he had just investigated.

The situation was even more complicated than he had imagined before entering.

Two factions were currently fighting within this Secret Realm. There was nothing particularly unusual about that; such things had happened in Secret Realms before.

But the strange part was—

After Fang Wenlong killed several members of one faction that called itself the Resistance Faction, no materials dropped.

Only two possibilities could cause that.

One was that they were not Demons. The other was that he had already left Blue Star.

Yet when he killed members of the other faction, materials did drop.

Clearly, the latter possibility could be ruled out.

"Then why are there beings in this Secret Realm that aren’t Demons?"

Fang Wenlong could not help muttering to himself. This was the first time he had encountered something so strange. In past Secret Realms, even powerless civilians would drop materials, even if they were only the lowest-grade Black Iron Grade white materials.

And that was not the only strange thing.

After entering this Secret Realm, Fang Wenlong had not seen the Secret Realm Entrance that should have been there. Instead, he had appeared directly in the middle of the battle between the two factions.

Fortunately, relying on his Master Grade strength, he had ultimately escaped the battlefield without injury.

It was not that Fang Wenlong did not want to beat everyone present into submission. He simply could not, because in his perception, both sides had Master Grade beings, and more than one at that.

Luckily, after he withdrew from the battlefield, neither side sent anyone to pursue him. Perhaps both feared he was a trap laid by the other side.

"Forget it. I’ll find Hu Lai first, then decide what to do."

Thinking of his disciple, Fang Wenlong felt rather helpless.

According to the information he had gathered, a battle maniac called the Ultimate Killer had appeared over the past two days within the territory of the faction that could drop materials.

Based on the descriptions, it was most likely his disciple, Hu Lai.

But becoming famous in a place like this was hardly a good thing. Wasn’t that basically dancing on someone else’s grave?

Fang Wenlong believed that it would not be long before powerful enemies came to surround and eliminate Hu Lai, so he had to find his disciple before then.

With that thought, the refined-looking middle-aged man accelerated once more.

But Fang Wenlong was still inside a Secret Realm. Unfamiliar with the place and without a map to guide him, finding Hu Lai in a short time was clearly unrealistic.

Unless—

He also stirred up some major trouble.

That way, he could both help his disciple draw away some firepower and attract the Great Ming Card Masters trapped within the Secret Realm.

Two birds with one stone. Why not?

"If only Xiao Luo were here."

After making his decision, Fang Wenlong suddenly thought of Lu Su.

In the eyes of this War God, if Lu Su were here, none of this trouble would be necessary. With the youth’s strength, he could completely slaughter the entire Secret Realm. After all, based on what he had seen so far, there were no Hall of Fame Grade powerhouses within it.

Why would he be as constrained as he was now, unable even to control what would happen next?

Fang Wenlong did not think he could retreat unscathed.

He could only do his best.

"Ah…"

With Lu Su’s current strength, reaching the small country did not take much effort.

Very quickly, he saw the Secret Realm Entrance radiating a strange aura. By now, it had been completely surrounded by defensive fortifications built by Great Ming Card Masters.

At that moment, a Great Ming Card Master wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and jogged over to Lu Su, calling softly, "Master Luo…"

This person was Bystander A.

Faced with such an obviously bizarre Secret Realm, Lu Su naturally would not charge in headfirst. He stared at the rift that constantly distorted the surrounding space and said, "Tell me about the current situation."

"Yes."

Bystander A acknowledged him, then explained the situation to Lu Su.

As he spoke, Lu Su gradually came to understand the current circumstances.

When the Secret Realm Entrance had first formed, the Card Master troops stationed there immediately sent cards inside to investigate. But the moment the cards entered, their connection with the Card Masters was severed. After a while, the cards entered cooldown.

Faced with this situation, Hu Lai decided to enter the Secret Realm personally.

Then there was nothing after that.

He and the Card Master troops he led disappeared without a trace, like stones sinking into the sea.

Seeing this, the Card Masters outside naturally could not keep charging into the Secret Realm one after another like the Calabash Brothers trying to save Grandpa. They sensibly chose to call for reinforcements.

Obviously, Fang Wenlong was the person they had called over.

The result was simple: Association Headquarters received word that he too had gone missing.

"This is quite troublesome."

Lu Su looked at the Secret Realm Entrance in the distance and muttered unconsciously.

The last time he had seen such a bizarre Secret Realm was the Twin Secret Realm he had encountered in An De—the Cyber Jianghu with those absurd Mechanophiles.

With the intention of testing it, Lu Su summoned a Ghost Shadow Soldier and sent it into the Secret Realm to investigate.

What happened next was exactly as Bystander A had said. Once the Ghost Shadow Soldier entered the Secret Realm, it vanished as though it had evaporated from the world, with no response at all.

Lu Su raised his brows. "Looks like I’ll have to go in and see for myself."

As he spoke, he looked at Bystander A beside him. "Guard this place. If anything changes with this Secret Realm later, act according to the situation. If things become impossible, retreat first."

Lu Su said this because this was not Great Ming territory. There was no need to stubbornly fight a Secret Realm to the death here.

"Yes."

Hearing Lu Su’s words, Bystander A hurriedly lowered his head in acknowledgment.

When he raised his head again, Lu Su, who had been standing beside him, had already disappeared.

Elsewhere.

After a brief daze, Lu Su discovered that his surroundings had changed into a city filled with towering buildings. Yet his attention was not on the environment around him.

Because he already knew who had caused all these strange occurrences.

A peculiar smile appeared on Lu Su’s face as he muttered inwardly, I never thought I’d encounter a second living one of my kind.

The instant he stepped through the Secret Realm Entrance, he had sensed the aura of the World Consciousness.

Not Blue Star’s World Consciousness, but the World Consciousness of this Secret Realm.

Lu Su swept his gaze over the surroundings. After confirming there was no Secret Realm Entrance, he sneered inwardly. No wonder the people who entered before couldn’t send any information out.

He understood now.

Since there were tough World Consciousnesses like Blue Star and Earth, there would naturally be weak ones too.

Without question, the World Consciousness of the Secret Realm Lu Su was currently in belonged to the latter category.

Listening to the alarms echoing throughout the entire city, he curled his lips disdainfully. Then, as if speaking to someone, he said softly, "You don’t think this level of force is enough to take me down, do you?"

"My kind."

In Lu Su’s perception, the city he was in was densely packed with Demon auras. There were even two Master Grade Demons.

If an ordinary Master Grade Card Master found themselves in such a situation, they would have to shed at least a layer of skin to escape.

But who was Lu Su?

He was the youngest Master Grade Card Master. He was a freak who could face Hall of Fame Grade beings head-on.

He was Great Ming’s Myriad Manifestations.

Forgive him for saying so, but in this city—

NOT! A! SINGLE! ONE! COULD! FIGHT!

At some point, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke had appeared beside Lu Su.

"Sasuke!"

"Naruto!"

As the two youths struck fist against fist, an enormous Demon Fox clad from head to toe in purple armor suddenly appeared within the city.

At the same time, a gigantic wooden figure wearing blue armor appeared beside the Demon Fox.

Two generations of Asura and Indra joining forces—this was a dreamlike scene that no one would have dared imagine in the Naruto World.

Of course, the Shinigami-type Cards led by Kurosaki Ichigo were not to be underestimated either. However, because all three Field Cards were on cooldown, their display was somewhat less imposing.

Such a terrifying sight, combined with the piercing alarms, instantly threw the Demons throughout the city into chaos.

Without a doubt, what was happening at this moment would become a nightmare that haunted them for the rest of their lives.

If they still had a future.

"What kind of monster did It send over?!"

Sensing the bone-chilling aura in the distance, the two Master Grade Demons stationed in the city could not help swallowing.

As members of the Submission Faction who had chosen to follow the World Consciousness, they naturally knew that some foreign creatures had entered this world over the past few days.

One of them, a being no weaker than they were, had even been thrown by the World Consciousness directly onto the battlefield between them and the Resistance Faction.

But that outsider had ultimately fled in disgrace.

Unlike the outsider they faced now, who showed no concern whatsoever for his own situation even while standing in the heart of Submission Faction territory.

Most importantly—

He seemed to truly have the ability to kill them.

Just as the two Master Grade Demons hesitated over whether to wait for reinforcements, the Purple Armored Fox, whose aura resembled that of a Demon God, looked in their direction.

The two Demons immediately sensed danger. Yet before they could react, Susanoo Nine-Tails’ right hand produced an outrageously massive purple blade.

The next moment, a terrifying slash swept through the entire city, cleaving it in two as it shot straight toward the two Master Grade Demons.

Feeling the violent wind battering their bodies, the two Demons’ pupils constricted. "…!"

Screech—!

After splitting the entire city in two, the devastating slash continued flying for a long distance before gradually disappearing into the air.

At that moment, there were no longer any buildings in front of Susanoo Nine-Tails. There was only a terrifying chasm, like a canyon.

With just one strike, only the two Master Grade Demons remained before Lu Su.

Although the two Master Grade Demons had not suffered much damage from the slash, they still touched their bodies with lingering fear. "Good thing we dodged quickly…"

Facing an enemy as powerful as Lu Su, the two Demons knew they could not confront him head-on. As long as they waited for reinforcements to arrive, then no matter what incredible means their opponent possessed, he would not be able to overturn the situation.

The plan was perfect. Unfortunately, the two Master Grade Demons did not know that Lu Su was thinking the same thing.

Standing behind Naruto and Sasuke, Lu Su watched the two Demons in the distance begin a guerrilla battle, his gaze flickering.

"Heh."

"Reinforcements?"

"I’d like to see whether you can swallow a big fish like me."

That was right. He had already made his plan. Once the Demons’ reinforcements arrived, he would have Naruto and Sasuke activate Asura Nine-Tails Mode and Tailed Beast Power Susanoo.

As for whether there might be Hall of Fame Grade Demons—

He would use Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei to seal them, then use the Reincarnation Technique to refresh the cooldowns of the three Field Cards and summon the Soul King to escape.

But Lu Su did not think this Secret Realm contained any Hall of Fame Grade Demons. If it did, then the first enemy he faced upon entering the Secret Realm should have been one.

"Come on, reveal your trump cards. If this is all you have…"

"You won’t be able to stop me."