Gaa, gaa, gaa...
A crow soared through the sky, gliding amid the drifting snow.
The biting cold wind whipped its feathers fiercely.
Were it a flesh-and-blood creature, it would have long since been frozen stiff by the high-altitude chill.
Within the crow’s eyes, a pentagram array flickered faintly.
About half a kilometer away, Su Xiao was seated cross-legged on a large stone in the snow, accompanied by Amu and Bubu the Dog.
Amu had been badly injured earlier.
It had single-handedly blocked Gaara, Kankuro, and Temari.
Though it only delayed them briefly, its entire body was covered in deep wounds reaching down to the bone.
After all, Gaara is a Shadow, not so easy to block.
Such potentially lethal injuries were merely minor wounds to Amu.
Moreover, it had been poisoned by Kankuro’s deadly sand toxins.
The poison from the Sand Hidden Village was infamous.
Now, Amu lay in the snow, face pale blue—a lingering effect of the venom requiring time to heal.