Then, just as Kazahana Koyuki was in despair, she felt a surge of power erupting from deep within her body.
Instinctively, she reached out her hand toward the surrounding ninjas who had already encircled her.
Suddenly, countless pitch-black holes appeared in the sky above the forest.
Seeing this familiar scene, Kazahana Koyuki, Sandayu, and the ninjas all displayed different expressions.
Kazahana Koyuki looked at the spatial holes in the sky summoning the Subspace Lances and froze, seemingly not yet realizing that these things were summoned by her.
Sandayu and Kazahana Koyuki's other loyal retainers burst into expressions of pleasant surprise.
Because the princess had obtained her own power!
Meanwhile, the expressions on the faces of the remaining ninjas were filled with nothing but terror.
"Run!"
The destruction caused by the First Herrscher was still fresh in their minds, and the strength of the Second Herrscher who fought against her was also obvious to all.
Even if they knew that these two lacked combat experience, their powerful mechanics allowed them to completely ignore the threat of small fry who had a massive gap in strength compared to them.
That was right; the "small fry" referred to people like them.
Before coming here, the village had already analyzed that, relying on the strength of a ninja, there was simply no way to defeat these two unless it was a sneak attack.
And that was based on the premise that the First Herrscher had not used her power to modify herself yet, while the Second Herrscher was in a completely relaxed state without the slightest defense.
Otherwise, a sneak attack would be impossible!
The brief battle shown on the Sky Screen earlier had already provided enough information for them to analyze!
The First Herrscher possessed the Authority to analyze other powers and a robust body, while the Second Herrscher had the ability to manipulate space and a very likely existence of keen perception.
And that was without even counting their Companion Honkai Beasts.
If their Companion Honkai Beasts were by their side, there truly wouldn't be a single chance!
Although Kazahana Koyuki's Companion Honkai Beast was not with her now, she was currently in a state of high tension. At her most alert moment, a sneak attack was simply impossible...
Of course, there were also ninjas who refused to believe in such ill luck.
After seeing the familiar power, most ninjas chose to flee, but a small portion of ninjas felt that Kazahana Koyuki had only just obtained her power and could not yet control it skillfully, making this the best opportunity to deal with her.
Thus, they pulled out kunai and thrust them toward Kazahana Koyuki's throat, the back of her head, her heart, and other vital areas!
"Princess, be careful!!!"
Sandayu and the others' eyes widened, wanting to come to Kazahana Koyuki's aid.
But the ninjas' movements were so fast that they had no time to stop them!
However, Kazahana Koyuki smiled.
Feeling the Honkai Energy flowing through her body and her omnipotent Authority, she looked at the surrounding ninjas with a disdainful smile at the corner of her mouth.
"Nothing but... ants."
Swish—
Kazahana Koyuki didn't appear to make any physical movement; it was merely a thought. The figures of all the ninjas surrounding her with weapons instantly disappeared, only to reappear a hundred meters away.
And around them, dozens of pitch-black holes opened up, staring at them like the eyes of the abyss.
"Not good!"
By the time they realized something was wrong and tried to dodge, it was already too late.
Dozens of Subspace Lances impaled them, turning them into sieves.
From this moment on, the Second Herrscher had descended!
After obtaining the power of the Second Herrscher, Kazahana Koyuki led Sandayu and the others back to the Land of Snow.
She was going to take back everything that belonged to her!
She was the princess of the Land of Snow and should rightfully inherit this country.
This time, she would run away no longer!
The birth of the Second Herrscher caused a sensation in the Ninja World.
This meant the existence of the Herrscher was real, but that was not the most important thing. The most important thing was that because of the "prophecy" of the Sky Screen, the emergence of Herrschers might be moved forward!
This was the most unsettling news.
Because it meant that Herrschers might appear multiple times within a short period and display terrifying destructive power. It was highly likely that the military strength of various countries would be completely destroyed in a very short time, and even the people's livelihoods would be affected or even ruined.
One must know that although the previous Shinobi World Wars seemed incredibly tragic and impacted the economies of various countries, the wars were always controlled within a certain limit. Each village had a tacit understanding to attack the enemy's village and would not launch attacks on other targets.
Therefore, except for those small countries, the large cities of the major powers and even the nobles did not suffer the slightest damage.
But things were different now. The emergence of the Herrscher and Honkai Beasts meant that everyone from the Daimyo and nobles down to the farmers and slaves was no longer safe.
The ninjas would likely never be able to protect the noble lords again.
If it were just that, it might be fine, but what truly terrified them was the appearance of Honkai Energy.
This thing called Honkai Energy was truly not something ordinary people could endure.
They did not want to wake up one day and find that they had contracted Honkai Sickness and then die in agony.
At this time, some nobles recalled that on the Sky Screen, Konoha's Danzo had developed technology to create Honkai Energy Antibodies. Consequently, they contacted the survivors of Konoha, explicitly asking for Danzo by name.
And where was Danzo right now?
He had gone into hiding.
After knowing that his teacher had killed Sarutobi Hiruzen as a sacrifice, he immediately realized that the second person his teacher wanted to kill was him. So, he took his subordinates and hid.
Fortunately, he understood the principle of the "crafty rabbit having three burrows" and had several bases outside of Konoha.
Although they couldn't compare to the base of Root in Konoha, they were functional enough.
However, what truly surprised and delighted him was that his subordinates suddenly had some knowledge appear in their minds.
It was knowledge regarding the research of Honkai Sickness and the extraction of Honkai Energy Antibodies.
Although he didn't know how it happened, it was a good thing for him, so he immediately began the extraction of Honkai Energy Antibodies.
Subsequently, due to the birth of two consecutive Herrschers, the Honkai Energy within the Ninja World began to spread.
Although the concentration of Honkai Energy was very low after spreading across the entire Ninja World and would not have much impact on the human body.
There were always some people who were particularly intolerant to Honkai Energy, and signs of Honkai Sickness began to appear.
The fate of those people was usually not very good.
Basically, as soon as they were discovered, they would be tied up and burned alive by terrified people.
For the people of this world, the only good news was that the two Herrschers born so far probably didn't like going out much.
The First Herrscher was in Old Konoha, and the Second Herrscher was in the Land of Snow; neither had shown excessive aggression.
At least, the First Herrscher was like that toward those who were not from Konoha...
Therefore, even though people throughout the Ninja World were incredibly nervous, they could at least maintain a superficial peace.