"I was wondering why so many soldiers died suddenly. It turns out two experts were hiding here."
A crisp voice rang out.
Orochimaru paused his movements. Vigilance instantly rose in the depths of his eyes. He actually hadn't detected someone approaching beforehand?
Turning to look—on the roof of a dilapidated building nearby stood a youth of about 1.6 meters tall. With fair skin and a head of fluttering white hair, it was hard to tell his gender for a moment.
He had a pair of scarlet eyes without tomoe. Otherwise, one might almost mistake them for the Sharingan.
But the moment the three locked eyes, an emotion surged within Orochimaru and Ryomen Sukuna's hearts.
Scenes from the past flashed through Orochimaru's mind: the shed skin of the white snake seemed to still be in his hands. Nawaki dying before him seemed like yesterday.
"Is death... ultimately inescapable?"
Orochimaru couldn't help but murmur.
Negative emotions filled his heart. Despair emerged bit by bit.
Sukuna's face turned hideous. Images of challenging Zenji time and time again appeared in his mind.
Until the moment he died of old age, he had never succeeded once.
Seeing this scene, the corners of the white-haired youth's mouth curled up slightly. He spoke softly.
"No matter how powerful the strength, in the hands of a despairing person, it's nothing more than a weapon for suicide—right?"
"Is that so?"
A cold voice rang out.
A sharp sword instantly pierced through the youth's chest. His eyes widened. Looking in disbelief at Orochimaru and Sukuna, who had fallen for his trick.
But pain immediately came from his eyes. His entire brain was cleaved in half.
"Not a bad Genjutsu ability. But too crude. If I couldn't even accept long, tedious failures, I..."
Orochimaru sneered. Not finishing his sentence.
On the other side, the Orochimaru who had fallen for the trick instantly collapsed into a pile of venomous snakes.
Sukuna's face was icy. There was nothing in this world that could make him despair.
"Is that so?"
A light chuckle rang out.
The youth, with only half a head left, revealed a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth.
"It seems I still have a lot of room for improvement."
As his voice fell, the youth's body suddenly dispersed. Turning into strands of spider silk.
Those two scarlet eyeballs smashed onto the ground. Finally collapsing into white spider silk.
On the other side, standing on a giant spider web, one of the Spider-Monkey youth's six eyes suddenly turned from red to a deathly pale color.
It quickly closed. A streak of blood flowed from the corner of the eye.
"Too crude? It seems it still needs improvement."
The Spider-Monkey turned to look in the direction of Orochimaru and Sukuna.
Just as he was about to send a few more eye clones, he heard the sound of wind howling overhead.
The Bird-Headed Beast leaped up. Its cape-like wings spreading open as it hovered in mid-air. Looking down at Orochimaru and Sukuna's direction.
Each and every feather flickered with light. Massive chakra erupted like flowing light.
An immense amount of red feathers formed instantly. Bursting into flames the next moment.
Orochimaru and Sukuna immediately looked up to the sky. A sky full of red, flaming feathers was about to fall like a torrential rain.
"We've been discovered."
"Slaughter him."
"That bear is quite troublesome. Plus there's that missing embryo. We've gathered enough experimental materials."
"Then let's retreat first."
The sky full of feather fireballs fell. Exploding into a sea of fire the moment they hit the ground.
RUMBLE.
In the blink of an eye, the entire street turned into a sea of fire. All the houses were reduced to ruins.
The Bird-Headed Beast flying in the sky laughed heartily.
"Stinking spider. No need to thank me. Next time you encounter someone you can't handle, remember to find me."
After a hearty laugh, the Bird-Headed Beast flew away to deal with the other Kaguya clan ninjas.
The Spider-Monkey's eyelids twitched. He snorted coldly.
"Stupid bird."
And thousands of meters high in the sky, Tenkiou—appearing as a three-year-old child—slightly lowered his head.
His pitch-black eyes watched the battle drawing to a close. He slowly stretched out his small palm.
A small amount of chakra flew up from below. Surging into his palm.
Tenkiou did not have the ability to revert to the origin. Nor was he the source of chakra. So he couldn't absorb chakra limitlessly and at will.
Otherwise, he would be blown apart by massive chakra like the Zero-Tails Tailed Beast.
Chakra needed to be refined layer by layer. Only after final condensation could it be absorbed by him.
But information was different. That small amount of chakra carried all the information harvested this time.
More complete bloodline information of the Kaguya clan. Every individual had subtle differences built upon the main Kaguya bloodline.
Splicing all the information together formed a massive cluster of information. Which was then refined and deduced.
Tenkiou's body immediately erupted with even stronger, richer vitality. The structure of the bones throughout his body metamorphosed. The quality of his chakra noticeably improved.
His entire body rapidly developed. Instantly reaching the appearance of a five-year-old.
"The Kaguya clan? What a high-level bloodline essence. There's a problem with the origin of this clan."
Tenkiou pondered the knowledge in his mind.
He found that the Kaguya clan was indeed a race worthy of key attention.
"If that's the case, then I'll use this bloodline as the core to piece together a sturdy fruit tree to bear delicious fruit for me."
Tenkiou looked down at the Boar-Bear. His mind stirring as he began to slightly adjust the information.
At the same time, he dropped a massive amount of virtual mass cells. Creating even more soldiers.
Not long after, the group set off again.
Daimyo's Residence of the Land of Water.
The Daimyo of the Land of Water was a middle-aged man. He sat on the main seat. His arms around two women.
A song and dance performance was underway in the hall. The retainers nearby were drinking fine wine. Presenting a lively scene.
A sudden roar rang out in the distance. Directly drowning out the music. Even a slight tremor could be felt from the ground.
"What happened?"
The Daimyo of the Land of Water spoke somewhat displeased.
The samurai outside the door immediately rushed in. But they didn't know what had happened either.
Just as a senior retainer nearby was about to say something, the sound of chaotic, panicked footsteps rang out.
Several ninjas and samurai rushed in looking disheveled. Immediately shouting anxiously.
"Lord Daimyo. Many monsters have appeared in the city. They have now broken through the main gate. Please flee with us quickly."
After speaking, the group was about to rush toward the Daimyo. Which immediately triggered a reaction from the retainers nearby.
"Insolence. Are you trying to take the Daimyo hostage?"
Several retainers drew their swords and blocked in front of the Daimyo.
"My Lords, there's no time..." one of the ninjas said anxiously.
"Take Lord Daimyo and leave quickly, otherwise—"
Before he could finish his sentence, white bone steel needles pierced through this ninja's skull.
While the others were stunned and shocked, the Boar-Bear aimed its hand at the entire room.
Like a machine gun, a massive number of steel needles erupted. Instantly killing everyone, including the Daimyo.
"According to the common sense in my memories, we've really stirred up a hornet's nest in the entire Land of Water."
The Bird-Headed Beast stood nearby. Speaking excitedly.
He loved fighting. The battles earlier had been so satisfying.
"I'm afraid this isn't enough. Why don't we hang the Daimyo's corpse up? Then let the civilians of the entire city walk out alive. And even let some low and mid-level nobles go?"
The Spider-Monkey youth spoke with a light chuckle.
"This way, it's absolutely impossible for the Hidden Mist Village to remain indifferent."
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