Chapter 133 The Valley of the End Forged
The soul of the second Tsuchikage Mu vanished as light.
Both Sasori and Kakuzu took a deep breath.
That battle just now took a heavy toll on them.
Although it's a two-on-one fight, Mu possesses unlimited chakra and unleashes powerful ninjutsu without restraint, making him extremely difficult to defeat and enough to even out the numerical disadvantage.
The fact that the game went so smoothly might be partly because he himself didn't intend to win.
Even though staying in the underworld isn't particularly painful or torturous, nor is it particularly bad, it's also not particularly good either.
Rather than staying here bored for a long time, it's better to disappear sooner and start the next chapter of life.
So, in that battle just now, Mu was mainly seeking the thrill of another fight, and after having his fill of excitement, he simply let Kakuzu defeat him.
Sasori calmed his breathing and said softly:
"Hmph, the Second Tsuchikage... He's really impressive."
"Sparring with someone like that is indeed a good training opportunity!"
Kakuzu glanced at him and said slowly:
"If what Mochizuki Souji said is true, and powerful individuals require a long time to dissipate, then the other five past Kage, as well as other Kage-level individuals, will still be in this world..."
"If you enjoy exercising, you'll have plenty of opportunities to do so."
Kakuzu shook his head slightly.
As an elder of the ninja world who has lived for over seventy years since the Warring States period, he had long passed the stage of being enthusiastic about training.
He had also dealt with some of the extremely powerful Kage-level figures, but they were all people he didn't want to easily fight...
So he really couldn't muster any enthusiasm for it.
Sasori, being much younger, seemed rather eager to try.
Sasori and Kakuzu met up with Souji and together they dealt with the ordinary ninja undead from both the Iwa and Mist factions.
There were three Kage-level fighters among them, which was far beyond the ability of these ordinary ninjas to withstand, and they were all wiped out in no time.
These ordinary ninjas, combined from both sides, numbered approximately four thousand.
Just like in the human world, they were mainly composed of genin and chunin, with a few special jonin and jonin among them.
If one is at the Jonin level, even when facing Kage-level figures like Gabu and Kakuzu, they would have some ability to put up a fight.
But facing the Souji....
With such overpowered abilities, all beings die equally.
A level 6 kill is so powerful that even a Kage-level ninja can be instantly killed.
Jonin are just as vulnerable as Kage-level ninjas, and can be killed on the spot with a kunai.
Therefore, by pooling everyone's strength, and as long as we pay attention to one point, it shouldn't be too difficult to help these four thousand dead souls pass on.
All these undead combined gave the Souji approximately 400,000 reputations.
In addition...
[No Kage-level ninjas have been saved; reputation increased by 200,000]
[Performing a ritual to liberate someone holding the title of Earth Shadow grants +100,000 reputation points]
[Reaching 3 million reputation points will reward you with enhanced perception abilities]
[Prestige: 3021400 (Ninja World Overlord)]
In addition, he defeated and exorcised the enemy, gaining another 300,000 reputation points.
He gained a total of 700,000, reaching a reputation of 3 million.
The new reward is relatively ordinary; it's simply a perception ability that allows for wide-range and long-distance exploration.
The advantage is that the range and distance of this ability depend entirely on how much chakra is consumed.
The more chakras used, the larger the range and the farther the distance; there is no upper limit.
In this way, even long distances are no longer a problem.
I have almost no weaknesses left.
He made 700,000 in one go, and after a while, when Ghost Lantern Illusion Moon was restored, he made another 300,000.
In other words, he made 1 million in fame in one go.
The benefits of defeating a Kage-level ninja are naturally enormous, but the real big gains in building reputation in the Underworld come from the vast number of ordinary ninjas.
In the human world, he couldn't truly wipe out all the other ninja villages or exterminate the entire ninja world; otherwise, it would be meaningless.
However, coming to the underworld and killing these undead is actually a way to help them pass on to the afterlife.
Not only can you gain fame, but it's also a good thing for the undead themselves.
Look at that, they'd love for you to beat him to a pulp and send him on his way!
In this way, the 10 million reputation points required for a level 7 kill seem to have been secured.
After dealing with the ordinary ninja spirits, Sasori and Kakuzu told Souji the last message that Mu had left.
"Is that so?
The First Hokage was at the Valley of the End..."
The Souji nodded slightly.
This information is not surprising.
The reason why the dead manifest themselves in places they lived is that these places were their hometowns where they lived their entire lives, and they have deep feelings for them.
Occasionally, spirits may appear, manifesting in places filled with their obsessions or resentments, and then linger there.
The Valley of the End...
Originally, the Land of Fire did not have a Valley of the End.
It came into existence after Hashirama and Madara fought a great battle.
Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha both possessed power far exceeding that of ordinary Kage-level beings.
At that time, Madara controlled the Nine-Tails to unleash a Tailed Beast Ball, and with the addition of Susanoo's sword, even if Hashirama used the Fivefold Rashomon to block it, it could only slightly hinder it and deflect its trajectory.
That Tailed Beast Ball could still fly all the way to the other side of the ocean, and then explode in a missile-like flash...
At that time, the Nine-Tails, which was so powerful and complete, was easily subdued by Hashirama's Top Transformation Buddha, and Madara and Hashirama were always considered to be on the same level.
It's easy to imagine how incredibly powerful these two are.
The earth-shattering battle between the two back then easily altered the terrain of the Land of Fire, thus forming the Valley of the End.
Hashirama and Madara had known each other since childhood.
Over the years, they fought, reconciled, and cooperated, but in the end, they parted ways again, and Hashirama even killed Madara at the Valley of the End.
Well...
although Madara actually used Izanagi in time to avert his own death, killing Madara was just a misunderstanding on Hashirama's part.
Hashirama lived a truly remarkable life, achieving great things by ending the Warring States period, establishing Konoha, and ushering in the era of ninja villages.
In other aspects, everything is as expected: a happy family, children and grandchildren, so there is nothing to regret.
Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable that Hashirama had no attachment to other places, but only to the Valley of the End, and that he wanted to manifest the Valley of the End in the Underworld after his death.
The Souji once again formed numerous hand seals and used the Rashomon opening technique to bring everyone back to the human world to rest and recover.
For the next few days, the group maintained the same routine.
They travel through Rashomon to the underworld, where they perform rituals to help the dead prepare for battle and training.
Once they are exhausted, they return to the human world to rest.
Gengetsu Hōzuki's recovery will take some time, but Souji is not in a hurry.
He wanders around the area, performing rituals to help ordinary ninja spirits and demons improve his reputation.
The situation in the ninja world hasn't changed much in the past few days.
Because of the sudden death of the Mizukage and the complete surrender of Kirigakure, Sunagakure was too frightened to make any rash moves.
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