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Chapter 216: Evolution and the Ghost Corpse Clan

One day later.

The rest period ended.

Seimei began to lead the team on missions under Omura Tadahito's arrangements.

The Kaze willow Town stronghold was located at the foot of a mountain. To the west and north, less than two hundred meters away, were mountains, which were extremely important strategic high grounds. To the south was a plain leading to the rear headquarters, and to the east was the main Iwa ninja force.

Therefore, they had three main external missions. The first was to meet the support troops coming from the south.

The second was to monitor the movements of the main Iwa force in the east, ensuring that they received news the moment an attack was launched.

As for the third...

It was to fight against small Iwa units in the mountains to the west and north, preventing them from seizing these two strategic high grounds.

To ensure he could obtain enough chakra every day, Seimei didn't hesitate and directly requested to carry out the third mission.

Omura Tadahito didn't have any objections and readily agreed.

It wasn't that he was easy to talk to, but over the past day, he had carefully learned about the relevant circumstances of Seimei and the others' journey.

He knew that Seimei's combat power far exceeded that of an average Jonin, and their group was able to escape here successfully thanks to Seimei's extraordinary combat strength.

Therefore, upon hearing Seimei's request, he agreed without any hesitation.

Thus, Seimei naturally became a member stationed at the western mountain stronghold and, as he wished, encountered a small Iwa infiltration unit.

There's no need to elaborate on the battle process. With Seimei's current strength, even if he wanted to fail, it would be difficult.

In this way, he smoothly obtained the chakra he wanted.

And with ample chakra, Seimei didn't waste any time, using Yang Release chakra to strengthen his body almost every minute and second.

Fortunately, practicing the 'Mystical Palm Technique' didn't require a quiet environment, allowing him to continue strengthening even during missions.

Although this might seem a bit strange, Seimei didn't care.

After all, not many of these people would survive this great war, so there was no need to worry about his strange behavior spreading.

Moreover, even if it did spread, it wouldn't matter much. Ninja training was a relatively private matter, and no one would be so foolish as to inquire about it directly.

As for secret investigations...

Once he awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, his strength would directly soar to the Kage level. At that time, who would care about such trivial matters?

In the end, in the ninja world, strength spoke the loudest. As long as he was powerful enough, he wouldn't have to worry about others having ill intentions.

It was with these considerations in mind that Seimei hardly avoided his squad members while practicing the 'Mystical Palm Technique' to strengthen his body.

Only when absorbing chakra would he be slightly more discreet.

After all, chakra was the most fundamental thing for every ninja.

If someone knew that he could absorb chakra, and even more so, forcefully extract it by efficiently squeezing the body...

Even if they didn't say anything, they would instinctively be wary in their hearts.

Seimei didn't want any unnecessary complications, so it was better not to let them know.

Fortunately, his 'Chakra Absorption Technique' had already reached level 5, capable of extracting a thousand chakra points from the target per second. It only took seven or eight seconds to drain a Chunin's chakra.

Therefore, concealing it wasn't too troublesome.

In this way, Seimei overcame various difficulties and began strengthening his body according to plan.

...

Time flew by, and seven days passed.

This afternoon.

When Seimei once again performed the 'Mystical Palm Technique' and the Yang Release chakra within his body began to circulate, strengthening his cells, an indescribable power suddenly erupted.

It was as if a volcano that had been accumulating for a long time suddenly erupted, surging within him, pushing his body to rapidly strengthen.

Seimei's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

On the side, several Konoha Chunin, seeing this, thought he had discovered something and quickly became alert.

After a while, someone cautiously asked, "Captain, what happened?"

Hearing this, Seimei, enduring the discomfort in his body, waved his hand and said, "Stop here for a moment, stay alert!"

With that, regardless of what his subordinates thought, he flashed to a nearby boulder, sat down cross-legged, and slowly closed his eyes.

Instantly, everything around him seemed to fade away from Seimei.

He began to focus most of his mind on his body, sorting out that power and making it gentler.

Seimei hadn't expected this evolution to be so intense, catching him a bit off guard.

Fortunately, this power originated from his own foundation, otherwise, with it rampaging within his body, he might have actually gotten injured.

As his mind joined in and began to sort it out, the changes became less drastic.

Seimei once again felt the pleasant sensation he had experienced during his previous bodily evolutions.

...

Time passed by.

In the blink of an eye, an hour had gone by.

Just as the Konoha Chunin outside were getting a bit impatient, Seimei finally opened his eyes.

"Captain?"

Seeing this, they quickly spoke up, wanting to ask something, but Seimei raised his hand to interrupt them.

Then, he looked towards a certain spot in the forest and said calmly, "Since you all are here, why not show yourselves?"

"What?"

Hearing this, the Chunin subordinates were shocked and quickly took out their kunai, all looking in the direction Seimei was gazing at.

However, there was no movement there.

The subordinates couldn't help but have some doubts about Seimei's judgment. Although they were concerned about Seimei just now, their vigilance hadn't weakened at all.

If enemies had approached, they should have at least sensed something.

But in reality, they hadn't noticed anything.

Just as they were feeling puzzled, a round of applause came.

"Clap, clap, clap~"

Following that was a creepy laugh and a series of footsteps.

"Hahaha~ As expected of the Ghost Sword, Seimei. Your perception is truly sharp!"

As the voice spoke, a figure appeared in the clearing.

Its body was withered, its clothes tattered. Although it was laughing, the expression on its face was exceptionally strange, like a corpse.

That's right, it was a corpse.

Not only him, but the few people behind him were the same, their bodies devoid of any life force that living people should have.

It was precisely because of this that the Konoha Chunin under Seimei hadn't noticed these people approaching.

Only Seimei had sensed a slight spiritual fluctuation, which led him to discover the anomaly.

Looking at these people, Seimei frowned and asked, "Who are you? Why are you looking for me?"

That's right, these people weren't Iwa ninjas. They didn't have the Iwagakure symbol on them, or rather, they didn't have the symbol of any ninja village.

So, most likely, they weren't ninjas from any of the major villages.

Connecting this to Onoki and Iwagakure's style of doing things, Seimei already had some guesses in his mind.

And just as he was lost in thought, the withered figure spoke.

"Hehe, who are we? Hahaha~ I don't mind telling you. We are the great Ghost Corpse Clan, hahaha~"

The first half of the sentence was spoken by one person, but the latter half was said in unison with the others behind him.

Even their laughter erupted simultaneously.

Suddenly, the clearing was filled with creepy laughter.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Seimei shouted, "Be careful, everyone! Seal your hearing immediately. This is genjutsu!"

"What?"

Hearing this, the Konoha Chunin's expressions changed drastically. They realized that they had unconsciously started to smile slightly.

They were horrified and quickly covered their ears.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter 217: Bounty Ninja

Seeing that Seimei instantly saw through his genjutsu, Yougui stopped wasting chakra and ceased the illusion.

Gradually, the laughter in the clearing faded away.

At this moment, the Konoha Chunin finally lowered their hands, but their expressions still showed lingering fear.

Seimei, on the other hand, remained calm. He didn't rush to attack but looked at Yougui and asked again, "Why are you looking for me?"

"Why? For money, of course!"

Yougui didn't intend to hide anything and said straightforwardly, "Someone put a bounty on your head in the black market. I'm just the first one."

"Black market?"

Seimei pondered for a moment and murmured, "So, you're a bounty ninja after all."

In fact, he had roughly guessed Yougui's identity as soon as he noticed that he didn't have any ninja village symbol and wasn't dressed like an Anbu ninja.

Moreover, he had even guessed who was behind the bounty.

If nothing unexpected happened, it should be Onoki. He always liked to use external forces to solve the village's problems.

The later rise of the Akatsuki organization had a lot to do with him.

So, it was quite normal for him to use bounty ninjas to eliminate him now.

Seimei had another piece of evidence for this.

This place was located in the center of the battlefield. Without the covert assistance of Konoha or Iwagakure, it would be impossible for anyone to pass through the layers of blockades and reach here.

Konoha?

It was unlikely.

Even Danzo wouldn't make a move against him in this situation, at least not until he had fully utilized his remaining value.

Therefore, it could only be Iwagakure!

But...

'Ghost Corpse Clan? What is that?'

Seimei was puzzled.

Whether in his past life or this one, he had never heard of this name. The Ghost Corpse Clan, from its name, seemed to be a bloodline limit clan.

But he had never heard of it.

So, there were only two possibilities. One was that they were a very small clan, and the so-called "greatness" was just self-proclaimed.

The second was that this clan was wiped out in this Ninja World War, which was why there was no news of them later.

'Wait...'

Suddenly, Seimei thought of a third possibility, that this clan didn't exist at all, and the so-called Ghost Corpse Clan was just something they made up.

With this thought, Seimei activated his Sharingan and carefully observed Yougui and the others behind him.

Seeing this, Yougui, either feeling guilty or for some other reason, didn't say anything further and directly ordered the people behind him to attack.

Seimei didn't move. His subordinates were the first to strike, while he just stood there quietly, silently observing every move of these people.

As soon as they clashed, the Konoha Chunin suffered a setback.

These people weren't afraid of getting hurt at all. Just like the name 'Ghost Corpse Clan' suggested, they launched suicidal attacks against the Konoha Chunin.

The Konoha Chunin had never seen such a scene before and were immediately caught off guard.

After that, they were practically being overwhelmed.

Seimei could tell that even without the "kamikaze" style of fighting, these people's strength surpassed that of average Chunin.

In this way, regardless of whether they were injured or not, several of them working together could even hold back an ordinary Jonin.

'I wonder if they have any other tricks?'

Just as Seimei was thinking this, one of them was caught off guard by a Konoha Chunin, who plunged a kunai into his chin, reaching his brain.

However, before the Chunin could rejoice, a strange smile suddenly appeared on the opponent's face.

The next moment, his body swelled up as if it was about to explode, and curse mark-like patterns appeared on his skin.

Instantly, a sense of crisis arose in the Chunin's heart.

He hurriedly retreated, but it was too late.

Seeing that the person was about to self-destruct, at the critical moment, Seimei appeared beside him.

Then, he grabbed the Chunin's arm, kicked off the ground, and his body shot out like a cannonball.

Boom~

A muffled explosion sounded.

The person self-destructed, and his dark blood mixed with bone and flesh fragments shot out, instantly covering an area of ten meters.

When the dust settled, everything within this area, whether flowers, plants, trees, or soil and rocks, was riddled with holes from the bone fragments.

One could imagine the danger a person would face if they were caught in it.

Seimei put down the Konoha Chunin and looked at Yougui vigilantly. This self-destruction alone was dangerous enough.

Moreover...

Seimei glanced around.

Countless figures appeared in the forest, silently surrounding them.

Seeing this, the Konoha Chunin quickly broke free from their opponents and gathered around Seimei, asking in a low voice, "Captain, what should we do?"

"What to do?"

Yougui sneered upon hearing his question.

Before Seimei could answer, he said, "My target is Uchiha Seimei. If you know what's good for you, get out of my way."

Although they all knew that the opponent was trying to sow discord, they couldn't help but glance at Seimei from the corner of their eyes.

However, Seimei's expression hadn't changed from the beginning.

He looked at Yougui, surveyed the surroundings, and said, "These... are all you, aren't they?"

"What do you mean?"

Yougui pretended not to understand and asked.

However, no matter how he pretended, he couldn't deceive Seimei's eyes. After he said, "These people are all him," a clear flicker of panic flashed in the opponent's eyes.

This instantly confirmed Seimei's guess.

So, with a confident smile, he ignored Yougui and turned to his subordinates, saying, "Protect yourselves."

With that, he leaped towards Yougui not far away.

Even before moving, he had already activated his 'Genjutsu: Sharingan'.

Even though they were twenty to thirty meters apart, the opponent was still held in place by him.

Thus, before the other 'ghost corpses' could react, he had already arrived in front of Yougui. Then, with a swing of his sword, he chopped off the opponent's head.

Then, the head flew straight out, hitting a tree, and then fell heavily to the ground, rolling seven or eight meters away.

It was only at this moment that the opponent broke free from the genjutsu, and the gaze he directed at Seimei was filled with anger and malice.

His mouth opened and closed, making a sound like an old man gasping for breath, hoarse and unpleasant to hear.

"What a Ghost Sword! Uchiha Seimei, you can't kill me."

With that, he controlled the corpse next to Seimei, completing a self-destruction even faster than the previous 'ghost corpse'.

Boom~

Flesh and bone fragments scattered everywhere, but there was no trace of Seimei.

The next moment, another head flew out.

Seimei reappeared twenty meters away, once again severing someone's head with a single sword strike.

Then, before the head could land, Seimei disappeared again.

In this way, Seimei teleported three times in a row, cutting off three people's heads.

Only then did Yougui react and start controlling all the nearby 'ghost corpses' to attack Seimei.

Explosions sounded one after another in the clearing, forcing Seimei to dodge.

For a time, Seimei's movements were greatly restricted.

At the same time, all the nearby 'ghost corpses' spoke in Yougui's voice.

They looked at Seimei and kept saying, "Uchiha Seimei, stop struggling. It's pointless. We are immortal. You can't defeat us. Give up!"

The voices of these 'ghost corpses' were like demonic whispers, constantly stimulating Seimei's auditory nerves, attempting to influence his will.

Unfortunately, it was all useless!

Seimei remained silent, focused on eliminating the 'ghost corpses' in the clearing.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter 218: Speculation and Improvement

Time passed by.

The number of "ghost corpses" in the clearing decreased visibly. Seimei moved among them, his short sword swinging repeatedly, severing heads one after another.

During this time, he discovered that these "ghost corpses," besides their outstanding close combat abilities and the ability to perform some simple ninjutsu, could also spew a kind of poisonous mist.

Well...

Calling it poisonous mist wasn't entirely accurate. In essence, it was more like a type of bacteria.

Once it came into contact with a living person, it would rapidly multiply and then invade the body, causing the host's movements to gradually become slow and stiff.

Eventually, it would transform them into the appearance of a "ghost corpse."

However, this trick was useless against Seimei. Usually, before the poisonous mist could even get close, he would use the 'Wind Style: Breakthrough' to disperse it.

Then, what awaited these 'ghost corpses' was another round of slaughter.

As the slaughter continued, Seimei noticed that Yougui's state was getting worse and worse.

A rational person, seeing the situation turn unfavorable, would likely choose to retreat after weighing the pros and cons and then find another way to retaliate.

But...

What about Yougui?

It seemed like he had no such concept at all.

As Seimei killed more and more 'ghost corpses', Yougui's emotions started to spiral out of control.

In the end, he practically turned into a wild beast, completely losing his judgment, only knowing to attack Seimei.

This surprised Seimei a bit.

However, he didn't delve into it. In the current situation, this was just a trivial matter for him.

Now, he just wanted to quickly resolve this trouble and then check the impact of his body's transformation.

...

Fifteen minutes later.

After Seimei cut off another 'ghost corpse's' head, only three 'ghost corpses' remained in the clearing.

Even so, they still didn't retreat and continued to roar, charging towards Seimei.

Seeing this, Seimei didn't hold back either. He flashed forward, and with a few swift sword strikes, he cut off two more 'ghost corpses'' heads.

Instantly, only one 'ghost corpse' was left in the clearing.

Just when Seimei thought the opponent would continue to attack, it suddenly stopped, and the madness on its face quickly subsided.

"Hmm?"

Seimei let out a soft exclamation and temporarily stopped.

Seeing the opponent like this, it seemed like its rationality had returned. He wanted to see what it would do next.

Yougui, briefly regaining his senses, first glanced at the blood-soaked battlefield, showing no reaction to the deaths of those 'ghost corpses'.

Then, he looked at Seimei. Seeing him completely unharmed, a hint of unconcealable fear flashed in his eyes.

"Uchiha Seimei, you are strong, you are truly strong!"

Yougui looked at Seimei and said, his voice hoarse and dry, unpleasant to the ears.

Seimei didn't react to his words.

Seeing this, Yougui suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha~"

As he laughed, his tone suddenly changed, and his expression became extremely frantic. He roared, "But... you can't kill me!"

"I am immortal!"

With that, he resolutely self-destructed.

The next moment, a thick, almost liquid-like, dark green 'poisonous mist' appeared, rapidly spreading in all directions, forcing Seimei to retreat several steps.

By the time he stopped, the 'poisonous mist' had disappeared, as if it had completely merged into the earth.

Seimei carefully sensed for a moment, and suddenly seemed to understand something. He quickly walked to the side of a Konoha Chunin, the unlucky one from before.

At this moment, the Chunin's body was withered, looking like a 'ghost corpse'. Seimei wasn't sure if he was completely dead before, so he hadn't killed him.

But now, Seimei was certain that he was truly dead.

After Yougui self-destructed, some dark green liquid also seeped out from the Chunin's body and quickly burrowed into the ground.

Then, he completely lost his life signs, and his corpse rapidly decayed.

Looking at the vanished 'poisonous mist', Seimei already had some guesses in his mind.

If he wasn't mistaken, this 'poisonous mist' was Yougui.

He must have used some method to attach his spirit to the bacteria-like things that made up this 'poisonous mist'.

The 'ghost corpses' were just an outer shell, or rather, a petri dish, for the 'poisonous mist' Yougui to survive and reproduce.

Therefore, theoretically, as long as a bit of the 'poisonous mist' remained, there was a possibility of him reviving. This also aligned with what he said about being 'immortal'.

However, Seimei estimated that if too little of the 'poisonous mist' survived, the chances of him reviving would be very small.

It was like dividing his spirit into countless parts, and most of them were destroyed. The difficulty of reviving was imaginable.

Moreover, even if he did revive in this way, his personality would probably change drastically.

At that time, it was hard to say if he would even be himself anymore.

If this happened repeatedly, he might even lose the basic thinking logic and emotional elements of being human.

The final result might be turning into a living pool of 'bacteria'.

Thinking of this, Seimei couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "As expected of a twisted world, there are truly many madmen and geniuses!"

Seimei didn't know how Yougui achieved this, but regardless of how he did it, there was no denying that he was a true genius.

'Hopefully, there will be a chance to meet again in the future!'

Thinking this in his heart, Seimei stood up, looked at the few surviving subordinates, thought for a moment, and said, "Clean up the battlefield and see if there are any stragglers."

"Yes, Captain!"

The few of them responded and scattered.

Once they were far away, Seimei couldn't wait to open his proficiency panel.

The next moment, the familiar light blue screen appeared.

[Name: Uchiha Seimei

Age: 12 years old

Constitution: 12 -> 13

Spirit: 15

Chakra: 22500 (33268 -> 35732)

Bloodline: Sharingan - Three Tomoe ((9999/10000)

Skills: Chakra Refinement Technique: lv5 (261/5000) -> lv5 (338/5000)

Wind Style: Wind Blade: lv4 (750/2000) -> lv4 (1650/2000)

Shadow Clone Technique: lv3 (290/1000) -> lv3 (335/1000)

Chakra Absorption Technique: lv5 (1920/5000) -> lv5 (1965/5000)

Rasengan: lv4 (1390/2000) -> lv4 (1700/2000)

Mystical Palm Technique: lv6 (3727/10000) -> lv6 (6725/10000)

Chakra Scalpel: lv4 (702/2000) -> lv4 (772/2000)

Reflecting Heart Technique: lv7 (4885/20000)

Swordsmanship: lv6 (1350/10000) -> lv6 (2285/10000)

Illusion Sword Technique: lv2 (20/500) -> lv2 (250/500)

Flash Sword Technique: lv1 (160/200)

Chakra Control: lv4 (1805/2000) -> lv4 (1965/2000)

Perfected Skills:]

As you can see, after this bodily transformation, his 'Constitution' attribute, as expected, increased by one point, from 12 to 13.

Thanks to this, his potential further improved, and his theoretical chakra limit increased from the original 44,000 points to 56,000 points.

In addition, due to the increase in constitution, his body's ability to withstand pressure also improved, allowing him to extend the time he could use the 'Chakra Refinement Technique' by one hour each day.

If that were all, the amount of chakra he could recover each day would only increase by about 2,000 points.

In reality, the increase was far more than that.

In fact, this was just a small part. The real significant increase was in the speed at which his body naturally recovered chakra after his constitution improved.

Combining the two, Seimei estimated that he could now recover about 42,000 chakra points per day, up from the previous 33,000.

Undoubtedly, this was a considerable improvement, and all his skills would benefit from it.

Moreover, as his 'Constitution' attribute increased from 12 to 13, he was one step closer to his 'Spirit' attribute of 15.

This meant that he was one step closer to safely awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan.

He even felt that he could try to awaken it now!

Looking at his Three Tomoe Sharingan (9999/10000), Seimei hesitated for a moment but ultimately suppressed the thought.

Since he had endured for so long, there was no reason to give up halfway.

Seimei decided to wait a bit longer, until he raised his 'Constitution' attribute to 14, before attempting to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan.

By then, even if his spiritual power surged and put pressure on his body, it shouldn't be fatal.

"Alright, that's what I'll do."

Seimei instantly made up his mind.

(End of Chapter)

Chapter 219: Outbreak

Having made up his mind, Seimei immediately turned his attention to the 'Palm Immortal Technique'.

Based on the current body strengthening effect of the 'Palm Immortal Technique', Seimei estimated that it would take at least two months to increase his 'Constitution' attribute from 13 points to 14 points.

Undoubtedly, this was a bit too long.

Seimei didn't want to wait that long.

So there were only two solutions, one was to increase the input of Chakra, and the other was to increase the level of the 'Palm Immortal Technique'.

For the former, the 'Palm Immortal Technique' needed time to strengthen the body.

At a frequency of once every three minutes, even if he only slept four hours a day, he could only perform it at most four hundred times a day.

So, according to past experience, it would take at least a month for his body to complete its transformation.

And this was without considering whether there was enough Chakra.

If all the miscellaneous things were taken into account, it would be impossible to succeed without a month and a half.

So, what he should do was to increase the level of the 'Palm Immortal Technique'.

All the above times were estimated based on the effect of the lv6 'Palm Immortal Technique', but if its level was increased to lv7, the result would naturally be very different.

Based on the changes before and after the 'Palm Immortal Technique' was promoted to lv6, Seimei was certain that once his 'Palm Immortal Technique' reached lv7, the effect would be greatly enhanced.

Correspondingly, the time required to accumulate enough foundation for the body to transform would also be greatly reduced.

After frequent use these days, the proficiency of his 'Palm Immortal Technique' had reached lv6 (6725/10000), which was not far from lv7.

Seimei calculated a little, and it would probably only take 490,000 Chakra points to upgrade it to lv7.

And now, he could recover 42,000 Chakra points every day.

In other words, it would only take about eleven days for his 'Palm Immortal Technique' to be successfully promoted.

And if he could get some extra Chakra every day, say 17,000 points, then this time would be shortened to nine days.

If the extra Chakra obtained was a little more, then this time would be further shortened.

Using less than ten days in exchange for faster progress later, it could be said that this was a sure-win deal.

The key was that in this process, he could also appropriately use the 'Palm Immortal Technique' to strengthen his body, as long as it didn't delay time.

In this way, it took care of both method one and method two, which could be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Now, the only thing to consider was whether Iwagakure would give him this time.

According to Daimura Yuito before, a week was enough for Iwagakure to be ready.

In other words, from today onwards, the other party could launch a full-scale attack at any time.

And once the fight started, there would definitely be chaos around, and it would be impossible to strengthen his body at that time.

This was also one of the reasons why he was prepared to prioritize upgrading the level of the 'Palm Immortal Technique'.

After all, if it was just purely practicing proficiency, there was no need for a specific environment, even if the surroundings were a bit chaotic, it didn't matter.

Maybe he could also take the opportunity of treating the wounded to further speed up the speed of accumulating proficiency in the 'Palm Immortal Technique'.

In addition, once the war started, few people would pay attention to some trivial things.

At that time, as long as he was careful, he could extract more Chakra from Iwa Shinobi.

In this way, with the two combined, Seimei felt that his 'Palm Immortal Technique' had a great possibility of being promoted in advance.

Just as Seimei was secretly thinking about the follow-up plan, several of his subordinates came back.

Seeing this, Seimei closed the panel, got up and looked at them, and said, "How is it? Did you find anything?"

Several people shook their heads and said, "We've checked the vicinity, there are no fish that slipped through the net."

"What about Iwa Shinobi?"

Seimei asked again.

"Neither."

One of them replied.

Hearing this, Seimei pondered for a while, then said, "Then leave it alone, continue to carry out the patrol mission!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Several people responded, packed up the bodies of their companions on the ground, and then continued to carry out the patrol mission with Seimei.

...

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

This night.

Seimei was resting in the stronghold on the western mountain when suddenly an extremely huge pressure came, making people feel terrified.

Seimei suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed the short sword beside him, and flashed out of the tent. After a few jumps, he came to a big tree.

With a thought, Seimei opened his Sharingan.

Under the bright moonlight, he saw a figure covered in dark red Chakra, and a tyrannical aura emanated from him.

With just one glance, Seimei recognized that this was the state of Jinchuriki's semi-tailed beast transformation.

And now, there were only two Jinchuriki nearby, one was the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, and the other was the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han.

He remembered the aura of the Two-Tails within Han, it wasn't this one, so there was only one answer, this was the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi!

'Is Iwa Shinobi going to launch a general attack?'

Seimei guessed in his heart.

The next moment, Roshi actions confirmed his guess.

He saw his mouth open wide, and a large number of blue Chakra balls and a small number of purple-black Chakra balls condensed and formed in the air, then quickly merged, and finally formed a pitch-black high-density Chakra ball.

This was nothing else but the famous Tailed Beast Ball.

Then, he saw the Tailed Beast Ball flying out and smashing straight towards Seimei.

Uh.

It was a bit inaccurate to say it was Seimei's side.

What the other party was aiming at was actually the Fengliu Town stronghold sandwiched between Seimei and the Iwa Shinobi camp.

Seeing that the Tailed Beast Ball was about to hit the town, at the critical moment, a figure appeared in the air, in front of the Tailed Beast Ball.

He had striking blond hair, a gentle face, and blue eyes that revealed strong confidence. If it wasn't Namikaze Minato, who else could it be?

And Seimei was not surprised by the appearance of Namikaze Minato.

No wonder, as early as two days ago, he knew that the other party had come, or rather, all the Jonin knew that the other party had come.

As for the purpose

Needless to say, of course, it was to deal with Jinchuriki.

Since they knew that Iwagakure had mobilized two Jinchuriki to attack the Fengliu Town stronghold, how could Konoha not be prepared at all?

That's why Namikaze Minato came.

Of course, the reason why the other party came to perform such a dangerous task, apart from contributing to the village, was also to protect Uzumaki Kushina.

After all, logically speaking, since the enemy had dispatched Jinchuriki, Konoha should also use Jinchuriki in response.

But Uzumaki Kushina didn't come, so Namikaze Minato had to take the responsibility.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and Seimei continued to look at the battlefield.

The moment Namikaze Minato appeared, he saw his hands quickly complete the seals, and then pressed in the void, and a huge sealing array instantly formed.

And in the center of the sealing array was a pitch-black space crack.

This was not another move, but a special teleportation array evolved from the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' - 'Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder'!

The moment the Tailed Beast Ball touched it, it was immediately bound by a force, and then Namikaze Minato threw it along this space crack to the plain in the distance.

Boom~

A huge explosion sounded, and a dazzling white light appeared.

Everyone who saw this scene, whether it was a Konoha ninja or an Iwa Shinobi ninja, couldn't help but open their mouths wide.

The power of the Tailed Beast Ball needless to say, and Namikaze Minato, who could transfer the Tailed Beast Ball out of thin air, made people feel even more unfathomable.

It was also at this time that everyone was shocked to realize that the 'Yellow Flash' had actually arrived on the battlefield.

For a time, the ninjas on their own side cheered and boiled, while the ninjas on the enemy side felt fear.

As the saying goes, a person's name is like a tree's shadow.

Even if they had not seen Namikaze Minato make a move with their own eyes, as long as they had heard of his achievements, they would have a trace of awe for him.

That's it for today.

(End of chapter)

Chapter 220: Melee

A few breaths later.

The shockwave came from afar.

On the field, both Konoha ninjas and Iwagakure ninjas couldn't help raising their hands to cover their faces to block the shockwave.

Even Seimei, who was on the western mountain, was affected and narrowed his eyes.

The power of this Tailed Beast Ball was truly astonishing!

From Roshi actions, it was not difficult to guess that Iwagakure wanted to take advantage of the late night to catch Konoha off guard and directly flatten Fengliu Town.

Unfortunately, Konoha was too vigilant, and they failed.

And Roshi couldn't launch such an attack a second time in a short period of time.

As for the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han

With his current control over the Tailed Beast Chakra, he was not enough to unleash such an attack unless he completely handed over his body to the Tailed Beast and underwent a full Tailed Beast transformation.

However, that would be equivalent to releasing the Five-Tails.

And the Five-Tails wouldn't care if you were an Iwagakure ninja or a Konoha ninja, it would only attack indiscriminately after coming out.

Therefore, Iwagakure didn't dare to let Roshi and Han fully transform into Tailed Beasts.

They didn't even dare to let these two fight in the semi-tailed beast state for a long time, for fear that they would accidentally be taken over by the Tailed Beast, thus causing a disaster.

So, Jinchuriki was indeed a powerful weapon, but before it was completely released, it was not enough to completely control the battle situation.

In terms of strength, it was equivalent to having a few more Jonin.

It was precisely because of this that Konoha dared to confront Iwagakure here, otherwise they would have slipped away long ago, or sent more powerful people to fight.

...

"Kill!"

Although the sneak attack was not successful, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. A figure in the Iwagakure team shouted loudly.

Immediately, the dense Iwa Shinobi were like ants, divided into three groups, and rushed towards the Fengliu Town stronghold in a fan shape.

At the same time, the ninjas on Konoha's side also walked out of the buildings one after another, scattered into pieces, and greeted Iwa Shinobi in the form of small teams.

The battle broke out instantly!

In a short while, the field became chaotic.

Under the moonlight, Iwa Shinobi and Konoha ninjas intertwined with each other, and the sounds of fighting and shouting resounded throughout the entire battlefield.

On the western mountain, Seimei originally planned to wait and see for a while, but unexpectedly, someone soon reported: "Captain, a group of enemies is approaching us."

"Which direction?"

Seimei asked.

"Southeast."

Hearing this, Seimei looked towards the southeast.

Immediately, he saw more than two hundred Iwa Shinobi rapidly approaching at the foot of the mountain. In at most a quarter of an hour, they would reach the top of the mountain.

Needless to say, their purpose must be to occupy this highland.

As for what's the use of occupying this place?

You know, Tailed Beasts are not the only powerful weapons in the ninja world. Let's not talk about Kumogakure's Chakra cannon that can attack the moon.

That was a special case, and few villages could make it.

But besides it, there was another kind of large-scale destructive weapon that all five great ninja villages had, and that was the 'Attack Formula'.

The so-called 'Attack Formula' was to engrave various powerful ninjutsu on scrolls in the form of sealing techniques.

Then, when needed, with the help of several or even a dozen people, it could be released to achieve the effect of destroying cities and villages.

Just like when Kakashi's Chidori turned into Raikiri, Iwagakure used a large-scale attack formula.

If Iwagakure occupied this highland, then they could completely attack Fengliu Town from a commanding height.

Of course, all of the above were his guesses.

Perhaps Iwagakure had other ideas, but no matter what they thought, he couldn't give up this strategic highland.

So, Seimei directly ordered: "Notify everyone, prepare for battle."

"Yes, Captain!"

Below, the Konoha Chunin responded and ran away.

Subsequently, everyone in the rear camp began to disperse and rush to various defensive points according to the plan, preparing to resist Iwa Shinobi's attack.

On the treetops.

Seimei opened the panel and glanced at it - [Chakra: 28506 (36500)]!

After thinking for a while, he began to perform the 'Palm Immortal Technique', consuming the Chakra in his body.

Once every ten seconds or so, about a quarter of an hour later, when the Chakra in his body dropped to about 20,000 points, he stopped.

The reason why Seimei did this was naturally not because he had too much Chakra and had nowhere to use it, but to make room for the Chakra he was about to obtain.

As for where the Chakra came from

Needless to say, of course, it was from those Iwa Shinobi at the foot of the mountain.

In Seimei's eyes, these people had become tools specially providing him with Chakra.

Of course, just in case, he didn't let the Chakra in his body drop too much.

20,000 Chakra points were enough to deal with most dangers.

If 20,000 Chakra points were not enough, then even a few thousand more Chakra points would not be of much use.

Therefore, Seimei planned to maintain the Chakra in his body at about 20,000 points for a period of time, and consume the excess whenever he had time.

In this way, his 'Palm Immortal Technique' should be promoted to lv7 soon.

At that time, the effect of strengthening the body would definitely be greatly improved.

Boom~

Just as Seimei was imagining the future, an explosion suddenly sounded, followed by the clanging sound of ninja tools colliding, and the shouts of ninjas.

Seimei looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the battle had already begun!

Without any hesitation, Seimei jumped down from the treetop, then flashed and rushed straight to the place where the battle took place.

As soon as he arrived on the battlefield, several kunai shot towards him.

Seimei glanced casually, and took their flight trajectories into his heart. His figure flickered continuously, easily avoiding the attack.

Seimei's footsteps didn't stop, and he continued to charge towards the Iwa Shinobi formation.

More kunai and shuriken shot over, Seimei continued to dodge, and if he couldn't dodge, he would swing the short sword in his hand to block.

Accompanied by a burst of "ding ding ding" sounds, Seimei knocked away all the ninja tools that were shot at him.

Then, he crossed the vanguard team of Iwa Shinobi and came directly to their rear.

There were more Iwa Shinobi here, and basically no Konoha ninjas.

In an instant, Seimei was surrounded.

However, Seimei was not flustered at all, because this was his purpose.

Only here could he do whatever he wanted.

Looking at the group of Iwa Shinobi Chuunin and Genin rushing straight towards him, Seimei's hands danced, and he completed the seals in an instant, then his body spun, his mouth opened, and he spit out a cluster of flames.

This was the 'Fire Style: Phoenix Immortal Fire Technique'!

"Ah!"

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

"Be careful!"

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The fireball was controlled by Seimei and precisely hit these Iwa Shinobi Chuunin and Genin, instantly disrupting their charge formation.

Some people were even directly hit by the fireball and fell to the ground injured on the spot.

Seeing this, Seimei's eyes lit up, and he instantly came to their side, the 'Chakra Absorption Technique' was activated, and he grabbed them.

While using them to resist the Iwa Shinobi's attack, he began to forcibly extract their Chakra.

(End of chapter)