Myoki Mountain.

A huge hemispherical crater, as if a piece had been torn from the earth, was far away from the sky.

The white snake's body lay sideways in the pit, motionless, like a dead corpse.

From its slightly open and closed mouth, it can be seen that the White Snake Immortal is struggling tenaciously on the edge of life and death for death.

Part of the body disappeared in the explosion of Baoyu, and it was shocking to be able to see the flesh-and-blood bones of Sen Sen in it.

Two figures walked out of the mouth of the White Snake Immortal, it was Shiraishi and Liuli.

Their clothes and skin were stained with mucus from the White Snake Fairy's body, but other than that, there were no injuries on their bodies.

Bai Shi glanced back at the White Snake Immortal behind him, the flame of his soul was not extinguished, although the vitality in his body was passing rapidly, he was not dead, and he still hung his last breath and successfully pulled himself back on the verge of death.

"Stink...... Stinky little ghost, help the old body heal...... Otherwise...... Eat you...... Ahem......"

The White Snake Immortal coughed and spoke weakly to Bai Shi, his tone quite rude.

Bai Shi didn't care, walked to the side of the White Snake Immortal, stretched out his palm and pressed it on the snake body of the White Snake Immortal, transforming his own immortal chakra into life force, entering the body of the White Snake Immortal, and completely pulling it back from the brink of death.

While performing the medical immortal technique, he sighed at the strength of the white snake immortal's physical body.

The body has collapsed to this point, and he still hangs his breath and does not die, and he is worthy of being a psychic creature that has been cultivated for thousands of years.

Its vitality has reached an unbelievable level.

Ignoring the white stone and the white snake immortal, Liuli walked to the center of the pit, only to see a blue orb the size of an adult lying there, with the word 'oil' engraved on it, which was the orb that the big toad fairy wore before his death.

After the explosion, the orb remained intact.

Liuli walked in front of the blue orb, and saw that it was smooth and unstained, and her figure was clearly reflected, which was incredible.

With her knowledge, she couldn't even recognize what material this orb was made of, and how it was polished into the form of the orb.

Even the White Snake Immortal almost died in the explosion, but this orb was able to be preserved intact, which shows how strong the orb is.

It can be seen with the naked eye, and it is also known that this orb itself is a secret treasure that is difficult to find in the ninja world.

Around the orb, there were scattered pieces of solidified flesh of various sizes, and unsurprisingly, these solidified pieces of flesh that looked like rocks were the remnants of the Great Toad Immortal.

As an existence of the same level as the White Snake Immortal, its physical strength has reached an unbelievable realm, even in the terrifying explosion, there is still some residue, and it has not completely disappeared in the explosion.

Although Ruri doesn't understand research matters, bringing these pieces of meat back to the research institute in the country of ghosts will definitely have a huge effect on the scientific cause of the country of ghosts.

On the other side, Bai Shi let go of his palm, left the body of the White Snake Immortal, and exhaled with relief, continuing to deliver life force to the White Snake Immortal, and the consumption of him was also very large.

Moreover, even if he exhausted all his life force, he might not be able to completely recover the White Snake Immortal in this state.

All he could do was to get the White Snake Immortal out of danger, so that its own healing immortal technique could operate on its own, and it would slowly recover with its own medical ability.

The White Snake Immortal understands this truth, and he doesn't think that a human can immediately recover from his injuries.

The reason why it and the chakra of the Great Toad Immortal were able to surpass the tailed beast was because their own body was at least the same level as the tailed beast, or even larger.

The chakra that can be accommodated in the body, will naturally be more.

Therefore, once their existence of this level is severely damaged, it is difficult for outsiders to play a key role in their injuries except by relying on their own strong resilience.

Shiraishi came to Ruri's side and saw the blue orb that Ruri had been looking at.

He reached out and touched the blue orb, turning on his perception to the fullest, carefully sensing the situation of the orb.

"How?"

Ruri asked with interest.

"It should be a substance conceived with special chakra jade and pure natural energy between heaven and earth. The previous explosion was a unique phenomenon caused by the natural energy in the orb exceeding the limit, and I have done similar experiments in the past, but the explosion power after the experiment was not so exaggerated. ”

Shiraishi let go of his palm, confirming that the explosive impact released by this orb before was not an immortal technique, but just absorbed too much natural energy, causing the energy overload inside to start to run wild.

Unlike chakra, which is tempered by its own physical and spiritual strength, natural energy comes from nature and is a ubiquitous energy.

This energy, untamed, can manifest an incomparably violent aggressiveness.

This is also the reason why cultivators of immortal arts must have a strong chakra as a foundation before they can practice.

Normally, a ninja with a powerful chakra is bound to have outstanding physical abilities and a strong life force.

Therefore, it is integrated with natural energy, and it can also rely on its strong body to withstand the backlash of natural energy with a violent nature, and master the power of nature. On the contrary, under the erosion of natural energy, various problems will occur in the body, and eventually die in the process of absorbing natural energy.

It is also like this, after gathering a large amount of natural energy, if it is not channeled and controlled, the explosive power generated by its rampage is not weaker than an attack like Tailed Beast Jade, and even more terrifying.

An existence like the White Snake Immortal almost lost his life, and if a human ninja faced this kind of attack, he would directly turn into nothingness with the surrounding land.

"I see, no wonder the surrounding earth has withered and has no life at all. Is this way of operation the concept of 'art'? ”

Ruri crouched down, grabbed a handful of sand from the ground, and flew away from her fingers.

She could feel that the vitality of the earth had been lost, and it was estimated that within many years, it would become a barren land, and people and beasts would be extinct.

Shiraishi shook his head and replied, "No, although it's close, strictly speaking, this can't be classified as 'art'. ”

The technique is the concept of forming, and this is just a physical application of natural energy, which is essentially similar to the energy mass that gathers after the chakra is materialized.

It's just that natural energy has a violent nature, and when gathered, it produces an explosive impact that destroys the earth.

It seems to be a 'technique', but it is still quite far from the 'technique'.

The reason why immortal art is immortal art is that it brings natural energy to another realm and combines it with chakra to form a new substance.

This new substance, like chakra, can form the concept of 'art'.

But...... Shiraishi thought of the argument that Indra gave him about the relationship between the art and the seal, and in ancient times, there was no concept of the art and the seal, and as the inheritors of the Otsuki clan, they did not need to seal the seal with one move.

Shiraishi looked at the huge treasure jade in front of him and fell into deep thought.

"What's wrong?"

"Thinking of something, I'm thinking about whether it's time to give the fire elves a new energy core."

Shiraishi smiled with interest.

Although this orb is a treasure, it needs to be refilled with energy to be effective.

Judging from the upper limit of the orb, at least it can store an immortal chakra comparable to the size of a tailed beast.

If you use this orb as the new 'heart' of the fire spirit, you may be able to stand out from all your brothers and sisters and become the strongest clone.

This is just a conjecture, though.

As for whether it can be done, you still need to bring the orb back to study to know the answer.

Even if it can be used as the new 'heart' of the fire spirit, it can't be done in a moment and a half, it takes time.

Shiraishi jumped over the orb and up the dirt pit.

After a moment's effort, Shiraishi jumped out of the pit, and Ruri followed.

The two of them stood on the edge of the dirt pit, looking out at their surroundings, everything around them was flattened by the shock wave of the explosion, and there was not a single living thing in sight.

Almost half of the territory of Myoki Mountain was destroyed by the impact of natural energy.

Dust and rubble abound.

Only the area around the temple, which is far away from here, is relatively well preserved and has not been destroyed.

The ninjas of the Oni Country, who were far away from this core battlefield from the beginning, were not seriously affected.

There are still air units of the Oni no Kuni patrolling in the sky, monitoring the land of Myoki Mountain from the sky.

"Lord Shiraishi, Lord Ruri."

Several of the upper ninjas of the country of ghosts rushed over with dirty faces, and respectfully came to Shiraishi and Ruri.

The chakra armor on their bodies was cracked, and they were bleeding from their waists, arms, or thighs, but the injuries were not serious, and they could rest for a while.

"How's it going?"

"The remaining toads of Myoki Mountain began to flee to the east."

"What about the Nine-Tails Pillar Force? Did you find any traces of him? ”

Shiraishi asked.

Several Shangninas looked at each other, and one of them said helplessly: "I haven't found any trace of the Nine-Tails Pillar Force." ”

Shiraishi nodded, and instead of asking, he swept towards the gray sky.

The natural energy of this piece of heaven and earth is very disordered, and even the weather has been affected, and the temperature has begun to drop rapidly.

This phenomenon is very unusual.

"Do you want to continue the pursuit?"

Oni no Kuni Kamishinobu continued to ask.

"Don't go too deep, just do it in moderation. As for the Nine-Tails Pillar ......"

Shiraishi frowned, then let go of his perception ability, not sensing the chakra of the two immortals and Naruto.

There are two possibilities.

One is that these three people died in the blast of natural energy.

However, this possibility is very small, because by the time the orb was gaining momentum, the three of them had already escaped some distance, and they were not at the core of the explosion, and even if they were affected, they would not form fatal injuries.

The second is that the two great immortals fled with Naruto, using unknown means.

But the coverage of his own perceptual ninjutsu, even the forest outside Miaomu Mountain, can be clearly perceived.

No matter how fast the action power of the two immortals was, it was impossible for them to escape from his perception range in such a short period of time.

Far from the water? Shiraishi thought of the mysterious prop of the specialty of Mt. Myoki.

A travel prop that can greatly shorten the trip.

In Konoha, there is also a device of distant water, and it is well preserved under the personal care of the Hokage and the Shadows.

Because of the existence of this prop, Konoha and Myoki Mountain are unusually close.

If you use the distant water to escape, you can indeed avoid his perceptual ninjutsu in a short time.

According to Shiraishi's speculation, the ability to stay away in water may be related to space ninjutsu.

Only space-type secret treasures can shorten the journey between the two places and arrive in the shortest time, which is similar to the Shenwei Tongshu mastered by Obito.

In other words, once you enter the distant water, you are equivalent to another dimension.

Although Shiraishi is confident in his perceptual ninjutsu, he feels helpless about the independent alternate time and space.

"Forget it...... Nine-tails pillar power, leave it to those guys to deal with. ”

Compared to him, Xiao's guy values tailed beasts more.

Instead, you can sell the information of the Nine-Tails Pillar Force to the people of Akatsuki and ask them to send ninjas to deal with it.

"Collect the orb below and the nearby pieces of meat, and then carry them back to Aster City."

Shiraishi gave an order, and then took Ruri to the temple of Myoki Mountain.

The big toad immortal is dead, and the remaining guards of Miaomu Mountain have also fled from Miaomu Mountain.

Next, it has become the backyard of the Oni Country.

The thousand-year-old collection of the Holy Land will not disappoint him if he thinks about it.

"Yes."

Seeing the two leave, several Onikoku Shinobi followed the landslide to the bottom of the pit and began to collect orbs and pieces of meat scattered around the area.

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"Chi ...... Village...... Regiment...... Hide! ”

Kazuhime spit out this sentence from her mouth with difficulty, and finally understood that this Konoha ninja was not an ordinary root ninja at all, but the leader of the root - Shimura Danzo himself!

Among Konoha, he is the only one who has a kaleidoscope writing wheel eye!

For a moment, Yiji stood motionless as if she was tightly bound.

Konoha ...... Orphan...... Root...... Training...... Confidential Mission...... Infiltrate the land of ghosts...... Daughter...... Replace...... Kill Chiba Shiraishi!

All kinds of memories that had been planned for a long time tore open her mental space like a storm and forcibly instilled them.

Trying to overlay her original memories and replace them with the blueprints of memories drawn by others.

Faced with such a thing, Yiji naturally mobilized the immortal chakra of the whole body and began to resist the invasion of children's arts.

However, the more she resisted, the more abnormal memories disturbed her brain.

Kusanagi's sword slipped from his hand and stuck diagonally into the dirt.

Kazuhime frowned in pain, the power of memory that covered her made her brain extremely confused.

If it weren't for his own childlike power, he would have been invaded by foreign memories and become a puppet controlled by others.

"It's useless, the more you resist, the more this kind of childlike art will be deeply rooted in your brain. This is the strongest illusion - don't be a god! ”

A deep voice sounded in his ears, like a dream demon that he couldn't shake off.

"Come, this is where you belong, become a part of Konoha and kill your enemy Chiba Shiraishi!"

Wearing a mask, Tuan Zang took a step forward, and followed the temptation of Yiji, and the kaleidoscope writing wheel eye in his right eye became more and more evil and fanatical.

He stretched out his withered palm to Kazuhime, and his body was full of kindness.

Syllable!

Cold fingers covered the mask on Danzo's face.

His eyes widened slightly under Tuanzang's mask, as if he had seen something incredible.

Card!

Under the vigorous ravages of his palms, the mask on Danzang's face began to crumble.

Ichihime's three-hooked jade writing wheel eyes showed a hideous color, and he unceremoniously grabbed Tuanzang's face and pressed it on the ground.

Rumble!

The ground collapsed.

As the rocks flew, blood splattered from Tuanzang's body.

The five fingers that grabbed Tuanzang's face were also stained with blood.

That face, already a lake of flesh and blood, had lost its breath.

However, after doing all this, Ichihime's head began to hurt sharply again.

Memories that don't belong to her, crazy to disturb her consciousness.

Konoha ...... Konoha ...... Konoha ...... Konoha ...... Countless memories of Konoha Village came to her mind.

Although she knew that these false memories were false memories that others had planted in her mind, she could not expel them.

Such memories took root in her brain, and used them as a cornerstone to erode towards her mental space, ready to replace her original memories.

"How is that possible?"

Seeing Ichikahime struggling there, the root ninjas who knew the inside story showed a look of shock.

The ultimate child's art, which even the three generations of Hokage couldn't resist, there were people who could resist and didn't become a puppet of the child's art in the first place.

This is the first time this has happened.

"Take her away!"

Looking at Yihime, who was in chaos, a root shinobi made a quick decision and chose to take the initiative.

The root ninja behind him also followed.

In any case, this 'weapon' will be taken away and then used by Konoha to deal with the country of demons.

Facing the root surrounded by Ichihime, the residual consciousness, make a reflex movement, and throw a punch.

The stunned root shinobu hurriedly parried with both hands.

Rumble!

In one shot, the root shinobi flew back at a faster speed than when he came, and the bones of his arms were shattered, and a muffled grunt of grief came out in midair.

The rest of the root ninjas were all in front of each other, only to see two hands stretched out, grabbing one person's head with the other, and hitting each other.

Bang.

The plasma was scattered, and the rich smell of blood instantly filled the air.

Standing in a pool of blood, a terrifying aura began to wrap around her body, and the blue chakra visible to the naked eye turned into a torrent and erupted from her body, as if a hideous giant beast phantom had formed in the air, looking up to the sky and roaring.

The pressure in the air increased sharply, causing the Konoha ninja, who was about to step forward to approach Ichihime, trembling and stopping his steps.

Especially the ninja who is in charge of perception, the moment Ichihime bursts out of the chakra, tears and snot flow out of anger.

Unprecedented fear has unreasonably encroached upon their children's holes.

"Monster, monster! This kind of chakra, how is it possible-"

They had never seen such an outrageous chakra.

It's endless, there's no bottom in sight.

Erupting from the body, the impact of the entity formed by the chakra alone made it impossible for the surrounding Konoha ninjas to get close.

It's not so much a human as a tailed beast in human skin.

"Don't panic, she's been controlled by illusion, all-"

Before the word 'attack' could be shouted from his mouth, a lava warrior with a condensed body appeared behind Kazuhime.

The lava warrior who was originally raging on the battlefield on the other side, at the call of Kazuhime, ignored the distance and appeared behind Kazuhime, the master.

Flames erupted from the chakra sword, baking the surrounding earth into hell.

The blood-stained snow turned into a red stream bubbling down.

The heat scorched the skin, and the corpses that fell around made a scorching sound.

In the field of flames, where the heat was closed and the air was distorted, Yi Ji raised his head, his long hair flying, and shone forward with a hollow, ghostly blood-red eye.

The lava warrior behind her, with a blazing white flame in his eyes, swung the chakra sword in his hand and plunged it into the ground.

For a moment, the earth shook, and the red pillar of fire burst out of the earth without warning, rushing into the sky, engulfing the figures of Kazuhime and the lava warrior, and losing their sights in the pillar of fire.

As a result, this pillar of fire-like heaven and earth prison successfully separated the inner and outer worlds and turned into a forbidden area of flames that outsiders could not approach.

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The land of the earth, in the west.

It has been reduced to a fierce war zone.

For the ninjas of Iwakuin Village who participated in the battle, especially the newcomers who participated, they felt that the battlefield in front of them was a dream.

A nightmare that doesn't want to wake up.

Under the staggered cannonballs, listen to the captains' charging orders, and use your own flesh and blood to compete with the steel monsters of the Oni Country.

Although they kept using ninjutsu and carrying bomb packs to attack the steel troops of the Oni Country from the front or from the side, these steel monsters that kept roaring when they ran seemed to be endless.

If one is destroyed, a new one will rush out.

It's like the products in the factory, which can be continuously output by the assembly line, and then continuously put into the battlefield.

And they, once they die, can't get out of the 'factory' again.

In the muddy ground bombarded by artillery shells, many Iwakure ninjas used earth to create trenches to avoid the enemy's strong firepower in order to avoid the enemy's steel troops.

If it's just a pile of mechanical steel, then, with the Earth Escape Ninjutsu, it's not very fearful.

But the country of demons is also well aware of this truth, and as the makers, they are very aware of the flaws of the steel troops they have built.

If there is no army to contain it, then this group of bulky steel will be a bulky live target in the eyes of the ninjas.

Therefore, it became the scene in front of me that 'if the steel troops are dispatched, the ninja troops will follow'.

As long as the ninja troops guarding are not annihilated, then this group of tireless steel monsters will endlessly advance the battle line.

Hundreds of such armored artillery vehicles, as long as they can rush out a tenth of them, can make the rear of Iwakuin fall into a terrifying panic.

And it is not simple to destroy an armored artillery vehicle, although the upper shinobi has the ability to destroy them, but it is not done overnight, it takes time.

When the middle ninja and the lower ninja encounter this, they basically either use the earth escape stealth technique to hide underground, or run as far as they can, so as not to appear in the range of the cannonball.

Although most of the time they fail to get out of range of the shells, they will be sent into the sky.

Even if you stay in a trench made of earth, under such dense firepower, you may be blown away by shells along with the trench's bad luck.

"Keep fighting, Tsuchikage-sama is clearing the way for us, and victory is ours!"

In a trench, Iwakure was covered in mud and blood, both enemies and his own, and he commanded the personnel of his squad to continue the attack on the troops of the Oni Country.

And some of the rock ninjas in the trench looked a little dazed.

In the past few days, the sound of artillery fire has always echoed in my ears, which has led to a little mental problem.

Every time I heard such a cannonball roar in my ears, my body subconsciously began to tremble, and a kind of unexplained fear quietly took root in my heart.

Thus, a new round of rushing began.

The sky was covered with black clouds after artillery bombardment, and even in the sky, it was within the range of fire.

The continuous explosions stretched out a long front in the sky.

Winds, lightning, rocks, and constantly bombarding enemy air units in an attempt to gain air supremacy.

The ninjas of the Oni no Kuni also began to move forward.

Every round of Iwakuin ninja's rush will bring them a lot of losses.

Although they are well-armed, have advanced technology compared to the enemy, and have mechanized troops, which are weapons of war with long-range firepower, war is accompanied by mobility.

Once the ninjas on both sides engage in an inextricable bloody melee, the firepower of the mechanized troops will inevitably be limited. Otherwise, if you are not careful, you will blow up your own people and send them to the sky with the enemy.

As a result, the ninja troops of the Oni Country, under the leadership of the upper ninja, started a new round of battles with the Iwakure troops.

Mechanized units also moved forward, pushing forward, with less powerful shells, and began to cover the battle.

Even a less powerful cannonball has the power to blow people away easily.

Rumble!

After a burst of gunsmoke, the crowd exploded.

The Iwakuin team, which wanted to attack from behind, was hit by a precise direct hit of the cannonball, and exploded in the middle of the team.

Before he had time to dodge, the captain Shangnin only hurriedly unfolded an earthen wall, and then the whole person and the earthen wall were blown away and began to roll on the ground.

He got up from the snow, shook his head, and gouged his ears, and the sound of shelling almost ringing in his ears.

Just as he was about to step forward again to sneak attack, a buzzing, buzzing vibration caught his attention.

Where he stood was a not-so-steep slope.

In front is the battlefield where the two sides are fighting, and in the rear is an open plain area.

When he heard this familiar voice, he turned around subconsciously and turned back, and the whole person was stunned.

Countless pieces of black steel whizz through the snow of the plains, and each armored artillery vehicle leaves two parallel tracks in the snow.

Each armoured artillery vehicle was accompanied by several combatants dressed in uniform.

Dress up like a ninja and don't look like a ninja.

They followed by the armored cannon body, like black wolves, mixed into the jet-black steel torrent, and sprinted towards the battlefield ahead.

The buzzing and trembling earth seemed to be wailing.

"This ...... What is this......"

Where did this mechanized army come from?

Are there so many ninjas in the country of ghosts?

Why is this happening at such a time?

Although there were many questions, his questions were not answered.

The armored gun carriage that was sprinting at the front adjusted the angle of the gun mount, only to see a dense line of fire rushing out of the barrel of the gun, aiming at its own side.

In the violent impact, the sound of flesh and bones tearing, and the sound of the earth shattering and bombing, clearly resounded in the mind of Iwakure Kamishinobi.

In the feeling of being in a different world, Iwakure Kamishinobi's eyes ended in endless darkness.