bookbashuk Chapter 67 Thrilling
Chapter 67 Thrilling
Looking at the two lying motionless on the ground, Hyuga Kanan sighed with emotion, realizing that the final result was that they had both perished.
Just now, I clearly saw with my Byakugan that Uchiha Kagami slightly shifted his body the moment the ice spike struck his heart. The ice spike pierced along the edge of his heart but did not penetrate it directly.
It seems Uchiha Kagami had planned this all along. If he didn't risk falling into their trap, Mizuki Gen would never reveal himself directly; the other party would remain hidden in the shadows. Uchiha Kagami's body was already exhausted from using the Mangekyou Sharingan for so long, and he was further wounded by the remaining Mist Ninja.
If he could receive immediate medical treatment, there was still a chance of recovery. However, Mizuki Hen would definitely keep looking for opportunities to deliver a fatal blow. The longer it dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for Uchiha Kagami.
When he discovered the ice spike attack from Mizuki, Uchiha Kagami could have dodged all the vital points, but with his wounds bleeding continuously and Mizuki Kon still ambushing him from the shadows, he would eventually be worn down and killed.
Uchiha Kagami immediately devised a plan. For a ninja who uses dojutsu, it is easy to see how to injure himself after seeing through an attack. He just needs to make the ice spike look like it is piercing his heart, and he can also accumulate power to deliver the final blow to the opponent.
Clearly, Uchiha Kagami's plan succeeded. Although Hyuga Kanan didn't know what the Mangekyou Sharingan's dojutsu was in Uchiha Kagami's left eye, the fact that Uchiha Kagami used it as a final blow meant that it couldn't be an attack that could be easily neutralized, and it must have rendered the opponent unable to retaliate.
As Uchiha Kagami withdrew his Mangekyou Sharingan, the feeling of being watched disappeared. Hyuga Kanan quickly used his divine sense to rapidly envelop the soul energy of the dead Mist Ninja and Konoha team ninjas floating in the air. Now that he knew the world's will was covering and protecting him, he absorbed all the soul energy on the battlefield without letting any go.
This was a huge success. The worst Konoha team consisted of elite Chunin, and there were four Jonin. The Kirigakure team was similar to Konoha, with the worst being Chunin and more than eight Jonin. Most importantly, they also had the soul energy of the fallen Kage-level Mizuki Gen.
Hyuga Kanan was actually drooling over Uchiha Kagami's soul energy, but the feeling of being spied on earlier made him give up on the soul energy that was obviously very nourishing.
Hyuga Kanan was now thinking about what kind of experience the soul energy of a Kage-level ninja could bring him. After directly absorbing the soul energy of a Jonin-level ninja last time, his affinity for earth element increased significantly. So what kind of experience could a Kage-level ninja bring him?
Thinking that Hyuga Kanan would continue to wait silently for Mizuki Hen's death, he wanted to see how much improvement he would gain after absorbing the soul energy of a Kage-level powerhouse.
After absorbing all the soul energy of the other deceased ninjas from a distance, Hyuga Kanan silently waited for the soul energy of Mizuki Ken after his death.
At the same time, they were also impressed by the strength of Uchiha Kagami, who was able to defeat the Mist Ninja under such circumstances.
The Mist Ninja outnumbered the Leaf Village ninja by more than five times, and were led by a powerful Kage-level ninja like Mizuki Gen, yet they still perished together.
No, there is still one survivor in Konoha, namely Danzo Shimura, who is still alive, although he is also seriously injured.
"Should I kill Shimura Danzo and absorb his soul energy? In the current situation, no one will know that I did it myself."
Hinata Kanan thought to himself, and the more he thought about it, the more excited he became.
Suddenly, Uchiha Kagami, who was lying on the ground, moved. He then struggled to his feet and staggered toward Shimura Danzo.
"To be able to stand up despite such severe injuries, Uchiha Kagami is truly determined! Judging from his injuries, he has lost nearly 6% of his blood, and there's that bleeding wound on his chest. A normal person would have lost consciousness and been waiting to die long ago."
Meanwhile, the soul energy of Mizuki-hen began to slowly emerge in Hyuga Kanan's divine sense. That soul energy, which was almost solidified, immediately attracted all of Hyuga Kanan's attention.
Hyuga Kanan didn't delay any longer and quickly mobilized his divine sense to move towards the emerging soul energy.
As soon as Mizuki's soul energy appeared, it was pulled by an invisible force and quickly drifted in one direction. The speed was so fast that if Hyuga Kanan hadn't been paying attention to it, he probably wouldn't have had a chance to absorb it.
The power of divine sense quickly enveloped the rapidly drifting soul energy and forcibly dragged it back to the Qiankun Inheritance Jade.
"Damn! Such a strong pulling force, I almost failed to snatch it."
Hyuga Kanan was also surprised. Just now, when his divine sense was enveloping Mizuki's soul energy and preparing to absorb it back into the Qiankun Inheritance Jade, the invisible pulling force almost prevented Hyuga Kanan's divine sense from enveloping it.
After absorbing the Qiankun Inheritance Jade, Hyuga Kanan quickly withdrew his divine sense. He felt that he must have been noticed by the Sage of Six Paths when he was struggling with the attraction of the Pure Land, and that the Sage was probably preparing to come and check on him.
"I hope the world's will can truly hide its existence! Otherwise, we're really doomed."
Hyuga Kanan quickly gathered all his energy, and his spiritual power was also tightly contracted back into the depths of his mind, not daring to leak even a trace. Moreover, his vortex stopped rotating and absorbed and refined the surrounding natural energy.
Now we'll see if the message conveyed by the world's will is reliable.
The will of the world also formed an invisible protective barrier, completely enveloping Hyuga Kanan and making him blend into the surrounding environment.
Suddenly, a powerful surge of divine sense appeared on the battlefield, constantly scanning it as if trying to scan the entire battlefield, leaving no area more than 50 kilometers away unchecked.
Hyuga Kanan clearly sensed the divine sense that was constantly scanning the battlefield and sweeping towards him. He tightly controlled his breathing rhythm and continuously contracted his internal energy and divine sense power, not allowing even a trace of it to leak out.
The divine sense in the heavens and earth quickly scanned Hyuga Kanan's body. Hyuga Kanan almost stopped breathing, forcibly holding his breath and silently waiting for the final verdict.
On that day, Xiang Jianan's face turned red from holding his breath, and he was about to give up when the divine consciousness in the world slowly disappeared, as if it had never existed.
Hyuga Kanan's body went limp, and he slumped onto a tree branch, panting heavily, feeling a sense of relief at having escaped a near-death experience. The incredibly powerful spiritual force he had just witnessed was at least a hundred times stronger than his own. Although it wasn't as pure as his own, the sheer quantity was terrifying. It seemed the World Will hadn't lied to him; it could indeed shield him from the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki's spiritual force, concealing his presence. As long as he didn't directly appear before it, the World Will could still obscure his existence simply by scanning him with his spiritual sense.
But the overwhelming divine sense that swept around him was a feeling Hyuga Kanan had never experienced before. If his own divine sense was a drop of water, then that divine sense was a never-ending river.
The vast difference in skill made Hyuga Kanan realize how long his path of cultivation truly was. It shattered all the pride and satisfaction he had felt after his previous progress.
"It really is a long and arduous journey! When will I be able to accumulate such a vast amount of divine consciousness power!"
Recovering from the oppressive feeling, Hyuga Kanan began to envy the other's immense spiritual energy reserves. But he quickly became excited; among the soul energy he had risked absorbing today was the soul energy of a powerful Kage-level wielder like Mizuki Gen—energy so potent that even the Sage of Six Paths had come to investigate. It was sure to bring him unexpected benefits.
But now is not the time to absorb and refine it. I need to leave here as soon as possible to reduce the traces of my presence and the chances of being exposed.
Hyuga Kanan believed that the Sage of Six Paths wouldn't let this go so easily. After all, a thief had appeared in his nursery to steal his fruits, so even if he didn't come in person, it was most likely that he would send someone to check.
"It seems I should give up on the soul energy of Danzo Shimura, a Kage-level powerhouse. What I need to do now is erase all traces of my presence here and leave from somewhere else."
Thinking of this, Hyuga Kanan began to silently clean up the traces of her stay here, and then cleaned her way back along the route she came from. Fortunately, she was just traveling and did not do much, so there were very few traces left behind.
After returning to the gathering point for intelligence gathering in Konoha, they quickly left along the route they had prepared beforehand.
This route was originally the retreat route that Hyuga Kanan arranged for the Konoha team, but Shimura Danzo firmly refused. After realizing that he and the natives of this ninja world were not on the same side, he did not insist.
Now that this has become his escape route, he's simply following behind the group, avoiding the attention of the Konoha squad members. The only one who's been paying attention to him, Uchiha Kagami, is also about to die, so his chances of being exposed will drop significantly. His only worry is whether the Sage of Six Paths will directly examine Uchiha Kagami's consciousness.
However, Hyuga Kanan believed that the chances were slim. He thought that the Sage of Six Paths' first suspect was the same Otsutsuki clan member who had fought against his mother.
So I still have time to cultivate slowly, and I have gained a lot this time, which will allow me to improve rapidly for a period of time.