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With a loud rumble, a deep pit suddenly appeared in the center of the ruins. A pitch-black box floated up, the runic chains wrapped around it slowly disappearing. Then, a bright chakra reaction instantly appeared in the perception of the two!
Mujie had used the Six Harmonies Six Clashes to seal his own chakra reaction and the black box to shield against the Byakugan's visual reconnaissance, allowing him to hide until now.
The black box gradually faded, revealing Mujie, his body covered in runes. The black pupil on his forehead emitted a black light, and at the same time, a large formation array encompassing the entire inn instantly bloomed with a dazzling radiance!
Karin's Kagura Mind's Eye had detected Kakashi and the others early on, giving them ample time to prepare. Even the earlier explosion of the paper bombs was merely to conceal this barrier that was about to be activated.
"Not good!" The chakra reaction emitted by the formation array startled Kakashi and Homura. They quickly began to search for the connection points of this complex formation array, wanting to destroy it. But in the end, following the flow of chakra within the formation, their gazes all converged on Mujie!
"Seal: Six Harmonies Six Clashes! Twelve Great Heavenly Demons!"
Mujie shouted loudly, and the runes on his body instantly began to fuse, eventually forming twelve bizarrely shaped illusory Heavenly Demons!
And those fragile connection points were all hidden within the bodies of those twelve Heavenly Demons!
As a master of barrier jutsu and sealing jutsu, how could Mujie not know the weaknesses of these formation arrays? Since he knew, how could he not take any countermeasures?
Just like Chen Baojun's Konoha Dragon God, Mujie hid the weaknesses within the strong points. If someone could directly break through the Twelve Great Heavenly Demons, which were entirely composed of runes, then there would be no need to search for any weaknesses at all.
The Twelve Great Heavenly Demons grew with the wind, swelling to several meters in size, then with a whoosh, they landed in twelve different directions along the edge of the formation array, corresponding to the positions of the twelve Earthly Branches!
And at this moment, Mujie also shouted loudly, "Barrier: Heavenly Demon Howl! Six Harms Seven Clashes! Fierce! Fierce! Fierce! Fierce! Fierce! Fierce! Fierce!"
As his voice fell, the Twelve Great Heavenly Demons threw their heads back and howled, emitting an extremely piercing shriek.
Then, countless sound waves spread out layer by layer, merging with each other, forming countless fist-sized characters for Fierce made of runes. These characters surged towards the interior of the barrier like a sudden downpour!
The endless 'Fierce' characters blotted out the sky and sun, leaving no gaps between them, shrouding the land in darkness!
Kakashi excelled in one-on-one combat or small-scale battles. This made him feel powerless in the face of this scene, as his chakra was simply insufficient for him to release large-scale ninjutsu multiple times.
But Homura stepped forward at this moment, "Captain Kakashi! Please leave it to me. When I was promoted to Jōnin, Lord Hiashi taught me a precious secret technique!"
"Are you sure?"
"Please rest assured!"
As his voice fell, Homura instantly released chakra from all the acupoints around his body, and at the same time, his body began to rotate rapidly.
The released chakra also began to flow rapidly with his rotation, eventually forming a high-speed rotating spherical shield!
This was precisely the secret technique within the Hyūga clan, only passed down within the main family!
Known for possessing absolute defense...
"Eight Trigrams: Revolving Heaven!!!" (Hakkeshō Kaiten)
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Even the 'Fierce' character runes, which fell as relentlessly as a stormy downpour, were all deflected upon hitting the Revolving Heaven!
Not a single one of the 'Fierce' characters filling the sky could penetrate Homura's Revolving Heaven defense!!!
But!!
Homura's Revolving Heaven would eventually end, but as long as Mujie didn't actively stop, the howls of the Twelve Great Heavenly Demons would never cease!
Before, his own chakra would naturally be unable to sustain the consumption of such a barrier jutsu.
But now, he was a jinchūriki!
Time passed, second by second. Homura's face turned pale, cold sweat already seeping from his forehead. He had even been spinning for so long that when he looked at Kakashi, phantoms appeared in his vision...
Homura's speed was getting slower and slower, but the density of the 'Fierce' character runes still hadn't decreased in the slightest!
And just as the 'Fierce' character runes were about to overwhelm Homura's Revolving Heaven...
"Ninjutsu: Super! Multi-Size Technique!!!"
Following a furious roar, the black coffin seal, which had bulged into a spherical shape, instantly reached its limit and then exploded into a pile of fragments with a bang! At the same time, a giant, over fifty meters tall and covered in blood, appeared before everyone's eyes!
Chōza Akimichi crouched down, using his left hand to protect Homura and Kakashi. The 'Fierce' character runes could only blast out a patch of white marks on the back of his hand!
Able to support his height and weight of over fifty meters, Chōza's physical strength at this moment had already surpassed steel!
Then, he swept his right hand across the ground, directly flattening the entire formation array!
Chōza Akimichi had directly broken this barrier from its very foundation!
Ninjas of the Akimichi clan could store chakra in their fat. When they needed it, they could consume the chakra in their fat to make their entire body rapidly expand, gaining unimaginably powerful strength!
However...
Mujie's eyes narrowed slightly.
Mr. Chōza, you're breaking the rules. That exaggerated thing of yours isn't supposed to appear in this version. You're clearly trying to jump the gun...
In that case, if you encounter anything unbelievable later, don't blame me!
And at the same time, on the other side of the battlefield, a loud explosion suddenly erupted. A figure wrapped in earth armor charged into the eye of the storm. Immediately after, the ground instantly collapsed as if an earthquake had occurred, and all the surrounding buildings collapsed into ruins!
Karin, who had opened the Eight Gates, didn't stop. After dealing with her opponent, she immediately rushed to Mujie's side.
The two exchanged a glance, then looked towards the opposite side.
Standing opposite them at this moment were the three, Kakashi and his team, with grave expressions. Clearly, they already knew what had happened when they saw Karin.
That retired old man, in the end, still...
Sorrow surged through the hearts of the three like a tide, but even more ferocious than the sorrow was the ever-burning anger!
Chōza gritted his teeth, his hands gripping the iron staff so tightly it creaked, "Shikaku... Shikamaru, and Chen... We absolutely cannot let you go!"
But just at this moment, an extremely hoarse voice suddenly came from behind Mujie.
"Heh heh, I was wondering what happened. It seems you're in some trouble," Orochimaru walked over, an enigmatic smile on his face.
Mujie also smiled, then said, "I didn't expect this farce would actually alarm Mr. Orochimaru. But this isn't much trouble, after all, they're just a few minor characters."
Orochimaru's appearance made Kakashi and his team's expressions turn grave. Everyone was staring at Orochimaru's movements.
Kabuto Yakushi, following behind Orochimaru, also spoke at this time, "Well, need any help? As long as you hand over that scroll, we can help you take care of these three."
Kakashi's gaze towards Orochimaru and Kabuto sharpened slightly.
Mujie refused without even thinking, "Save your sweet dreams for when you're asleep. Unless Mr. Orochimaru can bring out that jutsu, I won't budge."
Orochimaru also immediately said, "Anything else besides that jutsu, you can pick freely."
The two looked at each other; it seemed neither was willing to give way.
However, Orochimaru finally said, "Well, let's put the transaction aside for later. I'll help you deal with these people. After all, it would be troublesome for me if you died here. Besides, I don't like Konoha ninjas either."
As he spoke, Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi walked forward.
Mujie chuckled lightly and said, "Do as you please, but don't expect me to be grateful."
"Heh heh, I don't need such a thing either, because..." Orochimaru walked to Mujie's side, and then...
Suddenly opened his mouth wide, and dozens of slender poisonous snakes shot out like sharp arrows, rushing towards Mujie!
At the same time, Kabuto Yakushi also softly shouted, "Five Elements Seal!"
The five characters for Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth suddenly appeared on his five fingers, and he struck towards Mujie's lower abdomen like lightning!
Their attacks came without any warning, making it impossible for anyone to react!
It should have been like this.
But with a whoosh, Karin's arm directly transformed into an afterimage, instantly grabbing Kabuto's wrist. The runes on Mujie's body also transformed into twelve small Heavenly Demons, tearing all the poisonous snakes into pieces!
Kabuto instantly felt a sharp pain in his wrist. He opened his mouth and spat a cloud of poisonous smoke at Karin, forcing her back. Then, together with Orochimaru, he quickly distanced himself from the Uzumaki, and finally...
Stood on Kakashi's side!!!
Orochimaru looked at Mujie and chuckled softly, "I'm sure I didn't emit any killing intent or hostility before attacking, yet you seem to have been prepared for it long ago. Can you tell me how you did that?"
Mujie said with a faint smile on his lips, "It's simple. Because Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade never appeared, I judged that Lady Tsunade was being held back by Jiraiya. But if Konoha were to launch an attack on me, Jiraiya, as the strongest fighting force, couldn't possibly be absent. Yet, he is indeed not here right now. So there's only one possibility: Kakashi must have something else up his sleeve that makes him believe they can complete this mission."
"But even after their team suffered casualties, I still didn't see this 'something.' It even made me doubt whether my judgment was wrong for a time. Until... Mr. Orochimaru appeared here. Only then did I finally understand. It's precisely because your trump card, Kakashi, was you, that his plan deviated like this, because he simply couldn't control your actions."