Instant Kill, Dual Kamui Appears

Pfft!

Pfft!

Pfft, pfft, pfft…

Ōnoki flew through the air. Hearing the terrifying sounds behind him, he glanced back slightly, and his expression changed instantly.

Behind him, large numbers of ninja who had escaped the terrifying golden radiance stretching for several kilometers exploded in midair, one after another, into heaps of mangled flesh.

The blood and flesh were like bursting berries, nearly linking together into a gruesome curtain across the sky.

Yet he had not detected the attacker at all.

The only things he could sense were the howling gale filling heaven and earth, and the increasingly terrifying shriek of air, sharp enough to almost pierce his eardrums.

Something… was rampaging about at a terrifying speed beyond his comprehension. Those ninja had not been killed by some jutsu. They had been smashed alive into fragments!

Pfft, pfft!

A figure suddenly clung to Ōnoki’s back. Ōnoki instinctively tensed, his hand seals already complete and his body fully hardened, but an urgent voice came from behind him.

"Don’t resist. It’s Mercenary Tao. I’ll get you out first!"

The peculiar half-black, half-white ninja explained in a rarely urgent voice. Black Zetsu was certainly not acting out of kindness. Rather, he had realized that in this era, when the ninja world’s talent had withered away, they needed to face the suddenly emerged Mercenary Tao and the golden monster.

These few remaining powerful ninja were resources they could not afford to lose.

Ōnoki had not particularly trusted Zetsu’s words at first, but the other party had not only helped them uncover Akatsuki’s attack on the Land of Earth’s royal capital, he had also shown him Konoha’s tragic state.

It was hard to believe that Konoha Ninja Village, once the strongest, had now become nearly empty. A vast number of ninja and civilians had accepted the existence of the so-called Golden Order and begun this utterly unforeseen war.

Ōnoki withdrew his jutsu, and the two instantly descended from the sky toward the ground.

The moment Black Zetsu saw Mercenary Tao appear, he knew his objective had been achieved. Now, he only needed to wait for Uchiha Obito to reclaim the other eye before coming back to contend with these people.

Among these ninja, the only ones he considered valuable were Ōnoki, A, Killer B, and a few others.

Black Zetsu seized Ōnoki’s body. As they landed, a peculiar Chakra nature transformation caused their bodies to seem to merge into the ground.

That seamlessness was absolutely not something ordinary Earth Release ninjutsu could achieve. As Ōnoki’s thoughts churned, he felt the ground shake violently.

Boom!

An iron-like hand smashed fiercely into the earth.

Black Zetsu’s heart jolted, and he instinctively tried to flee.

But at that moment, a terrifying aura erupted.

Scarlet Conqueror’s Haki burst forth completely, centered on Bai Cangshu, who had struck the ground.

Black Zetsu and Ōnoki, who bore the brunt of it, had their minds shaken in an instant. It was as though they stood in the eye of a hurricane. That tyrannical aura made their thoughts tremble, leaving them briefly dazed.

In that instant, Bai Cangshu’s left hand stabbed at Black Zetsu dozens of times in a storm of attacks.

Black Zetsu possessed nearly top-tier means of escape and concealment. Moreover, as a child personally created by Otsutsuki Kaguya, his bloodline alone, though inferior to that of the Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Hamura brothers who had inherited most of the Otsutsuki Clan’s abilities, still surpassed the Senju and Uchiha, whose bloodlines had long since thinned too greatly.

Black Zetsu specialized in mental invasion abilities, so he recovered from the mind-shaking impact of Conqueror’s Haki very quickly. But by the time he regained himself, a tempestuous barrage already filled the space before him.

He tried to merge into Mercenary Tao’s body, but when that left hand struck his body, it gave him an unimaginably terrifying sense of oppression.

Pfft, pfft, pfft!

In an instant, Black Zetsu’s black-and-white humanoid body turned into a heap of sludge. The fused White Zetsu died immediately, while Black Zetsu himself fell toward the ground like Black Mud.

Bai Cangshu exhaled a breath of foul air and lightly stamped his right foot, making the ground tremble again. His left arm suddenly froze in midair after its storm-like barrage of thrusts. It had only paused for an instant, yet the air let out a terrifying shriek.

Ōnoki, who had just regained his senses, focused his pupils and saw the tall man above him, his left fist clenched. A trace of Red Lotus Flame seeped through the gaps between the fingers of that clenched fist.

Whoosh!

Just as the rumors said, there were no hand seals and no trace of Chakra flowing. Merely by clenching his fist, terrifying flames erupted from Bai Cangshu’s left fist in an instant.

Boom!

Like a meteor exploding at close range, Ōnoki watched the man smash a fierce punch toward his rear. He could smell the pungent stench of sulfur in the air.

Bai Cangshu threw a punch, shattering the air before him along with Black Zetsu, who was falling from the sky.

Black Zetsu’s face twisted in terror before the dreadful explosion swallowed him whole.

Rumble!

Bai Cangshu stood in a massive crater over ten meters wide and more than three meters deep, expressionlessly looking at the black sludge-like substance in his hand.

In his right hand, he also held a pair of eyeballs still attached to flesh and nerves.

Bio-Implant: Byakugan

Quality: Purple (Extremely Rare)

Description: The eyeballs of the Hyuga Clan from Naruto and its Derivative World. Possesses good transplant compatibility. These eyes have excellent purity and a small chance of evolution potential.

Effect: Insufficient information. Cannot be taken out of this world.

Milestone: Thousand Eyes (Rare) progress updated. Current: 2/3

Bai Cangshu had snatched them casually when, in his fourth-stage Instant state, he smashed through that Hyuga Clan ninja. Now, he carelessly tossed them into the crater at his feet.

Bai Cangshu turned and looked at Ōnoki, who had appeared dozens of meters away. This experienced ninja had used the convenient ability of the Substitution Technique in that critical instant to evade his strike.

The Space Panel had not displayed a notification that he had killed Black Zetsu, but Bai Cangshu was certain that Black Zetsu’s current condition could not possibly be good.

"Mercenary Tao, are you also part of that so-called Golden Order?"

Ōnoki floated in the air, but beneath his clothes, his aged body was already taut. He was a ninja who had lived through Uchiha Madara’s era in his youth. He knew all too well what these monsters who exceeded all limits were capable of.

From that brief exchange alone, Ōnoki had confirmed that the man before him was absolutely not someone an ordinary Kage-level Ninja could handle.

Or rather, in his view, for a Kage-level Ninja to fight someone like Mercenary Tao, they needed sufficiently clear intelligence, a positional advantage, and a flawless battle plan before they might find a way to counter him.

The experienced Ōnoki had nearly realized, from the intelligence report labeling Mercenary Tao a "humanoid Tailed Beast," that sealing techniques might be the best way to deal with him.

Unfortunately, such a strategy required thorough preparation. Encountering a humanoid Tailed Beast like this in an unexpected battle was a disaster for any ninja.

His graying temples were slightly damp. The immense pressure had made Ōnoki’s thoughts clearer than ever before.

Bai Cangshu stared sharply at Ōnoki, slowly lifting one foot and taking a step forward.

Ōnoki instantly drifted backward some distance, raising both hands before his chest as the light of Dust Release lit up.

The smile at the corner of Bai Cangshu’s mouth grew more apparent.

"Are you nervous, Ōnoki?"

"The Golden Order… do you still have time to care about something like that?"

His tone was mocking. Ōnoki had long passed the age where he could be provoked so easily. While flying higher into the sky, he kept the Dust Release in his hands from dissipating.

Only after retreating several kilometers, when Mercenary Tao on the ground had become a black dot, did Ōnoki relax slightly.

Bang! Bang!

The sound of air blasts rang out, and Ōnoki’s mind tensed again. He saw blazing white smoke clouds explode below, while a fierce wind was already rushing into his face.

His pupils trembled as he finally saw the blurred, distorted figure had already appeared before him.

What terrifying speed!

Purple Satsui no Hado wrapped around Bai Cangshu’s fist. Because he was moving so fast, Bai Cangshu’s arm appeared to Ōnoki as though it had stretched several meters long.

With a thought, the light of Dust Release ignited.

Pfft!

Screech!

The light pillar of Dust Release instantly pierced Bai Cangshu’s shoulder, but Bai Cangshu’s fist also shattered the hardened ninjutsu covering Ōnoki’s body. The sounds of breaking bones and tearing flesh rang out simultaneously.

Bang!

Bai Cangshu felt Ōnoki’s body cave in beneath his fist, then soften. Only afterward did the force carry that not especially heavy body away with a bang.

Four or five faint white Ripples appeared in the air in succession. Ōnoki’s body shot backward through the sky at a speed nearly impossible to follow with the naked eye, smashing back into the crater on the ground.

Splurt!

Flesh and blood scattered everywhere, completely unrecognizable as a human form.

You killed Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki and obtained Dimensional Points ×2300.

You obtained C-rank Anomaly Point ×2.

Your reputation with the Akatsuki faction has increased. Current: Respectful (36/100).

Bai Cangshu’s legs seemed to tremble as he lightly stepped through the air. As his Moonwalk grew more refined, he could already perform movements resembling hovering in the sky.

As long as his force was sufficient and his control precise enough, he thought Moonwalk might eventually allow him to make only tiny, rapid steps, giving the impression that he was standing perfectly still in the air.

He looked indifferently at the dead Ōnoki below and waited for a moment. Then, a purple Drop Card appeared in his hand.

The previously inconspicuous superpower, Uncertainty Principle of Luck, was becoming increasingly valuable in Bai Cangshu’s eyes, especially in worlds like the Naruto Derivative World, where the gap between high-end and low-end combatants was immense, and attack was generally high while defense was low.

He had activated Instant and crashed through the crowd, completing numerous kills and raising his Luck.

The only pity was that there were not enough Reincarnators in this world.

As Bai Cangshu’s thoughts churned, he suddenly felt the air before him seem to blur.

He reacted instantly, stamping his feet again.

Bang!

Bai Cangshu used Moonwalk once more, changing position in midair.

Pfft!

Appearing several meters away, Bai Cangshu looked at the torn flesh around his waist and abdomen as though he felt no pain. He reached out to touch it, then turned to look behind him.

Uchiha Obito, dressed in a Red Cloud Black Robe and having removed his mask, descended lightly from the air with both eyes revealed in their Mangekyō Sharingan state.

At that moment, Obito happened to turn and look at him as well. There was not the slightest joy on his face at having torn Mercenary Tao’s body apart in a single strike. There was only sorrow, only loneliness.