Chapter 423: Dharma King
Although Ino's Wood Dragon, a creation born of trial and error, was destroyed, she looked at the transformed creature and said, "Lady Mizukage's Boil Release is truly impressive."
Mei Terumi's face was impassive. "Your Wood Release is not bad either. At another time, perhaps we could have become good friends. What a pity..."
Ino nodded lightly. "It is a bit of a pity."
Now that Mei Terumi had returned to the Mist Village, the "Underworld Path" certainly couldn't be maintained.
The test with the Wood Dragon had shown that the melting properties of Boil Release were too strong. Since it could melt a Susanoo, it could naturally melt a Wood Golem.
To some extent, the Wood Golem's defense against these corrosive ninjutsu was inferior to the Susanoo's.
Ino quickly formed hand seals, and the Immortal Zombie slowly turned its head to look at Mei Terumi.
Mei Terumi sneered, "My Boil and Lava Release are a strong counter to your Wood Golem Jutsu. If this is all you have, I suggest you surrender quickly to save your chakra."
"I've never heard of Kekkei Genkai having a counter relationship. Isn't it just that whoever has more chakra is stronger!"
"Put away this damned ninjutsu of yours!"
Ino said casually, "You are the Mizukage, and I am also very good at Water Release. How about we have a duel and compare our Water Release skills?"
Within the Underworld Path, the strength of all ninja would be suppressed, and Ino was no exception. But her resistance to these things was a tiny bit higher.
Hearing this, Mei Terumi's nose almost twisted in anger. "With just you? When I was playing with Water Release... hmph!"
She wanted to say, "I was using Water Release when you weren't even born," but she was particularly sensitive about her age. Halfway through, she managed to swallow her words.
"Then let's see who is the strongest Water Release ninja of this generation!" Ino played a little trick. She needed to buy time for the Immortal Zombie, stalling for as long as she could.
Mei Terumi was as cunning as they come and didn't fall for it at all.
"In your dreams! My Water Release doesn't need a brat like you to acknowledge it!" Mei Terumi created a shadow clone and simultaneously formed hand seals, her target the Immortal Zombie sitting beneath the twin trees. She knew very well that as long as she dealt with this thing, a large part of today's crisis would be resolved. A ninjutsu of this scale was extremely difficult for Ino to use; she wouldn't be able to create a second Immortal Zombie in a short time.
"Lava Release: Lava Gloom Technique."
"Boil Release: Skilled Mist Technique."
Mei Terumi's main body and her shadow clone used their Kekkei Genkai ninjutsu at the same time.
Pale white, high-temperature mist was on top, and orange, highly corrosive liquid was below, flying towards the Immortal Zombie's head.
Ino had to go back and control it. She freed one of the Immortal Zombie's right hands, drew the Kumo-giri, and whether it was mist or strong acid, she cut it all apart with one slash!
The Kumo-giri was already an intangible weapon. After being corroded by the strong acid, it only lost some chakra. For the Immortal Zombie, this loss could be quickly replenished.
The remaining mist and acid that splattered on the Immortal Zombie's body only made a "hissing" sound. It was impossible to harm Ino inside.
To prevent Mei Terumi from pulling any more tricks, Ino controlled the Immortal Zombie's right arm and slashed down at the Mizukage's head.
There was no longer any question of having to run 39 meters first. The longsword cut directly into the ground, and spiderweb-like cracks expanded to a hundred-meter range. Mei Terumi, who had been standing on the spot, turned into a pool of water.
"A very exquisite Water Clone Jutsu."
Mei Terumi gritted her teeth and continued to form hand seals for a fierce attack.
The forty-meter-tall Wood Golem sat there motionless. It wasn't that it didn't want to move, but it couldn't. There was too much natural energy inside, and Ino's control was weakened to the limit. Mei Terumi would fire a shot and then change her position. Ino couldn't act as a firefighter for the Wood Golem.
Now, Mei Terumi was fighting with the determination to die. Ino was unwilling to fight her to the death.
The mission was already completed, and the gains were good. So what was she waiting for? Time to retreat.
Ino put away the Kumo-giri and the Death God prayer beads, then formed a seal. The converted masses hanging from the twin trees all woke up, and the roots released them back to the ground.
Mei Terumi, who was fiercely attacking the Immortal Zombie, saw the villagers wake up and quickly stopped.
These people, densely packed, formed a human wall, blocking her path.
Among these one thousand two hundred and fifty converted people, the majority were ordinary villagers, but there were also over two hundred ninja who possessed chakra.
Previously, their minds had all been connected, and with the help of the twin trees, they had achieved a spiritual sublimation and purification. The negative emotions and gloom they had accumulated over the years were swept away. The feeling endowed by that collective wisdom was extremely wonderful, as if the truths of the world were right before their eyes, for them to pick up one by one. But now? It was all gone.
They had returned to their individual states. Their agile minds were now limited by their brains, appearing so rigid.
Several of the ninja, seeing that Mei Terumi was about to fight Ino, automatically formed a human wall, blocking their own Mizukage.
"Lady Mizukage, it's all a misunderstanding! We haven't been harmed. The Dharma King of the Ten Directions Earth Treasury is helping us."
"Yes, yes! I was previously obsessed with the slaughters of the past, and every day was so painful I could hardly sleep. Now the Dharma King has helped me, my sins have been completely washed away, I have been reborn!"
Hundreds of people surrounded Mei Terumi. She listened, completely bewildered. What Dharma King is this?
Outside the crowd, Ino put her hands together in a prayer gesture, as if to say, My dharma name is Ten Directions!
Mei Terumi's eyes widened. Have you no shame? In just one day, you shamelessly gave yourself a Dharma King title?
Ino whistled, and Sai, who had been hiding in the shadows, opened a scroll and, with a flourish of his brush, drew an ink bird.
She did a flip and jumped onto the ink bird, preparing to retreat.
The Immortal Zombie, the Twin Trees Garden, she would leave them all for the Mist ninja to admire! She was responsible for the killing, not the burial.
Zabuza Momochi, who had been a step slower than Mei Terumi, also returned to the village. His willpower was much stronger than ordinary ninja, and the Underworld Path had almost no effect on him. Without a word, he charged forward with his Executioner's Blade.
Those who called themselves the converted masses blocked him tightly.
In front of Mei Terumi, he didn't dare to go on a killing spree.
"Get out of the way! You fools, you're letting the enemy get away!"
The converted masses didn't dare to confront the Mizukage, but they had no problem confronting Zabuza.
A group of people surrounded him and cursed him angrily.
"Insolence! How dare you be disrespectful to the Dharma King of the Ten Directions Earth Treasury!"
"You murderer! You will surely go to hell after you die!"
"Stop him! We can't let this murderer harm the Dharma King of the Ten Directions Earth Treasury!"
Ino stood on the back of the ink bird and waved to the people below.
The converted masses all bowed in unison. "We respectfully send off the Dharma King of the Ten Directions Earth Treasury!"
"You stop right there!" Mei Terumi was furious. She spat a glob of Lava Release at the sky. The viscous liquid had corrosive properties, but unfortunately, the ink bird flew very fast. Both her and Zabuza's attacks missed. In the blink of an eye, Ino and Sai were gone.
No matter how much Mei Terumi hated it, she had no ability to fly. She could only stomp her feet in anger.
Without Ino's control, the Immortal Zombie went into a frenzy and completely lost control.
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