About Six Hours Later…
6:40 PM, Near the Goblin Hideout, Deepwood Forest…
The sun had already set beyond the horizon, letting the night claim the sky. By now, many goblins had also drunk water from the lake and carried more poisoned water to their houses.
Undoubtedly, the A-rank goblin lord must have drunk the lake water by now as well.
Even if it didn't, Seimei wouldn't care.
As long as they could weaken the majority of the goblin force around the hideout, their goal would be accomplished.
However, even if the goblins were weakened, facing over two hundred goblins head-on was nothing short of foolishness.
So, they calmly waited for the night to arrive, giving them a perfect cover to silently kill as many goblins as possible before the rest of the goblins became alert.
As for whether the darkness would hinder their vision…
Of course, it wouldn't.
Uchiha Touma had a pair of two-tomoe Sharingan, which gave him the ability to see clearly in the dark.
Otsutsuki Seimei always kept his Tenseigan open during battles, which made day or night irrelevant to him. His ability to see in the dark is even more formidable than Touma's.
Additionally, Tenseigan could even see through obstacles and perceive anything or being that had chakra with surprising clarity. And let's not forget about his extraordinary sensory perception.
Meanwhile, Ishimori Haneda had mastered Chakra Eyes, which also enabled him to see in the dark and significantly enhanced his overall perception.
In a nutshell, the darkness and the night were their friend in this situation.
"It's time."
A whisper echoed in the air from a location that was approximately seventy meters away from the goblin hideout.
The dark cloud covered the sky, making the already dark night even darker. The moon couldn't illuminate the night. The stars couldn't show their majesty to the dwellers of the ground.
The night felt hauntingly dark, enough to make even the bravest travellers falter and fear their surroundings. What if something unknown and unseen blocked their path?
Gusts of wind blew with a deep, wailing sound, causing the rustling sound of leaves and whistling echoes to reverberate across the expanse of Deepwood Forest.
The sound of the wind blowing might seem like a blessing in the dark, quiet night. But this very sound might also cover the screams of unfortunate beings, masking any evidence of the misfortune they had suffered.
In this dark and windy night, three pairs of eyes suddenly lit up in the darkness, looking toward the goblin hideout with predatory gazes.
One pair was dark crimson with two magatama rotating within the irises.
Another pair was faint blue, which seemed to be masking an abyss-black pupil.
And the final pair was glowing with deep ocean-blue light. Small, flower-like tendrils seemed to be sprouting from the very center of these eyes, making the already dreamy eyes even more mesmerizing.
These pairs of eyes, of course, belonged to Touma, Haneda, and Seimei, respectively.
And the earlier words were whispered by none other than Seimei himself.
At this moment, Touma asked in a low voice, "The poison worked?"
Seimei nodded and replied, "It did. Now, more than 90% of all goblins in the hideout have already been weakened."
Seimei glanced up at the clouded sky, which was absolutely dark, and let the chilly wind caress his handsome face and snow-white hair.
Then, he stared straight at the goblin hideout. "The night is dark and windy. Perfect time to commit mass murder and arson."
"Isn't this place quite beautiful? Let this be their grave."
"Let's go."
Multiple Shadow Clone Technique
Puff~ Puff~ Puff~ Puff~ Puff~ Puff~ Puff~ Puff~ Puff~ Puff~
As soon as Seimei said those words, ten shadow clones of Seimei suddenly appeared around him with puffs of smoke.
Each clone contained at least 10,000 points of chakra.
As soon as the shadow clones were formed, some of them disappeared from their sight using the Body Flicker Technique, and others sank into the ground using Earth Release Ninjutsu.
Seeing this scene, Touma and Haneda simply gave each other a sidelong glance.
Touma and Haneda: Damn it. Look at those ten shadow clones. This guy is flaunting his enormous chakra reserves again. We are all eleven years old. So, why does this guy have such a large chakra reserve? The Senju clan bloodline is unreasonable.
However, they immediately adjusted their mindsets and sprang into action.
First, they had to silently take out the goblins that had been roaming outside the hideout and were yet to reach the entrance.
Second, they had to kill the B-rank hobgoblins guarding the entrance of the hideout.
A few minutes earlier, Seimei scanned the entire area with his Tenseigan and found that around thirty goblins and four hobgoblins were roaming outside the hideout for several reasons.
And the furthest goblin was only 700 meters away.
So, Seimei sent most of his shadow clones and his friends to kill those thirty-four goblins first.
As for him?
He could keep an eye on the goblin hideout while the rest of his shadow clones sent the hobgoblin guards to the Pure Land.
The attack on Titans…cough cough…goblins had already begun.
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Around six hundred meters away from the goblin hideout, a group of four C-rank goblins was roaming. Their steps were unsteady. Their movements were sluggish.
One of them even held its belly and had a constipated expression.
It was obvious that they were suffering from Seimei's poison.
They just wanted to get back to their hideout and rest. They didn't even have the appetite to eat anything.
Unfortunately for them, fate had other plans for them.
Three kunai, coated in potent wind chakra, flew toward the heads of three goblins out of nowhere and pierced right through their skulls.
The wind chakra coating them made the kunai so sharp that they came out of the back of the goblins' heads after piercing their foreheads and destroying their brains.
The three goblins died instantly, even without knowing what killed them.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Their lifeless bodies fell on the ground with a thud.
Seeing this scene, the last goblin, who held his belly, was absolutely dumbfounded. Everything happened so fast. Its little goblin brain couldn't process the situation fast enough.
Things escalated way too fast.
Before it could react, the figure of a snow-white-haired human with mesmerizing and glowing ocean-blue eyes appeared in front of it and swung his ninjato toward its neck.
Squelch! Thud! Thud!
With a flash of steel, the goblin's head was separated from its body. Both the head and the headless corpse fell on the ground.
The killer of this group of goblins was none other than one of the shadow clones of Seimei.
After killing them, he used Earth Release to bury their corpses and left the area to look for a new target.
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Four hundred meters away from the goblin hideout, a B-rank hobgoblin shook his head to shake off the dizziness.
It was fine a few minutes ago. But suddenly, its entire body felt sluggish, and dizziness threatened to consume its consciousness. Something was obviously wrong, but it didn't know the exact reason.
To it, getting back to the hideout was the most important task.
Just as it was about to take another step, a figure with black hair and glowing crimson eyes appeared in front of it.
The moment the hobgoblin met the figure's glowing crimson eyes with two slowly rotating magatama, its eyes became vacant. The hobgoblin couldn't move its body. It felt as if its entire body was paralyzed.
Obviously, it fell for Touma's Sharingan Genjutsu.
Seeing this, Touma didn't waste time and sliced the hobgoblin's head off with his short sword.
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The same scene happened all around the goblin hideout. The stray goblins that were still roaming outside of the hideout were taken out by Seimei's shadow clones, Touma, and Haneda.
In one location, Haneda used Earth Release: Rock Gun Technique to smash the skulls of the goblins from a distance.
Meanwhile, in another location, one of Seimei's shadow clones used the Self-Cursing Seal to immobilize a hobgoblin before decapitating it.
Before long, all thirty-four goblins outside the hideout were killed.
Now, it was time to deal with the guards and the goblins inside the hideout.
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