It was deep underwater.
Except for some swimming fish, it was very quiet.
Ye Liang sat cross-legged. Kaguya, who was in front of him, closed her eyes and began whispering. This was the Otsutsuki Clan's prayer language, capable of transferring the Tailed Beasts attached to one's spatial dimension into a target's body.
That's right.
Ye Liang was about to begin absorbing the Ten-Tails!
"System! Are you ready?"
Inside his spiritual space, Ye Liang nervously observed everything happening outside.
As time passed, an immense surge of white energy was drawn out from Kaguya's body. Following her prayer language, it slowly flowed into Ye Liang's body.
The System stood beside Ye Liang.
"Don't worry, Master. We're just eliminating the beast's will—it won't be a problem."
"Hmm."
Ye Liang nodded.
At this point, he could already see the Ten-Tails' energy within his spiritual space.
It was a thick, white liquid.
As soon as it entered Ye Liang's spiritual space, it rapidly lightened and expanded outward.
"It wants to occupy your mind. Once it completely spreads out, you're finished."
"I know!" Ye Liang narrowed his eyes. He raised his hand, and out of nowhere, an iron gourd appeared in his spiritual world. Before the white liquid could react, it rushed straight into the gourd.
"As for dealing with its will, that's your job now," Ye Liang said.
"Hmm."
After all the white energy had been absorbed by Ye Liang, a wild, beastly illusion remained! It had ten tails, was pure white in color, and its pupils were deep red!
Exactly like the Ten-Tails!
"So this is the will of the Ten-Tails!"
The Ten-Tails' power was too strong!
It had no memory of its own — only the relentless urge to destroy... and destroy again!
That deep red illusion represented its subconscious — pure destruction.
If he didn't figure out a way to deal with it, Ye Liang would surely be influenced by this illusion, eventually turning into nothing more than a killing machine that only knew how to destroy!
The System struck back.
She flicked her delicate hand — and in an instant, everything changed!
More than a dozen sleek, futuristic rocket launchers materialized out of thin air.
They locked onto the Ten-Tails.
All the rocket launchers fired at once!
Rat-a-tat-tat!
It sounded like bacon sizzling in a pan. Under the bombardment of the rockets, the Ten-Tails violently tumbled around. Explosions rippled across its body. Though it was just an illusion, the horrifying screams still felt chillingly real!
Ye Liang watched from the side, feeling slightly uneasy.
Such violent modern weapons — this System definitely belonged to a technological civilization!
Soon enough, the illusion weakened, slowly fading from Ye Liang's sight until it was completely gone.
"Alright, time to go back — it's done," the System said. Her voice sounded a bit exhausted, and her face had turned pale. Although Ye Liang wasn't sure why the System had ended up like this, he still let her return for rest.
He returned to his physical body.
Outside, Kaguya was watching him with worry.
As soon as Ye Liang slightly opened his eyes, she immediately rushed over.
"Are you alright, Ye Liang?"
"What could possibly happen to me?" Ye Liang smiled. He pulled Kaguya into an embrace, gave her a quick kiss, and then slowly swam upward.
That was it — Kaguya was head over heels for him now.
They emerged from the lake.
The two slumped behind a large rock.
Kaguya had exhausted herself using her Space-Time Jutsu for too long. Ye Liang fared even worse—he'd created the gourd used to seal the Ten-Tails from his own spiritual energy!
When it came to spiritual depletion, Ye Liang had it way worse than Kaguya!
Helpless.
They rested through the night.
The next day.
Ye Liang stood up and gently patted Kaguya's cheek. She was still deeply asleep.
Still sleeping? She must've been completely drained from last night.
Ye Liang looked at her sleeping face, briefly considering taking her back to Hidden Leaf Village, but it was impossible!
The spatial dimension he was in wasn't a parallel world, but rather the past of Konoha itself. If he were to take Kaguya Hime away, the world afterward would undergo unprecedented changes—Hidden Leaf Village might not even exist anymore.
He had previously traveled to a parallel world.
These two worlds were completely different.
Seeing that she was still asleep, Ye Liang decided not to disturb her.
Before departing, he entrusted the Ancestral Nation to Ichiro Matsushita. Then he packed his belongings and set out on his final mission.
One final task remained!
[Eliminate Isshiki Otsutsuki!]
Activating the Shifting Body Technique, Ye Liang launched himself skyward, riding an Explosive Clay bird high above the land.
[He's locked onto Isshiki's coordinates!]
[Hitsu no Kuni!]
A short while later, Ye Liang arrived at Hitsu no Kuni.
[Something's wrong in your country lately?!] Ye Liang stopped an elderly man just returning home with goods.
"Eh, young man, you're clearly not a local," the old man replied. "Our Hitsu no Kuni started having problems several days ago." The old man sighed deeply. After handing his supplies over to his wife, he leaned closer to Ye Liang conspiratorially.
"Young man, I advise you to leave early. Or you might end up losing your head."
Ye Liang chuckled.
"Losing my head? Doesn't your country have laws?"
The old man quickly covered Ye Liang's mouth. He glanced around cautiously before leading Ye Liang into a nearby farmhouse.
"Boy, don't go shouting nonsense like that! Let me tell you, since Sakata seized power, more than ten foreign merchants have already been executed.
Sakata advocates 'Respect Only Our People' and completely refuses outsiders any place in this land!"
"Old man, you're clearly one of them. Why are you telling all this to a stranger like me?"
The old man sighed again, inviting Ye Liang to sit together: "To be honest, young sir, our entire family moved here from Saino twenty years ago.
Fortunately, the villagers accepted us and never reported us, or we'd have ended up in prison ourselves!"
As they spoke, a group of soldiers burst in from outside.
"Commander, this is the house. I personally saw the outsider enter this residence."
The old man paled: "You've got to go now, boy! If they catch you, you'll be executed!"
[Interesting!]
Ye Liang stood up: "Don't worry, Old Man. A few mere soldiers don't intimidate me at all."
As he spoke, the soldiers stormed in.
At their head was a villager.
Ye Liang recognized him instantly—it was the same man who had stared suspiciously at him when he first entered the village. Unexpectedly, they met again.
[You again!] Ye Liang gave him a glance before sending him flying with a powerful kick.
The soldier was taken aback.
They hadn't expected Ye Liang to be so strong, so they grew wary and immediately surrounded him.
Ye Liang coldly stared at the group. "I'm just a passing traveler. If you don't welcome me, I'll leave. No need to greet me like this."
The lead soldier stepped forward.
Before he could speak,
Ye Liang suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back.
A tanto had been stabbed into his waist.
He turned around in disbelief—it was the old man who had led him here!
"Why!"
Clutching his waist in pain, he stared at the elderly man behind him in shock. But to his surprise, the old man chuckled, then fawningly walked over to stand beside the soldiers.
"Captain," the old man said with a bow, "you see?"
The lead soldier reached out and tossed over a money pouch. The old man bowed gratefully.
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