chapter 81 part 4
Moreover, Danzo's peculiar Forbidden Jutsu made Jiraiya uncertain about many things.
Meanwhile, Tsukasa Kaede also made his move.
He summoned several seemingly ordinary Zombies—and they were indeed ordinary.
But Hanzo would never consider them ordinary Zombies. He was already on high alert, slightly removing his mask to allow more potent poison to leak out.
"It seems Danzo has mastered quite a Jutsu; even I couldn't tell what it was. Perhaps he really can take down Jiraiya... What about you, young man? As a Konoha genius, how do you plan to deal with me?"
Hanzo walked slowly, wielding his scythe. Although his personality had become increasingly conservative, this did not mean he had become weak. His incredibly strong Taijutsu and insoluble potent poison were still invincible.
"Jiraiya won't lose. While Izanagi is quite good, Danzo doesn't possess the ability to perfectly unleash the power of that Jutsu, at least not yet."
Tsukasa Kaede first transferred Nagato and the others to a distant location, then placed a hand on a Zombie's shoulder. Just a casual touch made Hanzo wary, and he immediately threw his scythe directly at Tsukasa Kaede's face.
*Swish!* The scythe ultimately struck a Zombie's head. Tsukasa Kaede had already moved to another position, once again touching another Zombie.
"Hmph, you're just putting on a show. No matter how many corpses you have, do you think I can't kill them all? Once I deal with all these corpses, you'll find it hard to contend with me using Space-Time Ninjutsu. Either escape or die."
Hanzo began to release the Salamander potent poison from his body. Wherever it passed, even the nervous systems within the Zombie bodies were destroyed. Within a few seconds, Zombies nearby collapsed.
Of course, a few unlucky Amegakure Ninja also struggled painfully; Hanzo didn't even spare them a glance.
"Lord Hanzo, have mercy!"
"Run! Lord Hanzo is serious, let's run!"
The Amegakure Ninja were scared out of their wits, scrambling away to a distance, afraid to touch the air or rain near Hanzo.
Even a Root Ninja who was slaughtering Zombies collapsed, but no one paid attention to that anymore.
Hanzo attacked continuously, and Tsukasa Kaede repeatedly used Spatial Rift Jutsu to reposition, twice summoning new Zombies during this.
Finally, Tsukasa Kaede stopped: "This should be enough. Although exhausting your Chakra with cheap corpses is a very cost-effective strategy, this fighting style wastes too much time."
He formed a single hand sign, and then, a Zombie he had touched formed hand signs under Tsukasa Kaede's control.
The hand sign speed was slow, as if it was extremely difficult to succeed in casting. The sequence was... Snake - Boar - Ram - Rabbit - Dog - Rat - Rooster - Horse - Snake! Hanzo didn't understand.
It took several seconds to touch several corpses, and then control one of them to cast a Jutsu?
"What, do corpses need to be touched by you to use their former Jutsu?"
Hanzo sneered and launched an attack, trying to interrupt the Jutsu casting. But Tsukasa Kaede, with one hand on the Zombie's shoulder, transferred it to another location, using ordinary Zombies to absorb Hanzo's attack.
"No, to cast this Jutsu, which I'm not yet proficient with, I must do it this way. I hope you'll still be able to smile later."
When the final Snake hand sign was completed.
Corpse Release: Reaper Death Seal Jutsu!
Tsukasa Kaede suddenly turned his head. He clearly felt an extremely bizarre presence respond, arriving instantly behind that Zombie.
The Reaper had come!
"This thing is..."
Tsukasa Kaede felt a chill to the bone. This was not a simple sensation, but an authentic Yin Release power emanating from the Reaper's true existence, and the silent screams of countless souls that had perished at the Reaper's hands throughout history! Tsukasa Kaede could not see the Reaper with his own eyes, but through the Zombie, he could clearly perceive the Reaper's form, expression, and movements!
A gigantic figure, like a demon, held a short sword in its mouth, saliva constantly dripping, as if eager to devour the delicious souls of living humans, while also uttering incomprehensible words.
Tsukasa Kaede didn't understand what the Reaper was saying, but instinctively, he knew what to do.
The Reaper needed souls, urging the caster to act quickly. If too much time passed and the caster's stamina and Chakra ran out, the Reaper would directly harvest the caster's soul.
Tsukasa Kaede felt profound shock, coming into close contact with what could almost be called the Ninja World's top-tier Spirit Body, sensing its unfathomable, surging power.
He wasn't sure if the Reaper, at full power, could unleash Kaedex Paths Level strength, but at the very least, against anything below Kaedex Paths Level, as long as the caster didn't falter, no matter who the enemy was, facing the Reaper meant certain death.
Hashirama Senju couldn't do it, nor could the Perfect Form Nine-Tails.
"So that's how it is. My first encounter with a deep-end phenomenon of this world has truly astonished me," Tsukasa Kaede said with a smile.
"What? What are you saying? Have you already started casting a Jutsu?"
Hanzo instinctively felt a chill throughout his body. His powerful combat intuition told him something terrifying had happened, but no matter how he looked, he saw nothing.
The Yahiko trio hid behind a distant hill, peering at the battlefield.
"That Tsukasa Kaede is amazing! He instantly teleported us here and even dares to face Hanzo alone!" Yahiko was stunned. "But I can't hear what they're saying. Aren't they fighting yet?"
"No, they are already fighting. Lord Tsukasa Kaede has summoned a... monster!" Nagato stared with his Rinnegan. Among everyone present, only he could see the Reaper with his eyes. Just watching from afar made him tremble all over, as if his soul was about to be sucked away.
Konan asked, "A monster? I don't see anything."
"It's right behind the corpse next to Lord Tsukasa Kaede! It's an enormous human, like a man-eating demon from ghost legends."