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Chapter 152: Verbal sparring! (Subscribe for monthly tickets)

After sealing Zero Tail and eliminating Shennong, the aerial fortress was buried underground forever.

With the loss of this core, and the sweeping efforts over the past few days to wipe out the Aerial Ninja strongholds one by one, the remnants of the Aerial Ninja who wanted to cause chaos behind the Konoha army are no longer a threat.

However, in line with the principle of eradicating all evil, Hoshita Hide took Namikaze Minato and the other two to stay in the Kingdom of the Moon for another three days to completely wipe out the remnants of the Sky Ninja, and then brought the team to the Kingdom of Hot Springs.

In the moonlight, a wooden house stands tall in the woods.

Hoshita Hide and Uchiha Fugaku lowered their eyes to rest, while Namikaze Minato and Hyuga Hizashi formed a team to investigate the situation nearby.

The Sky Ninjas have many strongholds in the Moon Country, but the Evil God Cult has no strongholds.

No more information about the Evil God Cult was obtained from Kong Ren.

The members of this cult are keen on spreading evil ideas everywhere, which have taken root among the common people and are difficult to eradicate.

The Ninja Village of Yu has repeatedly wiped out the Evil God Cult, but the Evil God Cult has revived again and again.

This time the Evil God Cult and the Sky Ninja are colluding with each other, and there are faint traces of the Cloud Ninja's involvement. In addition, Konoha is confronting the Cloud Ninja, which threatens the rear, so there is this mission of Xingxia Xiu.

A subtle voice sounded, and Hoshita Hide and Uchiha Fugaku opened their eyes at the same time. Then Namikaze Minato appeared at the door: "Captain, there is a village nearby that is worshiping the evil god!"

Xing Xiaxiu stood up and said: "Let's go and take a look!"

The three of them set off and came to the outside of the village to meet up with Hinata Hizashi who was keeping watch there.

At this moment, the open space in front of the village was extremely lively. A large number of villagers, including men, women, young and old, gathered under a wooden platform, surrounded by a blazing bonfire.

On the wooden platform, a middle-aged man was passionately preaching the teachings of the evil god cult.

What about sacrificing your life to the evil god and receiving his grace?

Those who receive the gift can obtain eternal life and immortality.

Then, under the gaze of Xing Xiaxiu and the other three, the middle-aged man showed off his immortal body that he had gained by sacrificing himself to the evil god.

Instead, he took out a dagger and stabbed it directly into his chest.

In the firelight, blood spurted out. The middle-aged man drew his dagger, but he continued to laugh loudly on the wooden platform: "This is the power bestowed by the Evil God!"

"Come and convert to the Evil God!"

"Convert to the Evil God and you will gain immortality!"

The villagers were in an uproar and some began to cheer wildly.

Minato Namikaze and the other two were shocked to find that he was actually immortal.

Xing Xiaxiu narrowed his eyes and then laughed.

If he really had immortality, he wouldn't be here fooling a bunch of villagers to spread the evil cult.

"You stay!"

After saying that, Xingxiaxiu disappeared.

And below the wooden platform, just when some villagers were about to kill someone as a sacrifice with red eyes, Xing Xiaxiu suddenly appeared on the wooden platform and shouted: "What is the Evil God Cult? The Wood God Cult is the strongest!"

In an instant, the originally crazy villagers looked at Xing Xiaxiu blankly.

Minato Namikaze and the other two were also stunned.

"You bastard, where did you come from?"

On the wooden platform, the middle-aged man was furious.

Xingxiaxiu smiled, and with an idea, sprouts grew from the wooden platform. Amid the exclamations of many villagers, they quickly grew into vines, entwining and binding the middle-aged man.

"You...what are you going to do?"

The middle-aged man began to panic.

Because the person in front of me is a ninja.

Although he is a follower of the evil god cult, he is just an ordinary person.

As for the immortality just now, it was just a deception.

The knife is retractable and the blood is a blood bag prepared in advance.

"Of course, to test your immortality."

Xing Xia Xiu chuckled, then pulled out his knife and poked a bloody hole in the middle-aged man's thigh.

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered, and begged for mercy with tears and snot streaming down his face under the gaze of the villagers.

That's it?

Xingxia Xiu shook his head in disappointment.

puff!
With a casual swing of the knife, the middle-aged man's body was separated.

"Did you see that?"

"The so-called evil god cult is nothing but a lie!"

Xingxiaxiu shouted.

The audience was silent, but then they cheered: "Mu Shen Cult, Mu Shen Cult!"

The star shows silence.

He just casually mentioned the Wood God Sect for fun, and you took it seriously.

Not wanting to waste any more time talking, Xingxia Xiu directly formed seals and used the Heavenly Dream Walker Technique to hypnotize and control all the villagers.

This scene made Uchiha Fugaku's pupils shrink sharply. Even his Sharingan could not achieve such illusion capabilities.

If it was just hypnosis it would be fine, but controlling these people is totally impossible.

The villagers went home to sleep like sleepwalkers.

When they wake up, they will just think it was a dream.

The evil god cult and the wood god cult are all illusions.

After the villagers went back, Xingxia Xiu asked Uchiha Fugaku to set a fire, burning the wooden platform and the middle-aged man's body together, and then he used water escape to rush away, and all traces disappeared.

Back at the cabin, Hoshita Hide sent a clone to keep watch, allowing Namikaze Minato and the others to rest.

Before I knew it, it was early morning.

The status bar refreshed on time, and [Fire Escape Expert] was obtained.

This is the seventh state of Xingxiaxiu solidification.

The feeling of being gifted is completely different from the feeling of not having any gift.

While one can realize their talents during this state, and master numerous B-rank Fire Styles, even after the state ends, their mastered Fire Styles will not degrade. However, if one wishes to learn other Fire Styles, or even develop their own, they will revert to a period without talent, and their minds will become "dumb."

Hoshita Hide may not develop any stronger fire-style ninjutsu, but his strong fire-style talent will be beneficial for the development of bloodline limits in the future.

Without talent, expert-level fire escape techniques alone are not enough.

Current Status: [Lip-to-lip verbal battle]

Note: The tongue is like a sword, the lips are like a gun. When it comes to speaking, who can compete with me?

Refresh countdown: 29 days 23:58:49
Xingxiaxiu was speechless. Is he going to practice his own mouth-to-mouth tricks?

It's not destiny's child.

Are words more effective than fists and swords?

He shook his head secretly, but Xingxiaxiu still subconsciously thought about how to solidify it.

Sometimes talking is still useful.

After much thought, Xingxia Xiu felt that he must summarize the skills of arguing with people and debating, similar to the [Swordsmanship Expert] and [Fire Escape Expert], and make the most of his talent of [Verbal sparring].

"However, in this situation, let's just let it take its course..."

After thinking about it under the stars, he lowered his eyes to rest.

Early the next morning, Xingxia Xiu and his three companions continued their action.

Although the Evil God Cult is a matter of the Yu Ninja Village, because it is related to the Cloud Ninja, Xingxia Xiu must investigate it thoroughly and report to the Third Hokage when he returns.

Eliminating Zero Tail and the Sky Ninja stronghold is the focus of the mission, and finding out the relationship between the Evil God Cult and the Cloud Ninja is to exercise subjective initiative.

How can you stand on your own without subjective initiative?
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"Captain, there's a fight going on at three o'clock, about four kilometers away."

Hinata Hizashi who was moving forward suddenly reported.

Xing Xiaxiu immediately ordered: "Change direction and go take a look."

The four of them immediately turned and headed straight for the three o'clock direction.

4 kilometers is not far, and the four of them arrived quickly.

"It's Tang Ninja. The other party has no identification. Could they be members of the Evil God Cult?"

Namikaze Minato said after taking a glance.

Xing Xiaxiu said: "Whether it is the Evil God Cult or not, we will know once we capture it."

"Help the soup ninja."

"Fugaku, Hizashi, go around to the back and prevent them from escaping."

Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hizashi immediately nodded and left.

Xingxia Xiu said to Namikaze Minato again: "Minato, you go help Tang Shinobi, I will help you!"

"understand!"

Minato Namikaze took out his special kunai and disappeared from the spot.

Xing Xiaxiu followed slowly behind, ready to take action at any time.

However, Minato Namikaze is already very good at using Flying Thunder God.

In a surprise attack, he used the Rasengan to kill an enemy with one blow.

"I'm a Konoha ninja!"

Minato Namikaze revealed his identity and pounced on another enemy.

The soup ninja who was originally at a disadvantage suddenly became overjoyed: "They are the lunatics of the evil god cult!"

Xing Xiaxiu, who was hiding in the dark, raised an eyebrow: "Is it really from the Evil God Cult?"

"When war breaks out, all kinds of monsters and demons will come out."

The battle ended quickly.

As soon as Minato Namikaze appeared, the enemy began to retreat, but was blocked by Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hizashi.

These two are both Jonin, especially Uchiha Fugaku who has opened the three magatama.

After the battle, Uchiha Fugaku interrogated the remaining captives and reported to Xingxia Xiu solemnly: "Captain, these guys are not from the Evil God Cult!"

Several soup ninjas' expressions changed when they heard this: "What?"

"How is that possible? They themselves claim to be from the Evil God Cult."

Uchiha Fugaku glanced at the soup ninjas and said calmly, "They are fake Kumo ninjas."

Xing Xiaxiu asked directly: "Purpose?"

Uchiha Fugaku said: "Let the Land of Hot Springs fall into chaos."

"They do have connections with the Evil God Cult, and their goal is to use the power of the Evil God Cult to plunge the Yu Ninja Village into war."

Hinata Hizashi said: "This will affect our logistics."

On the one hand, Konoha's logistics are transported from the Land of Fire, but on the other hand, they are also purchased from the nearby Yu Ninja Village.

But once the Evil God Cult falls into chaos and the Land of Yu falls into chaos, the Yu Ninja Village will be destroyed and naturally will not have the energy to provide logistics for Konoha.

As a result, Konoha's logistics line will be stretched, which will provide more loopholes for the Cloud Ninja to exploit.

In addition, the Land of Hot Springs can be said to be the rear of the front-line Konoha Ninja Army. Once the rear is in chaos, it will be difficult to truly stabilize the front.

Otherwise, Sarutobi Hiruzen would not have let Hoshita Hide lead the team out.

The remnants of the Sky Ninja and the Evil God Cult may seem like small karami, but the impact they can cause is not small.

Xingxia Xiu looked at several soup ninjas and said, "I am Xingxia Xiu, a Konoha Jonin. Um... you can also call me a Wood Release User."

"I want to see your leader!"

The faces of several Tang Shinobi changed again, and some even shouted: "Wood Release User, kill the demigod Hanzo!"

Faced with Xing Xiaxiu's request, the leading Tang Ren did not refuse, nor did he dare to refuse: "Okay, I will have someone report to the leader immediately!"

After that, he arranged for someone to report. Xingxia Xiu had an idea and said, "Fugaku, Minato, you escort them back to the village to avoid encountering the Cloud Ninja."

"If you can, please apologize to the leader of the Yu Ninja Village on my behalf. This is an emergency, and I apologize for being so presumptuous."

Uchiha Fugaku nodded immediately: "Yes, Captain!"

(End of this chapter)