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Chapter 131 What do you take life for?!

Before he could finish speaking...

A terrifying power erupted from Erii's body!

There was no intermediate process... In just an instant, the air exploded, and streaks of bright red blood burst forth from the bodies of those grass ninjas! The bodies of these ninjas, honed through countless trials, now appeared as fragile as paper, ready to shatter at the slightest touch!

—Words of Power: Judgment!

The ultimate power from the Dragon World, symbolizing the concept of "absolute death," erupted in the corridor of the Grass Ninja Hospital!

Starting from the position where Uchiha Hikaru and Erii were standing, everything in sight was instantly torn to shreds!

A massive amount of blood spurted out, like a giant crimson flower blooming!

"die!!"

Erii spoke for the second time and swung her right hand.

The slender fingers left five parallel arcs in the air.

This "trial" was even more powerful than the one before.

Almost as soon as she spoke, an invisible domain expanded outward from Erii, enveloping the entire corridor and even the wards on both sides!

Huge cracks appeared everywhere in sight, whether it was the grass ninjas standing in the corridor or the people rushing out from both sides, even the walls showed the same pattern, and then in an instant, they turned into a lot of flesh and blood fragments and rubble, falling apart!

"...Eri! Stop right now!"

Two consecutive trials left Erii with prominent veins on her face and the back of her hands.

Because their hands were clasped together, Uchiha Hikaru could clearly feel the girl's blood rushing violently, and her body temperature rising. Her usually well-behaved and gentle eyes took on a molten gold hue.

—This is not a good thing.

The price of using the "Judgment" ability is being rapidly eroded by dragon blood, which may lead to some unpredictable consequences.

Just as Erii was about to speak again, Uchiha Hikaru shouted without hesitation and covered her mouth with his hand.

This movement immediately caused a series of intricate wounds to appear on her left hand and forearm, the bright red flesh torn open and burst open, revealing the jagged white bone beneath. An indescribable, excruciating pain occurred in an instant, then the cracks in the bone began to heal, new flesh growing... only to be torn apart again in the process of recovery!

Tearing, healing, tearing again...

This process happened seven or eight times in just one second!

The splatter of bright red blood and flesh onto Erii's face brought her back from her slightly ethereal state. Her eyes gradually regained focus, first staring blankly at Uchiha Hikaru's bony arm, then turning back anxiously, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Light……"

—This sentence was spoken with mouth movements.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Uchiha Hikaru's lips curled slightly, revealing a gentle smile.

Only after confirming that Erii had calmed down did she finally release her left hand from Erii's mouth.

This was the first time she had felt the power of "Word of Judgment".

It was more violent than expected.

Even with her regenerative abilities, half of her left arm was almost useless. Her powerful regenerative abilities couldn't keep up with the speed of destruction. After the fourth explosion, her left hand entered a state of skeletal extremity. The excruciating pain of her flesh and bone being torn apart and pulverized seven or eight times surged into her mind almost simultaneously, making it almost unbearable for someone with such high tolerance.

Good thing...

As Erii released the "Judgment," her recovery ability finally began to take effect, with new bone spurs and granulation tissue gradually growing from her elbow. However, the recovery speed was noticeably slower than usual, as if she had not yet recovered from the struggle against the "Judgment."

"At this healing rate, it will take about two to three minutes for the arm to fully regenerate..."

"However, the blood loss is quite significant, so it may take longer for blood to be regenerated..."

Hikaru Uchiha quietly wiped away the tears that had almost brought him to tears from the pain, deciding to let his left arm grow back on its own. After all, he had the Senzu Bean to fall back on; if it grew crookedly, he could just cut it off and let it grow again…

And at this time.

The entire Kusakabe Hospital has become a true hell.

Dozens of grass ninja died the moment Erii gave the order, and not a single body was intact.

The walls on both sides of the corridor have also become crumbling ruins.

Through the holes in the wall, large pieces of corpses could be seen lying scattered all over the ward, with crimson blood gradually flowing out and merging with the blood in the corridor to form a babbling brook.

In complete silence.

Only the red-haired woman from the Uzumaki clan remained alive, emitting a barely audible sound.

"fragrant……"

"What?"

Uchiha Hikaru waded through the blood and took two steps forward, arriving at the red-haired woman's side.

Erii's Word of Power: Judgment, skipped over her alone.

The woman was now blind, and her life force was almost gone. She was staring blankly at the white ceiling with her lifeless eyes, and driven by an almost obsessive force, she was humming the name "Karin".

Uchiha Hikaru put a Senzu Bean in her mouth and then took out a bottle of water to help her drink it down her throat.

Perhaps because she was on the verge of losing consciousness, her external injuries showed no signs of healing, but she maintained her last breath and did not die immediately.

Uchiha Hikaru sighed, and with a gentle pull of his right hand, used the blood-stained sheet to cover the red-haired woman's body.

The air was quiet for a moment.

Suddenly, a childish voice came from the entrance of the corridor:

"……Mother!!"

Uchiha Hikaru looked up at the sound and saw a red-haired girl wearing glasses crying and being pulled back by the shoulder by another burly man behind her, who casually tossed her to the person behind him like a ball.

Behind the burly man was a group of nearly a hundred Kusagakure ninjas gathering from the surrounding area. They were all carrying weapons such as kunai and short swords, and they were looking at her and Erii with terrified and angry eyes.

"Damn it, you guys actually..."

"A demon...it must be a jinx brought here by that woman! Those damned Uzumaki clan members, they've received so much kindness from the village, yet they dare to collude with outsiders to kill our village's ninjas!"

"You two, surrender now! Or I'll kill this brat!"

"..."

Erii was still reeling from the guilt of accidentally injuring Uchiha Hikaru. She kept pouting and staring at her hand with teary eyes, completely oblivious to everything around her.

Uchiha Hikaru turned around, slowly pushed the hospital bed through the corridor, stopped the woman in red next to Erii, and then came to the outside of the corridor, looking around.

As she moved, the surrounding grass ninjas took a few steps back, but continued their disgraceful performance. One of the older "elders" even grabbed Karin Uzumaki, pretending to choke her with one hand, and shouted insults as a threat.

"...It's truly an eyesore."

Uchiha Hikaru closed his eyes slightly, somewhat unwilling to see these ugly faces any longer: "Why do people like you even exist in this world? What do you take life for?!"

When he spoke the second half of the sentence, Uchiha Hikaru's voice was like thunder in spring, and a magnificent flame burned brightly in his slowly opening eyes.

Also ablaze was the dark red giant behind her, which rose into the sky like a skyscraper!

—Susanoo, Fourth Form!

(End of this chapter)