The Tenseigan started from the Hyuga main family.

"Crystal Release: Crystal Mirror!"

Honglian began forming hand seals again, pressing the palms together, and a beam of red light shot out from it, growing larger and larger to form a huge mirror with a yellow border.

"Hmph... Still as beautiful as ever!"

Looking at her reflection in the mirror, Honglian smiled brightly and began forming hand seals again.

"Crystal Release: Crystal Clone Technique!"

The red lotus reflected in the mirror seemed to come alive, with one identical clone after another emerging from the mirror.

You're ninjas from Konoha, huh? Since you dared to kill my subordinates, then you'll pay with your lives!

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The moment the crystal wall was erected, Hinata Sawatatsu was slightly taken aback.

From the Byakugan's perspective, Kakashi and Yamato beside him, along with himself, underwent astonishing changes simultaneously, with countless figures overlapping, leaving Hyuga Zechen feeling dizzy.

Interesting, so it turns out it encountered an ability that counters the Byakugan. But what if it were the Tenseigan instead?

As the azure light shone in his eyes, Hinata Zechen immediately spotted the culprit interfering with the Byakugan.

Those were crystal walls located in different directions, completely enveloping the surroundings.

"what happened?"

Seeing that Hyuga Zetsu had activated the Tenseigan, Kakashi couldn't help but ask.

Could it be that Orochimaru himself has come?

"It seems we're trapped."

Hinata Zechen leaped into the air and shot towards the nearest crystal wall.

Crystal Escape?

That's quite an interesting ability.

Soon, a semi-transparent crystal wall appeared in front of the three of them.

The thick crystal wall not only blocked the way forward, but also completely sealed off the sky above, like a huge red crystal bowl that completely overturned and sealed off the entire forest within a one-kilometer diameter.

"Could it be a barrier?"

Yamato gazed at the crystal wall before him, then cautiously extended a finger, which instantly turned completely wooden, and carefully touched the crystal wall.

Ding!

As you touch it with your fingertips, the crystal wall emits a crisp echo, and from the surface, it seems that there is no mechanism left.

"Such a wide-range technique, it seems we've encountered a rather formidable enemy."

After summoning a series of dogs that ran around the crystal wall, Kakashi couldn't help but exclaim in amazement as he estimated the area covered by the crystal wall.

"Could it be that Kakashi-senpai already has a clue?"

Yamato, having withdrawn his hand, turned his head and looked at Kakashi, asking a question.

"If I'm not mistaken, that should be the legendary Crystal Escape. I didn't expect it to actually exist."

Kakashi couldn't help but sigh.

Crystal Release is a legendary ninjutsu that can crystallize all matter. Once hit by an enemy's technique, the entire human body, including the blood, will crystallize, and even medical ninjutsu cannot save it.

Legend has it that a ninja who mastered the Crystal Release technique once destroyed a village overnight, turning everything into crystal and leaving behind a terrifying legend.

"So it was Kakashi the Copy Ninja. No wonder he was able to kill my useless subordinates."

A woman's voice suddenly rang out from the surroundings, followed by a flash of light in the distance, and several pieces of crystal shot out from afar.

The crystal shattered suddenly upon entering their field of vision, breaking into numerous sharp, spike-like crystal streaks the size of kunai, which rained down on the three of them.

Chapter 117 The Appearance of the Three-Tailed Iso

Faced with an attack of unknown power, even Hyuga Zetsu, who possessed a bone membrane, leaped up with his two companions to avoid the attack of the crystal shards.

The crystal fragments appeared to be just thin pieces, but the power they displayed was beyond imagination. Wherever the fragments passed, trees that would take several people to encircle were cut to pieces and fell down with a crash.

coming!

In mid-air, Hinata Sawatatsu seemed to sense something and turned his head to look at his side.

A black shadow flashed, and Honglian's figure appeared. A dazzling red light flashed on her right hand, and a crescent-shaped dark blue wrist blade condensed on the outside of her arm, slashing towards Hyuga Zechen's neck.

Crystal Release: Emerald Crystal Blade!

This is not because the Crimson Lotus conjured crystals out of thin air, but because she used the Crystal Escape ability to crystallize the components in the air, allowing her to find materials to attack without any restrictions.

Ding!

Faced with Honglian's attack, Hyuga Zechen clenched his five fingers together and grasped the white bone spike that extended from his palm. He not only successfully blocked the opponent's wrist blade, but the bone spike, which seemed to be only two feet long, suddenly lengthened and pierced into Honglian's chest along the edge of the wrist blade.

"This is... Kimimaro's Corpse Bone Pulse?"

Honglian looked down at the bone spurs, her voice filled with disbelief. Then, her entire body turned into pink crystal and collapsed into fragments scattered all over the ground.

"You are Hinata Sawatatsu?"

The Crimson Lotus clones, who were fighting Kakashi and Yamato, simultaneously dodged their opponents and shot forward, surrounding Hyuga Sawatatsu.

As one of Orochimaru's backup vessels for his Reanimation Jutsu, Guren's loyalty to Orochimaru was beyond question. However, due to the urgency of the situation, Orochimaru did not have time to wait for Guren's arrival and instead possessed another temporarily chosen vessel. Furthermore, he focused most of his energy on Sasuke, completely neglecting Guren.

This time, under Orochimaru's orders, Guren was tasked with capturing the Three-Tailed Isobu with Yukimaru to complete Orochimaru's plan, which gave her renewed hope of gaining favor.

She also learned from others that Hyuga Sawatatsu of Konoha had defeated Lord Orochimaru and taken away Kabuto Yakushi.

As long as I defeat Hyuga Zetsu, I can prove to Lord Orochimaru that I, Guren, am more suitable to be Lord Orochimaru's vessel than Uchiha Sasuke!

"Crystal Release: Crystal Dragon Subduing!"

The five Crimson Lotuses shouted in unison, and countless pink crystals condensed in mid-air, transforming into five ferocious crystal dragons that lunged at Hyuga Zechen.

As the master of Crystal Release, Guren doesn't need overly powerful attacks. As long as any one of the crystal dragons bites an enemy, the opponent will also be crystallized. This is the reason why Guren still has confidence in winning even though she knows that Hyuga Zetsu has defeated Orochimaru.

The crystal dragon, with its mouth wide open, lunged at Hinata Zechen from different directions, blocking any space for evasion, filling Honglian's eyes with smugness.

Faced with the attack, Hyuga Zechen's Reincarnation Eye shone brightly, and green chakra enveloped his entire body like flames. The five chakra beads surrounding his body condensed into kunai that shot out, each one hitting the Crystal Dragon's forehead squarely.

Click...

With a crisp shattering sound, the five crystal dragons shattered simultaneously, turning into countless finger-sized crystal shards that scattered in mid-air.

"go to hell!"

Honglian was not surprised but delighted. Her five clones pushed forward with ten hands at the same time, and the floating crystal fragments were suspended in mid-air for a moment. Then, they shot towards Zechen from all directions.

If any one of them comes into contact with him, Hyuga Sawatatsu will crystallize and then die completely amidst the sound of shattering!

"Don't touch it, get out of the way!"

Kakashi and Yamato, standing nearby, looked anxious and wanted to use ninjutsu to help, but it was too late.

Whoosh!

Countless crystal shards continuously struck Hyuga Zetsu's body, but the crystallization that Guren had envisioned did not occur. Throughout, Hyuga Zetsu remained motionless, clearly in complete control of everything.

"Impossible, why are you still alive?"

Honglian subconsciously took a step back, her voice filled with disbelief.

Why was her crystallization technique, which had always been effective, completely ineffective against Hinata Sawatatsu?

"There is no such thing as an invincible escaping technique in this world. Even the First Hokage's Wood Release couldn't do it, so your Crystal Release is even less likely."

Hinata Zechen glanced at Yamato beside him, then continued.

"Crystal Release can indeed crystallize all matter, but clearly there is one exception: chakra!"

Hyuga Zetsu didn't even need to activate the Tenseigan Chakra Mode; a simple Rotation Technique would have been enough to isolate the effects of Crystal Release. However, adhering to the principle of not being too reckless, Hyuga Zetsu chose to play it safe, using a higher-level Tenseigan Chakra for isolation, ensuring absolute safety.

"it's over!"

The chakra rosary that had shattered the five crystal dragons shot out again, piercing through Honglian's body and revealing the true form of the five crystal clones, leaving behind fragments scattered all over the ground.

"Hyuga Zechen, don't be so smug. Once I've completed Lord Orochimaru's mission, I'll come back to take your life. You can just wait to die in this crystal cage!"

The voice of the Crimson Lotus echoed continuously all around, gradually diminishing as if the true form was moving away from this place.

A crystal cage? You think you can trap three elite Jonin like us? You're being a bit too confident.

Hinata Zetsu's Tenseigan chakra slowly dissipated, unable to understand where Guren's confidence came from.

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"Yūkimaru, are you ready?"

On a lake shrouded in thick white mist, Guren stands with Yukimaru on a small boat made of crystal, with a short old woman with white hair and orange sunglasses behind them.

After the deaths of four subordinates, this was the only remaining member of the Crimson Lotus Squad.

"Ah."

Yukimaru took out a hood full of protruding signal devices from a box next to him, put it on his head, picked up the two hanging ropes, and inserted the long needles at the ends into his temples.

"Yukimaru, this dosage will be too much for you to handle."

Seeing Yukimaru take out a bottle full of pills, pour out more than ten pills and was about to put them in his mouth, Honglian's eyes flashed with pity, and she spoke up to dissuade him.

"Yukimaru wants to fulfill Sister Guren's wish."

Faced with the persuasion, Yukimaru did not hesitate at all, poured all the pills into his mouth, and then looked innocently at Guren and said seriously.

"Yukimaru..."

A glint appeared in Guren's eyes; for the first time, her loyalty to Orochimaru began to waver.

Just a few breaths later, intense pain shot through Yukimaru's head. A unique chakra surge erupted from Yukimaru, forming a towering pillar of chakra light that churned the once calm lake water.

Amidst Yukimaru's agonizing screams, the vast lake surface suddenly exploded.

A massive column of water rose up, and a huge black shadow, covering more than one-fifth of the lake's area, surfaced on the water.

After the water curtain had completely cascaded down its surface, a giant turtle covered in thorns and with three tails appeared on the lake.

The Three-Tailed Isobu has appeared.