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"Is this the legendary power that Lord Ye used to freeze the entire town of Jinan...?"

Gazing at the almost completely frozen Higashimatsu Mountain, a Kirigakure ninja couldn't help but rub his eyes: "Is this really something a human could do?!"

"night……"

Mizuki Akira's jade hands clenched tightly, her beautiful eyes fixed on the Higashimatsu Mountain, which had been transformed into a world of ice and snow.

In her eyes, it was not just the frozen Konoha territory, but also the glorious future of the Snow Clan!

……

In his Bankai state, Yoru is like the god of winter, unstoppable.

Under such slaughter, the number of Konoha ninjas in Higashimatsu Mountain is rapidly decreasing. This level of loss is unbearable for Sarutobi Shinnosuke, who picks up his Vajra Staff and charges towards the night.

The Vajra Staff, known for its indestructible body, collided fiercely with Hyōrinmaru. Immense force emanated from the Vajra Staff, and even after just the first collision, cold sweat covered Sarutobi Shinnosuke's forehead, and the veins on his hands bulged menacingly.

"When did you develop the illusion that you could rival me?"

"Dragon shot rack!"

As Ye Danmo's voice rang out, Sarutobi Shinnosuke's pupils contracted. Suddenly, countless icy blades erupted from the edge of Hyōrinmaru, instantly freezing both the Vajra Ruyi Jingu Bang and Sarutobi Shinnosuke.

The cross-shaped ice block shattered with a crash, turning into shimmering powder that drifted down.

However, Shinnosuke Sarutobi was not among them.

"Such a fast substitution technique, commendable."

Ye spoke calmly, his gaze falling to one side, and he swung his sword.

An even larger and faster ice dragon roared out from the tip of the blade and crashed down on the area.

"Tudun·Tuiliu City Wall."

Sarutobi Shinnosuke's disheveled figure emerged from the crowd, his hands rapidly forming hand seals, and a thick, tall earthen wall rose from the ground, blocking the ice dragon's path.

The ice dragon was ferocious, smashing through the earthen wall, but it also gave Sarutobi Shinnosuke another chance to use his technique. The continuous earth-escape technique erupted again, finally blocking the ice dragon's attack.

"Is this guy's true strength... the power to kill Jiraiya-nii..."

Sarutobi Shinnosuke looked grave and was panting heavily.

He knew that Ye was stronger than him, but he never expected that the gap between them would be so big!

This can't go on; we have to find a solution...

Sarutobi Shinnosuke's gaze fell into the distance, where Namikaze Minato was fighting that mysterious guy. The power of Wood Release and Sharingan, combined with that strange intangible state, completely held back Minato, which made Sarutobi Shinnosuke's heart sink to the bottom.

"Pfft!"

Before he could think it through, the sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh rang out.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke looked down in disbelief. Hyōrinmaru's sword had pierced his back and broken through his heart.

"Wh-when..."

"Heh, you dare to be distracted while fighting me?"

Accompanied by a mocking laugh, a chill emanated from Hyōrinmaru, which had pierced through Sarutobi Shinnosuke's body, and in an instant, the Hokage's son's body was frozen into a cross-shaped ice crystal.

[Ding! Successfully killed a Kage-level opponent. Reward: 10000 points.]

"You can't even trigger a mission? And you call yourself the Hokage's son?"

Yoru put away Hyōrinmaru with a look of disgust. Sarutobi Shinnosuke's combat strength was not bad, but he had never appeared in the original work, and there was not even a flashback scene, so the mission was not triggered.

"Shin-chan, big brother!!"

Minato shouted with bloodshot eyes, but what came towards him was Obito's Wood Release: Thorns.

With the Flying Thunder God Technique activated, Minato stopped entangled with his obedient disciple and instantly appeared beside Shinnosuke.

As the Rasengan struck, Yoru swung his sword down, and dozens of ice pillars rose from the ground, closing in instantly to seal Minato Namikaze's figure within them.

With no other option, Minato Namikaze had to use the Flying Thunder God Technique again to forcibly dodge.

"Truly worthy of being called the fastest ninja in the world, the Yellow Flash."

"But what if I eliminate all your fellow Konoha comrades first? What then?"

Night sneered, ignoring Minato Namikaze who was like a rat, and instead focused his gaze on the Konoha ninjas who were already stunned and fleeing.

"boom!"

A crisp breaking sound rang out.

One corner of the three ice flowers floating behind Ye suddenly shattered and disappeared.

Ye paused slightly, but her hands continued moving.

A continuous wall of ice rose from the ground, blocking all the escape routes of the Konoha ninjas. At the same time, a terrifying ice dragon roared out, rampaging through the ice and mercilessly slaughtering everyone!

The wails and screams rose and fell, but soon they faded and disappeared.

But each scream was like a steel needle piercing Minato Namikaze's heart.

He tried to save people, but the ice spread too quickly.

Not only ice dragons, but also snowflakes falling from the sky will spread countless frosts the moment they hit the ground.

The ice flowers fell on people.

In just a few breaths, ice crystals will form, freezing everything that comes into contact with them.

No matter how fast Minato Namikaze is, he can't completely avoid the snowflakes in the sky.

In just a short while, Minato Namikaze's breathing became disordered and his body stiffened.

Even the fastest ninja in the world pales in comparison in this icy, snowy landscape.

The raging cold wind finally calmed the berserk Obito down. The vortex mask looked at everything that was happening in front of him and fell silent.

"That's truly terrifying power; it actually froze the entire Higashimatsu Mountain. Should we continue attacking Minato Namikaze, Obito, or should we retreat?"

Obito fell silent, gazing at the golden light that shimmered amidst the ice and snow, the blood-red kaleidoscope constantly spinning.

"I want to keep an eye on it."

He suddenly spoke, his voice completely hoarse from the intense emotional shift and his earlier roar: "For the sake of your so-called Konoha, you killed Rin. So now, amidst this boundless snow and ice, what will you do for your so-called Konoha!"

"I want to see you helpless! I want you to see this world that's like hell!"

Tobi wisely shut his mouth and quietly admired the magnificent view before him with Obito.

Minazuki Yoru stood like a ruler of ice and snow, aloofly overlooking everything below.

Frost fell continuously, covering the entire East Pine Mountain in a blanket of snow, turning everything pale. The Leaf Village's position within it appeared increasingly smaller amidst the frost, until it was completely swallowed by the snow...

Chapter 65 The Lost Soul

"They can actually do that? It seems I misjudged them."

"To freeze an entire mountain in an instant in a place without water, that kid... although he's still a bit behind Hashirama back then, he's definitely not bad..."

Inside the pitch-black underground cave.

The frail and elderly Madara Uchiha, leaning on his cane, murmured, "He stole Kakashi's Mangekyou Sharingan?"

"Yes, Madara-sama. After Obito awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan due to the shock, Kakashi Hatake's three tomoe also evolved into the Mangekyou Sharingan at the same time, but it was taken away by Yoru Minazuki."

White Zetsu emerged halfway out, quietly gazing at Madara's aged figure: "He also stole Uchiha Shisui's eyes before and has already transplanted them there."

"A brat who covets the power of the Uchiha clan..."

Ban snorted softly, his tone surprisingly smug. But soon, the old man, nearing the end of his life, began to cough violently, his already frail body becoming even more hunched.

"Lord Madara!" White Zetsu said worriedly.

"No problem."

Suppressing his weakness, Madara Uchiha shook his head: "But that kid has indeed grown too fast. Back in Kirigakure, although he possessed some decent techniques, he was just an ordinary ninja. But after stepping onto the battlefield, this brat has actually grown to this level in such a short time..."

"Minazuki Yoru's growth rate is indeed astonishing, and he seems to have unique insights into chakra, mental strength, and soul power."

"What do you mean?" Ban's expression turned slightly serious.

"I have felt that power in Minazuki Yoru more than once. He seems to have mastered a way of using his own soul power to enhance his chakra."

White Zetsu said in a low voice, "That technique is different from the 'Spirit Transformation Technique' that appeared in the hands of Konoha ninjas, or the 'Impure World Reincarnation' developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, which uses mental power and chakra to control the soul. It is a different kind of use of soul power."

“Utilization, absorption, and devouring… I think that must be the reason why he was able to grow so quickly.”

Madara turned to look at White Zetsu: "This is a method I've never heard of before. It needs some verification. Are you prepared?"

"some."

The ground beside Bai Jue trembled, and countless vines wrapped around a frozen corpse, bursting forth from the earth.

Another white zetsu obediently broke the ice, slashed the corpse, and brought some flesh and blood to place in front of Madara before lying down himself.

Madara put down his cane, formed hand seals, and began circulating chakra within his body.

"Reincarnation from the dirty soil!"

Accompanied by densely packed incantation marks, dust covered the White Zetsu, who immediately let out a shrill scream. But after a few breaths, the dust on the White Zetsu's body cracked and turned into countless wisps of dust that dissipated.

Failed.

"This guy's soul power cannot be summoned by the Impure World Reincarnation technique; it is neither in the Pure Land nor in the present world."

White Zetsu pondered, "Secondly, Mizuki Yoru gains a surge of power after each killing, but the chakra in those corpses remains intact."

"You mean he can not only use the power of the soul, but also devour the spirits of the dead in the midst of war to strengthen himself?" Madara paused slightly.

The power of the soul is noble and mysterious to ordinary people, but for a strongman like Madara who has reached the pinnacle of the ninja world and even touched the power of life and death, the secrets of the soul are nothing.

In the ninja world, soul power is not actually considered particularly noble.

In this world where spiritual power and chakra power are central, in the eyes of these ninjas, the soul is merely one of the necessary parts to maintain the body's existence, just like flesh and bones, only its status is slightly higher than flesh and bones, but definitely below chakra and spiritual power!

Many ninjas only need to use a little mental energy and chakra to manipulate the so-called soul, because no matter how powerful a Kage is, his soul is weak and is just a USB drive containing the data of the living.

Life and death, soul, Pure Land.

Madara understood all of this. In fact, after obtaining the Rinnegan, he realized that as long as he continued to grow stronger and reached the level of the Six Paths, he could even 'grant a soul' and transcend life and death!

"This is indeed a special path that allows for rapid growth."

Madara's three-tomoe eyes flickered slightly: "Now that the plan has begun, we really can't let that kid continue to grow like this..."

"Crack..."

Bai silently wiped away the remaining traces on the ground, the sealed wall split open, and two figures stepped into the cave.

The pale, swirling mask split open, revealing Obito's distorted face.

"You still came back."

Madara Uchiha slowly sat down on the huge wooden chair, looked at Obito covered in blood, and a smile appeared on his lips: "It seems that you have understood everything I have said."

"Everything in the world, where there is light, there must be shadow; they are all interconnected by cause and effect, and cannot be separated..."

"Only a world of victors, a world of peace, a world of love, a dreamlike world like that, can allow us to avoid all of this happening."

"Enough with the freckles!"

"I want to recreate a perfect world. I don't need a reality without Lin!"

Obito Uchiha interrupted Madara, and the complex patterns that appeared on Madara's blood-red Sharingan made the corners of Madara's mouth turn up slightly.

"No one else saw Obito's battle, right?"

"Uh... I'm sorry, you've seen everything."

White Zetsu said helplessly, "However, apart from Minato Namikaze, everyone else has been frozen in Higashimatsu by Mizuki Yoru, and Obito's identity has not been exposed. They might think it's some kind of human experimentation."

"Is that so?" Madara murmured. "With the combined power of the Uchiha and Senju, Konoha wouldn't dare to make a big show of it right now, so it doesn't really matter."

"Alright, Ban, stop worrying about irrelevant people. Tell me how to create the world of my dreams."

"Hmph, young man, you're really impatient." Madara smiled and said, "Never mind, no need for thanks. Come here. From today onwards, you are the savior."

Obito stepped forward without hesitation, and Madara looked at him and said, "Look into my eyes."

"Ok?"