On the great sea, rays of moonlight swam towards the distance.
On this day, a blood moon hung in the night sky over the Red Line, the moon's power seemed about to break free from its seal, but it was all an illusion.
Kaguya, trapped within the seal, could feel that the person who stole her power was near death. The terrifying death energy had reached her, traveling through the connection of power.
This death energy had no effect on Kaguya, only letting her sense Genichi's situation.
At the same time, it made it hard for her to understand what was going on outside.
Kaguya had encountered the power of the world's will long ago. For the Ootsuki clan, the world's will was no secret.
But Kaguya was surprised that the person who stole her power, who should have already died, was able to stubbornly resist the world's will's death pressure, barely hanging on by his own power.
This terrifying will to resist death really made Kaguya's hair stand on end, completely unaware of what was happening in the ninja world.
After all, in that era thousands of years ago, everyone was about the same, you could even say they were all noobs fighting each other. They had power, but how much they could use really depended on luck and skill.
But in this era, the strong people on the sea could use power that went beyond their basic abilities, exceeding their limits.
To put it simply, times have changed, long ago.
Although the most basic things haven't changed, the era has been advancing, and at a great pace, beyond everyone's imagination.
The era is pushing everyone forward.
Under the wandering moonlight, a hunched figure hung in the high sky, the great sea surging below. As the moonlight fell, a bright moon appeared in the sea, and the waves calmed down.
The wandering moonlight lit up the sea.
The sea surface was like a mirror. In the jade disk, a dark shadow swam out.
There was no grand display, still incredibly silent, only the sound of clouds rolling in the sky could be heard.
A huge dragon head peeked out from the clouds, looking down at the immortal below.
Orochimaru had come. He didn't expect Genichi to come looking for him, and he didn't expect Genichi to fight him so openly in this place.
"I didn't expect you to show up here."
Orochimaru didn't speak disrespectfully to the old man in front of him. Although he didn't have much contact with Genichi, and their positions were absolutely opposed.
But this old man was an opponent worthy of respect.
"I am, after all, one of the strongest immortals. If I were plotted against and died in a scheme, it wouldn't be very dignified."
"Dignified?"
Orochimaru looked at Genichi. As a top expert in the ninja world, dying in a plot would indeed be undignified.
"I can let you die with dignity."
However, now that things had been said, Orochimaru wouldn't hide anything anymore.
He wanted the other person to die.
"Don't underestimate me, Orochimaru."
"The will of the Earthly Immortal Country is not that simple."
"We immortals are the ultimate choice of this world, representing the ultimate power of the world's original era, the most correct power."
"If Shanks hadn't appeared, the new world would never have been born."
Genichi wasn't in a hurry to attack. If they were going to fight, he would fight fairly and honorably. He wouldn't let Orochimaru suffer.
As for who won or lost, that was up to fate.
Orochimaru also knew what Genichi meant. He didn't underestimate the immortal in front of him at all.
"The original state of the ninja world was chaotic. It only stabilized after the original will was fixed.
The original will of the ninja world is based on the weak, sacrificing the weak to make the strong stronger, thereby gradually becoming stronger."
"Including the initial ninja world, the weak will always attract the attention of others, so there was the invasion of the Ootsuki clan, the Divine Tree, ninjas, and Chakra."
"But who knows if this is a bait thrown out by the ninja world? To become stronger through swallowing, to become stronger by sacrificing other weaker things."
The original will of the Earthly Immortal Country has always been the same as the ninja world, wild and barbaric."
Master Genichi spoke calmly, and the aura around him began to change, becoming more and more crazy, like a beast. However, even in this madness, he still maintained clear reason and wisdom.
This was the initial will of the ninja world, the most primitive will.
Like a beast in a cage, choosing people to devour.
The Ootsuki clan's Divine Tree invasion? Was it really the Ootsuki clan invading, or did the ninja world want to sacrifice part of the Ootsuki's will? It was hard to say.
But one thing was certain, the direction of the ninja world's original will was the path of "sacrifice."
"So, be careful."
"Don't become our stepping stone."
The image of the Earthly Immortal Country appeared. As Master Genichi's words fell, the skinny figure floated ethereally into the sky.
Although there was no grand display, although it was such a small body, Orochimaru truly felt the threat of death this time.
"Here it comes!"
Boom!
Terrifying will rushed straight at Orochimaru's face. The distorted will solidified the illusory things. The seawater on the sea disappeared, the moon appeared, and the Earthly Immortal Country in mid-air completely solidified. A shadow appeared within the Earthly Immortal Country.
That shadow exuded death energy, staring at Orochimaru.
That was... Genichi, who had already fallen into death.
"Since you want to die with dignity, then let me help you!"
Orochimaru grinned. A ripple exploded from the dragon's head, shattering the air in front of him inch by inch. The clouds in the sky also shattered like glass.
The pure collision of wills, the pure clash of auras, directly used a terrifying will that distorted reality.
Dense red lightning appeared between the broken dark clouds in the sky. Orochimaru, covered in lightning, charged towards Genichi. At this moment, the sky seemed to turn into pixel blocks, falling along with Orochimaru.
A moonbeam flashed. Orochimaru opened his huge mouth and bit the moonlight directly.
The ethereal moonlight was bitten by Orochimaru, and cracks appeared on the moonlight.
After the moonlight, Genichi stabbed his staff at Orochimaru. The broken moonlight instantly became extremely sharp, covering Orochimaru's head.
But Orochimaru wasn't afraid at all. Since Genichi was going all out, he would accompany the other person and see how long the old man could last.
Blood fell from under the dragon's head, and along with the blood fell Orochimaru's claws.
Red lightning followed the dark claws, tearing out ravines in the air.
"Don't underestimate me!"
Orochimaru said ferociously. Original will? What is original will? Anyone can use will.
"Open your eyes!"
Faced with Orochimaru's counterattack, Master Genichi looked up, a huge eye appearing on his forehead, locking onto Orochimaru's attack. But just in that instant of delaying time, blood flowed from the eye on his forehead.
"The power of the reverse immortal is not so easy to block."
Orochimaru's attack didn't weaken. The mountain-like body pressed down. How could the purest power, the mixture of pure power and will, be blocked?
Boom!
Genichi was hit by Orochimaru's claw. The dark staff in front of Genichi instantly transformed into a shield, and Genichi's figure disappeared in place.
He reappeared on Orochimaru's side. But how could a battle between top experts not anticipate something like this?
A giant sword fell from the sky. Orochimaru had been waiting for a long time.
A hundred-meter sword of light fell from the sky. Orochimaru closed his mouth, orange-red flames covering his body. The violent natural energy ignited the clouds.
Orochimaru, bathed in fire, pounced towards Genichi.
But at this moment, the figure in the Earthly Immortal Country actually flew down from the Earthly Immortal Country hanging in mid-air. The figure exuding death energy hovered under Orochimaru's slash.
With a wave of his hand, a beam of light appeared, locking the hundred-meter sword light. Then, the sword light slowly melted.
What melted along with it was the "main body" of Master Genichi, which Orochimaru was preparing to attack.
"Whether you can hold on depends on you!"
Master Genichi smiled. In the end, his body disappeared into the air.
He was already dying. How could he use so much power? Once he used too much, he would be close to death.
But although he died, the will of the Earthly Immortal Country, which had already solidified, was not so easy to deal with.
Master Genichi didn't know if his "dead body" still belonged to him, but at the moment of his death, the moonlight had shifted to his "dead body."
As long as the Earthly Immortal Country was not destroyed, this body would not be destroyed. And the duration of the Earthly Immortal Country was three days.
Genichi had done the best he could, sacrificing himself to the Earthly Immortal Country.
As for whether he could drag Orochimaru down with him, or whether Orochimaru could use the power of this sacrifice, that was no longer something Master Genichi needed to consider.
Watching Master Genichi's main body gradually melt, Orochimaru felt his hair stand on end. Immediately, a heavy pressure pressed down on him.
"Buzz!"
The Earthly Immortal Country fell. Orochimaru's huge body also fell along with it. The original will completely erupted at this moment. Orochimaru felt his head spin, and his mountain-like body smashed onto the sea...
Accurately speaking, it smashed onto the sea that had turned into the "moon."
"Is this... what the world government calls the Holy Land? Hahaha!"
Orochimaru raised his head. He didn't expect that he would be the first to see the true face of the Holy Land.
"Such terrifying power, such mighty power, not bad!"
Orochimaru felt the power of the so-called original will, which was extremely strong and more dangerous than the ordinary world's will.
Under the original will of the Earthly Immortal Country, cracks began to appear on Orochimaru's huge body.
He had integrated his will into his body, raising his body to the extreme, but at this time, Orochimaru's body began to crumble.
"The original will of the Earthly Immortal Country requires sacrifice. You and I... are all sacrifices, all cornerstones."
The black shadow flew towards Orochimaru. The voice speaking was still Genichi's, but it was clearly Genichi's last remaining will.
"Crumble!"
As the black shadow spoke, the earth began to tremble.
The jade-like ground curved towards the sky. The flesh and blood on Orochimaru's body began to separate. The piercing pain came. Orochimaru's huge body was prostrate on the ground. The ground had long been stained red. The nearly thousand-meter body stained the earth red.
"Roar!"
Orochimaru's shrill voice came out. Finally, as the earth closed, Orochimaru's screams completely disappeared.
Only a moon was left on the sea, a real moon.
The moon glowed with white light. A huge, distorted black shadow was shrouded in the moon.
However, as the moonlight gradually dimmed, a pair of crazy eyes opened. Orochimaru opened his eyes in a daze.
"Heh..."
"Hahaha!"
"I was wondering how to trap you... Immortals are really arrogant. Since you want to die with dignity, then I'll give it to you."
Orochimaru burst out from the blood, biting the black shadow in front of him.
Sacrifice and devour? Sorry. From the beginning, Orochimaru had been walking this path too.
Back in the Land of Wind, Orochimaru relied on the dragon vein to reshape his body and even swallowed the dragon vein.
"No wonder I had that feeling."
"However, the arrogance of the immortal has made you underestimate me, Genichi!"
"Just a futile struggle."
The black shadow bitten by Orochimaru spoke indifferently, still extremely arrogant.
"A struggle?"
At this time, Orochimaru was dazed, locked in place by the will of the entire Earthly Immortal Country, but...
"Under my body, there are other things hidden."
At this moment, the will on Orochimaru's body surface shattered.
Only Orochimaru could develop the ability to combine will and body after taking so many hits.
Orochimaru's backup plan completely exceeded Genichi's understanding. In Genichi's plan, even if Orochimaru could escape, he would be swallowed up by part of the original will of the Earthly Immortal Country, and his retreat would be cut off.
But the current situation suited Orochimaru's wishes. Genichi had used all his methods. Now, it was his turn.
"Some power is not something you can touch!"
As the wound on his tail appeared, the will of the world targeting Shanks from the center of the Red Line also appeared. That will remained on the wound that Orochimaru sustained from Shanks.
At this time, the targeted will of the world once again hit Orochimaru hard, but this will was not aimed at Orochimaru, but at everyone present.
Rumble!
The targeted will of the world descended, directly piercing the original will of the Earthly Immortal Country. That targeted will covered Orochimaru and Genichi's "dead body."
At this time, Orochimaru was enduring the suppression of the original will of the Earthly Immortal Country and the suppression of the targeted world will. And the original will of the Earthly Immortal Country was also enduring the suppression of this targeted world will.
A completely desperate method. If Orochimaru won, who the person in front of him was didn't matter. What mattered was that he, Orochimaru, could survive and then become stronger.
"Want to take me with you with your life? Too bad, my life is not that fragile!"
Orochimaru grinned, watching Genichi's dead body gradually fade. He could endure more than the other person.
The last will of that respected immortal gradually dissipated.
Orochimaru felt the power on his body becoming stronger and stronger, already touching the degree of being able to carry the new world's will...
He was qualified to ascend to that position.
On the other side, Fukuda Kiyomu felt the power on his body becoming stronger and stronger, the old era... the person who was destined to be with him, the one representing the stability of the original will, had disappeared.
Disappeared forever.
Cutting off all his own paths, opening up another path for the new era, everything belonging to the old era was blessed upon him.
He was qualified to become Shanks' opponent.
A long sigh drifted into the sea with the wind.
The blood moon of the new world also disappeared. In the moon in the night sky, Kaguya slowly closed her eyes. Her power had returned.
But...
For some reason, Kaguya just felt sorry. The immortal had also lost.
At this moment, the whole world seemed to be plunged into sorrow, as if it were the end of the old era.
The seagulls of the new world were sending the battle reports of the Marine and Orochimaru's pirate crew everywhere. News reports also appeared about this battle.
But along with the thirty thousand Marine who disappeared from this world, the immortal who once hung high on the empty throne of the world government also disappeared.
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