"What the fuck just happened?"
The white wolf saw the summoning contract scroll disappear with a flash of ghostly blue light and was visibly surprised.
As a nature beast who had mastered Fuinjutsu and the creator of its own summoning contract, the giant white wolf had enough space-time talent to perceive space-time fluctuations caused by the shadow clone's sealing technique.
Of course, its space-time talent was only enough to facilitate the summoning and reverse summoning techniques.
As for mastering advanced spatial techniques?
Forget about it. Having a little space-time talent inherent in the nature beasts was already good. Let's not be greedy for more.
Except for summoning techniques, other sealing techniques, or Ninjutsu that could manipulate space were quite rare.
And space-time sealing techniques that didn't require space-time talent were even rarer.
And from what the wolf saw, it was clear that the shadow clone only supplied chakra to the Fuinjutsu seal to activate the space-time technique.
The technique's power or efficiency had nothing to do with the shadow clone's own space-time talent.
That was what truly surprised the white wolf.
"Where did the scroll go?"
The wolf asked, its blue eyes almost shining like those of a curious child.
The shadow clone smiled and replied, "Relax. I just sent the scroll to my home."
"The Fuinjutsu seal is connected to another seal in a fixed coordinate. So, the scroll should be teleported to the anchor seal inside my home."
"When my main body returns home, he will find the summoning contract in his room right away."
The wolf nodded in understanding. "I see. That's great. I guess it's time to say farewell. You will also have to go and find your real body, or he will be clueless about the summoning contract and our discussion here."
The shadow clone shook his head and explained, "No need."
Hearing the short, nonchalant reply, the wolf suddenly became confused and asked, "What do you mean?"
The shadow clone explained, "I am a shadow clone. Unlike other cloning techniques, once I cancel myself or get dispersed, the main body will receive all my memories and experiences."
Now, the wolf was genuinely shocked.
Such a miraculous cloning technique? Can you get your clone's experiences and memories?
Isn't this cheating?
If it had such a cloning technique, a lot of its trouble would have ceased to exist.
Humans are really progressing too fast.
Unfortunately, as a nature beast, it couldn't learn human Ninjutsu.
What a shame!
"I'm truly envious right now," said the wolf before bouncing back to its usual happy mode.
Seimei's shadow clone just smiled but didn't say anything.
He just stared at the wolf intently.
The white wolf noticed this and asked, "What now?"
The shadow clone's smile widened as he said, "Before I leave, there's one thing I still want to do?"
Hearing this, the wolf tilted its head curiously. "Oh! And what is that?"
The shadow clone said, "Let's have one final battle before I leave. You are as powerful as a Kage-level Shinobi at the very least. Meanwhile, I am still far away from reaching that level. Since you're going to be my summon, we should get to know about each other's power, right?"
The wolf looked at the shadow clone with a blank expression before refusing, "No!"
"Why? It's just a simple battle," said Seimei's shadow clone as he tried to convince the wolf.
But the wolf simply shook its head. "No means no. Too much hassle."
Hearing the firm refusal, Seimei's shadow clone fell into silence.
"You really won't consider a battle?" Seimei's shadow clone asked in a low voice.
And the wolf refused firmly, "I won't. Why should I waste my energy in meaningless battles? Isn't it good to lie down and chill?"
Seimei's shadow clone pinched his chin with a thoughtful expression. "I see."
Then, he turned around and began walking away. "In that case, my wolf friend, I will only summon you once a year in the middle of an intense battle."
Hearing this, the wolf's mouth twitched in exasperation.
Just because I refused to battle, you're planning to bump me in the middle of a battle?
And you are only going to summon me once a year?
How can this be?
If you do this, how can I take a stroll and enjoy the world outside of this forest?
Brother, can you not be this petty?
Although the wolf was annoyed, it could only sigh in defeat.
"Fine. You win."
"Let's finish the battle fast."
The wolf replied with a voice full of grievance.
And at the very next moment, Seimei's shadow clone's ears perked up.
He quickly snapped his head back toward the wolf and asked with an excited voice, "Really?"
"Hehe…"
"That's the spirit, my friend. Let's have a good battle."
The shadow clone grinned.
If Seimei were here, he would definitely complain about how unreliable the shadow clone technique was. This clone here turned out to be a battle maniac.
Real Seimei: ¯\(°_o)/¯
Real Seimei: It's not my fault. It's the shadow clone technique that is completely garbage. Each of my clones seems to have a different personality. Damn it. With my rational personality, would I go out of my way to court death by fighting an opponent that completely outclasses me in power? Oh well, it's a shadow clone. Even if it courts death, it won't actually die. Never mind!
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As per the shadow clone's request, the wolf agreed to have a final spar with him.
Right now, they were standing twenty-five meters away from each other.
Although the wolf relented, it still added a condition of its own.
"Let's finish the battle quickly, yeah? I will give you three moves. Use all your power and come at me. Once your three moves are over, we will end the battle."
"Fine, stingy wolf," Seimei's shadow clone waved his hands dismissively. But his eyes were sharp and clear.
The shadow clone cracked his knuckles and murmured, "Here goes nothing."
Then, he quickly formed a dragon hand seal and unleashed his first S-rank fire technique he had ever unleashed outside of his training drills.
Fire Release: Great Flame Flower
The shadow clone released a large amount of Fire Release chakra in the atmosphere, which quickly converged and created no less than 30 large, yellow-white fireballs, each as wide as three meters.
Thirty giant fireballs hovered in the air ominously, radiating heat so intense that the leaves of the nearby trees began to let out sizzling sounds.
"You'd better be prepared, Mr. Wolf," Seimei's shadow clone said with a smirk.
Then, as he gestured his hand toward the wolf, all thirty giant fireballs began to descend like blazing meteors, targeting the nature beast.
Watching the apocalyptic scene, the white wolf couldn't help but curse, "Fuck!"
But it wasn't idle.
Even though it was a powerful beast, if these fireballs hit its body, it wouldn't be able to come out unscathed.
Five or six fireballs might not be a threat to it.
But thirty giant fireballs, descending with a devastating kinetic force and explosive power?
Even with normal defensive measures, it would surely lose a limb or two.
So, the wolf didn't hesitate to unveil one of its trump cards.
Innate Domain Skill: Winterland
As the giant wolf activated its domain, the ground, stones, and trees within a radius of one kilometer turned into a frozen wasteland.
The entire area turned into a domain of ice and snow, freezing every inanimate object within its influence. The weaker chakra beasts inside the domain turned into ice sculptures.
Even Seimei's shadow clone felt his chakra freeze, but he withstood it by releasing a large amount of Fire Release chakra.
Within this domain, the giant white wolf could instantly cast its large-scale innate skills and manipulate ice with practiced ease.
All its ice-related abilities would receive a 200% buff.
This was the frightening power of a domain skill of nature beasts.
Empowered by the domain skill, the white wolf unleashed its next innate skill to counter the incoming blazing meteor-like giant fireballs.
Innate Skill: Exploding Frost Spheres
Thirty large, three-meter-wide rotating ice spheres appeared around it, which the wolf immediately launched toward the incoming blazing fireballs.
And in the blink of an eye, the fireball and the frost spheres collided mid-air.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!
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