A massive amount of spiritual power was being drained away at an alarming rate.
The [Interdimensional Traveler] skill had already consumed nearly 0.35 planetary energy units in just a few seconds flat!
This absurd output rate caused Kei Yamanaka, the one supplying the energy, to frown slightly.
The layers of space before him shattered one after another.
The World Barrier appeared clearly before his eyes.
The naturally-formed World Portal of the Ninja World, that looked like a crack, now seemed within arm's reach!
He stepped forward and dove straight through the World Portal.
Kei instantly found himself plunging into a chaotic, lawless torrent of fractured spacetime.
Intense tugging and pressure came from all directions.
Even with the immense physical resilience gifted by Tianyan Zhenjun, he could clearly feel the pain of his muscles being torn apart!
"No wonder soul ascension is easier than physical body ascension—who could possibly endure this!"
Kei Yamanaka cursed inwardly.
After marking the Ninja World portal behind him,
he desperately activated the [Interdimensional Traveler] ability, channeling a massive surge of spiritual power to propel himself rapidly toward a previously marked high-tier World Portal!
Perhaps it was because the two portals were too close to each other,
the cross-dimensional laws activated by [Interdimensional Traveler] affected that lower-energy World Portal on the other side.
The naturally-formed World Portal twisted slightly.
Suddenly, a pair of human legs wearing medieval iron battle boots emerged!
"Iron battle boots, even styled as high heels?"
Kei Yamanaka turned his head in surprise.
Seeing those high-heeled armored boots and slim calves, his expression shifted slightly in bewilderment.
Next instant—
The armored battle boots disintegrated into dust under the intense spacetime turbulence,
revealing a pair—before he could even process what he was seeing—
delicate, bare feet!
Then, those pale, smooth feet were ripped apart down to their most basic atomic structures in less than a second!
Calves, knees, thighs...
Right before his eyes, within just a few seconds, that entire body emerged from the World Portal
only to be slowly torn apart and scattered by the spacetime turbulence.
Kei hesitated for a moment before activating two World Portals at once using the [Interdimensional Traveler] ability.
As he dove into the high-tier World Portal himself,
he forcibly pulled the woman's half-body stuck in the low-tier World Portal—which was already being devoured by spacetime turbulence—into Chen Ge Hu.
"Dammit dammit dammit! It feels like my bones are about to break!"
Kei Yamanaka cursed silently again.
Grimacing through the pain, he stood in a frostbitten world, lightly patting his chest, trying to steady his wildly pounding heart.
Opening both a large and small World Portal simultaneously—
since the smaller world apparently had a weaker World Barrier, it didn't put much strain on him, consuming less than half the energy required to leave the Ninja World.
In contrast, entering this higher power-level world
placed several times more strain on him compared to the Ninja World!
While crossing the World Portal, he experienced an intense sensation—as though he were forcing his entire body through an impossibly narrow gap.
His once-black battle gear had now turned into beggar's rags.
Only a few small scraps of cloth remained to cover vital areas.
Thankfully, he'd stored all his personal items inside the Boundless Realm, which preserved them. Otherwise, passing through the World Portal would've left him completely stripped of everything he carried.
At least he arrived safely!
Unlike that blonde woman with blue eyes who had lost limbs earlier.
His pounding heart began to slow down, and the discomfort across his body rapidly faded away.
Kei Yamanaka swept his gaze around at the icy surroundings—his breath crystallized into frost mid-air, clearly below freezing by dozens of degrees. He wore a dazed expression.
Antarctica? The North Pole?
He lifted his head to examine the completely unfamiliar stars above, dismissing his own guesses.
The hell?!
Where the heck did they drop him?!
After fusing the skill listings, a burst of magical energy flashed as the [Change Attire] skill merged into the [Limitless Weapon Domain].
Kei Yamanaka had already changed into heavy winter combat gear.
Though with his current constitution, even wearing just shorts in subzero temperatures wouldn't have made him feel cold.
But habits from his former life as an ordinary human still made him instinctively reach for warmer clothes.
"Hu～"
He let out a soft exhale—a cloud of mist drifting into the cold air.
As Kei began extending his sensory perception to scan the area around him,
Figures rose from behind snow-covered peaks—hideous in appearance, their skin dark blue, armored with glacial crystal-like plating, their glowing orange-red eyes glaring hungrily.
"What the heck are these things!"
"Grrrroowwwl!"
Beast-like roars echoed loudly.
These towering humanoid creatures gathered frost energy in their hands, forming massive spears—thicker than adult arms—as they charged forward.
Fwoosh! Fwoosh! Fwoosh!
A hail of ice spears sliced through the air with piercing whistles,
Accompanied by battle cries filled with bloodlust and savage fury.
More than thirty of these humanoid beasts raised various melee weapons and charged straight at Kei Yamanaka!
Even farther away,
Seemingly disturbed by the roar, more growls kept approaching.
Kei extended his sensory perception.
He clearly sensed hundreds—no, over a thousand—similar lifeforms charging directly toward him!
Swish!
A shimmering spatial rift tore open—[otsutsuki Teleportation] activation!
Kei's figure reappeared in front of one of the large humanoids.
He slapped it squarely on the head!
Crack!
But instead of the anticipated "watermelon-burst" effect, something unexpected happened.
The creature's face caved inward, launching sideways like a cannonball toward a nearby mountain, collapsing frozen snow and shattered rocks, sending up clouds of white dust.
It twisted its neck awkwardly and immediately fell unconscious.
"What the hell is this thing!"
Kei stared in surprise at the frozen, half-buried figure.
That slap hadn't held back at all!
And yet the enemy only passed out?
He knew that with his current [Tianyan Zhenjun] constitution, even a casual strike possessed the power to crack stone monoliths.
Usually, he was extremely careful to hold back his strength—he never dared to unleash his full power.
This guy must just be a mere foot soldier!
What a constitution...
Kei Yamanaka's gaze swept across the towering humanoid creatures charging at him like ravenous beasts, drooling and howling.
He was about to unleash a powerful technique to deal with them.
From inside the Chen Ge Hu, Kushina's voice, tinged with anxiety, could faintly be heard calling out.
Without any hesitation, space rippled as Otsutsuki Teleportation activated, and Kei Yamanaka had already appeared within the Chen Ge Hu's small world.
The Chen Ge Hu had now evolved into a full-fledged pocket realm.
It had its own sun and moon, lakes and rivers, flowers blooming everywhere, and lush vegetation.
Although compared to the entire Boundless Realm, this pocket dimension measuring less than five kilometers in diameter was quite tiny, its environment was undoubtedly much better than Kaguya Otsutsuki's Origin Chakra Sphere Space.
At the center of this space, in front of a three-room house with a living area,
Kushina emitted glowing turquoise medical chakra from her hands, pressing them against the chest of the golden-haired woman lying on the grass.
Seeing Kei enter, she hurriedly spoke up.
"Kei, come quickly! Do you think she can still be saved?"
"Hmm."
Kei flashed over to stand before the golden-haired woman, using his Yin-Yang Release technique to lock down her rapidly draining life energy.
Back when he simultaneously opened two World Portals,
he had only seen this woman's back.
He had thought she was merely affected by fractured spacetime, with both legs severed.
Now, upon closer inspection,
he realized her chest had already been ripped open by the claws of some unknown beast, leaving a gaping wound.
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