Buzz, buzz, buzz!
The buzzing of flies echoed through the underground space, quickly drowned out by the clash of weapons and the explosion of ninjutsu. One by one, the Self-Destructing Flies, drawn by the scent, burrowed into the vital parts of the Jashinist followers.
Boom, boom, boom!
A series of small explosions continuously erupted on the battlefield. The originally inconspicuous sounds gradually merged into a dense, continuous roar of explosions.
Half an hour later, the battle in the underground space gradually died down. Only five Jashinist Jonin remained at the very back, still fighting desperately. A stern-faced ninja wearing a Yugakure forehead protector was leading three Jonin and over twenty Chunin in a continuous siege against them.
Jigyoku's expression was grave. The strength of his "old acquaintance" before him was surprising. As the leader of Yugakure, he was arguably the strongest ninja in the village. But in this battle, he had no advantage.
A fist suddenly flashed in the darkness in front of him. He quickly sidestepped to avoid it, but the fist suddenly changed into an elbow, slamming into the ninja sword he had raised to block. Bang! A powerful force sent him flying, crashing into a nearby wall. "When did this guy's taijutsu become so strong!" he thought, his face grim as he stood up.
But the Jashinist Jonin clearly wasn't giving him a chance to breathe. He charged at him again, bare-handed. His eyes darkened. Though he was unwilling to admit it, he knew that in terms of pure taijutsu, he was no longer a match for this person.
"Lightning Style: Earth Runner!" He slammed his hands on the ground, and several blue currents of electricity quickly spread out from his fingertips, illuminating the ten-meter radius of the underground space.
The brief flash of lightning dissipated, and the next moment, the black-robed figure was upon him again with a straight punch. A powerful force twisted the air around the fist, creating an invisible vortex that added to its power.
"Arrogant!" Jigyoku's face was extremely ugly. Compared to ninjutsu, taijutsu was indeed his weakness. As he retreated, his hands flew through hand seals. "Lightning Style: False Darkness!"
Crackle! Two thick bolts of lightning, like dragons and snakes, instantly struck the black-robed figure's body. The powerful electric whips, as if finding an opening, began to wreak havoc on his body. Bang! The next moment, the Jashinist Jonin's body fell heavily to the ground. A burnt smell filled the air.
"Hah..." Jigyoku let out a sigh of relief. After more than half an hour of high-intensity fighting, he was exhausted, but this taijutsu-strong and extremely troublesome Jashinist Jonin had finally been killed by his lightning jutsu.
Just as he was about to turn and deal with the remaining Jonin, a sound like a branch snapping came from behind him, making him freeze on the spot. He turned his head in disbelief.
Crack, crack, crack!
A series of crisp, cracking sounds came from the "dead" Jashinist's body. The corpse actually began to struggle to its feet, its stiff movements as if something was getting used to the body.
"H-how is that possible!" Jigyoku muttered in disbelief. He had been hit at close range, without any defense, by his full-power B-rank lightning jutsu—False Darkness! Not to mention a Jonin, he didn't think even a Kage from one of the five great villages could survive that.
He wasn't being arrogant. Ninja were glass cannons. Besides the Cloud's Lightning Release Armor and the Stone's Earth Style, and a few kekkei genkai, there were very few jutsu in the ninja world that increased one's own physical defense. But he hadn't seen any defensive ninjutsu on this Jashinist Jonin before. "How can someone survive a close-range B-rank lightning jutsu?" He simply couldn't understand how a corpse that had been electrocuted to a crisp could stand up again. This scene shattered his worldview.
"Kekeke... hahahahahaha!"
The resurrected Jashinist Jonin let out a series of hoarse, strange sounds, which gradually became a wild, unrestrained laugh. He completely ignored the terrified figure in front of him. He looked at his own body with excitement, stretching his limbs as if he had been reborn.
"Immortality! This is immortality! Hahahahahaha!"
His wild laughter echoed through the underground space, making the fighting ninja on both sides look over.
"Immortality... is it real?"
"You saw the power of the leader's lightning jutsu. Do you think anyone could survive that?"
"But look at the leader's face... this doesn't seem like a joke..."
"How is that possible! How can something like that really exist in the ninja world!"
The Yugakure ninja's surprised voices rose one after another. But looking at the silent Jigyoku, they saw someone who was even more disbelieving than they were.
"Is this the reason you Jashinists are willing to become the public enemy of the ninja world and slaughter civilians? Jizo!" Jigyoku gritted his teeth, looking at the dark figure before him.
"Hehe..." the man sneered, his voice hoarse. "The meaning of those people's existence is to be sacrificed to the great Lord Jashin. They should be proud."
The electrocuted Jashinist Jonin patted himself down, and his clothes turned to dust, revealing his unharmed body, as if the lightning jutsu had never hit him at all. Seeing this, Jigyoku's face was as ugly as if he had eaten shit. "Is ninjutsu... ineffective?" he murmured.
"You guessed right. Among the Cult of Jashin, only I have received the favor of the great Lord Jashin and have been granted immortality by him! I... am immortal! I, Jizo, am the end of the ninja world! Hahahahahaha..." The Jashinist Jonin became more and more excited as he spoke, finally bursting into a wild laugh.
"There is no such thing as immortality in the ninja world. Even the God of Shinobi could not escape the fate of death! If ninjutsu is ineffective against you, then what about taijutsu?" Jigyoku's face turned grim. He pulled a kunai from the bandages on his right leg. Even knowing he was no match in taijutsu, he had to make a futile resistance.
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