Chapter 242: The Evil of Bai Cangshu (4K+)
"Special Trial: perfect benevolence and supreme goodness"
"Trial Mission Phase One: Within seven days, ensure the survival of character Pingzhong Hua. Current progress: 3/7"
Time arrived at the third day. The sun rose as usual. Bai Cangshu sat by the window of the inn, watching with interest the frightened ordinary people on the street below scrambling to buy various supplies. The prices in this small town had been shattered by the news intentionally released by Bai Cangshu and Catherine.
"What did you do to me?!"
At this moment, Pingzhong Hua, lying on the bed, finally woke up. Her face was pale, and she clutched her chest tightly.
Bai Cangshu turned his head, glanced at her, and waved his hand.
"Relax, I have absolutely no interest in weaklings like you. You're just a few pieces of rotten flesh."
Pingzhong Hua didn't feel angry when she heard herself being referred to as rotten flesh; instead, she breathed a sigh of relief. Although they hadn't spent much time together, she had already somewhat grasped the habits of this tall man.
He was like a beast—powerful and brutal, but at the same time, he disdained cunning schemes, especially against ordinary people like her.
Although she didn't know why, he had indeed consistently protected her life. Even after the top-secret information had been taken, he still kept her with him.
"Are you a ninja hired by my husband?"
Bai Cangshu was too lazy to answer her and continued watching the ordinary people below. Because of the news that the Konoha higher-ups and the Uchiha Clan might engage in internal strife, many realized that this could trigger a new war, and the Land of Fire would become a target of attack.
Many were terrified. Bai Cangshu even saw some people, with their families in tow, preparing to move out of the town.
"We weren't hired by your husband. We just… *cough*, couldn't stand ninjas slaughtering ordinary people."
Catherine didn't lie often, and her lies were hardly believable. She looked at Tao Bai Bai sitting by the window, smiling at the panicked pedestrians below, a smile like that of a mischievous boy after he had flooded an anthill.
"Such a person probably isn't normal in real life either," she thought, making this judgment.
Bai Cangshu watched for a while, then lost interest in these weak humans. They were a group of beings who didn't know why they were born or why they would die.
Just like ants.
Bai Cangshu lowered his head, looking back at the book in his hand, the "Imperial Level Shocking Book."
This was theoretically the most valuable item he had found among Li Qingzi's possessions, yet neither Li Qingzi herself nor he had ever been able to comprehend its mysteries.
This book was originally supposed to be a miraculous book of destiny, using the principles of Yi to deduce the origin of the universe, natural evolution, and the principles of fate. However, through the evolution in the "Sea Tiger World," this book transformed from the "Imperial Ultimate Book of World Ordering" to the "Imperial Level Shocking Book."
It contained terrifying Martial Arts principles, but the techniques comprehended from it by each person were completely different.
This was a peculiar item similar to the "Heavenly Book."
Bai Cangshu looked at the text in the book, unable to connect it with Martial Arts cultivation. He couldn't be sure if it was because his Martial Arts Specialization level wasn't high enough, or if it was due to the unique Martial Arts system of the "Sea Tiger World," and his current Chakra was incompatible with it.
The Martial Arts system of the "Sea Tiger World" is called "Magnetic Field Rotation." It doesn't cultivate internal energy; more accurately, it's a type of "superpower," a power that, after pushing various human abilities to their limits, begins to generate more terrifying power through "current propulsion."
By continuously advancing, one then uses the body's powerful self-magnetic field to enhance various incredible abilities, eventually using one's own magnetic field to touch and control the cosmic magnetic field, thereby entering a cosmic level of power.
Bai Cangshu increasingly yearned to forge the thunder emperor's heart to verify his hypothesis.
Clap.
Bai Cangshu suddenly closed the pamphlet in his hand with one hand and put it back into his backpack. He turned his head, looking at the two women in the room, who had been silent and still for a long time.
Bai Cangshu saw that Catherine's eyes were filled with terror and constantly trembling, knowing that she had fallen under a genjutsu. In the previous battle, she had been able to exempt herself from that Uchiha's Sharingan genjutsu, but now she had fallen directly under its spell, without even time to give a warning.
Clearly, the newcomer's strength was completely superior to yesterday's Uchiha.
Bai Cangshu turned his head and looked from their perspective at the far distance outside the window. In the mountain forest bordering the town, two young ninjas, dressed in black combat uniforms and wearing Konoha headbands, stood quietly. When they saw that Bai Cangshu had discovered their presence, they showed no expression, and their two pairs of crimson Three-Tomoe Sharingan calmly met Bai Cangshu's gaze.
"This is truly…"
"Hit the jackpot."
A cruel smile unconsciously appeared on Bai Cangshu's lips. Although he had let that Two-Tomoe Sharingan Uchiha go, it was precisely because he wanted a more valuable target to appear.
The Uchiha Clan's emotions were quite extreme and twisted; they could not tolerate humiliation.
He just hadn't expected that the ones who came would directly be the two genius youths of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi.
Even if these two were placed in other worlds, they would be unimaginably talented. At their age of only a dozen years, they had already surpassed other geniuses in this world by decades.
Uchiha Shisui, in his teens, earned the name "Body Flicker Shisui" during the Third Shinobi World War, and even enjoyed the "highest courtesy" from enemy villages: "Encountering Shisui on a mission allows for direct retreat."
This was the Shinobi World's recognition of his exaggerated strength, on the same level as "Konoha's White Fang, Hatake Sakumo" and "The Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze."
And Uchiha Itachi was no less impressive: he graduated early from the ninja academy at age 7 as the top student, activated his Sharingan at age 8, passed the Chunin Exam alone at age 10, joined the Anbu at age 11, and after annihilating his clan at age 13 and joining the Akatsuki organization, he defeated Orochimaru, one of the Sannin at his peak.
Bai Cangshu waved at the two, then laid Pingzhong Hua and Catherine, who were not in life-threatening danger, on the bed.
This place was over eight hundred meters from where the two Uchiha were located.
"Tsk, to directly release Sharingan genjutsu from such a distance… truly worthy of being the Uchiha's top master of this generation."
As Bai Cangshu spoke, two light landing sounds appeared behind him.
Bai Cangshu turned around, looking at the two who only reached his chest. In terms of age, both were still teenagers at this time, but their terrifying bloodline and talent had already given them overwhelming strength compared to ordinary people.
Itachi frowned. He glanced at the two women sleeping on the bed and gripped the sword on his back, but Zhi Shui blocked him.
If Zhi Shui wanted to kill, he could have used genjutsu to severely injure the two just now, but he firmly believed that violence could not bring peace. Slaughter would only cause more hatred and slaughter, endlessly.
Bai Cangshu's lips curled into a mocking smile. He looked at their Sharingan and said,
"You didn't cast genjutsu on me because that little guy reported the intel from his fight with me?"
Uchiha Shisui nodded frankly. He noticed Bai Cangshu's previous attempts to check the life signs of the other two. He believed that the person before him was not as brutal as Uchiha Cifang had reported.
Moreover, he did not want to complete the mission by killing unarmed women.
"Indeed, Cifang said that Uchiha Dou suffered immense pain after casting genjutsu on you, suspecting you possess some kind of Bloodline Limit that can counter Sharingan genjutsu."
Uchiha Shisui was young, but his demeanor was extraordinary. He calmly looked at Bai Cangshu, whose hands were probably already stained with the blood of two Uchiha.
Uchiha Itachi also released the sword hilt he was gripping behind his back. He had great trust in Zhi Shui.
Their naivety finally made Bai Cangshu laugh.
"Hah… hehe… hahahaha"
Bai Cangshu clutched his forehead, laughing, almost bending over. Finally, he straightened up and took two steps forward, coming within a meter of Uchiha Shisui, leaning forward and looking down at the Uchiha Clan's strongest member.
"I say, aren't you a bit too ridiculous? As the pinnacle of the clan, have you truly never considered your own clansmen?"
Uchiha Itachi remained impassive, but a shuriken had silently appeared in his hand behind his back. With his skill, even indoors, he could perfectly shoot a shuriken into any blind spot using his technique.
Whether it was the guy in front of him or the woman lying on the bed.
Bai Cangshu stared directly into Uchiha Shisui's eyes without flinching, seeing the naive "goodness" flickering in his gaze, without even a hint of killing intent towards him.
Bai Cangshu suddenly felt a surge of malice, an "evil" involuntarily triggered when facing such overly pure "goodness."
"Don't you understand that it's precisely because of your naive benevolence that the Uchiha Clan has been constantly pressured and devoured by those Konoha politicians?"
"If, and I mean if, you were replaced by your predecessor, the strongest, Uchiha Madara, do you think Konoha and Uchiha would have reached this point?"
Uchiha Shisui frowned. He indeed had no intention of using [Heavenly Hand Power] on the person before him. That kind of power was absolutely not meant for just any enemy.
Bai Cangshu sensed his resolve and continued to mock him.
"The Uchiha are feared because of their power, and coveted because of their lack of power."
"Do you know how much Shimura Danzo wants to collect all of your clan's eyes? It's all because you, this so-called "Body Flicker Shisui," haven't given him the deterrence he deserves."
A clang, and sword light flared!
A figure instantly appeared behind Bai Cangshu. Uchiha Itachi no longer wanted to listen to the person before him "sowing discord." More importantly, he actually felt that what the person was saying had some truth to it…
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Clang!
Amidst the clash of metal, Uchiha Itachi felt a strong recoil and instantly let go, the blade springing back. At the same time, he leaped backward out of the window, simultaneously throwing several shuriken from his hand.
Bai Cangshu raised an eyebrow, his figure instantly appearing in front of the bed.
Clang, clang, clang, clang. With a swing of his left hand, he blocked several shuriken, but this opening allowed Uchiha Itachi to successfully retreat from the room.
Uchiha Shisui watched Bai Cangshu's movements and took a deep breath. He hadn't attacked while Bai Cangshu was fighting Itachi, and now he calmly said,
"Perhaps what you said has some truth. I am not a good clan leader, but that position will eventually be taken by someone more suitable. All I can do now, while maintaining peace, is to, as much as possible…"
"Eliminate all unstable factors."
Uchiha Shisui formed hand signs, and in an instant, his figures began to appear like copy-pasted images in the room and hallway. Bai Cangshu's eyes flickered twice. In his Transparent World perception, the heartbeats of all these Shisui figures were identical in intensity, but their killing intent was erratic.
Interesting…
Purple light surged in Bai Cangshu's eyes. The next moment, his feet moved, and his body instantly launched. A fierce wind surged wildly from the window, and everything in the room was instantly swept up by the gale.
Uchiha Shisui witnessed the miraculous ability that required no hand signs. The next moment, countless leg shadows appeared.
Puff, puff, puff, puff…
The force of the Wind God Kick erupted from in front of Bai Cangshu. In an instant, this wooden inn was shattered, light appeared from all angles, and amidst the terrified screams of the pedestrians below, Bai Cangshu stood on one leg, slowly lowering his right leg.
Looking at the large number of Shisui's figures that still hadn't disappeared in front of him, battle intent began to surge on his face.
"Genjutsu, Body Flicker Technique, taijutsu—several abilities can create such an effect… Heh, Uchiha Shisui, you are truly interesting!"
Boom!
The three tomoe in Uchiha Shisui's pupils tightened slightly. A terrifying aura erupted like a storm. He blocked in front of him with one hand, constantly retreating, and the illusions in the room disappeared one by one.
Thump, thump, thump…
In the street below, the panicked ordinary people fell one after another, their eyes rolling back. Uchiha Itachi shielded himself with one hand, watching Zhi Shui retreat from the room, his expression grave.
"What kind of ability is this… a Bloodline Limit?!"
Uchiha Shisui felt the aura, like a sea wolf, constantly assaulting his mind. For the first time, he showed a solemn expression.
He shook his head, denying the speculation.
"I haven't seen any signs of Chakra flow. Even a Bloodline Limit wouldn't be like this."
"This is probably… aura."
Uchiha Itachi felt somewhat absurd for a moment. He had never heard of a person being able to directly stun an entire town with mere aura.
Bang!
Bai Cangshu punched through the other side of the wall. There was no longer any obstruction around him. He clearly sensed that all movement nearby had disappeared, leaving only the two individuals in front of him and a few others hiding in the forest hundreds of meters away.
These were all the people sent by Konoha.
Bai Cangshu raised a finger and said to the two genius teenagers below,
"Uchiha Shisui, bring out your full power with the resolve to kill me, otherwise…"
"War will break out immediately."
His smile was cruel. Uchiha Shisui and Itachi didn't understand Bai Cangshu's meaning, but Itachi instinctively felt uneasy. He looked at Zhi Shui, who was blocking him, and said,
"Zhi Shui, this guy is very dangerous. We should…"
Uchiha Shisui thought for a moment, then still shook his head. His peripheral vision caught the large number of fallen civilians nearby. Using Susanoo in such a place would directly lead to massive casualties.
"Itachi, you transfer these people away first. I'll handle this here."
Itachi nodded and instantly vanished, along with several figures on the ground nearby.
Bai Cangshu saw this scene and understood that Uchiha Shisui was still thinking about that damned "non-killing" ninja way.
He was thoroughly disappointed in this overly naive strongest Uchiha.
"Zhi Shui, sometimes, without experiencing pain, people can never grow, can they?"
He lowered his eyelids. The next moment, his heart rate began to increase dramatically.
Thump, thump, thump!
His heartbeats instantly merged into a continuous sound, and his muscles instantly swelled. Bai Cangshu once again felt the air become viscous.
He calmly looked at Uchiha Shisui.
"Moment, open."
Buzz~ Bang!
The instant the brilliant white sonic boom cloud exploded, Uchiha Shisui's heart seemed to stop. A strong palpitation came, and his Three-Tomoe Sharingan instantly began to change. The moment his Mangekyo Sharingan appeared, strong green Chakra was about to rise from the ground—that was the sign of Susanoo about to appear.
Bang!
A completely uncatchable figure instantly slammed Uchiha Shisui away, and he spat out large mouthfuls of blood in mid-air.
Uchiha Itachi, who had just Body Flickered back, watched this scene, his face pale.
He instinctively formed hand signs, but the air beside his ear also exploded. His Three-Tomoe trembled, catching the figure that was too fast to be clearly seen. Large amounts of blood sprayed from the opponent's body; it seemed even his own body couldn't withstand this extreme speed.
Bang!
In the far distance, the Anbu ninjas secretly observing the area changed their expressions.
"Not good, quickly contact the village. Uchiha Shisui has failed!"
Bang!
The sonic boom cloud exploded in mid-air again. A distance of nearly a thousand meters was crossed in a breath. The three Konoha Anbu who had just sent the signal instinctively Body Flickered in different directions.
The next moment, the place where they were located was completely shattered by a tremendous force.