Chapter 282: perfect benevolence and supreme goodness, Graceful Liberation! (4K+ Big Chapter)
Bang!
A huge crash broke Pingzhong Hua's emotional outburst and gave Ping Zhongshi, who was almost suffocating from his wife's despairing eyes, a way out.
The huge head of a White Snake landed from the sky, and the even more terrifying Tao Bai Bai leisurely descended from above.
"Woman, this time the ingredient is a Sage. I hope you don't disappoint me."
Bai Cangshu landed like a spirit cat, without a sound, but the wind stirred by his steps carried a piercing Killing Intent Ripple.
He seemed completely unaware of the huge rift that had formed between the few of them, only telling Pingzhong Hua to prepare the rare meat of the White Snake Sage.
Pingzhong Hua lowered her head, hiding the despair and hysterical look on her face beneath her hair. She simply walked with her head down towards the overly large White Snake head.
Normally, she would have collapsed in fear at the sight of such a large White Snake, but for some reason, after witnessing so much death, she had become increasingly desensitized to blood, flesh, and monsters.
She took out the special knife Tao Bai Bai had given her in advance and silently tried to cut the snake meat for cooking.
Uchiha Zhi Shui wanted to speak, but Bai Cangshu didn't give him the chance, speaking first:
"It's a bit of a shame that the Toad Sage got away with a young Uchiha Clan member, tsk."
Uchiha Itachi's eyes immediately sharpened, and Uchiha Zhi Shui also looked at Tao Bai Bai warily at the same time.
"What Uchiha Clan member?"
Both had a bad premonition, and Bai Cangshu, with a malicious smile, mocked:
"Perhaps, a child named Sasuke Uchiha~"
Clang!
The sound of two swords being drawn occurred almost simultaneously. In the blink of an eye, Ping Zhongshi saw two powerful ninjas, with one long and one short blade, already holding them to Tao Bai Bai's neck from both sides.
Ran only reacted a moment later.
Bai Cangshu himself showed no reaction at all. He remained composed, even leaning back without reducing his range of motion.
"Be careful, the two Uchiha. If you accidentally cut me, you'll get hurt."
Uchiha Itachi and Zhi Shui's control over their movements was equally terrifying. As Tao Bai Bai fell back, their blades rotated, completely avoiding his neck.
However, four Sharingan had already coldly locked onto Tao Bai Bai.
"Sasuke, what happened?!"
Bai Cangshu looked at these two, who were considered the most aligned with the Will of Fire in the Uchiha Clan, yet they were unable to treat the lives of others with equal regard.
He looked at Uchiha Itachi mockingly, his derision palpable.
"You see, no matter how much you emphasize so-called magnanimity, so-called future, when it involves your little brother, everything gives way, doesn't it, heh..."
Uchiha Itachi completely ignored Tao Bai Bai's taunts. If something happened to his little brother, no matter who the opponent was, he would have to use every means to kill them.
He couldn't describe to others his joy upon seeing his brother born; it was the warmth a lonely soul received after gaining a blood-related loved one;
It was the joy and miracle of witnessing new life after seeing too much loss and death.
Bai Cangshu narrowed his eyes, not because he was angry, but because he genuinely felt pleasure at that moment, watching these strong-willed plot characters twist due to their [hearts], feeling the Uchiha blood surge through their bodies due to emotion.
The feeling of being able to provoke a genius's nerves with mere words brought him pleasure.
He looked at Uchiha Itachi as if he were a rare toy.
"Rest assured, that little fellow has probably already become a citizen of the golden law. Even if he's unfortunately killed, he can return to the Golden Tree through [Rebirth]. How truly... fortunate..."
Bai Cangshu's tone was strange, and Uchiha Itachi's face was equally pale. He couldn't feel even a trace of happiness from such a thing.
golden law, Rebirth—these words now settled in Uchiha Itachi's heart, almost making him see his young, innocent brother slowly turn into a cold, inhuman being.
Moreover, he didn't think that [Rebirth] was so wonderful. The bonds between people were inherently unbreakable through various life and death situations, just as he steadfastly held his brother tightly when war arrived.
If there was no witness of [death], then everything would lose its weight. Would he become an older brother who casually discarded his infant brother, waiting for him to be reborn through [Rebirth]?
Ultimately, if humans no longer reproduce, grow, and die in human form, are they truly still human?
Do those individuals who emerge from the Golden Tree, with golden glow in their eyes, truly share any moral commonality with humans?
Uchiha Itachi instantly understood his thoughts. He turned to look at his most respected older brother.
"Zhi Shui... the golden law cannot save this world at all!"
The Sharingan in his eyes trembled violently due to intense emotions, even showing signs of transforming.
Uchiha Zhi Shui, having witnessed everything in the town just now, was also in doubt. Just as he was at a loss, Ping Zhongshi suddenly burst forth with a golden light.
He spread his arms, assuming a strange prayer posture, and the next moment, a golden light shot up into the sky.
In the sky, the Golden Tree seemed to cooperate with this golden light at this moment, completely obscuring the entire sky. The sun's light was completely hidden, and the world turned dim yellow.
Bai Cangshu sensed something and turned his head, seeing a huge meteor in the dim sky, igniting everything from above and crashing down. The atmosphere began to burn, and the terrifying meteor scattered countless golden gleams along its path, like a magnificent aurora, directly spanning across half the sky.
The scattered golden gleams almost spilled a vast golden light belt from the sky.
That was the Golden Meteor, the messenger of the supreme will, and also a product of the golden law, the highest guardian of the Elden Ring, and at the same time, the symbol of the golden law—the Elden Beast!
[Based on DD99115435's actions, core plot character Naruto Uzumaki has disappeared from this world. Related plotlines are being removed. This world has undergone a major distortion.]
[Based on DD99115435's actions, core plot character Sasuke Uchiha has joined the golden law faction.]
[The supreme will has intervened in this world in advance.]
[Special · Unique Event, the Golden Tree Era's arrival, Stage Two has ended prematurely.]
[Now proceeding with settlement. Reincarnator Ex051 completion: A]
[You have obtained Golden Teardrop (Rare) * 3]
Ping Zhongshi slowly floated up from the ground. The golden light within his body grew more and more intense. The armor on his body began to fail to withstand the power of the golden law, gradually transforming into a golden style, then shattering into golden sand.
In a moment, Ping Zhongshi had transformed into a figure clad in ragged clothes. His hair began to grow uncontrollably, and his black hair rapidly turned red in the golden light.
His physique also became muscular and robust, and his body grew enormous, far exceeding that of ordinary people.
Pingzhong Hua, who was trying to grill the White Snake Sage meat, noticed the change, looked up, and saw her husband transformed beyond recognition.
"Shi..."
This time, the woman was not hysterical. She only softly murmured her husband's name. She saw her husband lower his head and look at her, the last trace of warmth in his eyes completely vanishing. In the end, only an aloof indifference remained, as if he were a god looking down on all living beings.
With the appearance of the massive golden blessing belt falling from the sky, visibly, the golden law's blessing had begun to cover many people in this world.
Massacres similar to the one in the riverside town would occur on a large scale, accompanied by Ping Zhongshi, who would eventually be molded into a [Divine Human] by the supreme will, and the Elden Beast brought by the Golden Meteor. With the most cruel and terrifying form of war, the native forces of this world would be purged.
Ultimately, the golden law would seize control of this world, just as it defeated the Dragon King, Giants, and others in the Lands Between, bringing the Naruto World under divine authority and law.
Ping Zhongshi, no, it should be said that the gradually [Divine Humanized] Ping Zhongshi, stood in the air, his red hair continuously flowing backward with the golden radiance. He did not look at his former wife, but instead extended his hand to Bai Cangshu.
"Tao Bai Bai, you have the capacity to become a King..."
[Special Trial · perfect benevolence and supreme goodness Stage Two ends, Stage Three begins.]
[Optional Quest · Benevolent Edict has been triggered.]
[Quest Description: Divine Human · Ping Zhongshi invites you to defeat all opponents in this world and spread the golden law to every corner.]
[Quest Rewards: Special Sequence · virtue Sequence One · Edict (100%); Special Milestone · Elden Lord (Extremely Rare) (Completion above S+)]
Bai Cangshu merely looked up at Ping Zhongshi, whose appearance, and even his [heart], seemed to have been completely changed. Before he could speak, a hand grabbed the back of his clothes.
The hand was so strong that Bai Cangshu thought that if the opponent's strength were just a little greater, it would be judged as an attack for causing even a slight effect on his skin, and he would then be burned to death by the Blazing Flame of the Flame Dragon Scales.
"Mr. Tao Bai Bai..."
The woman's voice was hoarse and cold.
Bai Cangshu slightly turned his head, his eyes carrying a chilling purple hue. Pingzhong Hua's heart fluttered. She thought, perhaps this Lord Tao Bai Bai already knew what she wanted to say.
And, the other party had been waiting for her to speak!
But she had to speak now. She had already realized that ever since her town was destroyed, her husband had been tainted by something unknown.
That's why he would disregard the potential dangers he might encounter and transmit so-called intelligence.
That's why he would be indifferent to the deaths of everyone in the town.
That's why he was unmoved by the recent massacre.
The woman's mind raced. She attributed all of her husband's problems to the golden law. Only then could she accept her beloved husband becoming what he was now.
"Mr. Tao Bai Bai... Although I only cooked a few insignificant dishes for you, may I ask you..."
She suddenly knelt on the ground, with such force that blood quickly seeped through her skirt from her knees.
"Oh?"
"What do you want to ask me?"
Bai Cangshu asked knowingly. He lowered his head, greedily absorbing the malice from the woman's heart. He really wanted to know what tone and emotion the woman, who not long ago had "shamelessly" expressed her love for her husband with that mouth, would use to ask him... to kill her husband.
Ha~ Just thinking about such a thing, the malicious smile on Bai Cangshu's face almost twisted his features under the reflection of the Killing Intent Ripple.
At the same time, another thought in Bai Cangshu's mind was to calmly analyze his own state. He judged that his current state might be the result of the Killing Intent Ripple approaching a threshold; he had already been deeply affected.
He was very curious whether he would enter a state like the so-called [Mad Oni] or become like [Killing Intent Ryu] after breaking through Killing Intent Ripple LV4.
Furthermore, because there was a place like the Goddess Residence, negative effects could be suppressed as long as enough price was paid.
"I want to ask you to help Shi... find Graceful Liberation..."
The woman looked up, two lines of tears constantly falling, and snot unconsciously flowing, her face becoming quite ugly, her clean skin wrinkled, tears and snot intertwined.
But Bai Cangshu, who should have mockingly ridiculed a woman in such a state, instead saw the smile on his lips gradually disappear. He did not get the malice he wanted.
This woman was sincerely praying for him to save her husband.
"Shi isn't like this, I know. The real him must be trapped somewhere inside that body, watching everything he's doing, in immense pain. Shi is very kind... he wouldn't do such cruel things..."
The woman's rambling annoyed Bai Cangshu. Bai Cangshu didn't understand why such a thing would happen.
She clearly wanted him to end a person's life, yet she radiated compassion and kindness from the bottom of her heart. She was trying to be tolerant of her husband, and she was kindly pleading with him to kill her husband.
[Optional Quest · Graceful Liberation, has been triggered.]
[Quest Description: The woman Pingzhong Hua, with compassion in her heart, pleads with you to kill the Divine Human · Ping Zhongshi and bury the tragedy of the golden law era.]
[Quest Rewards: Special Sequence · virtue Sequence One · Graceful Liberation (100%); Special Milestone · Blasphemy (Extremely Rare) (Completion above S)]
Tsk, Bai Cangshu disgustedly shook off the woman's hand. In the air, below the Divine Human · Ping Zhongshi, Uchiha Zhi Shui and Uchiha Itachi stood facing each other.
Their expressions varied. Uchiha Itachi calmly said:
"Zhi Shui, you must undo that jutsu..."
Uchiha Zhi Shui did not argue. At this moment, he also had great doubts about the golden law. The Golden Tree Era, where there would be no death, had to be achieved through massive slaughter. This was a subversive matter to his ninja way.
Boom!
In the air, the terrifying temperature suddenly rose.
In the sky, the huge golden meteor finally burned completely, revealing the terrifying form of the Elden Beast within.
But before the golden meteor could hit the ground, a terrifying light beam suddenly struck from a great distance, hitting the Elden Beast in mid-air.
Accompanied by a violent shriek, the Elden Beast fell from the sky.
Bai Cangshu saw clearly that it was a Tailed Beast Bomb, and its power far exceeded that of ordinary Tailed Beasts.
Ping Zhongshi, who was in the process of becoming a Divine Human, showed no change in expression. His body rapidly enveloped in golden light and shot up into the sky.
Bai Cangshu, watching this scene, made his choice.
[You have accepted the optional quest · Graceful Liberation.]
[Special Trial · perfect benevolence and supreme goodness, Stage Three begins — Graceful Liberation.]
Bai Cangshu did not wait for Uchiha Zhi Shui to make a decision. He was now finally free from all restraints. There was no longer any Ping Zhongshi or Pingzhong Hua to restrict his actions in this world.
He could finally do anything he wanted, ha~