From a distance, Moryo stood silently, watching the hundreds of shattered terracotta soldiers buried in the earth. Its face betrayed no emotion.
It could command over ten thousand of these puppets—losing a few hundred was meaningless.
After such a long slumber, it was finally time for this world to understand the true meaning of despair.
"Charge. Kill anyone who dares stand in my way!"
Once it crossed this mountain and reclaimed its sealed body, it would be unstoppable!
...
"These puppets... are tougher than I expected."
Kurotsuchi smashed apart a nearby soldier with a Rock Fist, her face darkening.
Each puppet stood nearly three meters tall, their defenses absurdly strong.
The worst part? Even when broken, they could regenerate and return to battle.
Defeating them seemed almost impossible.
"Hinata, have you found whoever's controlling them yet?" Yamanaka Ino called out anxiously.
Hyuga Hinata shook her head. "No. That creature doesn't seem to be using chakra to control them, so my Byakugan can't detect anything unusual."
Ino let out a frustrated sigh. "So we have no choice but to keep fighting head-on."
Hinata nodded. "Ino, try sensing that monster directly—see if you can pinpoint where it's hiding."
"Leave the battlefield to me and Kurotsuchi."
With that, Hinata exhaled sharply. "Lightning Release Chakra Mode!"
Two and a half years of training—Mirai had held nothing back.
Thanks to him, both Hinata and Kurotsuchi had mastered several powerful techniques.
Hinata's Lightning Chakra Cloak, combined with her Byakugan and Gentle Fist, unleashed a terrifying level of power.
Her figure transformed into a bolt of blue lightning, darting through the horde in a chaotic storm.
The bulky puppets couldn't even lay a finger on her, while a single palm strike from Hinata shattered them instantly.
"Kurotsuchi!"
"I'm on it!"
Kurotsuchi immediately formed hand seals. "Lava Release: Cement Burial!"
The shattered remnants Hinata left behind were instantly sealed in concrete, immobilized and rendered useless.
With Ino's support, the three of them miraculously held back the ten-thousand-strong puppet army.
But even with their strength and perfect coordination, the relentless high-intensity combat drained them quickly.
In less than thirty minutes, all three were gasping for breath, completely exhausted.
Panting and drenched in sweat, Hinata, Kurotsuchi, and Ino stared at the seemingly endless wave of puppets in despair.
"I'm done… my chakra's completely drained."
"Same here… my whole body feels like it's filled with lead. I can't even move."
"Damn it! This is as far as we can go…"
As the puppets surged forward again, their faces turned pale.
This time, it really felt like the end.
...
"Earth Style: Earth Wall!"
Just as the trio reached their limit, Mirai's voice rang out from above.
He clapped his hands, and a massive stone wall rose dozens of meters high from the ground, lifting the three to safety.
Then Mirai spoke again. "Earth Style: Swamp of the Underworld."
In an instant, the earth for miles around turned into a vast, muddy swamp. The heavy puppets were swallowed whole without resistance.
"Fire Style: Majestic Flame Annihilation!"
Four gigantic Susanoo avatars manifested behind Mirai, each forming hand seals and unleashing waves of searing flames in all directions, incinerating the swamp below.
Under the intense heat, the swamp solidified, once again becoming solid ground.
The sight left Ino, Kurotsuchi, and Hinata completely stunned.
They had just been battling those puppets firsthand—they knew how monstrous they were.
And yet, in just the blink of an eye, Mirai-sensei had completely wiped them out.
This… this was what it meant to erase an army with a snap of one's fingers.
Even Kurotsuchi, who had trained under Mirai all this time, was speechless. As for Shion—she was utterly dumbfounded.
Staring at the scorched, barren battlefield, she murmured,
"So this is the power that unified the ninja world…"
"It's terrifying. Can a human being really wield power like this?"
From what she saw, Mirai's display just now seemed even more terrifying than Moryo itself.
...
Before she could recover from her shock, Mirai raised his hand toward the sky.
Far away, the being known as Yomi was suddenly seized by the neck, lifted effortlessly into the air.
"Wh-Who… what are you?!" Moryo inside Yomi shouted in disbelief.
This man—this monster—was far too powerful!
It had only been asleep for a little over a century. When did the shinobi world become home to someone like this?!
Mirai didn't bother replying. With a light twist, he snapped Yomi' neck.
The next moment, a cloud of black mist escaped the corpse, trying to flee.
"Seal."
Mirai's Sharingan flared, and his chakra surged. Space itself was instantly locked down.
Moryo struggled with everything it had, but couldn't break free.
"Filthy humans! I'll kill every last one of you!" it screamed in rage.
Mirai's voice remained calm. "You won't get the chance."
Moryo laughed coldly. "I am immortal! No one can kill me."
"Even if you seal me away, one day I will return—and when I do, I'll slaughter every last human to avenge this humiliation!"
"Kyahahahaha—!"
As Moryo's shrill laughter echoed, a gray bone rod appeared in Mirai's palm.
"All-Killing Ash Bones."
He drove the rod into the black mist.
The laughter cut off instantly.
A moment later, a terrified voice echoed out, "No! That's impossible! No one should be able to kill me—how did you—?!"
Before their eyes, Moryo dissolved into ash and scattered into the air.
Shion stood frozen.
She had been prepared to sacrifice her life to seal Moryo if it came to that.
But now?
Moryo was dead?
Just like that?
...
Mirai turned to Shion. "So, Priestess Shion, doesn't seem like this 'Moryo' was that hard to kill."
"You really predicted this thing could kill me? You priestesses sure your prophecies are ever accurate?"
Shion's eyes welled up.
Come on! This wasn't fair at all!
It's not that the prophecy was wrong—it's that you're way too overpowered!
Are you even human at this point?!
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