Chapter 111: Yasaka Magatama, One Strike Sinks the Island!

The endless "rain of wooden spikes" completely terrified the Grass Shinobi.

They no longer had any intention of struggling or resisting. In groups of two or three, they desperately rushed toward the outside of the island.

Against an enemy like this, even if the entire village attacked together, they had absolutely no chance of winning!

One person alone could wipe them all out!

Ignoring their own lives, they desperately charged outward. Sure enough, some of them were already close to the edge of the island.

A trace of hope appeared in their eyes.

No matter how powerful the opponent’s Wood Release was, he still needed land to use it!

In other words, as long as they escaped into the sea, they could survive!

"Trying to run? It’s not that easy!"

Reiji calmly watched them reach the edge of the island before bringing his hands together with a sharp clap.

"Wood Release: Wood Wall!"

Rumble!

A gigantic wooden wall suddenly rose from the ground!

The Wood Release wall, towering dozens of meters high, completely sealed off the island where Hōzuki Castle stood, turning it into an enormous prison!

The Grass Shinobi stood there in a daze.

Was the tiny bit of hope they had just found about to disappear again?

Some refused to give up. They stepped onto the wooden wall and tried to climb over it.

But they were already too late.

The trees behind them had caught up.

"No! Damn it! No! Let me go!"

Branches wrapped around the Grass Shinobi standing on the wooden wall and dragged them back.

This time, the Grass Shinobi were truly desperate.

How were they supposed to fight this?!

They couldn’t win if they fought, and the enemy wasn’t afraid of them at all!

They wanted to fight to the death, but they couldn’t even get close to their opponent!

"Cough, cough... You bastard, why are you so ruthless?!"

Mūi spat out blood. His breathing gradually weakened, while his face twisted with rage as he cursed.

By now, he no longer hoped that showing respect toward Reiji would make him spare the Grass Village.

The other side clearly intended to wipe them all out!

He wouldn’t even let them escape!

"You’re still alive?"

Reiji glanced at the huge hole in Mūi’s abdomen and sighed at the man’s vitality.

"How many people has your Grass Village harmed in order to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss?"

"I want to kill you because you disgust me. That’s all."

"Your strength is clearly nothing special, yet your ambitions are enormous. How ridiculous!"

In the original story, Mūi had even allowed his own son to provide chakra to the Box of Ultimate Bliss in order to open it, ultimately causing his son, Muku, to be devoured by the box.

But now, things had turned out differently.

He had directly sacrificed Karin’s mother to the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

His own son was safe, the Box of Ultimate Bliss had been opened, and everyone should have been happy!

"Aren’t you desperately eager to obtain the power of the Box of Ultimate Bliss?"

"Then I’ll let you experience it personally."

Reiji’s eyes turned cold as he directly manipulated Mūi, who was bound by the branches, and lifted him high into the air!

"Damn it!"

Above them, Satori unleashed countless sharp feathers, pouring down toward Reiji!

Mūi was furious, but he couldn’t break free and couldn’t dodge.

He could only watch helplessly as countless feathers, as sharp as kunai, shot toward him.

Blood splattered!

At the very last moment, Mūi’s consciousness became hazy.

Their Grass Village had struggled for so many years to open the Box of Ultimate Bliss, only to release a monster.

And in the end, he had actually died at the hands of that very monster, killed by the power of the Box of Ultimate Bliss...

Countless feathers struck Susanoo, but they were completely incapable of shaking its defenses!

A gigantic fireball came crashing down, enveloping the entire Susanoo!

Satori, flying through the sky, was practically cursing in his heart.

When the smoke cleared, the golden Susanoo giant was still standing there!

As a monster that had existed since the era of the Sage of Six Paths, Satori immediately recognized the golden giant.

The ability possessed by the eldest son of the Sage of Six Paths, Indra—

Susanoo!

With Susanoo’s defensive power, most of his attacks were incapable of breaking through its defenses.

He could only fight Reiji in a battle of attrition.

Once Reiji could no longer maintain Susanoo, Satori would finally have a chance to counterattack!

However, Satori looked at the endless trees surrounding him, and a wave of despair filled his heart.

If he wanted to drag this battle out, the continuously growing trees would keep interfering with him!

This fight was simply too difficult!

In the past, whenever he fought someone, he had always been the one attacking!

Whenever someone wanted to attack him, he could sense the fear in their hearts and detect their intentions beforehand, allowing him to evade their attacks.

But now!

He couldn’t sense anything from Reiji’s mind!

Was this bastard completely unafraid of him?!

He was a monster that had existed since the era of the Sage of Six Paths, yet he had actually ended up in such a miserable state!

"Damn it!"

Satori looked down and cursed again.

Those Grass Village shinobi were far too useless!

There were barely any left who still possessed the ability to resist.

At this moment, the trees covering the entire island began attacking him from all directions.

Facing the all-encompassing assault of the Wood Release trees, Satori grew increasingly furious, but he could only flap his wings and fly upward, trying to evade them.

He might very well lose this battle!

Should he... just run away?

The thought involuntarily surfaced in Satori’s mind.

"Don’t even think about leaving!"

Seeing that Satori was showing signs of fleeing, Reiji sneered and raised one hand.

Dozens of golden chains shot into the sky!

"Adamantine Sealing Chains?!"

Satori immediately panicked.

Who the hell was this kid?!

He could use Susanoo, he could use Wood Release, and now he could even use Adamantine Sealing Chains!

Was he a descendant of Indra?!

Satori desperately dodged the countless golden chains while continuing to fly higher into the sky.

He needed to fly a little higher first.

Once he reached a height where Reiji couldn’t hit him, he could escape!

Bang!

Suddenly, Satori crashed into something invisible, as though he had struck an unseen wall.

In the direction of the sky, faint golden ripples resembling waves appeared.

"A barrier?"

Satori was bewildered.

How could there be a barrier too?

He sensed his surroundings and discovered that the entire island had already been covered by a transparent barrier!

"Adamantine Sealing Chains aren’t only useful as a sealing technique."

Reiji looked at the bewildered Satori with a smile.

"Besides being used for sealing, Adamantine Sealing Chains can also be used to attack. They can even be used to create barriers!"

During the Nine-Tails’ attack, Kushina Uzumaki had used Adamantine Sealing Chains to bind the Nine-Tails while also creating a gigantic hemispherical barrier.

In terms of strength, even Sarutobi Hiruzen had been unable to break it with the Adamantine Staff!

Now, the barrier created by the Adamantine Sealing Chains was like an enormous inverted bowl, completely covering the island where Hōzuki Castle stood!

This time, Satori truly had nowhere to escape.

Flying into the sky was useless.

From all directions, the Wood Release trees and Adamantine Sealing Chains simultaneously attacked him.

"No!!!"

Satori let out a desperate roar.

It was so rare for him to come out like this, yet he had ended up in such a miserable state!

He had been captured by his opponent without even having the slightest ability to fight back!

No wonder Reiji had felt absolutely no fear toward him!

Countless chains bound Satori’s limbs, wings, and spherical head.

Branches from the Wood Release trees also wrapped around him one after another.

With his wings no longer able to move, Satori plummeted straight down.

Boom!

His enormous body slammed into the ground.

As the smoke cleared, Satori, bound by the Adamantine Sealing Chains, gradually disappeared.

The figure of a red-haired woman slowly emerged.

Her chest rose and fell slightly as she gasped for breath.

"She’s still alive. As expected of the Uzumaki Clan."

Reiji walked over and looked at Karin’s mother lying on the ground.

The vitality of the Uzumaki Clan truly was formidable.

"Mom!"

Karin cried out and rushed over. Seeing her mother’s weak condition, she didn’t even dare to touch her.

She was afraid that one careless movement might cause her mother to die on the spot.

"Don’t worry. Your mother should be able to survive."

Reiji carefully sensed her condition, and his expression became somewhat strange.

Satori...

It seemed that Satori had been sealed inside Karin’s mother?

Using the vitality of that monster, Satori, Karin’s mother had actually managed to survive.

Incredible.

Using Kagura Mind’s Eye, Reiji sensed the depths of the island and discovered the Box of Ultimate Bliss.

Reiji frowned and directly grabbed Karin and her mother.

"It’s time to leave."

As he spoke, he immediately activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, crossing the coastline and returning to the shore.

As for the Box of Ultimate Bliss—

It would be better to destroy something like that directly!

Susanoo instantly manifested in its Second Form!

"Hōzuki Castle, the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and the Grass Village—let them all become history together!"

Reiji’s ocular power erupted wildly.

In Susanoo’s hand, seven golden magatama appeared before being violently hurled out!

The seven-magatatama Yasaka Magatama!

Golden light tore through the sky and crashed down onto the island where Hōzuki Castle stood!

The surviving Grass Village shinobi who saw the golden light in the sky were left somewhat dazed.

The next moment!

Endless light erupted!

The Yasaka Magatama struck the center of the island and exploded violently!

The island split apart from the middle.

Massive rocks shattered into the air before being blasted into powder!

Smoke billowed across the enormous island.

Amid the rumbling roar, the island’s foundations collapsed into the depths of the sea.

The entire island was directly blasted beneath the waves with a single strike!

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