The Wind-Controlling Swordsmanship from Under One Person

Chapter 243 Devouring the Demonic Statue of the Heretic
If it were an ordinary opponent, Qin Ye wouldn't waste words; he would simply kill them with a single strike if they refused to hand them over.

But Jiraiya in front of him is different. His secret technique of summoning the stomach wall of a giant toad is even more overpowered than Kamui. Qin Ye really doesn't have a sure chance of keeping him here.

Jiraiya maintained his clasped hands posture.

However, he keenly noticed that since entering this strange dark space, the surrounding natural energy had become much thinner, and the speed at which Sage Chakra was condensing had obviously slowed down.

"Do you think I will believe you?"

As he spoke, he carefully examined the dark space, wondering whether he should continue.

Qin Ye shook his head regretfully:
"Then there's no way."

As soon as he finished speaking, one after another, dark figures wielding knives emerged from the darkness, attacking Jiraiya from all directions.

In the blink of an eye, he was surrounded by a crowd.

Jiraiya's taijutsu was also quite impressive. Although his hands were immobilized, he could easily dodge among countless shadows using only his feet.

And with each step he took, a dark shadow would be crushed and scattered.

But as more and more shadowy figures surged forward, he gradually grew tired, not to mention Qin Ye was watching him intently from the side.

Jiraiya sighed deeply and finally separated his clasped hands.

They can't stay together; if they hesitate any longer, he might die here.

The moment his hands separated, Jiraiya slammed his right palm into the ground.

The next moment, the surrounding space suddenly distorted, and the flesh wall that had taken away Naruto Uzumaki before reappeared, not only taking Jiraiya away, but also pulling in dozens of approaching black shadows.

Before the shadowy figure that had been taken away completely disappeared, Qin Ye sensed it through the connection.

They were squeezed by clumps of writhing flesh and rapidly dissolved in some acidic substance.

Qin Ye knew that it was the stomach wall of a giant toad from Mount Myōboku.

It is said that this toad is many times larger than the Tailed Beast, and the previous toads looked like tadpoles in comparison.

The enemy fled, but Qin Ye's expression remained calm and composed, as if everything was within his expectations.

He slowly raised his hand, and the darkness receded like a tide, dispelling the Shadow Killing Array.

Outside, Little White was squatting to the side, slowly licking its paws, while Toad Ken had long since disappeared, leaving only a few wisps of smoke drifting in the air.

After pondering what to do next, Qin Ye mounted Xiaobai, who had transformed into a fox spirit, and disappeared into the vast ocean.

The waves crashed against the rocks, splashing up tiny droplets of water.

Shortly after Qin Ye left.

Two figures appeared among the rocks on the shore.

"Jiraiya-sensei~" Naruto's eyes widened, his gaze trembling with fear and lingering dread: "I remember now! That person was the murderer who killed Kakashi-sensei!"

His fists clenched involuntarily. The bloody image of Kakashi being cut in half was still haunting him and would often intrude into his dreams.

"Why did he capture me?" Naruto murmured, his eyes filled with fear and confusion.

Jiraiya's gaze slowly moved down, landing on Naruto's abdomen: "He wants what's inside your body."

"The thing inside my body..." Naruto instinctively clutched his stomach, an image of a ferocious fox flashing through his mind.

"It seems I need to send you to a safe place," Jiraiya murmured to himself, gazing at the boundless sea.

"A safe place?" Naruto tilted his head. "Are we going back to Konoha?"

In his mind, there was no place in the world safer than Konoha.

Jiraiya shook his head and sighed softly, "Konoha probably can't protect you now. I'm going to take you to a safer place."

"Where?"

"Mt. Miaomu."

In the land of rain, it continues to rain incessantly.

This rain is no ordinary rain, but a technique used for perception and detection called the Rain Tiger Freedom Technique. Anyone who enters the rain will be perceived by the caster.

As long as the caster doesn't release the seal, the rain will continue to fall.

Qin Ye walked through the rain, supported by the golden light. The continuous raindrops fell on him, reflecting a golden human figure.

If the disciples of Longhu Mountain knew that he used the Golden Light Mantra as an umbrella, they would probably want to ask him for advice.

Susu~
The sound of pages turning came from the air.

Xiao Nan descended from the sky holding a paper umbrella. Upon seeing Qin Ye, a rare smile appeared on her fair face.

"You came."

"Hmm." Qin Ye nodded slightly.

“Let’s go, Nagato is waiting for you.” Konan said, but instead of heading into Amegakure, she led Qin Ye to a very secluded cave in the Land of Rain.

The cave was damp and cold, with glowing moss covering the rock walls, providing some illumination in the darkness.

Deep within the cave, Qin Ye finally met Nagato, the true mastermind of the Akatsuki organization.

Nagato was not much different from the one he remembered.

His withered body was almost nothing but skin and bones, and his Rinnegan eyes stood out starkly in his sunken eye sockets.

Dozens of jet-black chakra receivers pierced deep into his spine, connecting him to the hideous demonic statue behind him.

The person was like a dried-up corpse nailed to a machine, barely surviving thanks to a special device.

"Disappointed to see me like this?" Nagato's voice was hoarse, like sandpaper being rubbed.

"As expected." Qin Ye's gaze swept over the eerie black rods, his tone calm: "The Rinnegan isn't yours, so forcibly using it will naturally consume a lot of your life force."

"You seem to know a lot," Nagato said weakly. "Can you tell me who you really are?"

Qin Ye gently shook his head: "This question is meaningless. What have you thought about regarding cooperation?"

"Nagato's willingness to see you here means he's already agreed," Konan couldn't help but interject, her eyes filled with urgency. "You said before that you could make Nagato healthy again, can you really do that?"

"Of course, cooperating with me will definitely not be a loss, but first," Qin Ye's gaze passed over Nagato and landed on the ferocious black shadow behind him: "Give me the Gedo Mazo."

Upon hearing this, the cave fell into a deathly silence.

Only Nagato's faint breathing and the occasional eerie humming of the Gedo Mazo remained in the damp air.

Although it was called a cooperation, Nagato still had concerns. What if the other party took the goods but didn't do anything about it? He would be powerless to do anything about it.

Seeing Nagato's worry, Qin Ye said, "How about this, I'll help you recover first, you give me the Gedo Mazo, and then we'll use Amegakure as a base to start unifying the ninja world."

“Okay, that works.” Konan agreed eagerly before Nagato could respond.

In her eyes, the Gedo Mazo or the unification of the ninja world were not important; the only thing she cared about was that Nagato regain his health.

Even if the other party regrets it after obtaining the Gedo Mazo and is no longer willing to help Nagato unify the ninja world, she wouldn't feel like she'd lost out.

Seeing that Konan had agreed, Nagato could only sigh and nod: "Alright, then so be it. But how are you going to help me? I know my own body, and ordinary medical ninjutsu is useless."

Qin Ye slowly said, "Medical ninjutsu is of course useless. You're not injured; you're just lacking in vital energy and your life force is severely depleted."

Nagato didn't know what 'essence and vital energy' was, but it was true that his life force was greatly damaged.

"Then what are you going to do?"

Qin Ye took out a container filled with holy blood from his pouch, divided out a small bottle, and handed it to Xiao Nan. "Feed him a few drops, but don't give him too much, or he might be too weak to handle the nourishment."

Perhaps out of trust in Qin Ye, or for some other reason, Xiao Nan didn't think much of it.

She took the holy blood to Nagato's side and carefully poured a few drops into his chapped lips.

The moment the holy blood entered his throat, Nagato's body trembled violently, and his Rinnegan eyes widened abruptly.

An indescribable feeling of wonderful comfort spread throughout my body.

A warm and powerful life force is repairing the body that has been drained by the Rinnegan over the years.

Her chapped lips regained moisture at a visible speed, and her sunken cheeks gradually regained color. She seemed to have been rejuvenated, like a withered tree coming back to life.

Although a full recovery is still a long way off, a few drops of holy blood did indeed pull Nagato back from the brink of death.

"Hiss~" Nagato took a deep breath, feeling a long-lost sense of exhilarating expansion in his chest, and even the black rod inserted in his back seemed to loosen a little.

Seeing his appearance, Xiao Nan didn't know whether it was a good or bad thing, and asked anxiously, "How are you feeling?"

"It's amazing, I feel much better." Nagato's shocked gaze fell on the mysterious figure: "Whose blood is this? It has such effects! I feel like if I drink a few more drops, I can get rid of this thing under me."

Qin Ye slowly said, "You can't drink too much at once. Divide the same amount into a month's worth. Even if you use your Rinnegan until it's smoking, your body will be fine."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Nan's tense shoulders finally relaxed, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her lips: "Ye, you really have a funny way of speaking."

The heavy atmosphere inside the cave eased slightly.

Qin Ye suddenly changed the subject: "By the way, what about Uchiha Obito, the guy who impersonated Madara?"

"That liar?" A cold glint flashed in Konan's eyes, and she sneered, "He still dared to try to bewitch Nagato after being exposed. After being sent away, I don't know where he went. He's probably hiding in some dark corner plotting something now."

Qin Ye nodded thoughtfully.

Now, the Eye of the Moon plan has been nipped in the bud by him. He has taken control of five of the Tailed Beasts, so it is almost impossible for him to create the Ten-Tails as a Jinchūriki.

The only way for Obito Uchiha to turn the tide now is to resurrect Madara Uchiha using the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

However, even if Madara Uchiha were to actually come back to life, he would only be in an ordinary state.

He wasn't afraid of anyone who wasn't Madara Uchiha.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Qin Ye has been staying in Yuyin Village for many days.

These days he has been wholeheartedly practicing the Eight Gates Formation.

He has mastered the first seven gates, and now only the final gate of death remains to be broken through.

On this day, two familiar figures walked out through the rain.

At this moment, Nagato was no longer the half-dead woman she once was. She was full of vitality, her hair had turned from gray to the red color unique to the Uzumaki clan, and her physique had become much stronger, no longer emaciated.

When your body is healthier, your mindset naturally becomes much clearer.

He was no longer so gloomy.

Xiao Nan was still holding the paper umbrella, and the worry between her brows had long since disappeared.

"Night." Nagato's voice was deep and powerful: "Thanks to your holy blood, this body can finally move again."

"Thank you, Ye. I will always remember this kindness." Xiao Nan was sincerely grateful to Qin Ye for saving her only bond.

Qin Ye waved his hand and said nothing.

Nagato then formed several hand seals and slammed one palm onto the ground.

With a rumbling sound from the ground, a hideous demonic statue burst forth from the earth.

At this moment, two of the nine eyes of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path were fully open, while one was slightly narrowed.

The one that's squinting is probably an incomplete seven-tailed fox, while the other two are two-tailed and five-tailed foxes.

"The Demonic Statue of the Heretic you requested, although I don't know what you intend to do with it, is yours according to the agreement."

Qin Ye raised an eyebrow slightly: "Oh? Aren't you afraid I'll take it and run?"

Nagato shook his head, a rare smile appearing on his face.

Strangely enough, he trusted this mysterious man more than 'Uchiha Madara,' with whom he had cooperated for many years.

Perhaps it was because of the other person's detachment, or perhaps it was their ability to disdain lying.

Some people are born with the ability to inspire trust and confidence.

"Go, Little White."

Little White, who was perched on Qin Ye's shoulder, could no longer contain itself. Upon hearing this, it transformed into a streak of white light and soared into the air.

In mid-air, its body rapidly expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into a giant fox with six tails reaching to the sky, charging straight at the demonic statue.

The fox's kiss twitched, and it took deep, forceful breaths.

Then, crimson chakra was continuously extracted from the eyes, mouth, and nose of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and devoured by it.

It seemed that not only the tailed beast chakra was being extracted, but even the already withered body of the Gedo Mazo was shrinking and shrunken.

But then, a sudden change occurred.

The demonic statue, whose eyes were slowly closing, suddenly roared and struggled violently. Its withered, tree-like arms were raised high and slammed down on Xiaobai with the force to shatter mountains and split rocks.

Beside him, Nagato was shocked that Shiro could devour the tailed beast's chakra. He raised his hand and formed a hand seal. The purple light in his Rinnegan intensified, and an invisible binding force froze the Gedo Mazo's movements in mid-air.

Although the Gedo Mazo stopped moving, it continued to tremble, seemingly struggling against Nagato.

Veins bulged on Nagato's forehead, and large beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks.

In the past, such intense suppression would have already exhausted him.

But the body, nourished by the holy blood, withstood the backlash and, though trembling all over, never collapsed.

Little White knew that the red-haired human was struggling, so it sped up its devouring.

As the tailed beast's chakra was continuously drained, the eyes of the Gedo Mazo closed one by one, and even its originally enormous body seemed to shrink, becoming even more withered.

When the last bit of chakra was completely consumed, the Gedo Mazo finally stopped moving and became a withered wooden statue.

Little White's seven enormous tails stretched skyward, gleaming brightly in the sunlight.

Nagato watched this scene and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

He recalled his first encounter with Qin Ye, when this fox could easily suppress the amplified hellhound.

Now it seems that it is a mutated species that feeds on the chakra of tailed beasts!
"Night, if I'm not mistaken, you devoured all the tailed beasts you captured before, didn't you, this summoning beast?"

Qin Ye nodded slightly, his gaze fixed on the distance.

Now he only needs the Seven-Tails and Nine-Tails to accumulate enough World Favor.

After that, he can leave this world and return to the market.

I wonder if Yue Kui has entered the Void Gate.
Qin Ye shook his head, pulling himself out of his thoughts.

"Now we can begin to unify the ninja world. Let's summon all members back."

"Let's start with Konoha as our first step."

(End of this chapter)