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Chapter 475 Sealing

"Stay and hold out for one hour."

His voice wasn't loud, but it was unusually firm.

"I will create four shadow clones to search in the four directions: east, south, west, and north. If we can find the reborn demon within an hour, we will try to execute Plan B—sealing it."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the crowd: "If we can't find it—one hour later, whatever the outcome, we will retreat immediately."

silence.

A few seconds later, Chiyo was the first to nod: "Okay, let's do it that way. I'll hold on for another hour."

Huang Tu slammed his fist heavily against his rocky fist: "Iron Hidden is fine."

Tutai shrugged: "Kumokakure will keep you company."

Kakashi nodded slightly: "Konoha will obey orders."

"Then, let's take action." Taiyi stopped talking and formed hand seals.

Shadow Clone Technique!

Four puffs of white smoke exploded in succession, and four shadow clones identical to Taiyi appeared in front of everyone.

They exchanged a glance, said nothing, and sped off in four different directions.

"Adjust the defensive formation!" Huang Tu turned around, his voice booming. "Everyone, divide into four groups and take turns defending! First group, move up; second, third, and fourth groups, stay put and recover your chakra! Rotate every fifteen minutes!"

The order was conveyed swiftly.

The assault troops displayed remarkable discipline.

Despite the heavy casualties they had just suffered, no one complained and no one questioned anything.

The ninjas quickly split into four groups. The first group took the lead and blocked the enemy; the other three groups retreated to a relatively safe area, took ration pills, bandaged their wounds, and adjusted their breathing.

Taiyi himself remained at the forefront of the defensive line.

Instead of using the energy-consuming Sage Techniques, he focused on taijutsu and regular ninjutsu, combined with chakra light blades, moving around outside the defensive perimeter to eliminate those more threatening targets.

The battle has once again entered a stalemate.

But this time, everyone's mindset has changed. The previous battles were for victory, for killing the demon;

Now, it's about buying time, about clinging to a slim hope.

Time passed by, second by second.

ten minutes.

Three-quarters of the demon's corpse had dissipated, leaving only a fragment less than twenty meters long.

The Ghost Legion's offensive showed no signs of abating. On the contrary, as the corpses dissipated, their attacks seemed to become even more frenzied and reckless.

"Second group, rotate!" Huang Tu's roar rang out precisely on time.

The first group of ninjas retreated wearily, and the second group quickly took their place.

Earth Release ninjutsu rose again, and Fire Release and Lightning Release intertwined to form a net, temporarily blocking the surging puppet army outside.

twenty minutes.

Only a small section of the demon's corpse, less than ten meters long, remained.

One of Taiyi's shadow clones returned from the west and shook his head: "Nothing was found within fifty kilometers to the west."

Twenty-five minutes.

Another shadow clone returned from the north, shaking its head in the same way.

Hope fades with the passage of time.

When the third group took their turn, some ninjas began to whisper among themselves.

"Is it really possible to find it?"

"An hour—can we hold out?"

"Chakra is running low —"

Anxiety was spreading.

Thirty-five minutes — he counted silently in his mind.

The demon's corpse finally disappeared completely.

The last wisp of purplish-black mist rose into the sky and dissipated into the dim heavens. On the ground, only a pool of pitch-black, foul-smelling water remained, exuding a suffocating, malevolent aura.

The instant the corpses completely vanished, all the ghost legions on the battlefield simultaneously ceased all movement.

It's like the pause button has been pressed.

The stone knife raised by the rock golem froze in mid-air, and the vengeful spirit stopped its shrieking.

An eerie silence fell over the entire battlefield.

The assault team's ninjas also stopped what they were doing and looked around blankly.

"Stop—stopped?"

"Could it be—that he's really dead this time?"

"The energy source has disappeared, so the puppet also—"

The flame of hope was rekindled in everyone's hearts.

But Taiyi's brow furrowed even more. He strained his senses to the fullest extent, trying to capture the most subtle changes in space.

As expected, just as Taiyi had anticipated, the Ghost Legion sprang into action once again.

"well----"

Sighs rose and fell, and the little spark of hope in their hearts was completely extinguished.

The Ghost Legion's offensive continued relentlessly, and everyone could only grit their teeth and persevere. Time passed second by second until, at a certain moment, a cry of alarm rang out.

"Look, a demon!"

Taiichi suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction the ninja was pointing.

On the horizon, a colossal object was rapidly coalescing, and the vast negative energy of heaven and earth was quickly gathering towards it.

trunk.

Neck.

skull.

Limbs.

It was generated rapidly under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Just as everyone was in shock, a loud shout snapped them out of their daze.

"All troops, listen up! Form ranks and prepare for the assault!"

Taiyi took off, his chakra light blade spinning in a 360-degree loop, clearing a space for the team.

The ninjas then came to their senses, quickly changed formation, and prepared to catch up with Taiichi again and kill the demon.

"Sealing team, get ready. This time I will not kill the demon completely. When I cut it down to just its head, you should be ready to take over at any time."

Taiyi gave his final instructions. Seeing that the troops had changed to a wedge formation, he did not wait any longer and launched another charge.

One is born, the second is cooked.

Having learned from their previous experience, the team, though exhausted, managed to reach Kui Liang without major incident.

"Human, I told you, you can't kill me."

Looking at this human who had just killed him, Kui Liang, though not afraid of death, was still somewhat uneasy.

Sure enough, there wasn't even the usual insults.

And what about Taiyi?

As always, too lazy to waste words with this demon, he spread his wings and took to the air again, heading straight for the demon.

However, Kui Liang is currently at his peak, with all five dragon heads in place, and having been killed once before, he has become even more cautious.

What was originally planned as a quick victory has turned into a protracted war.

This doesn't matter to the demons; there's plenty of negative energy here, which they can replenish anytime, anywhere.

But Taiyi is ultimately human. He had already fought a great battle, and the chakra in the Yin Seal was already quite depleted. He didn't have any more chakra to wear down the demon.

Therefore, we should act quickly and decisively.

Taiyi, who was entangled in the battle, suddenly appeared out of the fray with the Flying Thunder God Technique. The demons were slightly stunned by Taiyi's sudden departure.

Taiyi wouldn't let such an opportunity pass by. His hands flew through the air, and in less than a second, the hand seals for the ninjutsu were complete.

Sage Art: Fire Release - Great Fire Annihilation!

The platinum-gold sea of ​​fire resembled a galaxy falling from the sky, crashing onto the earth and transforming into waves that swept towards the demons.

Even before the sea of ​​fire got close, the oppressive heat wave had already caused the five dragon heads of the demon to show expressions of fear.

Its massive body retreated repeatedly, each step making a loud "bang" sound, and its five dragon heads simultaneously inhaled and exhaled the strongest breath since the start of the battle.

Five purplish-black beams of light struck the very front of the sea of ​​fire, but there was no huge roar, nor the expected explosion.

The two forces eroded and dissolved each other at the boundary, making a "sizzling" sound.

Taiyi raised an eyebrow, and the two were locked in a stalemate. He decided to give Wangliang a second look.

But then, he immediately freed his left hand, formed a hand seal, and released another ninjutsu while maintaining the fire jutsu.

Sage Art: Wind Release - Great Breakthrough!

A raging hurricane formed around Taiyi, accompanied by flying sand and stones, and caught up with the sea of ​​fire from behind.

The fire is fueled by the wind, and the wind fuels the fire's power.

The already raging sea of ​​fire surged even higher, overwhelming the demon's breath, and crashed into him with a deafening roar, much to the demon's astonishment.

"Aww!"

Another scream echoed through the sky. The feeling of being burned alive was not pleasant, even for a demon, an immortal monster.

Take advantage of his illness to kill him.

Taiyi seized the opportunity and formed hand seals again.

Sage Art: Wind Release: Vacuum Waves!

Sharp gusts of wind swept across dozens of meters, locking onto the wildly thrashing head of the demon.

"Hah~~, three cutting sounds entered Taiyi's ears with exceptional clarity, three ferocious dragon heads fell in response, and three jets of purplish-black blood gushed out again."

This was a devastating blow; it struck the demon unexpectedly and dealt it a heavy blow.

The pain of the rupture had overwhelmed the demon's reason, and it had completely transformed into a wild beast, attacking haphazardly without any strategy. Many of its attacks hit the assault troops a hundred meters away, causing them considerable trouble.

Taiyi then put away his ninjutsu and reassembled his chakra blade, intending to make the final move.

The light of Flying Thunder God flashed and disappeared in an instant, and Taiichi's figure reappeared beside Kui's massive body like a ghost.

The timing was impeccable; the demon had just finished spewing a wave of purplish-black breath, and its right neck was now exposed to the attack.

The chakra light blade drew a cold arc in the air.

"Sizzle—!"

The fourth ferocious dragon head fell to the ground, its purplish-black blood gushing out like a waterfall, corroding the ground below and sending up plumes of white smoke.

At this point, of the five heads of the demon, only the last one remained, still roaring and thrashing wildly.

Taiyi landed lightly, his toes barely touching the scorched earth before he slid back several meters.

He slightly raised his right hand, and the Sage Chakra poured into the light blade began to recede like a tide.

The giant blade, originally ten meters long, shortened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Nine meters, seven meters, five meters — finally stabilizing at around three meters, transforming into a long sword with a restrained sharpness that appears even more dangerous.

What follows is no longer a brute-force attack that cuts through mountains and valleys, but a bloody battle that requires meticulous control.

The golden light in Taiyi's eyes became even more solid.

He moved like the wind, circling the remaining head of the monster at high speed, leaving wounds of varying depths on its scaled neck and torso with each approach.

The light blade no longer aims for a one-hit kill, but rather to cut through muscles and sever the flow of energy as much as possible.

Dark purple blood flowed from the numerous wounds, pooling into a nauseating stream on the ground.

The roar of the demon gradually weakened, and its massive body began to sway, like a mountain about to collapse.

In the distance, the ninjas of the assault team witnessed this breathtaking scene.

As the fourth head rolled off, the entire defensive line erupted in an uncontrollable cheer.

"One left!"

"Taichi is going to win!"

Huang Tu smashed the oncoming rock golem with a single punch, and a long-lost smile appeared on his rugged face.

After more than an hour of continuous fighting, even an elite like him felt exhausted.

Kakashi stood inside the defensive circle, and he could see better than anyone else that although Taichi's movements were still sharp, his breathing was obviously heavy, indicating that he was also expending a lot of energy.

"The most crucial moment has arrived," he muttered to himself, gripping the white fang dagger tightly.

Everyone rallied their spirits.

The twenty ninjas from the sealing team had quietly moved to the rear of the formation to facilitate their entry at any time.

Time slowly passed amidst the fighting.

twenty minutes.

For ninjas on the battlefield, those twenty minutes felt like an eternity.

But no one backed down.

Because everyone knows that victory is just around the corner.

finally----

"Boom!"

A deep, muffled bang shook the entire earth.

The enormous body of the demon, which was over a hundred meters tall, could no longer support itself. Its four thick limbs went limp at the same time, and it fell to the ground at an angle like a giant beast whose skeleton had been removed.

Smoke and dust billowed into the sky, and purplish-black blood spurted from countless wounds, staining the surrounding ground a filthy mess.

The only remaining dragon head had lost its former ferocity.

It lay limply on the ground, black blood gushing from its seven orifices, its crimson eyes dull and lifeless, only a wheezing sound like a broken bellows coming from its throat.

With each breath, blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, a pitiful sight that almost evoked pity, if one forgot the disaster it had brought.

"Now!" Taiyi's voice pierced through the battlefield's clamor. "Sealing team, take over the seal!"

Twenty figures shot out from the defensive formation like arrows released from a bow.

They were wearing uniforms from different ninja villages, but at this moment, their movements were perfectly synchronized.

Following Taiyi's command, the twenty people quickly dispersed, forming a standard circular encirclement around the demon.

Each person took out a scroll from their ninja tool bag and formed hand seals.

"Bang bang bang—"

A series of white smoke burst open, and a giant scroll, as tall as a person, appeared in front of each ninja.

The scroll is dark brown all over, and its surface is covered with densely packed sealing runes drawn with special ink.

The runes were so complex that they were dazzling, with layers upon layers interwoven into a net. Even ordinary ninjas would feel dizzy after just a few glances.

But the members of the sealing team remained solemn and showed no hesitation.

They simultaneously laid the reel flat on the ground and unfurled it with force—

"Splash!"

Twenty scrolls were unfurled simultaneously, revealing the more complex core techniques inside.

"Form hand seals!"

Twenty hands moved in unison again.

The sequence of seals—Tiger—Rabbit—Snake—Horse—Sheep—Rooster—Pig——took a full thirty seconds to complete. When the final "Snake" seal was formed, all the sealing ninjas shouted in unison, "Seal!"

He pressed both hands down hard on the center of the reel.

The surging chakra, like a river bursting its banks, poured into the scroll through his hands without reservation.

Blue light rose from the scroll, growing brighter and brighter until it transformed into twenty beams of light shooting into the sky.

The beam of light twisted and deformed in the air, condensing into a tangible chain.

Like giant, living pythons, they coiled towards the central monster under the control of the sealing ninja.

"Splash—!"

The chains clanged together with a metallic, crisp sound.

In the next instant, the enormous body of the demon was firmly bound by twenty chains.

"receive!"

The sealing ninjas shouted in unison, increasing their chakra output once again.

The chains began to tighten and straighten.

Runes swirled wildly across the chain, and the power of suppression and sealing pressed down on Kui Liang like a mountain.

"It worked?!" Huang Tu's eyes widened.

"This is—a splitting and sealing technique," Chiyo murmured. "It cuts the demon into twenty parts and seals each part in a different scroll. Even if one part escapes in the future, it will only have one-twentieth of its power—"

"To lighten the burden on future generations," Tu Tai replied, a glint of admiration in his eyes. "A very clever approach."

Everyone’s heart is raised.

Victory seemed to be within reach.

However, just as the sealing process reached its most critical moment, an unexpected change occurred.

The demon, who had been in a semi-comatose state due to excessive blood loss, suddenly opened its eyes.

In those bloodshot eyes, madness and pain receded like a tide, replaced by clarity.

The sealing chains suppressed most of its power, but unexpectedly also brought it back to its senses from its rage.

Its crimson eyes darted around, scanning the surrounding sealing ninjas who stood ready for battle, before finally settling on the figure standing in the sky, sword in hand.

A voice resounded throughout the spiritual world of all humanity.

This was the first time since the start of the war that the demon had directly communicated with any ninja other than Taiichi.

"Humans—do you think you can seal me away like this?"

The sealing team's ninjas were all startled, and the chakra infusion paused for a moment.

"Don't be delusional." The demon's voice carried a mocking tone, yet also a resolute edge. "Just wait—I'll be back. Next time, you won't have another chance."