Chapter 503: Kill with One Sword

Upon entering the space of the paradise box, an endless darkness greeted Muzuki.

However, Muzuki possessed many perception-related abilities; even in pitch blackness, he could sense that the space inside was not small, severely inconsistent with the box’s true size.

Muzuki wasn’t too surprised, as this was very likely the handiwork of the Six Paths Sage.

The Six Paths Sage even created a moon to seal Kaguya, so making a special box was no big deal.

Muzuki curiously walked around the space within the box, carefully sensing the Sealing Technique inside, a different experience from when he had studied it from the outside.

“Human, do you wish to possess endless life and infinite power? As long as you offer enough Chakra, I can fulfill all your desires.”

A slightly hoarse voice came from all directions.

“Fulfill all desires? Can you help me revive the Six Paths Sage?” Muzuki asked curiously.

Muzuki wondered if it was his imagination, but he felt the dark space somehow glowed faintly red.

After a while, the hoarse voice came again.

“Of course, as long as there’s enough Chakra, any wish can be granted.”

“Alright then, my wish is for me to have the ability to grant wishes,” Muzuki continued with a serious expression.

The hoarse voice fell silent again.

It had to admit, after being sealed for so many years, it was the first time it had encountered such a person.

If it hadn’t realized it couldn’t forcibly control Muzuki, it wouldn’t have wasted its breath trying to trick him.

“To collect Chakra, you must have enough Chakra to gain the opportunity to make a wish,” it emphasized.

“You can first inject the Chakra in your body into the box; you yourself possess a considerable amount of Chakra.”

“I see,” Muzuki nodded and threw a Flying Thunder God Kunai in a certain direction.

It felt the incoming Kunai and showed a surprised expression; how could Muzuki sense its location in such a completely dark space? Was it a coincidence?

It waved its sharp claws, intending to swat away the incoming Kunai.

Whoosh!

The next moment, Muzuki activated the Flying Thunder God Technique, appearing before its sharp claws, and threw an Exploding Fist imbued with Armament Haki.

Boom!

Its sharp claws, harder than steel, directly shattered under Muzuki’s bombardment, and the intense pain made it gasp for air.

Muzuki’s punch made it lose confidence; was this the strength and defense a human should possess? You’re the monster.

It rapidly regenerated its body by channeling its internal power, then opened its gaping maw and unleashed a Chakra ray at Muzuki.

Originally, it had intended to trick Muzuki into wasting his Chakra before attacking, but Muzuki didn’t fall for it.

Whoosh!

Muzuki used the Flying Thunder God to instantly move in front of it and once again threw a heavy punch, sending it crashing violently to the ground.

The first time he hit its body, Muzuki had already left a Flying Thunder God Technique on its body.

Then, Muzuki took out Enma, injected some Chakra into it, imbued it with Armament Haki, switched from Rock Breathing to Thunder Breathing, and moved with lightning speed.

As soon as it got up, six slashes descended, severing its two legs, two feet, and wings.

“Who are you?” it couldn’t help but ask.

It knew that anyone who could leave a mark in the paradise box was not simple, but it hadn’t expected Muzuki’s strength to be so formidable.

Not exceptionally strong, but rather, Muzuki was strange.

It didn’t understand how Muzuki could see in such a lightless environment; this should have been its own ability.

Moreover, Muzuki showed no fear whatsoever in this confined, dark space, rendering its natural abilities completely useless.

Coupled with Muzuki’s Space-Time Ninjutsu, it was left almost completely defenseless.

Muzuki had no interest in answering its question, shaking his head regretfully, “I originally thought it was the Six Paths Sage’s work, but now it seems not. Too weak.”

Its true body was much weaker than he had imagined, not even as strong as a Tailed Beast. Muzuki had been ready to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave at any moment, but he found that it was being completely dominated by him.

It stiffened; its newly reattached fist stiffened.

“If that bastard Hagoromo hadn’t sealed me for thousands of years, I could have swallowed a little thing like you in one bite!” it fell into a frenzy, launching a furious assault on Muzuki.

But all of its attacks were seen through by Muzuki, who, with a few quick slashes, again severed its limbs.

“You said you were sealed by the Six Paths Sage. What evidence do you have to prove that you were sealed by the Six Paths Sage? For example, were there similar beings to you also sealed?” Muzuki continued to probe.

He found that it seemed to be a bit slow-witted, either from being sealed for too long or just naturally so.

“Moryo, Hagoromo couldn’t kill us, only seal us,” it said proudly.

Muzuki backhanded and chopped off its head.

Looking at the body that was still moving, Muzuki admitted that its vitality was indeed very strong.

Unlike Hidan, who needed to reattach his own body, its body would automatically recover over time.

“Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”

Muzuki exhaled a high-temperature sea of fire, burning a portion of its body to black ash, wanting to see how it would recover from this.

After a short period, it directly grew a new body.

“I heard Moryo was sealed by a priestess, which doesn’t prove that the one who sealed you was the Six Paths Sage,” Muzuki refuted its evidence.

Perhaps it had completely overheated, as it didn’t answer Muzuki’s question, but instead attacked Muzuki fiercely until it realized it couldn’t touch Muzuki at all, then it spoke again.

“Humans have limits. Even if you’re as strong as Hagoromo, you won’t live long. If you’re willing to break my seal, I can truly grant you eternal life.” It wanted to exchange sincerity with Muzuki.

It truly wasn’t lying; the only wish it could fulfill was longevity.

Those assimilated by it, while unable to gain its powerful vitality, would not have a much shorter lifespan if they weren’t killed by others.

“You can go to sleep now and achieve your wish in a dream,” Muzuki flatly refused.

If he truly wanted to gain a longer life, the best method was to continue developing his golden finger; the second choice was to cooperate with Orochimaru. It would never be the turn of this inhuman monster.

Next, unable to defeat Muzuki, it began to give up, and Muzuki, finding that this old thing’s memory was mostly forgotten and contained no valuable information, continued to study the Sealing Technique.

Although the Sealing Technique that sealed it was not the same type as the Yang Seal he was developing, it was, after all, a Sealing Technique personally performed by the Six Paths Sage. By analogy, it could improve his Sealing Technique level.

“paradise box, please help me recover from my injuries…”

Just at this harmonious moment, Yokogawa Tsutomu’s anxious voice entered the paradise box.

It wasn’t prepared to help Yokogawa Tsutomu, nor did it have the ability to support him. However, it sensed a Ninja with decent Chakra at the entrance.

Just as it was about to pull Dragon Gate, who was at the entrance, into the paradise box, two slashes struck its body, cutting it into three pieces and interrupting its spellcasting.

It looked at Muzuki with anger; even Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo had never humiliated it like this.

Muzuki ignored it; this old thing was too useless, pure harmful garbage, only wasting food and serving no purpose by remaining in the world.

When Muzuki felt he had learned enough about Sealing Technique, he directly used Flying Thunder God to leave the paradise box.

Whoosh!

Swish!

When Muzuki appeared above Yokogawa Tsutomu, he immediately swung Enma, severing the arm Yokogawa Tsutomu was using to hold Dragon Gate.

The sudden sharp pain made Yokogawa Tsutomu instinctively turn his head.

When he saw Muzuki’s face, he instantly showed an expression of extreme terror.

Although he had only exchanged two moves with Muzuki, Muzuki had displayed overwhelming strength. If Muzuki’s punch hadn’t injured him, he wouldn’t have been beaten so badly by Kakashi and the others.

“Box, why did you let Habsheng Mugetsu out? Quickly confine him inside the box!” Yokogawa Tsutomu pleaded with the paradise box.

It inside the box sneered, confine it inside the box to cut it, huh? You puppet are quite the dreamer.

It ignored Yokogawa Tsutomu; its resurrection this time was clearly a failure. With Muzuki present, Yokogawa Tsutomu couldn’t stir up any trouble.

Muzuki didn’t waste words with Yokogawa Tsutomu. He grabbed Yokogawa Tsutomu and threw him into the Grass Ninja Village’s Main urban area.

The residents, seeing the terrifying monster, scattered in fear, while Muzuki gripped Enma tightly, unleashed a massive amount of Lightning Release Chakra, and delivered a true No Thought Strike.

Boom!

Crack!

Purple lightning shot into the sky, and the next moment, a giant purple lightning slash enveloped Yokogawa Tsutomu.

Under Muzuki’s powerful slash, Yokogawa Tsutomu instantly turned to black ash, while the slash, undiminished in momentum, struck the open ground, leaving a scorched trench over thirty meters long.

The surrounding Grass Ninja Village villagers watched Muzuki, who was like a god, with wide-open mouths.

Some even thought they were dreaming and rubbed their eyes hard, only to find that the scene before them hadn’t changed, finally believing that this was reality.

“That’s a Konoha Ninja headband.” As villagers of a Ninja Village, some people still knew a few things about Ninja.

“Why would a Konoha Ninja kill a monster in Grass Ninja Village?” The Grass Ninja Village villagers were puzzled by this.

On a perfectly normal day, a disgusting-looking monster suddenly appeared. Although the monster was quickly killed, it wasn’t killed by a Grass Ninja Village Ninja, but by a Konoha Ninja from the neighboring great country.

“Still need to practice more.” Seeing Muzuki’s No Thought Strike with his own eyes again, Kakashi’s desire to train soared.

Compared to Muzuki’s slash, his own slash was simply unworthy of being called No Thought Strike; the power was completely on a different level.

If he truly mastered No Thought Strike, then Yokogawa Tsutomu would not have survived that slash, because Yokogawa Tsutomu’s defense was not strong; even Dragon Gate’s Fire Release could injure him, let alone No Thought Strike.

“Damn it, why does Fire Release feel so useless?” Obito looked at Muzuki, bathed in lightning, with longing in his heart.

Obito thought carefully and realized that the Fire Release attribute truly was useless.

He seemed to have never seen a Fire Release Ninjutsu above B-rank; the highest was only B-rank.

Even a powerful figure like Muzuki seemed to not have any S-rank Fire Release Ninjutsu.

Might Guy, who practiced Taijutsu, had Eight Gates and Golden Skyline. Kakashi, with his Lightning Release, had the cool and powerful No Thought Strike.

Obito instantly felt that he and Shisui were at a disadvantage due to their Chakra nature; this Fire Release was useless, no powerful skills, inferior.

“Should I start learning other Nature Transformation?” Shisui began to consider diversifying his Nature Transformation and learning more abilities.

He felt that with his learning ability, learning Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation shouldn’t be slow either.

“The Raging Sun Mu Yue of the new era is already this strong, what kind of terrifying strength would the Konoha Sannin possess, and that Third Hokage…” Dragon Gate deeply felt the terror of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

Even if they were lucky enough to produce a strong person like Hanzo, the deep foundation of the Five Great Ninja Villages was enough to crush ordinary Ninja Villages; the gap between them was too great.

“In terms of overall strength, Captain Muzuki is probably even above Minato,” Nara Suzaku concluded after comparing Minato Namikaze and Muzuki.

He had also performed missions with Minato Namikaze and had a certain understanding of Minato Namikaze’s strength.

Although Minato Namikaze killed ordinary Ninja like cutting melons and vegetables, Minato Namikaze couldn’t use a slash as powerful as Muzuki’s, nor did he have Ninjutsu that could achieve similar power.

Compared to Muzuki, Minato Namikaze was too specialized.

“If the Second Hokage knew that there was such an excellent junior in later generations, he would probably be very pleased,” Kosuke Maruboshi thought, watching Muzuki slaughter with Flying Thunder God and slashes.

Kosuke Maruboshi had seen many Ninja who could be called geniuses during his Ninja career, but if they were compared to Muzuki, they would all pale in comparison.

He had seen Ninja stronger than Muzuki, but he had never seen a Ninja stronger than Muzuki at Muzuki’s age.

After Muzuki killed Yokogawa Tsutomu, the paradise box changed. The mask’s wide-open mouth rapidly closed, becoming tightly shut, and the paradise box sealed itself again.

Sensing the change in the paradise box, Muzuki’s figure flashed, appearing in front of the paradise box.

“Does it mean it isolates space when not activated?” Muzuki made a thoughtful expression.

At this moment, he couldn’t use Flying Thunder God to enter the paradise box’s interior as he had before.

However, this time was different from Naruto’s time; Muzuki could sense the Flying Thunder God Mark he had left inside the paradise box. He felt that with some effort, he might be able to go in again.

Of course, since it was an old waste with no value, and he had already examined the Sealing Technique inside, Muzuki would not waste time on it for now.

“It, your danger is too great; you must be sealed,” Muzuki thought for a moment, then backhanded and added a layer of Zhou Tian Sealing on the surface of the paradise box.

Although it was like a small weakling in his hands, its true body’s strength was not weak; it was just that Muzuki happened to counter it, making it seem incredibly weak.

If its true body were ever released, relying on its strange abilities, it wouldn’t be difficult to cause chaos affecting several countries.

The Six Paths Sage’s seal primarily acted within the box. His Zhou Tian Sealing could isolate its power, so even if someone wanted to sacrifice to it again, it wouldn’t be able to receive Chakra and thus wouldn’t be able to gain the power to perform assimilation.

After dealing with the paradise box, Muzuki began to handle the matters of Grass Ninja Village and Iwagakure.