Chapter 196

Seeing this, Kuchiki Senya's eyelid twitched; he knew he had encountered a master.

"Run!" Kuchiki Senya's mind sparked retreat; he turned and fled without hesitation.

"Want to run? Did you ask me?" Sato Kaede coldly barked, his figure vanishing instantly.

537 Seconds later, a scaled fist appeared behind Kuchiki Senya.

"Boom!"

Kuchiki Senya was blasted backward, slamming hard into the mountainside, spitting blood, suffering severe backlash.

"Damn it! Who the hell is this?!!" Kuchiki Senya cursed inwardly.

"Why the hell is this bastard chasing me?" Kuchiki Senya gritted his teeth; he felt his luck today was abysmal.

"Stop thinking about escaping. Just wait to die." A faint voice came.

A handsome young boy appeared in Kuchiki Senya's line of sight.

"Who are you? I have no grudge against you." Kuchiki Senya narrowed his eyes and spoke grimly.

"I'm someone you can't afford to provoke." Sato Kaede said coolly.

Hearing this, Kuchiki Senya was flooded with intense shame—he hated most of all being threatened.

"Aren't you afraid I'll retaliate?" Kuchiki Senya snarled, already preparing to burn his own lifespan.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. I've already eradicated your father and your mother." Sato Kaede smiled slightly.

Upon hearing Sato Kaede's words, Kuchiki Senya's eyes widened, his whole body trembling, as if struck by a massive blow, frozen in place.

"You... you... you killed my parents... how dare you..." After a long silence, Kuchiki Senya growled with a dark face.

"You're not worthy to call them parents. I'll take good care of their graves for you." Sato Kaede said flatly.

"I'll kill you!"

Kuchiki Senya roared, his body suddenly swelling.

Kuchiki Senya chose to fight to the death; if he detonated his own bloodline, his power would reach Level Nine Chunin.

But this also meant Kuchiki Senya would surely die, for doing so would kill him and damage his bloodline, making future power growth impossible.

"Hmph, you piece of trash." Sato Kaede sneered at Kuchiki Senya's action, then slammed his right palm forward.

"Puff~"

Kuchiki Senya's ninjutsu turned into a cloud of black mist, which Sato Kaede sucked in.

"Just as I suspected—the weaker your power, the stronger the effect." Sato Kaede murmured after absorbing the black mist.

"Dingling~"

After absorbing Kuchiki Senya's blood and residual soul, a crisp sound came from the Poké Ball in Sato Kaede's arms.

"Kabigon, you're awake." Sato Kaede picked up the Poké Ball and released Kabigon.

"Woo~" Kabigon crawled out of the Poké Ball, rubbed its sleepy eyes with its paw, then let out two calls.

"How do you feel now?" Sato Kaede gently patted Kabigon's small head and asked.

"Gul-gul~~" Kabigon scratched its head with its chubby little paw, then shook its head twice.

"Do you feel any discomfort anywhere?" Sato Kaede continued asking.

"Gul-gul~" Kabigon shook its head twice more, then let out a few babyish cries, signaling it was fine.

"Good. Let's go—leave here first." Sato Kaede nodded, then pulled Kabigon and flew toward the forest's edge.

"I'll kill you!" Kuchiki Senya, seeing Sato Kaede take Kabigon away, turned pale with panic and shouted.

But Sato Kaede didn't even bother to acknowledge him—he treated him as if he were invisible.

Soon, the distance between them closed again.

Although Sato Kaede had just used 【Shunshin】 to evade Kuchiki Senya's attack, it had drained much of his chakra.

Sato Kaede now had little chakra left—enough for only three more uses of Shunshin.

"Do you really think I can't handle you?!" Kuchiki Senya roared, his face twisted in fury, as a brilliant white light erupted from his body.

"Boom—!"

The sky suddenly darkened with clouds, followed by distant rumbles of thunder, then a torrential downpour crashed from above.

At this moment, Kuchiki Senya's entire body was wrapped in pitch-black lightning, each bolt writhing and struggling like living things.

Kuchiki Senya's eyes blazed with crimson malice; the soil around him exploded, coalescing into clumps of mud that hurtled toward Sato Kaede.

Seeing this, Sato Kaede frowned slightly, then punched forward.

In the next instant, countless mud balls were blasted away by a powerful fist wind, crashing to the ground and exploding into dust that obscured Sato Kaede's figure.

"Hahahaha! You finally fell for it! Your power's nothing special—pathetic, really~" Kuchiki Senya laughed wildly, his voice echoing sharply through the forest.

"Is that so?"

Suddenly, a cold voice spoke, followed by a piercing, unmatched sword qi streaking toward him.

"Ssshh~"

Kuchiki Senya's chest was instantly pierced through by the sword qi, and he let out a pained scream.

"Ahh~" Kuchiki Senya clutched his chest, groaning in agony.

"Boom—!"

"Crack—!"

At this moment, the violent thunder roared again.

"Splash—!"

A vast curtain of water materialized out of thin air, encircling Kuchiki Senya and sealing him tightly.

"Crack—"

"Zzzt—"

In the instant the Lei Ting struck Kuchiki Senya, smoke rose from his clothes and hair.

Kuchiki Senya's appearance at this moment was quite wretched; his hair was utterly scorched black, and the exposed skin on his body was a mass of blackened burns, looking utterly miserable.

172. I will absolutely not forgive you.

"I will absolutely not forgive you!!!" Kuchiki Senya glared at Sato Kaede with hatred, speaking word by word, while a venomous gleam flickered deep in his eyes.

"Heh heh." Hearing Kuchiki Senya's words, Sato Kaede merely sneered twice, then continued flying with Snorlax.

"Damn it, I will make you wish you were dead! Break!!!" Seeing that Sato Kaede completely ignored his words, Kuchiki Senya's face twisted as he roared madly; a terrifying aura instantly erupted from his body, causing the air currents in the surrounding space to churn violently.

"Boom~"

The terrifying aura emanating from Kuchiki Senya instantly shattered the seal Sato Kaede had placed upon him, then he fiercely kicked toward Sato Kaede.

Seeing this, Sato Kaede's expression changed slightly; he quickly positioned Snorlax in front of himself, then held his Mangekyō Sharingan, rotating a single tomoe to block Kuchiki Senya's foot, preventing him from kicking Snorlax.

"Squelch~" Kuchiki Senya's foot stomped hard onto Sato Kaede's body.

Sato Kaede's face flushed red; he spat out a large mouthful of blood, then was sent flying backward a hundred meters, falling heavily to the ground.

"Cough cough~~"

Sato Kaede's face was flushed; he coughed lightly, spitting the congealed blood from his throat.

Sato Kaede's face was now pale, clearly having suffered severe internal injuries.

"A pity; this fellow is truly tough. I was just a hair's breadth from finishing him off." Sato Kaede looked at Kuchiki Senya standing not far away and sighed slightly.

Kuchiki Senya's face was now grotesque; his eyes were entirely red, his features filled with madness and fury.

Kuchiki Senya was extremely weak at this moment; if his kick just now had landed squarely, he would likely already be lying dead.

"I will absolutely not forgive you. Go die." Kuchiki Senya's face twisted; he gritted his teeth, then took a jet-black pill from his waist and swallowed it; his injuries instantly healed considerably.

The next second, a pair of huge bat wings materialized behind Kuchiki Senya; he rapidly flapped them, soaring into the air.

Immediately after, Kuchiki Senya's figure flashed like lightning across hundreds of meters of space, arriving before Sato Kaede; his left hand formed an iron-claw grip, reaching for Sato Kaede's neck.

Seeing this, Sato Kaede's expression changed slightly; he knew Kuchiki Senya intended to end the battle, so without hesitation he unleashed Tsukuyomi, causing Kuchiki Senya to become trapped in an illusionary realm.

After Kuchiki Senya became trapped in the illusionary realm, he lost control over his surroundings and fell directly to the ground.

"Boom~"

Kuchiki Senya's body crashed heavily onto the ground, producing a dull, thunderous roar.

"Thud~"

Under Sato Kaede's careful planning, Kuchiki Senya ultimately fell into the swamp lake, splashing up a large amount of water, then quickly vanished from sight.

"In this situation, I should be able to kill this fellow."

Sato Kaede, panting heavily, looked at the mud- and silt-filled swamp lake before him and murmured to himself.

"Swish~"

Just then, a streak of black light shot forth from the swamp, thrusting straight at Sato Kaede, as if intending to pin Sato Kaede dead in the swamp.