Chapter 227

The only goal is to seal away the Wangliang!

To him,

the Land of Ghosts is everything!

"Hashirama, Your Majesty, leave this to us!"

"You must take the Shrine Maiden to the sealing site!"

"The future of the Land of Ghosts rests on you!"

Kojirou turned and roared loudly at Hashirama Senju.

He had already accepted that he and these guards would not survive this place,

that getting the Shrine Maiden safely to the sealing site

for him,

was already completion of the mission.

But given the current situation,

whether the Shrine Maiden could reach the sealing site safely

was far from certain.

"Kojirou!! Come with us too!"

"If you stay here, you'll die!"

The Shrine Maiden was innocent,

but she was not foolish,

the mere presence of this undead army

already outnumbered the entire military force of the Land of Ghosts!

With only Kojirou and his men staying behind,

how could they possibly stand against these legions?

Therefore,

the Shrine Maiden knew,

if they insisted on staying here,

their fate would surely be death!

The Shrine Maiden did not want them to sacrifice themselves here!

"My Lady… to have accompanied you this long…"

"I am already overjoyed."

"It is my honor. Without you, I might still be a wandering samurai of the Land of Ghosts—how could I have reached this point?"

"Our dying here matters little, but you must not fall here. If you fall here, the Land of Ghosts has no future!"

Kojirou also knew,

that the Shrine Maiden now certainly did not want them to stay.

Though the Shrine Maiden rarely expressed her emotions,

Kojirou knew,

that she was merely inept at expressing them.

Because she could foresee others' deaths,

she feared seeing the deaths of those she cherished,

she feared parting,

so she buried her deepest feelings deep within her heart!

But Kojirou knew,

that the Shrine Maiden's heart was exceedingly kind,

and her inner emotions were profoundly rich!

Yet,

after calming down,

Kojirou noticed something very strange.

These undead legions

had been present for a long time,

yet none of the monsters had moved at all?

They had merely surrounded these people,

then stood motionless in place,

as if wary of something!

But Kojirou dared not make any gamble,

because they could not afford to lose,

one defeat,

and the Land of Ghosts would be finished!!

…

In the Wangliang's current field of vision,

only Hashirama Senju existed!

It was still thinking,

What on earth was Senju Hashirama's background?

From such a great distance,

he had only taken one look at him,

and yet a small part of his body had been shattered?

How could that possibly be?

Although Wangliang himself could hardly believe it,

the pain transmitted from his body told him plainly enough,

that all of this was real!

Wangliang felt afraid!

He did not know,

whether this man truly had a way to deal with him!

So he thought it best not to make a move for now,

and to observe for a while before deciding!

Back then he had suffered exactly such a loss!

After he was born,

he had believed himself invincible under heaven,

that no one in the world could stand in his way!

As a result,

he had been given a proper lesson by the shrine maiden of the Land of Demons!!

Even now Wangliang could not understand,

why the shrine maiden of the Land of Demons, a seemingly so weak existence,

had been able to use sealing jutsu to seal him away!

Thinking that he had been born for so long,

yet in truth most of that time had been spent sealed away,

Wangliang himself felt a chill run through his heart!

【Jiraiya: Looks like even a monster like Wangliang is deathly afraid of the First Hokage…】

【Orochimaru: Just a single glance was enough to wound his true body — the First Hokage's strength is indeed growing stronger and stronger, I simply cannot fathom how he does it.】

【Madara Uchiha: Rather than saying Hashirama's strength frightens me, it's the speed of his progress that frightens me… it's barely been any time at all, and I can feel his power seems to have advanced again!!】

【One-Tail: Hmph! What nonsense is this Wangliang — the people of the Land of Demons are talking complete rubbish!! How can its power even compare with us Tailed Beasts?】