Chapter 285: The Ambushed Navy and Ninja, Is Orochimaru the Culprit?

At this moment,

Within the Dangerous Region shrouded by the Sky Sea, both the Marine Headquarters and the Konoha ninja were frantically searching for a Commander Level monster.

A monster nest that had been turned upside down,

【Baodan Kage】, protected by countless magic armors, was frantically throwing high-powered explosive bombs.

Boom—

The continuous explosions directly blasted apart the orderly Marine ranks.

"Damn it!"

Kuzan looked at the injured Marine soldiers, his teeth clenched tight,

Holding a magic ice bow in his hand that radiated a chilling cold, he continuously fired ice arrows.

The magic armors named 【Exterminators】 were shattered by the countless ice arrows.

But even with only steel gauntlets left, the remnants clutching heavy iron axes still insisted on launching a final attack against the Marine soldiers.

Baodan Kage was not strong,

What was troublesome were these Exterminator legions.

"Ice Dragon Whirlwind!"

Kuzan took a deep breath and extended his hands; the surrounding temperature dropped rapidly, and a layer of white frost condensed visibly to the naked eye, followed immediately by two ice whirlwinds that shot into the sky.

The giant ice pillars rotated, and the fine ice blades continuously sliced through the air, emitting sharp, explosive sounds.

They looked like two dancing white giant dragons.

The entire Exterminator legion was swallowed by the white giant dragons; the armors, containing rich magic auras, were cruelly torn apart by the ice blades and ground into thumb-sized ice shards.

"Take this chance!"

Kuzan, who was controlling the white giant dragons, could not move and shouted to the two Marine Vice Admirals beside him.

There was no need for further words,

As those capable of becoming Marine Vice Admirals had extremely sharp combat instincts; before Kuzan's voice had even faded, they had already charged forward.

Bang.

The scene imagined, where Baodan Kage's head was severed, did not occur.

Instead, before the two Marine Vice Admirals could even get close to the Commander Level monster, their chests were pierced through by a white bone spear.

"Who is it?"

Kuzan's gaze suddenly froze, the white giant dragons dissipated abruptly, and the magic ice bow returned to his hand as he prepared to save the two who had been pierced by the bone spear.

But before the ice arrow could be fired,

The white bone spear lit up with a faint purple-black halo, and a cold, evil aura erupted.

The two, who were still struggling violently, had their life force plundered away by the bone spear as if being sucked, turning into two shriveled husks of skin and flesh.

Crack.

As the shriveled remains hit the ground, Baodan Kage, exposed to everyone's sight, was directly beheaded by the ambusher.

【Killed 【Baodan Kage (Commander)】, obtained 50,000 Reward Points, 50,000 EXP, Baodan Kage's Remains *1, Socket Gem Fragment *1】

"A Marine Admiral, I thank you for your generous help."

Orochimaru, shrouded in a black magic robe, let out a hoarse laugh.

Before Kuzan could make a move,

He waved the Necromancy Magic Wand in his hand, and a pitch-black coffin was summoned.

"Don't run!"

Did he think he could leave so easily after killing two Marines and ambushing to steal the kill? Kuzan was furious; with him at the center, surging white air waves erupted in all directions—a phenomenon caused by the extremely low temperature nearly freezing space itself.

The Dark Eye on his chest was about to turn completely white.

"Ice Sealing Mystery · Space Freeze!"

This was Kuzan's strongest finishing move to date, which had already touched the level of space and could freeze space at absolute zero.

It could interrupt any spatial-type skill.

"An Ice Mage, what a powerful ability; this is not something an ordinary player could accomplish."

In Orochimaru's cold, golden pupils, an interested look emerged, and he said: "Marine Admiral from another world, even if you haven't become a player, you are likely a powerhouse who toys with ice in your own world, right?"

These sudden Pirate players really gave him a huge surprise.

The green-haired one who could be used to make an undead swordsman, and the Marine Admiral who could be made into an ice undead... "Hand over the Commander's remains, and I can let you leave."

Kuzan frowned,

Although the loss of Reward Points and EXP pained him, the most important goal now was the Commander Level remains to exchange for a key.

"Hiss... an interesting Marine Admiral. Unfortunately, ice cannot bind me!"

Orochimaru stuck out his tongue, and a sound like a snake issued from his throat. Boom.

The earth shook and the mountains swayed, shadows covering the sky.

The space frozen by absolute zero was shattered by a suddenly appearing, massive figure, and transparent cracks like spiderwebs spread through the air.

A giant snake body directly broke through the towering tree canopy, coiling like a mountain in front of the Marine ranks.

Its golden pupils were like two evil suns, and the light they cast carried an extremely oppressive and cold aura.

Each snake scale was large enough to cover a Marine detachment of hundreds.

"This is... a snake?"

Even Admiral Kuzan, who had experienced countless battles, was stunned on the spot at this moment, swallowing his saliva involuntarily.

Clearly, this mountain-like giant snake was the ambusher who had just stolen the Commander monster; could it be powerful to such an extent? Sensing the undead aura radiating from this giant snake, Kuzan felt that even if he went all out, he would be torn to shreds by the opponent.

"Although I would very much like to make you my friend, it is not the time."

A hoarse voice rang out.

Orochimaru, having transformed into a Necrotic Curse Snake, was able to exert true Tier 2 combat power.

He could have killed all the Navy present in a short time. But he did not do so; after shattering the frozen space, he simply burrowed into a pitch-black coffin capable of teleportation and vanished.

"Is he planning to ambush other Navy members just like he did now?"

In a brief moment, a layer of cold sweat seeped out behind Kuzan; he realized Orochimaru's intention and hurriedly ran toward the direction of the other Navy detachments without a moment's pause.

The Family Territory had not yet been built,

and the family channel used for contact could not be used, so he could only spend Reward Points to open the friend communication channel, which charged by the character count.

Sakazuki, Kizaru, and Vice Admiral Tsuru all received the news at the first opportunity.

"A suspected ninja player, ambushing and snatching a Commander Monster, with strength so great that even you couldn't stop them?"

"That really is scary, Kuzan."

"Damn it, these ninjas don't keep their word, so we don't need to tolerate them any longer!"

The last to speak was Sakazuki; like a Magma Cannon, he dyed large swathes of the nearby forest and valley a scorching red,

flames burning, charred black everywhere.

Hearing that the Commander Monster had been snatched, he was like a gunpowder barrel being lit, charging directly toward the ninja team that had been scouted earlier.

"There's movement."

Uzumaki Naruto, leading dozens of ninjas to search for the Commander Monster, suddenly sensed a volatile aura approaching rapidly.

Before he could react, the massive tree canopy overhead had already exploded, and scorching magma fists fell like raindrops.

"It's the Navy from the other world, they've launched an attack!"

A sensory-type ninja had veins bulging at the corners of his eyes, his pure white eyes piercing through the forest blocking his vision.

He saw Sakazuki, wearing a Navy cap, approaching at extreme speed.

"What unreasonable guys, no wonder Luffy says he hates the Navy."

Uzumaki Naruto erupted with golden, flame-like Battle Qi all over his body, swinging his Claymore toward the sky,

the golden Battle Qi like rolling heat waves, directly shattering the magma rain, and charred fragments fell one after another.

"Despicable ninja, are you the ones who snatched the Navy's Commander Monster?"

Sakazuki's cold gaze stared straight at the golden figure in the lead.

"Snatched?"

Uzumaki Naruto frowned slightly and said: "None of us snatched the Navy's prey; is there perhaps some..."

He himself was a character who disliked violence,

and if things could be settled by talking, it would save the trouble of a fight.

"Go to hell, you yellow-haired brat!"

Sakazuki gave him no chance to argue, slamming both hands onto the ground: Hell Magma!

The scorching magma enveloped a large area of the forest, and the entire space was covered in red.

The flowing, scorching magma formed thick walls, trapping everyone inside like a magma palace.

The temperature soared!

Even the ground was being corroded by the magma, constantly collapsing.

Shield of the Blazing Sun!

Uzumaki Naruto raised his Claymore and thrust it heavily into the ground being corroded by the magma,

and the sun-like golden flames enveloped all the ninjas, condensing into a massive shield shadow resembling the sun.

High heat, corrosion, magma.

All were blocked outside.

"Hell Magma Weaponry!"

Sakazuki raised both hands,

and as the magma walls flowed, chains, shackles, and magma whips forged from magma magic emerged.

Following that, Hell Magma soldiers appeared, gripping these instruments of torture and surrounding the ninja team.

He was not being impulsive; on the contrary, Sakazuki's mind was very clear.

The moment he received the news from Kuzan, he began to judge the possibility that this was done by Konoha ninjas.

It was very low.

Although the possibility of Konoha ninjas ambushing and snatching the Navy's monster existed, it was very low.

Because that would lead to unavoidable internal attrition,

and no one would benefit; the golden-haired female ninja in the lead did not look like someone who couldn't see the situation clearly.

However,

Sakazuki revealed a cruel smile; what if it wasn't done by Konoha ninjas?

It was merely an excuse he wanted to use to quickly kill the opposing ninja team and weaken the strength of the Konoha ninjas.

Regardless of whether or not Konoha ninjas ambushed the Navy, he would strike without hesitation.

Otherwise,

the Navy, whose high-end combat power was already slightly weaker than the Konoha ninjas, would never be able to be the first to snatch the key if they lost another Commander Monster.

Therefore, weakening the power of the Konoha ninjas was the best choice right now.

His target,

was Uzumaki Naruto, who was faintly surrounded in the center by all the Konoha ninjas.

The other party's identity was certainly not simple! He would do everything in his power to secure the greatest benefits for the Navy, even if he were reviled, even if he had to use unscrupulous means.

This is the justice of Marine Admiral Akainu!

(End of chapter)