Chapter 101: Ultra: Shinra Tensei

In an instant, the entire Shadow Canyon erupted! From all directions, countless monstrous beasts surged like a tidal wave!

The sky was obscured by avian monsters, while the ground teemed with dense masses of terrestrial beasts, many of them Wang Jie-level!

Their eyes burned crimson, utterly devoid of reason, driven only by mad slaughterlust, all targeting every prodigy!

Beast Tide! Three Disaster-level monsters had summoned a Beast Tide!

“Bad!” Everyone’s faces turned grim.

Before them stood three terrifying Disaster-level monsters; behind them stretched an endless, frenzied Beast Tide—they were trapped in utter despair!

Amid the mist, several General of the Demon-Suppressing Army frowned deeply. “This is slipping out of control. Should we intervene?”

Ye Ting stopped them. “No. If we move, the creatures hiding in the shadows will surface too. We must wait and observe!”

In another patch of mist, the other factions stared intently at their own prodigies, ready to intervene the moment danger struck.

Inside the canyon.

“Hold the line! Don’t retreat!” Li Jiuyuan roared as the Wu Alliance formation blazed with light, firmly holding back the first wave of the Beast Tide.

“Akatsuki Jin, Du Gu Yun, Cui Jue, Qin Hao! The five of Itachi hold off the three of them! Everyone else, assist Li Jiuyuan and wipe out the Beast Tide!”

Jiang Xia made an immediate, reckless decision: only by tying up the Disaster-level monsters with top-tier power could the others survive the Beast Tide.

“Understood!”

“No problem!”

“Kill!”

Akatsuki Jin and the other three hesitated not—they knew this was their only chance.

Jiang Xia’s left eye burned with Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan power. “Susanoo: Complete Form!”

The massive blue Susanoo descended again, wings spread, left hand wielding the Sword of Ten Puns, right hand gripping the Flame Blade, charging straight at Zhen—the most ferocious of the three!

“Your opponent is me!”

Akatsuki Jin unleashed his Golden Crow Dharma Form, sacred flames blazing as he clashed violently with Ji Meng.

Meanwhile, the other prodigies, led by Li Jiuyuan and Ye Lingxi, formed a circular formation and fought desperately against the endless Beast Tide.

Monsters fell by the second, yet prodigies were wounded and exhausted just as quickly.

Blood stained the earth; severed limbs flew everywhere.

Su Xiaorou’s healing aura never ceased, her face as pale as paper, her spiritual power drained to the brink.

Wang Teng’s cursed runes scattered, deathly energy spreading as he slaughtered low-level monsters in droves—but against the thick-skinned Wang Jie monsters, even he struggled.

Ling Zhantian was drenched in blood, his God of War Form dimmed, yet he still roared from the front line.

Jiang Xia’s battle with Zhen was the fiercest: Complete Susanoo clashed violently with Zhen; the sealing power of the Ten Puns Sword made Zhen wary, while the black flames of the Flame Blade scorched its malevolent aura.

But Zhen moved too fast—its five tails constantly sought gaps in Susanoo’s defense.

“Maggot! Itachi’ve angered me!” Zhen roared, its horn Ningju a dark red beam of destruction.

“Kai!”

Jiang Xia activated Kamui, warping space to deflect the beam, while his right Rinnegan glowed. “Chibaku Tensei!”

A massive gravitational core attempted to seal Zhen.

“Roar!” Zhen unleashed all five tails at once, exploding with terrifying power—sheer force shattered the Chibaku Tensei’s pull and broke it apart!

“Puff!” The technique shattered, Jiang Xia was violently repelled—he spat blood, Susanoo trembling.

On the other side, Akatsuki Jin was trapped by Ji Meng’s True Water, his golden flames dimming.

Du Gu Yun bore several deep gashes, bones exposed by wind blades.

Cui Jue’s Yinming Lu shadow flickered under Zhen’s malevolent aura; Qin Hao’s lightning techniques had little effect on Zhen’s thick hide.

The situation was dire!

“This can’t continue!” Jiang Xia’s eyes hardened—he made his decision.

“Ultra: Shinra Tensei!”

He dismissed Susanoo, his body slowly rising until he hovered a hundred meters above ground. Jiang Xia gathered all his spiritual power into his Rinnegan, arms outstretched.

An unimaginably terrifying repulsive force erupted from Jiang Xia like a nuclear blast, spreading violently in all directions!

“Boom——!!!!”

Zhen, caught directly in the blast, was hurled backward—its armored scales shattered inch by inch, three of its five tails severed, letting out a piercing scream!

Ji Meng and Fei Lian, locked in combat with Akatsuki Jin and the others, were also struck by the sweeping repulsive force, staggering and halting their attacks.

The vast Beast Tide around them was swept clean like a wave crashing over sand—countless monsters turned to dust in an instant!

But the cost was immense: Jiang Xia’s face turned deathly pale, blood seeped from all seven orifices, his body swaying precariously—this attack had drained nearly all his spiritual power and ocular power.

“Old Xia!” Wang Teng’s eyes bulged with rage.

“Jiang Xia!” Ye Lingxi cried out.

“This… what was that?” Everyone was stunned—he always had something even more shocking up his sleeve when they thought they’d finally understood him.

“Opportunity!” Akatsuki Jin, Du Gu Yun, Cui Jue, and Qin Hao’s eyes flashed with sharp light—they seized this fleeting chance!

“Golden Crow Burns the World!” Akatsuki Jin gathered every last ounce of strength, condensing it into a single brilliant golden beam that pierced through Ji Meng—now weakened by grievous wounds.

“One Sword, Annihilation!” Du Gu Yun merged with his sword, pouring all his sword intent into a single point—the blade flashed, severing the connection between Fei Lian’s bird head and deer body.

“Path of the Underworld!” Cui Jue activated his ability—a massive spectral gate of the Underworld appeared, forcibly dragging the mortally wounded Zhen inside, where countless vengeful spirits surged forward.

Qin Hao summoned his final lightning strike, blasting the severed remains of Fei Lian and the writhing, head-pierced body of Ji Meng, extinguishing their last sparks of life.

The three Disaster-level monsters were slain together by the four prodigies, thanks to Jiang Xia’s desperate sacrifice.

With the deaths of the three Disaster-level monsters, the raging Beast Tide lost its core—plunging into chaos, its assault weakening drastically.

The surviving monsters began turning on each other, scattering in panicked flight.

The prodigies who had survived collapsed onto the ground, gasping for breath, too exhausted to even stand.

Every one of them bore wounds; their spiritual power was utterly depleted.

Yet at that moment, the chaotic-colored orb at the center of the ruined altar suddenly blazed with brilliant light!

A pure, boundless energy surged from the orb like a tidal wave, instantly engulfing the entire depths of the canyon!

This energy had been fully activated—perhaps due to the deaths of the guardian beasts, or perhaps because it sensed the latent potential and fortune within the bloodlines of the surviving prodigies!

“This… is a chance!” Everyone felt the boundless benefits hidden within this energy.

The chaotic energy, as if sentient, split into dozens of streams, flowing toward each surviving prodigy—among them, the thickest streams surged toward Jiang Xia, Akatsuki Jin, Du Gu Yun, Cui Jue, Qin Hao, and Li Jiuyuan—the six leaders who had contributed the most.