Chapter 271: Unmatched Violence, Unprovoked Benevolence (3k)

Weak Reincarnators conform to the world;

Excellent Reincarnators dominate the world;

Top-tier Reincarnators subvert the world.

This is the common consensus within the Infinite Dimensional Space.

When you are weak, the best survival strategy is to follow the development of the plot line and attach yourself to Plot Characters to execute missions; if your strength is already enough to stir up waves in the current world, then you must pursue greater changes, disrupt the plot line, and chase after Singularities;

But there is another type of Reincarnator who will completely subvert a mission world, turning it into a completely unfamiliar state. Such Reincarnators are often able to seize the greatest benefits, and in the end, they either fall to the punishment of the World Will, or... they are able to rise as new top-tier Reincarnators.

Bai Cangshu has heard of this theory, but he sneers at it. Since one has already reached the Infinite Space, why still bother summarizing and concluding rules? So-called Infinite means you do as you please, you live as you wish!

His expression is grim at this moment because he feels as if he has been leashed with a dog collar.

Under the manipulation of that woman and the Space, he must ensure that this fool named Ping Zhongshi survives for more than twenty days.

Although Ping Zhongshi still has the lingering enhancement prayer of the 【Golden Tree Oath】 on his body, facing a terrifying power that completely subverts his cognition, he can barely even struggle.

"Tao Baibai... you... you cannot kill me... I still have a mission that hasn't been completed..."

At this moment, Ping Zhongshi's breathing begins to be obstructed, and less and less oxygen flows into his lungs. His vision begins to darken, but what he thinks of at this time is not his wife whom he has not seen for a long time, but that the Golden Tree Era has not yet descended, and the era of 【Most Benevolent and Most Virtuous】 has not yet arrived.

Bai Cangshu's eyelids droop. Although he mocks weak people like Ping Zhonghua, who cannot even match a single finger of his, for only being able to prattle about love.

But this Ping Zhongshi, who has perhaps obtained a little bit of power, makes him even more disdainful.

Those without power who entrust themselves to the care of love and family are perhaps weak, are mediocre;

But those who, having obtained a tiny bit of power, dream of changing the world and forcibly treat what they fundamentally cannot bear as a sense of mission, are foolish, are hopeless.

Bai Cangshu's right-hand strength gradually increases. He feels the other's fragile throat cartilage constantly deforming and compressing in his palm; perhaps it will shatter in the next instant.

A purple hue appears in his eyes; it is clear that he has truly developed the intent to kill.

"You are Tao Baibai?!"

Sizzle!

A bolt of lightning carrying the figure of the Fourth Raikage appears twenty meters in front of Bai Cangshu. Although his tone carries a question, his figure has already fully entered a combat state.

At the same time, Uchiha Obito also lands on a tree on the other side. He has no intention of attacking, only smiling and saying,

"Look, Tao Baibai, I said that woman would only cause more trouble, but before you kill this guy, can you lend him to me for a moment?"

Obito is still preoccupied with the idea of using Ping Zhongshi to trade Kakashi back from the hands of Heaven.

Ever since Tao Baibai appeared, Obito has begun to notice that he lacks sufficient power without his dual Kamui. He begins to regret not having snatched his eyes back from Kakashi all those years ago.

Anyway... that guy had long since betrayed his promise to him; he did not protect Rin, but instead killed her...

That scene replays before his eyes, and the ocular power in Obito's eyes becomes even stronger, accompanied by the twisted stinging pain in his heart.

Bai Cangshu cannot be bothered to pay attention to this childish fellow who seems as if he wants to destroy the world just because he lost his unrequited love. In Bai Cangshu's view, Uchiha Obito's temperament is truly too unbearable; if it were not for the fact that he happened to possess the Uchiha Bloodline—where the more intense the emotions, the more powerful the strength—the other party would likely have accomplished nothing.

He watches the light in Ping Zhongshi's eyes gradually dim, thinking in his heart whether to abandon the Special Trial in this world and restart it next time.

There are two "Planting Tree" missions in this world at this time, but regardless of which one, the returns are not high for Bai Cangshu.

Uchiha Obito wants to collect Tailed Beasts, grow the God Tree, and then release the 【Infinite Tsukuyomi】, and this act will cause the true ceiling of this world, 【Kaguya Otsutsuki】, to be reborn.

By then, with Bai Cangshu's current strength and means, he will no longer be able to lead the development of the world, and furthermore, this mission line, aside from obtaining some Space mission rewards, can hardly provide him with any useful gains.

On the other side, Heaven and Ping Zhongshi are to irrigate the Golden Tree to grow, allowing this world to enter the 【Golden Tree Era】. This act of directly changing the laws and ecology of the world will cause the World Will to target them; once exposed, they will become a Ten Thousand Enemy in the true sense.

The risk is huge, but the benefits are basically all seized by Heaven.

At this very moment, because of this Special Trial, Bai Cangshu is almost forcibly bound to the side of the Golden Tree, which makes Bai Cangshu's killing intent surge.

The difference in the wording of the trial mission also dictates that Bai Cangshu cannot complete this mission the way he killed Tao Baibai. The only method of breaking it he can think of is to let Ping Zhongshi commit suicide.

Furthermore, in this act of suicide, there cannot be any of his own influence; Illusion Technique, Hypnosis, and force-based coercion cannot break the description of 【Ensure he will not be killed】.

Neither the Fourth Raikage nor Uchiha Obito receives a reply from Bai Cangshu. Ai has a violent temper and directly takes a step forward. His entire body surges with lightning, and intense Chakra transforms into thunder, beginning to roam across his skin.

"It seems that even if I want to ask you about the Royal Capital, you will not answer..."

The Fourth Raikage's voice is indifferent. He walks toward Bai Cangshu, and as he takes a step, his hair suddenly stands on end. He has already learned from Intelligence that the person who invaded Konoha and brazenly killed the Third Hokage is likely this person.

Therefore, he attacks without any reservation, directly activating the highest power of the 【Lightning Style Chakra Mode】—the 【Strongest Lightning Release Armor】.

If it were normal times, Bai Cangshu would likely be delighted to fight a Raikage in this state, but right now, he is in a terrible mood. His head still looks down at Ping Zhongshi, who is about to enter a near-death state, and only his pupils shift, glancing at the Fourth Raikage from the corner of his eye.

"Huh?"

He opens his mouth and lets out a tone, and white, mist-like steam is exhaled from his mouth, instantly submerging Ping Zhongshi.

Click~

The ground beneath the Fourth Raikage's left foot cracks and makes a sound. The next moment.

Boom!

The ground directly explodes. At the same time, the Fourth Raikage almost tears through all the air within the twenty-meter range between the two, appearing in front of Bai Cangshu while carrying powerful air pressure.

The intense Lightning Style Chakra, pushed to its peak, wraps around his right hand like lightning. The tempered hand-blade, carrying current that instantly electrolyzes the air completely, slashes down in an instant.

【Lightning Oppression Horizontal Thousand-Generation Dance】!

Pfft!

As if shattering an incomparably hard mountain rock, the Fourth Raikage is startled by the physical strength of the person before him; this kind of body defense is almost no different from a Tailed Beast.

His hand-blade, carrying thunder, is like a precious sword, brazenly slashing into the shoulder of the other's massive body, cutting through the iron-like bones and slashing into the other's chest.

Scalding blood sprays out, and the Fourth Raikage only feels intense burning pain appearing on his skin. The next moment, the Chakra of the Strongest Lightning Release Armor disperses the flames on his skin.

Looking at the powerful enemy who has been slashed into the chest and abdomen by his own strike, he also feels a slight relief in his heart.

Amidst the permeating white mist, he snorts coldly.

"Regardless of whether the matter of the Royal Capital was done by you, Tao Baibai, I will take... your life."

On a tree a hundred meters away, Uchiha Obito's Sharingan rotates slightly. He clearly sees that the Fourth Raikage did indeed slash open Tao Baibai's defense with one strike; that speed, that destructive power, is terrifying beyond imagination.

Even his Mangekyo Sharingan is difficult to capture.

At this moment, he even feels a trace of palpitation because of the Fourth Raikage's powerful strength.

The terror of this Ninja Body Arts when fully unleashed is completely beyond the reach of any other Ninja Arts; this is unrivaled frontal combat power, and even a Monster like Tao Baibai was killed in a single blow...

He continued to drift forward silently, preparing to collect Ping Zhongshi, but suddenly, his pupils constricted and his heart began to beat violently; the horror of this moment caused him to subconsciously activate Voidification.

The Fourth Raikage, who was just about to turn around, was also shaken, as a plume of high-heat mist erupted from the mouth and nose of Tao Baibai, whom he had just slashed from shoulder to waist with a single strike.

How is this possible?!

In this world, it is impossible for anyone to suffer such an injury and not die!

A powerful force came from the right hand he had slashed into the opponent's body; it was the sensation of countless muscles firmly gripping his right hand.

It was the muscles between the opponent's waist and abdomen that had jammed his hand blade!

Rip!

With an eruption of Lightning Style Chakra, the Fourth Raikage's ferocity in battle completely surpassed that of Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others in their twilight years; at this moment, he did not retreat but advanced, stepping his right foot between Tao Baibai's legs and taking a fierce step forward.

Amidst the shift of his center of gravity, intense electrical currents concentrated on his left elbow, and with the full force of his body combined with the eruption of the Strongest Lightning Release Armor, he smashed violently toward Tao Baibai's shattered chest.

【Heavy Flow Violence】!

The power to split mountains and crack stones erupted completely within a square inch, and the electrical current exploded in an instant.

He watched as Tao Baibai still seemed unable to react, letting his elbow smash into his chest.

But the next moment.

A pitch-black left hand appeared silently before his elbow, and then his own vigorous force was like a clay ox entering the sea, and the violent lightning light vanished in an instant.

Bai Cangshu lowered his head, looking down at the Fourth Raikage, his left hand calmly catching the Fourth Raikage's elbow as if he were taking hold of the most lightweight object.

Bai Cangshu's eyelids drooped, meeting the eyes of the Fourth Raikage, whose face was filled with an expression of disbelief.

"Your timing is unfortunate; I am... not in the mood right now."

The Fourth Raikage suddenly felt a vast, overwhelming force emerge—a terrifying strength that humans could never hope to attain—grabbing his body as if a human were picking up a pebble; he was completely unable to resist that monstrous strength.

His feet left the ground in an instant.

Heaven and Earth turned upside down, Boom!

Bai Cangshu grabbed the Fourth Raikage and smashed him violently into the ground, then lifted him up again and smashed him down once more.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ground shook continuously, as if a giant drum were being struck repeatedly.

Obito's Adam's apple bobbed; he admitted that at this moment, a thought of fear had arisen in his heart.

A golden light suddenly shone from Bai Cangshu's right hand.

A massive golden Magic circle suddenly expanded, the wound on Bai Cangshu's chest that was in the process of healing vanished in an instant, and a massive amount of life force surged into his body.

The prayer known as 【Golden Tree Recovery】 was released by the dying Ping Zhongshi, and the target of the healing... was actually Bai Cangshu.

This change caused even Bai Cangshu's action of continuing to hammer the Fourth Raikage to be interrupted.

He looked at the man who had regained a chance to breathe because of the Fourth Raikage's battle with him; the heavy armor on the man's neck had been deformed by his grip, and his face was as pale as paper, yet he was still looking at him with those eyes carrying a golden luster.

"Tao Baibai... to reach that ending of Most Benevolent and Most Virtuous... I need your power..."

"Only you can oppose the Heaven..."

Ping Zhongshi spoke as if in a deathbed delirium, the golden luster in his eyes nearly coalescing into a complete ring.

(End of chapter)