Chapter 278: Inheritance Title: Huangkuang Taoguang

Bai Cangshu walked out from the white mist, carrying in his hand the Huangkuang Taoguang who had been struck by the 【Fate Lightning Arrow】, the latter still emitting wisps of blue smoke at this moment.

The 【Fate Lightning Arrow】 is an extremely terrifying ability, known as the judgment of Heaven's Will, but the user of this move merely draws upon the lightning of the Nine Heavens; the target upon which the thunder descends, however, is chosen by fate, or rather, it is chosen by the Earth Will.

"How is it possible..."

Huangkuang Taoguang still could not believe that fate would actually favor this human more than himself, who was of the Orochi Clan.

The Orochi Clan is, in fact, a product of the Earth Will, having protected humanity since the creation of the world, but ever since humans gradually detached themselves from nature, the Orochi Clan's status in the eyes of humanity changed from sacred protectors to symbols of evil.

They intend to use the power of the planet to thoroughly cleanse humanity and restore the world to its most primitive, natural state.

The Eight Warriors of the Orochi Clan, who constantly reincarnate based on this mission, and who is also Huangkuang Taoguang, one of the Four Heavenly Kings who controls the power of lightning, actually lost to a human in such a choice.

This kind of thing is extremely absurd to him.

Bai Cangshu's hands crackled; that power of thunder caused his arms to feel waves of stinging pain, yet he felt increasingly delighted.

【You have passed the Special Trial: Huangkuang Taoguang】

【You have obtained the Inheritance Title: Huangkuang Taoguang】

【Inheritance Title: Huangkuang Taoguang】

【Type: Special, Unique】

【Effect 1: After equipping, Martial Arts and Fighting Mastery +1】

【Effect 2: After equipping, gain Advanced Lightning Affinity】

【Effect 3: After equipping, possess the ability to draw upon the power of lightning; this ability is positively correlated with the Spirit attribute. When the Spirit attribute reaches 30, 60, 90, and 120, the power of the thunder will increase by one tier respectively.】

【Effect 4: When Huangkuang Taoguang is on a planet recognized as Earth, gain the approval of the planet's will and be able to cast the inheritance ability: Fate Lightning Arrow】

Bai Cangshu threw Huangkuang Taoguang into the Yellow Springs; the murky yellow water of the Yellow Springs was clearly shallow, yet it instantly swallowed the soul of this Eight Warriors member who had reincarnated for 1,800 years.

He glanced at Gojo Satoru and Uchiha Madara; at this moment, these two powerful souls were both radiating biting battle intent, and their auras were beginning to collide.

Bai Cangshu suddenly also raised a hand and pointed toward the sky.

Hum~

That terrifying feeling of the entire sky crashing down reappeared.

In Bai Cangshu's Consciousness Space, he cast this ability without any consumption; the space immediately began to crackle, a large amount of static charge appeared, and in the pure white space, electric arcs flickered and vanished.

Bai Cangshu smiled wantonly; although his state looked disheveled, at this moment, with one finger pointing at the sky, that posture overflowing with madness was in no way inferior to Gojo Satoru or Uchiha Madara.

Even because the solidity of his soul body far exceeded the two, his presence at this moment began to overwhelmingly surpass them.

"Gojo Satoru, Uchiha Madara, are you interested in gambling on Destiny with me?"

The Grim Reaper, feeling the terrifying pressure in the air at this moment, began to descend involuntarily, returning to the Yellow Springs; it seemed to be searching for the soul of the Eight Warriors.

Gojo Satoru and Uchiha Madara's smiles remained unchanged; both were the type who would not change color even if the sky collapsed, but thinking of the terror of that strike just now, and the weirdness of the opponent merely standing in place and causing heavenly thunder to fall upon its master...

In the end, Gojo Satoru waved his hand lazily, pulled down his blindfold, and used Instant Movement to lie down in a corner.

"Tsk, I don't want to gamble against that weird Strong Luck of yours."

Uchiha Madara saw Gojo Satoru's posture; he frowned, merely looking with disgust at Bai Cangshu's charred appearance.

"When you are in a good state next time, I have the interest to let you witness, in my prime..."

Swoosh.

Bai Cangshu's figure vanished instantly, his soul body carrying lightning crashing into the rebuilt Spirit Tower, and then he sat upon the 【Heart Throne】, which caused Uchiha Madara, whose voice was low and who was just about to say something full of prestige, to stiffen.

Afterward, with a gloomy face, he sat down in the Yellow Springs.

He decided to retract his evaluation; this Heart King was extremely detestable.

Gojo Satoru saw this, the corners of his mouth hooked up; to a certain extent, the three were all representatives of madness, but the more arrogant and crazy a person was, the less they were willing to see others display that kind of madness in front of them.

Whether it was him, Bai Cangshu, or Uchiha Madara, it was all the same.

——

Uchiha Shisui's brows were tightly furrowed; the collapsed Daimyo Palace in the Royal Capital of the Land of Lightning and the thick, bloody stench allowed him to already foresee what had happened here.

Even on the way here, he had already heard about the Land of Fire's Daimyo being slaughtered and the Daimyo Palace, and that the Royal Capital of the Land of Fire had been shattered by a terrifying ninja.

Now, the surviving high-ranking Nobles of the Land of Fire had already announced their submission to the guy named 【Akatsuki】.

The Land of Lightning would likely also fully submit very soon.

These royalty and Nobles were far less resilient than ninjas; although this decision to submit due to bloody violence would not gain high recognition and was very easily dismantled in the next riot.

But the fact that the two great nations bowed their heads still caused Uchiha Shisui's heart to tremble.

This was something that even the most tragic wars before had never achieved.

Since the era of Ninja Villages, Shadow Level ninjas had fallen in wars one after another, but never had a Daimyo or high-ranking Noble died in war.

The wars of the Five Great Nations had always been very "restrained."

Uchiha Shisui also began to question the rationality of that kind of war at this moment.

He soon found Uchiha Itachi, who was slaughtering in the darkness; this younger brother who once followed behind him, thinking together about how to let the Uchiha and Konoha achieve peace, had his Tachi stained red, the Sharingan in his eyes devoid of any emotion, merely waving the sharp blade in his hand indifferently.

Itachi sensed someone approaching and turned his head; two pairs of Three-Tomoe Sharingan met.

"Itachi, where is that guy?"

Uchiha Shisui averted his gaze; he had already begun to be unable to read what this younger brother was thinking in his eyes.

Uchiha Itachi also flicked his wrist, and a Shuriken accurately killed the few samurai who were fleeing; this clan was attempting to contact the elders of the Cloud Hidden Village, wanting to regain control of order after Tao Baibai left.

Although Uchiha Itachi did not think highly of the new Daimyo casually appointed by Tao Baibai, he still decided to kill this clan to allow for a possible unification.

Afterward, Uchiha Itachi brought Uchiha Shisui to quickly arrive at the foot of the mountain where Tao Baibai was cultivating, and the two saw the husband and wife who had fallen into a kind of deathly silence here.

The golden rings in Ping Zhongshi's eyes were far more obvious than those of the people from Konoha.

Uchiha Shisui had originally sought Tao Baibai to investigate the purpose of him and that woman—crushing Konoha and triggering war, yet attacking the Royal Capital of the Land of Lightning and causing the Raikage to retreat when Konoha was about to fall.

But at this moment, he discovered that he had likely accidentally found the truth of another matter.

That Golden Tree, and the inexplicably enhanced power of the people in the village.

Ping Zhongshi raised his head and happened to lock eyes with Shisui Uchiha.

The scarlet Three-Tomoe rotated slightly.

Ping Zhongshi's eyes went Empty, his Spirit already lost.

Itachi Uchiha saw Shisui's movement and did not stop him; instead, his ears twitched as he heard the thunder in the clouds vanish.

The next moment, a figure fell from above the cliff.

Boom!

The ground exploded with a roar, the terrifying impact shattering the rocks on the ground and sending sharp debris flying in all directions.

Itachi Uchiha instinctively held his blade horizontally, blocking the stones coming toward himself and Shisui.

Ping Zhonghua, however, had not reacted to anything before the debris came flying at her.

Clang, clang, clang...

Ping Zhongshi stepped forward to block in front of his wife; the debris was completely stopped by his armor, and he clutched his head, feeling only that his brain was extremely exhausted.

Meanwhile, Shisui Uchiha also wore a look of shock.

"The Golden Tree Era..."

"A future where no one will die..."

Shisui Uchiha was drawn in by the vision he saw, murmuring to himself.

"That kind of era will never come."

Bai Cangshu casually brushed the dust off his body; he was growing to like this kind of free-fall movement, as he wanted to let himself adapt to the instincts of a Transcendent Creature, thereby avoiding thinking about useless combat Logic during battle.

He casually denied the future that Shisui Uchiha hoped for.

He looked at Ping Zhongshi, and at the golden rings in the other man's eyes.

"This world is too small, only enough for me to be free and happy alone; it cannot accommodate the Greater Will..."

"Of course, the same goes for the Otsutsuki."

(End of chapter)