Chapter 284: Ending the Golden War (4k Chapter Update, Please Subscribe)

Luan suddenly felt a chill run through his entire body; that Tao Baibai's whole body began to exude an increasingly terrifying Killing Intent Wave, and the other party's expression was no longer smiling as it had been before.

That terrifying face completely relaxed, just like a super villain released from a cage, wantonly enjoying freedom.

Tao Baibai's mission is complete?!

He looked blankly at the weeping, pleading woman, finally realizing that the last chain shackling Tao Baibai had vanished; in other words, at this moment, Tao Baibai no longer needed to keep himself and other Plot Characters around to protect this woman.

This is a dragon that has broken its reins.

Bai Cangshu shook his neck, his muscles and bones emitting crack-crack sounds; he ignored the Uchiha duo who were still "debating scriptures" and walked straight toward the white snake meat just placed on the fire.

He casually tore a piece from the flames, stuffed it into his mouth, and began to chew.

Whether it was because this thousand-year-old White Snake had absorbed enough natural energy, the meat quality had not aged at all; instead, it remained fresh and tender, and it carried a strange fragrance when eaten, full of meaty flavor.

Even without high-level cooking, just having its impurities removed by the 【Garuda Blade】 made it quite good.

【You have consumed a piece of specially processed spirit snake meat. Ingredient Grade: Medium-High, Deliciousness Grade: Good】

【Gourmet Cell has gained a small amount of growth, current: lv1 (9/100)】

【Constitution +1, current: 30 (Yellow Springs Erosion) (Killing Intent Wave entered the body)】

【Strength +1, current: 29】

【Agility +1, current: 28】

【Milestone · Gourmet triggered, you have obtained the temporary buff · Enduring Stamina】

【Enduring Stamina: Your stamina and Qi consumption rate are significantly reduced, lasting for 15 minutes】

This piece of White Snake Sage meat provided better buffs than the Tailed Beast Meat cooked previously; not only was the biological grade higher, but the inherent deliciousness of the meat itself naturally surpassed that of Tailed Beast Meat, making it easy to increase the Gourmet Grade after cooking.

Bai Cangshu ate the meat without taking the restrictions of 【Kotoamatsukami】 to heart.

In fact, he had already made preparations when he deliberately lured Uchiha Shisui into using Kotoamatsukami on him to carry out the 【Golden Order Descent】 operation.

One point that makes him different from other Plot Characters in this world, or rather, from the vast majority of people in the myriad worlds, is that there is far more than just one consciousness and soul within his body.

Through the space panel, he can know that he is under the influence of 【Kotoamatsukami】, and that is enough; as long as he uses 【Yin Spirit Possession】 at a critical moment to release someone like Gojo Satoru or Uchiha Madara, he can naturally evade the restrictions Kotoamatsukami places on him.

Even if Uchiha Shisui uses Kotoamatsukami on him twice with both eyes, he can still use this trick to temporarily shake off the influence.

Although Kotoamatsukami is powerful, the more one tries to control oneself to achieve a precise goal, the easier it is for this behavior to be broken by other souls.

Therefore, he is not posturing at this moment, deliberately waiting for Uchiha Shisui to be unable to withstand the pressure and use that last remaining Kotoamatsukami to lift his support for the Golden Order; he is still prepared, under the guidance of the mission, to let one of those two people cause a scene at the right time.

Additionally, Bai Cangshu discovered that the 【Virtue】 series of cards is different from the 【Great Sin】 series; in the first-order trial, the Reincarnator's inclination is ultimately determined.

According to the current situation, it is very likely that in this so-called 【Most Benevolent and Most Virtuous】 special trial, several routes that can be recognized by the space as meeting the requirements of the 【Most Benevolent and Most Virtuous】 trial are hidden.

Whether it is the most superficial benevolence, such as the 【Golden Order】 represented by Ping Zhongshi, which can effectively eliminate death and allow the entire Renweishijie to enter the Golden Tree Era, or the Merciful Release based on her own 【Love and Benevolence】 as an ordinary person just displayed by Ping Zhonghua, both are routes that Reincarnators can choose.

Furthermore, if Bai Cangshu is not mistaken, at least two other routes are hidden in this world; the Sage of Six Paths and the native transcendent power system of this world likely satisfy this requirement to some extent.

The "benevolence" desired by each faction and their different reflections on the world will ultimately lead to completely different endings and routes.

And Virtue-series Special Reincarnators need to dig into plot lines in the mission world and have in-depth contact with various Plot Characters to finally trigger these routes.

Compared to the chaotic and disordered 【Great Sin】 Reincarnators, 【Virtue】 Reincarnators have higher requirements for exploring the plot world;

This can also be glimpsed from the only Virtue-series Reincarnator Bai Cangshu currently knows—that Roland who eventually fell to become a 【God Hand】.

That was clearly a guy who was overly addicted to various derivative mission worlds, and even ended up burying himself in the mission world because of his feelings for those Plot Characters.

And that Roland's Virtue Sequence was 【Virtue Sequence Three · Hope Morning Star】, which is clearly a title with significant religious symbolism.

Bai Cangshu previously thought that was a special change that only occurred after advancement; now it seems that for the Virtue Sequence, route selection likely begins from Sequence One, followed by constant route correction, ultimately forging one's own 【Virtue】.

Relatively speaking, Bai Cangshu is not good at digging into hidden plots; except for the fact that those villainous Plot Characters unexpectedly have good compatibility with him, he rarely digs deep into the internal clues of Plot Characters.

The Sage of Six Paths appearing on his own in this world is probably an opportunity to cut into the side of the Sage of Six Paths, but Bai Cangshu is more accustomed to letting power lead everything, and letting himself lead everything.

Bai Cangshu pondered, swallowing the large piece of snake meat, and quickly finished analyzing and judging the various clues in his mind.

Madness and calmness are the character foundations that are always present in Bai Cangshu.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

The sound of breaking air rang out continuously; a large group of ninjas were moving at high speed, approaching the place where the Golden Meteor fell from the woods on both sides of the river below.

Bai Cangshu's extremely sharp vision clearly saw the Konoha ninja combat uniforms on that group of people; the corners of his mouth curled up, leaving only one sentence.

"Woman, roast the meat, otherwise..."

He did not leave any threatening words, but that killing intent truly made Ping Zhonghua's heart feel as if it had fallen into an ice cellar; she clearly realized that this Tao Baibai was not the kind of guy who would develop any special care for her just because she cooked for him.

If she were of no use to him, he would likely kill her casually.

The space in front of her became empty; Tao Baibai's figure had already jumped into the high sky, and accompanied by the special sound of bang-bang, the other party jumped twice in the sky and flew directly into the distance.

Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi's expressions also changed at this time; the two were both astonished to see the Konoha ninjas and worried that Tao Baibai had not been released from 【Kotoamatsukami】.

Although Tao Baibai was fierce and incomparable, after several twists and turns, and having successively devoured the life energy of the Tailed Beast, the White Snake Sage, and the many ninjas who died in the Konoha war, the Golden Tree and the Golden Order were already very powerful.

They worried that if Tao Baibai joined in again, this world might truly be unable to resist.

Uchiha Shisui finally decided at this moment to use another 【Kotoamatsukami】 to lift the influence of the previous 【Kotoamatsukami】.

He wanted to use Tao Baibai's power to end that era where there was no death but everyone was cold-blooded.

The two shot out from the forest, then ran rapidly from the cliff toward the bottom.

Luan also instinctively wanted to follow at first, but after glancing at the unattended Ping Zhonghua, he did not act.

Ping Zhonghua wiped the tears and snot from her face and shook her head at this kind person, who was likely the only one she had seen in the last few days.

"Sir, you don't need to worry about me; I will just stay here and cook for Mr. Tao Baibai. As for the rest, leave it to Heaven's will..."

The woman's voice returned to calm, but Luan looked away; he found that he was occasionally left speechless by the words spoken by these weak Plot Characters.

He began to develop a clear awareness of the destruction Reincarnators cause to mission worlds.

It is not just about what powerful experts died, nor just about how many people died in total; under those numbers, countless people were crushed by the decisions of the Reincarnators, and everything was lost without ever being known by anyone.

"Luan, come over here, we should prepare to retreat; that crazy woman has already broken this world..."

Catherine's voice rang in his ear, and he also knew very well that such a drastically altered mission world would produce all kinds of unexpected dangers; for Reincarnators of their strength, the best choice was to retreat at this time.

Luan took one last look at the woman squatting alone in front of the campfire, continuously cutting chunks of meat from the neck of a giant white snake, then turned and retreated into the forest, disappearing from sight.

——

Bai Cangshu leaped continuously through the air and finally saw, several kilometers away, the massive Elden Beast, which was currently in a giant crater.

The crater had already been filled with water, gradually turning into a lake, and the water vapor all around was exceptionally thick, forming a thin white mist; because Bai Cangshu was in the air, he could see it clearly.

But the dense crowd of figures gathering below could likely only see vague, shadowy traces at this moment.

Various Ninja Arts were constantly being fired into mid-air, and the two opposing camps began to bombard each other.

The Fourth Raikage, who had been almost killed by Bai Cangshu earlier, appeared once again, and he seemed to be standing side-by-side with the floating Tsuchikage, Onoki.

A large number of ninjas from the Rock Village were skilled in defense, and at this moment, they raised giant rock walls over ten meters high in front of them, blocking the various Ninja Arts released by the increasing number of ninjas behind the Elden Beast.

The headbands worn by that group of ninjas were very chaotic; it must have been that when the Golden Meteor fell, the radiance scattered into some small Ninja Villages or towns, absorbing these people into the Golden Order camp.

The previous battles had relied almost entirely on the Elden Beast's attacks, but as the Konoha ninjas began to approach and join in, the Ninja Art attacks from the Elden Beast's side also became increasingly intense.

The Fourth Raikage looked at the lake, where the giant form of Gyuki was revealed, but in front of that massive monster flowing with golden luster, it still seemed much "smaller."

Whoosh~

The monster, which had many feather-like limbs on its back, suddenly opened its mouth and spat a large amount of golden flames toward the lake; those flames were like flowing water, beginning to spread in all directions within the lake.

Onoki saw that Water Style could not suppress this kind of flame and immediately changed his approach.

"Release Earth Style to extinguish the flames!"

Huangtu quickly formed hand seals, and the group of Elite ninjas beside him finished forming their seals simultaneously.

【Earth Style: Earth Flow River】!

The ground in front of the ninjas quickly softened, turning into a swamp-like consistency, and surged upward with a boom, rushing toward the monster in the lake like a wave several meters high.

But the Elden Beast, despite its seemingly massive and bloated body, was completely unaffected by gravity; as its form drifted, it had already floated into the air, and golden light condensed into a giant longsword on its arm-like limbs.

Onoki watched this scene and immediately raised both hands.

【Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique】

The massive light of the Dust Release lit up like a giant cannon capable of annihilating everything, sweeping toward the Elden Beast in the air with a boom.

Gyuki below also raised its tentacles at the same time, grabbing the body of the Elden Beast.

Hum!

The light of the Dust Release pierced through the body of the Elden Beast, and the Elden Beast disappeared as if it were transparent.

Onoki floated up from the rear of the position, but suddenly, a figure sped over from the surface of the water.

"Watch out, it's Hyuga Hiashi!"

Hyuga Hiashi, whose Byakugan carried a golden luster, did not have the hesitations of the Hyuga Clan main branch; he directly led a large number of Hyuga Clan ninjas to break through by stepping on the water while the two villages' firepower was aimed at the Elden Beast.

Once they got close, the ninjas of the two villages and two armies would inevitably suffer huge losses.

Onoki also heard the warning and felt a jolt in his heart; fortunately, the Fourth Raikage, shrouded in lightning, appeared below in an instant and threw a punch, but Hyuga Hiashi unleashed 【Rotation】 in mid-air, though he was still knocked down from the air by the immense force.

The Fourth Raikage was also sent flying several meters due to the intense rotation of the Rotation.

He stepped on the water a few times to steady his figure and was about to move when his whole body suddenly stiffened.

Ai turned his head with a livid expression; he had indeed not seen wrong, the glance he caught just as he landed allowed him to see a figure that could be called a nightmare.

It was standing with its arms crossed in front of its chest, above the crater.

Although that person's physique had shrunk a lot, that purple aura and the killing intent that made one's skin ache confirmed to him that this guy was, without a doubt, that Tao Baibai...

Tao Baibai was currently standing at the edge of the crater, exactly in the middle of the two camps.

In the sky, accompanied by a booming explosion, a figure was thrown out amidst the distortion of space, and a massive golden magic circle completely encompassed an area of over four or five kilometers.

It completely covered the Allied Shinobi Forces on both sides, along with Bai Cangshu's group.

In the sky, that Elden Beast appeared once again, holding its longsword high; from Bai Cangshu's perspective, countless golden rays of light began to crash down like meteors.

"Retreat!"

The ninjas issued terrified orders; this was a terrifying area-of-effect attack that transcended the general knowledge of ninjas.

Onoki also floated toward the rear at this moment, with only the Fourth Raikage and Bai Cangshu standing in place.

His mind was tense, but Bai Cangshu was not looking at him.

Bai Cangshu was searching for that guy who could unite the Ninja Villages; finally, he saw that special half-black, half-white figure among the figures retreating with Onoki.

Black Zetsu, he really had not given up on the plan to resurrect Kaguya Otsutsuki.

The corners of Bai Cangshu's mouth curled up; he first looked back at the Elden Beast and that giant Gyuki, then took a step forward, and the air suddenly tore apart.

Zzzzt!

【Strongest Lightning Release Armor】 was activated subconsciously, and Ai protected his front with both hands, but he did not meet the attack he had imagined.

He turned his head and only saw a searing white Ripple erupt in the air; at its end were the shattered corpses of the Hyuga Clan ninjas, and the spraying blood, due to the terrifying speed and force, followed inertia to form a tunnel-like trajectory, disappearing in the direction of Onoki's retreat.

Ai's muscles spasmed; he suppressed his subconscious urge to go and provide support—not only because of his fear of Tao Baibai, but also because he knew very well that without his support, 【Bee】 and 【Gyuki】 would likely be unable to defeat this monster at all.

Sshhh!

Lightning cracked, and the Fourth Raikage turned the fear that had instinctively risen in his heart a moment ago into rage, slashing fiercely toward the Golden Beast, and golden blood sprayed out.

(End of this chapter)