Chapter 442: Want to Inspect the Goods?

"Stone's Will?"

Lian Ye sheathes his sword, flicks off the blood beads on the blade, and returns the sword to its scabbard.

"It's just the will of the dead, worthless."

He has never had any good feeling toward these brainwashers' so‑called wills.

Including Konoha Village's whole Will of Fire.

Da Ye Mu is indeed a decent Kage, but what does that have to do with him?

War is already ruthless; taking a few lives is nothing unusual.

If he weren't so powerful, the one leaving a dying message would be him.

No, if hit by Dust Release, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to speak his last words.

"Earth Shadow Lord!"

At that moment, the energy of the Broken Sky Stone Prison Barrier suddenly disappeared.

The Iwagakure ninja maintaining the barrier saw this and their eyes reddened.

They didn't expect their invincible Earth Shadow Lord to die on the battlefield like this.

Hearing the shout, the ninjas fighting in the distance all stopped their battle and instinctively looked toward the barrier's location.

They saw Lian Ye standing alone, with three headless corpses on the ground.

"Water Shadow Lord!"

"Earth Shadow Lord!"

"Lord Raikage!"

The ninjas from each village were instantly dumbfounded.

Three Shadow-level Strongmen teamed up, and yet none could match Lian Ye?

They stared at Lian Ye's blood‑red eyes, and despair showed on their faces.

Even their own Kage isn't a match; can they win the war?

Especially the Cloud Hidden Village ninjas, as if they were back under Konoha's Poison Master's control.

Some young Cloud Hidden ninjas finally witnessed the demon spoken of by their elders.

One person fighting three Shadow-level Strongmen can easily turn the tables and kill all three.

What is this, if not a demon?!

"Damn, we're late!"

The tardy Yuanfei Rizhan and a few others looked on with some helplessness.

Chief Commander Nairan Benhe ordered them to head to the main battlefield to aid Lian Ye, yet they could not simply abandon the fight to do so.

So by the time they killed their opponents and rushed over, the battle had already ended.

"Lian Ye, that guy, as always incredibly strong!"

Uchiha Jing looked at the headless corpses at Lian Ye's feet and couldn't help but sigh.

Though he also has a Kaleidoscope Sharingan, he's not as powerful as Lian Ye.

Moreover, his eyes are meant to intimidate his clan, so he doesn't wield them lightly.

Unless it's an absolutely desperate moment.

Otherwise, if his eyes go blind, he can't intimidate his clan.

"Iwagakure ninja, your Earth Shadow, before death, was willing to surrender to Konoha."

Lian Ye looked toward the ninjas who had stopped fighting in the distance; his voice, amplified by chakra, rang clearly into everyone's ears.

"His only request is that I let you go; you may now pack up and return to Iwagakure Village."

"Wuh... Earth Shadow Lord!"

Countless Iwagakure ninja were moved to tears.

They didn't expect the great Earth Shadow Lord to still be thinking of them before death.

To follow such an Earth Shadow, they felt everything was worth it.

"Poison Master, may we collect the Earth Shadow Lord's corpse?" the Iwagakure commander asked Lian Ye, "Iwagakure Village is willing to pay to retrieve the Earth Shadow Lord's body!"

With the Earth Shadow Lord gone, he is now the highest‑ranking official.

He believes the village elders know and won't blame him.

"Fine." Lian Ye did not refuse.

Although he could use Da Ye Mu's corpse to trade for information with Konoha, he wants to give people a decent ending.

Hmm, mainly because they paid for it.

If you don't make money, you bastard; when it's time to sell, isn't it up to him to set the price?

The Earth Shadow's corpse is worth several hundred million; no problem, right?

The Cloud Hidden and Mist Hidden ninjas present all turned to Lian Ye, hoping he would recite the last words of Lord Raikage and Water Shadow Lord.

Unfortunately, they didn't know the two Kage never got a chance to speak their final words.

Wait, the Second Generation Raikage did utter a sentence before death.

The Iwagakure commander called a few Iwagakure ninja and began to carefully retrieve Da Ye Mu's corpse.

Then countless Iwagakure ninja withdrew.

"Poison Master, the Rock Hidden Delegation will personally go to Konoha to discuss compensation."

The Iwagakure commander finished speaking and turned away from the battlefield.

With the spiritual pillar Earth Shadow Lord gone, the war has become meaningless.

Anyway, we can't beat Konoha, so it's better to cut our losses now.

As the Rock Hidden Ninja withdrew, only the ninjas of Cloud Hidden Village and Kirigakure Village remained on the battlefield.

The Konoha Ninja and the Rain Hidden Ninja looked at them warily.

"The war is over," Yuanfei Rizhan whispered softly.

Even without looking, it was clear that Cloud Hidden and Kirigakure had already lost their will to fight.

They were sure they would surrender soon.

Lian Ye, that guy, ended the war early all by himself.

As Yuanfei Rizhan had expected, the Mist Hidden Commander of Cloud Hidden and the Mist Hidden Commander of Kirigakure stepped forward voluntarily.

"Poison Master, we are willing to surrender."

Originally, even a coalition of three ninja villages couldn't gain an advantage, let alone just the two of them.

If they don't surrender soon, they'll eventually die here.

Lian Ye was not surprised; when he killed the three Kage earlier, he had already guessed the outcome.

The Second Ninja World War ended, and finally they could return to the village to bask in the sun.

Lian Ye looked up at the still gloomy sky, the cold rain striking his face.

In such harsh conditions, he no longer wanted to stay.

"I accept your surrender."

Lian Ye stared at the two trembling Commanders before him and said in a deep voice.

"Poison Master, we also wish to redeem the corpse of the Water Shadow Lord/Lord Raikage."

The commanders of the two villages gathered their courage and spoke.

There was no way; the Poison Master's aura in front of them was too powerful.

Especially those Kaleidoscope Sharingan eyes, which made one lose any desire to resist.

They all feared that Lian Ye might kill them at the slightest disagreement.

"Fine."

Lian Ye's gaze fell on the face of the Mist Hidden Commander.

The Mist Hidden Commander, seeing this, was almost scared to the point of wetting himself, wondering what had provoked this killing god?

Just as he was about to be scared to wet himself, Lian Ye's voice drifted over.

"I still have a headless corpse of the Third Generation Water Shadow here; does your Kirigakure Village still want it?"

The head of the Third Generation Water Shadow was given to the Nara Clan Leader, and now about eighty percent has already been extracted by the Yamanaka Clan.

However, he does have the headless body of the Third Generation Water Shadow.

Adopting the mindset that buying one is selling, and selling half is still selling, he finally asked.

"Huh?" the Mist Hidden Commander was momentarily stunned, but quickly recovered.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Logically, the Third Generation Water Shadow is the Water Shadow they truly recognize; the one just killed was merely a temporary appointment.

His experience was still shallow, so he couldn't command the masses.

Now being able to redeem the Third Generation Water Shadow's corpse is certainly the best possible.

Even if it's only the body, it's still better than nothing.

Lian Ye, seeing this, was decisive and directly took out the Storage Scroll containing the Third Generation Water Shadow's corpse.

"Shall we inspect the goods?"

"No, no need; I trust your character!"

The Mist Hidden Commander shook his head repeatedly and hurriedly took the Storage Scroll.

Just kidding, if we really inspected the goods on the spot, wouldn't that imply distrust of the Poison Master?

"Belief is enough."

Lian Ye nodded with satisfaction; skipping the inspection saved some time.

He wouldn't be bored enough to use a fake corpse to deceive others.

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PS: Thanks to the great Han and Kun for the divine certification, and thanks to the other great ones for their rewards.

These past two days, I felt drained at work, and when I got home I just wanted to lie down, so I'll temporarily update two chapters first…