Chapter 599: You

"Ahhh! Bastard! I'm going to tear you to pieces!"

Lian Ye's nonchalant demeanor completely provoked Yin Jiao's pride.

They, Yin Jiao, the legend of Cloud Hidden Village, the holder of Nine‑Tailed chakra, and the possessor of Six Paths Ninja Tools.

Not only was he previously kicked away by a single foot, but his opponent hasn't even taken him seriously!

That feeling, for him, can't even be described in terms of how angry he is.

Extreme anger drowned his reason; Yin Jiao let out a low growl as the raging Nine‑Tailed chakra continuously overflowed from his body.

Roar!

Yin Jiao let out a beast‑like roar, and crimson, ferocious chakra surged wildly.

His body swelled and transformed within the chakra, his teeth became sharp, his eyes were fully dyed red by the raging chakra, and six chakra tails behind him waved recklessly.

Not a full Tail Beast Transformation!

Everyone present, upon seeing this, wore solemn expressions.

If they faced such an opponent, their chance of victory would be said to be slim.

Not to mention that Jin Jiao and other elite Cloud Hidden ninjas are also here.

Once surrounded, there's no way to escape.

"Heh heh heh, Yin Jiao is completely angered by you; they'll soon be able to tear you to pieces."

Jin Jiao gave a cold sneer beside them, having no intention of stepping in to help.

With their younger brother's strength, killing a mouse wouldn't be difficult; they only need to, together with their subordinates, fend off the other mice and escape amid the chaos.

Amid such tense and solemn atmosphere, Lian Ye boredly yawned.

This scene happened to be seen by Qianshou Feijian, whose eyes quickly flashed with shock.

This guy doesn't seem to take the Tail Beast‑transformed Yin Jiao seriously.

Could it be that his strength is truly so great that he fears nothing?

Yin Jiao's aura instantly surged severalfold, their gaze locked onto Lian Ye, filled with overwhelming fury and hatred.

"You really have angered me!"

He already used all his power, yet this guy is yawning.

Arrogant—truly too arrogant!

"Die!"

The Tail Beast‑transformed Yin Jiao, like a feral beast, launched an attack wrapped in violent chakra.

Such overwhelming might could make ordinary Shadow‑level Strongmen pale.

Facing this terrifying charge, Lian Ye still stood his ground, not even intending to employ his Kaleidoscope Sharingan.

Back then he could slay Yin Jiao once; now he can slay him a second time as well.

A defeated subordinate remains a defeated subordinate!

"Clang—!"

A clear, resonant blade ringing sounded, and Lian Ye drew the Tachi at his waist, quietly watching Yin Jiao charge toward him.

Yuanfei Rizhan and the others, upon seeing this, showed anxious expressions.

Worried that this suddenly appearing helper was not a match for the Tail Beast‑transformed Yin Jiao.

"Careful!"

They instinctively warned.

Everyone thought Lian Ye stood there motionless because he was frightened dumb by Yin Jiao.

At the instant Yin Jiao's chakra‑wrapped claw struck, Lian Ye finally moved.

There was no massive chakra burst, nor any complex Ninjutsu,

He merely turned his wrist slightly, and the Tachi traced an ultra‑simplified arc upward, slashing diagonally upward.

Clang!

Metal clashed with the chakra claw, producing a metallic collision sound.

The shockwave expanded in a ring, lifting the surrounding grass.

However, the expected scene of Lian Ye being knocked back or the Tachi shattering never occurred.

Lian Ye steadily blocked Yin Jiao's Full Power Strike!

"What?!" A flash of shock crossed Yin Jiao's beast eyes.

Their Full Power Strike was so easily blocked, and no matter how hard they pushed, they couldn't advance at all.

Unconvinced, they roared, and another claw, together with the six chakra tails behind them, struck down from different angles simultaneously.

Lian Ye's figure wavered slightly, and his Tachi turned into a dense blade net.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

No matter how Yin Jiao attacked, they couldn't breach the Tachi's defense.

"How could this be?!"

Yin Jiao grew increasingly shocked with each strike, and the more shocked they became, the angrier they grew; their chakra poured out even more wildly, yet their attacks became increasingly erratic.

Clearly their anger clouded their mind.

"Can't even maintain the most basic technique?" Lian Ye calmly glanced at the snarling Yin Jiao and said lightly, "You really are too weak; dealing with you poses no difficulty at all."

All these years have passed, and there's been no improvement at all.

Wait, something seems off…

He recalled that the Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao brothers he met had already died twenty years ago.

And in this timeline, the Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao brothers had only just finished their first battle.

Regardless of the timeline, they never had the chance to live beyond twenty years.

……

"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard!"

Upon hearing that, Yin Jiao turned completely red‑hot and kept attacking without any form.

To put it bluntly, it's the Turtle Fist.

Lian Ye's gaze, from its initial calm, gradually acquired a hint… of weariness.

"Roar! Die! Die!"

Yin Jiao's prolonged attacks failed to break through; his reason was completely devoured by beastliness and humiliation, making his attacks increasingly chaotic, full of flaws.

Lian Ye dodged a single unstructured horizontal slash, his eyes passing over Yin Jiao's pair of frantic red eyes, and let out a soft sigh.

"Too weak."

His voice wasn't loud, yet it rang clearly in everyone's ears.

"At this level of power, I don't even qualify to warm up," Lian Ye tightened his grip on the hilt, "Continuing further is meaningless."

The moment his words fell, the aura around him changed.

No longer the previous nonchalance, a cold, pure, ultra‑concentrated murderous intent instantly locked onto Yin Jiao.

Yin Jiao's Tail Beast Transformation body suddenly stiffened; what met his gaze were no longer the Three Tomoe, but a pair of crimson eyes bearing intricate patterns.

Kaleidoscope Sharingan!

"The make‑believe is over, you can die now!"

His figure vanished in an instant, reappearing at Yin Jiao's side.

A flash of blade flickered and vanished.

Fast!

Inexpressibly fast!

That speed surpassed the dynamic visual of Yin Jiao's Tail Beast Transformation.

He only saw Lian Ye's figure seem to blur briefly, then a faint cool sensation at his neck.

No excruciating pain, no massive impact.

Yin Jiao's attacking motion abruptly stopped, his massive body as if all its power had been drained.

He lowered his head in disbelief, wanting to see what had happened.

His vision began to spin and tilt uncontrollably.

He saw his own headless body, still wrapped in crimson chakra, slowly lunging forward.

He also saw the black‑haired man who sheathed his blade, expression indifferent, walking toward the direction where Jin Jiao stood, not even glancing back.

"So... I really... this weak... no, it should be that he's too strong..."

The final thought flashed, the boundless darkness completely devoured him.

Plop!

The massive skull rolled onto the ground, the Tail Beast Transformation body crashed down, the crimson chakra went out of control, vanishing rapidly like a deflated ball, revealing Yin Jiao's original corpse, the severed neck smooth as a mirror.

Only at this moment did the blood inside Yin Jiao finally surge out, belatedly.