Chapter 127: I Was Letting You Break the Seal, Not That Armor!

Uchiha Tian Dao turned to the side in confusion to make room, wanting to see what kind of trouble his nephew was trying to stir up. One had to know that space sealing required an extremely high level of talent and attainment in space-time power to comprehend; ordinary ninja might not even touch the threshold in their entire lives.

Uchiha Gin was seen fumbling around behind his back, then slowly pulling out a... big axe?

Uchiha Tian Dao, eyes wide, hadn't even had time to wonder which fourth-dimensional chrysanthemum the guy had pulled such a massive object out of, when the other party was already nodding with satisfaction while stroking the big axe he had retrieved.

【Obsidian Cleaver】 Attacking a target can produce an armor-piercing effect.

Uchiha Gin swung the black double-edged axe, which was wider than he was, and delivered a jumping hack straight onto the flaw in the seal. The airflow generated by the collision surged wildly in an instant, and the flying sand kicked up made Uchiha Tian Dao subconsciously close his eyes.

When the dust settled, the double-edged axe in Uchiha Gin's hand was already heavily embedded in the stone sarcophagus, but the incantations on the sarcophagus were still flowing slowly and were repairing the damage caused by the giant axe; the wriggling incantations seemed to be mocking Uchiha Gin, as if his actions were a waste of effort.

"Armor-piercing is useless?"

Frowning, he pulled the Black Cleaver out of the sarcophagus; the sealing incantations had not been broken by his strike.

Uchiha Gin had thought he could easily break this seal by relying on the auxiliary divine artifacts produced by the system, but this thing had given him a solid lesson—it turned out that the system's divine artifacts were not omnipotent.

"Cough, cough, cough... the power of your weapon is indeed astonishing, but the seal involves space-time power; ordinary weapons cannot harm it in the slightest."

Uchiha Tian Dao, who had been choked by the dust, stepped out to explain. He could see that the giant axe in Uchiha Gin's hand was by no means an ordinary object, but unfortunately, it lacked the infusion of space power and could not cause substantial damage to the seal.

I don't believe it! Watch me break technique with brute force!

Thinking of this, Uchiha Gin put away the Black Cleaver, frowned, and continued to rummage through the bag on his back. Before long, he pulled out another large item.

The scene that followed was truly suffocating for Uchiha Tian Dao; he had thought his nephew would know when to retreat after failing.

He never expected the other party to rummage behind his back for a long time again before pulling out an inconspicuous silver-gray short sword, which, when swung, actually carried crackling lightning and was filled with a thick aura of Lightning Release chakra.

【Statikk Shiv】 After attacking a target 3 times, it deals additional Lightning Release damage and breaks defense.

"Hahahaha!!! Give me electricity!"

The cackling Uchiha Gin transformed into Professor Yang, his hands rapidly swinging the electric blade, hacking at the seal like raindrops. In an instant, the sound of thunder and lightning erupted, and the electric light illuminated the entire pit.

Uchiha Gin, wearing sunglasses he had pulled from who knows where, diligently carried out his arc-cutting work.

The incantations on the sarcophagus shivered from the electricity, but they stubbornly guarded the seal and did not dissipate.

"Stop! Stop quickly!"

Uchiha Tian Dao, who had been blinded by the electric light because he wasn't paying attention at first, covered his face and shouted to stop him.

"What's wrong?"

Stopped by the shout, Uchiha Gin paused his work and looked up curiously to ask.

"I already told you that you must use space power to break it. You insist on messing around here. Smell what that is."

【Warm Tip: Be aware of harmful gases produced when performing electric welding in a confined space.】

"Space power, huh..."

Shaking his somewhat numb hand, Uchiha Gin sheepishly put away the electric blade. This was indeed a bit against safety protocols; it wouldn't happen again, it wouldn't happen again.

Stroking his chin while thinking about space-time power, he continued to rummage in his bag. He had triggered so many system-native divine artifacts, yet not a single one had space-time power; the damn system was truly flashy but useless.

After fiercely complaining about the system's products, he suddenly touched something that had been gathering dust for a long time in the corner of the bag. Recalling the description of this item, Uchiha Gin's eyes lit up.

This time he didn't pull out anything exaggerated. Seeing Uchiha Gin pull a strangely shaped kunai from behind his back, Uchiha Tian Dao breathed a sigh of relief—he had finally taken out something normal.

【Flying Thunder God Kunai *1】 A weapon used by Minato Namikaze, containing a trace of space-time power. Note: Wearing it can accelerate the comprehension of space-time ninjutsu.

He had actually forgotten about this thing entirely. It was all the system's fault for issuing some flashy equipment later, which had dazzled him and left this weapon to gather dust.

Touching the Sword of Shinobi Love in his hand, Uchiha Gin could clearly feel the space-time power contained within it.

Moreover, what surprised him was that the space-time power on the weapon had actually formed some kind of connection with his newly awakened variant Byakugan. Faintly, a voice was prompting him that using space power in coordination with his variant Byakugan would have miraculous effects.

Adjusting the sunglasses on his face, Uchiha Gin had already made his calculations. While holding the Sword of Shinobi Love, he circulated his chakra and drove his eyes to activate the newly awakened pupil technique. Wearing sunglasses in the dark perfectly hid the strangeness of his eyes.

"Did he activate the Sharingan? It seems this kid is confident he can break it this time."

As a master of pupil techniques, Uchiha Tian Dao keenly sensed the flow of chakra in Uchiha Gin's eyes, but he did not suspect anything; after all, Uchiha Gin had not hidden the fact that he had awakened his eyes from him.

The current Uchiha Gin had entered a mysterious state. His new eyes could actually see the space ripples slowly flowing in the space, and his intuition told him that if he used the Sword of Shinobi Love in his hand, he could cut them at any time.

Locking his gaze on the sarcophagus, every node of the seal was clearly visible to these eyes. The flaw Uchiha Tian Dao had mentioned shone with a light completely different from the other nodes; it seemed that was the place.

Suppressing the restlessness in his heart, Uchiha Gin took a deep breath, gripped the Sword of Shinobi Love with both hands, aimed at the flaw, and stabbed down fiercely.

As the sound of an eggshell breaking rang out on the sarcophagus, the sealing incantations wriggled wildly. As Uchiha Gin's chakra, infused with space power, seeped in, the black incantations were gradually devoured and finally dissipated between heaven and earth.

Seeing that no accidents had occurred, Uchiha Gin put away the Sword of Shinobi Love, let out a long sigh of relief, closed his eyes to deactivate his pupil technique, took off his glasses, and said to Uchiha Tian Dao with a smile,

"Uncle, easy-peasy! A mere little seal, wasn't it just a matter of reaching out and taking it."

After speaking, he lowered his head and prepared to use his hands to lift the sarcophagus lid, letting the long-trapped Xiao Guang see the light of day again.

"Eh?"

Uchiha Gin was a bit puzzled. Was this coffin lid nailed down so securely? Even with his monstrous strength, it didn't budge at all. Could it be that the Sarutobi clan and the Senju clan still had a backup plan?

Inside the sarcophagus at this moment, the young girl, holding her breath, had her face puffed up like a bun, and her small hands were tightly gripping the coffin lid, exerting all her strength to keep the person outside from opening it.

"I give up on that old fox outside, what is he messing around with?"

Although she longed for freedom, the girl swore that rather than going out in her current state, she would rather be locked in this sarcophagus for a lifetime.

Time returns to when Uchiha Gin pulled out the Black Cleaver.

As his giant axe flew down, the girl inside the sarcophagus, who had been expecting the person speaking outside to save her, began to pray silently.

She never expected a violent impact to come from outside, shaking her until she was disoriented. After the dizziness passed, the girl was shocked to find that the clothes on her body had somehow all been torn, turning into strands of cloth barely hanging on her.

The surprised girl hadn't even had time to react when a string of electric arcs came in again. The already dizzy girl was directly treated to a round of electrotherapy; her hair was remodeled into an afro, smoke was rising from her entire body, and the cloth hanging on her had turned into charcoal.

After coming to her senses, the girl with scarlet eyes saw nothing but tomoe and flames in her eyes. She gritted her teeth and swore to the Uchiha ancestors that if she could get out, she would definitely make the guy outside pay.

The girl, who had been tortured twice, breathed a sigh of relief after finding there was no movement outside. While feeling lucky, a trace of despair also arose; it seemed the other party had chosen to give up, and she didn't know how much longer she would have to stay here.

I really miss Gin. If only Gin were by her side.

(End of chapter)