Chapter 42: The Second Onslaught

Soon, Qimu Chao left Yucha Island's port, flew at high speed, and stopped several tens of kilometers away from Yucha Island.

"First… Heavenly Martial Killing Path!"

Heavenly Martial Killing Path is an extremely powerful yet highly extreme magnetic field technique.

To maximize this technique, one must abandon sentiment and righteousness, driving it with the purest killing intent, whose purpose is to kill.

The crucial point is that if one is a heartless, unprincipled person, cultivating this technique cannot reach its highest realm; to attain the pinnacle, one must be a person full of sentiment, who severs his own bonds with sentiment by hand, thereby achieving the level of killing for killing's sake.

Thus even a normal person who practices this technique to its greatest power will become a Madman.

Precisely because of these restrictions, Qimu Chao never made this powerful technique his primary choice for cultivation at the very beginning.

Now, to experience that frenzy, Qimu Chao begins to attempt cultivation for the first time.

"Killing intent… killing thought… hiss…"

He raised both arms, slowly punching, trying to find the feeling of killing intent, and at that moment Qimu Chao suddenly thought of something, and the motion in his hands halted.

He has been in this world for seven years, and it seems he has never truly felt killing intent.

In his previous life he was just an ordinary person, and could not possibly develop killing intent toward others.

He has no idea what the state of killing intent should be!

Even though in previous battles the number of people who died by his hand exceeded the number of his fingers, in that state he never wanted to kill anyone or destroy anything.

Tsk, he's stuck at the first step.

Use illusion to imagine his father, mother, and Kakashi being killed in his mind?

No, that probably won't work; using that method to drive killing intent might cause a split personality.

From predecessors' experience, he knows that relying solely on hallucinations to generate killing intent easily leads to problems.

What Qimu Chao needs is a kind of killing intent he can control himself.

Perhaps what he sensed before can give him that hint?

Recalling the air he inhaled earlier in the Underground City arena, Qimu Chao stands on the sea, devoting his whole body and mind to cultivation and perception.

The drug component he remembered feeling is amplified through cultivation, using magnetic field brain meditation; if he inhales a large amount of the drug, without the power of Magnetic Field Rotation to heal his body, actively embracing that bloodthirsty frenzy, what changes would occur?

He stands on the sea surface for five days straight!

One more day, and the Moonlit Night will arrive, the Festival on Yucha Island will begin, and the hidden thugs have also started to move.

These days, Qimu Chao hasn't returned; because of the mission, Shui Men cannot leave Caiqian Xingzi's side casually, which makes it impossible for him to go out to look for Qimu Chao.

When Caiqian Xingzi asked where Qimu Chao had gone, Shui Men could only smile and cover for Qimu Chao, saying he was hidden in the shadows, so that when the enemy attacks they can be taken by surprise.

Inexperienced Caiqian Xingzi simply believed Shui Men's statement without further questioning.

These days, no enemy raid occurred, allowing Shui Men to breathe a sigh of relief in the shadows.

"A Chao, that kid, where did he go?"

Standing on the rooftop of the inn, Shui Men rested his hand on the railing, gazing at the distant sunset: "Tomorrow is the day of the Festival; people will definitely act. If you don't return, I can't keep this hidden any longer."

"Hm? Shui Men, are you alone?"

At that moment, a voice suddenly came from behind Shui Men; he turned around and saw Orochimaru.

He crossed his arms, smiling: "Qimu Chao?"

"I don't know either; that guy hasn't shown up for five days."

Shui Men shook his head, sighed, "He's really a worry."

"Since you think his strength is not below yours, there must be no one on this island capable of dealing with him; perhaps something has tied his hands, after all he's still a rookie ninja."

Hearing Orochimaru's words, Shui Men was a bit surprised; Orochimaru's remark seemed to be giving A Chao an alibi?

It couldn't be that much…

About a kilometer southeast of Qimu Chao's position on the sea, a medium-sized vessel drifted with the tide, carrying over ten ninjas whose heads wore Wuyin Village headbands.

At this moment, the leading captain among these ninjas held a telescope, looking toward the northwest, which was exactly where Qimu Chao was.

These ninjas' destination is Yucha Island; they aim to complete a certain task before the Festival, sabotaging a ritual about to take place on the island.

This mission was commissioned by the higher‑ups of He no Kuni; although they don't understand why a He no Kuni mission sends them to Tea Country, it is a large A‑level task with a substantial reward.

"Captain, you're being too cautious."

Beside the captain, a man whose face looked like he'd grown fish gills and whose mouth bore sharp teeth sneered: "Gui Deng Chengyue's strength is lacking; he was defeated and fled, then back in the village he claimed that others chose not to kill him. You can't really believe such nonsense, can you?"

"I believe it."

Shuiwu Yue Mingyuan opened his mouth, and what he said left Ganshi Jin Cheng at a loss for words.

"That kid's strength is indeed great; the last time I and Chengyue went on an assassination, he shattered the ice surface I created with a single move, and later none of our two hundred men could capture him; instead he killed many of us. Do you think I should be cautious?"

"I don't know if that kid has spotted us; standing there motionless for a long time, perhaps waiting for us to approach."

"Captain, since you've already fought him and still chose to continue the mission, you must be confident in that kid's strength; if we all charge together, he won't be a match."

Ganshi Jin Cheng, urging from the side, didn't believe that short guy could be that strong; even if he's the Shadow of a nation, our group charging together might still not be afraid.

"No, after I saw my ice surface shattered, I left directly without engaging him, so I'm not clear on his strength; I just didn't expect him to be waiting here. Now we can't bypass him; changing course would prevent us from reaching Yucha Island tomorrow, so let's just charge through."

Shuiwu Yue Mingyuan stood at the bow, hand hidden behind his back: "Let me see, the ninja that Chengyue claims can match Mr. Yagura!"