With his throat slit, the Root ninja let out a series of "heh heh heh" sounds.
However, he was truly dedicated to his duty. Even on the verge of death, he managed to force out a hand seal, transforming himself into a "Blood Demon."
After killing the entangled Blood Demon once again, Seii witnessed this scene. It was too late to stop it now.
Fortunately, the situation wasn't too dire.
After becoming a Blood Demon, although the opponent gained "immortality," killing them a few tis would completely erase their sanity.
At that point, even if two Blood Demons attacked together, Seii wouldn't be afraid at all.
The current problem was how to break this barrier.
That's right, even though the Root ninja had "committed suicide," the barrier hadn't dissipated.
This led Seii to have so speculations - perhaps this so-called Blood Demon's Barrier and these two Blood Demons were two sides of the sa coin, and only by killing them could the barrier be broken.
This wasn't just a wild guess from Seii. When these two Blood Demons were born, the surrounding blood-red barriers had brightened slightly.
Following this line of thought, could the death of the Blood Demons weaken the barrier?
Thinking of this, Seii first killed the newly born Blood Demon a few tis. After it lost its sanity, he sheathed his short sword.
Then, he dodged the pounces of the two Blood Demons, rapidly ford hand seals, opened his mouth, and exhaled a large burst of flas.
These flas divided and condensed in the air, ultimately forming hundreds of fist-sized fireballs.
"Go!"
Seii shouted, controlling all the fireballs to split into two groups, each smashing into one of the Blood Demons.
The Blood Demons didn't know how to dodge and were hit on the spot by the fireballs.
Accompanied by a series of explosions, both Blood Demons fell to the ground, and then a "sizzling" sound ca from the surface of their skin.
That was the sound of blood repairing their wounds.
Soon, the two Blood Demons stood up again and continued to roar as they launched attacks on Seii, as if they hadn't been injured at all.
But Seii keenly noticed that the light of the surrounding barrier had dimd slightly.
In other words, his guess was correct. Killing the Blood Demons could indeed weaken the barrier.
It also proved that ninjutsu could injure these Blood Demons.
Well, it was already absurd enough that they were immune to physical attacks. If they were also immune to ninjutsu damage, even if the cost was high, they would have been famous by now.
How could it be that Seii had never even heard of them?
However, through this incident, Seii gained a deeper understanding of the ninja world. He realized that so mories from his past life could only serve as references and couldn't be completely trusted.
After all, those were just fragnts of the real world.
A re Root organization could co up with such a bizarre barrier ninjutsu. Who knew what other ninja villages were hiding?
'It seems I need to be more cautious in the future.'
He inwardly warned himself. Seii no longer held back his chakra, using his three fire-style ninjutsu in rotation, quickly weakening the barrier until it was almost invisible.
Seii flashed to one of the barriers, observed it for a mont, and then ford hand seals again, unleashing his currently strongest single-target ninjutsu - Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique.
A fireball was exhaled from his mouth, rapidly expanding before smashing into the barrier.
Crack~
A crack appeared on the barrier.
Then the second, the third...
Soon, the barrier in front of him was covered in dense cracks.
Finally, with a faint sound of shattering glass, the entire barrier turned into specks of light, disappearing into the air.
Breathing in the fresh air again, Seii felt a sense of relief.
But just then, over ten kunai suddenly flew out from the forest, aiming at various parts of Seii's body.
Seeing this, Seii's pupils constricted. He instantly drew his short sword and, with a flurry of swings, deflected all the incoming kunai.
Then, with a flash, he sprinted to one side.
However, before he could run far, an Iwa-nin blocked his path.
At the sa ti, figures faintly appeared behind him and on both sides.
"As expected, I'm surrounded..."
Seeing these people, Seii murmured.
Back when the two Root ninjas activated the Blood Demon's Barrier, Seii had already guessed that he might be surrounded by Iwa-nin.
After all, such a special barrier, even with its limited coverage, was enough to attract attention.
That's why he had just used ninjutsu without holding back, breaking the barrier as quickly as possible to avoid being surrounded by Iwa-nin.
Unfortunately, he was still a step too late.
'In that case, I can only fight my way out.'
Making up his mind, Seii didn't hesitate any longer and imdiately charged towards the Iwa-nin in front with his sword.
Clang, clang, clang~
The sounds of intense fighting echoed through the forest.
Seii fought while advancing deeper into the dense woods.
...
Two hours later.
At the second rendezvous point.
Seii finally saw his teammates.
According to the plan, there were two designated rendezvous points after the interception mission.
However, when he managed to shake off the Iwa-nin's pursuit and arrived at the first rendezvous point, apart from two Iwa-nin corpses, there were only so traces of fighting at the scene.
As for his teammates, he didn't see any of them.
Left with no choice, he could only continue forward. On the way, he unfortunately encountered another team of Iwa-nin, consisting of four people led by a Tokubetsu Jonin.
In order to escape them, Seii even got slashed on his side.
Fortunately, he had the Healing Technique, and this injury wasn't a problem.
After nearly another hour of rushing, he finally reached the second rendezvous point and finally saw his teammates.
However, before he could get close, a kunai was shot towards him.
Seii's expression remained unchanged as he quietly stopped. The kunai landed warningly about half a ter in front of him.
"Password?"
A voice ca from ahead.
Seii frowned slightly and directly asked, "What password?"
However, hearing his question, that person and the others beside him seed relieved and then said, "It's one of our own."
"Co over!"
Hearing this, Seii hesitated for a mont and then walked over.
When he got closer, the person who had asked the question explained, "Seii, don't mind it. Soone tried to infiltrate us at the first rendezvous point, so we temporarily arranged this test."
Hearing the explanation, Seii finally understood where the fighting traces at the first rendezvous point ca from and the purpose of their password inquiry.
Their operation this ti was rushed, and they hadn't set a rendezvous password at all.
But outsiders didn't know that!
So, when asked, any hesitation or irrelevant answers would definitely be suspicious.
Whereas soone like Seii, one of their own, would directly inquire.
In this way, they could make an initial distinction between friend and foe.
After that, further verification would be relatively simple.
After exchanging a few words and confirming their identities, Seii went straight to Uchiha Shisui's side.
(End of Chapter)
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