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Chapter 246: Now is Not the Time to Experience the Full Power of the Eight Gates
Chapter 246: Now is Not the Time to Experience the Full Power of the Eight Gates
Not far away, Kakashi Hatake, with blood dripping from his left eye socket and an empty gaze, struggled to get up.
As Fei Yue Xuan Yue was pondering the direction of Mount Myoboku, he heard a disturbance and was about to look over.
"Wood Style: Strong Whirlwind!"
Suddenly, a fierce gust of wind blew, and an incredibly powerful spinning kick was aimed straight at his head.
Fei Yue Xuan Yue's eyebrows twitched, and he casually raised his hand to block it.
Clap!
Fei Yue Xuan Yue remained unmoved.
He grabbed the kicking leg with one hand and turned to look.
Might Guy, enveloped in blue steam and having already opened six of the Eight Gates, quickly spun his body, preparing to deliver another kick with even greater force.
Fei Yue Xuan Yue had no interest in prolonging the fight. He forcefully flicked the hand that was holding Guy's leg.
Whoosh!
Guy's body was sent flying like a cannonball.
However, in the next moment, Guy forcibly stalled his body in mid-air, quickly descended, and landed next to Kakashi.
"What tremendous strength!"
Guy looked at Fei Yue Xuan Yue with a solemn expression.
Even now, he could still feel the pain in his calf where Fei Yue Xuan Yue had grabbed him.
For someone with a robust physique and the Eight Gates activated, this was a rare occurrence.
'Merely opening six gates is far from enough,' Guy thought to himself as he reached down to touch his heart. He had already made up his mind.
He turned to glance at Kakashi, seeing his dear friend in such a dire state for the first time.
Guy wanted to shed tears, but they evaporated instantly due to his scorching body temperature. Instead, he asked with concern, "Kakashi, can you hold on?"
"You're here, Guy," Kakashi said as he stood up, regaining his usual calm. "I can endure, but from now on, I can only try not to be a burden."
"Don't worry! Leave the enemies to me from now on!"
Guy gave Kakashi a thumbs-up, his white teeth shining brightly. His voice was filled with determination and a resoluteness he had never shown before. "I will unleash all my passion and make this my youth! Besides, this is our home!"
Without hesitation, Guy reached for his right chest, intending to strike his heart with full force.
Across from them, Fei Yue Xuan Yue's mouth twitched as he watched the scene unfold. "Now is not the time to experience the full power of the Eight Gates."
He clapped his hands together, and dozens of sharp wind blades instantly flew towards Guy and Kakashi.
Guy paid no heed to the wind blades, but he couldn't ignore the badly injured Kakashi.
He had no choice but to temporarily stop his attempt to open the Death Gate. Grabbing Kakashi, he quickly dodged the incoming wind blades.
Fei Yue Xuan Yue, seeing this, did not linger. His figure flashed, and he swiftly disappeared from sight.
In the current ninja world, the one who posed the greatest threat to him was undoubtedly Guy with all Eight Gates opened.
Especially that kick that almost ended in disaster; if he, not yet at the level of the Six Paths, had been struck by it, he would have surely returned to the underworld.
With his plans still unfinished, Fei Yue Xuan Yue had no desire to fight Guy to the death, as it would only benefit others.
Besides, he had already gathered the information he needed, and his target was not in Konoha.
So, it was time to leave.
After a few breaths, Guy dispersed the troublesome wind blades and, seeing that Kakashi was unharmed, looked back to where Fei Yue Xuan Yue had been standing, only to find the area empty.
"Hmm? Where did he go?"
Guy scratched his head in confusion and began to look around.
Fei Yue Xuan Yue had already departed.
Just as Guy was about to create a shadow clone to search for Fei Yue Xuan Yue in three different directions as quickly as possible, he noticed something on his way.
A purple-haired woman was sitting there, devouring a large amount of pills.
Lifting her outer garment, he spotted the all-too-familiar Heavenly Curse Seal on her snowy white neck.
Without external interference, even if a fragment of Orochimaru's soul was lurking within the Heavenly Curse Seal, it couldn't emerge on its own.
This was the very reason why Yuyi Xuan Yue had been confident in killing Orochimaru.
Orochimaru was utterly devoted and had capable and loyal subordinates, all of whom had already perished.
Those without ability were mostly unaware that the curse seal could resurrect Orochimaru.
In a sense, Orochimaru was truly dead and gone.
However, just in case, now that he had encountered Anko Mitarashi here, Yuyi Xuan Yue didn't mind taking a moment to eradicate this potential future threat.
Just as he had dealt with Sasuke's Heavenly Curse Seal in the past, Yuyi Xuan Yue removed the seal from Anko Mitarashi's neck. Placing his right hand over the seal's location, he activated the Human Path: Soul-Stealing Technique.
Soon, with a quick pull of his right hand, he extracted a soul fragment of Orochimaru from the Heavenly Curse Seal.
"It's you!" Orochimaru glared at Yuyi Xuan Yue, filled with struggle and resentment.
Yuyi Xuan Yue had no interest in listening to the defeated snake's lamentations. He directly crushed the soul fragment in his hand.
Having completed this task, he dusted off his hands and continued on his way to find Mount Myoboku.
Ten minutes later.
Anko Mitarashi woke up with a painful expression on her face. The first thing she did was reach for the pills that had been crushed under her, now covered in dust. With a heartbroken expression, she exclaimed:
"My pills!!!"
Yuyi Xuan Yue had knocked her out, so naturally, he didn't bother to gently lay her down.
Consequently, the pills in Anko Mitarashi's hand had also been crushed on the ground.
At this moment, she could only tearfully give up on the half-eaten pills and quickly began to ponder what had transpired.
"Someone knocked me out just now!"
Her face paled as she realized the gravity of the situation.
She might only be a special jonin, but there were very few people who could appear behind her without her noticing and knock her out with a single strike.
What did the person who knocked her out want? Anko quickly searched her body and found nothing missing. There were also no signs of any ninjutsu having been used on her.
"That's not it!"
Anko's palm brushed against her neck, and she suddenly felt that something was amiss.
She turned her head and saw that the Heavenly Curse Seal, which Orochimaru had implanted on her neck a long time ago, was now gone.
"How is this possible?!"
It was common knowledge that even Konoha was unable to remove the Heavenly Curse Seal and could only seal it to prevent it from acting up.
But now...
She had only been unconscious for a short while, and the Heavenly Curse Seal, which had plagued the village for so long, had disappeared.
In this moment, Anko felt a mix of relief and melancholy.
Of course, her predominant emotion was confusion.
"Who could have erased the Heavenly Curse Seal in such a short time? Could it have been Orochimaru?!"
Only the owner of the curse seal could easily remove it.
Anko couldn't understand why Orochimaru would remove the curse seal from her body.
But the thought of such a dangerous individual coming to the village made her anxious.
With a grim expression, she quickly made her way to the Hokage's office to report this extremely urgent piece of intelligence.
Similarly, at Kakashi's insistence, Guy carried his badly wounded dear friend towards the Hokage's office.
Iruka, who had just regained consciousness and was still feeling groggy, didn't have time to rest. Sensing that something was amiss, he hurried to report to the Hokage as well.
The only one who wasn't a ninja, Ichiraku, remained behind.
Although he felt that something was off, after taking a moment to relax, he continued to work on his new ramen recipe.
For the love of food, never disappoint.
(End of Chapter)
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