chsdbacks Chapter 78 Spatial Runes
Chapter 78 Spatial Runes
The poisonous fog churned, and a rumbling sound burst forth from within, drilling into our ears.
Hyuga Ayako and her two companions retreated to a safe area, their eyes fixed on that spot.
Low-frequency vibrations travel through the earth.
Although I couldn't see clearly, I unconsciously sketched out the intense battle scene inside in my mind.
Five minutes later, the beast's roar remained loud and clear.
Ayako Hyuga's grip on the bow tightened and loosened.
Yu Nu Zhiwei's gaze pierced through her sunglasses and landed on a blurry shadow several hundred meters away.
The shadow resembled a willow branch swaying in the wind, but many times larger, and its movement had the power to cause a mountain to collapse and the earth to split.
After another ten minutes, Silent's breathing began to become rapid.
"No." Shizune stepped forward. "We have to think of something; we can't just stand here and watch."
"Don't be impulsive." Aburame Zhiwei stepped past Jingyin and went ahead first:
"Let's try to get closer first and assess the situation before making any decisions."
This is the wisdom of an experienced person.
If they rush in without thinking, they won't be able to help and may even become a burden to the group.
This was a likely scenario, so Ayako restrained herself and didn't rush in rashly.
The three carefully approached within a hundred meters.
The air here is filled with the astringent smell of earth and the stench of dead worms.
The concentration of the poisonous fog began to decrease, and the figures inside could be vaguely seen.
"They're alright." Ayako kept her Byakugan activated, and the poisonous fog could no longer obscure her detection.
"That big bug..."
"How's the big bug?"
Shizune asked anxiously, and Aburame Shimi also looked over.
"The death worm escaped," she said. "But it left behind a piece of its body, so I guess it's a success."
A gust of wind surged up inside, and Mo Jingxian blew away the remaining mist.
The real scene suddenly came into view.
The earth was shattered, and the three people in the field were wearing ice armor, the surface of which was corroded and pitted, and in some places it was completely penetrated. Tsunade was healing them.
The three people on the periphery rushed down, but their eyes remained fixed on the piece of the worm's body that had been left behind.
The remaining insect body was about ten meters long, with obvious cutting marks visible at the break point, and a foul-smelling, yellowish-green body fluid kept oozing out.
When it is dripped on the ground, it immediately produces fine bubbles and tiny plumes of smoke.
"Hiss!" The three who arrived gasped. This thing was far too dangerous.
"Your strength is a bit exaggerated, isn't it?"
Mo Jingxian's superficial wounds were quickly healed by Tsunade, but she seemed to have noticed something:
"Your body..."
"I know."
He was interrupted by Mo Jingxian halfway through his sentence.
"We have a solution, so Tsunade-senpai don't need to worry."
"Do I need to worry about you?" Tsunade turned to treat Kakashi, and after a while, a soft voice drifted over:
"If you have any problems, come to me. Don't try to figure it out on your own."
"Okay!"
Mo Jingxian knew the weight of those words and readily agreed.
However, thinking about his own solution, he could only smile bitterly to himself. This matter... really couldn't be known by Tsunade.
He glanced at his own body.
This small frame really can't withstand Tsunade's brutal beatings.
He gave Ayako a reassuring look, indicating that everything was alright and that they could talk about it outside.
Hinata Ayako nervously opened and closed her mouth several times, then gave Mo Jingxian a deep look.
She suppressed all her emotions.
As Shiki Aburame approached the insect corpse, countless tiny chakra insects crawled out of his body.
Although she had seen this scene more than once, Mo Jingxian still felt a little uncomfortable.
I feel inexplicably itchy all over, like bugs are crawling on my body.
The two girls had already turned their heads away, preferring not to see it.
Although she felt a little uncomfortable, Mo Jingxian insisted on keeping her eyes on him, wanting to see what he was doing.
More and more worms are crawling out of my body.
Mo Jingxian grinned, a feeling of admiration welling up within her.
This emotion wasn't directed at Zhiwei, but rather at his wife, who was a ruthless person.
Maybe... they just like this kind of vibe?
He instinctively shuddered, shook his head, and tried to banish the horrific scene from his mind.
"Aren't you curious about what he's doing?"
After treating Kakashi's injuries, Tsunade came over.
"Do you know the purpose of our mission?"
"Is it related to the 'Boundary Pearl'?" Mo Jingxian pointed at You Nu Zhiwei.
"Not bad, not too stupid." Tsunade chuckled and joked, then got down to business:
No one knows where the "Boundary Pearl" is, but there are clues to look for.
The places where "Boundary Pearls" grow are associated with a mineral called Boundary Stone.
Boundary stones contain special substances that can promote the evolution of insects, so it is very likely that there are still remnants of boundary stone substances in the bodies of giant insects.
"I understand." Mo Jingxian's eyes showed a look of sudden realization.
"In other words, as long as we find that kind of... well, boundary stone remnant, we can find the 'Boundary Bead'."
Tsunade nodded: "That's how it is."
Now everyone understood that Yu Nu Zhiwei also played with insects, which explained his behavior.
"Found it!"
Aburame Shiki gestured to Tsunade: "There are plenty of remnants, enough for the insects to find there."
"good!"
Tsunade slammed her fist down: "Shizune, how much time do we have?"
"One hour." She hesitated for a moment, "It can't exceed two hours at most."
"I hope there's enough time."
With everything in place, the next step is to head to our actual destination.
Guided by Zhiwei's chakra worms, the group gradually quickened their pace.
A huge valley, surrounded by mountains on all sides.
The six-person team stopped on the hilltop outside the valley entrance.
After communicating with the insect for a while, Zhiwei pointed to the opposite side of the valley: "That's it."
The group looked in the direction the finger was pointing.
The valley was very large, and at the foot of the mountain opposite them was a naturally formed cave entrance.
It was quite far away, and the inside of the cave was so dark that it was difficult to see clearly.
From here all the way to that cave, the road was littered with the remains of giant insects, so many that they were countless.
If you look closely, you will also find signs of gnawing on the remains.
Everything before them spoke volumes about the dangers of this place.
"Be careful, let's go check it out."
In fact, no reminder was needed; the sheer severity of the place had already prompted them to raise their senses to the highest level.
Tsunade and Mo Jingxian made their way towards the cave entrance.
Kakashi brought up the rear, while the other three walked in the middle.
The wind howled and choked as it passed through the valley, adding to the desolate and lifeless atmosphere.
The team gradually increased their pace and encountered no danger as they descended the hillside.
It's a bit strange; it's too quiet here.
Besides a large number of insect monster remains, only dark-colored stones remained.
There was no vegetation at all, and not a single insect was seen.
The six people wandered through the giant insect carcass, feeling as if they were exploring a maze.
It only took a few minutes to reach the entrance of the cave.
The procession stopped.
It wasn't that they didn't want to continue, but rather that they were stopped by a barrier.
The barrier is similar to the entrance to the Wind Scorpion Small World; it is a spatial barrier.
There was no dazzling light, only countless tiny spatial cracks constantly annihilating and giving birth to new life.
Tsunade picked up a piece of the exoskeleton of some kind of beetle, about the size of her palm, and tapped it twice.
The bone armor made a "clanging" sound, and its density sounded almost the same as that of steel.
She casually tossed the bone armor into the barrier, and in the blink of an eye, it was shredded by the spatial rift, and then shredded again.
In less than a breath.
The bone armor turned into tiny particles before everyone's eyes, and finally disappeared without a trace.
The whole process was completely silent; it was disintegrated so neatly.
"Hiss!" Everyone gasped in unison.
The spatial rift was sharper than any ninjutsu, and the group's spirits plummeted.
Tsunade frowned, unable to come up with a solution for a long time.
The situation was quite difficult; they never expected that their group would be blocked from achieving success.
That's true. Now that we've come this far, giving up is indeed hard to accept.
However, forcing their way in is no longer an option.
The surrounding rocks were hard, so Tsunade tried them out but immediately gave up.
The key point is that time is running out for everyone.
The room fell silent, and no one spoke up.
Tsunade searched around the foot of the mountain, then shook her head upon returning.
"Strange, this mountain seems to be a single entity, tightly connected to this space." She clenched her fists several times and then quickly relaxed them:
"There's no way around it, the mission is lost..."
He was halfway through his sentence when Mo Jingxian interrupted him, "Why don't you let me give it a try?"
Seeing everyone looking at him, Mo Jingxian shrugged and said, "Anyway, it's not like it's going to hurt, so there's no harm in trying."
Tsunade turned to the side, and the gazes of the others fell on Mo Jingxian.
He stood before the barrier, staring blankly at the flickering spatial cracks.
In his mind, the twenty-four basic runes related to space were rapidly combining and arranging themselves.
Actually, he had a feeling the moment he saw the barrier.
It's like watching an old professor writing formulas on a blackboard and explaining them to him one by one.
The old professor explained things in great detail, breaking down the underlying principles and feeding them to him.
For example, spatial annihilation and generation overlap, so fast that they are indistinguishable to the naked eye;
Matter, energy, and information are all part of space, and they change as space changes.
Change is not random, but follows its own inherent laws.
A spark of inspiration danced in my mind.
In the past, when looking at basic spatial runes, it was like staring at a bowl of batter that couldn't be stirred. The rune structures were all stuck together, and it was impossible to distinguish how the paths were expressed.
Now, he stared at the spatial cracks within the barrier for several minutes.
The relationships between runes are beginning to emerge.
Those structures and paths are no longer a bunch of gibberish that needs to be memorized.
It has structure and logic; the path tells it the state of annihilation, and the structure tells it the conditions for stability.
He immersed himself in it completely and watched for a few more minutes.
Content that used to take days to barely understand can now be outlined in about ten minutes.
The rules contained within the spatial category are as vast as the ocean; he has only experienced exponential growth in the runes of stable space.
As for other things, such as spatial rifts, spatial travel, and spatial transformation, the progress is not so obvious.
This road has no end in sight; it will take time to work its way up step by step.
What we lack now is time.
He sighed with some regret, gathering a ball of energy in his palm, within which five spatial runes rotated rhythmically.
As he placed his palm against the barrier, the runes flowed through it the instant they made contact.
next moment,
A huge shadow crashed down on the group, followed by a deafening explosion.
"Be careful!"