The roads after this valley are very short, leading to an intertwined jungle. Swish! When Suzuka and the other three arrived at the fork in the road, Sakumo had already disappeared. However, Suzuka casually picked up a black stone from the ground, glanced at it, and then led the two people down one of the paths.
In the dense forest, an azure light bloomed as Sakumo casually cut off several sharpened wooden stakes that attacked from all directions. He then stopped where he was, not pursuing for the time being. "It seems that they have been prepared for a long time," Sakumo narrowed his eyes slightly. Since entering this dense forest, he had encountered countless traps. Although not very clever, they had indeed hindered his pursuit. He could continue to move forward, but he didn't know how many traps there were. For the safety of Suzuka and the others, it was better to wait for them on this road where he had cleared most of the traps.
But he was not worried. With C's speed, it would be impossible for him to escape from this dense forest in a short time with Kuriyama Shinzo. Moreover, he had not found any trace of them along the way, which meant that the two of them were likely hiding. At this time, his blind search could not compare to Suzuka's sensor ability.
Somewhere underground in the dense forest, C and Kuriyama Shinzo were hiding. Although it was underground, the place was actually built using earth release ninjutsu. Obviously, this was a location Kuriyama Shinzo had prepared beforehand. "I will complete the ceremony here," Kuriyama Shinzo said.
"At this time? Are you looking for death? That woman among the Konoha ninjas is a sensor. Do you think we can hide?" Upon hearing this, Kuriyama Shinzo sneered and said, "Of course I know, so I laid a lot of traps in the dense forest to buy time. When I complete the ceremony, we will kill all the people chasing us!"
Kuriyama Shinzo's eyes were full of resentment. In the past few days, he had been pushed to a desperate situation by the Konoha ninjas, especially Hatake Sakumo. His life must be taken. "Haha, just you?" C smiled lightly. Hatake Sakumo's strength was even higher than his, and Kuriyama Shinzo couldn't even defeat Suzuka before. He didn't believe that completing the ceremony would give him the power to kill Hatake Sakumo.
"But you are also very unhappy about being chased and beaten all the time, right?" Kuriyama Shinzo said with a smile. "All of your men died here. It's not easy to explain to the Raikage when you go back, right?" Hearing this, C narrowed his eyes slightly. Two chunin were nothing, but jonin were not so easy to train, even in the Cloud Ninja Village. But who made them meet ninjas of the level of Sakumo and Yugimoto Kawahiko? Even jonin could only be slaughtered.
"If you take Hatake Sakumo's life, this price will be worth it," Kuriyama Shinzo said, and C's eyes flickered. Indeed, what this person said made sense. And with his strength, even if he couldn't fight, it wouldn't be difficult to retreat unscathed.
Seeing C's acquiescence, Kuriyama Shinzo stopped talking and took out a kunai, then cut his right hand without hesitation. Suddenly, blood gushed out, and a hideous and crazy smile appeared on his face as he let the blood drip to the ground. C watched from the side, his heart sinking. When he first fought with the Konoha ninja, this guy had lost so much blood and suffered so many fatal injuries. However, in this short period, not only had his injuries disappeared, but he managed to stay alive even after having his arm and head detached.
Now he was letting the blood flow like this; Kuriyama Shinzo was simply not human! Kuriyama Shinzo stepped on his own blood, moved his feet, and drew a circle within a range that only one person could stand in. Then he made a triangle within the circle. At this point, a certain magic circle was completed, and the blood that was supposed to gradually darken actually glowed with a strange red light. The next scene made C's pupils shrink. He saw that the wound Kuriyama Shinzo had cut himself was healing at a terrifying speed, the wound disappearing immediately.
But that was not the end. The blood on the ground was gradually absorbed by the magic circle under his feet and then spread up along the triangle where he was standing. Kuriyama Shinzo was shrouded in a strange flame. He held the bloody March sickle in his hand, and his originally pale face was gradually regaining color. He was chanting something, looking very pious. At this moment, his cold eyes were grieved, and then he shouted hoarsely: "The Immortal Ritual, start!"
Swish! At the same time, in the dense forest, Suzuka and the others finally found Sakumo according to the secret code he had left. "Where is he?" Suzuka asked directly. Hatake Sakumo described the situation in the dense forest to them. The three nodded. They had already come along the road opened by Sakumo, but they still encountered several traps along the way. Soon, Suzuka formed seals with both hands and began to sense, but her sensing range was only within a radius of ten meters. Even so, she was one of the best sensor ninjas in the Anbu. The sensor ability is not easy to cultivate, and don't forget her age.
"There is no one here," Suzuka said. Sakumo directly opened the way in front, and everyone walked forward in the dense forest. Suzuka kept sensing the position of the two. After a while, C observed that the color of Kuriyama Shinzo's hands began to turn red, as if irrigated with blood, but after a few minutes, the original deep red settled and became extremely black. On the dark palms, white lines gradually spread. Until the end, his face was covered with this color, and he looked like an evil god at this moment. C had extraordinary knowledge, but he had never heard of such a secret method. The changes in his entire body gave people an extremely ferocious feeling.
At this point, Kuriyama Shinzo used the bloody March sickle in his hand to cut his fingertips, stained with his own blood, and then licked it. The next moment, he made a move that made C feel extremely uneasy. He pulled out a pitch-black spike from his sleeve and used it to pierce his heart. His eyes became extremely crazy at this time, and he laughed very strangely and shouted: "Immortal Ritual, Sacrifice to Lord Jashin!"
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