Chương 62: The Journey to the Hidden Mist

Are they the Earth Spider clan?

The heavens are enraged?

The forbidden techniques mastered by this clan are comparable to the Super Shinra Tensei, and are even stronger than those of the Kusanagi, Uji, and Senki clans. A single strike can destroy the terrain, change the battlefield situation, and even level a ninja village; it belongs to a certain kind of sage technique.

"Uncle, what exactly is this chaos?" Jie Luo asked.

"The rumors say that the ninja clans have formed a ninja village organization, so why are they still fighting?"

"You don't know this either? You're not from the Land of Water, are you?" The old man sipped his wine, shaking his head as he said, "Many ninja clans don't really respect that pirate old man, Suiren. Suiren, who comes from the Miscellaneous Strait, is a rogue ninja, leading a bunch of ragtag soldiers. He's never been respected by the orthodox ninja clans. Moreover, recently, quite a few ninja clans that have migrated from the Ninja World Continent to the islands don't really submit to Kirigakure's control either."

Is the hatred towards ninja clans and bloodline ninjas rooted in this, or in One Piece?

For a moment, Jieluo had the illusion that she had wandered into the wrong movie set. However, the ninja world often gives people this feeling of temporal and spatial distortion, just like how Jieluo often sees English signs on the street and can only ignore them.

"Is that little girl a ninja...?"

"I suppose so," Jieluo nodded.

"You're from the Ninja World Continent, are you planning to join Kirigakure?" the old man asked.

"Is there anything I can teach you?" Jie Luo asked humbly.

"I wouldn't dare to offer advice," the old man said.

"Young lady, do you have the awareness to kill countless people? I've heard that the Hidden Mist is covered in blood, inhabited by bloodthirsty killers who will draw their swords at the slightest provocation. It's like a living hell."

"A murderer?" Jieluo asked with a slight smile.

"Uncle, do you think I have the qualities to become Yama?"

The old man, his eyes still blurry with drunkenness, looked at Jie Luo's elegant smile and gradually came to his senses.

But the next second, the girl in front of him vanished as if she had never been there, disappearing in a gust of wind, turning into a phantom.

A ghost?

The old man rubbed his eyes hard, but the wine in his hand silently told him that what he had just seen was real.

There are many ninja clans in the ninja world, and Tsuchigumo is just one of them. The stage for ninjas should not be limited to the small village of Konoha, but should extend to the entire ninja world. Evil gods, guardian ninjas, puppet masters, gold exchange offices, daimyo—these rapidly increasing and numerous settings reveal the creator's obvious ambition: to create a vast ninja world with flesh and blood.

However, in reality, most of these settings are not even background characters. Their origins are unclear or not explained at all. They are just tools that are used and discarded. All they have are chakra balls that keep getting bigger and bigger, and love and justice that are shouted more and more palely.

Sometimes, Yura would wonder, "Where did Naruto get trained as a magical girl? Is his power his belief in miracles?"

Don't believe it; it's all a scam targeting little girls.

Otherwise, your art style wouldn't be in line with the ninja aesthetic.

Walking on the sea with Lucy, Jieluo examined the resentment on her fingertips. With a flick of her fingers, a petal drifting from the shore was cut in two at Jieluo's fingertips.

Power is learning, imitation, exploration and understanding, and creation.

A blade formed from condensed resentment, extremely sharp and capable of severing the soul.

"Great demon!" Lucy flew over from afar and landed in front of Yura, saying, "The seagulls over there say the direction is right!"

"Really?" Jiro glanced at Lucy and asked, "Are your animal friends reliable?"

Lucy's face stiffened for a moment, then she said confidently, "This time it's absolutely right, I've checked it many times!"

Lucy's ability is essentially to connect with people's spirits, to communicate on a spiritual level, to understand each other, and to convey love. Therefore, since humans are also animals, Lucy's ability is actually to communicate with animals.

But what about small animals? They're not very reliable.

"If you lead me astray again, I'll have to think of a way to punish you," Jieluo said.

"There's absolutely no mistake!" Floating on the sea, Lucy shrank back, a little uncertain, and grinned obsequiously, "Want me to pull the cart, you big monster~"

"Come on." Jieluo put on the rope.

Lucy had already put the suit on herself with practiced ease.

Before they knew it, a strange relationship had developed. With a flap of her wings, Lucy carried Jiro across the sea.

The village of Kirigakure, which we are heading to, is located deep in the center of the island archipelago. We need to cross several sea areas. Judging from the scenery along the way, the combined area of the islands is quite large, with many bustling towns and developed trade.

Sitting on the feathers, gliding along the sea like a boat, Jieluo rested her chin on her hand, not thinking about her plans after going to Kirigakure.

His thoughts turned to the previous battle with Mito, and the change in the nature of chakra.

As we all know, mastering the nature transformation of chakra is a mark of a Jonin. Yura hasn't mastered even one nature transformation yet, possessing earth and water chakra attributes. What nature should we think of it as?

Taking the classic Wind Release as an example, every Wind Release ninja imagines the nature of chakra as a thin and sharp blade, and Mito did the same.

But in Jieluo's eyes, the wind was not just a simple blade.

Rather, it is a state, the state of airflow, that is, movement, which is closer to the essence of wind.

It's important to understand that the nature transformation of chakra is essentially a superficial imitation of natural phenomena. In essence, it's not the wind, fire, water, or thunder of nature, but rather a change in chakra. Therefore, by changing the nature, one can simulate entirely new ninja attributes that are not among the basic five elements.

For example, by moving the wind to simulate the motion of an earthquake, one can naturally simulate an earthquake-like state.

So what kind of properties does water have? Anyone who has gone to school and completed nine years of compulsory education should know that water has four states: solid, gas, liquid, and supercritical fluid.

Under extreme high temperature and high pressure conditions, water meters exhibit a supercritical fluid state, which has the ability to dissolve a variety of substances.

From this perspective, the techniques mastered by Mei Terumi are essentially the three forms and properties of water. First is ordinary Water Release, then Boiling Release, which is the gaseous state of water at high temperature, and then Melting Release, which is the fluid state under extreme high temperature and high pressure conditions.

Now that he's come to Kirigakure, Yura definitely needs to study Water Release techniques properly.

It's a bit unreasonable for a Mizukage not to know Water Release techniques, but anyway, there's still plenty of time.

However, what Jieluo focuses on is still his own abilities. The accumulation of demonic power is a gradual process, but increasing his chakra is an urgent matter. Currently, Jieluo has three ways to increase his chakra.