Extra 1: Youying

Yuzuru's body was finally showing its limits. In recent years, the rate of physical disintegration had begun to slowly increase...

Originally, Yuzuru had sealed most of his energy, and using Jigen's body in a take-and-leave manner for thousands of years wouldn't have been a problem. But unexpectedly, an accident occurred.

Initially, in order to subdue Qinglong and Xuanming, he had unlocked some of his power restrictions, but those were still within a controllable range. However, when he encountered Youying, this accident happened...

Youying initially didn't possess consciousness but was a strange energy cluster similar to an egg-like life form. Her existence was based on the will and core energy of the Shinobi World's planet. Originally, her birth was meant to destroy the God Tree planted by Kaguya, but unfortunately, her birth was too slow, and the God Tree was constantly absorbing and devouring the energy of the Shinobi World's planet, making her already slow formation even more hopeless.

Yuzuru learned about Youying's existence through Xuanming, so out of curiosity, he followed Xuanming to an overseas island.

The climate on this island was distinct, one half was summer, full of life, with wildflowers everywhere; the other half was winter, with snowflakes covering everything, leaving only a pale color.

At the intersection of these two opposite seasons, above a natural hot spring, a strange energy cluster resembling an egg-like life form stood quietly. Yuzuru could even see this 'egg' absorbing a large amount of surrounding energy in an orderly manner, like breathing.

This scene surprised Yuzuru and also made him feel pleasantly surprised, because the 'egg' in front of him was very likely a powerful Yokai that had not yet fully been born, and judging from its state, it was so miraculous even before its complete birth, then once born, its strength would definitely not be weaker than Xuanming and Qinglong!

Harboring this thought, Yuzuru prepared to personally hasten its maturation, so that a difficult-to-sever soul link would be created between himself and it, and it would become his most trusted subordinate!

Next, Yuzuru injected his energy into the shell of the 'egg' and left his soul imprint.

The energy was smoothly absorbed by the 'egg', which was a good thing, but bad things followed.

The energy Yuzuru injected into the 'egg' was absorbed too quickly, and it also directly sucked onto his hands with a strange energy, and then forcibly absorbed the energy in his body!

This scene made Yuzuru a little flustered, but he was not a fledgling who had just entered the Shinobi World. He had seen many Yokai with extraordinary strength and strange abilities, so he quickly calmed down. His energy being forcibly absorbed was an uncontrollable thing, but using energy to hasten the maturation of this 'egg' was Yuzuru's initial purpose, so he didn't try to sever the connection with the 'egg'. Instead, he squeezed the energy in his body as much as possible and continued to transmit it quickly to the 'egg' for it to absorb.

As time slowly passed, the energy in Yuzuru's body was completely exhausted, and the 'egg' stopped absorbing just at the right time, as if it was 'full'.

Thus, this 'egg' that had existed for who knows how many years was born so naturally.

A twin-tailed girl resembling a seven- or eight-year-old human appeared vividly in front of Yuzuru. The light purple crescent mark on her forehead was like a divine seal, full of nobility. Her orange eyes, devoid of human emotion, coldly sized up Yuzuru, this unfamiliar yet familiar being.

The will of the Shinobi World's planet was undoubtedly far higher than the influence of Yuzuru's soul imprint on the girl, so after the girl glanced at Yuzuru, she directly bypassed him and began to fly away into the distance. Her birth and existence were for the purpose of destroying the God Tree that absorbed the Shinobi World's planet's energy!

"Catch her!"

Yuzuru, whose energy was exhausted, had no way to intercept the girl for the time being, so he could only shout loudly at Xuanming, who was guarding outside the island.

Upon hearing this, Xuanming's hideous turtle body emerged from the sea, and the snake body at the tail began to extend like rubber, quickly biting towards the girl flying in the sky.

Seeing this, the girl's orange eyes remained indifferent. Facing the attack of the Xuanming's snake, she just calmly stretched out her right hand, and then her right hand quickly transformed into a hard, thick, carapace-like giant shield, easily blocking the snake's bite.

Yuzuru was stunned when he saw this scene. Although the snake's bite force was not as great as the turtle's, it was not something that ordinary Yokai could withstand!

The snake seemed very surprised as well. His intention was to trap the girl in his mouth to prevent her from escaping, but he didn't expect to miss like this.

Seeing this scene, the turtle immediately controlled the seawater, transforming it into three huge water pythons, which rushed up from the sea. At this moment, the snake, with a tacit understanding, quickly released its mouth, exposing the girl's body to the attack range of the three giant water pythons.

The next moment, Yuzuru saw the girl's right hand return to its original state, and then four pairs of wide, cicada-wing-like wings immediately grew out of her back. With a gentle flutter, she immediately disappeared from the spot, and when she reappeared, she was already a hundred meters away, easily dodging the turtle's water python attack!

The girl was now standing in mid-air. Although her figure was not large, she coldly stared at the Yokai who was hindering her, like a god. Any creature that dared to obstruct her actions should be destroyed by her!

So, harboring this thought, the girl did not use her speed to move away, but looked down at Xuanming, and then the light purple crescent mark on her forehead spread throughout her body like a curse seal, and her body shape also changed accordingly.

Her body shape changed from a seven- or eight-year-old girl to a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl. Her body was covered in black, unknown substances, like armor, forming a jet-black mask on her face with a hideous demon-like pattern, covering her cold expression. The four pairs of wide cicada wings also turned into demonic flesh wings covered with hideous keratin, causing a considerable storm with just a slight fan!

In Yuzuru's Byakugan, the energy in the girl's body had almost multiplied several times at this time, and the unknown black armor on her body was filled with vast natural energy!

In terms of the amount of natural energy stored alone, the girl had already far exceeded Xuanming at this time...

But how was this possible?

Xuanming was an ancient Yokai who had lived for thousands of years, and even if the natural energy contained in his body was not much, it was not something that a newborn Yokai could compare to!

But the truth was right in front of him, and Yuzuru had no choice but to believe it...

Just as Yuzuru was in shock, Youying moved. She flapped her four pairs of bone-spurred demon flesh wings and appeared above Xuanming's turtle shell at a speed like teleportation. Then, as she waved her right hand, a black, sharp spear condensed in her palm.

The spear pierced straight through Xuanming's hard turtle shell and into his body, immediately causing the turtle and snake to roar in pain!

In severe pain, the turtle immediately used water to counterattack, and the snake also subsequently used its ability to attack the girl.

The seawater controlled by the turtle turned into crystal-clear solid ice, freezing towards the girl above from the turtle shell. At the same time, a highly corrosive viscous liquid was spat out from the snake's mouth, falling from the sky