Still-warm blood stained his cheek. The sticky heat made Ye Zi immediately reach up and wipe the blood away, then he slowly sheathed Raiya.
"Nicely done." Dan Katō glanced at the headless corpse lying on the ground, his tone slightly weary.
Ye Zi turned to look at him and asked seriously, "What ninjutsu was that?"
Dan Katō was startled, but quickly realized what Ye Zi was referring to and said at once, "The Soul Transformation Technique. It's a forbidden technique related to the soul. In the soul-transformed state, you can ignore distance and kill your target, or control the target's spiritual world."
"Ignore distance!"
Ye Zi's eyes lit up, filled with eagerness for the technique.
"If you want to learn it, I can teach you, but only after this war ends. Besides, this isn't a technique you can master simply because you want to." Seeing the eagerness in Ye Zi's eyes, Dan Katō smiled faintly. He would not casually teach a forbidden technique to someone else, but Ye Zi was one of the most dazzling rising stars of the new generation. Moreover, considering that Ye Zi had traveled with Lujiu and the others when their situation was dire, and had risked himself to appear and rescue him, Dan Katō felt there was nothing wrong with passing this forbidden technique on to Ye Zi.
"You're really going to teach me this technique?" Ye Zi had not expected Dan Katō to offer it voluntarily, and was caught completely off guard.
"Of course." Dan Katō nodded, then raised his eyes to look around. "Lujiu and the others are in danger. We have to catch up with them immediately, then regroup at the base."
Ye Zi was delighted when he heard that Dan Katō truly intended to teach him the Soul Transformation Technique. But