Arrogance

"We can't let him leave here alive." Kidomaru pressed his six hands together and looked at Ye Wuyue.

"Watch me suck all his Chakra dry!" Jirobo shouted.

Sakon gave Ye Wuyue a sinister smile. Ukon, who had been on his back the entire time, had vanished.

"Hahahaha, this brat is about to die! And he'll experience the agony of his cells being slowly eroded away before dying with terror on his face!"

The arrogance of the Sound Four irritated Ye Wuyue. At the same time, he sensed something that did not belong to him entering his body.

"Experience pain, brat!" A voice similar to Sakon's came from inside Ye Wuyue's body. Then, a head identical to Sakon's slowly grew from Ye Wuyue's back.

"Tch! You really are underhanded, Sakon. You actually had Ukon turn into powder and enter the brat's body beforehand." Kidomaru said unhappily.

"Now that he's under control, let me devour his Chakra before we let him die." Jirobo said as he walked toward Ye Wuyue.

Ye Wuyue had finally reached the limit of his patience.

"Ants, who gave you the courage to utter such arrogant and foolish words?" Ye Wuyue asked coldly, looking at the Sound Four.

Ukon, who was attached to his body, panicked.

"Damn it! Why can't I control his body?"

The next moment, Ye Wuyue released all of his Spiritual Pressure. The overwhelming force formed a storm that whipped his clothes wildly in the wind.

"Ah!!!"

Ukon screamed as Ye Wuyue's overwhelming pressure forced him straight out of his body.

Dust filled the air. The Sound Four across from him all groaned at once. The pressure nearly forced them to their knees, and cold sweat appeared on all four of their foreheads as their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

How was this possible?

The four of them were utterly incredulous. They had only ever felt such pressure from Orochimaru.

"A frog sitting in a well thinks the sky is only as large as the well's mouth. Yet you are not even as good as frogs. You are merely ants that live forever in underground nests, and your world is not even as large as a palm. That is what has made you so arrogant."

Ye Wuyue continued speaking as he slowly drew the Zanpakuto at his waist.

Damn it! Move already!!

Under Ye Wuyue's pressure, only Tayuya, who had activated Cursed Seal Level 2, could still move freely. The other three could barely even twitch a finger.

Black markings began to spread across all three of their bodies. Only after entering Cursed Seal Level 1 could they regain control of their bodies.

"Let me ask you another question. Does a beast without bared fangs mean it will not bite?" Ye Wuyue aimed his Zanpakuto at the Sound Four.

"Damn it!! Don't get so full of yourself!"

Kidomaru instantly entered Cursed Seal Level 2, and a bow and arrow made of metallic spider silk appeared in his hands.

"Die!!"

Kidomaru shouted, drew his bow, and fired the arrow at Ye Wuyue.

Yet the next moment, they found their eyes even harder to believe.

Faced with the metal arrow flying toward him at extreme speed, Ye Wuyue simply reached out and caught it by the shaft. With a slight squeeze, the metal arrow shattered into several pieces and fell to the ground.

"Let me tell you the answer. Beasts... eat people. Hado #54: Abolishing Flames."

Ye Wuyue casually cast Abolishing Flames on Ukon, who lay on the ground, burning him directly to ashes. Then, with Zanpakuto in hand, he used Shunpo to appear before Kidomaru and slashed.

Blood burst forth. Even the skin covered by Sticky Gold Armor could not withstand the sharpness of Ye Wuyue's blade. A massive wound ran from Kidomaru's left shoulder to his right waist.

Only then did Kidomaru snap out of his shock. Enduring the intense pain, he jumped backward.

"Earth Release: Earth Prison Dome!"

Jirobo formed hand seals with both hands, and a hemispherical rock wall rose from the ground, enclosing Ye Wuyue within.

Kidomaru hurriedly used spider silk to treat his wound.

"Bastard! I'll kill him!" Sakon was already close to madness. With Ukon dead, his Kekkei Genkai would disappear, cutting his strength by at least half. Ukon had also been his older brother.

"Hado #88: Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō."

A straight beam of light shot out from the rock wall created by Jirobo. After piercing through the wall, the immense energy continued unabated toward Tayuya, who stood nearby.

Tayuya's pupils contracted. She barely dodged the beam just before it hit her, but the armless demon behind her, wrapped head to toe in bandages, was pierced straight through by Ye Wuyue's attack.

"Do you find it fulfilling to keep repeating things you cannot do?" Ye Wuyue rushed forward and kicked Sakon, sending him flying dozens of meters through the air.

"Demonic Flute: Phantom Dance Melody!"

Tayuya played the flute in her hand, and the demon wielding a massive spiked club immediately raised it and smashed it toward Ye Wuyue.

Ye Wuyue raised his Zanpakuto and slashed. The spiked club in the green-clothed demon's hand was cut in half.

At the same time, however, Jirobo lifted a huge sphere of rock and hurled it at him.

"Hado #63: Thunder Roar Cannon!"

The rock sphere turned to powder under Ye Wuyue's strike. Then Ye Wuyue extended one hand toward Jirobo. "Hado #33: Blue Firefall!"

Just as the blazing explosion was about to hit Jirobo, a red gate carved with demonic faces rose before him. The explosive flames of Blue Firefall were blocked by the gate.

Sakon, who had been kicked away by Ye Wuyue, had now entered Cursed Seal Level 2. His hands pressed against the ground, and his eyes were filled with killing intent as he stared at Ye Wuyue.

Rashomon? I wonder how strong its defense is.

Looking at the Rashomon before him, Ye Wuyue aimed the tip of his Zanpakuto at it.

"Shoot him dead, Shinso!"

The rapidly extending blade struck the Rashomon in an instant, piercing through it without any resistance. It even pierced through Jirobo, who stood behind the gate.

The growth of Ye Wuyue's Spiritual Pressure had strengthened his Zanpakuto's abilities as well. Shinso's enhancement was simple: faster! Longer!

"Could your Rashomon be a counterfeit? Why does it look as thin as paper?"

The Zanpakuto returned to its original length, and Ye Wuyue mocked him.

He had thought the Rashomon would be incredibly sturdy, but it turned out to be so fragile. Of course, perhaps that was because a different person had cast it.

Still, even the Fivefold Rashomon cast by Hashirama Senju seemed unable to block a single Tailed Beast Ball from the Nine-Tails. This thing did not seem all that impressive.

"Enough. You have worn away the last of my patience. You may die now. All things in the universe, turn to ashes, Flowing Blade, Like Fire!"

Raging flames burned along the Zanpakuto in Ye Wuyue's hand, and the surrounding temperature rapidly rose.

"Torch!"

Ye Wuyue swung Flowing Blade, Like Fire upward. A tornado-shaped wall of flames surged from the ground and instantly enclosed the Sound Four. Then the spiraling wall of fire compressed toward them, and anything it touched was instantly reduced to ash.