He pressed his palm on the snake's chest.
Rasengan breaks out at zero distance.
"Get out of here!"
Boom!!!
The snake flew backwards and broke three large trees as thick as each other's arms. It vomited blood and fell into a coma. It was unknown whether it was alive or dead.
Boruto has no last hit.
He shook off the blood on his hands, turned around and continued towards the center of the forest.
Behind him, Tsukihime jumped down from the tree, looked at the unconscious snake, and then at Boruto's leaving back, his eyes full of shock and worry.
"Degeneration..." she murmured, "He has really embarked on that path. He would not hesitate to sell his soul for power."
Forest Center.
One hundred ordinary tribesmen crowded into an open space, shivering. The elderly, women, and children hugged each other tightly, their eyes filled with despair.
They all know what happens next.
death.
There is only death.
"I don't want to die..." a little girl cried.
"Who will save us... God, save us..."
"No one will come, we are destined to die here... this is the rule of Otsutsuki..."
At this moment, a silver-haired girl stood up.
She looked only twelve years old, her thin body swaying in the wind, but her eyes were extremely firm.
"Stop crying," she said, her voice childish but full of power, "There's no point in crying, tears can't save your life."
"We have to escape."
"Escape?" Someone smiled bitterly, "Where to escape? There are hunters on all sides, and this forest is blocked by a barrier."
"Then go for it." The silver-haired girl clenched her fists, "It's better than waiting to die. Even if you die, you have to bite off a piece of their flesh!"
Her name is Tsukine, she is twelve years old this year. She is the cousin of Tsukihime.
"Follow me." She said, "I came here with my grandfather when I was a child. I know there is an underground river in the forest. We can escape through the waterway and maybe break through the barrier."
"But..."
"No but!" Tsukine interrupted them and said sternly, "If you want to live, come with me! If you don't want to leave, just stay here and wait to die!"
She turned and rushed into the forest.
After hesitating for a few seconds, others seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and followed suit.
But as soon as they ran less than a hundred meters, a golden figure landed lightly in front of them, blocking the way.
"Want to escape?"
It was a middle-aged man with a cruel and joking smile on his face, playing with a Golden Spear in his hand.
"The game has just begun and the prey wants to run away?"
He raised his hand, and Golden Chakra condensed into dozens of spears, suspended in mid-air.
"Then I will kill a few first to give you a long memory and let you know what despair is."
The spear was thrown.
The target is directly at the leader Tsukine.
Tsukine Close your eyes.
She knew she couldn't avoid it, the speed difference was too big.
But the expected pain never came.
Just listen to a crisp "ding" sound.
She opened her eyes and saw a one-armed boy standing in front of her.
The spear, which was strong enough to penetrate steel, was firmly caught by him with one hand, and then he squeezed it hard.
Click.
The spear turned into powder.
"You are..." Tsukine was stunned, looking at the young man in front of him who was covered in blood and whose right sleeve was empty.
"Boruto." He said, his voice hoarse, "Your cousin asked me to rescue you."
The middle-aged man frowned and looked Boruto up and down. "Boruto? That loser with a broken arm? Are you coming to join the hunt too?"
"Are you here to die?"
Boruto turned his head, Golden Chakra was mixed with thick black lines, which looked particularly weird and terrifying in the night, like an evil ghost from hell.
"Death?" A cold smile appeared on his lips, "You can try."
The middle-aged man snorted coldly, with murderous intent in his eyes. "Since you want to die, I will help you! Just make up the number!"
Dozens of spears were thrown at the same time, blocking all Boruto's escape routes, as densely as a heavy rain.
Boruto did not hide.
He Hand Seals with one hand, his movements were too fast to be seen clearly.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Bang bang bang bang!
Hundreds of clones appeared at the same time, each clone condensed with a Rasengan, and the black and gold light illuminated the entire forest.
"Come together." Boruto ordered.
Hundreds of Rasengan blasted out at the same time.
Golden and black light engulfed the entire forest, and the explosion was deafening.
Kakkō soars into the sky, the trees break, and the earth trembles.
After the explosion, the middle-aged man lay on the ground, his body charred and his clothes in tatters.
He is still alive, but has lost his combat effectiveness and is dying.
Boruto walked up to him and looked down at the hunter who was so arrogant just now.
"You say I'm a waste?" he asked, his voice terrifyingly calm.
The middle-aged man spat out a mouthful of blood and looked at him in horror, speechless.
"Then who do you think you are now?" Boruto raised his remaining left foot and stepped on his chest, "Trash that can't even beat trash?"
He raised his foot, ready to crush the other person's head and end this person's life completely.
"Stop!"
Tsukine rushed over and opened his arms to stop him.
"Don't kill him!" she shouted, her eyes full of fear and pleading.
Boruto paused and looked down at her. "Why?"
"Because..." Tsukine gritted his teeth, his voice trembling, "Because killing is wrong! We are humans, not beasts!"
Boruto was stunned.
Is killing wrong?
In this hell, there are still people who say such innocent things.
Then he laughed.
That smile was so cold that it made Tsukine shiver, and it was so cold that the air around him solidified.
"Isn't it right?" he asked back, his tone full of sarcasm, "Here, it is wrong not to kill people."
"Didn't your cousin tell you?"
"In the Ōtsutsuki Clan, kindness is courting death. Kindness is suicide."
"If you don't kill him today, tomorrow he will kill you, your family, and everyone you care about."
He stepped on it.
Click.
The crisp sound of bone cracking sounded.
The middle-aged man's head was shattered and his life was cut off.
Tsukine screamed and retreated, falling to the ground, his eyes full of fear, as if he was looking at a strange monster.
"You... you are a devil..." she said tremblingly, tears welling up in her eyes.
Boruto looked at her and suddenly felt very tired.
A kind of exhaustion that goes deep into the bones.
He did become a demon.
But he had no choice.
"Let's go." He said, turning around and no longer looking at the body, "I'll take you out."
"You... don't come here..." Tsukine shrank back in horror.
Boruto did not refute or explain.
Because he knew that she was right.
He is truly becoming a demon.
But in this cannibal hell, if you don't become a demon, you can only become food.
"Follow me, or stay here and wait for the next hunter." He said coldly, "The choice is yours."
Tsukine looked at that lonely back, that one-armed back that exuded a dark aura.
She thought of her cousin's words and the moment when Boruto blocked her in front of her.
In the end, the instinct to survive triumphed over fear.
She wiped away her tears, stood up tremblingly, and followed.
"Wait for me..."
Boruto didn't look back, just slowed down.
The night is dark and the forest is still full of dangers, but in this darkness, there seems to be a faint light.