"Ninjutsu..."
Bairang looked at everyone present, forcing himself to calm down. He formed Hand Seals, but before he could finish speaking.
Swish--
The previously expressionless ninja among the four Tsuchigumo Clan guards suddenly blurred. He moved as fast as lightning, pouncing at Bairang.
Click click click--
The ninja's expression remained cold. As he used the Body Flicker Technique, crisp sounds of bones colliding rang out one after another.
His right arm rapidly transformed into white bone. Layer upon layer of hard, sharp bones twisted clockwise into a spear, wrapping around his right fist as it stabbed toward Bairang's abdomen.
The white gleam pierced through, its sharpness impossible to withstand.
"Ugh..."
Bairang's pupils suddenly widened. Unable to dodge, he could only watch as the bone spear pierced through his abdomen.
His skin was easily punctured like paper.
"Who... are you?"
Blood trickled from the corner of Bairang's mouth. He tightly gripped the bone spear with both hands and fell to his knees.
He raised his head to look at the Tsuchigumo ninja who had suddenly attacked. Agonizing pain spread throughout his body as his life force rapidly ebbed away.
"When addressing a lord, you must use honorifics."
The Tsuchigumo ninja spoke indifferently into Bairang's ear. He raised his left hand, tore off the human-skin mask on his face, and revealed a handsome, refined young face with two crimson dots between his brows.
Swish--
The youth pulled out his bone-transformed right arm and shook the blood from the outer bones created by Shikotsumyaku.
The bright red blood painted an elegant arc across the ground.
Bairang's pupils widened. With unwillingness, regret, and terror in his eyes, he collapsed into the pool of blood and swallowed his final breath.
He had never expected that besides the S-Rank Rogue Ninja in the wooden house, there