The Formidable Eight-Headed Serpent

Uchiha Chen knew that to truly put an end to the Eight-Headed Serpent, Miroku would have to act. Without her Sealing Jutsu, there was no way to seal it for good.

The Records of the Ancient Lands from antiquity stated that the Eight-Headed Serpent had once thrown the entire world into turmoil. Many powerful figures had tried to deal with the threat, but none had succeeded.

It was only when the first Miko of the Land of Demons used the unique power within her that, with the efforts of the world's strongest, the Eight-Headed Serpent was finally sealed.

Back then, without the Miko's power, even everyone working together would have had no chance of sealing the Eight-Headed Serpent.

And even with the Miko's power, humanity had suffered devastating losses. At least half of the strongest fighters had died in that battle, leaving a gap in the ranks of the powerful.

If that gap had never appeared, it would probably have taken at least another fifty years for shinobi to replace samurai.

Now that Miroku had regained her senses, the Eight-Headed Serpent could no longer deceive her. Her hands moved like butterflies flitting among flowers as she formed Hand Seals at dazzling speed.

"Damn it!" The Eight-Headed Serpent was furious. It had failed to bewitch Uchiha Chen or drag Miroku into the abyss.

It had expected that at least one of them would fall into the trap it had carefully laid. It had made two plans, figuring it couldn't lose either way.

It had accounted for everything, yet never expected things to turn out like this. If the Eight-Headed Serpent had prepared properly in advance, this situation would never have arisen. In truth, that was just wishful thinking on its part.

No matter what preparations it made, Chen was confident he