Miroku's Shock

After she was enclosed within Uchiha Chen's Susanoo, Miroku abruptly opened her eyes. She discovered that her connection to the sealing power had been cut off.

The backlash of that power made Miroku spit out a mouthful of blood. The Sealing Jutsu she had been halfway through completing was forcibly interrupted.

This wasn't good news. It meant Uchiha Chen had failed to stop the Eight-Headed Serpent's advance. Either the Eight-Headed Serpent had killed Chen, or it had escaped the valley.

After all, if the Eight-Headed Serpent wasn't in the valley, Miroku's Sealing Jutsu would automatically fail. The Sealing Jutsu was closely tied to the Eight-Headed Serpent; it even drew on a portion of its power.

If the Eight-Headed Serpent went beyond a certain range, the Sealing Jutsu wouldn't be able to sense its presence or connect to it. Its failure would be inevitable.

"So fate really can't be changed?" Miroku clutched her chest, endless sorrow spilling from her misty eyes. It seemed she still hadn't realized where she was.

The lingering force of the explosion couldn't reach her, but the dazzling white light blocked her vision. Unable to see her own hand in front of her face, Miroku had no idea what had happened.

Did she think Uchiha Chen had defeated the Eight-Headed Serpent? No, absolutely not. It had never crossed her mind. Although Chen felt like an unfathomably powerful warrior, even he couldn't be stronger than the Eight-Headed Serpent.

As the Miko of this generation, Miroku knew just how powerful the Eight-Headed Serpent was. At the height of its strength, it had swept aside all opposition and stood unrivaled in the world.

And Chen? Miroku acknowledged that Uchiha Chen was strong, but nothing he had shown suggested that he was stronger than the Eight-Headed Serpent.

More importantly, as a