Lin Qing gripped Ichikishimahime as Ripple surged into her, freezing off every means of escape.
Ichikishimahime flicked her tongue and rasped, "Human! What are you planning to do to me? I'm warning you—"
"Enough of that."
Before she could finish, Whitesnake swung her arm in a wide arc and smacked her across the face three times.
After pulling out two discs, he stomped Ichikishimahime to death.
"Slain Ichikishimahime. Obtained 400 Soul Shards."
So this was the so-called Snake Sage.
Without human protection, she was nothing more than a 400-Soul-Shard...
nobody.
Whitesnake glanced at the memories on the disc.
"Whoa! Ryūchi Cave and Kumogakure. Those two bastards came for you... Huh?"
Whitesnake spotted Tagitsuhime, who had been acting alongside Ichikishimahime.
"One got away, too. No wonder she was one of Orochimaru's old associates—she sure ran fast. Aren't you going after her?"
Lin Qing's expression was grave. He didn't answer, instead striding back to the forest they'd come from.
Sasuke was running over from the direction of the mountaintop.
He smiled when he saw Lin Qing. But then he noticed Amber lying sprawled on the ground, her body covered in burns, and the smile froze on his face.
Lin Qing placed a hand on Amber's chest. Sasuke waited tensely beside him.
"Her heartbeat is faint, but it's still there."
He saw Orochimaru's Ninjutsu Disc still spinning.
The formidable survival techniques of Orochimaru's Ninjutsu had saved Amber's life in a situation that should have been fatal.
Lin Qing decided that once they got back, he'd burn some joss paper for Orochimaru as thanks.
"Brother Qing, what do we do now?" Sasuke asked.
Lin Qing glanced at the Memory Disc in Whitesnake's hand.
"Let's head back first and get our people settled."
It was bound to be a busy night.
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