The sound of rain echoed endlessly around the Ninja Sect. The two standing atop the Elder Tower seemed to be quietly admiring the curtain of rain, remaining motionless as they stood there for a long time.
No one knew how much time had passed before the expression of Mu Yucun, the Supreme Purity clone, shifted slightly. His Rinnegan lifted as he looked toward a direction beyond the Ninja Sect's perimeter.
"They're here," Mu Yucun said softly.
"They're a little slower than I expected, but it's fine..." Lin Chuan said quietly. "Keep an eye on the situation around the Ninja Sect. I'll go meet them. Things outside are anything but peaceful right now!"
With that, Lin Chuan leaped from the nearly thousand-meter-tall Elder Tower. His body plummeted straight toward the ground, only to abruptly veer away when he was three hundred meters above it, shooting toward the sect gates.
Over eighty kilometers from the sinkhole where the Ninja Sect was located, four black-clad figures darted through the dense forest beneath the rain, speeding toward the Ninja Sect.
But at that moment, the leading man's expression shifted. With a flash, he drifted lightly to the side. At the same time, a streak of golden sword qi flew through the spot where he had just stood. With a puff, it pierced a boulder nearby, instantly blowing the entire rock apart.
All four figures stopped. Rainwater fell onto their clothes and streamed down to the ground as they turned toward the direction from which the sword qi had come. Dozens of figures were rushing over from there, each dressed in identical robes. They were clearly disciples of the same sect.
"Who are you? Don't you know this direction has already been sealed off by our Origin Returning Sect? You dare barge in without permission?