Ao came back to life again!!!

"No!!!!!"

Mei Terumi's heart-wrenching scream rang out, and she immediately started to rush forward.

Yagura gripped his strange hook-bladed staff with both hands at once.

Chakra surged around him as he readied himself for battle.

But at that critical instant!

Guy raised his right hand, and a dazzling golden light erupted from his palm!

"Did I give you permission to die?!"

Guy roared, slamming his right palm, wreathed in blinding golden light, onto the crown of Ao's head!

"Golden Bell Seal!!"

Buzzz~

Golden light suddenly shone from inside Ao's skull.

The light was brilliant and clear.

It even penetrated Ao's skull and skin, illuminating his entire head until it looked almost translucent.

Everyone could clearly see it.

A miniature golden bell projection, small and solid, dark gold all over, with intricate Sanskrit script flowing across its surface.

It rested firmly over Ao's brain, shielding it completely!

The next instant, the dense black runic markings formed by the activated Self-Destruct Curse Seal inside Ao's body surged upward.

Like countless frenzied venomous snakes, they burrowed wildly toward Ao's brain from his heart and chakra pathways below.

They tried to grind his brain to pieces!

But without exception, every black runic marking was blocked by the bell's incredibly sturdy walls the instant it touched the miniature golden bell projection.

They made sizzling sounds as they tried to eat through it, accompanied by faint impacts.

Yet they could not penetrate it in the slightest or do any harm to the brain protected within!

Mei Terumi and Yagura stopped short, staring at the sight in shock.

All the black markings battered the miniature golden bell furiously, only to fail.

They receded like a tide, slowly withdrawing into Ao's body.

Gradually, they settled and dissipated.

The curse mark had subsided.

But the self-destruct technique had almost