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As the burly man finished speaking, he gently extended his arm. Under the pale moonlight, countless pitch-black threads slowly crawled out from his skin.

The thin, black threads twisted and writhed as if sniffing out the scent of living prey, their tips pointed directly at the few Rock Ninjas huddled on the ground.

"Wh-what is that!?" a Rock Ninja stammered, his eyes widening in terror.

However, his words had barely left his lips.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

With a sharp sound of air being pierced, those dense black threads shot out abruptly, plunging straight into his body.

"Tamoto!"

The nearby Rock Ninjas' eyes constricted as they screamed their companion's name in horror.

Yet, Tamoto was unable to respond. Before his body could even react, it had been pierced by dozens of black threads. At that moment, he vomited a large amount of blood, looking down in disbelief at the terrifying threads embedded in his flesh.

As the threads shifted slightly, his head snapped back. His face contorted in agonizing pain, and his throat emitted a wheezing sound like a broken bellows.

"Kill... kill me... ah... hurry and kill me!" Tamoto gasped in a trembling, pained voice.

Hearing his companion's screams, the Rock Ninja who had been frozen in numbness suddenly seemed to lose his mind, leaping up and charging toward the burly man.

"I'll kill you monsters!!"

The burly man standing not far away glanced at them with his oily green eyes and said in a hoarse voice.

"Worthless trash. Your heads aren't worth a single cent; your only use is to serve as a meal for the Earth Grudge Fear."

As he spoke, he didn't move an inch from where he stood.

Just as the Rock Ninjas were about to reach him, the clothes over his chest suddenly tore open,