One Man Against Ten

After passing through the dense woods, Indra saw the ten Bihu ninjas before the Sky-Piercing Cave.

The ten of them stood behind Two Strength Layman, the Bihu ninjas' temporary leader.

Two Strength Layman, wearing a Noh mask, sat on a stone bench. He had clearly been waiting here for quite some time.

On the way, Tang Bingwen had specifically told Indra about this man.

He said that he was Ono Noriyoshi's trusted confidant, and that very few people knew what he truly looked like.

Indra did not reply, because he knew exactly who this man really was.

The one sitting here now was merely a puppet.

Two Strength Layman's true body was Wakasa Chubei, one of the ten Bihu ninjas.

The two identities corresponded to his two personalities.

However, Indra did not care about any of that. His gaze swept across the ten Bihu ninjas present.

"Looks like all your people are here, right?"

Indra suddenly spoke, interrupting the verbal sparring between Tang Bingwen and Two Strength Layman.

Seeing someone cut in, Two Strength Layman replied coldly, "It seems your people can no longer wait."

"We agreed on ten men, yet nearly the entire Tang Sect has been mobilized."

"Sect Leader Tang, are you planning to openly clash with us?"

In an instant, the atmosphere became tense to the extreme.

Tang Bingwen frowned slightly as he calculated in his heart.

Of course he wanted to fight them outright, but the problem was that the Tang Sect disciples had not arrived yet.

According to their original plan, they first needed to arrange a ten-against-ten match to hold them back.

Once all the Tang Sect disciples had made it up the mountain, they would launch a full-scale assault in one stroke.

Tang Bingwen took a deep breath. "Little Brother Qiao, there is no need to rush."

"Rush? That wasn't what I meant. I just think we can start fighting now."

Indra answered calmly. His words made even Lü Ci question his life.

Is your nickname 'Mad Dog' too? How are you even more reckless than I am?!

If they started fighting now, they would have no advantage at all.

As Indra's words fell, the ninja group hidden within the woods all revealed themselves, their gazes fixed firmly upon Tang Bingwen's group of ten.

Just as Tang Bingwen was about to advise him to stop, Indra turned and swept his eyes around the area.

Whoosh!!!

Two scorching laser beams shot forth, sweeping through the area in an instant.

Charred cracks appeared across thick tree trunks. As the towering trees crashed down, the bodies of more than a hundred Bihu Mountain Ninja Group members were severed in two.

The ninjas hiding in the trees escaped disaster, but terror had frozen their bodies stiff.

This scene stunned not only the ten Bihu ninjas, but Tang Bingwen and the others as well.

Indra turned back, golden flames still burning in his eyes.

"From this moment onward, the arranged match officially begins.

"I alone challenge the Bihu Mountain Ninja Group!"

Indra revealed a delighted smile as a crushing pressure swept across the entire scene.

From the very beginning, he had never intended to arrange a match with the Bihu ninjas.

He had followed Tang Bingwen's process only because he did not want to alert them too early and let these Japanese ninjas escape.

Now that everyone had gathered, there was no need for him to keep pretending.

The pupils of the ten Bihu ninjas constricted as they immediately employed their own methods.

Homer, standing three meters tall with a powerfully built frame, was the most reckless. Circulating his true qi and activating a defensive technique, he charged straight at Indra.

"Careful! This man's external training is formidable!"

Tang Bingwen called out a warning. Just as he was about to move to stop him, Indra had already dashed forward like an arrow.

He neither dodged nor evaded. White qi flames ignited around his body, radiating a heavy and fierce aura!

Inverse Birth First Layer: Dragon-Tiger Monster Strength!

Indra met him head-on, throwing a thunderous punch!

Bang!!!

The instant their fists collided, the air exploded into a ring of vacuum!

A violent force surged over like a collapsing mountain and crashing sea, instantly changing Homer's expression.

"This power is just too..."

The next instant, Homer's heavy punch shattered, while Indra's fist shot forward like a lance thrust, stabbing ahead with unstoppable force!

Splat! Boom!!!

Amid a heavy, muffled blast, the ground beneath Homer's feet caved in and shattered, forming a visible crater.

Having forged an indestructible body, Homer was punched through the lower abdomen by Indra. His spine shattered, and the fist burst out through his back!

This horrifying sight stunned the remaining Higa ninja.

They knew Homer's physical toughness all too well. There were very few things in this world capable of hurting him.

Yet they had never heard of anyone destroying him head-on with such overwhelming force.

"Don't fight him at close range! Fall back into the cave and keep him occupied!"

Two Strength Layman immediately transmitted the order to everyone. They all fled toward the Sky-Piercing Cave.

"Hey, hey, hey~ If you run off like that, where's the fun in it?"

Indra grinned, the Ox Talisman pressed snugly against his wrist.

An immense force flooded his body, making every muscle swell as his frame grew several inches taller.

Without hesitation, he slammed both fists into the ground. Mountain-shattering force transformed into a shockwave, instantly rupturing the earth and charging straight toward the Sky-Piercing Cave.

Rumble rumble rumble!!!

Before everyone's horrified eyes, the enormous cave was forcibly shattered by the violent force, collapsing with a thunderous crash like a stack of blocks.

Hiss!!!

Sharp inhales rose one after another as everyone stared blankly at the deep ravine stretching from beneath Indra's fists all the way to the Sky-Piercing Cave.

"Was that an earthquake?"

The Tang Sect members hurrying up the mountain all felt the trembling beneath their feet.

Liu Huajiao, the Willow Immortal who had been hiding nearby to assist the Tang Sect, was so frightened he nearly turned and ran.

Could a human really shake a mountain by himself?

But no matter what the others thought, the Higa ninja—ten... no, nine of them—were already half-dead with despair.

Even Eita, the bloodthirsty, murderous demon, now had an exceptionally clear look in his eyes.

They couldn't win. They had to run!!

The female ninja Butterfly did not hesitate in the slightest, immediately taking out her invisibility haori.

Before she could put it on, Indra shot her a glare from afar.

Bzzz!!

A laser beam blasted out in an instant, piercing through her lower abdomen in a single strike. She fell to the ground, struggling in agony, able only to watch helplessly as her life drained away.

Xu Duo, the illusionist demon monk wearing a straw hat, pulled out his flute and blew into it desperately. Disregarding the cost, he unleashed his ultimate technique at Indra—"Pure Karma Lotus."

White flames gathered into a sea of fire and swept toward Indra.

The Pure Karma Lotus was immensely powerful and difficult to extinguish. So long as it touched a living being, it would continue burning.

"Puh!"

Xu Duo collapsed to the ground and vomited a large amount of blood. Even grievously wounded, he still shouted to his companions, "Take this chance and run!!"

The puppeteer A Yun immediately commanded her husband, Mingxiu-kun—whom she had turned into a mummified puppet—to pick her up and flee into the forest.

But before she could get very far, a roaring pillar of dragon flame descended abruptly, instantly swallowing her figure.

Boom—!

Amid the explosive blast, the seven Higa ninja stared blankly toward the sea of Pure Karma flames.

Indra stood upon white qi flames, ignoring the burning white inferno as he stomped Xu Duo, who was kneeling on the ground, to death.

Though waves of scorching heat were washing over them, the remaining Higa ninja felt chilled to the bone.

"We have to kill him, or we won't be able to leave!"

Wakasa Chubei's gaze suddenly sharpened as Shobei's personality forcibly took control.

Shobei was also the personality responsible for playing "Two Strength Layman." He possessed the ability of "Two Strength," allowing him to coordinate with his companions and use their bodies as anchors for spatial traversal.

Wakasa Chubei's personality excelled at crafting bladed weapons and was unsuited for the current battle.

"Eita, Kimura, Makino..."

Shobei used Ripple, the secret technique unique to the Higa ninja leader, and swiftly laid out a strategy.

Even Aoyama Yohei, the most timid among them and the one who only wanted to flee, understood that he had no choice but to fight.