This Rabbit is Really Great!

"It slowed down."

The moment Indra activated his one-tomoe Sharingan, the previously blurred trajectories of the hidden weapons in his vision abruptly became clear!

He threw the kunai in his hand, striking a flying dart dead-on.

Clang!

The two forces collided violently, sending the kunai and dart spinning off in opposite directions.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The kunai and darts traced exquisite arcs through the air, colliding with one another and knocking away every subsequent hidden weapon shot at him.

At the same time, Indra pinched several shuriken between his fingers and flicked his wrist, sending them flying!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The Shadow Ninja had no time to react. Their foreheads were pierced in an instant, and they dissolved into wisps of black mist.

Looking at Shendu's remaining lackeys, Indra took a deep breath and gathered chakra at the same time.

The ninjutsu he had painstakingly practiced for so long but had never managed to use was finally coming in handy today!

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Indra formed six hand seals in two seconds, gathering chakra in his throat before exhaling a massive fireball!

The blazing fireball tore through the air and instantly swallowed Shendu's approaching lackeys.

Boom!!!

Amid the explosion of flames, Shendu's lackeys were reduced to ashes in an instant, and a massive crater visible to the naked eye was blasted into the ground.

"Wow~ Uncle Qiao, how did you do that? Spitting such a huge fireball out of your mouth?" A crisp voice suddenly exclaimed.

Indra replied instinctively, "Just a little trick, Fire Release and... Jade, why are you here?!"

He abruptly turned his head and nearly jumped in fright when he saw Jade suddenly standing beside him.

Jade shook the magic potion in her hand and gave a proud humph.

"Of course I came to save the world!

I just picked this up. Let's split it together."

She smoothly changed the subject, giving Indra no chance to continue questioning her.

After all, if it came out that she had secretly hitched a ride on Valmont's plane to sneak over here, Uncle Jackie would probably scold her fiercely.

Indra tacitly chose not to press further. He held out his hands and split the bottle of magic potion with Jade.

Once his hands began to glow green, he used the Body Flicker Technique and rushed toward Shendu ahead of Jade.

Over on Old Man's side, he had turned into a dual-gun old man, working with Captain Black and the others to fight dozens of Shadow Ninja on even terms.

But things were not looking good on Jackie Chan's side. Shendu had gone all out, relentlessly pursuing and attacking him alone!

"Jackie Chan, I'm coming to help you!"

Indra shouted, instantly drawing Shendu's attention.

"You pest that just won't die!!"

Shendu attacked without a moment's delay, opening his mouth and spewing scorching dragon fire.

Boom!!!

The searing pillar of flame, far more powerful than the Great Fireball Technique, struck "Indra" head-on, shattering both him and the spot where he stood!

The instant the Shadow Clone was blown apart, Indra's real body appeared beside Shendu's feet.

Body Flicker Technique!

Empowered by chakra, Indra moved at high speed, racing up Shendu's enormous body as he reached into its shell with both hands to snatch the talismans.

With that single grab, he got something.

"I'll tear you to pieces!!"

Sensing that his talismans had been stolen, Shendu furiously activated the Rooster Talisman's magic.

Immense telekinetic force descended abruptly, turning into an invisible giant hand that slammed toward Indra.

Indra instinctively tried to flee, and his movements suddenly became more than a hundred times faster!

Whoosh—!!!

An afterimage flashed past. Indra vanished from Shendu's body and appeared two kilometers away in an instant.

Indra stopped, savoring the novel experience from just now as he looked down at his palm.

"It's the Rabbit and Pig."

Seeing the two talismans, Indra's lips curled into an excited smile.

Shendu looked toward Indra, who had "blinked" into the distance. Before it could even spit out another threat, Jade and Jackie Chan leaped onto its back one after another and began pulling out talismans.

Jade: "These are the Dragon and Snake."

Jackie Chan: "Huh? The Sheep Talisman? I got the most useless one!?"

"My talismans!!!"

Seeing the talismans being pulled out one after another, Shendu flew into a rage and violently flung the two people off him.

The next moment, he fiercely kicked off the ground, and his immense telekinesis lifted him into the sky!

Lo Pei's magic was still upon him. Once the Rat Talisman was stolen, he would revert to a statue.

To avoid that outcome, he planned to use his aerial advantage to deal with Jackie Chan and the others.

"Hmph, trying to run?"

Indra clenched the Rabbit Talisman and activated its magic once more.

In an instant, his reaction speed, movement speed, and everything else were amplified hundreds or even thousands of times over!

Everything around him became incomparably slow in Indra's eyes, as if it had come to a standstill.

Whoosh—!!

Indra kicked off the ground and transformed into a streak of light, catching up with Shendu in the high sky in an instant.

Normally, the faster one moved, the greater the air resistance became, enough to flatten and tear a person apart!

But under the Rabbit Talisman's magic, the barrier of air vanished, as though Superman's bio-electric aura had erased the laws of physics.

Chakra flowed beneath his feet, firmly anchoring him to Shendu's shell as he frantically seized the talismans within Shendu's body.

"Ox, Tiger, Monkey, Rat, Rooster, Dog!"

In the blink of an eye, the six remaining talismans inside Shendu had all fallen into Indra's hands.

"No!!!"

The instant the Rat Talisman, which represented the power of life, was removed, Lo Pei's magic took effect once again.

Amid Shendu's unwilling wail, he turned into a coiled-dragon statue and crashed heavily to the ground.

Indra, who landed from the air at the same time, let out a long breath.

Shendu had gained intelligence, but only a little.

If Shendu had been even slightly smarter, Indra did not dare imagine how they could have won. They probably would have been instantly defeated from the very beginning.

"This rabbit is really amazing!"

Indra gripped the Rabbit Talisman and stowed all the other talismans in his ninja tool pouch.

He had struck it rich on this trip. Only the four talismans in Jade and Jackie Chan's hands remained.

"Even if I have to wait another nine hundred years, I'm not afraid! I will definitely have my revenge!"

Shendu glared fixedly at Indra and the others, still stubbornly spouting threats.

"Tch~ Without the Rat, you're just a statue. Without the Dog, you'll die."

Wanting to eliminate the scourge that was Shendu, Jade raised the Dragon Talisman without hesitation.

Even though Indra knew what would happen later, he did not move to stop her.

Only once Shendu died and the balance between good and evil fell into disorder would the Shadow Masks and the Eight Demon Qi all make their appearance.

Boom!!!

As the explosive force shattered Shendu's statue, the entire palace began to crumble apart.

Indra took the opportunity to act, turning into an afterimage as he snatched every talisman from Jade and Jackie Chan's hands.

At the same time, he picked the two of them up and sprinted outside, arriving at the open ground beyond the palace.

Shendu's palace collapsed into sand and rubble with a thunderous crash.

Jackie Chan and Jade, having escaped with their lives, looked up just as midnight passed. Fireworks burst across the night sky, announcing the arrival of the new year.

Jackie Chan, with his thick brows and big eyes, broke into a grin and said cheerfully, "New year, new beginnings. May you prosper, Uncle, Jade, Indra..."

Before Jackie Chan could finish, Uncle's signature finger landed on his forehead.

Smack!

"Aiya~ Who told you to destroy the evil dragon? Now the world's yin and yang are out of balance!"

As the disciple of a great mage, Uncle deeply understood the principle of yin-yang balance.

It was precisely because Shendu, the Fire Demon, existed that most of the world's dark energy was concentrated upon him.

Shendu as a mere statue was something that could be seen and touched.

But once Shendu's place became vacant, that dark energy would choose another demon to fill the gap.

That would be an unpredictable horror!!

Hearing Uncle say this, Jackie Chan realized that something had gone wrong.

On reflex, he pointed at Jade and said, "Jade did it."

Feeling guilty, Jade shot Uncle Jackie a glare, then lowered her head innocently and muttered, "I didn't know any of this before. If you'd told me earlier, I wouldn't have done it."

Uncle had no intention of holding Jade accountable. Her intentions had indeed been good.

Besides, what was done was done. Anything they said now would be useless.