Xuan squatted down, stretched out two fingers, and gently twisted the wet mark soaked by the golden liquid.
A cold and strange energy instantly rushed in along the fingertips, as if there were countless small resentments roaring at the nerve endings.
A cold electronic sound suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Warning: Trace amounts of 'Kagura Contract blood streak' residue detected."
"Under analysis... This rune belongs to the ancient forbidden branch of Uchi-Ha. It has the function of mandatory spiritual binding across generations. It is often used in the 'Watchers' system to imprint the souls of bloodline heirs."
Xuan's eyes were as cold as ice for a moment.
This is not simple surveillance, this is a kind of sacrificial causal anchoring!
Once the marked target, that is, himself, triggers some hidden condition, this blood pattern will become the coordinates of the trial, completely exposing him to an unknown "Eye of Judgment".
This Silver Crow is a moving sacrifice and a well-designed trap from beginning to end.
"Kagura Contract Blood Marks..." Saori on the side frowned and analyzed in a low voice, "As far as I know, the direct family of Shisui has never concluded such a blood contract with anyone or anything other than Uchiha, unless... the origin of this crow does not come from Shisui, but is a product left over from an older and darker era?"
"So, the so-called 'Watchers' has never been to protect the future of Uchiha." Xuan stood up slowly, with a sarcastic sneer on his lips, "They are just monitoring and monitoring every 'abnormal' who tries to escape this fateful reincarnation."
Before he finished speaking, he pointed like a sword and lightly swiped the palm of his hand, and a drop of blood containing his huge pupil power was forced out. It was as red as agate, exuding heart-stopping energy fluctuations.
He flicked his finger, and the drop of blood fell accurately into the wet mark on the ground that was about to dry up.
As if hot oil was poured into ice water, a layer of dark light suddenly appeared on the ground.
The golden track that seeped into the soil was instantly activated, like an awakening poisonous snake, outlining a hidden energy vein visible to the naked eye leading to the northwest.
The vein flickered in the darkness, and its end point pointed to the Land of Lightning border, the forbidden land forgotten by the world - Old Kumogakure Graveyard.
"Where is it?" Baba Tesshin's face changed, with a strong tone of vigilance, "Boss, that place is unusual. It is rumored that Second Raikage Ai's remains are buried in the core of that area, and The 'Thunder Prison Barrier' covering the entire tomb group was set up specifically to suppress the immortal souls of those who defected from ninjas in history. Any living creature that breaks in rashly can easily trigger the chain seal and be involved in the never-ending thunder punishment."
Xuan Que didn't seem to hear his warning, his eyes were staring at the faint light veins extending into the distance, his voice was steady and firm. "Because of this, it is best to hide those dark secrets. Obito dare not reveal it in person He came to take my life because he was afraid of exposing his false identity as 'Uchi-Hamadara' and disrupting his Eye of the Moon Plan. But the real master behind the scenes used a crow to deliver this fatal message, obviously trying to lure me into a trap."
He paused, exuding a domineering air that looked down on the world. "Since they have set the stage, I have to step in and see with my own eyes which shameless evil god they are enshrining under that abyss!"
Before leaving, Xuan's mind was as fast as lightning and he quickly issued instructions.
"Saori, leave three puppets to simulate our chakra fluctuations and create an illusion that we are still resting here. This should confuse the enemy for at least twelve hours."
"Yes!" Saori responded immediately, with his hands Hand Seals, three puppets similar to their bodies appeared out of thin air, emitting weak and continuous chakra.
Then, Xuan took out a crystal clear, seed-like object from his ninja tool bag, which was "Information Spore" that he peeled off from the nerve tentacles of White Zetsu.
The Mangekyō Sharingan pattern in his right eye slowly rotated, and the terrifying power of [Void Devour·Return to Ruins] was activated, injecting a ray of his pure pupil power into it, and then implanting the spore into the only remaining left eye of Silver Crow like lightning.
With a soft "Puff" sound, Information Spore instantly merged with Silver Crow's optic nerve.
"System prompt: Reverse data flow has been turned on and is in the highest level of concealment."
This operation not only made distant observers mistakenly believe that Xuan had been initially locked by the blood pattern and relaxed their vigilance, but also used the crow as a springboard to silently transmit all traces of activities in the other party's network back to his mind.
Just as they were preparing to leave, an old and steady figure quietly appeared in the shadows at the edge of the forest.
It was a blind monk wearing an old monk's robe, his eyes were closed tightly, and he was holding a simple bronze chime in his hand. He was Jueyue.
"Donor," Jueyue's voice was as low as an ancient bell, echoing in the silent dawn, "What you took away was not just a crow, but also the sleeping 'Root of Memory'. Remember, when the golden tears return to the earth, do not step into Raikage Cliff before Nine Crow Calls rings."
Xuan stopped, turned around, and stared at the mysterious blind monk with deep eyes for a moment, without any emotion on his face.
He responded calmly, every word as sharp as a knife:
"I'm not here to obey orders, I'm here to kill them."
After the words fell, he stopped staying and turned around to merge into the darkness.
Baba Tesshin and Saori followed closely behind, and the three figures quickly disappeared deep into the dense forest.
A gust of wind blew past, covering up all the footprints and the veins of light on the ground, as if nothing had happened.
Late at night, Land of Lightning border.
The moonlight is pale and the wind is as cold as a knife.
Above a vast expanse of charred ruins, Silver Crow was hovering at low altitude, making an uneasy neighing sound.
Here is the "Sin Bone Mound" established by Kumogakure to suppress those Uchi-Bo tribesmen who defected and abused Sharingan.
The broken stone tablets were leaning this way and that, and the black earth seemed to be filled with centuries-old resentment and blood.
Xuan and his party stood like ghosts among the ruined monuments, surrounded by a terrifying silence.
He slowly closed his left eye and focused all his energy on [Void Devour·Return to Ruins] in his right eye.
The field of vision switches instantly, the material world fades away, and is replaced by a real world composed of energy and soul.
Through the layers of rocks and soil, a scalp-numbing scene appeared in front of him--
Hundreds of meters deep underground in this Sin Bone Mound, there is a huge formation core!
The core is not made of runes or metal, but is made up of countless eyeballs of different sizes and colors!
Although those eyeballs have long since dried up, they are connected together by an evil energy to form a complex and precise three-dimensional array, which is beating slightly at an extremely slow frequency, like the heart of a living creature hidden deep underground.
At this moment, the system's warning tone sounded again at the highest level, sharp and ear-piercing!
"Urgent warning: Ultra-high intensity collective consciousness resonance detected!"
"Matching Soul Spectrum... Number of Targets: 47!"
"Matching completed! All targets match the list of 'confirmed dead' Uchi-Ha people!"
Almost at the same moment when the warning sound fell, the Silver Crow hovering in the air seemed to have received some kind of silent command, suddenly flapped its wings, raised its head to the sky and let out a long and shrill cry!
"Eh--!"
The sound was sharp and ancient. It did not belong to any known language or syllable of this era. It was more like a call from the ancient times, a key to open the door to the abyss. It penetrated the thick strata and reached the heart composed of the eyeballs of forty-seven Uchi-Bo people, as if responding to the ancient call from the deepest part of the earth...