'I still followed you...'
Yayoi led Kicho and Yaya, following Tsuchigumo all the way.
The body of Tsuchigumo in front of him, which looked as heavy as a mountain, moved as fast as a hurricane, and his agility was not reduced at all because of his bulky body.
Coupled with the tough hair that covers the whole body, every time it passes by, it will cut into pieces the rocks and trees that it accidentally touches.
It is conceivable that this kind of hair that looks soft but can cut through gold and jade is not only an offensive weapon, but also an armor to protect against attacks. It is also very confusing.
"Actually, my tribe noticed you more than two years ago when you last came here."
Tsuchigumo moved his huge body quickly while talking to the three Yayoi.
"Oh?"
Yayoi unexpectedly raised his head and glanced at Tsuchigumo.
It probably refers to the time when he first brought Kicho here more than two years ago to take away the life embryo representing Yaya.
"At that time, the clan members sent me a message saying that 'Kumokiri' appeared again, but you left too quickly. When I rushed over, you had disappeared.
I didn't want to go out and cause any trouble, and I thought you might come back again, so I slept in Spider Forest while waiting for you to come again. As expected, it didn't take long for you to come again."
After listening to Tsuchigumo's explanation, Yayoi also understood why Tsuchigumo climbed out of the soil.
At first he thought it was Earth Release Technique, but he didn't expect that he was just covering his body with the soil and sleeping there.
It's only been more than two years, which means it hasn't been that long... Summoning Beast, who has a long lifespan, seems to have a different perception of time from the same dimension as humans.
"It seems that fate is favoring me. It is destined that I and the third generation will eventually have a battle!
Third-Generation Tsuchigumo is the strongest clan leader in the history of the Tsuchigumo Clan. If that accident had not happened, maybe Tsuchigumo Clan would have become an existence like the Holy Land."
Tsuchigumo Although his tone of voice was still as calm as before, when he mentioned the 'Holy Land', his emotions still inevitably fluctuated violently.
"Why are you insisting on breaking the seal of Third-Generation Tsuchigumo? Aren't you already the clan leader?"
Yayoi quickly caught up with Tsuchigumo.
Tsuchigumo slowed down and glanced at Yayoi with his red eyes.
"You don't understand. If you want to really get the name 'Tsuchigumo', you can't just defeat the old guys. Since the first generation, the name 'Tsuchigumo' has been obtained by defeating the previous generation.
But because the third generation was sealed, my title of 'Tsuchigumo' can only be obtained by defeating the elders and joining forces. This title is incomplete from the day I inherited it."
Tsuchigumo's answer allows Yayoi to understand Tsuchigumo Clan's power alternation system.
The next clan leader ascends to the throne by defeating the previous clan leader, which means that the descendants surpass the previous generation and ensure the future of the clan.
Even if we encounter any crisis, we can use this system of the strong to ascend to the top to ensure that the ethnic group will not completely fall to the bottom and be unable to recover.
It's just that this kind of power system has changed in the previous generation Tsuchigumo.
Third-Generation Tsuchigumo went berserk and out of control for unknown reasons and is in a sealed state.
If Tsuchigumo wants to get the real title of 'Tsuchigumo', it can only unblock the previous third generation Tsuchigumo and get the title of 'Tsuchigumo' from the other party.
'But why is this guy's mood so stable? He doesn't look like he's about to fight a powerful enemy. His mood swings are also very stable.'
Yayoi glanced slightly sideways at Tsuchigumo, always feeling that the other party was hiding something and did not explain it to them.
But now that I have caught up, I can only go to Spider Mountain for a visit.
Under the leadership of Tsuchigumo, the three of Yayoi soon arrived at the end of the forest.
What appears in front of you is a majestic mountain, reaching straight into the sky. Looking up, you can't see the end at a glance. You can only see higher peaks, which are located in thick clouds and mist, so you can't see them clearly.
Yayoi didn't expect that there was such a high mountain at the end of the forest. He had searched this place many times before but never found it.
It seems that the Barrier installed here is very advanced and hidden.
Recall that Tsuchigumo said that Tsuchigumo Clan in its heyday was second only to Three Great Sage Lands of the Summoning Realm. This statement may not be groundless.
Now compared to the heyday, although it has declined, the heritage of the clan has not disappeared.
"Here."
Tsuchigumo led the three of them to a huge cave. It was dark, deep, and a bottomless abyss. Only the blurry light shone through it, making it difficult to see the road clearly.
The big mouth of an eternal giant beast opens here, cold-bloodedly watching the travelers who accidentally enter it, swallowing their lives.
Above the cave, three huge fonts vaguely appeared - Spider Mountain.
"Follow me."
Follow Tsuchigumo into the cave. The cave is so wide that it is beyond imagination. Even a huge creature like Tsuchigumo can pass through it smoothly.
After walking for about half an hour, the three of them saw the strong light source at the end of the cave and couldn't help but speed up their pace.
Following Tsuchigumo to the exit of the cave, the breeze blowing in the face was mixed with the breath of life that made Yayoi extremely comfortable. What we saw was an open and gentle valley hinterland, with towering ancient trees tens to hundreds of meters high standing in it, forming a vibrant and wild primitive scene.
Yayoi was secretly stunned. Such a lush primitive land showed that the vegetation here contained extraordinary vitality.
The Tsuchigumo Clan tribes in the Holy Land are all so vibrant and prosperous. Yayoi cannot imagine how Three Great Sage Lands's Three Great Sage Lands Summoning Realm's life will be.
Maybe the 'Mount Myoboku' that appears in the original work is just the tip of the iceberg.
Besides that...
Yayoi looked at intelligent creatures of all sizes hidden among the huge vegetation, just like Tsuchigumo.
It has a spider-like body, eight thick and powerful legs, steel fur, and a cat-like face.
Some are only the size of a puppy, while others are as big as a house.
These are all members of Tsuchigumo.
"It's Master Tsuchigumo! Master, he's back!"
"Idiot, don't come forward casually. Didn't you see that there are still humans here?"
"Humans? Why is Master Tsuchigumo with humans? And brought humans to Spider Mountain?"
"Did a new contractor appear?"
These Tsuchigumo people were scattered around, but they did not come forward. Instead, they gathered together and whispered.
"Don't worry about what these guys say, come here next."
Tsuchigumo signaled to Yayoi and others that they did not need to care about the gazes and comments of the tribesmen around them, and the eight legs moved powerfully.
Unlike the outside world, the ground here is thicker and firmer. Tsuchigumo moved quickly on it without causing much movement.
Yayoi and the others did not hesitate and followed Tsuchigumo towards Spider Mountain in another direction.
There are primitive landforms everywhere here, and there are no artificial mining roads at all. Fortunately, the three of them are very strong and can ignore this complex terrain to a certain extent.
Tsuchigumo and Yayoi came to a shrine and stopped.
Different from the shrines built by humans, this is the shrine of the Tsuchigumo Clan. The building scale is larger, dozens of times that of Ordinary People shrines.
White ropes as thick as pythons are wrapped around the thick and towering rocks.
The hundred-meter-high torii gate and its load-bearing stone pillars alone are amazing.
Tsuchigumo led the three of them to stand in the red temple of the shrine. What appeared in front of them was a circular altar with a diameter of tens of meters.
The indentations are the incantation words of Sealing Jutsu, and they form a tight circle on the altar.
In the center of the altar formation, there is a stone door embedded in the ground. There is a straight crack in the middle of the stone door.
The crack in the stone door was tightly sealed, and as expected, there was a powerful being sealed on the other side of the stone door.
Feeling this altar, a decaying atmosphere of ancient vicissitudes comes to your face, giving people the illusion of being in a distant ancient era.
"This is it, the sealed place of Third-Generation Tsuchigumo."
As he spoke, Tsuchigumo raised one of his legs and pointed at a notch not far away.
The notch is not big, just enough for a knife to be inserted straight through.
"According to what Samurai, the third generation sealer, once said, insert Kumokiri into this notch to unlock the seal."
Kicho looked at Yayoi. Yayoi closed his eyes, took a breath, opened his eyes, and nodded in agreement.
Kicho no longer hesitated, pulled out Kumokiri and walked towards the notch of the altar.
Buzzing.
Before it even got close to the notch, the Kumokiri in Kicho's hand began to chirp slightly, as if it had encountered some kind of call.
Kicho held the handle of the knife hard, and the sound of Kumokiri stopped, but the handle of the knife was still shaking violently in Kicho's palm.
The closer to the notch, the more intense the trembling feeling becomes.
Kumokiri This is the first time Kicho has seen this happen.
Coming to the notch to fight, Kicho held the handle of the sword with both hands, aimed the sword tip at the notch, and thrust it in.
Click.
The blade fits perfectly into the notch.
In an instant, the entire altar was shaking violently.
The ancient incantation was reactivated, golden light patterns traveled along the magic circle, and the cracks in the stone door embedded in the ground began to open out little by little, making a heavy creaking sound, like rusty gears re-rotating, with a dull sound that spanned hundreds of years.
From the gaps in the gradually cracking stone door, a smell mixed with decay slowly overflowed, and a large thick black mist spurted out, vaguely revealing the figure of a huge creature.
When the black mist stabilized, Yayoi and the three of them could clearly see what the huge creature that emerged from the sealed stone door looked like.
It has the same eight-legged spider body and cat face as Tsuchigumo, but the hair is darker than the gray color of Tsuchigumo. It just looks gray and lacks vitality.
The glaring red eyes stared dimly at this world that had not been visited for a long time.
"Dead?"
Kicho was the closest, and Byakugan was also turned on. It was the first time to discover this giant beast, which had lost its breath of life.
What appeared in front of them was an empty shell that had lost all vitality.
Yayoi turned to look at Tsuchigumo on one side.
Tsuchigumo was silent at first, then laughed lowly:
"It's exactly as I thought. In the long-term seal, the third generation... it has passed away."
There was a bit of regret and reluctance in this laughter, which barely restrained its restless heart:
"The forest full of Chakra Tree outside didn't actually exist more than two hundred years ago. Instead, it suddenly grew in just a few years after a sudden change in the middle of the night more than two hundred years ago.
The third generation's vitality and Chakra took root and merged into this land after death, and spread out to all directions, forming the forest you saw... I came to you just to confirm the truth of this matter with my own eyes."
The truth was confirmed, but Tsuchigumo couldn't let go for a long time.
The war that has been waiting for hundreds of years ended in this way...
Six hundred years ago, Third-Generation Tsuchigumo went berserk and out of control. Although it was ignorant of power at a young age, its power was deeply imprinted in its memory.
He has practiced for hundreds of years in order to one day prove that he is superior to previous generations.
However, the spider is not as good as God, and this battle that can never fulfill its contract will continue until the end of its life...
Yayoi suddenly understood. At this moment, he understood why Tsuchigumo had not shown a strong will to fight from just now.
It may have guessed that the previous Tsuchigumo passed away in the seal and its power returned to the earth.
Now it brought them here to unlock the seal, just to confirm with their own eyes.
"Wait! Something seems wrong!"
Kicho quickly pulled out Kumokiri from the notch and quickly flashed to Yayoi's side. Byakugan stared closely at Third-Generation Tsuchigumo's huge body.
In the astonished eyes of everyone, they saw cracks visible to the naked eye beginning to appear on Third-Generation Tsuchigumo's body, which spread to the whole body in almost the blink of an eye.
As the cracks continued to expand, large pieces of body fragments peeled off from the empty shell. Before they were scattered on the altar floor, these body fragments automatically burned with blue Chakra flames.
When all the fallen body fragments were burned out in the blue Chakra flames, profound and obscure words appeared on the empty land, revealing the desolation and desolation of ancient times.
"This is... ancient writing."
Yayoi covered his mouth and nose. The smell left after Third-Generation Tsuchigumo's death was very foul, but on the other hand, his eyes were firmly fixed on the text message remaining on the ground.
At first glance, it is recognized that this is a character used in ancient times.
There should be an encryption method for the Tsuchigumo Clan, which means that although all these words Yayoi are recognized, they cannot be connected into readable sentences at all.
All he could understand were some scattered words.
But even the scattered words made Yayoi shocked by the astonishing secrets revealed in this profound text.
Because some of the words he understood were words like 'Natural Energy' and 'Senjutsu'.
Obviously, this is an inherited technique related to the cultivation of the Tsuchigumo Clan Senjutsu.
As a being who has lived for more than six hundred years, if Yayoi can understand the text, Tsuchigumo can also understand it.
Not to mention, this text also contains encrypted information that only Tsuchigumo Clan's top executives can read.
The blood-red eyeballs reflected the words left by the previous generation Tsuchigumo. Tsuchigumo fell into a long silence and his voice became hoarse:
"Senjutsu... Is this the reason why you, the third generation, lost control and went berserk? You once vowed to follow in the footsteps of Three Great Sage Lands, but because Senjutsu failed in training, you went berserk and died... It really suits your strong style."
This remaining text records Third-Generation Tsuchigumo's exploration and understanding of Senjutsu, and is an extremely valuable Senjutsu cultivation experience.
Even though he is in a seal, he is still looking for the answer to Senjutsu and constantly improving...
And finally regained his sanity before dying, leaving behind this text about Senjutsu's cultivation experience, hoping that the successors of the Tsuchigumo Clan would improve it and create Senjutsu that is unique to the Tsuchigumo Clan.
"In this case, I will accept this battle post. The third generation... I will successfully cultivate Senjutsu and prove that I surpass you."
Tsuchigumo let out a heavy breath, his voice resounding dullly in the air, revealing his strong desire to win, and the powerful Chakra in his body began to restless.
Now that there is no way to fight head-on, completing the training of Senjutsu and leading Tsuchigumo Clan to the gate of the Holy Land is the only way for it to prove itself and surpass the previous generation Tsuchigumo.
"Thank you this time for helping me fulfill this long-awaited wish. Next, I will take you to find Chakra Tree, but..."
Tsuchigumo turned his head, nodded towards Yayoi, and then changed the subject:
"... Before that, do you want to try to pass my trial and sign Summoning Contract with our Tsuchigumo Clan? I can see that you are very powerful ninjas and are qualified to become our Tsuchigumo Clan's contractors."
"Trial?"
Yayoi is curious about what the trial Tsuchigumo is talking about.
"Yes, the content of the trial is very simple. Use the purest battle to prove your ability to me."
"You mean, you want to deal with the three of us at once?"
Yayoi thought he heard wrongly and pointed at himself, Kicho and Yaya.
Tsuchigumo nodded.
"Don't worry, this battle won't waste too much of your time. I will end it soon."
The figures of Yayoi were deeply reflected in the blood-red eyeballs.