Fooling Kurama

Amaterasu!

Flames from the sun!

Black fire that never went out, ten times stronger than ordinary flames. It would never stop until it had burned its target to ash.

The Wind Baboon in midair was suddenly covered in black flames, which immediately began to burn fiercely.

Roar!

It let out a miserable scream. In an instant, a huge chunk of flesh was burned away, exposing charred beast bones.

Bang!

The giant ape slammed into the ground. Although Huo Yuhao avoided the fatal blow, the shockwave still sent him flying seven or eight meters, making him cough up a mouthful of blood.

"I was still a step too slow." Wang Xiao wiped the bloody tears from the corners of his eyes and walked over.

The Wind Baboon struggled desperately, rolling across the ground in an attempt to put out the black flames.

However, the more it struggled, the fiercer the flames burned. All its efforts were futile, and it died amid agonized wails.

In the blink of an eye, the giant ape, as large as a tiger, had been burned down to nothing but a skeleton.

Then, a Spirit Ring condensed above the skeleton.

"I'm probably the first person to use Amaterasu on fodder." Wang Xiao panted heavily, exhaustion washing over him.

Amaterasu was far too taxing.

"You brat, are you dead?" Wang Xiao crouched down and checked Huo Yuhao's injuries.

Blood trickled from Huo Yuhao's lips. He looked at Wang Xiao resolutely and said in a strong voice, "Brother Wang, I think I'm kind of dead. Tell my mother I wasn't a coward!"

"Quit being dramatic. You didn't break any bones or tear any tendons. At most, your internal organs were slightly displaced." Wang Xiao was speechless.

"Ah, is that so? Hahaha..."

Huo Yuhao scratched the back of his head. "Then why do I feel so tired? I feel like I'm about to fall asleep."

"That's because your kidneys are too weak. Your body's been undernourished for years; you can't even withstand the aftershock from a Ten-Year Soul Beast." Wang Xiao mercilessly exposed him.

"Brother Wang, can you leave out the part about my kidneys?" Huo Yuhao's face reddened slightly.

Wang Xiao helped him over to rest beneath a tree.

"Oh, right, Brother Wang. What are you going to do with that Ten-Year Spirit Ring? If you don't want it, can I absorb it?" Huo Yuhao asked, his eyes full of longing.

As long as he absorbed the Spirit Ring, he could become a Soul Master. Then he could avenge his mother.

"Forget it. Only the one who lands the finishing blow can absorb it."

"Put away that little scheme of yours. Have some ambition, will you? You want a Ten-Year Wind Baboon? Should I find you a Ten-Year Lone Bamboo instead?" Wang Xiao glanced at him.

"Ah, really? That wouldn't be bad either." Huo Yuhao was delighted.

Wang Xiao: "???"

"You little..." In the end, he still could not bring himself to say it.

This kid was so desperate that he did not even care about the species anymore.

What else could Wang Xiao say?

"Brother Wang, it feels like such a waste to leave the Spirit Ring there. Didn't you say you're only level ten? You can absorb it right now," Huo Yuhao sincerely suggested.

Wang Xiao said, "Don't make me hit you when you're at your weakest."

Suddenly, cold air filled the surroundings, and the temperature plummeted. A layer of frost formed over the flowers and grass.

"Hehehe, I finally found humans with spiritual attributes."

"Wow, there are two of them! Wonderful! It's a pity I can't cry, or I'd surely be weeping tears of joy."

"Tiancan Tudou!" Wang Xiao blurted out the name without thinking.

He did not know much about the plot, but he happened to know that a giant bug would sacrifice itself to Huo Yuhao.

The biting cold froze the flowers and grass. Huo Yuhao, whose strength was weak, instantly fainted without even lasting two and a half seconds.

The earth tore apart, bursting with golden light, and a giant bug emerged from the ground.

"Huh? Little human, you didn't faint?" The large white worm wriggled closer to Wang Xiao, pressing its plump head toward him.

"Fuck, what a huge maggot! Ah, I've fainted."

Wang Xiao rolled his eyes and selectively fainted from fright.

"Sigh, I'm just too handsome. I've charmed countless men."

The huge golden silkworm kicked Huo Yuhao with its tail, looking utterly disdainful.

"This kid is far too weak, and his talent is poor too. The one beside him is better, with a sturdier body."

It grinned foolishly, staring at Wang Xiao and drooling.

"Young man, don't be afraid. I'll be very gentle. It won't hurt at all."

As soon as it finished speaking, Tian Meng shot a beam of golden light from his forehead, intending to enter Wang Xiao's body.

Wang Xiao cursed furiously in his heart. What kind of obscene nonsense was that?

"Why can't I get in? It's so tight!"

Tian Meng froze. It felt as though he had slammed into a wall and could not advance even an inch.

"I refuse to believe it!"

He crazily forced his way in. Finally, after tremendous effort, he opened a gap.

"Hahaha, I finally got in!"

"From now on, everything in here will bear my shape!" Tian Meng laughed loudly.

He was still standing there with his hands on his hips, laughing foolishly, unaware that a pair of scarlet demonic eyes had locked onto him.

Tian Meng could not help marveling. Wang Xiao's Sea of Spirit was rare even throughout all of history.

The space within was unimaginably vast, boundless and blue like a real ocean stretching endlessly beyond sight.

However, he failed to notice the enormous creature reflected on the sea's surface. A shadow rose higher and higher, like a small mountain shrouding half the Sea of Spirit.

"A stinking bug dares invade my territory? Get out!"

A terrifying roar rang out, deafening and earth-shaking. It sent up waves a hundred meters high, making the entire Sea of Spirit tremble as though the world were ending.

Tian Meng's plump body shuddered, and his soul trembled. This was suppression from a higher level of energy.

"A... Million-Year?"

He stiffly turned his head, and his soul instantly quaked.

Upon the sea sat an orange Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, its body as immense as a mountain. Each tail behind it was as thick as a towering tree, whipping wildly through the air and radiating a violent aura.

"Bug, get out!" the Nine-Tails roared, shaking heaven and earth.

This time, the huge golden silkworm's body was shattered by the sound waves, its soul collapsing as it was erased on the spot.

Outside.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm broke out in a cold sweat, his very soul trembling.

"How terrifying. Luckily, that was only a fragment of my soul imprint."

He did not hesitate any longer. All his energy condensed into a ball of light, which plunged straight into Huo Yuhao's body.

A storm suddenly rose. The sacrifice of a Million-Year Soul Beast had begun!

Meanwhile, inside Wang Xiao's Sea of Spirit.

Looking at the mountain-sized Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, Wang Xiao was utterly shocked.

He had chosen a random Tailed Beast. He had thought he would draw at most the Five-Tails or Six-Tails, but who would have expected him to hit the jackpot and become the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki?

After all, the Sage of Six Paths had been especially biased. When he distributed chakra: one portion for the One-Tails, one portion for the Nine-Tails, one portion for the Two-Tails, one portion for the Nine-Tails, one portion for the Three-Tails, one portion for the Nine-Tails...

The other Tailed Beasts each got one portion of chakra, while the Nine-Tails took ninety percent of it.

"I just don't know which era this Kurama came from. If it's from Uchiha Madara's era, then that could be troublesome."

After all, the Nine-Tails of that era had been suppressed by both Hashirama and Madara. Its hostility must have been overwhelming.

While Wang Xiao stared at Kurama, the Nine-Tails stared back at him, especially at the three Tomoe in his eyes.

"Those evil eyes... you really are a brat from the Uchiha Clan."

The Nine-Tails looked at him with a cold sneer. "The Uchiha have long since been exterminated. Brat, I'm very curious how you survived."

"You're overthinking it. I'm not from the Uchiha Clan. I just happen to possess the Mangekyō Sharingan." Wang Xiao explained.

"Oh, really?"

The Nine-Tails raised its head and glanced outside, carefully sensing the situation in the external world.

"There is no chakra here. This truly is not the Ninja World."

Wang Xiao explained, "The people here cultivate Soul Power rather than chakra, so naturally you can't sense any chakra."

"By the way, Kurama, which era did you come from?" He wanted to understand their circumstances so he could build a closer relationship.

"Kurama?"

The Nine-Tails' pupils suddenly contracted. It stared at him intently and said coldly, "Brat, how do you know my name?"

For an instant, the entire world fell silent, leaving only the sound of one's own breathing.

Wang Xiao's mouth twitched. He had nearly forgotten that Tailed Beasts' names were their greatest secret. Even Jinchūriki themselves might not know them.

"If I said the Sage of Six Paths told me, would you believe it?"

Wang Xiao opened his mouth and began spinning a load of nonsense.

"The old man told me his name was Hagoromo. Seeing how gifted and handsome I was, he begged me to carry on ninjutsu, so he sent me to this world."

"Oh, right. He also said he'd send a Tailed Beast over to assist me. I just didn't expect it to be you."

Wang Xiao lied smoothly without so much as a blush.

The Nine-Tails hesitated. This brat looked as though he were telling the truth, and he did not seem to be faking it.

Knowing the Tailed Beasts' names was not enough to make Kurama believe him, but knowing the old Sage of Six Paths' name meant it might actually be true.

"Brat, besides that, what else did the old man tell you?" The Nine-Tails raised its head slightly, pretending not to care.

The moment Wang Xiao heard that, he knew Kurama believed him.

He snorted inwardly. What a tsundere old fox. Kurama clearly cared deeply about the Sage of Six Paths, yet still put on a cold and aloof act.

"He didn't say much. He just told you Tailed Beasts to teach me ninjutsu properly. For example, start by giving me a Rasengan, Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, and Sage Mode."