The border town was as silent as a grave.
The once-neat bluestone streets were now covered in a thick layer of translucent red fuzz.
As if alive, the fuzz pulsed faintly in the wind, each sway releasing a nauseating stench of blood.
"Cough... cough, cough. Tch, this 'version update' from Admin really has no originality at all."
Ye Tian leaned half out of the carriage, holding a handkerchief over his nose and mouth.
His dark eyes swept over the red fuzz, mockery flashing through them, while his inner thoughts exploded within his Sea of Consciousness:
"Look at this coding style, look at this 'Ominous Later Years' modeling. You thieving old Heaven, did you just haul the props from the Zhetian production crew straight into the Shinobi World? I could smell this malicious Laws targeting immortals with my eyes closed."
"These things... are absorbing my Chakra."
Tsunade had already jumped down from the carriage. The instant her feet landed on the red fuzz, she felt a powerful, viscous resistance burrow through the soles of her feet and into her Meridians.
The red fuzz actually tried to crawl up her pant legs. Wherever it passed, her once-vigorous cells felt parched for an instant.
"Don't use Chakra to fight it. That's a 'logic patch'; what it loves most is consuming outdated local code."
Leaning against the side of the carriage, Ye Tian casually flicked a streak of dark golden light onto Tsunade's ankle. "Use the 'Immortal Essence Monster Strength' I taught you. Physical Laws are this virus's only natural enemy."
"Understood!"
Tsunade gave a sharp cry, and the Nine-Colored Spirit Lotus instantly bloomed within her amber eyes.
She no longer suppressed the energy inside her. The previously tranquil Great Shadow Immortal Essence surged into her right fist like an exploding nuclear power