The Struggle for Life

Overcome with excitement, the King of the Land of Snow walked towards Xue Ji.

None of the surrounding Snow Ninja could bear to watch what was about to happen, and they all turned their heads away.

Those who held the princess in high esteem had tears in their eyes.

But no one dared to take action without authorization, or even utter a single word.

Anyone familiar with the king's cruelty knows that speaking out to stop him is tantamount to suicide. If it could save the princess by committing suicide, a large number of people would definitely go for it without hesitation.

But the key point is that suicide is pointless; it not only won't save the princess, but it will also waste one's own life.

At this moment!

Long Ye, Oboro stepped forward and blocked Xue Ji's path.

"Um?"

A flash of hostility appeared in the king's eyes.

"As the king entrusted us, the two of us spent several years tracking her down and finally captured her not long ago."

The king was about to raise his hand to kill someone when he heard Long Ye's words. He stopped, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Very good, you truly deserve to be my trusted confidants, carrying out my orders day after day for ten years. This time you have rendered a great service, and I will surely reward you handsomely!"

A rare look of admiration appeared in his scarlet eyes.

But suddenly, he frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

At this Long Ye, although Longye covered his mouth and nose, making his appearance unrecognizable, his voice was unprocessed. Such a young voice should not belong to the person he sent on a mission ten years ago.

But this person had a momentary lapse in judgment and didn't think of that.

Before he could think further, Long Ye immediately added, "Serving the King is my duty, but besides that, I have something good to tell the King..."

"Oh? What good news? Tell me quickly..."

This person's curiosity was piqued by Long Ye.

"On the way back with this person, I happened to kill someone and seize a powerful ninja tool. Your Majesty is well-informed and must have heard of it; its name is: Thunder God Sword!!"

"Thunder God Sword!!"

The king had indeed heard of it, and his eyes widened in surprise.

He knew about the Thunder God Sword because he knew about the Land of Fire across the ocean.

The Second Hokage of the Land of Fire was invincible at the time, and was the goal he had vowed to pursue since childhood.

"The Thunder God Sword, known as the most powerful weapon in the world, is said to be invincible and the sharpest ninja tool under heaven."

The king muttered to himself, his gaze fixed intently on Long Ye:

"Quick! Show it to me. I'm about to become the strongest person in the world, and wielding the sharpest ninja tool in the world is a perfect match."

"Yes!!"

Long Ye removed the strips of cloth she was carrying, and after unraveling them layer by layer, the unsheathed Thunder God Sword was revealed.

Xue Ji and Mei Terumi behind her, their hearts jumped into their throats.

"Your Majesty, please look!!"

Long Ye one hand gripping the hilt of the sword and the other supporting the blade, Longye walked forward, his body bent forward.

The king's gaze was completely drawn to the Thunder God Sword.

Just five steps away, the Thunder God Sword in Long Ye's hand suddenly erupted with dazzling lightning.

The king's expression changed; he realized something was wrong, but it was too late.

The Long Ye unleashed the "Fatal Injection," she activated the "Flying Thunder God Formula" with lightning, at a speed so fast that even ten times the power of the human eye could not capture it.

Laugh!

The ear-piercing tearing sound seemed to slice through steel.

The sound vanished in a flash.

Long Ye appeared behind the king.

"Retreat immediately!!"

Mei Terumi was the first to notice something was wrong.

Seeing that the person he had struck had not been cut in two as he had imagined, he grabbed Xue Ji and frantically retreated.

A flash of malice crossed the king's eyes as he looked down at his abdomen.

The clothes were torn open, revealing the silver-white armor underneath.

At this point, a seven-inch gap was also torn in the armor, revealing raw, red flesh inside, with a trickle of blood flowing down.

"Thunder God Sword! It truly lives up to its reputation as the sharpest sword in the world. It can even cut through my Fifth-generation Chakra Armor. It certainly lives up to its name."

The Fifth-generation Armor mentioned by this person was incomprehensible to Long Ye and Mei Terumi, but it shocked the other Snow Ninja.

The Chakra Armor they used was all Second-generation Armor, but the king was wearing Fifth-generation Armor, which they had never even heard of.

Once infused with Chakra, this armor possesses an astonishingly high level of defensive power.

Even the king himself believed that no power in the world could break through his protective armor, because this armor was something he had spent a huge amount of time and effort to create over six years, and there was no other one like it in the world.

The Long Ye's sword struck this person, he knew from the feel of the touch that this person must have a powerful ninja tool for self-defense. When the attack missed, Chakra instantly surged out of his body, and "Monster Tengu" condensed in mid-air.

Tengu suddenly drew his Chakra Samurai Sword from his waist.

Although it was called a knife, it was wider than a door panel, and it came crashing down on the king.

"Xue Ji! Is this the helper you invited? Interesting, but unfortunately! He's far from enough."

Facing the giant sword descending from above, the king remained calm, forming a hand Hand Seals with one hand and holding it upright in front of him.

Boom!!

The ground beneath their feet suddenly cracked and crumbled.

A giant icy hand burst forth from the earth, reaching out to grab the Tengu in mid-air.

The blade struck the icy hand with a tearing sound, splitting the massive arm, which had been formed of ice, from the base of the thumb downwards, leaving it mostly severed.

But in the end, it stopped about a meter above the person's head.

The power of this strike was exhausted, and it could not complete the kill.

"Flying Thunder God Slash!!"

When her methods failed again, Long Ye resorted to her old tricks.

This move, executed at close range, is almost impossible to dodge. As expected, it struck the person a second time; the first time it was a cut, but this time it was a stab.

The sharp Thunder God Sword failed to replicate its initial feat. With a clang, it was blocked by the king's armor, which radiated a silvery-white light.

This time, the person was on guard and poured a large amount of Chakra into the Chakra Armor, maximizing its defensive capabilities.

Laugh!!

The armor's defense was ultimately no match for the sharpness of the Thunder God Sword. It was blocked for only a moment before the sword tip pierced through, and a trickle of blood flowed from the tip of the blade.

If this continued, the man's heart would surely be pierced, but the king would not sit idly by and wait to die. He suddenly reached out and grabbed Thunder God Sword.

He wore silver-white Gauntlet as thin as silk, and the sharpness of the Thunder God Sword failed to harm him, instantly preventing the Thunder God Sword from piercing him.

"Such immense power! This Gauntlet is no ordinary item!"

Long Ye felt an overwhelming force that easily pulled out the Thunder God Sword that he had pierced.

If one move fails, try another.

The Thunder God Sword was in the man's grasp and beyond his control, so he simply threw the sword aside, took a step closer, and threw a punch at the man's head.

His punch contained Explosion Release; if it hit, even the hardest skull would explode.