Killing the Bat

Long Ye's fighting instincts caused him to unleash the power of Explosion Release within his Chakra as he threw a punch, resulting in the massive explosion that covered an area of over a hundred meters.

Explosion epicenter!

A battered figure emerged from the dust.

The White Night Bat's wings had vanished, and the indentation around its chest looked particularly horrifying.

"Wow... such great strength! You actually caught me off guard and launched a sneak attack!"

The bat spoke with difficulty, blood gushing from its mouth, mixed with fragments of its internal organs.

The bat's body cells had evolved to an unbelievable degree; even after its internal organs were shattered by a single punch from Long Ye, it appeared completely unharmed.

"No one has ever dared to harm me before, you... are unforgivable!"

The bat's gaze was icy.

Bang!

His body split once more, producing a massive number of blood bats, and he used the same trick again, unleashing "Ultrasonic Wave".

The sound was irresistible, Long Ye was once again enveloped.

His body was cracking, but it healed at the fastest speed, and this process repeated itself.

This is because he ingested the Snake Cypress Seed.

The power contained in the Snake Cypress Seed was too astonishing. Only after swallowing Long Ye did he realize that even with the modification of his body by Hashirama Cells, it would be difficult for him to withstand this overwhelming power.

The only consequence of being unable to withstand it is that the power bursts out of the body.

The power within the seed is a natural force. The consequence of this power bursting forth is the solidification of Chakra, potentially transforming him into a tree-man.

Coincidentally, while the White Night Bat's Ultrasonic Wave attack was ravaging his body, it was also rapidly depleting the natural energy within the seed.

Each time his body heals, it is a drain on the power of nature.

Because of this power, he was able to withstand the sonic attack and was no longer affected mentally.

"What happened??"

A moment later, the bat sensed that something was wrong.

The other party was clearly no longer affected and seemed quite content with it.

"Could it be that this kid is using my power to counteract the natural force within his body?"

After observing for a moment, it discovered the clue.

"You cunning brat!"

The White Night Bat was both shocked and enraged, and immediately stopped its sonic attack.

"You realized it too late!"

Lightning gathered in Long Ye's hand, Thunder Branch Sword on the ground flew into his hand as if summoned.

"Go to hell!"

He roared, and the endless lightning power within the Lightning Branch flooded into his body. He seemed to become the embodiment of thunder, his entire body enveloped in blinding lightning.

Lightning Branch became one with him.

"Heaven-Splitting Lightning Serpent!"

Transforming into lightning, his body unleashed endless arcs of lightning. These arcs, like lightning serpents piercing the sky, surged into the swarm of bats with lightning speed.

The sheer number of Razer snakes turned an area of about a kilometer into a Thunder Domain.

The bats trapped inside had no ability to resist and could only flee frantically.

But it was clearly futile. The bodies of the White Night Bat after their fission were wiped out in large swathes by countless lightning snakes, and within just a few breaths, less than one-tenth or one-twelfth remained.

The bat was terrified. He had never imagined that he would die one day, and he had never been so close to death.

His body can indeed split, but if the split body is completely destroyed in an instant, he will also have to die.

"Brother, stop! Tell me what you want, and I'll give it to you. Spare my life!"

The White Night Bat began to beg for mercy.

"I want your life!"

He already had the other party's life in his hands, so there was no need to waste any more words with him.

"I understand! What you want must be the Yuki Clan. You've come to the wrong person with the Blood-Origin Cells I extracted. I was just following orders. I already gave the Blood-Origin Cells to my master."

Long Ye's heart sank upon hearing this.

The owner mentioned by the bat could only be the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress.

If what the other party said is true, and he gave the Blood-Origin Cells to the man-eating tree, then this matter is in trouble.

While we were talking!

The White Night Bat, trapped in a deadly situation, pieced together the rest of its body, transforming into a giant bat as tall as a person. It then bravely withstood the swarms of lightning serpents that were tearing through the air, attempting a desperate escape.

"Trying to escape!!"

Long Ye had already merged with Lightning Branch, and the Flying Thunder God Slash could be unleashed in an instant.

"Master, save me!!"

The desperate White Night Bat cries out for help.

But strangely, the surrounding Snake Vines did not respond at all.

Tsk~

A flash of lightning!

The White Night Bat with its broken wing was immediately decapitated.

Despite being headless, he ran for several dozen meters before gradually losing strength and collapsing to the ground.

After its ultimate killing techniques, Ultrasonic Wave and body fission, became ineffective against Long Ye, its fate was sealed.

Having finally killed her target, Long Ye was about to approach his body and use her Devil Fruit Power to absorb his Blood-Origin Cells when her expression suddenly changed drastically.

The whole world seemed to be in turmoil.

From all directions, along with the ground, endless Snake Vines surged toward him in a frenzy.

It was like being trapped in a cage, and the cage was getting smaller and smaller.

Lightning Branch once again displayed his Kamui. In the past, when Thunder God Sword cut a Snake Vines, the recoil would make his hand muscles ache and numb. After the transformation, he could cut vines as easily as cutting paper.

However, there were simply too many Snake Vines; it seemed impossible to cut them all down.

Just as he was struggling to hold on...

Sudden!

With a loud bang.

Fission.

A giant vine, as thick as a person's waist, emerged from the ground, coiling around Long Ye like a python, before suddenly tightening its grip.

Having struggled against the Snake Vines, he had no strength left to resist and could only try to escape by relying on his speed.

But the giant vine, though large, possessed astonishing flexibility, easily entangling him and trapping him inside in a barrel shape. Then it shrank underground, cracking the earth before closing up again.

The surface, which had just witnessed a bloody battle, fell into a deathly silence.

Because of their highly activated cells, the White Night Bat do not die immediately even after being decapitated, and their eyes still reveal despair and resentment.

But even the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress couldn't save him, so naturally no one else could. Without its head, it could only slowly exhaust its life force and wait for death to come.

On his deathbed, his heart was filled with hatred, not directed at Long Ye, but at his master.

He had already guessed that Nine-Headed Snake Cypress had abandoned him, otherwise she wouldn't have stood by and watched him die.

They had a symbiotic relationship. Since the other party abandoned him, it means that they no longer needed him, or that he was no longer useful in the other party's eyes.

The White Night Bat thought of Long Ye and instantly understood something.

He had always thought that his master had brought the human boy here to absorb his blood and consume his Kekkei Genkai, until the very last moment when he finally realized that it was far more complicated than that.

He had overestimated the importance of their relationship; the Nine-Headed Snake Cypress was far more ruthless than he had imagined.