The Cunning Star Shadow

"You're already at the end of your rope! Surrender now, and we might spare you!"

The people surged forward like a tide, their leader shouting at the front.

Long Ye and Mei Terumi exchanged a glance, both seeing the same resolute look in each other's eyes.

There was no way forward. Hell Valley lay ahead, and jumping in would be tantamount to suicide. They might as well fight their way out—perhaps they could still find a slim chance of survival.

Though even that chance was exceedingly faint.

Long Ye swept his gaze over the oncoming crowd and estimated that there were at least several thousand people. They were all elites from Hoshigakure.

If they released their chakra beasts at the same time, that would mean several thousand beasts.

It was practically a tide of ferocious monsters. No matter what methods the two of them had, they could be submerged in an instant and chewed down to nothing but bones in the blink of an eye.

Just as the two of them steeled themselves for the final struggle, Long Ye sensed something and looked up toward the clouds.

"What's that?!"

Long Ye's expression changed.

The moment he finished speaking, the object in the sky arrived above their heads.

It was actually a green peacock. With its wings spread, it spanned ten meters across the sky.

They could clearly see an old man with a tall crown and a gray beard standing on the peacock's back.

"Lord Star Shadow!"

"Lord Star Shadow is here!"

Amid the shouts, the peacock landed at the very front of the formation before vanishing into scattered wisps of chakra.

"That enormous peacock was actually formed from chakra!"

Long Ye's expression shifted slightly.

This ability to transform chakra into a beast had completely shattered the limits of their