Chakra Wings

"Naive boy, let me tell you the truth, I never intended for you to leave alive. I only made this request to minimize my losses."

Star Shadow was extremely pleased with himself; the success of his scheme gave him a satisfying sense of intellectual superiority.

He knew the strength of Long Ye and his companion. If he were to fight them head-on, he could certainly kill them, but they would also pay a heavy price.

That's why I came up with this idea on the spur of the moment, hoping to significantly weaken the opponent and reduce our own losses.

"The title 'Star Shadow' is indeed self-proclaimed. Your words are like farts; I certainly overestimated you."

Long Ye pressed the severed hand against the broken end, and to everyone's astonishment, the hand miraculously grew back, without any trace of being severed.

While everyone was still in a daze, he restored Mei Terumi's limbs.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them had recovered. Star Shadow, who was immersed in the idea that intelligence trumped emotions, was stunned into silence.

"This... this is impossible!!"

"Even medical-nin couldn't possibly possess the ability to regenerate limbs instantly. Could this be... Kekkei Genkai?"

Star Shadow looked horrified.

At this Mei Terumi was no less horrified than Star Shadow, seeing her severed hand return to her body in the blink of an eye, feeling just as normal as if it had never been severed.

"This Star Shadow is a treacherous and untrustworthy villain. His words are like farts. It seems a peaceful departure is impossible; another battle is inevitable!"

"Long Ye said to the woman beside me."

Mei Terumi showed a resolute expression as she nodded forcefully, her mind already set on death.

Although Long Ye's sarcasm and curses were meant for Mei Terumi, he didn't lower his voice intentionally, and everyone heard them clearly.

Star Shadow was furious and humiliated. As the leader of a country, he had never been insulted in public like this before.

"All of you, attack! Tear those two to pieces!"

Star Shadow roared and pointed forward, commanding everyone.

Call...

A gust of wind blew up.

Thousands of Chakra beasts, like a horde of monsters, rapidly spread across the area.

"Lava Release: Lava Monster Technique!!"

Mei Terumi was the first to retaliate, spewing out highly corrosive acid from her mouth to block the surging beast tide over a large area.

With one hand Long Ye unleashed an Inazuma, the tip of Inazuma transformed into a Tengu. Powered by a high-intensity electric current, it Explosion Release amidst the horde of beasts.

The two fought and retreated, quickly getting closer and closer to Hell Valley.

Finally, with just a turn of the head, one can clearly see the yellowish-brown toxic gas permeating the valley.

As the horde of beasts continued to advance, the two gradually found themselves with nowhere left to retreat. What happened next plunged them both into despair.

Star Shadow has made her move.

His Chakra rose from his body and finally condensed into a five-meter-tall white giant ape.

This wasn't the first time the two had encountered the giant ape. Back then, when Raiga Kurosuki met it, he was knocked out of the game by a single punch and could only flee with his tail between his legs.

Swoosh...

Mei Terumi faced the challenge head-on and leaped forward.

"The Skilled Mist Technique!!"

She then used the Boil Release.

Boil Release can dissolve all soluble substances.

It was less a melting process and more an evaporation process; the boiling, highly hot, and highly acidic mist was sprayed into the air towards the incoming giant fist.

"Sizzle..."

Like water added to a pan of oil.

The giant ape formed from Chakra did begin to evaporate, but perhaps because Star Shadow's Chakra was refined to an excessively high degree, the rate of evaporation exceeded Mei Terumi's imagined slowness.

The half-melted, millstone-sized fist, through the Skilled Mist Technique, struck Mei Terumi, who couldn't dodge in time. She spat out a mouthful of blood mid-air and flew backward powerlessly.

Long Ye leaped forward and caught her with one arm.

"It seems we're going to die together today."

Mei Terumi was severely injured by that punch, her internal organs were badly damaged, and blood was flowing from her mouth.

A conflicted expression appeared on Long Ye's face.

It seemed as if there was some method at play, but they were unsure whether or not to use it.

"Die, all of you!!"

The giant ape leaped high into the air, its two massive feet stomping down on the two of them.

Star Shadow's smile was utterly sinister.

The strength of these two people before him was terrifying. In five years at most, he might not be able to defeat either of them, so he had to nip it in the bud.

"We're going to die anyway, so we have no choice but to take a gamble!"

Faced with the giant ape's crushing attack, Long Ye caught the heavily injured Mei Terumi with one arm and leaped into the bottomless Hell Valley.

"No!!"

The distant Star Shadow was utterly astonished.

He never imagined that the two would be so resolute, preferring to be poisoned in Hell Valley rather than die by his hand.

The deaths of the two are not the most important thing; the most crucial thing is that Long Ye still possesses the Star Core, which is of vital importance to the Hoshigakure.

Everyone rushed forward, peering into the rift valley.

With one arm around Mei Terumi Long Ye, Oboroya continued to fall.

Sweat poured down his forehead.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry..." Long Ye shouted anxiously.

"I've thought about how I might die, but I never imagined I'd die next to you. But... it's not such a bad ending."

Mei Terumi was right in front of him, looking at Long Ye's profile, she slowly closed her eyes, quietly awaiting death.

The two were getting closer and closer to the yellow poisonous gas in the rift valley.

Just as they were about to fall in and perish, a pair of large wings suddenly emerged from behind Long Ye and flapped violently, stopping their descent.

With a second flap of their wings, the two rose one meter.

Then, the third time, the fourth time...

The two of them slowly flew out of the rift valley.

"No, impossible! This is the Mysterious Peacock Method. How did he master it? Such a technique cannot be mastered overnight. Even if he had the cultivation method and Star Core, he shouldn't have been able to cultivate it in such a short time."

Star Shadow stared wide-eyed, looking as if she had seen a ghost.

Having Long Ye escaped death, Oboro was filled with undisguised excitement.

Knowing the characteristics of "Star Cultivation," he had been secretly studying it during his days on the run, hoping it could be used as a surprise tactic to save his life if he faced a desperate situation.

Perhaps because he directly possessed the Star Core, his Chakra activity improved by leaps and bounds in just a few days, but before that, he had never successfully created Chakra Wings.

But just now, facing a life-or-death situation, a desperate gamble, it miraculously turned out.

Mei Terumi had her eyes closed, waiting for death, but after a long time, instead of dying, she felt her body being carried upwards by a force.

When she opened her eyes, she saw that Long Ye had wings growing out of the sky and one hand was holding her tightly.

She buried her face in his chest, listening to his clear heartbeat.

The dreamlike scene momentarily captivated her, causing her to forget that she was still in the perilous Hell Valley, a place where survival was extremely difficult.

The two flew out of the rift valley and headed towards the opposite bank, which stretched for miles and seemed to have no end.

"You think you can just leave? Not so easy!"

After being shocked, Star Shadow regained his confidence, his Chakra surged up, and he transformed into Peacock in mid-air.

He leaped up and urged the Peacock to chase after the two fleeing men.

Other Star Ninja who could use the Peacock Tail Wings technique all sprouted wings from their backs and flew after them.