Simulating Lightning Arts

The lightning strike lasted for a full quarter of an hour. The leader of the black-robed men looked at the charred figure in the center of the storm and felt nothing but absurdity.

An ordinary person would have died from a single strike, but Lu Zeming withstood more than a dozen lightning strikes and remained conscious. His physical body was ridiculously strong; anyone who didn't know better would have thought he was a humanoid beast.

Fortunately, the increased output stopped the little monster from reacting, and all the black-robed men breathed a sigh of relief.

"That guy's finally dead!"

The leader of the black-robed men called for everyone to stop, remove the seal, and prepare to take the corpse back to report. However, before they even got close, they heard a faint "crack," like the sound of an eggshell breaking.

The men in black robes tensed up and all looked toward the charred figure in the center of the platform.

Another series of cracking sounds rang out, and everyone was shocked to find that the charred outer shell was cracking and peeling off, revealing incredibly white skin with faint crackling lightning.

The leader of the black-robed men was completely flustered; this was a scene he had never witnessed before.

Just then, Lu Zeming's charred body moved.

A blinding white light flashed before everyone's eyes. When their vision returned, they saw that Lu Zeming had changed into a new outfit and was looking at them with a playful expression.

The men in black robes felt like prey being targeted by Death, and only one thought remained in their minds: escape!

The monster before them was not one they could kill!

The group of men in black robes turned to flee, but Lu Zeming did not pursue them. He simply made a hand seal and silently chanted "Seal." Immediately, an octagonal red light screen rose up around them, sealing off this area.

The few black-robed figures who rushed forward the fastest tried to force their way through, but as soon as their bodies touched the light barrier, they burst into flames. No matter how they tried to extinguish the flames, it was to no avail, and they were eventually burned to ashes.

The remaining people dared not venture further and gathered together, watching Lu Zeming warily.

The leader in black robes had lost his initial confidence and asked in a serious tone, "When did you set up the Sealing Technique?"

"A modified version of the Four Violet Flames Formation, which I set up casually when I first arrived!"

The leader of the men in black robes, upon hearing this, immediately retorted as if he had heard a joke.

"How is this possible? Doesn't such a large-scale Sealing Technique require at least four people to cast it simultaneously to succeed?"

"Why not just inscribe the array patterns on the array plate beforehand, and then activate it directly when needed? Is that so difficult?"

The leader of the black-robed men remained silent for a long time, feeling like an ignorant elementary school student being completely outmatched.

He desperately wanted to ask when such a prodigy had emerged in the Shinobi World, but in the end, all his questions turned into a sigh.

"Our Tide Thunder is in grave danger this time!"

Lu Zeming nodded. "Yes, your understanding is very clear!"

The leader of the black-robed men was the head of the Tide Thunder. The Tide Thunder was not purged by Kirigakure; on the contrary, they were supporters of the Bloody Mist Village policy because the head of the Tide Thunder was a member of the Kirigakure Elders Council.

The Tide Thunder meticulously planned and spared no effort in using their elite members to lure Lu Zeming here, then activated a large-scale Lightning-Attracting Formation in an attempt to annihilate Lu Zeming in one fell swoop. However, they never expected things to turn out this way, which is truly lamentable.

As the most crucial link in the entire plan, Tide Thunder Yanagi believed he was familiar with Lu Zeming's character. He rushed forward and knelt down, pleading, "Please, have mercy! I, Tide Thunder Yanagi, am willing to follow you. If you're willing to spare their lives, I'm willing to do everything in my power to persuade them to follow you too!"

Lu Zeming's eyes grew cold. "Don't you understand the current situation? I've already given you a chance, but you didn't seize it!"

Tide Thunder Yanagi recalled how, when Lu Zeming first discovered the trap, he asked him if he had anything to say, and he had stood on the side of his clansmen without saying a word. His face turned pale instantly.

"No, you've been so kind to the ordinary people at the port, why can't you give us another chance!"

"Heh, you all want to kill me, and you expect me to be kind? Does being kind mean you deserve to have a gun pointed at you? Hand over the Lightning-Attracting Technique, and I might give you a quicker death!"

"Don't even think about it!" The patriarch of the Tide Thunder pushed Tide Thunder Yanagi aside and continued, "You think you can obtain the secret techniques of my Tide Thunder? Even if my Tide Thunder is wiped out, you will never get them!"

Lu Zeming was too lazy to waste any more words on these dead people. With a wave of his hand, the patriarch of the Tide Thunder flew into his hand.

Lu Zeming's hands were like steel clamps, tightly gripping the clan leader's neck, and no matter how much he struggled, he couldn't break free.

The Soul Search was activated, Divine Sense directly entered the clan leader's soul, beginning to search his memories.

"I see. By using one's own Kekkei Genkai sense and guide natural lightning, one can indirectly control it!"

Having obtained the answer he had in mind, Lu Zeming casually snapped the clan leader's neck.

Seeing this, Tide Thunder Yanagi lost all hope of surviving and began to curse wildly.

"Damn it, you demon, so what if you know? Without the Kekkei Genkai of my Tide Thunder, you still can't learn it. Haha, all your efforts are wasted, you'll get nothing, hahaha!"

Lu Zeming seemed not to hear him and began Hand Seals on his own.

His Hand Seals were slow, as if he were thinking or experimenting. As he moved, the thunderclouds above everyone's heads surged again.

"No, this is impossible!" Tide Thunder Yanagi grabbed his hair, staring at the thunderclouds above him, looking like a madman.

Lu Zeming pointed a finger down, and a bolt of lightning followed, striking a man in black robes squarely on the head.

The man in black robes let out a scream and collapsed to the ground, his body charred black and lifeless.

Lu Zeming, however, acted as if he had received a new toy, boasting, "I may not have your Kekkei Genkai, but the human body itself carries an electrical charge. I only need to control and amplify the electrical ions within my body to completely simulate your Kekkei Genkai!"

Tide Thunder Yanagi collapsed to the ground, his face ashen.

Lu Zeming did not stop his experiments. He continued to refine the lightning technique according to his own ideas, and soon a ball of lightning condensed in his hand.

The lightning bolt was extremely unstable, emitting sharp whistling sounds from time to time, like the chorus of Chidori.

Looking at the lightning in his hand, Lu Zeming couldn't help but laugh out loud. Wasn't this Kakashi's signature move Chidori?

Upon witnessing this scene, Tide Thunder Yanagi kept muttering words like "monster" and "demon."

Lu Zeming's Chidori Strike pierced his heart, and then he used Thousand Years to finish off the remaining black-robed men.

After confirming there were no more survivors, Lu Zeming shook his numb right hand.

"This technique is too damaging to my cells, but luckily my recovery ability is strong enough that I can ignore it. If I were to teach someone else, I would have to be more careful!"

Lu Zeming set fire to all the corpses, then put away the array he had set up before slowly descending the mountain.

After meeting up with Rin and the others, Lu Zeming discovered that the supplies had been distributed almost completely, and decided to set off.

On the ship leaving Falling Lightning Island, Lu Zeming suddenly asked, "Want to go to the Land of Hot Water for a soak?"

Rin and Haku both raised their hands in agreement, Kimimaro had a cool and indifferent attitude as to whether he would go or not, only Night Wraith expressed his opposition.

"The Land of Hot Water) themed street is the most famous; are you sure you're going to soak in a proper hot spring?"

Lu Zeming shamelessly retorted, "I'm still a child, I don't understand what you're saying!"

"I've heard that hot springs are for men and women to bathe together. Are you sure you don't know anything about this?"

"I just want to see a different side of this beautiful land!"

At Lu Zeming's insistence, the ship sailed northwest toward the Land of Hot Water.

Lu Zeming stood at the bow of the ship, pondering: the birthplace of the Jashin Cult, immortality, curse—he was eager to find out just what it was...