Absorbing the Dragon Vein! The Shock of Infinite Chakra!

Mukade shouted, and a sea of puppets surged forward.

Aogetsu Hyuga's eyes shifted, and an eerie purple light flared in them.

"All-Killing Ash Bones!"

A hole opened in his palm, and more than a dozen bone rods shot out like bullets.

"Rot away with your bones," Aogetsu Hyuga said slowly.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The bone rods sliced through the air and plunged into the puppet army.

No matter how sturdy they were, any puppet touched by a bone rod instantly crumbled to ash.

In moments, the entire horde had become piles of ash, incapable of harming anyone.

Sara seized the chance to lead the townspeople toward the surface.

Just then, a giant puppet appeared behind Aogetsu Hyuga and raised a massive hammer to strike.

Without looking back, Aogetsu Hyuga reached behind him.

"Shinra Tensei!"

The immense Repulsive Force blew the giant puppet apart.

Mukade went cold with fear. He hurriedly channeled Ryūmyaku Chakra to repair his puppets.

But apart from the one that had been blown apart, none of the puppets reduced to ash by All-Killing Ash Bones could be restored.

"What?!" For the first time, Mukade was truly afraid.

He had been so confident because controlling the Ryūmyaku gave him an extraordinary ability to regenerate.

He had even turned himself into a puppet. No matter how fatal an injury he suffered, the Ryūmyaku could restore him in an instant.

But Aogetsu Hyuga could turn puppets straight to ash. That seemed beyond the Ryūmyaku's power to repair!

Aogetsu Hyuga saw through Mukade's fear at a glance.

"What's wrong? Scared?"

Mukade was furious. For the past six years, people had treated him with respect. It had been far too long since anyone had spoken to him so rudely.

"Then let me show you the fruits of my years of research!"

Mukade