The Pale-Faced Scholar raised an eyebrow, then his expression abruptly changed, and he snapped open his Folding Fan.
A white tiger suddenly sprang from the Folding Fan and lunged straight at Karin.
The moment the white tiger appeared, the surrounding rogue cultivators cried out in alarm.
"Heavens! Is that a demon beast essence?"
"Yes, that demon beast essence is what gives the Pale-Faced Scholar his formidable fighting power!"
"More importantly, that demonic beast can grow stronger by killing people and devouring cultivators' souls and blood essence!"
"My heavens! Just what grade of magical artifact is that Folding Fan?"
"They say it's a Top-Grade Magical Artifact on par with an ordinary spirit artifact."
Hearing the surrounding rogue cultivators' exclamations, Naruto finally relaxed, his earlier worry for Karin vanishing completely.
Much of the cultivators' fighting power in this world came from magical artifacts and spirit talismans.
Back in the Naruto World, Karin had never been especially outstanding in combat. Her strengths lay in Sealing Jutsu and Medical Ninjutsu.
Of course, Naruto—and even Hinata—were exceptions.
Naruto possessed the wind god body and thunder god body, allowing him to cast spell arts at will. He was essentially a magical artifact capable of unleashing spell arts himself.
Hinata had the Tenseigan. When activated at a critical moment, its power was no weaker than a magical artifact's.
But now that Naruto had seen what the Pale-Faced Scholar's Folding Fan did, he almost laughed. However powerful the man's magical artifact was, he had clearly chosen the wrong opponent.
Karin's Sealing Jutsu was an extremely effective counter to tailed beasts, demonic beasts, and the like.
Sure enough, a moment later, just as the white tiger essence's gaping maw was about to bite into Karin's head,
amid the surrounding rogue cultivators' cries of alarm, more than a dozen golden