White Zetsu Headquarters!

Ye Liang surveyed the surroundings.

A massive crater, a forest gnawed away completely—this was exactly where Ye Liang had been near those insects before!

"So they're still here!"

Ye Liang saw two White Zetsu clones dragging an unconscious young student. Judging by his uniform, he was from Kirigakure.

"Do you know him?"

"No. He's probably from Yagura's faction."

"Kirigakure has factions too?"

"Of course. The older clans all support Yagura, but the younger generation of Kirigakure are all my people!" Mei Terumi suddenly added proudly.

She looked rather pleased with herself.

"Mm." Ye Liang still did not care. He turned his gaze back to the two White Zetsu ahead. "Let's see where they're hiding the people!"

Ye Liang immediately followed them with Mei Terumi.

After tracking them for a while, the two quickly arrived at a cluster of caves.

By then, dozens of White Zetsu had appeared along the surrounding paths. They were returning to the caves one after another, some dragging other students behind them. Ye Liang even spotted several familiar faces from Konoha among them!

Such as Asuma.

"If that old man Hiruzen Sarutobi saw his own son here, I wonder how he'd feel," Ye Liang remarked.

However, he did not let his guard down because of that.

Since both Ōnoki and Yagura had been attacked, the enemy's strength could not be underestimated. Ye Liang focused completely.

"Mr. Ye Liang, there are too many White Zetsu here. Can just the two of us really handle this?" Mei Terumi was somewhat worried. After all, she was only an ordinary Mizukage candidate and naturally lacked Ye Liang's calm confidence.

"Hmph. I'm not afraid of having too many enemies—what I fear is having too few!" Ye Liang showed no fear whatsoever.

Seeing so many White Zetsu instead made him especially happy, because he could wipe them all out in one go.

"Get ready to move!"

The White Zetsu at the cave entrance were still dragging students when several of their companions on the outskirts suddenly vanished.

"Who is it?"

The two deepest inside immediately became alert, but just as one of them turned around, the companion beside him was gone too!

"Your daddy!"

A cold voice suddenly rang by his ear. The White Zetsu instantly broke out in a cold sweat, but before he could resist, his head had already hit the ground!

"Never show mercy to those who threaten you. That is the Old Bastard Theorem!" Ye Liang looked coldly at them, feeling no unease from killing.

The two continued deeper into the cave.

But the farther they went, the more astonished Ye Liang became.

This rubble-filled cave was unmistakably Orochimaru's laboratory, the place Ye Liang had passed through when he had first arrived in Konoha!

Could this incident be connected to Orochimaru?

Ye Liang cautiously made his way inside.

More White Zetsu were wandering about ahead, apparently patrolling. However, they could not see Ye Liang or Mei Terumi, because Ye Liang had used the C-rank Ninjutsu—Shadow Camouflage!

It was an ordinary Ninjutsu that allowed one's body to completely blend into the environment!

Of course, if anyone else used it, they could never achieve such an effect. But Ye Liang was different. He could receive two or three daily missions at random every day!

And those daily missions could strengthen his C-rank Ninjutsu!

Ye Liang had already enhanced his Shadow Camouflage to the level of an S-rank Ninjutsu!

Mei Terumi slowly followed behind him. Yet the deeper they went, the stronger her admiration for Ye Liang became!

What kind of person is he? He actually improved such a simple Ninjutsu to such a terrifying degree!

There were people in the ninja world who had improved C-rank Ninjutsu, but no one had ever done what Ye Liang had done—improving a C-rank Ninjutsu into an S-rank one!

Because that was simply impossible!

Perhaps Lord Ye Liang is a god! Mei Terumi became even more certain of Ye Liang's place in her heart, and she even recalled that night when she had chatted with him.

That time, after discussing academic research with Ye Liang all night, Mei Terumi had made tremendous progress that very day!

Looks like I should have more discussions with Lord Ye Liang in the future!

Before long, the two finally reached the bottom of the cave.

At the very deepest point was a pit, also the place where Orochimaru had once conducted his secret experiments. Ye Liang looked inside.

There was an enormous pit filled with an unknown liquid, while countless White Zetsu around it were delivering materials.

They moved in orderly fashion, unhurriedly depositing materials. Ye Liang could not make out what was inside the pit, but he clearly saw the students tied up along the edge of the cave.

"Ōnoki is there too."

At that moment, a White Zetsu began carrying a student toward the pit.

"What are you doing?! You can do whatever you want to me, but don't make things difficult for these children!" Ōnoki immediately roared in fury.

Ye Liang slowly observed from afar.

So they were conducting human experiments!

He moved a few steps closer and finally saw the pit clearly.

Within the unknown liquid sat more than a dozen enormous White Zetsu. They did not move, while the surrounding liquid slowly flowed toward their bodies, as though they were absorbing it.

Ye Liang's eyes turned cold!

Scattered around those dozen or so giant White Zetsu were several human skeletons!

"Some students have already been killed!" Ye Liang immediately understood.

He signaled Mei Terumi, then swiftly rushed toward the White Zetsu dragging the hostage.

It was already almost at the edge of the pit.

"Move!" Ye Liang snorted coldly and immediately attacked the ordinary White Zetsu.

After infiltrating this place, he had observed everyone here. Aside from their numbers, these fellows only possessed the strength of ordinary jonin.

"Who is it?!"

The White Zetsu immediately reacted, but in less than half a second, the White Zetsu that had been dragging the student was slapped by Ye Liang into the bottomless pit.

"Damn it! We're under attack!" A group of White Zetsu immediately surged toward Ye Liang.

Although Ye Liang did not think much of their strength, they were still jonin-level opponents. They could react within a few seconds at least.

At that moment, Mei Terumi made her move as well.

She took a deep breath, then a flame mixed with the scent of earth rose around all the students.

This was Ye Liang's plan.

He would first draw the White Zetsu's attention, then Mei Terumi would use Lava Release to build a wall of protection around all the students.

Shinra Tensei!

Ye Liang coldly spoke as he looked at the White Zetsu closing in around him.

Since Mei Terumi had already protected all the students, he did not worry that the aftereffects of his Shinra Tensei would harm those ordinary students.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Countless explosions rang out around Ye Liang. Under the power of Shinra Tensei, every White Zetsu was hurled into the surrounding walls. Corpses lay everywhere, displaying the terrifying power of Ye Liang's Shinra Tensei!

Invincible!

At that moment, Ye Liang looked coldly toward the pit.

The small fry had been cleared out. It was time for the main course!