At that moment, fighting raged throughout Kirigakure, plunging it into chaos.
The disappearance of Mizukage Mei Terumi and Ao had thrown the remaining Kirigakure Ninja into a panic, with no one able to organize them.
Fortunately, the numbers of the remaining Cursed Spirits and Mutant Rats had also plummeted, so even fighting separately, they would not collapse anytime soon.
And without Dagon around, these Kirigakure Ninja could finally bring their true strength to bear.
But if this continued, there was no telling how much morale they would have left.
Just then, space suddenly shuddered where Sickly Ghost had used Domain Expansion. A hunched figure emerged alone, seemingly carrying a corpse in his hand.
"Dagon's gone. Cough, cough... He must have dragged someone into his domain. Looks like it'll be over soon."
"But how strange. Why hasn't that rat taken this opportunity to mop up?"
Sickly Ghost swept his gaze across the battlefield, arriving at that conclusion and that question.
As he appeared, the domain behind him vanished as well.
That meant every last Kirigakure Ninja he had dragged into his domain had been wiped out!
But a closer look would reveal that he was not in very good shape either. So many of the pustules on his body had burst that only a few remained intact.
Clearly, even inside his domain, those Kirigakure Ninja had caused him enormous trouble with their dying counterattacks.
If Ao had not been killed right at the start, perhaps there could have been a chance to turn things around.
What a pity...
Just then, someone finally noticed him, along with the corpse in his hand.
"Lord Ao is dead?!"
That cry drew the attention of almost everyone nearby. Following his gaze, they saw Sickly Ghost casually toss Ao's corpse at his feet.
"Surrender, humans."
"Otherwise,