Kumogakure, the Land of Lightning.
By the time Lin Ze arrived, the entire village had been abandoned.
The once-bustling ninja village was now an empty town. All sorts of belongings lay scattered in the streets, and doors and windows stood wide open. Clearly, the evacuation had been rushed.
Lin Ze hovered in midair, looking down at the deserted village, but the killing intent in his eyes had not diminished in the slightest.
"You ran fast."
He sneered.
He had personally killed the Fourth Raikage in the Land of Iron, and the two thousand ninja who had attacked Ascension Island were either dead or surrendered, but Kumogakure's foundations remained.
The ninja who had participated in the attack on Ascension Island, the culprits who had cooperated with the Akatsuki-not one of them would escape.
Lin Ze formed hand seals.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Over a hundred shadow clones appeared behind him, each radiating immensely powerful chakra fluctuations.
Lin Ze's original body raised a hand, and the Summoning Technique's runes spread across his palm.
"Summoning Technique!"
Bang!
A huge cloud of smoke burst out, and a giant purple snake shot out of it. It was Ichikishimahime, one of Ryūchi Cave's Three Great Snake Princesses.
During the Kaguya War, Tagitsuhime and the White Snake Sage had died in his place, while Tashihime and Hagoromo-hime had fallen in battle. Of the four Snake Princesses, she alone had survived.
Ichikishimahime lowered her enormous serpent head, her serpentine eyes filled with reverence as she looked at Lin Ze.
"Master."
Lin Ze nodded, his voice icy.
"Gather every snake. Search the entire shinobi world and find every Kumogakure ninja. Leave none alive."
A bloodthirsty gleam flashed through Ichikishimahime's serpentine eyes.
"As you command!"
Her massive body twisted, and she vanished into the night.
Behind Lin