Chapter 548: The Twentieth level
Payne's Phantom was already waiting for them inside this cave.
— You're late.
Even though it was only a phantom, its gaze made one's blood run cold.
— Deidara's chest was still aching, and he wasn't happy that he hadn't even been able to rest during the entire journey.
The entrance behind them was sealed with a bang, causing the inside of the cave to turn dark.
— Payne quickly folded the hand seals and signaled Su Xiao to put Gaara on the ground.
As Payne placed his palm on the ground, an ominous wave spread out from him in all directions.
*BOOM!*
Smoke and dust began to fill the cave, and soon, a huge statue slowly rose up from the ground. This statue is Gedou Mazou, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. It had a total of nine eyes and looked like it was made entirely of stone, but it wasn't. The Outer Path Demonic Statue was composed of highly concentrated chakra, and this chakra was so abundant that it was able to become a permanent, stable matter.
There were shackles on the huge arms of the Outer Path Demonic Statue.
— Very well, we're going to!
Several phantoms appeared on the Outer Path Demonic Statue's fingertips. These are the phantoms of Kisame, Itachi and others. The Akatsuki members had been preparing for this moment for a very long time.
Counting Su Xiao, Payne, and the others, there were currently seven phantoms and three people in the cave.
Everyone quickly placed their feet on the Outer Path Demonic Statue's fingertips — all ten positions were quickly occupied by the right people.
Seeing no new movements, the statue's mouth opened.
— This will last for three days. Pay more attention to your own condition. Your real body should definitely be nearby as soon as possible. Keep an eye on the surrounding area and don't let anyone interfere with us.
— Got it.
After Payne gave the order, all the phantoms closed their eyes.
Light began to flash on the fingers under the feet of the ten people, and various words could be seen in the light. In the light under Su Xiao was the word "Void».
— Sealing Technique: Ghost Dragons of the Nine Absorbing Seals! Payne said, and snorted. Nine streams of chakras immediately erupted from the mouth of the Outer Path Demonic Statue. These chakra streams formed the dragon and entangled Gaara.
Gaara opened his mouth wide, and the tailed one's unique chakra began to be sucked out of his body.
And what Su Xiao saw next horrified him, not because it was inhumane, but because he was already almost fully recovered...
The tailed ones ' regeneration was really impressive. Although Su Xiao had absorbed some of his strength, Shukaku had almost fully recovered by now.
— But Payne seemed to notice something odd anyway. - Tailed... Weakened?
— Weakened? Deidara obviously didn't understand what was being said.
— I don't know anything, " Sasori said. He really didn't know anything, for he didn't take part in this battle.
— Maybe I tried too hard? Su Xiao said awkwardly.
— Byakuya, you've captured jinchuuriki?
— Yes.
— Please tell us more specifically what happened.
Su Xiao described the situation, of course, what he described was a "shortened version" of what had happened.
— That's all. Then I saw something like a light red chakra and heard a faint cry.
— A faint cry?
— I can't describe it more precisely. I heard what sounded like the cry of an animal. I can't describe it.
After listening to Su Xiao's explanation, Payne nodded. Although Nagato didn't know how he could drain the power out of Jinchuuriki, each village had its own methods for sealing the tailed one. It had long been rumored that the seals that held back the tailed Ones were becoming less stable by the day. As for Su Xiao and the possibility that he was the one who absorbed some of the tailed one's chakra and power, Payne didn't even think about it.
— Forget it, Shukaku will be able to fully recover in the body of the Outer Path Demonic Statue. Perhaps Hidden Sand Village modified Gaara's seals in some way.
Since Su Xiao helped Akatsuki and caught one jinchuuriki, if Pain continued to push him, it would look unwise in the eyes of the other Akatsuki members.
Their mission was to capture jinchuuriki. Were they forbidden to absorb the chakra of the tailed one? In addition, there were other people in Akatsuki who could absorb the chakra of the tailed one, such as Kisame.
Right now, Akatsuki's number one goal is to seal the tailed one in the statue. For each sealed tailed Demon Statue, the Outer Path opened one of its eyes, and the statue had a total of nine eyes.
The Outer Path Demonic Statue is the empty shell of the ten-tails. After collecting all nine tails, ten-tails will be resurrected. To be precise, previously it was the ten-tailed one that was split into nine different tailed ones.
The true face of the ten-tails is the sacred tree that was the source of chakra.
If Su Xiao can absorb the ten-tails, his Qing Gang Yin energy level will increase significantly. Although this idea was very tempting, it was only a dream come true.
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A total of three days had passed since the ritual began.
All this time, Su Xiao was just standing on the statue's finger.
Su Xiao heaved a sigh of relief and looked around. He could see that the other Akatsuki members were also bored, but no one could leave.
Deidara looked like he couldn't wait to blow everything up as quickly as possible, while practically all the other Akatsuki members looked like old monks.
Apart from Deidara, only Kisame also looked a little helpless. It was extremely boring for him to stand in one place for so long.
— Hey, hey, it's too boring here, " Deidara couldn't take it anymore and spoke first.
— Shut up, " Payne said and glanced at Deidara, and he shut up with a hurt look.
In fact, the most intemperate "person" present was Bubtney. Bubtney stared at Itachi for a while, and then looked at Deidara, who looked very displeased.
After wandering around for a while, Bubtni began to watch Gaara closely. Since Su Xiao was around right now, none of the Akatsuki did anything to the big dog.
An hour later, Bubtney got bored and started exchanging glances with Deidara, as if he wanted to chat with him.
After seeing Bubtni's gaze, Deidara felt as if he had discovered a new continent. He finally found a way to relieve his boredom.
Seeing this, Kisame almost laughed out loud.
Su Xiao didn't care about Bubtny's peeking, as Bubtny just wanted to have some fun with Deidara.
Opening his skill list, Su Xiao looked at Qing Gang Yin's Level 20 skill.
[Qing Gang Yin: Level 20 (Active Skill).
Terms of Use: Once activated, the Hunter will start spending 1-50 (+0-20) Mana points per minute. Mana consumption can be freely controlled. The skill will automatically stop working when the Hunter's mana drops to 1% of its maximum value..
Skill Effect: Once activated, each melee attack will burn at least 100(+50) units of enemy mana and deal the same amount of true damage +8% of the enemy's missing mana (a new parameter that replaces the Deflagration skill). The enemy will experience severe pain from burning mana.
Control (For level 20 of the skill). After breaking the threshold, you can now change the Qing Gang Yin energy at will.
Form number 1: Mage Hunter. A basic form of Qing Gang Yin skill that burns the opponent's mana and deals proportional true damage..
Form number 2: Invincibility Anthem. A defensive form of the Qing Gang Yin skill that can create an energy shield of any shape to defend against enemy attacks. The strength of a shield depends on the amount of mana spent on it. The upper limit for one-time mana consumption is 300 points.
Form number 3: Ruler of Azure Shadows. Not open.]
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