At one location along Uchiha Ming’s route.
The Spider Elder looked down at his other clansman with sorrow and slowly said, “I beg of you! I am truly sorry to ask you to make this sacrifice for the Clan.”
In front of him, a black-haired boy of about eight years old, with a calm expression, shook his head and smiled, saying, “No, Clan Leader, this is precisely the duty we as a Clan are born with. If not for the sacrifices of our clansmen, our people would not have lived in peace in the past. They would have been destined to wander, living precariously, just like other ninja clans in the Ninja World!”
“And now, by sacrificing just one of me, thousands of people in the entire Clan can survive. For me, this is the fulfillment of my long-cherished dream!”
“That is to protect everyone in the Clan, so please don’t be sad for me. This is the path to achieving my dream!”
The boy revealed a pure smile, then untied the clothes on his back, revealing the grotesque form of a monstrous Earth Spider.
As the boy formed hand seals, a large amount of natural energy began to gather, and invisible fluctuations appeared.
That was the Earth Spider Clan’s Forbidden Technique: Raging Lion Hair.
As a Forbidden Technique passed down through generations of the Earth Spider Clan, once unleashed, it could awaken natural energy, continuously draw it into one’s body, and unleash it in a single burst, a powerful Forbidden Technique capable of destroying hundreds, or even thousands, of kilometers in radius.
Seeing this Forbidden Technique, the Earth Spider Clan’s Clan Leader, the Spider Elder’s eyes flashed with affirmation, determination, and satisfaction, as well as pain, hatred, and reluctance, and various other complex and unexplainable emotions.
Affirmation of the power of Forbidden Technique: Raging Lion Hair, determination that Forbidden Technique: Raging Lion Hair was the Clan’s treasure, and satisfaction with Forbidden Technique: Raging Lion Hair as a deterrent for the Clan’s existence.
However, accompanying this Forbidden Technique were endless suffering and torment. Those Clan members caught in it endured the excruciating pain of losing their lives.
Especially those exceptionally talented clansmen, while they could better sustain this Forbidden Technique as the main body, they paid an even heavier price for it. Conversely, those clansmen with slightly less talent could not withstand the pressure of this Forbidden Technique, which was undoubtedly a cruel irony.
Thus, in every generation, the geniuses who were originally expected to grow into peerless powerhouses ultimately failed to achieve their aspirations. Not only did they not thrive under the blessing of the Forbidden Technique, but their precious lives were prematurely consumed due to its existence. And before they sacrificed their lives, every genius had received the recognition and careful nurturing of the entire Clan.
These geniuses had intricate ties with the Clan; they carried the Clan’s expectations and honor, and also bore the Clan’s responsibilities and mission.
However, the existence of the Forbidden Technique turned all of this into an illusion, filling their lives with regret and remorse. Not just for themselves, but also for their relatives and friends.
Because of this, many Clan members who harbored resentment towards this Forbidden Technique began to frantically try to destroy it, even at the cost of breaking Clan rules.
They could not bear to see the geniuses of the Clan wither one by one, and even less could they accept the fate of the Clan’s geniuses and their resolute blood relatives declining because of this Forbidden Technique.
But at the same time, the Spider Elder also knew that the Earth Spider Clan, while suffering because of this Forbidden Technique, also grew strong through it. Losing this Forbidden Technique might mean no more suffering from such sacrifices.
But they would surely face the brutal outcome of other clans in the Ninja World, constantly embroiled in war and chaos.
It was precisely for this reason that the Spider Elder insisted on suppressing the hate faction within the Clan, maintaining the traditions of the Earth Spider Clan.
“It’s just a pity that my body can’t last much longer! Therefore, for the future of the Clan, I must make all preparations for the Clan before my life ends!”
A cold light flashed in the Spider Elder’s eyes as he thought of the secret letter sent yesterday, and said, “I didn’t expect that the millennium-old feud that was supposedly reconciled was just a deception after all. Fortunately, our Earth Spider Clan didn’t directly join Konoha back then, otherwise, we would have certainly been ruined by these schemes. And now, the open and secret struggles between the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan are precisely our opportunity!”
“However, Clan Leader! We were previously schemed against by that scoundrel Senju Tobirama, and have already acted hostile towards the Uchiha Clan. Now, to offend the Senju Clan again, isn’t this a bit…” Beside him, Elder White Spider still asked with concern, not believing that doing so could lead to reconciliation.
“I understand what you mean. What we need is not to reconcile with the Uchiha Clan, but to bring the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan back into balance. If we are enemies with one of them, it will certainly provoke the other to relentlessly target us. There might be a difference between their two Clans, but before a decisive battle, they will certainly completely eliminate our Earth Spider Clan!”
“And now, if we become enemies with both sides, then we don’t have to worry about one of the two Clans becoming our sworn enemy. And with the Forbidden Technique: Raging Lion Hair, even if both Clans come together, we have the right to perish together!”
“This way, if they don’t want to be a stepping stone for other Clans, then we will lose our danger!”
As the Spider Elder spoke, he couldn’t help but look at the black-haired boy beside him, a flash of pain and regret in his eyes.
That was the strongest genius the Clan had seen in nearly a hundred years; in terms of accumulating natural energy, he was considered the greatest in the Clan’s history. And now, to completely deter the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan, and prevent these two Clans from uniting and inciting all of Konoha to fight the Earth Spider Clan, he had to be sacrificed.
Not to mention.
This boy also had another identity.
That was the grandson of the Earth Spider Clan Leader, the Spider Elder.
The Spider Elder was in immense pain, but if he didn’t sacrifice his grandson, was he supposed to sacrifice someone else’s family?
The entire Clan had already almost split because of this sacrifice, with no one wanting their own family members to make such a sacrifice.
At this, the Spider Elder secretly resented, did those short-sighted people not see that only when the Clan possessed a Forbidden Technique like Forbidden Technique: Raging Lion Hair could they live a stable life!
It was at this moment.
As the Clan Leader’s grandson, the boy voluntarily stepped forward.
“Grandpa, you all should leave quickly!” The black-haired boy looked up and said, gazing at the scroll in his hand. On the map of the terrain, a red dot was moving towards the black dot representing his position. This was a special tracking method sent along with the secret letter from the Uchiha Clan yesterday.
With this, the Earth Spider Clan could directly pinpoint Uchiha Ming’s team’s route and carry out a direct explosion.
Seeing this, a tear involuntarily welled up in the corner of the Spider Elder’s eye, then he turned his head and said, “Let’s go!”
Then, except for the boy, the others quickly left.
Even without any energy accumulation, just by releasing the energy previously stored in his body, as a genius rarely seen in the Clan for hundreds of years, the range of his attack would definitely be more than ten times greater than that of the person who used it last time.
And it was precisely because of this.
Everyone immediately moved away from this place of sacrifice.
Looking at the azure sky, the boy’s eyes seemed to envision a world where the entire Clan had no struggles, no quarrels, and was full of friendship and peace. “Such a world must be beautiful!”
He lowered his head, looking at the red dot less than a kilometer away.
The boy formed the final hand seal.
Then, a white light instantly descended.
An area of one hundred kilometers in radius was engulfed by the white light.
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“Strange, what is that white light! Wait, is that…?”
At five hundred meters in the sky, Uchiha Tenxiu, carried on the back of a giant eagle, looked incredulously at the white light dozens of kilometers away, his eyes wide with confusion and bewilderment.
This should be the Forbidden Technique: Raging Lion Hair, right!
Who is so unlucky to have been blown up by Forbidden Technique: Raging Lion Hair!