Chapter 238: Another heresy I have never heard of. [Combined Chapter]

After learning that the strange fish can devour chakra, it would be a lie to say that I wasn't panicked.

But this panic only lasted for a short moment - Ling had already determined that this was a warning from Sanwei to him, a test of his ability, not a trap to kill him.

After all, from his point of view, whether the Three-Tails wanted to confirm the strength and reaction of Yamato because he respected him, or it was because the tailed beasts were hostile to humans and gave them trouble and warnings, it was all reasonable actions.

Besides, considering the power possessed by the tailed beasts, there is no need to be so roundabout in order to harm them - or rather, the tailed beasts simply don't bother to beat around the bush.

[Judging from the speed of my descent, even if I lose the chakra of the Three-Tails, I can withstand the water pressure at this position. If I take a deep breath before the chakra of the tailed beast is completely consumed, I can also float up to the surface smoothly... So he hopes that I can kill this strange fish before the chakra of the tailed beast is completely consumed, so as to prove whether I am qualified to be by Yatamoto's side?

Hmm, it turns out that the Three-Tailed Beast is quite clever among the Tailed Beasts, as it was able to devise such a difficult trick. 】

Thinking of this, Ling made a very bold move while emitting his own chakra - he absorbed most of the chakra left by the Three-Tails and took the initiative to expose his limbs to the sea water.

There are pros and cons to doing this.

The advantage is that he can capture the movements of the strange fish more clearly - when using the same amount of chakra, the sea water extends farther than the land, and more information can be captured.

Moreover, when the strange fish swims, the sea water will also produce rhythms. This may not be very obvious to ordinary people or even ordinary ninjas, but for a perceptive ninja like him, this tiny rhythm is enough for him to locate and infer the enemy's whereabouts.

At the same time, absorbing the Three-Tails' chakra can enhance his own and further reduce the opponent's attack range, making it easier for him to respond to the enemy's attack.

The disadvantage is that exposure to sea water will cause the body to quickly lose temperature and become rigid, making the movements unbalanced. The resistance of the sea water will also deform the movements, making it difficult to achieve the desired effect of the attack.

However, given the current situation, the advantages clearly outweigh the disadvantages.

Ling clearly felt that the chakra he extended was swallowed by the strange fish at an incredibly fast speed, and the information he sensed back was also greatly reduced, but this made him smile a little - the opponent actually chose to attack head-on.

No one knew what caused the strange fish to mutate, but the hardness of its spikes was even comparable to that of chakra steel. But even so, it still ate... well, living things, and if living things need to eat, there must be a way to connect the digestive organs inside the body with the outside world.

The opponent was rushing towards him while swallowing chakra. Obviously, compared with the strange thorns on its body, its mouth was located on the front very normally. Combined with the opponent's body shape and the body structure of fish, Ling could easily guess the location of the opponent's mouth.

Exhaling lightly, Ling dispersed the chakra under his feet a second before the opponent approached him, and his whole body was immediately pushed out by the force of the strange fish. While the opponent was biting the three-tailed chakra wrapped around his torso, Ling reached out and grabbed the hard thorn on the opponent's head (? ), and the hand holding the knife also turned at the same time, wrapped in the high-speed water blade rolled up by the wind attribute chakra, and stabbed it out diagonally with force.

In an instant, the sharp and piercing cry of pain from the strange fish was accompanied by the dull sound of flesh being cut.

However, the strange fish also had a way to deal with it. The hard thorn that Ling was holding was originally very smooth, and it could even be said that it was difficult to exert force. But at the moment when the strange fish screamed in pain, several thin and long hard thorns appeared out of thin air, piercing through Ling's palm along the bone gap.

Feeling the pain on his palm, Ling's smile widened. He clenched his hand without loosening it, and used his other hand to exert force again, allowing the long knife to penetrate a few more inches while slowly cutting horizontally - he was worried that he had no place to gain leverage.

But just as he was about to continue to exert force and mix the internal organs of this strange fish into a ball, the surrounding ocean currents changed rapidly again. Ling felt himself being wrapped up by the chakra of the Three-Tail again. His hands and feet, which had begun to feel cold, gradually regained their temperature. The voice of the Three-Tail was also clearly conveyed to him, "Stop!"

Ling frowned slightly, and was just thinking about whether to continue pushing hard when the strange fish retracted its spikes and groaned in extreme grievance.

Ling:……?

"Draw your knife, boy."

Ling maintained his posture without moving, so the strange fish's humming became more and more aggrieved, until Lu's mocking voice sounded again, and the deadlock was completely broken.

"Let it go. It's a pet that the lazy turtle fed with chakra," Youlv's voice was full of gloating. "It had always been with Sanwei and had no worries about food and drink, but when Sanwei woke up that day, I didn't take it away. This little guy must have been starving, not attacking you on purpose."

【……pet?】

Ling's face twitched slightly, but in the end he couldn't say anything. He just silently clenched the long sword and pulled it out, then repeatedly grasped his injured palm, feeling the wound healing quickly under the chakra of the tailed beast, his heart was full of speechlessness.

He might really have overestimated the tailed beasts.

[No, no, no... You can't be so absolute. There are a total of nine tailed beasts, and I've only seen two of them so far. I can't jump to conclusions based on this.] Ling shook his head slightly, gently waving his hands and feet to push away the seawater, and moved closer to the direction where Youlu was. He really relaxed the moment he touched the soft fur, and his thoughts also diverged. [But apart from their powerful strength, the tailed beasts really don't have any points that can make people wary...]

"Xiaoyou, my understanding of the tailed beasts has been refreshed..."

Youlu looked down at Ling, who looked extremely distressed. He snorted and shrunk his body before crawling into Ling's collar. "You don't look like you're going to have a good relationship with him."

Ling rested his chin on the cat's head lying on his collar and chuckled, "Who knows."

Sanwei finally cured the whining fish and turned his attention to the sticky man and cat who obviously had no intention of separating. After a while, he spoke in a muffled voice, "You guys go up first. I will bring you enough ore."

"Thank you very much," Ling nodded calmly, but his expression soon turned confused, "By the way, that...fish? What's going on? I don't have the impression that this kind of fish exists."

"Oh, it? It was fed with chakra, probably for decades..." Sanwei turned slowly, "The chakra that the old man gave me has the ability to change its characteristics. Even if I don't change it deliberately, it will mutate to a certain extent if it is exposed to my chakra for too long.

The spikes on this little fish are its original scales, and the strange metal you mentioned is just the seabed ore that was infected by the chakra I accidentally emitted when I slept... I don't know how much there is here, but it is definitely enough to make you a ninja sword."

"Well, can I have a little more?" Ling turned to the direction where Sanwei was. "It's almost the end of the year, and the truce period is coming up. My brother's birthday is at that time, so I want to give him one too."

Sanwei stared at Ling for a while without saying anything, and sank silently to the bottom of the sea.

"Hey, Xiaoyou, did he agree or not?"

"I guess he agreed? Although he looks fierce, he's actually quite gentle."

"Well, from this perspective, I guess I got some help from Xiao You." Ling raised his hand and rubbed You Lu's chin, "After all, Xiao You hates water."

"That's good to know," Youlu raised his head and touched Ling's chin, "Hurry up and get on. Even if your hair doesn't get wet, the feeling of being in the water isn't that great."

Ling nodded, swung his legs and floated upwards.

"Come to think of it, Sanwei thinks highly of you," Youlv grabbed Ling's collar, "It told me that it likes the nicknames you use for us, and that this is very admirable of you."

"Name?"

"Ah, it's like [he] and [she]."

Ling tilted his head in confusion, "Is there something wrong with using it this way?"

"I don't really care. After all, the old man used 'they' to refer to us when he first mentioned us to others. Besides, 'he' and 'she' are used to refer to humans, which doesn't apply to us at all."

He purred a few more times, "But I rarely see you use "it" to refer to anything."

"Well... [it] was originally created to distinguish between unintelligent beasts and humans. Even though it was later used to refer to all non-human beings out of habit, it still has a condescending connotation."

Ling swung his legs to float himself up, and then gathered chakra in his palms, supported himself and climbed out of the sea. "Whether it's my companions or enemies, they are equal to me, so I usually don't use "it" to refer to them."

"Can enemies be equals?"

"After all, only enemies of equal strength would stand against each other because of their positions. If I call the other party a pig or something, wouldn't I be lowering my status? Having lived to this day, I am still very satisfied with my identity as a human being."

Youli tilted his head and said, "Another heresy I've never heard of."

Ling smiled and lowered his head to rub Youlv's soft fur. "Come to think of it, I should thank Xiaoyou."

"what?"

"Even though he was hurt by the ancestors, he still wants to be with me. Xiaoyou is really brave."

"To be honest, if you weren't blind, I probably wouldn't have gone with you." Youlu raised his head and paused for a moment before continuing, "The feeling of being controlled by an illusion and having no control over your body, but still having a clear consciousness, is simply terrible."

After a brief moment of shock, Ling couldn't help but chuckle, "Don't worry, as long as I'm still here, I won't let my people... No, I should say, as long as I'm still here, no one will dare to do that."