Around the closed eye, mysterious and complex spells were arranged.
Hakushi squatted down, glanced at these mysterious spells, then looked at the closed eye. Through the slit, the purple Chakra light shone on his face, with a breathtaking splendor.
"Is this the power of the Dragon Vein? The Chakra within the seal alone is so powerful, it's truly astonishing."
"How do you plan to absorb it with such a solid sealing formula?"
Ruri walked over and asked.
This indeed puzzled Hakushi, as the power of the Dragon Vein was much stronger than he anticipated.
"Anyway, let's first find the 'core.' The live slug mentioned that the Dragon Vein is an anomalous energy source formed from the earth's Natural Energy; something like this surely has a 'core.'"
Hakushi stood up and said.
"Such a massive Chakra makes it hard to find the 'core.'"
Ayane stated.
Compared to Hakushi's Perception Ninjutsu, her Byakugan could perceive the internal situation of the Dragon Vein more directly.
"Can't even the Byakugan find it?"
"No, the Chakra density below is too concentrated. With my current Donjutsu, I can't see what's inside."
Ayane looked downward. Deep within the massive earth vein was an extremely brilliant purple light, formed by terrifyingly dense Chakra, blocking the Byakugan's investigation.
"It seems we'll have to forcibly break open the external device."
Hakushi touched the closed eye within the sealing spells, where the power of the Dragon Vein was contained.
Ruri and Ayane also nodded. Indeed, the only solution was to expose the 'core' of the Dragon Vein.
Just as Hakushi was about to unlock the sealing formula of the external device, the sound of metal footsteps suddenly echoed from outside the quiet room.
A large number of puppet soldiers poured in, immediately spotting the three intruders. Without hesitation, they launched a barrage of Kunai with purple Chakra from their weapon systems, speeding through the air intending to turn the three into porcupines.
Shadow Blades equal in number to the Kunai emerged from Hakushi's shadow, and with the sound of metal clashing, the Kunai were all scattered away.
Clack!
Clack!
The Shadow Blades eerily dismantled the joints of these puppet soldiers, reducing them to a pile of scrap metal.
"I'll need some time to extract the core here; just help hold them off outside."
Ruri and Ayane nodded, stepping outside to assist Hakushi in guarding against the approaching puppet soldiers.
Once Ruri and Ayane were outside, Hakushi began to form seals, concentrating Chakra in his hands to break the external seal of the Dragon Vein, allowing its power to surge out, revealing the 'core's' location.
At that moment, all he needed to do was extract the core.
He pressed his hands against the external device resembling a closed eye, and saw the surrounding spells immediately glow, enveloping the entire quiet room.
Hakushi noticed that the eye-like device had completely opened, revealing a strange space enveloped in purple.
Sweat broke out across Hakushi's face. Was this formidable power really the force of the Dragon Vein?
Even during the outbreak of the One-tailed, there wasn't such terrifying Chakra.
Moreover, Hakushi could observe that the surrounding space was rapidly distorting, the intense light making it impossible to clearly see what changes the Dragon Vein's Chakra underwent.
Suddenly, the light shifted to a pale purple hue, and a torrent of purple Chakra gushed out like a flood from the opened eye.
Noticing the danger, Hakushi was about to retreat when suddenly, several unfamiliar Chakra reactions appeared in his Perception Ninjutsu.
These sudden Chakra reactions reminded Hakushi of the scene when confronting Minato; Space-Time Ninjutsu?
Boom!
The violent explosion distorted the purple Chakra emitted from the eye device, as if influenced by some unknown factor, causing the wavelength to become unstable.
Hakushi was blasted away by the sudden explosion, crashing into the wall and creating a large crater, spitting blood from his mouth.
Hakushi's eyes were fixed on the Dragon Vein's power device, now engulfed in rolling thick smoke. Slowly standing, he sensed four unfamiliar Chakra reactions amidst the swirling dust.
The seal of the Dragon Vein also tended towards stability; clearly, Hakushi's recent unsealing jutsu had failed due to that strange space-time distortion force.
This sudden incident left Hakushi dumbfounded, wanting to figure out what was happening.
As the dust slowly cleared, those four unfamiliar Chakra holders also revealed their forms.
Like Hakushi, they too were lying on the ground, disoriented by the explosion, slowly getting back on their feet.
Three men and one woman.
"Konoha Ninja!?"
Hakushi clearly saw their Konoha Ninja Headbands, showing a look of astonishment.
What a joke, four Konoha Ninja were blasted out from the Dragon Vein?
This was the Land of Wind, not the Land of Fire.
Plus, their strange emergence here clearly resulted from some kind of Space-Time Ninjutsu.
What's going on here?
"Huh? Where is this?"
One of the boys with golden hair looked around bewildered, just like Hakushi, not understanding what had just happened.
"Wait!" He suddenly seemed to remember something and rushed to check on his companions: "Sakura, Sai, Captain Yamato, are you alright?"