Summer Red Soldiers fluttered everywhere, accompanied by the fiery glow of explosions, and people below ran in panic.
The blood of sin continuously spread, seeping into the ground and coating the streets. Miki closed her eyes, seemingly defenseless.
The next second, the ground beneath her feet suddenly cracked open, and an arm burst out, grabbing Miki's ankle.
Immediately, the Shinobi who reached out recoiled as if electrocuted, her hand covered in an eerie purple.
Following that, the arm went limp like a noodle, and the Shinobi using Earth Release underground could no longer return to the surface.
Earth Release is a very common Ninjutsu.
Against enemies moving and attacking underground, Miki's current methods cannot detect them in advance.
But there's no need to be overly cautious; humans cannot stealthily move underground for long periods and need to surface to breathe.
At this moment, a Shinobi hid behind a building, rapidly forming hand seals.
But he didn't notice the Winter Storm Chariot and Summer Red Soldiers flying high above his head.
Miki's method of enemy detection is complex.
Firstly, vision: the vision of bugs like Summer Red Soldiers and Insects is different.
For example, Insects can observe and detect nearby objects, but anything further away becomes very blurry and indistinguishable.
In such cases, Miki relies on scent to assist in enemy detection.
Compared to eyesight, Insects's sense of touch is more sensitive.
Among them, the most sensitive is the scent of Chakra.
Just hiding in a visual blind spot makes it difficult to escape Miki's detection system.
Under the cover of night, it's hard to spot a single, tiny Insects.
Not to mention, this type of Insects, the most common and basic in Miki's arsenal, is inherently black, designed for assassination at night.
Silently, a Insects landed on the Shinobi's neck.
It secretes hirudin, allowing it to burrow into a person's body without the target ever noticing.
But the highly strung Shinobi sensitively detected something amiss. The hand seals he was forming were forcibly interrupted, and his other hand quickly slapped his neck.
He looked down at the tiny insect corpse in his palm.
The crushed little bug bled purple.
A bug!
That was close; he almost had that terrifying thing burrow into his body.
But the next second, intense pain assailed his heart.
On his neck and palm, purple venomous spots began to spread rapidly.
In agony, the Shinobi screamed and writhed on the ground, rolling off the eaves and tiles of the roof, crashing heavily onto the ground.
The Shinobi hiding in the shadows nearby heard the sound, and their hearts involuntarily tightened.
Someone else died.
As he nervously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, suddenly, one Shinobi, under the horrified gaze of his companion, fell headfirst, purple blood flowing from his five orifices.
Another heavy thud.
How did he die?
Bitten to death by a bug?
As this thought spun in his mind, his body instinctively began to move, but it was already too late.
He had just pushed off the tiles to jump when his entire body stiffened, and he fell to the ground, kicking his legs.
Amidst the distant chaotic explosions and fearful shouts, the lurking Shinobi keenly caught the sounds of their companions dying one after another.
Then came the sound of his own death.
All around was silent. In dark corners everywhere, Shinobi corpses lay sprawled.
"Terrifying!"
Watching the figure on the long street who made no special movements, a Shinobi lying prone on a rooftop muttered solemnly.
Truly terrifying.
His twenty subordinates, he didn't even know how they died, were all wiped out.
He was one of the Twelve Fūma.
The Fūma Clan accepts anyone, whether they are fallen Shinobi Clans or wandering Shinobi.
Therefore, its members have rather unconventional backgrounds.
They each possess their own secret techniques.
Or perhaps…
Bloodline Limit.
On the street, Miki looked up towards his location.
This fellow, his Chakra smells different.
Ordinary Shinobi, the scent emanating from their bodies is very pure.
To describe it, it's the gentleness of Water, the joy of Fire, the steadfastness of Earth Release, the explosiveness of Lightning, the etherealness of Wind.
That feeling depends on the Shinobi's own attribute, and there will be various scents.
But the scents are distinct; there will never be a mixed scent.
This mixed scent will blend into a new scent, which is a Bloodline Limit.
For example, something like the 'Frostmourne'.
In a way, this is the first time Miki has encountered such a capturable'soma'.
Seeing Miki's gaze, the Shinobi slowly stood up.
Since he had been discovered.
There was no need to hide anymore.
One foot on the main ridge of the roof, one foot on the tiles, he bent down and looked down from above, saying loudly, "Bastard! I am one of the Twelve Fūma, Soma Ryosuke!"
Miki didn't speak, only watched him.
He looked like a tall, thin hunchback, with a large hump on his back, like a camel's.
Miki pondered how to catch this rare, ugly little bug.
As if sensing contempt, Soma Ryosuke angrily said, "To actually kill my subordinates! I will make you regret being born into this world!!!"
From the intelligence gathered so far, he knew he absolutely could not be touched by her bugs, whether it was the green glowing one, the dragonfly, or that poisonous bug—all were extremely lethal!
The three types of bugs had varying degrees of difficulty.
His closest friend, Jumao, had sacrificed his life for this intelligence, and he had received it with tears!
Therefore, he was extra careful, wary of any rustling around him.
Immediately, he brought out his strongest form.
With a roar, the hump on his back shifted to his shoulder. The flesh seemed to bulge hideously, but upon closer inspection, it was another person opening their sleeping eyes, connected to this fellow's body.
Conjoined twins, pitiful deformities often seen in circuses in her previous life.
Simply put, they are people with one body and two heads.
Watching this scene, Miki couldn't help but tilt her head.
So, it's this Ninjutsu.
But this Ninjutsu is different; it's not one body with two heads. It's two people with upper bodies sharing one lower body.
And they can freely separate and merge.
What was it called…
Twin Demon Attack.
Miki is also working on similar things.
For example, the Chimera.
Also known as a chimaera.
It's not a genetic chimera, but a purely physical one.
The Uchiha Clan's eye transplantation is one such technique.
But Miki's approach is more thorough; it's called head transplantation surgery.
It's a Medical Ninjutsu Miki is developing, with no successful cases yet.
Once successfully developed, as long as there's no brain death, it would be very difficult for a person to die.
It's one of Miki's envisioned ultimate Medical Ninjutsu.
Although it hasn't been successfully experimented with yet, often failing due to rejection, she has developed a wonderful technique.
Independent maintenance of head vital activity.
Even if only a head remains, Miki can keep it alive for a considerable period.
So, looking at this guy, Miki's eyes were glowing.
The solution to the rejection problem—isn't it right here?
The effect is to allow the flesh to assimilate and for body cells and tissues to move freely within the body.
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