With a swing of his giant axe, the Ape cut the vines that were tangled around his feet. However, there were too many vines and as soon as it freed itself from the ones on its feet, it was immediately ensnared by others around its waist and left hand.
The Ape roared in frustration and flexed all of its muscles to try to break free from the vines.
“You can’t escape now!” Leo sneered, as he channeled the Spiritual Power through his body.
The vines grew even more wildly than before, wrapping themselves tightly around the Ape’s body. It continued to roar in anger while swinging its axe frantically but it had little effect.
Soon, the right hand of the Ape was also entangled by vines, and the giant axe could no longer swing.
After the death entanglement of Demon Vine, sharp thorns similar to steel needles grew on its surface.
The thorns pierced directly into the skin of the Ape, which was as solid as rock, absorbing its life force and energy.
The furious roar of the Ape quickly turned into a wail. Although its struggles were frantic, it seemed so feeble.
The crazed vines, like spider silk, wrapped around the Ape, layer upon layer, and continued to tighten.
In this tightening, the body of the Ape emitted terrifying sounds of bone fractures.
At the moment when the Ape was unable to move, Yonamine jumped down from its shoulder and quickly retreated, avoiding the entanglement range of Demon Vine.
Although he was an Earth Ninja, in the face of the formidable Demon Vine, he could only watch helplessly, unable to save his own spirit beast.
After absorbing the life force of the Ape, the dark green color of Demon Vine turned crimson, and the vines became thicker and tougher.
The irritable Ape began to wither, and its massive body started to shrink and collapse.
On the cliff, Maniwa, who witnessed this scene through a telescope, gritted her teeth and muttered, “Those despicable Atraria people used our Demon Vine against Yonamine’s spirit beast!”
“The Atraria people are truly cunning. Mr. Yonamine’s spirit beast is probably…” Yuriko remembered her own spirit beast, the Three-Legged Frog, and a deep sense of resentment appeared on her face.
Now Maniwa and Yuriko had a firsthand experience of what it meant to shoot oneself in the foot with a stone.
“Stop!” Yonamine’s eyes turned red, and he shouted at Leo, who had fallen to the ground.
The Ape’s massive body had already been completely engulfed by the Demon Vine. Even if the Demon Vine suddenly disappeared now, the Ape would most likely not survive.
Since Leo was too close to the Demon Vine, Yonamine couldn’t dare to rush over and attack him. He could only watch helplessly as his spirit beast lost its life force.
Soon, the Demon Vine stopped growing and moving because it had completely digested the Ape, leaving nothing behind.
The Demon Vine seemed to be “full” and, coupled with the absence of Leo’s Spiritual Power input, it entered a state of automatic dormancy.
“Kid, you’ve killed my spirit beast. Today, you will undoubtedly die!”
Yonamine’s eyes turned crimson as he slowly drew his ninja short sword, the Crescent Moon Slash!
When Yonamine’s body turned into an afterimage and attacked Leo, a blade of fire appeared behind him.
Yonamine, almost instinctively sensing the danger, swiftly turned around and blocked with his short sword.
Leo wouldn’t miss such a perfect opportunity. With the Blue Phantom Sword in hand, he swiftly moved and stabbed directly at Yonamine’s back.
Being an Earth Ninja, Yonamine was not in vain. As if he had eyes on his back, he simultaneously parried the fire blade and slightly leaned to the right.
The Blue Phantom Sword, which was aimed at Yonamine’s back, only left a bloody wound on his left shoulder.
Despite that, Yonamine felt a chill down his spine and quickly stepped back.
The one who attacked Yonamine with the fire blade was Fire Rose. She made eye contact with Leo and nodded, indicating that the Human Ninja and the two Upper Ninjas in the west had already been taken care of by her.
At this point, all four Human Ninjas and eight Upper Ninjas of the Koken family who were ambushed here had been eliminated.
While keeping a vigilant eye on Yonamine, Fire Rose slowly approached Leo.
Leo signaled to her, indicating a swift and decisive battle to eliminate Yonamine.
A burst of fire energy erupted from Fire Rose’s body, and nine flames transformed into the shape of lotus flowers in her hands.
With a push of her hands, the nine fiery lotus flowers shot towards Yonamine.
Leo also took action, holding the Nine Abyss Suppresses Evil Peak in one hand and the Blue Phantom Sword in the other, charging towards Yonamine.
Just Leo alone was already a formidable opponent for Yonamine, and now with the addition of Fire Rose, he dared not confront them head-on. He hastily retreated with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
While retreating, Yonamine formed hand seals with both hands, and a sandy yellow light burst out from the seals he formed, enveloping the fierce attack of the nine fiery lotus flowers headed towards him.
Immediately after, Yonamine clasped his hands together, and the nine fiery lotus flowers extinguished within the sandy yellow light, disappearing into nothingness.
As Yonamine broke through Fire Rose’s attack, Leo had already closed the distance between them and unleashed the Nine Abyss Suppresses Evil Peak.
A black mist instantly shrouded Yonamine, and his retreating figure suddenly slowed down. A blue light flashed, and a wound appeared on Yonamine’s chest.
Feeling the pain, Yonamine released all of his inner power, attempting to escape the range of the black mist as quickly as possible.
“Fire Rose!” Leo shouted loudly.
Due to Leo’s control, the black mist emitted by the Nine Abyss Suppresses Evil Peak radiated in a fan shape towards Yonamine, so Fire Rose was not affected by gravity.
Fire Rose’s figure flashed, circling around Yonamine’s side and launching three consecutive Fire Moon Slashes.
At this moment, Yonamine was like an old ox trapped in the mud. Although his movements were affected, with the powerful strength of an Earth Ninja, he still managed to easily dodge the three Fire Moon Slashes from Fire Rose.
Leo pointed his left hand forward, slashing across the surface of the Blue Phantom Sword.
After being infused with the power of Blood Devouring, the Blue Phantom Sword immediately emitted a strange blue-purple light.
“Sword of Exorcism, go!”
With a cold shout from Leo, the Blue Phantom Sword flew out of his hand.
Yonamine successfully evaded the first strike of the Blue Phantom Sword, but what he never expected was that the sword divided into three, changed direction, and attacked again.
This time, Yonamine only managed to dodge two of the swords, while the third one pierced through his abdomen, shattering his elixir field.
Yonamine, the Earth Ninja, looked down at his abdomen in horror and was then crushed to the ground by the immense gravity.
Leo’s face turned pale as he simultaneously retrieved the Nine Abyss Suppresses Evil Peak and the Blue Phantom Sword.