Hiding in the sand, splitting into many places, starting with Arkham

In the end, of the hundreds of Konoha ninja who remained to cover the retreat, only seven were left besides Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Each of these seven was a Jonin with considerable strength, and with their coordinated teamwork, they managed to exchange several blows even against Rasa and Pakura.

However, by now, these individuals were also at their limit.

"Everyone, thank you for accompanying this old man to his death. Now, please cover me and create an opportunity for this old man!"

The Third Hokage's hand, clutching the Adamantine Staff, trembled uncontrollably, but his voice remained passionate.

巳 - 亥 - 未 - 卯 - 戌 - 子 - 酉 - 午 - 巳!

Reaper Death Seal!

"Pa!"

As Hiruzen Sarutobi clasped his hands together, a ghostly image of the Death God, invisible to others, appeared behind the Third Hokage.

This was the ghostly image of the Death God, visible only to those who had made a contract with it.

Shimizu frowned slightly, a bad premonition rising in his heart. He formed a hand seal passed down by Gu Yi from the Chinese magical world with his right hand, then touched his brow, sweeping across his eyes, and activated his Yin-Yang Eyes.

Kamar-Taj sometimes dealt with magical events in the secular world that could not be resolved, such as certain vengeful spirits and ghosts.

In most cases, these entities could be sensed with sufficient mental strength, but in some rare cases, some special individuals would be encountered, requiring the use of relevant spells.

After activating his Yin-Yang Eyes, Shimizu immediately saw the ghostly image of the Death God floating behind Hiruzen Sarutobi, with a knife in its mouth and horns on its head.

Crap!

Reaper Death Seal!

How did the Third Hokage learn this forbidden technique at this time?

In the entire Naruto world, apart from the Six Paths — Planetary Devastation used by Naruto and Sasuke with the power of the Six Paths, no other sealing technique has a sealing ability that is clearly above the Reaper Death Seal.

Even if his own soul were sealed, he probably wouldn't be able to break free—even Hashirama Senju, a super powerhouse who was almost the strongest below the Six Paths, would be sealed by the Death God's stomach.

Although Shimizu's soul strength was also very strong, he didn't want to try.

"Retreat quickly!"

So, upon seeing the ghostly image of the Death God, Shimizu quickly used Blood Demon Art to teleport away, not giving the Third Hokage a chance, and loudly shouted to remind Rasa and Pakura.

The person this old codger wants to kill most now must be himself!

However, the Third Hokage was also extremely decisive, and upon seeing Shimizu's unusually timely retreat, he immediately switched targets!

Because he knew that the Reaper Death Seal could not be maintained for too long.

Shimizu was too strong and knew Flying Thunder God Technique, so it was likely that he could not catch him, which would waste this opportunity.

Then the new target would be…

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes quickly scanned the positions of Pakura and Rasa.

"Enma!"

The Third Hokage shouted loudly, and the Adamantine Staff in his hand quickly became thicker and longer, smashing the large cube-shaped barrier and spikes made of Rasa's sand gold in front of him into countless fragments of sand.

Rasa remembered Shimizu's previous reminder and wanted to retreat.

However, the Adamantine Staff was thrown out by the Third Hokage at this moment, turning back into Enma, relying on his invulnerable Adamantine body to entangle Rasa at close range.

Without transforming, the destructive power brought by Enma's strength was also among the top of all summoning beasts!

This old ape's taijutsu skills were also very strong, coupled with his Adamantine body, Rasa couldn't get rid of him for a while, and could only condense a long sword from sand gold, using the Wind Breathing he learned from Shimizu to fight fiercely with Enma.

"Scorching Release: Extremely Unpleasant Steam Murder!"

"Particle Style: Thunderclap!"

Pakura and Shimizu hurriedly launched a long-range attack towards the Third Hokage's back.

However, the Third Hokage's figure at this moment was as agile as a monkey, more agile than Enma, nimbly jumping and somersaulting, and spewing a thick curtain of water from his mouth in mid-air.

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

The three ninjutsu collided, evaporating a large amount of water vapor.

At this time, with the assistance of Enma, the Third Hokage, at the cost of being pierced by Rasa's sand gold long sword, grabbed Rasa's hands.

"Accompany this old man to the Pure Land!"

"Old geezer, who wants to die with an old and ugly guy like you!"

Amidst the angry curses, the Death God's arm pierced through the Third Hokage's chest, reached into Rasa's body, and pulled his soul outward.

"Not good! What is this ninjutsu?!"

Pakura's face changed in shock, and at this moment, she felt somewhat fortunate and somewhat guilty.

She was fortunate because the Third Hokage's suicide ninjutsu did not target herself and Shimizu, and guilty because of her thoughts.

Rasa was also a comrade from Sunagakure, and Shimizu's capable assistant in the future!

He couldn't just be lost here!

Shimizu also thought so.

"Although I'm not very proficient yet, let's try if it works first."

Shimizu frowned and clicked his tongue, his sleeves fluttering without wind. With his right hand as a pen and Qi as ink, he drew a talisman in the air with vigorous strokes.

Talisman head, talisman heart, talisman foot, all completed in one go.

"Soul Summoning Talisman!"

A talisman was created, emitting a faint blue light, and landed on Rasa's body.

This was a talisman used for people who had lost their souls or were possessed by evil spirits, and could also be used to deal with horse immortals or the evil ghost-raising techniques of the Wild Maoshan Sect.

Soul summoning, soul calling, soul gathering, soul capturing, soul restraining, and other talismans were all in the same category, only the grades were different.

The Soul Summoning Talisman drawn by Shimizu was of the sixth rank.

After obtaining the Tongtian Talisman and the Supreme Three-Five Capital Merit Scripture Talisman, Shimizu handed this matter over to several clones for research, and occasionally sent messages to Tian Jinzhong of Longhu Mountain, taking pictures to ask for advice. He made rapid progress, and the seventh-rank talismans recorded above were basically mastered, only the sixth-rank ones were not particularly proficient.

The Soul Summoning Talisman turned into light spots and scattered on Rasa's body, merging into his body.

The section of soul that was pulled out of the body was also pulled back a bit, but then the power of the talisman dissipated, and it was pulled back by the Death God again.

Effective!

But one talisman wasn't enough.

Then use more talismans to smash him!

Shimizu's eyes moved, his hands formed a hand seal, his robes fluttered without wind, his hands clapped together, then opened towards the surroundings of his body, drawing a circle.

Countless hands, like a thousand-handed Avalokiteśvara, stretched out from behind Shimizu, then scattered, turning into countless solid clones.

"The Form of Ikonn!"

The Third Hokage was stunned.

This is…

Multiple Shadow Clones?

That was an A-rank forbidden technique recorded in the Book of Seals of Konoha. Other ninja villages could crack the Shadow Clone Technique, but cracking the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was much more difficult than the Shadow Clone Technique.

Has this been cracked as well, like the Flying Thunder God Technique?

However, the hand seals Shimizu used were unlike any he had ever seen, and the steps were completely different from the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, indicating that the other party was using a different method to achieve a similar effect.

How could such talent be born in Sunagakure?

And that technique of his, is it a new type of sealing jutsu that can pull souls from the air?

Hundreds of soul-summoning tags, glowing with blue light, rained down on Rasa, quickly pulling the large portion of his soul that had already been dragged out back into his body.

Feeling the power from the Death God decreasing, Hiruzen Sarutobi made a decisive choice.

The Death God's short sword slashed down, cutting off and sealing the small portion of Rasa's soul that remained outside.

"You... damn it!"

Rasa's eyes widened as he watched his hands gradually turn to stone.

The part of his soul corresponding to his hands had been sealed!

This meant he could no longer form hand seals, and most of his strength, which relied on Magnet Release Sand Gold, was sealed away!

"Cough cough! What a pity, I could only seal one pair of your hands. Originally, I didn't plan to leave this technique for you. What a waste."

Hiruzen Sarutobi coughed blood and smiled miserably. His head tilted, blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he lost his breath.

"Ahhhhh! You old bastard! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill your whole family! I'm going to slaughter Konoha!"

Rasa, looking like a madman, pounded Hiruzen Sarutobi's corpse with his elbows.

"Rasa, stop for a moment. There may still be a chance to heal your hands."

Shimizu walked up to Rasa, reached out and pressed on him, and began to examine the Third Hokage's corpse.

The corpse of such a strong person represents a lot of information, not to mention that this is the Kage of a village, and the value of the information within his body is immeasurable.

It's just a pity that there is a seal inside the Third Hokage's body. At the moment of his death, the seal activated on its own, turning his brain into mush.

In this way, the effect of Subconscious Mind Control Sand will be greatly reduced. He can only let Sasori use his unique ninjutsu to try to extract information from the chakra remaining on the Third Hokage's corpse.

But no matter what, such a corpse of a Kage-level powerhouse who has not yet declined from his peak is of great value, even if it is made into a human puppet.

Shimizu couldn't help but smile at the thought of Sunagakure's puppeteers manipulating the Third Hokage's human puppet to fight Konoha ninjas in the future.

But now is not the time to laugh.

Shimizu put on a serious look and covered Rasa's palm with medical ninjutsu.

The latter didn't even dare to breathe loudly, for fear of affecting Shimizu's diagnosis.

"Do you feel anything?"

"No."

"Most of the hand cells are petrified, and the remaining part has reduced activity. A little higher up, here?"

Shimizu poked some of the forearm area above Rasa's wrist with his hand.

"I feel it."

"The nerve connection is correct, but I don't have a particularly deep understanding of the relationship between the physical body and the soul, I only have a certain understanding of it, and I can't judge the exact impact."

Shimizu shook his head.

Rasa's current situation should be the same as Orochimaru's after the Konoha Crush in the original timeline.

At that time, the Third Hokage sealed the souls of the First and Second Hokage, and then was unable to continue, so he could only seal Orochimaru's hands.

And today, if he hadn't happened to learn the talisman techniques of the Celestial Master Talismans, learned the soul-summoning talismans that could treat the symptoms, and mastered the Akeon Shape and Tongtian Talisman, he could throw out hundreds of these talismans, which take several hours or even more than a day to draw, in one breath, using quantity to save Rasa's life.

Otherwise, Rasa would definitely have been completely sealed by now.

"The best way is definitely to undo this seal and take out the soul of your hands from the seal, so that it can be directly restored to its original state."

"Does Konoha have a way to undo the seal?"

"If there is, it should only be in Konoha, or you can send people to explore the old site of Uzushiogakure in the Land of Whirlpools."

Shimizu replied to Rasa.

However, in his opinion, it is almost impossible to解除尸鬼封尽 (Release Corpse Demon Seal) in the short term, even if the time is extended, the difficulty is very high.

First of all, you need the Death God mask. Only by wearing the Death God's mask can you cast Corpse Demon Seal, attach the Death God to yourself, and then cut open the Death God's stomach to undo the seal.

It's just that the mask is now in the Mask Storage Temple of the Uzumaki clan, and that Mask Storage Temple is located somewhere in Konoha Village.

Perhaps it was Mito Uzumaki who knew the relationship between the Death God mask and Corpse Demon Seal that she moved the Mask Storage Temple to Konoha after the Uzumaki clan was exterminated.

But this in turn leads to the next question - who will cast this seal, and who will be the scapegoat?

Orochimaru has a lot of methods to be a scapegoat to exploit BUGs, but others don't.

Moreover, you have to be able to learn this seal. The learning difficulty of this level of sealing is definitely not low. At least, it must be someone who is proficient in sealing techniques to a high level to be able to learn it.

What's more, you have to be able to find a way to learn Corpse Demon Seal.

It is estimated that the only people who master this method now are Kushina Uzumaki. He doesn't know if Minato Namikaze will, but the possibility should be high.

In addition to this, you can only try your luck and see if you can find relevant information left in the ruins like Orochimaru in the original timeline.

Overall, this method is feasible and there is room for operation, but the implementation difficulty is high and the time cost is long.

It's better to try other methods first. If nothing else, you can look at other incarnations, or whether you can open other worlds in the future and obtain methods to restore and strengthen your soul.

Rasa doesn't know the relevant information about Corpse Demon Seal, but he also knows that Konoha will definitely not hand over the method to破解 (crack) it.

At least, they have to wait until Sunagakure defeats Konoha before they can try to get this method on the negotiating table.

Even considering it more extreme, is it necessary to destroy Konoha to obtain it?

It's not impossible.

So Rasa also wants to try other methods.

"Can you use the Creation Rebirth Technique from last time to recreate a pair of hands?"

"You can try, but you'd better not have too much expectation. The problem is with the soul, not the body. It's already a relatively good result that you can't move your hands. If you lose your brain, the lightest thing is to become an idiot or a vegetable."

Rasa lowered his head slightly and glared at the Third Hokage's corpse angrily.

That old monkey!

"After we go back, I'll make you a puppet arm."