"Thank you, Lady Mito!"
"Don't lower your guard!"
After rescuing a combat ninja who had been moments away from death—and casually crushing several undead with a single strike—Uzumaki Mito kept most of her attention fixed on the battle between Uchiha Hikaru and Cocytus.
Her phoenix-like eyes were sharp as an eagle's, tracking every subtle movement Cocytus made.
Sage chakra flowed within her body.
Through a seal connected to Uzumaki Minako, she continuously drew more power, ready to recreate the same devastating punch that had nearly killed Demiurge.
The War God Blade of Hikaru's Susanoo fell like a mountain collapsing.
Each swing carried enough destructive power to reshape the battlefield itself.
But Cocytus, empowered by the natural abilities of his insectoid race, moved like lightning.
His speed in straight bursts was so terrifying that Hikaru had no chance to even release Amaterasu.
His katana flashed repeatedly through the air, searching for the smallest opening.
"What an irritating grasshopper."
Hikaru glanced sideways.
While she had been locked in battle with Cocytus, the remaining six Solar-tier Snow Maidens had frozen the four Crow Tengu Susanoo.
They were preparing to destroy them completely.
"Your opponent… is me."
Cocytus blocked Hikaru's path.
Cold mist poured from his mouth as power surged around him.
"Immovable King Strike — Kurikara Sword!"
A crescent-shaped blade of energy over forty meters long shot forward.
The strike carried enough force to split mountains and seas.
Hikaru's attempt to rescue her allies was stopped.
Her own Susanoo retaliated with a massive slash.
The collision shattered the earth beneath them.
But inside the diamond-shaped crystal of the Susanoo's head, Hikaru suddenly noticed something.
A figure had appeared behind the six Snow Maidens.
Uchiha Soren.
"Took you long enough."
Relief flickered across Hikaru's face.
Then—
The entire sky froze.
"Mid-Origin Magic: Frozen World."
In an instant, the world plunged into endless winter.
Blue light burst from Soren's fingertips.
It spread rapidly across the battlefield.
Clouds froze into crystalline sculptures.
Sunlight refracted through the ice, creating rainbow-colored light like a dream.
The earth was swallowed by frost.
Grass withered.
Flowers froze mid-bloom.
Even time seemed to halt.
Moisture in the air condensed into countless ice crystals, forming a silver mist that choked the battlefield.
Large numbers of undead froze solid.
Bone dragons shrieked in panic before their wings froze and dragged them crashing to the ground.
At the center of the spell—
The six Snow Maidens froze completely.
Their beautiful faces were locked forever within transparent ice.
The entire world became a silent frozen dream.
Only the blue light at Soren's fingertips remained.
The source of it all.
"How is this possible?!"
Cocytus turned in shock.
"Die!"
Hikaru's pupils shrank.
She caught the smallest hesitation from Cocytus.
The War God Blade accelerated instantly.
The strike fell with unstoppable force.
Cocytus was hit directly.
His body flew through the air like a broken kite before crashing violently into the ground.
Blood sprayed across the frozen battlefield.
"Now!"
Mito seized the moment.
The War God Blade rose again.
Cocytus struggled to stand.
With a single motion, he hurled his silver halberd.
"Too late to dodge…"
Cocytus stood firmly upon the frozen ground.
Holding the God-Slaying Blade Emperor, he charged forward with desperate determination.
At the moment the two attacks were about to collide—
Mito appeared behind him.
She lightly pushed him forward with a simple palm strike.
The movement broke Cocytus's balance.
In the next instant—
His grip shattered.
The katana flew from his hands.
The War God Blade descended with unstoppable force.
The blade struck directly onto his head.
The ground shattered.
Blood erupted like a fountain.
The Guardian of Nazarick's Fifth Floor—Cocytus, Ruler of the Frozen River—had fallen.
Hikaru stared down at Cocytus's corpse.
Then she glanced toward Mito, who had already turned away to eliminate the remaining Frost Army.
Clicking her tongue slightly, Hikaru dismissed her Susanoo.
She stood atop the Nine-Tails' head.
Fatigue showed on her normally elegant face.
Her Mangekyo faded back into a three-tomoe Sharingan as she quietly looked toward the sky.
Toward Uchiha Soren.
The frozen layers around the four Susanoo gradually shattered.
The four Morning Star Uchiha emerged with grateful expressions before summoning Susanoo again and returning to battle.
Just as the Frost Army was nearly wiped out—
The barrier of the Great Tomb suddenly opened.
Dark figures surged out like a tidal wave.
At the front stood Pandora's Actor, disguised as Ainz.
His eyes burned with rage.
Behind him—
Over ninety monsters roared.
Demons.
Angels.
Dragons.
Their wings spread across the sky, blotting out the sun.
The ground trembled beneath their power.
The clouds themselves were pushed aside by their murderous aura.
"You killed Cocytus!"
"You dare kill Cocytus!"
Pandora's voice thundered across the battlefield.
He raised his staff.
Magic gathered into a swirling vortex.
"Leader!"
Mito and Hikaru exchanged glances.
Their expressions grew serious.
The Great Tomb possessed an endless supply of Sun, Moon, and Star-level powerhouses.
Nearly dozens of times stronger than the ninja world's numbers.
If not for their advantage in top-tier combat power—
The ninja world would have already been massacred.
Mito spoke directly into Soren's mind.
"Our ninja forces are exhausted. Continuing this battle will cause massive casualties."
"Fight or retreat—we must decide now."
Soren floated in the air under the glow of flight magic.
His gaze swept across the battlefield.
Haku and the Frost Dragon King lay collapsed nearby.
Half of the combat ninjas were barely standing.
Only the Uchiha and Uzumaki clans retained significant combat power.
Among the Tailed Beasts—
The Seven-Tails and Four-Tails had already collapsed.
The Four-Tails had fired several final Tailed Beast Bombs before vanishing in smoke, returning to the ninja world.
The Seven-Tails had returned to Minako's body.
Only the Nine-Tails, with its nearly infinite chakra, continued supplying energy.
Even so—
The four Susanoo had fallen below Crow Tengu level.
Hyuga Ashina's Tenseigan had dimmed.
He could no longer use Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, nor even Silver Wheel Reincarnation Explosion.
At this moment—
Only Uchiha Hikaru and Uzumaki Mito still maintained about seventy percent of their strength.
As for Soren—
He remained at full Solar-tier power.
"The strength of the ninja world… has never belonged to Konoha alone."
Soren looked toward Hikaru.
She immediately understood.
Reaching into her ninja tool pouch, she pulled out a scroll.
But suddenly—
Every ninja on the battlefield looked toward the sky.
Pandora's eyes lit with excitement.
Inside Nazarick—
Ainz stared silently at Cocytus's shattered body.
The message on the system screen read:
Resurrection Impossible.
Green emotional suppression light flickered repeatedly across his body.
"Impossible… why can't he be revived?"
"They didn't use the Holy-Slaying Spear… so why can't Cocytus be resurrected?!"
Confusion and pain filled Ainz's mind.
Seeing Nazarick's NPCs fall one after another nearly crushed him.
Without his undead emotional suppression—
He doubted he could even remain seated on the throne.
"Even the leader of the ninja world has appeared…"
"The enemy should have no more trump cards."
"With Pandora's force… they will probably…"
Ainz shook his head.
"No."
"They will definitely annihilate them."
"Our power exceeds theirs nearly tenfold."
"Even if something goes wrong, the guardians can intervene—so long as they aren't instantly killed."
"For now… I must prevent them from escaping via teleportation and continue providing magical support."
Ainz raised the Staff of Ainz Ooal Gown.
Tenth-tier magic—Spatial Lock.
Meteor-fall spells.
Even Ninth-tier summoning magic.
To him, they were trivial costs.
Inside Nazarick's third floor command room—
The deaths of Cocytus stirred the others deeply.
Especially the "cowardly sneak attack" by Uzumaki Mito.
But unlike them—
Ainz understood something.
War had no rules.
Whether honorable or despicable—
Victory was all that mattered.
Still, Albedo could not swallow this humiliation.
Although she, Shalltear, and Sebas were primarily melee fighters—
There was still another option.
"The guardian of the Sixth Floor—Aura—is a beast tamer."
"She commands hundreds of magical beasts."
"It's time they contribute to Nazarick."
The decision was made.
Meanwhile—
The battlefield descended into catastrophe.
The sky darkened.
Uchiha Soren looked upward.
Suddenly—
A blazing light tore across the heavens.
Gigantic meteors fell from the sky.
Each burning stone roared through the air like a furious beast.
Then came fire rain magic.
Flaming spheres poured down like a storm.
The four elements—
Earth.
Water.
Wind.
Fire.
Four Solar-tier elemental lords appeared.
They raised arms of pure magic and unleashed devastating spells toward the ninja army.
"What a spectacle."
Under everyone's gaze, Soren smiled faintly.
"Hikaru. Do your part."
Hikaru nodded.
From the scroll she summoned a massive object.
The Box of Ultimate Bliss.
The enormous chest was carved with four demonic masks—joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.
When Hikaru activated it—
The masks opened their mouths like gates to hell.
More than twenty Radiant Moon–level creatures flew out.
Gozu.
Their leader emerged last—
Taking the form of Senju Mori.
The creature glanced at Mito and Soren.
Memories from its former life flashed briefly.
Then its face twisted into madness.
Hikaru snorted.
"Still as stubborn as ever."
Using the Box of Ultimate Bliss, she commanded the Gozu to intercept Pandora's army.
Flames raged around them.
Meteors screamed through the sky.
Elemental lords roared.
Yet Soren remained calm.
"The three great sacred lands of the ninja world…"
"Ryuchi Cave."
"Mount Myoboku."
"Shikkotsu Forest."
"They are also Konoha's power."
Since the battlefield was sealed by spatial lockdown—
Soren welcomed the situation.
Using prepared summoning scrolls—
He summoned help.
First—
A massive slug appeared.
A fragment of the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest.
Even a fragment measured nearly eighty meters long, rivaling the Nine-Tails in size.
The Slug Sage quickly assessed the battlefield.
It split into hundreds of smaller slugs that attached themselves to ninjas and frost dragons.
Healing began instantly.
Next—
The legendary Toad Trio of Mount Myoboku arrived.
Each toad was nearly as large as the One-Tail.
Their enormous forty-meter blades swept across the battlefield.
They created a safe zone for the recovering ninjas.
Fukasaku and Shima, the toad sages, also appeared with dozens of combat toads.
They intercepted the dwindling undead forces.
Finally—
A colossal presence appeared.
The White Snake Sage of Ryuchi Cave.
Its body stretched hundreds of meters long.
Its power barely reached the Six Paths tier.
With a single tail swing—
The sky cracked.
Four Solar-tier elemental lords were crushed instantly.
Even the spells raining down from the heavens were shattered.
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