Chapter 211
The blade was pulled out of the seal, and the strong dragon vein energy immediately began to flow like a heart, along the surrounding rune veins, transmitting energy to the entire city.
But due to the power of the blade, the sealed eye on the dragon vein opened completely from half closed, and the huge eye spewed out a brilliant chakra energy like a purple fire column, connecting the sky and the earth, forming a purple light column as bright as the starry sky in the dim cave.
Under the gaze of everyone, Lu Nie swung the long sword in his hand towards the direction of the purple light column. As the blade cut through the purple light column, a purple crystal fell from the light column.
The brilliant purple beam of light also instantly turned into specks of light and disappeared.
The eyes that were wide open on the ground slowly closed.
"What is this?" Maki looked at the huge purple crystal that fell to the ground.
"The power that is stripped away after the dragon veins are corrected." Lu Nie looked at the half-human-tall purple crystal in front of him and explained proactively.
The power of the dragon veins spread throughout the continent, and Loulan was just the most active node. If he made too many changes to the energy of the dragon veins, once it was out of balance, Loulan would probably disappear from this world.
The Kingdom of Wind may also experience disasters such as earthquakes.
"Hey, Sakura, why are you glowing?" Naruto suddenly said in surprise, pointing at Sakura Haruno, who was emitting a milky white light and emitting halo particles like stars outside.
"You are glowing too, Naruto." Sai added from behind Naruto.
"It seems we have to leave here. Thank you very much for your help." Yamato has realized that this is a sign that he and his friends are about to leave.
Except for Haruno Sakura and Naruto, he and Sai both emitted the same aura.
Soon, they completely disintegrated into particles and disappeared from everyone's sight, bidding farewell to this world that seemed somewhat unfamiliar to them.
Lu Nie's heart was beating, and he subconsciously looked at the seal of the centipede. He noticed that the power of the seal seemed to have a slight change, but that feeling was like some kind of sudden illusion.
After hesitating for a moment, he did not open the seal to explore the source of the throbbing that was like a premonition.
"The mission is finally accomplished."
Maki looked at the quiet underground space and breathed a sigh of relief. This mission was full of twists and turns, which really made him exhausted.
He now understood why the Sand Ninjas who sneaked in here disappeared without a trace and without any news at all, without even being able to pass on any message.
He even felt that if Lord Kazekage did not gather strong men and lead the team personally, no matter how many Anbu ninjas were sent, it would be useless.
Judging from the number of puppets alone, the power in the hands of the centipede is enough to start a small war.
He was even glad that this mission was carried out together with Konoha, otherwise if he led the team alone, he would not have had a good ending.
At least he was not completely sure that he could defeat the centipede head-on.
Lu Nie led them from underground to the surface of Loulan. This time, they were not attacked by puppets again. Instead, there were some puppet parts lying scattered on the ground around them. Some of them seemed to have lost their energy and fell from the sky. Their bodies were broken and scattered all over the ground. The whole street was empty. Even in broad daylight, even though the environment here looked better than that of Sand Village, there were no living people. It was like a beautiful, but depressing and uneasy ghost town.
But soon, scattered figures appeared on the streets. They were the Loulan people who ran out after seeing the puppets lose control.
Neither Lunie nor Maki had any intention of dealing with these people. If nothing unexpected happened, this country would be in chaos for a while.
The dragon vein was closed, and the barrier covering the entire Loulan lost its energy supply and dissipated, allowing Lu Nie and his companions to leave Loulan smoothly.
"Thank you so much, Lunie-kun this time. If it weren't for you, this mission would probably still be a failure." Maki, who had already obtained the puppet secret technique that Baizu stole from the Sand Village, thanked Lunie sincerely as he left.
The alliance between Konoha and Sunagakure is not solid, it is more like a temporary compromise.
The Sand Ninja, like other ninja villages, have special ideas about the rich Konoha. During the Second Shinobi World War, they almost stole the house of Konoha, but they were unlucky and met a Konoha White Fang who saved the situation.
But after experiencing this joint mission, Maki also clearly felt the gap between Konoha and the Sand Ninja.
No matter how weak Konoha looks now, its situation is better than that of the Sand Ninja. Because the Sand Village is much weaker than Konoha!
What's worse is that Konoha's top fighting force is still there. The three ninjas have returned, and the new generation has the Yellow Flash, as well as Fugaku, Shisui, and Shikagawa.
As long as the war is over, Konoha will re-train the middle and lower-level ninjas and will soon become strong again.
But what about the Sand Ninja?
The Third Kazekage is missing, most likely dead. The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, leads the Sand Ninjas to resist the attack of the Cloud Ninjas.
Chiyo and Ebizo were already old, and after the war with the Cloud Ninja, they even wanted to resign from their positions as elders.
Ye Cang, who was skilled in Scorch Release, was another card of the Sand Ninja. However, Maki, who was the confidant of the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, knew well that Ye Cang, who had failed in the competition with Rasa for the position of Kazekage, was not accepted by the Sand Ninja high-level officials who were integrated by the Kazekage, and was excluded from the core.
As for the new generation, the only one who can be shown off is the Red Sand Scorpion. But he often disappears, especially now, he has been missing for many years, and he didn't even come back during the war between the Sand Ninja and the Cloud Ninja.
If it weren't for Chiyo's sake, his bounty would have been all over the underground black market.
Even though Maki firmly believed in the future of the Sand Shinobi, he had to admit that in comparison, Konoha's foundation and talents were indeed more solid than those of the Sand Shinobi.
In particular, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind had great dissatisfaction with the Sand Village because of the unfavorable situation in the war. Military spending was cut again and again, forcing the Kazekage to occasionally use his Magnetic Release to make gold to subsidize the village's expenses.
"Please tell the Kazekage that we, Konoha and the Sand Ninja, can cooperate on many things. For example, we can use the power of Wood Release and Dragon Veins to improve the environment of the Wind Country.
We know the difficulties that Sand Village is facing now, and we can help you out of it." Lu Nie extended his hand to Maki.
"Of course, this is just my personal intention. I need to discuss the details with Master Orochimaru. After obtaining his permission, if both parties are interested, you and I can send delegations to communicate."
(End of this chapter)