Douluo Dalu: The Legend of Heavenly Ruler

--- Chapter 173 ---

Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto stood on a mountain top and quietly watched the leaf village.

"...We should finish this matter fast, so our clan will be able to raise again." Uchiha Fugaku silently muttered.

"What about Sasuke? Will he be okay? He must suffer a lot after our death..." Uchiha Mikoto asked with a sad expression because her younger son has a kind heart.

Uchiha Fugaku closed his eyes and responded, "Sasuke is a strong child, even though he suffered a lot, I'm sure he could overcome it."

The only thing that worried Fugaku was Yunlong's statement about Itachi, who provoked Sasuke to become strong and kill him afterward.

'I couldn't let them kill each other...' Uchiha Fugaku thought while clenching his fist.

He turned around and looked at the horizon with a calm expression. "Let's go." He walked down the mountain.

"Mhm." Uchiha Mikoto nodded her head and followed her husband.

As they walked away from the mountain, Yunlong's shadow clone quietly observed them.

"Well, my pawn has moved, now let's check the Priestess of demon land, shall we." Yunlong smiled because Miko should be able to divine about his death and future.

Even though his death seemed a sensitive topic, it still related to his future, which is why Yunlong wants to meet the priestess.

"Before that." Yunlong created another shadow clone and dispelled the technique, so the real one would know what happened.

Poof!

As the shadow clone disappeared, he created a pair of golden wings and flew toward the land of demons.

--- Land of Earth ---

Yunlong suddenly felt information enter his head and smiled a little because it seemed his shadow clone did everything exactly as he commanded.

"Well, It's all according to the plan." Yunlong smiled a little, which caught Itachi's attention.

Uchiha Itachi has observed Yunlong's behavior for hours. However, instead of finding an answer, Itachi became confused over this man's attitude because he was sometimes quiet and suddenly smiled like this for some reason.

'What is he thinking...' Uchiha Itachi calmly thought while looking forward.

Woosh~

A few wind rustling sounds appeared out of nowhere, and people with boulder-symbol headbands stood in front of them.

"Stop, right there." The leader shouted.

He's a big statured man with a red bandana over his head, and he looked at Yunlong and Itachi with a grimace.

"You have overstepped our land territory. I'll let you guys stay alive if you back away, but if you take any step further. Just pray for a painless death." The leader continued, which caused Itachi to frown for a moment.

Uchiha Itachi knew this would eventually happen, but he should finish his mission, but he doesn't want to create such ruckus because the other shinobi from the rock would know about them.

Yunlong casually sat on a tree branch and looked at these shinobi with a curious look on his face because it's really different when you saw it by yourself.

'Iwagakure's Shinobi, huh.' Yunlong thought while moving his gaze to the leader, who is surprisingly a jonin with a few chunin juniors behind him.

He looked back at Itachi and asked, "Do you want to deal with them?"

Uchiha Itachi indifferently nodded and looked at these rock shinobi with his sharingan, which surprised them.

"S-Sharingan." The leader muttered in surprise, but what came next was a dull expression on his face.

The other shinobi also have the same expression, which caused Yunlong to clap his hand in surprise because Itachi cast his genjutsu faster than himself when using the illusion technique.

"Let's go... I have found a route." Uchiha Itachi suddenly said while jumping onto a tree and left Yunlong alone with the rock shinobi.

Yunlong shrugged his shoulders and followed Itachi into the rock shinobi's post.

"Hmm? They are very protective, huh." Yunlong commented because he could see an exaggerated rocky mountain range in front of him.

This rocky mountain range was definitely not natural because Yunlong could sense a faint chakra or energy inside of them.

'It would be fatal if their enemy was an extreme sensory type shinobi.' Yunlong thought while shaking his head.

Uchiha Itachi quickly moved toward a small hill near them and tore a ground, which revealed a secret passage.

"This would lead us into the Land of Earth's inner territory." Uchiha Itachi naturally commented.

Yunlong only nodded, and they went into the secret passage, which was quite dark, but a ray of light immediately hit them after walking for a few minutes.

A heavy waterfall noise entered their ears, and a great waterfall came into their visions, which surprised Yunlong for a moment.

"Follow me..." Uchiha Itachi walked away, and they arrived at the lush forest, which spawned a few kilometers away.

They moved swiftly toward the north and encountered a few small cities, which they sometimes visited briefly for information gathering. However, they didn't find a single clue about the Four Tailed Beast Jinchuuriki.

As they were about to leave the last city, a middle-aged man with a weird mustache suddenly approached them.

"Hey, I heard you searched for someone." The middle-aged man smiled at them, which caused Itachi to frown.

"What do you want?" Yunlong casually asked while leisurely leaning on a wall.

The middle-aged man grinned and looked at them slightly in a greedy manner. "I'll give you some information, but you should pay me quite a bit."

"Don't worry, I'm an honest broker here... I'll give you guys a reasonable discount." He continued, which left Yunlong speechless because this guy's shadiness is just too over the top.

Uchiha Itachi was quiet for a moment and thought about something. "...tell me about the four-tailed beast jinchuuriki." He asked with such calmness.

The middle-aged man gently nodded his head and moved toward a dark alleyway because their position before wasn't safe.

"I don't know the exact location, but the person you searched for was in the west."

"He lived in a volcanic mountain where there are not many people allowed to enter."

"However, once a month. People from the nearest town would hear a beasty roar, and was it a monster? I don't know."

The middle-aged man looked at Itachi with a relaxed expression, expecting a sum of money from this man, but sadly a pair of crimson eyes appeared instead.

Uchiha Itachi suddenly threw thin air toward the middle-aged man, and he happily caught the air with a wide grin on his face, which was kind of weird.

The middle-aged man then laughed and walked away from them, which caused Yunlong to stare at Itachi in wonder.

'Hee... He used genjutsu for that kind of thing?' Yunlong thought while looking at Itachi with an amused look.

Without any further ado, they swiftly moved to their target, and with a pointer, it became somewhat easy because there aren't many volcanic mountains in the west area.

ROOOAARRR!

A beasty roar echoed in the area, and Yunlong quickly moved his gaze to a particular volcanic mountain near them, which was only a few hundred meters away from them.

They obviously moved toward the volcanic mountain, and when they arrived there, they saw a red-furred and green-skinned giant monkey with four tails.

"Yonbi..." Uchiha Itachi muttered with a solemn expression.

Uchiha Itachi formulated a plan and thought a few things to bring this giant beast down, but Yunlong landed in front of the beast directly.

"Ghost...!" Uchiha Itachi's eyes widened in shock because Yunlong suddenly walked straight into their target.

"Yo." Yunlong casually waved his hand at the tailed beast.