Chapter 383: He Who Laughs in Flame and Chaos
Shinobi World, Mountain’s Graveyard.
From the overcast sky above, cotton-like snowflakes drifted down in large, silent clumps.
Bit by bit, they laid a fresh white blanket over the earth.
A vast underground expanse lay hidden beneath the surface.
Within these sprawling, labyrinthine tunnels—
One could occasionally catch sight of pale, grotesque humanoid creatures. Naked and ghastly, they wandered aimlessly.
Following one of the tunnels deeper in, the path sloped downward, stretching farther and farther from the surface.
And eventually—
It opened into a massive subterranean chamber, nearly 100 metres high and covering almost 10,000 square metres.
In the shadows of this vast darkness—
A colossal statue sat cross-legged in the west, towering 70 metres tall, complete with arms and legs.
Thick, branch-like tubes extended from its body—
