Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 226 Returning to the Snow Country in a Giant Bus

Above the Snow King's Castle in the Land of Snow.

For the first time, the eighty members of the Holy Knights rode inside a giant beetle floating hundreds of meters in the air. The feeling was not just surprise, but also novelty.

Despite being over twenty meters long, this beetle's interior is almost entirely empty. There are four rows of seats on either side, each seating about twenty-five people. Even when filled with a hundred people, the interior remains quite spacious.

The outermost layer of a beetle's shell is not for flying, but rather to act as a window. Opening it is like opening a window, and closing it is like closing a window.

The spiracles on a beetle's abdomen are theoretically windows, but these windows have no glass or obstructions. High in the sky, air currents can pass through freely, and people can even reach out and touch the clouds.

Fortunately, they were all high-ranking warriors, so they were not afraid of the cold.

Beetles don't actually fly using their pair of transparent wings. Those are just for adjusting direction and taking off. The real power for flight comes from the air sacs beneath their bodies and their extremely light bodies.

This beetle bus fully inherits the excellent characteristics of the air worm: its internal air sacs are actually hollow skeletons.

Before taking flight, it expands its body to create a vacuum, thereby increasing buoyancy and allowing its already light body to float.

These Holy Knights were also discovering for the first time that biological weapons could be used in this way, and that they could actually fly in the sky in their lifetime.

Most surprisingly, Aburame Shisei took them to the far north snow country instead of leaving them on the battlefield where war was about to break out.

The past few months they've spent under the control of the Knife Clan haven't been wasted. Every day has been a rigorous training session involving real beatings, lasting up to twelve hours. You could say they've been practicing non-stop, except for eating and sleeping.

Although they still can't control too much chakra, they've already mastered basic Body Flicker Technique, genjutsu breaking, and basic genjutsu interference techniques. Even the final interference technique only requires one hand seal.

In addition, the time spent wielding knives has also tempered their will. Now they can almost control a part of their body to complete the transformation, no longer affected by the negative effects.

With such strength, coupled with advanced armor and weapons, he is comparable to a special Jonin.

When Ayano Shisei returned, he took them away and put them on this strange bus. He told them that the country they were going to join was not this place, but a distant snow country in the north.

As the giant floating insect slowly descended, the brothers Feng Hua Zao Xue and Feng Hua Nu Tao, who had already received the news in Snow King City, had informed the people of the matter and were prepared. However, many people were still too frightened to move by the giant creature, which was tens of meters long.

Only when the giant object slowly landed and figures emerged from the side door beside its abdomen did the crowd feel slightly relieved.

It turns out that this enormous thing was really just a manned vehicle.

After seeing the giant insect unload the passengers, it actually went to the coal and water troughs to eat coal and drink water. Only then did everyone realize that the giant insect did not eat people and really only fed on coal and water.

Many people wanted to get closer, but because the king was present, they could only watch from a distance. They dispersed when their interest waned.

Meanwhile, Aburame Shisei had already led the Knights back to the palace with the brothers Fuka Shoyuki and Fuka Nutō.

"Lord Shiraki, it's been over a year since I last saw you. You've finally returned."

Feng Hua Nu Tao suppressed his excitement and only dared to show it after Aburame Zhicheng entered the palace.

"My lord, you don't know, in the years you've been gone, my strength has greatly improved, and I've already reached the Jonin level!"

Just as he was about to demonstrate his strength, his older brother, Feng Hua Zaoxue, pushed him aside, saying, "Nu Tao, the master has only just returned. If you want to show your strength and prove yourself, there will be plenty of time later. Most importantly, the master has had a long journey; let him rest first."

"It's alright. Although we're flying in the sky, it's the giant insects that are working hard, not us." Aburame Shiki waved his hand and then introduced them to the two brothers, "These are members of the Holy Knights, and this is their leader, Dina. From now on, they will be the inner guards of the Snow Kingdom."

"Oh? Strange, they're not ninjas!" Following the introduction, Feng Hua Nu Tao noticed that the chakra circulation routes in these people's bodies were very strange. They were released externally instead of being stored inside the body, and the convergence point was in their left chest, not in their dantian.

"There's nothing strange about it. We're not locals at all. The chakra we use comes from the Sacred Stone." After saying that, the young knight didn't speak any more rashly.

Since learning his lesson last time, he has become much more restrained and has come to understand the principle that there are always people more capable than you and that there is always something beyond your understanding.

Moreover, he had already found out that although Feng Hua Nu Tao was still young, he was the king's younger brother and was said to be the number one expert in the Snow Kingdom.

The opponent must be very strong; they should be more than capable of teaching me a lesson.

"Very well, then let me see how much you've improved this year." After saying that, Aburame Shisei pointed to the young man who had spoken, "Go and fight him."

"Me?" The young man pointed to himself, greatly shocked, but he had no choice but to obey his superior's orders.

He mustered his courage, stepped forward, drew his long aluminum alloy steel sword from his waist, and said, "I am Yamakawa Teru, squad leader of the third squad of the Knights. Please give me your guidance!"

"Jōnin of the Land of Snow, Kazeka Angō, please guide me!"

As soon as Feng Hua Nu Tao finished speaking, he immediately unleashed a powerful spinning kick: "Snow Country Whirlwind!"

Yamakawaji thought the kick was extremely powerful, so he didn't rush to attack instead of defending. Instead, he transformed his left arm into a giant ape arm and gathered all his strength to block it.

To his surprise, the kick didn't send him flying as he expected; instead, he blocked it with equal strength.

Both sides were stunned for a moment!

One person was surprised that the other's strength was so weak, while the other was astonished that the other's arm suddenly grew hair and transformed, and the strength suddenly increased dramatically.

But soon, the two figured out each other's strengths and weaknesses, and fought back and forth, with neither able to gain the upper hand for a while.

As Feng Hua Nu Tao retreated rapidly, his hands quickly formed hand seals: "Ice Release: Hexagonal Ice Crystal!"

Ice crystals instantly condensed in mid-air, the surrounding air suddenly dropped, and the huge hexagonal ice crystal crashed down like a flying wheel.

Yamakawa Teru finally realized that she had lost after all, and couldn't help but shout for help!

Fortunately, Fuuka Nutō did not really intend to kill him. After he surrendered, Fuuka Nutō released his ninjutsu and turned the giant ice wheel into a pile of snowflakes, which were then blown away into the air.

"Haha, I won! But you're pretty good too, I acknowledge you. How about you become my underling from now on?"

"Raging Waves, stop fooling around!"