Just Squeeze.

Where Iwagakure once stood proudly, now only a giant crater remained.

Only a few meters from the crater, a broken and bloodied body slowly dragged itself from the ground. The once pristine white clothes were now drowned in blood, one complete arm and a leg from the knee and below was missing as the figure leaned on his sword to drag its beaten body forward.

'Haaaa… I'm done for… That bastard somehow connected my leg and my arm to his body, making me leave them back just to escape. It seemed like it was some sort of intelligent flesh puppet, probably trying to assimilate me before the explosion. Vicious bastard.' – Yang Feng thought as he could slowly feel the suppression overcoming his defenses.

'A message, if I sacrifice my remaining time I can manage to send a short one before perishing, but what do I say? While the monsters are sure to bring the death of this planet, they are not much of a threat on their own…' – As he thought up to this point, Yang Feng suddenly stopped as if a revelation hit him.

'Wait… with his power such monsters should be unnecessary. Even if he can control them, it will only mean ruling a world only of the undead. With the power of the sage, he surely does not need such things. The tailed beasts, the rinnegan, even the Eternal Mangekyou. They should be more than enough to completely eradicate or subdue this entire world and the undead cant help against the stronger opponents… so, if they are not meant for the weaker ones, or for the stronger foes… just what exactly is their purpose?'

The more he thought about it, the more his eyes widened.

'The Godaime Hokage has proven himself too smart and cunning to be wasting years of his life on a simple hobby. These undead must definitely have a purpose and it is likely far more important than what I'm giving it credit for… Their 'growth', it must be that. They were becoming faster and stronger by the moment. If he is spreading it then it means it will eventually benefit him somehow… wait… wait, wait, wait, wait. If those undead could grow that fast by just chasing me around… what if he pits them against each other?'

His eyes slowly widened at the thought of a world of monsters fighting and continuously growing until one remained.

'A world filled with monsters that will continue to grow and eliminate each other until only the most powerful remains… If his Eternal Mangekyou can allow him to control the beast that will emerge… I need to warn them, even if this is just a small possibility, as long as I can give him a direction to his divination, it will be a great help… my death will have not been in vain.'

Even without knowing much about what the infected were exactly, he had gotten very close to discovering their eventual purpose, as even he could see were their true strengths lied.

Pulling a small piece of paper, Yang Feng pushed his energy through it as it suddenly lit up, floating in front of him as if waiting.

'Using Qi to hold the information might not be the best idea, it'll just end up a target, and I can't afford to let the world just tear up the information midway. Words will have to do.'

"It's the seals… they are loose on purpose." – Blood dripped with each word as Yang Feng noticed the sudden increase in pressure, his time counting down as he held onto his sword, barely keeping his body upright. "He… He is still not pow…powerful enough to release a shockwave that will activate them all simultaneously. T…The seals hold…" - As Yang Feng spoke, a whistling sound hit his ear as his eyes quickly widened.

Pushing through the pain, his sword was forcibly pulled from the ground, drawing an arc as it cut the paper talisman in two, a bird formed from a mass of energy rising to leave in the opposite direction as the sword finished its 270-degree rotation, hitting the incoming object.

*CLANG*

With a crisp sound, Yang Feng felt himself recoil from the hit, a whip-like weapon, but looking as if made out of flesh, yet still, the tips and edges of blades could be seen all over it.

The figure it was connected to stood over 2.5 meters tall in what looked to be some kind of biological armor, the whip connected directly to the arm as with a sharp turn of his wrist, the whip struck for the defenseless wrist that had recoiled back, still holding the sword.

*SLASH*

*KUH!!!*

As it sliced around the hand and the wrist, all of Yang Feng's fingers were set free from his hand, and his sword plunged to the ground.

Feeling the blades in his arm, Yang Feng looked at the figure who used this opportunity to appear in front of him in a gust of wind, a few leaves following along as he raised his head to look at the blank faceplate that stared back at him. A giant black crow stood on its shoulder as it stared at the retreating talisman.

The figure raised its head to look at the direction the talisman was taking, needing no gesture as the giant black crow from before rose from his shoulder and took flight, heading directly towards the message.

Raising its arm, the figure seemed to amuse itself at his appearance, before moving its arm violently.

*GAH!!!!*

The armored figure's arm went into his body, entering from his shoulder, where his missing arm used to be connected, breaking through his lung and ribs, grabbing the heart directly as it slowly squeezed.

Raspy breath was all that was left to Yang Feng as he felt himself collapsing moment by moment.

At that moment, an object cut through the air as the cultivator 's body started to disintegrate.

The fallen sword passed above the figure's shoulder as it headed straight for the crow, the cultivator himself staring into the figure in front of him.

"No matter how you cover it up, deep down I can feel that presence that intruded in my head. Whatever monster you are, we will eventually get rid of you." – The sword cut through the crow as it hatefully glared and screeched at the energy bird flying away while falling down.

*Crackle*

The figure trembled in short bursts as if laughing, the ear-piercing noise drawing the attention of the cultivator as his body was disintegrating.

The faceplate cracked as it opened like a mouth.

"I wasted so many resources just to bring you to light, and for what you have displayed, I definitely suffered a loss… so much biomass in vain, so much knowledge lost… but… you did give me something, your existence proved something in the end." – A heavy and distorted voice responded to the cultivator.

Theoretical, that's what every single one of 'its' speculations about other universes was. Kuro was merely dragged, and even then it was mere memories. But these people had actually come here, from another universe.

"… You gave a monster hope, and determination." – And with one final squeeze the cultivator burst into specs of light.

*CAW*

The crow that had fallen, shot up into the sky as the sword disintegrated, following after the already disappeared energy bird with determination.

"Manda, it seems like this one had no power left to escape, follow the crow and see if you can find where the other ones are."

No words were spoken as the earth trembled, a sign of something massive moving underneath it.