Kairen lowered the muzzle of the spiritual weapon Gatling and pointed it downward, firing with bang bang bang.
More than a dozen Fire Guns, each as large as a water bucket, blasted out, converging together and generating violent explosive energy.
Kairen opened his Byakugan and observed the life reactions within, discovering dozens of strange clusters of chakra protecting Yomi from all sides.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
A massive gale blew away the smoke, and the bizarre scene inside came into view.
It was a group of stone soldiers protecting Yomi, holding stone-forged spears, their eyes glowing with light, proving they possessed mobility.
Kairen recognized these terracotta warriors and said flatly:
"Undead Legion!"
These were weapons created by Mōryō's followers using the power of Mōryō.
Blades and spears could not pierce them, they feared neither water nor fire, and even more troublesome was that they were endless, retreating no more than an army of ants.
Yomi was surrounded by the Undead Legion, and he finally let out a sigh of relief.
These stone soldiers were made by using Mōryō's power to seep into the world. Calling them immortal was an exaggeration—only relative to ordinary people. Unless they were smashed to pieces, they could not be stopped, loyal tool-men to the extreme.
Yomi looked up, wanting to see which deity had arrived. Immediately after, he saw a man and a woman within the crystal of Susanoo.
He stared at the light-golden-haired woman and found her somewhat familiar. Looking more closely, it was none other than the high priestess Miroku of the Land of Demons.
Yomi was shocked:
"High priestess, how did you discover this place?"
As the only power capable of sealing Mōryō, how could Yomi not recognize the high priestess of the Land of Demons?!
Anger showed on Miroku's face, her voice transmitting downward through the crystal of Susanoo:
"You people—don't you know how terrifying Mōryō is? Once he revives, he will bring calamity upon the human world!"
Yomi smiled indifferently, then loudly declared his ambition:
"The Five Great Nations have fought year after year, the world suffers endlessly. I want to use Mōryō's power to unify the Five Great Nations—what's wrong with that?"
Then he shifted his gaze to Kairen beside Miroku and said:
"Unknown ninja, you aren't wearing a forehead protector—so you must be a wandering ninja as well!"
"Walking naked through the ninja world, can you endure those openly contemptuous gazes? Come, join me and throw yourself into Lord Mōryō's embrace. Let us walk together on the path of unifying the ninja world."
Kairen looked at Yomi like a boss running a sales pitch, endlessly bewitching ignorant country folk.A playful impulse rose in his heart, and he said with apparent conviction:
"Yes, yes, yes! I've been a wandering ninja for over ten years, never once looked at with respect!"
"I hate the Five Great Nations. I'll listen to you—I'll join your camp and walk the path of opposing the Five Great Nations together."
This left Yomi completely baffled.
He had only said it casually, trying to dress up his own despicable behavior. Why was this powerful ninja above not following the script and actually echoing him?
Although he had relied on this tongue to trick many youngsters over the years, he still had discernment. A ninja with Wood Release and such world-destroying ninjutsu could absolutely not be a wandering ninja.
Yomi fell silent, then watched Kairen's actions.
Kairen's curious voice drifted downward:
"So how much salary does Lord Mōryō pay per day? If it's less than 200 a day, I won't do it!"
Hearing Kairen's flippant tone, Yomi felt he was being played.
"Cast the technique!"
Yomi angrily waved his hand, and the two attendants beside him formed seals with both hands.Terracotta warriors burst out of the ground one after another, gripping sharp stone spears and charging expressionlessly toward Kairen's Susanoo.
Kairen smiled faintly in the sky, then said coldly:
"There are always beings of the earth who dare to face the faint glimmer of thunder!"
In an instant, he entered the system space and spent 3000 experience points to exchange for the Lightning Release forbidden technique—Kirin.
"Ding!"
"Lightning Release · Kirin exchange successful!"
The Lightning Release forbidden technique flowed into Kairen's mind, and he instantly mastered this jutsu of the Second Pillar.
Like his Fire Release · Blazing Flame Dragon, both relied on natural energy to complete form transformation and unleash their attacks.
"Chidori!"
Within the crystal of Susanoo, brilliant lightning appeared in Kairen's hand. Susanoo slowly ascended, eventually rising into the dark clouds of the sky.
"Chirp chirp chirp…"
The Chidori in Kairen's hand resonated with the lightning particles in the heavens. Gradually, more and more lightning began to converge.
Atop the fiery-red Susanoo, Kairen brought both hands together and formed the Tiger seal.
"Curse Mark Level Two · Open!"
Kairen instantly activated Curse Mark Mode. His hair grew wildly longer, and his entire body was replaced by a layer of dark, blackened keratin.
Moreover, because the negative natural energy here was extremely dense, what Kairen absorbed was entirely negative energy.
Violent and bizarre, capable of inducing people to do hentai things—unfortunately, it had no effect on Kairen.
The keratin on Kairen's body accumulated more and more, eventually forming a full set of black armor. Over three meters tall, covered in ferocious bone spikes, like a demonic emissary from hell.
Miroku, watching from the side, felt an intense urge to purify Kairen—he seemed even more Mōryō-like than Mōryō himself.
Vast power gathered within his body as Kairen used this senjutsu energy to guide the thunder in the heavens.
"Rumble rumble rumble…"
Thunder gradually roared, the sky fell into a heavy silence, and the three Yomi below didn't dare even breathe. It was as if a god above was enraged.
Slowly, more and more lightning condensed within Susanoo.
Kairen formed seals with both hands:
"Mighty Armor · Kirin · Susanoo!"
"Roar roar roar—"
Within Susanoo, the power of lightning transformed into a thunder Kirin, continuously roaring at the earth. Kairen's Susanoo layered itself around the Kirin, protecting the lightning-formed energy body from dispersing outward.
On the Kirin's forehead was a crystal, with Kairen and Miroku standing inside it.
Yomi stared at this colossal beast in shock—savagely fierce, every movement seeming capable of shattering mountains and rivers.
He glanced at the two attendants beside him, frozen in fear:
"Don't just stand there—form seals, now!"
"Y-yes!"
Thousands more stone soldiers appeared across the land, confronting the thunderous giant in the sky.
"Roar roar roar—"
Kairen controlled the Kirin Susanoo, charging valiantly downward.
The Kirin Susanoo stomped upon the earth, its roar suppressing the cosmo.
Lightning coiled around its four legs as it surged forward, instantly crushing more than a dozen terracotta warriors. Its tail swept out, and dozens more were blasted into fragments by lightning.
Inside the crystal, Kairen laughed loudly, laughing himself straight into the Second Pillar:
"Hahahaha… this is the Undead Legion you plan to conquer the world with? It's trash beyond belief."
The ninja world was just like this—any random guy that gained power wanted to unify the Five Great Nations?!
Yomi glared furiously, commanding the terracotta warriors to surge forward again. But Kairen's power was simply unreasonable—one forward charge of the Kirin Susanoo, and in an instant the ground behind it was filled with countless piles of rubble.
Looking again at the battlefield, there were no terracotta warriors left.
Yomi was about to cast another technique when a massive shadow enveloped him.He looked up.
The fiery-red giant beast was expressionless, lightning coiling around its body, resembling an enraged Thunder God.
Yomi swallowed hard, then shouted loudly:
"Lord Mōryō, save me!"
"Boom boom boom…" The earth rumbled.
More terracotta warriors appeared all around—around five hundred—raising their spears and stabbing toward Susanoo.
Kairen smiled disdainfully. Mōryō could indeed seep into the world from the seal, but this power was far too weak.
"Thunder God, aid me!"
Kairen roared, and the Kirin Susanoo threw back its head and roared at the heavens.