Kairen sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and remained silent just like that.
The power with which Moryō was infiltrating the world was practically gnawing at his heart. It was clearly a problem that could be solved with a single punch at arm's length, yet Kairen dragged it out for a long time.
He was anxious!!
"Hurry up! Are you done yet?!"
Kairen didn't speak. He was waiting.
Only then would he act!
"Ding!"
"Moryō has generated 100 points of resentment toward you and has decided that after getting out, he'll chop off your manhood and make you suffer for a lifetime."
Kairen chuckled inwardly. I have ultra-speed regeneration— even if you chop it off, it'll grow back instantly. Making me a eunuch is impossible.
"Moryō has generated 100 points of resentment toward you…"
"Are you done yet?!"
"Wait!"
"Hurry up!"
Moryō seemed to have been holding it in for a whole day and night, but the latrine was occupied by Kairen, and he was about to hold it in until he got sick.
"Ding!"
"Moryō has generated…"
Kairen sat cross-legged for a full half hour. Moryō was so anxious that he provided him with 1000 points of experience.
Outside the door, Miroku felt a bit puzzled.
She saw Kairen sitting cross-legged on the ground, black mist swirling around him. Thinking he had been bewitched by Moryō, she shouted loudly,
"Kairen, are you okay?"
Kairen stood up and nodded at her. "No problem!"
Moryō let out a huge sigh of relief.
"Finally done! Come, one punch and the whole world will be yours!"
Kairen walked to the front of the stone statue and raised his fist.
"Ninja Art · Monstrous Strength!"
A layer of blazing chakra wrapped around his fist. Kairen's muscles tensed, and it felt as if the power of mountains and seas surged within his chest.
With a tremendous "boom."
Kairen smashed the stone statue of the first high priestess. In an instant, pitch-black power gushed out from the depths of the earth.
With a "crack," the wooden shrine collapsed and shattered.
The surroundings seemed to turn into volcanic magma, erupting into a scene of apocalypse.
"Hahahaha… three thousand years! I, Moryō, am finally out!"
Demonic clouds rolled as a thunderous voice rang out from the underground cavern.
Immediately afterward, more than a dozen black dragon heads surged up from the earth.
Kairen had actually misunderstood Moryō— every one of his tentacles carried a purplish-black dragon form; they weren't mere tentacles.
The moment Moryō emerged, he turned the ground within a hundred meters into magma. Thunder roared endlessly in the sky, and birds and beasts within a hundred li fled in terror.
This was the might of the ancient demon Moryō!
At the instant the seal was opened, Kairen retreated from the shrine, grabbed Miroku, and leapt onto a large rock in the distance.
He opened his Byakugan and looked at the demonic creature far away.
The massive chakra within it was already comparable to that of a tailed beast. If it were to combine with the high priestess's power, who knew how strong it would become.
One of Moryō's tentacles rose upward and slowly morphed into a gigantic dragon form.
Evil light bloomed from its black-red dragon eyes.
He looked at Kairen and laughed loudly.
"Kid, thank you! To repay the great favor of opening the seal, I'll take you in as the eunuch by my side."
Kairen said nothing, his expression still calm and unruffled.
Beside him, Miroku felt uncomfortable. Moryō's oppressive presence was simply too heavy— she could barely breathe.
Kairen opened his Mangekyō Sharingan and condensed a complete Susanoo, enveloping Miroku within it.
The massive size of Susanoo was able to match Moryō, which finally put Miroku at ease.
Moryō stared at this blazing giant, his voice tinged with confusion.
"What kind of power is this? Energy formed by the convergence of Yin attributes!"
"Hm?! Looks like this is the ninja power formed over thousands of years. You humans have been changed quite a lot by that tree!"
The tree Moryō referred to was the chakra tree— the Divine Tree.
Although it was sealed within space, it still paid attention to everything in the ninja world.
A Fire Trident condensed in Kairen's hand.
He gazed down coldly and burst into loud laughter.
"Don't exit the stage too quickly, or I'll be disappointed!"
Moryō's red eyes stared at Kairen inside the crystalline Susanoo, as if he understood everything.
He said, "You deliberately let me out!"
Kairen threw the flaming trident downward as he replied,
"That's right. I want to see just how strong an ancient demon can be!"
"Arrogant!!"
Moryō roared in fury. "I'll let you know how foolish your decision is. I am a demon god who can devour the entire world!"
A purplish-black beam of light spewed from Moryō's dragon mouth and collided with the Fire Trident.
"Rumble—"
The explosion shook the mountains and split the earth, like a tsunami crashing against the shore.
A gigantic flaming tornado even appeared.
Amid the furious howling, a purplish-black dragon-shaped tentacle shot up from below like an arrow released from a bow, incredibly fast.
Kairen's Susanoo morphed a forty-meter-long great blade. With two slashes, he severed Moryō's dragon-shaped tentacle.
"We're not done playing yet!"
More of Moryō's tentacles stabbed upward from below, like streaks of black lightning.
They were accompanied by Moryō's malicious voice. "See that, brat?! This is my power."
"If I fuse with the high priestess and complete my full form, everything in this world will fall under my dominion!"
Kairen controlled Susanoo, constantly dodging the dragon-shaped tentacles, occasionally firing off more than a dozen rounds from a Gatling gun at Moryō.
Moryō spat purplish-black energy orbs from his mouth in response to Kairen's attacks.
A voice resounded in Miroku's heart.
"High priestess, we were originally one. Come— let our minds unite and rule the world!"
A layer of black mist seemed to shroud Miroku's eyes.
Moryō's power resonated with her, and a deep desire to merge with him arose in her heart.
Kairen gently flicked the purple bell on Miroku's chest.
The bell blossomed with pure, bright light, instantly clearing away the negative energy in Miroku's heart.
After waking, Miroku gasped for breath and looked at Kairen with gratitude.
Kairen said nothing. He glanced at Miroku, then at Moryō.
How strong would Moryō be once he completed his full form? No one knew.
After all, Miroku's high priestess power was also very strong— it simply hadn't awakened yet!
One had to know that when Shion awakened her high priestess power, she could even distort time and space, return to the past, give the bell to Naruto, and change his fate of death.
"Don't be afraid! Today, we'll eliminate the nightmare in your heart!"
Kairen took Miroku's hand, the warmth in his heart passing to her.
Miroku nodded. The fear in her heart slowly faded as she stared directly at the demon below.
Just as she resolved to confront Moryō, the bell on her chest burst with energy. That power grew larger and larger, like the radiance of a blazing sun.
When the light dissipated—
Miroku appeared before them with white wings, her face covered in ancient runes, a halo above her head, looking like an angel.
"This is the high priestess form," Kairen murmured.
When Shion awakened her high priestess power, it was the same— with a halo above her head as she went to purify Moryō.
The current Miroku was even more beautiful than before, surrounded by a layer of sacred aura, like a divine maiden of the nine heavens, untouched by the incense of the mortal world.
She tightly held Kairen's hand. "Let's defeat Moryō together!"
Kairen nodded. "Alright!"
Miroku's power merged together with Kairen's.
The blazing Susanoo underwent a transformation, ancient patterns circling its body, a purple-white halo rising behind it, condensing immense divine intent.
Kairen gave this Susanoo a name. "High Priestess · Susanoo!"
Piloting High Priestess Susanoo, he flew downward and shouted loudly at Moryō,
"Monster— take this!"