Toji observed the Underworld from atop his castle, gazing down at the gigantic city in the distance.
It took 20 days to complete this project, something that could take others decades, but with enough clones and enough chakra, this city took shape extremely quickly.
Jugo appeared behind Toji at some point, he approached and stood beside him, asking. -Ready?
-Yes, although it hasn't reached 10,000 yet, the quality has more than made up for the quantity.- Toji said.
-That's great, you'll finally be able to enter the demigod category.- Jugo said, he was happy too. The faster Toji advanced, the faster he himself could advance, he was eager to finally advance to Sequence 1.
Toji clenched his fists slightly and spoke. -I'll need help with the next sequence, Demon. Just the name tells you how evil this sequence is, now at the level of a Demigod. Accepting this corruption directly wasn't part of Toji's plan.
Jugo nodded slightly. -This time we'll transfer it to those Jashin demons. If it's just one of them, they'd probably die, even if it was just a mental transformation. With that many, divided among them, there shouldn't be any problems.
If the target dies while transferring this, the transfer fails.
Jugo knew that Toji was about to enter the level of the gods, albeit only the lowest version of it, he no longer wanted to be the target of corruption, even with his Bind, it was very likely that he could be slightly influenced.
Although the influence was so slight that it could be ignored, he didn't want to take any chances.
Toji nodded, it was the best solution for them.
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A few hours later, inside a huge room within the castle, Toji sat cross-legged in the middle of the room, his chest bare, with Jugo behind him.
Toji had his eyes closed, breathing calmly. After so long, he was very calm, but even so, it still took him some time to completely calm down.
Then he opened his eyes and said. -Let's begin.
Jugo already had the amulets ready, he threw them at Toji and set the target, sending them directly to those souls in the Tenebrous World.
Toji sensed that the amulets had been activated and hesitated no longer, directly summoning the Demon's characteristic from the Tenebrous World.
The next moment, his eyes widened as his pupils contracted into the size of a grain of sand, then his pupils widened again, but became completely vertical. An extreme heat exploded around him, so intense that the entire castle rose almost ten degrees in a few seconds, the heat spreading even further, throughout the city.
Fortunately, he chose to advance during the night, the cold of the desert night soon gave way to a stifling heat, the people almost thought the sun had risen!
Although the heat had increased exponentially, Toji felt his mind particularly cold, his eyes becoming increasingly indifferent. It wasn't a personality change, that effect was being endured by the demonic souls in the Tenebrous World. Instead, it was an evolution of Toji's mental power.
His mental and spiritual energy experienced the greatest advancement this time, although the changes in his body were evident, compared to the changes in his mind, they were just the icing on the cake.
Toji felt that thinking had become incredibly easy, even giving him a time-slowing effect, but it wasn't something physical, it was purely his mind working so fast that it seemed as if the world had slowed down.
The next moment, Toji's mental energy surged forward, covering the entire castle, even reaching hundreds of meters before stopping. In that space, Toji seemed able to sense all living beings, especially those in the Underworld. In that place, all living beings seemed to be able to be influenced by him.
He understood that the more sinful these individuals were, the easier it was for him to control them, the purer the people were, the less effect he had, to the point where Toji couldn't even influence them, but the more sinful they were, the greater Toji's control, he could incite someone to start the massacre with just a slight mental nudge.
Of course, this only worked for ordinary civilians and ninjas with weaker minds, for a better effect, he still needed to act personally.
Toji took a deep breath, this wasn't a skill per se, it was purely the use of his pure demonic energy mixed with his spiritual energy.
Unlike previous advances, what Toji felt most this time was an extreme sense of control, whether over others or over himself.
He imagined what would happen if he directly absorbed the trait without 'cleansing' it, that kind of feeling mixed with a demonic personality... it was no coincidence that the name of this potion was Demon.
Toji even felt something more extreme, this city was perfect for him.
Although he was extremely weak, he felt his potion being slightly digested, he didn't even do anything, simply because he was the controller of this city, he seemed to already be acting.
What was a Demon? He still wasn't sure what differentiated this sequence from the others on the Abyss path, but for now, he didn't focus on that, instead, he focused on his powers.
Every advancement guaranteed an increase in power in previous abilities, but also granted new abilities.
This sequence didn't really have a defining ability, but the real breakthrough was the increase in its mental and spiritual power, which is precisely why the increase was so extremely high this time.
Even so, although there wasn't a defining skill, his previous abilities had undergone significant advancements, the effect of his premonition of danger was greatly improved, he could sense a premonition against his life a day or two before it happened.
His language of foulness was refined, and he even received new words, his control over desire reached the point where simple gestures, sounds, or even brief eye contact were enough to influence his victim.
Although it was said that there were no truly defining abilities in this sequence, there was in fact one: his mythical creature form. He could transform into it for a short period of time without going insane, and he could also use partial transformation for much longer, something rare for sequences below sequence 2.
Curious, Toji didn't hesitate, he wanted to see what kind of Demon he had transformed into.
The next moment, Toji focused and began the transformation.