On the other side, Minato had already set out toward the Land of Demons with Senku and Miroku.
Minato's teleportation technique was naturally unrivaled, but Miroku's speed was noticeably worse.
The three of them took four days to reach the Land of Demons.
The Land of Demons was very small, the entire country's area was only a few dozenths of the Land of Fire.
They soon found a town surrounded by stone golems.
Minato and Miroku didn't rush in; they discussed tactics outside the town.
Rengoku's clone rose up out of the shadow.
"I'll hold the Moryo back. Miroku, you go gather the people and set up the formation, take the civilians away."
Miroku said worriedly, "The Moryo will only attack someone with shamanic power like me. Rengoku-sama, you won't be able to hold them."
Rengoku stroked his chin, then opened the Bond Star and found Miroku's fourth star.
["Ding, Miroku's level-4 bond has been unlocked."]
["Congratulations, host has acquired: Miroku's shamanic power."]
A large amount of shamanic power rose from Rengoku's clone, leaving Miroku staring with his mouth agape.
"Rengoku-sama, you!"
Rengoku didn't explain; he laughed and then transformed into Miroku's appearance.
"Now the Moryo should put their target on me."
Miroku didn't ask how Rengoku had done it; instead he relaxed and said, "In that case, Rengoku-sama will more than suffice to attract the Moryo."
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[Land of Demons]
[Outside Thronblood Town]
Dense ranks of stone golems had already completely surrounded the town.
Although, after the previous town fell, the people of the Land of Demons had been strengthening defenses and digging traps here, it was of little use against the stone golems. At best it only slowed the enemy's advance.
The Moryo's goal was to force Miroku back, pushing forward a little more distance each time.
All the outer defensive works of the town had been knocked down.
The civilians on the outskirts had all fled to the town center.
At that moment two figures darted at high speed over those stone golems and swept into the town.
Not long after, a huge formation began to expand outward from the town center.
It encompassed the entire town.
The Moryo itself was behind the Demon Legion; seeing such a large formation appear, it looked excited.
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Miroku has finally come back."
"What use is it to activate such a large formation!"
Compared to the Moryo's excitement, Obito stood calmly on the head of a stone golem.
A faint black aura was being absorbed from the stone golem under his feet into his body.
Obito was continuously training in the Dark Medical Technique.
The purpose, naturally, was to rid himself of the control talisman inside his body.
The intelligence from Hiruzen's side had already been passed along by White Zetsu.
The Nine-Tails' jinchuriki not being in Konoha was certainly good news.
And without the Nine-Tails, at least three hidden villages were getting restless, all of them had designs on the Land of Fire and Konoha Village.
All of that worked to Obito's advantage.
If things continued this way, he could eventually find Nagato.
Now Miroku had come to die; Obito said with an odd tone, "Some people always get tangled up by these ridiculous emotions."
"Knowing it's a death march, yet the shrine maiden still comes."
The Moryo glanced at Obito, "If she didn't come, she wouldn't be Miroku."
Obito didn't intend to intervene in the fight between the Moryo and Miroku. After all, Miroku had to protect civilians and fight the Moryo at the same time, win or lose didn't concern him for now.
Of course, if someone from Konoha came to assist, Obito would be happy to strike Konoha's forces.
He closed his eyes and continued absorbing dark energy.
The Moryo waved a hand; the stone golem before him reactivated and rolled toward the town's barrier.
But before the Demon Legion reached it, a figure swept out from the barrier.
It was the shrine maiden Miroku. This time, however, she held no magical implements.
Still, the shamanic power radiating from her was enough for the Moryo to instantly confirm her identity.
"Finally daring to come out? Miroku!"
The Moryo leapt up, dark chakra on its body boiling.
"Miroku" was full of anger, "Moryo, so many people have been displaced because of you. You are without excuse!"
The Moryo laughed, "Although I don't know how you survived, I could kill you once, I can kill you a second time."
"Miroku" snorted coldly, "I am different from the past now. Today is your death day."
"Miroku" first announced that she had undergone many changes, then fell silent.
She formed hand seals in midair; huge shamanic power surged to the sky, and a gigantic formation expanded directly outward from where she stood.
The stone golems covered by the formation went dead as if drained of power, the light in their eyes went out and they stopped moving.
The activity of the dark force on the Moryo's body also decreased.
"Huh?", The Moryo was a little surprised, because it had never seen this formation before.
The formation wasn't even purely driven by shamanic power; it was mixed with chakra.
It seemed Miroku had actually learned new things these past two years.
When the formation spread, the stone golem beneath Obito's feet also went dead.
Forced, he had to continue withdrawing.
He stood on the head of a golem outside the formation and resumed absorbing dark energy.
"Playing at a dying struggle!", the Moryo barked.
This level of dark suppression could at most stop the Demon Legion's movement. The Moryo's own strength wouldn't be reduced much.
It waved its hand and a large amount of purple-black energy was drawn from its body and hurled at Miroku.
Rengoku recognized this purple-black energy, it had very strong corrosive properties.
But given Rengoku's current identity, it had no effect.
He merely raised his hand and a large mass of shamanic power formed a shield.
The two energies collided and neutralized each other, annihilating one another.
Rengoku narrowed his eyes slightly; he had perceived that the Moryo's energy was also shamanic power, but combined with other energies.
The Moryo naturally didn't expect a casual attack would defeat Miroku.
It had already leapt across the golems and landed beside Miroku.
"I suppose you used up your implements maintaining the town's formation, how utterly foolish," Saying that, it reached out to grab Miroku.
A Miroku without her implements was like meat on a chopping board, wasn't she?
BANG!
A long leg whipped out and struck the Moryo.
The Moryo was hit as if by a truck and flew backwards.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
It smashed through three stone golems along the way; amid the dust it finally came to a stop.
"Cough! Cough!", The Moryo coughed and stood up, dazed.
A shrine maiden's whip kick had sent him flying.
Although his body was still from the netherworld, he still felt the pain.
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