This demon god statue was of course the shell of the Juubi, namely the Gedo Mazo.
Although King didn't recognize this Gedo Mazo, he realized that he had found the ultimate goal of their mission this time. Inside the Gedo Mazo, monster roars could faintly be heard.
King slowly approached the Gedo Mazo, observing that terrifying statue carefully while his heart felt very anxious. He was just an ordinary person and didn't know what he should actually do.
He began to feel flustered.
(That damn Tatsumaki girl, sent me here, but after finding it what can I do?)
With his small body like this, how could he possibly lift and carry away a statue this large?
While thinking, unconsciously King pressed his palm on the Gedo Mazo. Suddenly, his expression changed drastically. Inside the Gedo Mazo, several chaotic energies suddenly surged violently and approached very quickly toward him.
"Damn it!" King wanted to immediately pull his hand back, but it was too late.
Those several chaotic energies seemed to have extraordinarily great suction power, pulling his entire body until it stuck tightly to the Gedo Mazo.
"Ordinary person..."
Inside the Gedo Mazo, an echoing human voice was heard. The voice was heavy, felt close yet far, as if right in front of the ear but also like being at the edge of the world; so faint and intangible.
King almost cried,
(What kind of situation is this? Will I die here?)
Right at that moment, one of the energies suddenly shot out from the Gedo Mazo and directly entered his body. King's body shook violently, his consciousness suddenly became dazed, and his mind received a large amount of information in rapid succession.
"Armorization, fusion... Shukaku the Ichibi!"
His entire body began to grow very dense strange symbols. Sand and rocks around moved on their own without wind, spiraling up surrounding King, and finally wrapping his entire body into a round-shaped sand cocoon.
After that sand cocoon formed, the surrounding situation became calm again.
After some time, a sound of movement was heard from the other side. The earth wall exploded hard, revealing a pitch-black hole, and a group of people came out from there. Thousands of snakes crawled out from that hole; apparently it was these snakes that dug the tunnel directly to this place.
"Finally found it too..."
The group's leader, a pale-skinned young man with a cunning expression, licked his lips with a long tongue. He stared at the Gedo Mazo while laughing wickedly.
They were Orochimaru's group.
After the Golden List announced the latest information, Orochimaru's group naturally received that message and decided to "liven up" the atmosphere.
Orochimaru knew the terrain in Konoha very well; he together with Itachi and Kisame were formerly Akatsuki members, so they actually arrived earlier than the people from the One Punch Man World.
However, for safety, Orochimaru chose to enter through the underground route. He currently didn't want to confront Madara directly. Since there were people from other worlds who became bait on the surface, he certainly didn't want to become the main target.
"Is this the Bijuu we're looking for?" Garou stared at the Gedo Mazo with sparkling eyes.
Garou currently had undergone major changes, both in aura and physical appearance. With the Evolution Key's guidance plus guidance from the strong experts at his side, his evolution path became smoother; he had begun to find his own strength.
Compared to the previous path of becoming a "Monster," the path he now walked was closer to human nature, but on his skin surface strange line patterns began to appear that attached to his muscle fibers, making him look very mysterious.
Orochimaru could feel the chaotic aura from several Bijuu inside the Gedo Mazo. He nodded: "Right, this is the vessel used to seal the Bijuu, I've seen it more than once... Eh? What's that?"
They all saw the sand cocoon standing right in front of the Gedo Mazo. Kisame kicked it once, but there was no reaction; that cocoon was very hard.
"Never mind, now there's no time to investigate too deeply. Uchiha Madara is fighting with those people up there, who knows when it will end. Move quickly, take everything away!"
Orochimaru didn't waste time. He immediately formed hand seals and used Kuchiyose no Jutsu to summon a giant python snake.
That snake's large body immediately coiled around the Gedo Mazo and began moving quickly toward the route they had created. The others kept using ninjutsu to widen the route so the escape process would be faster and avoid meeting with Madara's group.
Not long after they entered the tunnel.
The sand cocoon that was also coiled by the giant python snake suddenly showed signs of life. Its inside shook violently, producing sounds and the cocoon's surface began to crack.
Something seemed about to come out from there.
"Hm?"
Orochimaru was the first to realize something was wrong and signaled the team to stop. Inside the underground tunnel, everyone stared sharply at that sand cocoon.
That cocoon finally cracked completely, revealing a man whose entire body was filled with dense black lines. On his closed eye area there were horrifying claw scar marks, making him look very tough. Around him, fine sand grains floated.
"Who are you?" Orochimaru asked in a cold voice, the Kusanagi sword was already in his hand.
The others also stared at that man vigilantly. They had never seen this man, either directly or on the Golden List, but his appearance looked very extraordinary.
That man suddenly opened his eyes and directly saw Orochimaru's group. His expression was a bit dazed, as if he hadn't fully understood the situation.
"Orochimaru, Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi, Garou..."
As an S-Class hero from the Hero Association, King had access to very complete data.
All heroes knew very well the information of people on the Golden List. King immediately recognized all their identities, and instantly his heart beat rapidly.
*THUD-THUD-THUD!*
The already legendary King Engine began to surge.
That strange sound echoed inside the underground tunnel, sounding like drum beats that made Orochimaru and the others' expressions change. This sound gave very great mental pressure, as if containing extraordinarily tremendous power.
This man in front is really not simple, is he going to attack?
"Kill!" Orochimaru's eyes flashed fiercely. He decided to attack first and not give that man a chance.
Although he didn't know him, anyone who appeared beside the Gedo Mazo was most likely Madara's subordinate.
After hesitating for a moment, Itachi and the others also immediately moved to surround King from all directions.
King's expression froze, he cursed inwardly.
(I haven't even said anything yet and you all want to attack, how cruel! These terrifying monsters!)
Unexpectedly, after just escaping from the Gedo Mazo's control, he instead entered the tiger's mouth. His life was really difficult. However, a voice echoed in his mind.
"Fool! What are you afraid of? You and I are now one! Although before you were just an ordinary person, now you're not anymore. You can use my power, plus with that training technique, you won't lose to them, idiot!"
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