Demon Chimimōryō

"It's been a long time since I've encountered someone like you who cultivates natural energy. 'Eating' you will definitely be delicious!"

Greed filled the middle-aged man's ferocious face as he looked at Jigen as if he were a kind of 'food'.

At this moment, the middle-aged man's pupils had completely turned into an eerie purplish-black color. Foul-smelling saliva dripped from the corners of his mouth. He should have been an ordinary person, but his entire body was covered in evil energy. He didn't look like a human, but rather some kind of monster.

"You... you're a Chimimōryō!"

Jigen covered his chest with one hand and tried to push the middle-aged man away with the other, but with his heart pierced, he was simply wasting his effort. Even speaking was difficult.

"Not bad, I didn't expect you to have heard of my name. In that case, I'll give you a complete corpse!"

The middle-aged man let out a strange laugh, and a mass of purplish-black smoke-like energy overflowed from the top of his head, then transformed into the shape of a ferocious demon. It roared silently at him, then suddenly lunged towards Jigen's body.

As the Chimimōryō demon left his body, the middle-aged man collapsed directly to the ground, seemingly lifeless, his fate unknown.

"I... Buddha be merciful!"

Jigen looked at the Chimimōryō about to enter his body. His face didn't show any fear, only regret. If he hadn't been so seriously injured, he might have been able to fight the Chimimōryō to a stalemate with his natural energy, but now... Jigen looked at the dagger stuck in his chest. As his life flowed away madly, he subconsciously chanted a Buddhist prayer, then immediately sat down cross-legged, channeling all the natural energy he had stored within him towards the Chimimōryō. Even if he couldn't destroy it, he would at least try to exhaust its energy before it took over his body, perhaps even severely injuring it...

Jigen was fighting the Chimimōryō with this determination, on the verge of death!

"Like an ant trying to stop a chariot!"

The Chimimōryō, seeing Jigen's actions, immediately let out a piercing sound, like a needle scraping across a metal plate, unsettling the mind and causing tinnitus and pain!

In the next moment, the Chimimōryō directly devoured the natural energy surging from Jigen, then even let out a satisfied burp. Its purplish-black, eerie eyes looked at Jigen as if he were just a clown!

Just a low-level human who cultivated natural energy, how could he be a match for a demon of its level?

Seeing this, the expression on Jigen's face became even more complicated. As a preacher, his years of hard work were like toys in front of this demon. This undoubtedly shattered his previous belief in saving people from suffering. Negative emotions such as despair, unwillingness, and regret surged forth!

So—

He was still someone who couldn't change anything...

With these emotions of despair, unwillingness, and regret, Jigen's lifeless eyes widened even more, and his life force gradually dissipated.

"I'll take your body!"

The Chimimōryō, seeing this, muttered excitedly to itself, then burrowed into Jigen's body.

But in the next moment, the Chimimōryō seemed to see something terrifying and fled directly from Jigen's body. A human-like look of fear and terror even appeared on its ferocious demon face!

A large number of black lines emerged from Jigen's body, and almost instantly covered his entire body, then transformed his body and physique under a strange energy...

In a moment, Jigen transformed into Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's appearance, with pale skin and pale white hair, a strange long curved horn growing on his head, and a pair of distinct eyes slowly opened. Suddenly, an invisible terrifying pressure spread out, causing the floating Chimimōryō to prostrate on the ground, its body trembling instinctively, as if crushed by a higher level of life!

"Feels like I've been asleep for a long time."

A faint murmur came from 'Jigen's' mouth, then he slowly opened his eyes, and the Chimimōryō prostrating on the ground immediately caught his attention.

"A demon?"

'Jigen' murmured again, then stretched out his right hand and aimed it at the Chimimōryō in the void. In the next moment, an irresistible suction force emanated, and the Chimimōryō floating in the air was directly pulled over uncontrollably, and in the blink of an eye, it was firmly grasped in 'Jigen's' hand.

"So weak!"

'Jigen' felt the Chimimōryō's physical condition, and while speaking from the bottom of his heart, he was also a little surprised. In his memory, demons shouldn't be this weak.

The Chimimōryō struggled frantically in 'Jigen's' hand, and purplish-black evil energy spewed out from its body, but it was all absorbed by 'Jigen' and turned into energy to repair the injuries on his chest.

Suddenly, 'sizzling' sounds rang out faintly from 'Jigen's' chest, and steam-like smoke swirled around. The injuries on his chest recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his powerful body directly squeezed the dagger stuck in his chest out.

"Hey, can you understand me?"

After briefly adapting to the body, 'Jigen' asked the Chimimōryō in his hand.

"Lord, I understand, I understand!"

The Chimimōryō, unable to struggle, didn't understand that it had kicked a steel plate. The creature in front of it was definitely a 'demon' that was even more powerful than it. Especially the gaze in his distinct eyes made it tremble even more. Therefore, when facing a being of a higher level than itself, it immediately expressed its surrender and dared not resist in the slightest.

After all, this worldview of the strong preying on the weak and clear levels was deeply planted in the depths of the Chimimōryō's heart.

"Tell me what happened just now..."

As 'Jigen' stared at the Chimimōryō and spoke faintly, a terrifying pressure fell on the latter, causing it to be struck hard, making it even more respectful to 'Jigen'.

So, it immediately told everything that had happened earlier without missing a single detail, and even told 'Jigen' about its origin, abilities, and purpose...

After listening, 'Jigen' immediately understood the whole story.

The Chimimōryō was originally a demon from another world, but it was drawn to the ninja world from another world due to some reason by the negative energy of humans. However, because it consumed most of its energy when descending into the ninja world, its strength became extremely weak, and it could only slowly absorb the negative energy of humans in a slow and consuming state to restore its strength...

Finally, after several years, the Chimimōryō's strength gradually recovered a lot, which made it start to hunt humans unscrupulously in the ninja world. It had noticed Jigen, the special monk who cultivated natural energy, and had secretly resided in the body of a middle-aged human in advance, waiting for the arrival of Jigen, the 'prey'...

'Jigen' could easily understand what happened next. It was just a hunter's hunting process. The only difference was that the Chimimōryō liked the negative energy emitted by humans before death, especially special monks like Jigen who cultivated natural energy, who had already broken away from the category of ordinary humans. Its negative energy could definitely greatly restore the Chimimōryō's strength, so compared to directly killing Jigen, it preferred to admire his desperate, unwilling, and regretful expression...

"You can also absorb natural energy?"

After understanding everything, 'Jigen' asked the Chimimōryō again.

"Yes, Lord, I have initially adapted to the energy of this world and can absorb natural energy with the help of the human body, but I cannot directly absorb the surrounding natural energy..."

The Chimimōryō didn't dare to hide anything and quickly replied. This was also the reason why it wanted to devour and occupy Jigen's body.

"By the way, do you know the Mōryō?"

After 'Jigen' nodded, he changed the topic and asked the Chimimōryō.