Seal

Yichen's attack was swift and decisive, but he didn't mind chatting with Moryo during the fight to gather some information.

"Moryo, you yourself are just a prisoner, yet you dare to boast that you can grant me eternal life? Even the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths wouldn't dare to claim he could grant anyone eternal life, so what gives you the right to spout such nonsense?"

The Moryo's voice paused, then returned. "According to your human time calculations, I have existed for hundreds of years. If you pledge allegiance to me, I can tell you the method to achieve immortality."

Yichen deliberately let out a cold laugh and said, "Your so-called immortality is nothing more than using the lives of past Miko to prolong your existence. I don't have a generation of Miko to extend my life, so I can't use your method."

The Moryo paused in its defensive movements, surprised that Yichen even knew this. However, considering that Yichen possessed the Miko Power, he must be very close to this generation's Miko, so it wasn't surprising that he knew some of its secrets.

Then the Moryo said, "The Miko's life force is not the fundamental reason for my immortality; my immortality is due to my soul."

To attract Yichen's attention, Moryo started to offer some practical advice. Although it didn't delve into the fundamentals, it did touch upon some insights into the soul.

Little did they know that Moryo was no big deal was actually very advanced knowledge for the Iwagakure, which lacked information about the soul.

While Yichen was trading blows with Moryo, he also coaxed it into sharing some unique insights, both true and false.

Yichen had gained some knowledge in soul research during this period. Although his level was still not high enough, he was no longer a novice. So, although he didn't fully understand Moryo's deliberately mysterious words, he still gained quite a bit.

After a long time, when Yichen felt that Moryo was no longer willing to come up with any new tricks, Yichen, who had been waiting in the wings, finally struck.

Suddenly, Yichen abandoned his attack and controlled all the mud to surge directly towards the Moryo.

Having suffered at Yichen's hands when they were on the ground, the Moryo dared not be careless and quickly retracted all its tentacles to defend itself. It adopted a strategy of remaining unchanged in the face of any eventuality to guard against Yichen's sneak attack.

The Moryo coiled all its tentacles tightly around its body, curling into a ball. All of Yichen's mud was blocked by these tentacles.

Yichen didn't care; this was within his expectations. He controlled the mud to directly envelop the ball. This wouldn't have been very useful originally, as the Moryo could easily shake off the mud. But just before the Moryo had made up its mind to retaliate, a large number of Sealing Runes suddenly appeared on the mud.

Yichen sealed the Moryo away.

The constantly flowing body of the Moryo suddenly stopped, but since it was a soul, Yichen's seal on Chakra was only moderately effective against the Moryo's soul.

It quickly broke free of the seal, and then all its tentacles swung together, sending a large amount of mud flying.

However, this opening changed the course of the battle. Taking advantage of the moment when the Moryo attacked his seal and flung away the mud, Yichen had already prepared his second Light Release.

With its body Miko Seal, the Moryo with nowhere to escape was once again struck hard by Light Release.

Yichen did not stop, knowing that the Kekkei Tōta he had just used might have broken the seal binding the Moryo, so without the slightest hesitation, Yichen prepared another Light Release.

Just as Yichen had predicted, although the Moryo was severely injured and lost a large number of tentacles, it was pleasantly surprised to find that its chance to escape had arrived, as the seal that had bound it for countless years was on the verge of collapse.

So the Moryo suppressed its urge to take Yichen and began to break free of the seal with all its might. It was worried that Miroku would reinforce the seal again.

As a result, the Miko Seal was just completely broken when the third Light Release arrived.

Boom~

The damage caused by this Light Release was greater than the previous two, because almost all of the Moryo's tentacles were destroyed. This time, the Moryo took the full force of the Light Release technique head-on.

This time, the Moryo was truly and fundamentally damaged.

Ignoring his injuries, the newly freed Moryo tried to escape.

However, at this moment, the mud that had been flung away clung to it again. Without the protection of countless tentacles, the mud easily enveloped it once more. Then, Sealing Runes reappeared on the mud, sealing the Moryo once more.

Yichen knew that conventional seals couldn't trap the Moryo for too long.

So he kept applying the seal while quickly flying into the sky with the Moryo.

At this point, the original Miko Seal had completely disappeared, so Yichen was able to travel unimpeded and quickly brought Moryo to the high sky.

When the Moryo finally broke free of the mud seal, it was astonished to find itself already in the sky.

It seems that I might not be able to fly.

Whether or not it can fly is not important to the original Moryo; even if it falls, it won't die.

But not far away, that wretched guy whose name I don't know was making that weird gesture with his hands again.

The Moryo in mid-air had nowhere to hide and could only watch helplessly as Yichen carried out his actions as they fell.

It continuously spewed various curses and launched wave after wave of soul attacks towards Yichen. However, all of them were blocked by the Miko Power emanating from Yichen.

While gathering his strength to prepare for Light Release, Yichen used the Light-Weight Rock Technique to fly directly beneath the massive body of the Moryo.

Then, boom!

The Moryo was struck by Yichen's fourth Light Release, and with the force of the explosion, Moryo flew a distance higher into the sky. As the Moryo roared in pain, it tragically discovered that it was even further from the ground.

Then came the fifth, the sixth... The roar of the Moryo grew weaker and weaker until it fell silent. Only when the Moryo could no longer roar did Yichen stop his Light Release bombardment.

At this moment, the enormous soul body of the Moryo, as massive as a mountain, appeared dilapidated. Its massive body was riddled with pits and craters, and the few remaining broken tentacles drooped unnaturally to its sides.

After sealing the Moryo with Porcelain Release, Yichen floated in mid-air and created two clones. One went underground to collect some tentacles left behind when he had just destroyed the Moryo. The other went to bring Miroku, Tomoko, and the others over.

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, Yichen does not plan to return to the ground until the threat of the Moryo is completely eliminated.

Little Shion, who had been carried up by Yichen using Porcelain Release, excitedly cried out. If Tomoko hadn't stopped her, she would have already climbed over the Porcelain Platform.

Meanwhile, Miroku, Little Shion's mother, was numb, lost in deep self-doubt. "Isn't it said that the Moryo would be the end of the world? Then who was that person who was just bounced around in the air like a soccer ball by Yichen?"

"What about the so-called sacrifices of the Miko throughout history to bring peace to the entire Ninja World? What was the true meaning of Mother's sacrifices?"

Although Tomoko and the others were also shocked, the fact that the colossal creature, shaped like a mountain, had been relentlessly ravaged by Yichen, who was only the size of a grain of rice, was indeed a great shock to them.

However, Yichen is, after all, the Tsuchikage. In the Will of Stone education of Iwagakure, the Tsuchikage who possesses the Kekkei Tōta has always been the strongest in the Ninja World.

Therefore, Tomoko and the other two remained relatively calm. Isn't it perfectly normal for the Tsuchikage to defeat a so-called monster using Kekkei Tōta?

On the contrary, Yichen himself was not very happy.

Light Release is his strongest attack, and one of the strongest attacks in the entire Ninja World. If he's having so much trouble fighting a single Moryo, what would he do against Black Zetsu?

A scene flashed through Yichen's mind: Black Zetsu stood there with a cold smile, and Yichen tried every method he could think of, but he still couldn't defeat Black Zetsu.

Shaking his head, Yichen banished those strange thoughts from his mind. He said to Miroku, "Your Lady Miko, can you determine the current state of the Moryo?"

Miroku snapped out of his daze, took a deep breath, and told himself that things weren't over yet before forcibly shifting his attention to the Moryo.

Miroku reached out and pressed his hand on the Moryo that Yichen had covered in mud.

After a while, Miroku said, "The Moryo isn't dead, but its consciousness has fallen into a state of unconsciousness. Now is the best time to devour it."

Upon hearing this, Yichen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "In that case, let's begin."

Unexpectedly, Miroku hesitated at this moment and said, "Lord Tsuchikage, I have a request. I hope that you can seal the Moryo into Shion. Shion's Miko Lord Tsuchikage is stronger than mine. Although she is still young, her chances of successfully devouring the Moryo are greater than mine."

Yichen frowned. He didn't really want to take the risk. Devouring the Moryo now was obviously safer than later. Who knew if the Moryo's condition would fluctuate?

Seeing that Yichen remained silent, Miroku quickly said, "Lord Tsuchikage, rest assured, there will be no accidents. I will guide Shion to cultivate the Miko Power as soon as possible. After sealing the Moryo within Shion's body, Shion will soon be able to gradually absorb the Moryo's Power."

Tomoko asked, "Shion is still so young, is that alright?"

Miroku looked at the little Shion, who was still babbling and curiously looking around, with affection, and said, "It's okay, Shion's priestess power is much stronger than mine. It's just that I don't know the sealing methods of the Jinchūriki of your five great nations, so I don't know how to seal the demon inside."

Yichen said, "That's simple. I'll seal the Moryo into Shion's body, then release the seal's binding effect, and then you can apply your Miko's seal."

Miroku thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

With a solution in place, things became much easier. Yichen used the Five Elements Sealing Jutsu to seal the Moryo into Little Shion's body. The process wasn't complicated; it just took Yichen some time to set up the seal.

After the Moryo completely disappeared into Little Shion's body, Miroku began setting up the Miko Seal. Once Miroku was ready, Yichen released the demon from its Moryo, and then Miroku activated the Miko Seal, trapping the Moryo within the space created by the Five Elements Sealing Jutsu.

After finishing, Yichen said, "Your Lady Miko, I left a gap in this Five Elements Sealing Jutsu. The Moryo's Power will slowly seep out from it, and Shion can actively absorb the power of the Moryo."

Miroku nodded and patted the head of the Little Shion in his arms, who was still unaware of what had happened to her.