Dark Secret Technique

Recovering her senses, the Miko hurriedly activated the sealing formation.

The activation of the sealing formation instinctively filled Moryo with fear. It and the Miko had originally been one, so it knew the Miko's vulnerabilities, and naturally, the Miko knew its weaknesses as well.

Thus, Moryo began struggling desperately.

Rumble...

As Moryo's enormous body continuously twisted and thrashed, the entire cave immediately began to shake violently.

Shisui's expression hardened as he immediately drove his Susanoo with all his strength.

In an instant, the two colossal beings grappled within the cave, sending shattered rocks flying and dust billowing through the air.

After dodging several chunks of rock falling from the ceiling, Hyuga Kagami, hovering in midair, glanced down at the battle below.

Moryo was larger than Shisui's Susanoo by a full size, so Shisui held no advantage in a contest of strength.

Moreover, the fierce clash between the two giants was more than the cave could bear. More and more rocks were falling from the ceiling, and they were growing larger. The entire cave seemed on the verge of collapse.

Hyuga Kagami hesitated no longer and immediately poured the Tenseigan chakra within him into the Third Kazekage Human Puppet.

A moment later, with a thought, he commanded the Third Kazekage Human Puppet to unleash its strongest move.

Magnet Release, Satetsu Kaiho!

Iron Sand filled the sky, gathering into sharp iron spears. Then, like cannonballs, the spears shot toward Moryo in unison, piercing its massive body and pinning it firmly to the ground.

The iron spears then linked together, forming a dense, spiked scaffold that confined Moryo's enormous body within a narrow area.

The Miko, who had been silently activating the seal, was faintly startled.

"Is that really Magnet Release!?"

In the current Ninja World, it was said that only two people possessed this Kekkei Genkai: Sunagakure's missing Third Kazekage and the currently reigning Fourth Kazekage.

Though the Miko did not pay much attention to matters in the Ninja World, she still knew this basic fact.

She had not been entirely certain before, but after the Third Kazekage Human Puppet used Satetsu Kaiho, she became convinced that the unfamiliar ninja flying beside Hyuga Kagami was a Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai user.

Under the combined suppression of Satetsu Kaiho and Susanoo, Moryo was quickly subdued, and its struggles grew much weaker.

Moryo roared, "Damn you, foolish and lowly humans! You have no idea what it is you have provoked!"

Its booming voice echoed continuously through the empty cave, making everyone's eardrums ache.

Yet neither Hyuga Kagami nor Shisui was moved. They focused entirely on suppressing Moryo as they waited for the Miko to finally activate the sealing formation.

"Miroku, watch closely. These ants cannot stop me."

After shouting that, Moryo twisted its head in a strange, grotesque manner, slipping it through the gaps between the iron spears and past Satetsu Kaiho before turning its gaze toward Shisui.

The Miko's face changed as she cried out in alarm, "Get out of the way! It's about to use an evil technique!"

"Hahaha, he can't escape now!" Amid wild, unrestrained laughter, Moryo stared fixedly at Shisui and shouted, "It is your honor to become my plaything! Dark Secret Technique, Shinma Xianshian!"

Shinma Xianshian was a Genjutsu Moryo used to manipulate people's hearts. Anyone struck by it would immediately become a soulless walking corpse that obeyed only Moryo's commands.

After using the Forbidden Technique, Moryo immediately commanded Shisui, "Quickly, go kill them!"

The targets Moryo had ordered Shisui to attack were naturally Hyuga Kagami and the Third Kazekage Human Puppet in the air.

Hyuga Kagami was startled and hurriedly looked toward Shisui.

The Miko also stared at Shisui, her heart leaping into her throat. She even forgot to continue activating the sealing formation.

For a moment, everyone's gaze in the cave fell upon Shisui.

Shisui, with his Mangekyō Sharingan activated, was utterly speechless. He casually controlled Susanoo and punched Moryo in the head.

Bang...

With a dull thud, Moryo's warped head slammed hard into the ground.

"Th-This is impossible!?" Moryo stared at Shisui again in extreme shock, then shouted, "Your eyes... damn it!"

Moryo was not ignorant. With only a little scrutiny, it noticed that Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan was unusual and guessed that those eyes were what had rendered its Genjutsu ineffective.

The Miko let out a long breath of relief. In that instant just now, she had truly fallen into utter despair.

She had already witnessed Shisui's strength. If Shisui became Moryo's puppet, then with one more ally on Moryo's side and one fewer on theirs, the situation would reverse in an instant.

By then, she was not even sure whether she would still have the chance to perish together with Moryo.

Humiliated and enraged, Moryo shouted at Shisui, "Human, being able to resist my miraculous Forbidden Technique is enough for you to be proud of for the rest of your life. It seems you are one of the rare strong among humans..."

Halfway through its words, Moryo suddenly raised its twisted head, laughing wildly as it looked toward Hyuga Kagami on the other side and shouted, "Hahaha, then you shall become my puppet instead! Dark Secret Technique, Shinma Xianshian!"

Moryo's sudden feint left the Miko's heart, which had only just settled, hanging in the air once more.

At that moment, she was both furious and annoyed. Furious that Moryo was so despicable as to launch a sudden attack on Hyuga Kagami, and annoyed that in her panic, she had forgotten to warn him.

In her view, Shisui being able to resist Moryo's Forbidden Technique was already a one-in-ten-thousand occurrence. It could not possibly be such a coincidence that Hyuga Kagami could resist it as well. After all, no one understood Moryo's terrifying power better than she did.

In midair, Hyuga Kagami, standing atop a clump of Iron Sand, felt a wave of malice rush toward him.

Then... nothing happened.

Seeing that nothing was wrong with himself, Hyuga Kagami ignored Moryo and asked Shisui in confusion, "What exactly is it doing?"

Shisui scratched his head and said uncertainly, "It seems to be casting Genjutsu on us. Because of the Mangekyō Sharingan, I didn't feel anything. What about you, senpai?"

"I didn't feel anything either." After a pause, Hyuga Kagami curled his lip. "Still, it sure puts on a convincing show!"

Shisui nodded seriously. "Yeah, it was pretty intimidating."

Hyuga Kagami turned to the Miko and asked, "Your Highness, how much longer until the sealing formation can be activated?"

"Oh, right..." The Miko hurriedly resumed activating the sealing formation.

At that moment, she suddenly felt that there was absolutely no need for her to worry herself sick over Hyuga Kagami and Shisui.

Moryo stood there awkwardly for a moment before staring at Hyuga Kagami in disbelief and roaring, "Impossible! Why can you resist my Forbidden Technique too? How is that possible!?"

When dealing with the Yomi Cultists, let alone a Forbidden Technique on the level of Shinma Xianshian, even a simplified version of the Soul Manipulation Technique could turn those Yomi Cultists into complete puppets.

It had never expected its foolproof move to fail one after another against Shisui and Hyuga Kagami...