After a fierce struggle, the samurai of the Land of Them finally broke through to Kaguya.
This was also the first time Princess Kaguya had witnessed the malice mortals could display.
Their savage expressions and burning, covetous gazes filled her with disgust.
So she waved her hand.
The chakra within her stirred, sending several men before her flying.
As a member of the Otsutsuki Clan, even without having consumed the Chakra Fruit, her strength still surpassed that of mortals.
Ordinary so-called samurai were no match for her at all.
Unfortunately, there were simply too many people advancing toward her, and hidden among them were even Miko Mages and others who could use Senjutsu or borrow the power of demons.
Compared with ordinary mortals, their abilities had at least some effect on Kaguya.
"A swarm of ants!"
Veins bulged along Kaguya's brow as she activated her pair of azure-blue Byakugan, entering a state of battle.
She advanced directly, killing several people in an instant with a strike of her palm.
Unfortunately, just as she was about to strike again, a sharp pain suddenly surged from her abdomen and quickly spread throughout her body.
It was the movement of the babies within her.
Nurturing life was an immense burden for any living being.
Even the Otsutsuki Clan, a supposedly extraterrestrial race, was no exception.
While pregnant, Kaguya's strength was far below her normal level.
Intense pain assailed her entire body.
With difficulty, she drove back the samurai pursuing her from behind, then turned and hurried away.
Behind her, the samurai of the Land of Them pursued relentlessly.
In just a few moments, Kaguya was completely surrounded.
"Princess Kaguya, come with me."
A middle-aged man rode out from the crowd.
Mounted on his horse, he looked down at Princess Kaguya before him, undisguised desire burning in his eyes. "Such beauty. No wonder the Daimyo of the Land of Ancestors adores you so."
"Come with me to the Land of Them and serve His Lordship the Daimyo. It will be your supreme honor."
"Where is Yū?"
Facing the gazes of everyone around her, Kaguya's expression still barely changed. She merely stared fixedly at the samurai opposite her. "What have you done to him?"
As she remembered it, Yū had always been by her side, and she had never seen these native ants behave so disrespectfully.
Now that this had suddenly happened, an instinctive unease rose in her heart, and she wanted to know where her husband was.
"Yū?"
Hearing the name, the samurai instinctively felt puzzled, but quickly caught on. "You mean Tianzi of the Land of Ancestors."
"He is already dead."
"Give up."
He tried to further undermine Kaguya's confidence with his words, hoping to make her abandon resistance of her own accord.
This place was not far from the royal capital of the Land of Ancestors. Even in the dead of night, its Daimyo would probably react.
Although it would not actually matter even if the Lord of the Country of Zu discovered this, they would then be unable to complete the task their Daimyo had assigned them.
For him, that would undoubtedly be a grave dereliction of duty.
What he did not know was that these very words had sounded his own dirge.
"Yū is dead?"
Otsutsuki Kaguya's previously indifferent expression suddenly froze.
At that moment, images of Namikawa Yū from their past surfaced in her mind.
After several years together, her husband had long since become the most important person in Otsutsuki Kaguya's heart.
And now, he was dead.
He had died at the hands of these ants.
"You deserve to die!"
Anger appeared on Otsutsuki Kaguya's previously calm face.
The next moment, she cast aside all concerns and took out a fruit.
In Kaguya's hand, the Chakra Fruit shone with a mysterious light. Its aura was so alluring that it instinctively drew everyone's gaze.
Faced with the Chakra Fruit she had once sealed away, Kaguya cast aside all concerns and swallowed it in a single bite.
Then a new transformation occurred.
Under the gazes of everyone around her, Otsutsuki Kaguya's body began to change.
Her hair began to lengthen, and the aura emanating from her entire body grew terrifying.
Powerful chakra erupted within her, gradually affecting her body.
A pair of white horns emerged from the top of her head, while a Rinne Sharingan appeared between her brows, bearing an inexplicable air of mystery.
Otsutsuki Kaguya's complete form had appeared!
At that moment, her life underwent a sublimation, and the Otsutsuki bloodline within her completed its leap to a higher level.
"M-monster..."
A terrifying aura flowed from Otsutsuki Kaguya. The immense pressure of that terrifying chakra alone left the surrounding samurai unable to advance.
Even the Miko Mages who had mastered a little Senjutsu and demonic power were no exception. They, too, were stunned by the changes the Otsutsuki displayed.
The next moment, Otsutsuki Kaguya moved forward.
She gently extended her hand.
Vast chakra gathered within her, and in an instant, she unleashed countless palm strikes, a terrifying aura bearing down heavily with the power of chakra.
Eighty Sky God Strike!
Bang!
Every living thing in its path was reduced to dust, bursting apart on the spot in a mass of shattered flesh and blood.
Shredded flesh and blood scattered across the ground, turning the area crimson.
The terrifying scene delivered an immense shock.
"No! No!"
The middle-aged samurai in command stared at the scene before him, his entire body trembling. "She is no goddess! She is a demon wearing human skin!"
"How could such a terrifying demon exist in this world!"
Only then did they finally realize what a mistake they had made.
In a certain sense, the Otsutsuki Kaguya before them was no goddess at all, but a demon wearing human skin.
Ordinary people could not flee such a terrifying being fast enough, yet they had actually wanted to capture her and offer her to the Lord of the Country of Pi?
They truly had a death wish.
Ahead of them, Otsutsuki Kaguya said nothing.
Strictly speaking, she was not actually very skilled at combat. In the past, she had rarely needed to fight personally.
But that did not matter.
With her vast chakra reinforcing her, even a casual strike could unleash terrifying power.
Before the Eighty Sky God Strike, everything was nothing but ants.
In just a few moments, a thick stench of blood rose over the area, and their surroundings resembled hell.
Not far away.
Namikawa Yū rode forward, soon approaching the area.
"Your Highness, we found your wife?"
The attendant before him spoke, but his expression was complicated, seemingly filled with deep fear. "But she seems a little different from her usual self."
"The senior retainers said your wife seems to have been possessed by an evil spirit."
"Possessed by an evil spirit?"
Namikawa Yū froze for a moment. His expression shifted slightly as he immediately realized something.
Without hesitation, he immediately picked up speed and hurried toward Kaguya's location.