The Battle Against the Jashin Cult

"Where are they?" White Fang asked. Naturally, he wasn't asking Qingyun, but the dogs he had summoned.

"It seems they used something to mask their scent. I can't smell anything." Minato and Qingyun were both deeply shocked. The dogs could talk, shattering everything they thought they knew.

"They're over there!" Qingyun pointed at the waterfall they had just passed.

"I didn't expect one of you to be a sensor ninja. Oh! What a surprise! And you're just a child, too!"

"Excellent! It seems we've stumbled upon quite a prize!"

"Who are you? Stop acting mysterious. Why did you lure us here? What do you want?" White Fang asked at once. His hand had already closed around the White Fang Blade, ready for a fight at any moment.

Qingyun immediately turned to Minato. "Minato, no matter what happens, we'll stay here and protect Yoshihime."

"Okay!"

"Ha! In that case, allow us to show you what we look like!" the strange voice called out again. Then, many tall figures emerged from the waterfall.

There were men and women among them. They wore coverings over only their most private parts, leaving the rest of their bodies bare. They all seemed a little unstable.

"We're not acting mysterious. We're just a small religious group."

"We're the Jashin Cult, followers of Lord Jashin. You can also call us the Jashin Sect."

"We're all followers of Lord Jashin. Since you're here, how about joining us?"

The speaker was a somewhat sleazy-looking man. He licked the blood from the corner of his mouth, and Qingyun clearly saw that someone had taken blood from Yoshihime's wrist.

"This guy... He's part of Hidan's cult!"

"Not good! We have to take him down in one go!" Qingyun was starting to panic. He was the only one who knew what they were planning.

Qingyun's words immediately drew the cultists' attention.

"Kid! You seem to know just how powerful Lord Jashin is! Then we'll capture you first!" The Jashin Sect leader waved his hand, and the cultists surrounded Qingyun and Minato.

As for White Fang, he was naturally surrounded by the numerous Jashin Cult followers as well. It was clear that they intended to recruit them or kill them.

"I won't let Qingyun go with you," White Fang said calmly. With his abilities, forget a mere cult leader—even the Kage of a village might not be able to defeat him quickly.

"Be careful, Qingyun! There's something strange about these people!" Minato warned him, gripping his Kunai tightly.

"Kill!"

The cultists were a bunch of lunatics. They surged forward all at once, rushing in at full speed.

They were too close for Qingyun to use Shuriken Shadow Clone or Fire Release Ninjutsu, so he immediately brought out his Armament Haki instead.

Minato had learned a few ways to use Armament Haki from Qingyun, so the two of them fought back against their attackers together.

Yoshihime was still unconscious.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!" Minato and Qingyun knocked back the enemies in front of them again and again, but the cultists kept charging in as if they couldn't feel pain.

Gradually, Minato and Qingyun began to tire.

"This won't work. Teacher White Fang must have noticed how strange they are, too. If we keep this up, we'll wear ourselves out!" Minato said.

"These guys can't feel a thing. They're like zombies. I don't think ordinary methods will work on them," Qingyun said.

"What other methods are there?!" Minato kicked away a cultist who charged at him and immediately asked.

"Lightning Release!" Qingyun decided he wouldn't hide his Rumble-Rumble Fruit abilities any longer. He would use them right now, at this crucial moment.

"Lightning Release..." Minato had been about to ask Qingyun when he'd learned it, but the next second, he swallowed his words.

Crackling bolts of lightning erupted across Qingyun's entire body. Layers of electricity swirled around him, making him seem as if he were made of lightning itself.

"Th-this level of Lightning Release... Qingyun, are you the Raikage?" Minato was utterly stunned and couldn't believe it.

"Now that it's come to this, Minato, I won't lie to you. I've been training in Lightning Release all along. I discovered that I'm a genius at it." Qingyun had no choice but to use that excuse to convince Minato.

"Lightning!" Qingyun raised his hand slightly. In an instant, one of the cultists before him was reduced to ashes.

"W-what?! How is this possible?!"

"Lord Jashin! We're immortal!"

The cultists couldn't believe it. They had never faced such a terrifying opponent.

"Bastards! Do you want to disgrace Lord Jashin?! Believe in him! Don't retreat! Charge forward! Kill that man!" The speaker was, of course, the Jashin Cult leader.

After hearing the leader's words, the cultists dared not say anything more. They charged straight at Qingyun again.

"No matter how many times you come at me, it'll end the same way!"

The corners of Qingyun's mouth lifted slightly. Defeating these cultists would earn him plenty of points.

"I'll be able to draw again soon! I'm going to wipe you all out!" Qingyun roared inwardly.

"Watch out, Qingyun!" Minato shouted. Qingyun immediately realized that several cultists had taken advantage of his distraction and rushed at him from behind.

"Thunder Shock!" Qingyun used the move with practiced ease: Thunder Shock, a technique used by Enel, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit user.

The move wasn't especially powerful, but the supersonic shock wave created by the lightning splitting through the air sent the two ambushing cultists flying backward, spitting blood everywhere.

"Minato, just take care of Yoshihime. Leave the rest to me," Qingyun said.

"Who else wants to come?! Come at me together! Let's not waste everyone's time! It's about time this fight came to an end, isn't it?!"

Qingyun had become a Thunder God of War. Lightning flashed all over his body, and since it didn't require chakra, he could use it as recklessly as he pleased.