The Evil God Descends

The Land of Hot Water, the lair of the Jashin Cult.

Chaos reigned inside the cave; the cultists looked around in bewilderment, completely unaware of what was happening.

"What happened?!"

"An earthquake?!"

"Enemy attack! It's an enemy attack!!"

Screams, screams, and the wailing of alarms shattered the base's deathly silence!

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, Taiichi's figure, like a demon god returning from hell, slowly rose from the collapsed rocks and earth, his chilling killing intent sweeping across the entire scene like a tsunami!

There was no persuasion to surrender, no nonsense; for these beings who had lost their humanity, only violence remained.

Wind Style: Vacuum Serial Waves!

With his hands Hand Seals, several incomparably sharp vacuum Wind Blade were blown out from Taiichi! Like the scythe of Death God, they instantly cut the gray-robed cultists at the front in half! Blood mixed with entrails splattered on the cold rock wall!

Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!

A massive Fireball roared out, engulfing several cultists along with their Ninjutsu. Their shrill screams were abruptly cut short by the flames; the intense heat left not even a trace behind.

Taiichi's movements were as swift as a ghost, and his strength was unparalleled. Ordinary believers were no different from lambs to the slaughter before him.

Every wave of the hand, every dodge, is accompanied by the harvest of life.

He precisely controlled the range and power of his Ninjutsu, trying his best to avoid affecting the cages holding the remains of the "sacrifices." Although their chances of survival were slim, at least he wanted to minimize their suffering.

"Stop him! Send out the undead warriors!" a cult leader roared shrilly.

With his command, heavy footsteps and the scraping of metal echoed from deep within the base.

A dozen or so figures rushed out of the passage and blocked Taiichi's path. These people were completely different from ordinary believers!

They were unusually tall and burly, with sickly grayish-white skin, like corpses, and empty, numb eyes, devoid of any spirit, showing only absolute obedience to the order to kill.

"Kill him! Quick! Undead warrior! Charge!"

The cult leader hid in the back, his voice distorted with fear, piercing through the smoke and dust.

Is this the "Undead Legion" that the Jashin Cult relies on?

Taiichi's cold gaze swept over these monsters. Their vitality was abundant, but their Chakra aura was unusually turbid. This was clearly Chakra generated by external forces and did not belong to the user at all.

"Roar!"

The leading undead warrior let out a beast-like roar, and his massive blade, accompanied by a piercing whistling sound as it tore through the air, slashed down towards Taiichi's head with a force powerful enough to split mountains and shatter rocks!

Taiichi's figure blurred for a moment just as the blade touched his body.

Call out!

Only a faint afterimage remained in place. The blade slammed into the ground, cleaving the hard rock into a deep trench as easily as tofu, sending shards of rock flying.

Taiichi appeared beside the giant like a ghost, and the moment his Short Sword was drawn, a cold, silver arc flashed!

Pfft!

The sword sliced into the giant's thick neck without any resistance; the grayish-white skin and tough muscles were like tattered leather before the Wind Style blade.

The blade severed most of the neck, leaving only a small portion of skin and flesh connecting it.

However, a bizarre scene unfolded!

With a spurt of black blood, the decapitated, massive body did not fall. It did not even pause for a moment. Instead, the giant hand holding the blade swept back with an even faster and more ferocious motion!

The Bone Blade tore through the air, aiming straight for Taiichi's waist and abdomen! It was faster and more ferocious than when it had a head!

Taiichi's pupils contracted slightly. He lightly touched the ground with his toes, and his body floated backward as if weightless. The blade grazed the hem of his clothes, and the resulting gust of wind stung his cheek.

At the same time, three other undead warriors pounced from different directions! An iron spear pierced Taiichi's back like a venomous snake, a heavy stone hammer smashed into his left shoulder, and another warrior, with outstretched arms and a putrid stench, lunged at him, trying to grab him!

Looking at the Blade Titan again, the knife wound on its neck had stopped bleeding, and Taiichi could even see the flesh buds wriggling there.

"This is the immortal warrior?"

Taiichi sneered inwardly, his body instantly completing three incredible twists and turns in the narrow space. He dodged the bone spear, sidestepped the stone hammer, and in the instant the attacker closed his arms, he slid out from under its armpits like a fish and appeared behind it.

Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere!

A highly compressed cloud of Chakra erupted from Taiichi, striking the attacker precisely in the back of the chest!

Boom!

With a muffled explosion, a huge bloody hole was blasted open in the undead warrior's chest, and fragments of shattered ribs and dark internal organs sprayed backward. The enormous impact slammed its massive body against the opposite rock wall, creating a spiderweb-like crack.

But it only swayed slightly, and the writhing buds inside its chest cavity grew and intertwined at a visible speed, trying to repair the horrific wound.

It struggled, using its remaining half-arm to support itself against the rock wall, and somehow managed to stand up unsteadily, its empty eye sockets...

Look towards the direction of Taiichi!

"High-speed regeneration?"

Taiichi frowned slightly. This regeneration speed far exceeded that of ordinary Medical Ninjutsu, carrying a repulsive and sinister life force.

"Hahaha! Useless! Konoha ninja!"

Deep within the passage, a figure clad in a scarlet robe and wearing a raven mask appeared, surrounded by several cultists—none other than "Blood Crow," the leader of the Jashin Cult.

He let out a shrill laugh like an owl, his voice filled with twisted triumph and fanaticism.

"Do you see it? This is the grace bestowed by our Lord! Immortality! Mortal swordsmanship Ninjutsu are but a tickle to our Lord's warrior! Seize him! Offer him on the altar!"

Upon receiving the leader's order, the remaining undead warriors became even more frenzied. Ignoring their injuries and fearless of pain, they charged at Taiichi once more like tireless killing machines, wielding their heavy weapons with unwavering courage!

The narrow passage was filled with their massive bodies, iron spears, stone hammers, and sharp claws intertwined to form a deadly web.

Taiichi's gaze sharpened. Now that the test was over, there was no need to hold back.

Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet.

He Hand Seals, his Chakra surging in his chest. A ferocious, roaring fire dragon appeared out of thin air, its intense heat instantly evaporating the moisture in the passage and distorting the air!

The fire dragon opened its massive jaws, carrying the power to incinerate the entire world, and swallowed the three undead battle corpses that were charging at the forefront!

"Roar!"

The piercing screams were drowned out by the roar of the flames. The stench of burning flesh instantly overpowered the stench of blood.

In the flames, three massive skeletons burned and carbonized rapidly in the high temperature, making popping sounds, and finally completely disintegrated and disintegrated in the flames, turning into a pile of charred bones!

"This... is Fire Style?"

Among the cultists watching from afar, some couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Living beings are afraid of fire, and of course, undead warriors are too. But since they are called undead warriors, they naturally have some tolerance for ordinary Fire Style!

But Taiichi's Fire Style technique----

Looking at the molten lava on the surrounding rock walls, everyone couldn't help but swallow hard.

However, the immortal warriors didn't have much reason. Taiichi's Fire Style was mostly blocked by the three warriors in front of him, but the immortal warriors behind him, despite being charred black, managed to break through the remaining flames!

The flesh of the several at the front was largely carbonized and peeled off, revealing equally charred bones underneath, but their movements did not slow down at all! Their finger bones, burning with sparks, were like demonic claws reaching out from hell, carrying scorching heat waves, and fiercely grabbed at Taiichi's face!

Taiichi snorted coldly, advancing instead of retreating, forming hand Hand Seals and stomping his foot.

Earth Style · Swamp of the Underworld.

The solid rocky ground softened instantly, turning into a muddy swamp. The mindless undead warriors, oblivious to the danger, charged straight into the swamp without a second thought.

Taiichi seized the opportunity, Short Sword in his hand became even sharper with the help of wind-attribute Chakra. But Taiichi was still not satisfied and continued to increase the output of Chakra until Chakra Blade nearly a foot long extended from the Short Sword.

What was originally a Short Sword designed for close-quarters combat and ambushes has now been transformed into a long sword capable of wide, sweeping attacks.

The change in weapons is naturally due to the change in attack patterns. Since you have strong regenerative abilities, let's see if you can still regenerate after being completely severed.

Tiny Taiichi weaves alone among giants, each over two meters tall, narrowly dodging their slashes and claw strikes with his agile movements.

Despite the perilous situation, Taiichi handled it with ease, each swing of his Short Sword sending a limb flying from the enemy.

Severed arms, broken legs, cut in half at the waist, cleaved diagonally.

These immortal warriors can all continue to move.

Until—a huge head shot into the sky, the headless giant twitched blankly for a moment, and then crashed to the ground.

"So, only by completely severing its head can this giant be killed in one blow."

Taiichi, a cruel smile playing on his lips.

With Chakra erupting beneath his feet and a clear target in mind, Taiichi's killing became exceptionally efficient. These clumsy giants were like toddlers learning to walk, their awkwardness laughable.

With a flash of light, heads flew into the air, and in just a dozen breaths, only two immortal warriors remained guarding the leader of the Jashin Cult.

Taiichi away the sticky black blood from the blade, the tip of the blade gleaming coldly in the dim Kakkou. His icy gaze, like a tangible Ice Spike, pierced the eyes hidden behind a raven mask at the end of the passage.

"It seems we have to burn it completely."

Smelling the stench of black blood, Taiichi's voice, though not loud, echoed like the whisper of Death God in the deathly silent passage.

No—impossible!

For the first time, the Blood Crow Cult Leader's voice lost its arrogant, all-powerful tone, carrying a barely perceptible tremor.

The immortal warrior he had painstakingly nurtured and sacrificed countless offerings for was so easily found to have a weakness and destroyed!

This overturned his understanding of the power of "immortality" and shook his blind faith in the power of the Evil God.

The remaining two undead warriors seemed to sense their master's shock and rage, letting out even more ferocious roars. They abandoned all defenses and, with a mad urge to perish together, charged at Taiichi simultaneously from the left and right!

Taiichi's lips curled into a cold smile; his futile struggles were all in vain.

Wind Style: Vacuum Wave.

With One-Handed Seal, a perfectly condensed crescent-shaped Wind Blade instantly materialized, tearing through the air and slicing precisely across the necks of the two undead warriors.

At this point, all the undead warriors were destroyed by Taiichi.

"You—you—you forced me to do this, Matsushita Taiichi!"

Blood Crow abruptly raised his head, his eyes flashing with hysterical madness. Without further hesitation, he twisted his hands into an extremely ancient hand seal that exuded an ominous aura!

"With my flesh and blood as the guide! With my soul as the bridge! I welcome my Lord—to descend into this world!"

He let out a piercing scream, so shrill it was inhuman, filled with the fervor and agony of sacrifice.

As the seal was completed, a dazzling, viscous, blood-red light erupted from his body!

This light was not Chakra; Taiichi sensed that it contained a hint of Senjutsu Mode.

"Master!"

The remaining believers cried out in terror and fanaticism.

The Blood Crow's body convulsed violently in the red light, its skin cracking inch by inch, and blood gushing out like a fountain.

What was horrifying was that the remains of the undead warriors on the ground, who had been killed by Taiichi but had not yet completely lost their vitality, were stained with blood. As if summoned by an invisible force, they transformed into torrents of filthy flesh and blood, flowing towards the mutating "Blood Crow" like rivers flowing into the sea!

Flesh and blood are fusing! Bones are remodeling!

A colossal, terrifying giant, nearly filling the entire passageway, is taking shape! It stands nearly ten meters tall, its body forged from countless twisted, writhing flesh and grayish-white bones, its surface covered with a dark red keratinous layer.

Its head still vaguely resembled the outline of a Blood Crow mask, but it was twisted and deformed, with two eerie green soul flames burning where its eyes should have been.

A terrifying, suffocating pressure swept out like a tsunami!

"It really is Evil God —Divine Thought!"

Taiichi's pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart pounded violently due to the pure pressure from a higher level of existence. But instead of fear, his eyes burst forth with an unprecedentedly blazing light!

"Mortals—ants—dared—to slaughter—my servants—"

The giant emitted a deep, booming sound, as if countless sounds were superimposed, each syllable carrying a suffocating power.

It slowly raised its giant claw, formed from countless arms and Bone Blade, and slammed it down on Taiichi's head! Wherever it passed, the air exploded with an unbearable roar!

Boom!

The giant claw slammed down, and the entire passage floor collapsed like tofu! Dust and debris shot into the sky!

However, a blue light flashed through the smoke and dust, and Taiichi's figure appeared on the giant's shoulder! He channeled Wind Style Chakra into his Short Sword and slashed fiercely at the giant's neck!

Sizzle!

Sparks flew everywhere! The blade left only a faint white mark on the dark red keratin layer! The granulation tissue at the wound writhed wildly, instantly healing completely!

"This is a bit too much, isn't it?" Taiichi frowned, quickly retreating to avoid the giant's skeletal arm swinging back.

Fire Style: Great Dragon Fire! The ferocious fire dragon roared as it crashed into the giant's chest, burning fiercely! But the flames only burned the surface of the cuticle for a moment before being devoured and extinguished by the filthy dark red energy on the giant's body, leaving only a few scorch marks!

"The energy level is also higher than Chakra."

Taiichi's gaze grew increasingly solemn, but his desire to capture and study the "Evil God's thoughts" before him intensified.

The giant seemed to be enraged by Taiichi's "harassment," and its eerie green eyes locked onto the figure that nimbly dodged in the air.

It opened its enormous maw, and a thick, ink-black beam of light, carrying an aura of annihilation, shot out with a thunderous roar!

Taiichi's pupils contracted, and he instantly activated Flying Thunder God, narrowly avoiding this devastating attack.

The beam of light struck the rock wall behind them, and the hard rock melted and collapsed silently like ice and snow, forming a huge, smooth-edged, terrifying crater!

"Since Chakra- driven Ninjutsu won't work—" Taiichi instantly realized, "then—"

Taiichi deep breath, his eyes became incredibly focused, and he slowly clasped his hands together in front of his chest!

Sage Mode, activated!

Buzz!

As if summoned, the Natural Energy between heaven and earth surged wildly toward Taiichi!

Golden light slowly emerged from the depths of his eyes, and his Senjutsu Chakra surged around him, emanating a pressure that could rival the defiled Kamui of the giant!

His perception instantly reached its peak, and he could clearly "see" that within the giant's massive body, the Blood Crow's battered body was its core.

"Gotcha—you!" Taiichi's lips curled into a cold smile.

He Hand Seals, and a surge of powerful Senjutsu Chakra erupted from his body!

Sage Art: Adamantine Sealing Chains.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several golden chains formed from pure Chakra shot out from behind Taiichi in an instant!

Under Taiichi's precise control, these chains coiled and twisted like serpents, instantly securing the giant's limbs and waist! Runes flashed on the chains, radiating powerful sealing and suppressive force!

"Roar!" The giant roared deafeningly, struggling frantically! But the chains tightened even more, completely unaffected by the giant, firmly binding him!

"It's not over yet!" Taiichi's eyes sharpened as Hand Seals, took a deep breath, and his chest bulged slightly from the immense Chakra he had gathered!

"Sage Art: Fire Style - Majestic Destroyer Flame!"

The blazing white flames instantly engulfed the giant trapped by the Adamantine Sealing Chains!

"Sizzle!"

A chilling burning sound rang out! The giant's enormous body, composed of the flesh and blood of countless undead warriors and dark red keratin layers, melted away rapidly under the scorching flames of the Senjutsu, like snow under the blazing sun!

The filthy flesh and blood were evaporated, the tough bones were burned to ashes, and the dark red energy was purified by Senjutsu Chakra!

As the giant's body was completely reduced to ashes in the immortal fire, the charred, blackened body of the Blood Crow was finally clearly revealed at the center of the chains!

Even so, the Evil God's power was still rapidly repairing the damaged body.

At the heart of the Blood Crow Raven's remains, a shimmering, eerie ball of light, struggling violently, was tightly bound and restrained by several golden chains!

That was a wisp of divine thought from an Evil God who descended upon this place!

Sealing Jutsu: Four Symbols Seal.

Without the slightest hesitation, Taiichi changed his hand seals again! Powerful Sealing Talisman spread out from the chains like living things, instantly covering the dark green ball of light, forcibly compressing it, and pulling it out from the Blood Crow's heart.

As the spell was executed, Taiichi sealed this wisp of divine thought into the scroll.

The eerie green light completely faded, and the terrifying Kamui that had been chilling receding like a tide.

The only things left at the scene besides a pile of ashes were the Blood Crow, still barely clinging to life.

This was proof that he had completed his mission, and it was also the Eldest Young Master's last instruction.