"Are you the person behind the scenes?!" Shion saw the other party greeting them coldly, and stepped forward to question.
"The man behind the scenes?" Yomi tilted his head upon hearing this and smiled in a low voice.
"I'm not the mastermind, I'm just following fate."
He said something vaguely at first, and then changed the subject.
"But since the two of you are able to come here, my loyal guard must have been dealt with by you, right?
It's really amazing..."
Yomi looked at Ning Xue in admiration, while the two guards behind him clenched their fists silently.
Ning Xue did not respond to the other party.
Seeing this, Yomi looked at Shion slightly bored, his eyes full of strange emotions.
There is fanaticism, pity, and a hint of twisted expectation.
"Miss Miko, you and your mother, as well as all the mikos of all generations, have made a huge mistake.
That means sealing it over and over again in this endless cycle of reincarnations."
His voice was clear and dignified, gradually getting lower at the end.
"Because...Mōryō is an existence that has the same origin as the power of the witch..."
These words stabbed into Shion's heart like a poisonous thorn, making her pupils shrink slightly and she subconsciously took half a step back.
"You're talking nonsense!" Shion's voice was filled with a hint of disbelief and unspeakable anger.
"Mōryō is a monster that brings destruction. How is it possible..."
"But this is the fact, Miss Miko." Yomi interrupted her, her voice getting weirder.
"Your sacrifice is meaningless, just like your mother is meaningless, it would be better..."
Before he could finish what he said next.
"Whoosh!"
A Ice Cone pierced Yomi's throat without warning.
"Sir, be careful!"
Setsuna, who had been standing silently on the left side of Yomi, moved.
His speed was astonishingly fast, and he was already blocking the path of Ice Cone in a flash. He waved Kunai to block it.
With a "bang!" sound, Ice Cone hit the back of Kunai's knife, and Setsuna could only block it with difficulty.
The scene suddenly became quiet.
Yomi's golden eyes flashed with a hint of surprise, as if he didn't expect the other party to be so decisive.
Ning Xue on the opposite side silently put down his hand, glanced at the slightly pale Shion next to him, and sighed.
So much to talk.
"It's you again! I will definitely kill you today!"
Setsuna could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and roared at Ning Xue, and then his body began to emit a strange purple light that enveloped him.
"Let's settle the old and new grudges together!" As he finished speaking, his hair stood up, his skin gradually turned gray, and his body began to grow stronger, making a tooth-piercing sound of bone friction. His body was covered with barbs, and a pair of huge wings spread out behind him.
On the other side, Kusuna said nothing, but a shocking change also occurred.
Purple Chakra wrapped his body.
His body began to swell, his back bulged, his bones made a heartbreaking clicking sound, his skin was covered with a dark substance similar to a carapace, his hands turned into ferocious claws, and a thick tail with bone spurs at the end swung out.
His face also became distorted and inhuman, with only those eyes burning with the same hatred and madness as Setsuna.
Two monsters completely distorted by Mōryō Chakra, one on the left and one on the right, exuding an aura similar to but slightly inferior to Gitai, firmly locked on Ning Xue.
Ning Xue frowned under the mask.
Sure enough, the worst case scenario occurred.
Kusuna and Setsuna not only recovered, but also used the power of Mōryō to transform into different but equally dangerous monsters.
Fortunately, they did not gain strength through devouring, which is good news.
One against two, still on the opponent's home court, and next to him there is an unknown Yomi, so it's a bit tricky.
Shion also woke up from the shock just now. When he saw the two ferocious monsters, his face turned pale and he subconsciously moved closer to Ning Xue.
Yomi adjusted his sitting posture, as if he was enjoying a good show that was about to begin.
"It seems that we need to clean up the noisy guards first before we can continue... to discuss our destiny."
Kusuna roared and rushed towards Ning Xue first, so fast that it left an afterimage on the spot.
Setsuna flapped its wings and slashed out a sharp sword wind, blocking Ning Xue's dodge space.
Ning Xue's eyes narrowed, and he pushed Shion to a relatively safe corner behind the altar, and separated a clone to protect him.
"Stay there, don't move."
Immediately, he swayed, narrowly avoiding the collision of Kusuna, and used his backhand to gather Ice Blade and Setsuna to hit Wind Blade.
One against two, Ning Xue immediately felt the pressure when faced with two monsters equipped with Mōryō batteries, with strange shapes and tacit cooperation.
His movements are still fast and precise, and there are endless Ice Release ninjutsus to defend or contain, but it is obviously not easy to resolve the battle quickly.
What's even more troublesome is that he has to be distracted from paying attention to Yomi's movements and protecting Shion.
The battle fell into a brief stalemate, with constant roars in the cave and ice crystals and gravel flying everywhere.
Just as the battle was getting fierce, from the direction of the cave entrance, outside the thick Ice Wall, there was a clear sound of something being cut cleanly.
"Shua--!"
Immediately afterwards, Ice Wall was neatly divided into two parts and fell to both sides.
A black-haired boy wearing white clothes and holding a long knife walked in expressionlessly on the ice chips.
His face was stern, and his dark eyes looked around.
His eyes first glanced at the ancient altar in the center of the cave, then fell on Yomi who was wearing a black coat beside the altar, and finally passed over the two parties who were fighting fiercely.
"Ice Release..." He murmured subconsciously, and then recalled an unpleasant memory of being stuck like a hedgehog.
But he quickly came to his senses and turned his attention back to Yomi under the altar.
He has a clear purpose here.
Orochimaru asked him to obtain some Mōryō's special Chakra cell samples for research.
And Yomi, the core figure in this intelligence who is closely related to the resurrection of Mōryō, is his target.
Just when he was about to bypass the two sides in the fierce battle and gather Chidori to directly attack the opponent--
"Roar!"
Kusuna was keenly aware of this new threat and murderous intention.
It gave up its attack on Ning Xue and instead quickly launched a powerful and heavy blow towards the newly appeared enemy.
On the other side, although Setsuna was temporarily repelled by Ning Xue, his offensive did not slow down and he also pounced on this new enemy who was close to Master Yomi.
Sasuke's eyes turned cold and he had to interrupt the raid.
Sharingan instantly caught the trajectory of the attack, and with incredible flexibility, he leaned back, almost touching the ground to avoid the sweeping giant tail. At the same time, he turned the direction of Chidori in his hand, and the thunder roared and shattered the flying Wind Blade.
However, this delay caused him to be completely involved in the war.
Kusuna roared and brought him into the attack range, forming a brief pincer attack with Setsuna against the two intruders.
"Tsk." Sasuke was impatient and was about to take off his shirt.
"Sasuke!!"
A calm voice cut through the explosions of battle and reached his ears clearly.
Sasuke's pupils shrank imperceptibly, and the movements of his hands stagnated.
He turned his head sharply and looked at the source of the sound.
The guy wearing a mask and using Ice Release.
Does the other party know you?
Sharingan turned quickly, trying to see clearly the person behind it through the ordinary mask.
Ice Release, get to know yourself... a name immediately came to his mind - Bai.
No... no! Bai is dead, he confirmed it with his own eyes.
That opponent is not Bai. Who could it be? The ninja of Konoha? No, Konoha does not have the ninja number Ice Release.
"Let's cooperate."
Ning Xue's voice sounded again, interrupting his rapid thinking.