At the same time.
Ryūchi Cave.
The trial area from the entrance to the temple.
Qian's figure appeared abruptly.
White mist filled the place. Limestone caves surrounded him on all sides, and the air was full of a cold, damp chill.
"So I really did get in..."
Qian murmured.
Then he turned his gaze to Tagorihime beside him.
She was still under the control of Genjutsu, her hands forming the seals for the Reverse Summoning Technique.
That was right. He had been reverse-summoned here by her, using that drop of blood as the medium.
Qian was just about to take out the scroll and seal her away again.
Suddenly, the stones on the surrounding cavern walls turned into spikes and stabbed straight at him.
Not only that, deep within the white mist, a figure was rapidly approaching, its target clearly Tagorihime in front of him, as if intending to take her away.
"Heh."
Seeing this, Qian sneered inwardly and thought, Dream on!
The next instant, he activated the Rinnegan.
In an instant, his eyes turned a sheet of silver-white, with rings of black markings emerging across them.
Immediately afterward, he unleashed the Rinnegan's power to control gravity.
Shinra Tensei!
Qian shouted softly in his heart.
Visible to the naked eye, the spikes stabbing toward him stopped.
Not only that, they flew backward at an even faster speed, viciously burying themselves in the cavern walls, and together with the surrounding rock, continued to be forced outward.
In the blink of an eye, a huge spherical cavity formed with Qian at its center.
And this was only the beginning.
Next, Qian turned his gaze to the person attempting to take Tagorihime away, stretched his right hand forward, and unleashed the force opposite to Shinra Tensei—Banshō Ten'in.
A force of attraction burst from